1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties
(2013)
| Average time to play: | 300 |
| Minimum age: | 14 |
| Number of players: | 1 - 8 |
| Publisher: | GMT Games, Korea Boardgames, LMN+B, Ltd |
| Designers: | Mike Hutton |
| Artists: | Mike Hutton, Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch |
| Mechanics: | Auction / Bidding, Market, Network and Route Building, Ownership, Solo / Solitaire Game, Stock Holding, Tile Placement, Victory Points as a Resource |
1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties is an 18xx game set in East Anglia, England. It features a company-packed board, where 16 of 20 companies are randomly selected for use on a board containing only 37 hexes. Major features of the game are:
Petitioning parliament as a means of floating your preferred company
a mixture of full and partial capitalisation for companies
three train types with differing objectives and building requirements
company mergers and re-floatation
1860-style semi-linear stock-market featuring multiple stock jumps.
Last Updated: 2025-10-08 16:55:41 UTC
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