Railroads, a stock market and the people who run both: an 18xx game being built for play on Juno, at three tables.
01Buy
Shares in the railroads. The largest holder becomes president and runs the company.
02Sell
Shares back to the market, and the price falls with them.
03Operate
Lay track, place stations, run trains for revenue.
04Withhold
Keep the revenue in the treasury or pay it out as dividends. The share price answers either way.
05Rust
New trains make old ones obsolete. Whole fleets vanish at a phase change.
06Bankrupt
A president who cannot buy a required train pays from their own pocket. Fail that, and the game ends.
Status
In development
Family
18xx · economic strategy
Network
Juno
Tables
18XX · 18XX+ · A Level Playing Field
PlayIn development · not yet on play.netadao.org
01 · Overview
Project 18XX is a railway-and-stock game of the 18xx family. Players buy into railroad companies, take the presidency of the ones they hold most of, and run them — laying track, buying trains, paying dividends or keeping the money.
It is being built for play on Juno, at three tables, with house rules the host can choose.
Fig. 01Share certificates: in Project 18XX the game is played in them as much as on the map.
02
The game
Six actions, as the game plays them.
01Buy
Shares in the railroads. The largest holder becomes president and runs the company.
02Sell
Shares back to the market, and the price falls with them.
03Operate
Lay track, place stations, run trains for revenue.
04Withhold
Keep the revenue in the treasury or pay it out as dividends. The share price answers either way.
05Rust
New trains make old ones obsolete. Whole fleets vanish at a phase change.
06Bankrupt
A president who cannot buy a required train pays from their own pocket. Fail that, and the game ends.
Yellow tile
Green tile
Brown tile
Grey tile
Land
Off-board
Track
City
Town
Station
A schematic map in the game’s colours, not its board.
The train rosterTable 01 · Project 18XX
Train
Cost
Rusts when
2
$80
The first 4 is bought
3
$180
The first 6 is bought
4
$300
The first D is bought
5
$450
Never
6
$630
Never
D
$1,100
Never
The standard table. Under Gentle Rust a rusting train gets one last Operating Round turn before it goes.
Nº 001Project 18XXTwo shares
Pennsylvania
President’s certificate
PRR
20%Two of the company’s ten shares. Its holder directs the railroad.
Nº 014Project 18XXOne share
Baltimore & Ohio
Share certificate
B&O
10%One of the company’s ten shares.
03
The tables
Three ways to set the board, each with its own title card.
Table 01
18XX
The classic game: the map and tile tray as printed.
Table 02
18XX+
A larger map, suitable for higher player counts or less blocking at lower player counts.
Table 03
18XX+: A Level Playing Field
A rebalanced map with additional tiles, private companies, and railroads.
04
House rules
The host sets up a game: one of the three tables, and any of four house rules.
Each rule is tagged by what it does to the game — easier, riskier, harder, chaotic — in the game’s own words.
Four rulesTable 02 · chosen by the host
Rule
Tag
What changes
Gentle Rust
easier
A rusting train gets one last Operating Round turn before it goes.
Dynamic Market
riskier
Big payouts move the share price twice as far up, big withholdings twice as far down.
Delayed Auction
harder
The private company auction waits until the first 3-train is bought.
Unpredictable Revenue
chaotic
Runs can produce up to ±20% of their standard revenue.
