Who was playing?
- 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 😉
How do we started?
- 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
Some crucial moments:
- 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
Conclusion:
- 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
Time of play:
- ca. 5 hours
Results:
Michał AKA Elemele (Me) | Michał | Paweł | |
Cash | 2166 | 1846 | 1665 |
Dividends from last 2 OR’s | 2452 | 1712 | 1808 |
Cash in shares | 5082 | 3292 | 3242 |
SUM | 9700 | 6850 | 6715 |
PS. Yes, I know that Wheeling can’t be upgraded 😉 Maybe someone upgraded it when I was in the kitchen? 😉