1830 is a
strategy game where the only element of luck involved is in determining the initial play order. The game takes the basic mechanics from
Francis Tresham’s
1829, with players seeking to make the most money by buying and selling
stock in various
rail transport companies located on a stylised eastern
United States map. Players also operate any companies of which they are the President (by virtue of being the dominant shareholder), in order to generate revenue and affect stock prices. The game is designed to represent the beginning of railroad operations in the eastern
United States beginning in the year 1830, with
stock companies in the game representing
historical railroad companies. The goal of the game is to maximise personal wealth before the game ends, whether by nurturing a railroad company to increase its
stock value, gutting it and running with the money, successful
stock trading or arranging for another player to go
bankrupt. Buying, trading and speculating on the stock market is often where
1830 is won or lost. A game is finished when the bank runs out of money or any player goes bankrupt, with the player with the greatest personal wealth winning.
Private Companies •
Schuylkill Valley Navigation Co. •
Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad •
Delaware & Hudson Railroad •
Mohawk & Hudson Railroad •
Camden & Amboy Railroad •
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Stock Companies •
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad •
Boston and Maine Railroad •
Canadian Pacific Railway •
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway •
Erie Railroad •
New York Central Railroad •
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad •
Pennsylvania Railroad ==Computer Game==