Ben Mandelker from the Game Brain podcast joins Candice to geek out about the 18xx genre of railroad-themed stock market and tile-laying board games, in addition to sharing their initial impressions of 1880: China (2022 Lookout Games edition).
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:06:12 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:26 ZhanGuo
- 00:11:15 Imperial Struggle
- 00:27:30 Skymines
- 00:27:59 Gold West
- 00:37:03 Undaunted: Stalingrad
- 00:48:55 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)
- 01:06:44 Why 18xx Might Be Your Next Obsession
- 01:07:02 What 18xx games are all about
- 01:19:48 What we love about 18xx games
- 01:25:34 The challenges/barriers of getting into 18xx
- 01:32:55 New ways to think about 18xx to demystify it and embrace it
- 01:39:44 Dipping your toes in 18xx:
- 01:40:07 Dual Gauge
- 01:40:35 18Chesapeake
- 01:41:07 18xx.games
- 01:42:49 City of the Big Shoulders
- 01:43:25 Shikoku 1889
- 01:43:30 Diving a little deeper:
- 01:43:37 1846: The Race for the Midwest
- 01:44:17 18 Los Angeles
- 01:44:24 18MEX
- 01:44:37 1882: Assiniboia
- 01:45:12 1848: Australia
- 01:45:33 1849: The Game of Sicilian Railways
- 01:46:01 18Ireland
- 01:46:40 1817
- 01:47:08 1822: The Railways of Great Britain
- 01:47:21 If trains aren't your thing:
- 01:47:37 City of the Big Shoulders
- 01:47:45 21Moon
- 01:48:14 Rolling Stock Stars
- 01:48:35 Poseidon
- 01:49:20 18Mag: Hungarian Railway History
- 01:51:30 Our initial impressions of 1880: China
- 02:12:17 Sign-off
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