Product description
In 1846, 3-5 tycoons compete to earn money and build the best stock portfolio by investing in and operating railroads within the midwestern United States.
Five competing railroads, in search of Midwestern grain and markets, crossed the Appalachian mountains in the early 1850s: the New York Central, Erie, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, and, via Canada, the Grand Trunk, backed by Boston merchants.
In front of them were literally hundreds of failed local railroads, most existing only on paper, but a few had laid bits of track and acquired locomotives, before running out of capital and being sold to Eastern interests in 1846.
Can you knit together these private companies and Eastern railroads to form the most profitable rail network in the Midwest, stretching to Chicago and St. Louis and connecting East and West.
17 x 22" mounted game board
1 available corporation/stock mat
7 corporate mats
63 corporate stock certificates
56 station/stock tokens
27 train cards
10 private company certificates
5 blank player cards
2 independent railroad train cards
1 Priority Deal card
117 track tiles
Play money
12 page rules folder
Five competing railroads, in search of Midwestern grain and markets, crossed the Appalachian mountains in the early 1850s: the New York Central, Erie, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, and, via Canada, the Grand Trunk, backed by Boston merchants.
In front of them were literally hundreds of failed local railroads, most existing only on paper, but a few had laid bits of track and acquired locomotives, before running out of capital and being sold to Eastern interests in 1846.
Can you knit together these private companies and Eastern railroads to form the most profitable rail network in the Midwest, stretching to Chicago and St. Louis and connecting East and West.
17 x 22" mounted game board
1 available corporation/stock mat
7 corporate mats
63 corporate stock certificates
56 station/stock tokens
27 train cards
10 private company certificates
5 blank player cards
2 independent railroad train cards
1 Priority Deal card
117 track tiles
Play money
12 page rules folder
1846: The Race to the Midwest
(2005)
Number of players
3-5 players
Recommended: 3–5 players
Best: 4 players
Recommended age
14+ years
Playing time
240 minutes
Complexity
Heavy (3.99 / 5)
Designers
Thomas Lehmann
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