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1849: The Game Of Sicilian Railways box art
1998 Ranked #1,636

1849: The Game Of Sicilian Railways

Railroad investment game where players buy shares and lay track across nineteenth-century Sicily. Company control and route development intertwine, so every financial decision can strengthen an enterprise or hand its future to another investor.

Strategy Games Economic Trains Auction/Bidding Investment

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

4.26/5

Rating

8.14

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Originally dubbed a game-kit, this 18xx offering involves laying track lines and purchasing shares within the entire island of Sicily (1849 to 1922). A more easily managed and quicker game of its type, but with a few different nuances.

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Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–4
Play time
180 min
Age
14+
Complexity
4.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Chris Lawson Federico Vellani

Publishers

2
All-Aboard Games Chris Lawson