1830: The Coalfields (1989)

1830: The Coalfields by Alan Moon, published originally in Games International number 6 (and republished in the Train Gamer’s Gazette volume 2, number 2 and in Rail Gamer Magazine #7), expands 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, an 18xx game. It adds the Norfolk and Western Railroad; an extra portion of the board; two 7 trains; off-board connections that can be the center of a run, instead of the end; and suggests several other changes to the rules of play, including rules for combining it with 1830: Take A Ride on the Reading.

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• Average: 7.48529
• Bayes: 5.52933
• SteamDB 6.6330414
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• Minimum: 300
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• Medians by Player Count:
• All: 300 minutes across 2 plays
• 4: 360 minutes across 1 plays

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• Votes: 4
• Average: 4.25

1Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet

• Trains
• Economic
• Expansion for Base-game
• Transportation

• Stock Holding
• Network and Route Building
• Auction / Bidding
• Tile Placement

• Series: 18xx
• Country: USA

• Alan R. Moon

• Rail Gamer
• Games International
• The Train Gamers Gazette

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