Table feel
Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.
1853
Players
3-6
Time
?-?
Age
12+
Weight
4.17
Rating
6.81
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
1853 has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and adaptability to different player counts. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a fresh and engaging experience each time it is played.
Luck profile
1853 has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
Overview
This is the Indian sub-continent (British Imperial India) member of the 18xx family of games. It is billed as A game for engineers who've had enough of the financiers! It involves five-foot-six and metre gauges, hills, mountains and the Himalayas, contract bids and government mails. The technical challenges of building a railroad network in difficult country stand on a par with the financial market manipulation which usually dominates the 18xx games. Time to play is listed as 4-7 hours. Ages 11+. A 4-hour game would be an exception and it's not really for 11-year-olds. Two small extension kits were produced in 1992 and re-edited in 1999. For its 20th anniversary, Lookout Games and Mayfair Games Inc. published an updated version in Oct 2009. It is based on the retuned rules by Stuart Dagger and Steve Jones that were edited by Lou Jerkich, Dick Ruck and Jeff Heuer. Expanded by: MIK 1 Extension Kit for 1853 MIK 2 Extension Kit for 1853
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Credits
Designers
1
Francis Tresham
Artists
3
Ed Dovey
Klemens Franz
Francis Tresham
Publishers
3
Hartland Trefoil Ltd.
Lookout Games
Mayfair Games
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