18xx news

Derailed podcast

I feel that they don’t get much attention whereas they’ve been putting a new episode virtually every week! There is already 15 episodes of this new podcast presenting 18xx games from newcomers’ point of view. What I like the best is that they talk about lesser known games published by Marflow.

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/christopher-kemp/derailed-an-18xx-podcast

Grand Trunk Games blog posts

New publisher of 1861/1867 talks about graphic design choices in the new edition of those games. In collaboration with Carthaginian whose redesigns I love and are classics for me. Very interesting read if you care about the graphic side of 18xx components. What I like the most is that they present the evolution of their concepts.

https://medium.com/grandtrunkgames/messing-around-with-graphic-design-26dedae81562

https://medium.com/grandtrunkgames/messing-around-with-graphic-design-pt-2-cc43df2ec73a

https://medium.com/grandtrunkgames/messing-around-with-graphic-design-pt-3-trains-eb1b0fcdb675

All-Aboard Games poll

Scott from AAG asks for input on what games to mass-produce next.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2282464/all-aboard-games-mass-manufacturing-interest-poll/page/1

Swedish convention

There will be a “deluxe” convention in Linköping, Sweden, from 14 to 16 of February 2020. More information on BGG:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2282610/18xx-convention-sweden-14-16-february-2020