Train Games and 18XX Information Page
This
page is will be randomly change, as I find time to organize what I want
to post.
Last update: 20-Feb-2006
Train Games Information:
- News and Events - Local Cons, Clubs, and Scores
- 18XX Overview - (Some) Detailed information about 18xx games
Board Game Playing Aides and Variants:
18XX & PBT Scoring Spreadsheet (MS Excel V7)
- 
Updated and Improved!
This spreadsheet automates the
final scoring of a game.
Now includes 18xx generic, 1830, 1835, 1856, and 1870.
This spreadsheet automates the
round to round tracking of the game.
Enter the stocks and payout, calcs total divs and stock value
Contains VBA macro buttons for automation.
Based on the palmtop version developed by Michael Tsuk.
Current version on BoardGameGeeks
- A bitmap of an 1830 board with the extention and variant tiles applied
Tables for this 18xx game in English, suitable for reference and map mounting
18XX
Postscript Maps (Matthias Klose) - link to
18xx Postscript map kit- More
18XX Postscript Maps - link to another german
site with maps
- 18XX MS-DOS Moderator Program
(Dirk Clemens) - link to German web site
- Mostly 1835 (Bill Stoll) -
link to 1835 moderator program
Links to Other Board Game Related Web Pages:
- Blackwater Station (Chris Lawson) - 18xx Game kits and good hard info
- 18XX Rules Differences (Keith Thomasson) - info on 18xx rules
- Andy's 18XX Page (Andy Lange) - lots of PBEM info
- 1830 PC (Mike Carlton) - All about the PC 1830 program
- Mostly 1835 (Bill Stoll) - Mostly 1835 PBEM and a moderator program
- 18TN, 18GA, 18AL - Info on Mark Derrick's game kits
- Lou's Game Corner - Lots of good Rail game links
- Boardgames Start4All - Lots of Board Game links and European info
Groups:
- Train Gamers Association - TGA (Puffing Billy Tournament) info
- The Games Cabinet - Board games devotees
- Boardgame Player's Association - AH Games (inc 1830, Rail Baron)
- Board Game Geeks – An online board gaming forum & resource
Kit Game Manufacturers:
- John David Galt - 18AL and 18GA Game Kits
- Deep Thought Games
– John Tamplin, currently 10 game kits,
from various designers - Helmut Ohley - 1824, 1844, 1862, 1895,
18FR, 18NL
- Leonhard Orgler – 1824, 1837, 1854
Manufacturers:
- Avalon Hill Games - RIP, now owned by Hasbro
- Mayfair Games - A formerly most prolific Train games company
- Prism Games - 2038 and maybe 1834
- RioGrande Games - Importing European games including some RR
- Winsome Games - Almost exclusively train games
Computer Train Games Stuff:
The
Railroad Tycoon FAQ (mine) - Questions and Answers to original RR
strategy game- Railroad Tycoon II (PopTop Software) - New Windows version of strategy classic
- Rail Baron Fanatics (Intersystem Concepts) - Windows version of AH board game
- Railroad Gamer (??) - RRT, RB & 1856 articles and PBEM games
- Iron Dragon Online - Network version
of
- RailServe - See Computer Games, Simulations, & Utilities Page
- Railroad Fonts (Benn Coifman) - Classic RR Fonts and RR dingbats
Links to General Trains Web Pages:
- Cyberspace World Railroad - Tons of prototype info and news
- Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company - Documents, Discussions, etc.
- NMRA Directory of World Wide RR links - General Index of RR sites
- TrainWeb.com - All sorts of Railroad things
Newsgroups to watch:
- rec.games.board - Board games discussions
- rec.games.board.marketplace - Games buy/sell
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic - Computer games
- misc.transport.rail.americas - Real RR stuff
- misc.transport.rail.misc - Real RR stuff around the world
Web Rings to explore:
Mailing lists to join:
- 18xx – Yahoo group Discussion List
- 18xx-Softdev - Yahoo group 18xx software development
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Author: Dave Mitton