2004 · Økonomisk

1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight

A historical railway-economic simulation set on a small island map in the 1860s. Players buy and sell shares in railway companies during stock rounds and, during operating rounds, lay track, place station tokens, run trains for revenue, and buy rolling stock; the player holding a company’s largest share controls its operations. The title uses 18xx mechanics but with compact geography and an unusual insolvency system: corporations can enter receivership while continuing to operate, may run without owned trains by leasing and withholding earnings, and presidents’ certificates can be sold into the bank pool. Play ends as weaker companies are eliminated in a wave of nationalization, and the winner is the player with the highest combined wealth (cash, stock value, and private companies).

groupSpillere

2–4 bedst 3

scheduleSpilletid

180–240 min

cakeAlder

14+

psychologyKompleksitet

4,1 / 5