''1853'' is a board game in the

18XX 18XX is the generic term for a series of board games that, with a few exceptions, recreate the building of railroad corporations during the 19th century; individual games within the series use particular years in the 19th century as their title (u ...

genre published in 1989 by

Hartland Trefoil Francis Tresham (1936 – 23 October 2019) was a British board game designer who produced board games since the early 1970s. Tresham founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil (founded 1971), a company well-known for its ''Civilization'' boar ...

''1853'' is a game in which an Indian railway is the setting.

Publication history

''1853'' is the third part in a series of games from

that started with '' 1829'' and ''

1830 It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...

Reception

Steve Jones and Brian Walker reviewed ''1853'' for ''

Games International ''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 19 ...

'' magazine, and gave it 3 1/2 stars out of 5, and stated that "Despite the reservations expressed about the physical quality of the components, and the one or two questions about the rules, I would recommend it to railway games enthusiasts. On balance, the wait has probably been worth it; a pity about the rather high price though."

Reviews

*'' Strategy Plus''https://archive.org/details/StrategyPlus/Strategy_Plus_01_Oct_1990/page/n51/mode/2up

References

{{reflist 18XX Board games introduced in 1989

Contents

Publication history

Reception

Reviews

References