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1838: Rheinland

1838: Rheinland 2003

Design Wolfram Janich Publisher (Self-Published)
6.8 /10
BGG rating
4.0
Weight
3–5
Players
180
Minutes
14
Age
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About the Game

1838 Rheinland is an 18xx game designed and self-published by Wolfram Janich.

It is intended to be a short game, obviously located in the area of one of the most industrial area of Germany, the Rhine valley from Bonn to the RuhrGebiet (Essen).

mainly a variant of 1835 (trains X+x, last share is 20%, nationalization, corporations floated with 50%) with 1830: Railways & Robber Barons features (stock market, privates auction) 6 corporations the Rhine can only be crossed in a few places in main cities (this represents the fact that the Prussian army did not allow, for defense reasons, the building of bridges over the Rhine) special bonuses: coal mines and steel mills small map (around 60 hexes)

A revised version has been published as 18Rhl: Rhineland.

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Categories
Economic Trains
Mechanics
Network and Route Building Stock Holding Tile Placement
Also known as
1838: Rhineland
BGG ratings
14
BGG data
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