1854 is a railroad operations and share trading board game in the 18XX series, published by both Lonny Orgler in 2002 and Deep Thought Games, LLC in 2005. The game was designed by Lonny Orgler and is set in Austria. It features a hexagonal stock market, local railways which operate on a smaller map (which takes place on two hexes of the large map), mail contracts, 150% capitalization, and player share options. There are also tunnels which allow you to build under other track and terrain features, such as avoiding small cities. The local railways eventually grow up to be regional railroads operating on the main map, and the tradeoff between getting good revenues on the local map versus getting locked out of important locations on the main map is an important decision to make. Deep Thought Games, LLC is a low-volume publisher of board games, specializing in the 18XX series. ... In financial terminology, stock is the capital raised by a corporation, through the issuance and sale of shares. ... A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across the board. ... 18XX is the generic term for a series of board games which recreate the building of railroads during the 19th century, since the individual games use particular years in the 19th century as their title (usually the date of the start of railway development in the area of the world... Deep Thought Games, LLC is a low-volume publisher of board games, specializing in the 18XX series. ...

The differences between the versions offerred by Lonny Orgler and Deep Thought Games, LLC are solely cosmetic -- there are no gameplay differences. Deep Thought Games, LLC is a low-volume publisher of board games, specializing in the 18XX series. ...

Railroad Companies Represented

• Kaiser Franz Joseph-Bahn
• Kaiserin Elisabeth-Bahn
• Kärntner Bahn
• Kronprinz Rudolph-Bahn
• Nordtiroler Bahn
• Salzburger Bahn
• Sũdbahn
• Vorarlberger Bahn

External Links

• 1854 at BoardGameGeek
• More details and ordering information at Deep Thought Games
• Lonny Orgler's site for ordering 1854