[ENG] 1846 for 3-players – Short summary

3 players: Me and my 2 friends, Michał and Paweł
They never played 18xx before (and only from time to time play other board games)
There was sooo hot (about 30 Celcius degrees)
Michał was tired because of work, Paweł was tired because of his holidays 😉

Erie and Pennsylvania were removed
I had Michigan Southern and Mail Contract (I always love to have Mail Contract)
Michał had Meat Packing and C&WI
Paweł had Big 4 and O&I
I started with Grand Trunk, Michał with Illinois Central and Paweł with Chesapeake
Later I started New York Central and Michał started Baltimore & Ohio

Paweł had no idea how to ran good routes with his Chesapeake, but he gathered shares of my Grand Trunk and NYC (and that’s why he finished close to Michał)
Michał had good routes with his IC and B&O, but he invested too much in Paweł’s Chesapeake
Both Michigan Southern and GT helped NYC with tracks, and that’s why this company could done well from the very beginning

If you don’t have Tunnel Blasting it’s hard to run Chesapeake or B&O at the beginning
If you are experienced 18xx player and do well you job you will always win with new players
1846 is best to introduce new players to 18xx games (also because of it’s availability)
I want to try 1846 with 5 players (with all privates and companies)
Sometimes is better to didn’t do another move in stock round, only to be first in next SR
If you only can, pay only half dividen (as long as you can advance marker two times) – it this way you will gather money for trains and still get dividend