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Strategist Pick
Players
3-5
Community Snapshot
Heavy complexity
~180 min
6.8 on BGG (14)
Language Editions
Designed for 3–5 players and playable in ~180 min, 1838: Rheinland delivers a heavy experience that earned a 0.0 on BGG.
How It Plays
Network and Route Building
You connect locations to form networks — the bigger and smarter your network, the more points you earn.
Stock Holding
You invest in companies or assets that change in value — buy low, sell high, and watch your portfolio grow!
Tile Placement
You lay tiles on the table to build a map, landscape, or pattern — every piece you place changes the board.
About This Game
1838 Rheinland is an 18xx game designed and self-published by Wolfram Janich. It is intended to be a short game, obviously located in the area of one of the most industrial area of Germany, the Rhine valley from Bonn to the RuhrGebiet (Essen). mainly a variant of 1835 (trains X+x, last share is 20%, nationalization, corporations floated with 50%) with 1830: Railways & Robber Barons features (stock market, privates auction) 6 corporations the Rhine can only be crossed in a few places in main cities (this represents the fact that the Prussian army did not allow, for defense reasons, the building of bridges over the Rhine) special bonuses: coal mines and steel mills small map (around 60 hexes) A revised version has been published as 18Rhl: Rhineland.
Source: BoardGameGeek
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