4 / 5
3–5 players
240 min
BGG 7.9(6.9)
Rank #672
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1846 is an 18xx game that traces the westward expansion of railways across the Midwestern United States.
As in other 18XX games, the winner is the player with the greatest combined wealth (cash on hand + value of stock held + value of private companies owned) at the end of the game. Play proceeds in a series of stock rounds, each followed by a pair of operating rounds. In stock rounds, players act as investors buying and selling stock in corporations. During operating rounds, corporations will lay track, build stations, run trains for revenue to be paid out as dividends or withheld, and buy trains. The majority shareholder of each corporation acts at its president, making all decisions during operating rounds. Players will continue operating companies, collecting dividends, and reinvesting until the bank breaks.
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Expansions and Integrates With
18 Grand Junction
18 Milwaukee
1846: The Race for the Midwest – Mini-Expansion
18Gewohnheit Essen Seele Auf: 18Quake
Barons of the Backwaters (Fan expansion to 1846: The Race for the Midwest)