Derailed - An 18xx podcast

We chat about recent play of Age of Steam Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we just catch up on some listener emails, carrying on with interesting rules discussions. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we talk about retheming 18xx as well as 18xx naming. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss the great feedback we've gotten on our rules discussion. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss some general 18xx rules and whether they should be fiddled with or not. 18xx rules differences : http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/single_list.htm See 7.7 for section relevant to our genius or grifter discussion. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We catch up on some emails, discuss Chris' first play of 18MS and have a Genius or Grifter discussion. We also have intro music! Kindly created for us by Lachlan Kingsford. Lachlan can be found at: @thelochok on Twitter https://soundcloud.com/lachlan-kingsford https://nerdygentleman.itch.io Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris gives us some tips for what to do when you're ahead, to ensure you stay ahead. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We're joined by some of our listeners to go over each of our Top 5 18xx games. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris goes over some startegy for the private auction in 1889. Apologies for the poor audio at times, we had some issues with the recording. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

One of our patrons, Anders (@weemadando), joins us to explain why 1846 is one of his favourites. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Simon joins us to chat about our 4 player play of 18DO Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss a 2 player play of 18 Chesapeake, and the quality of the kickstarter. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We played 18DO! In this episode we discuss our play of 18DO and our thoughts on it. Thank you to Wolfram Janich for sending us the prototype to review. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238957/18do-dortmund Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris explains some strategies for 1862, including the Parlaiment round at different player counts, and how to work with the different train types. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss our play of 1889 on Tabletop Simulator, as well as some other online games we have going. Also, of course, lockdown in South Africa and how we're dealing with it. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx