"1830: Railways and Robber Barons" Materials

This snapshot is of the 1830: Railways and Robber Barons game board, specifically the South-Eastern most area. 1830 is a game wherein the players act as investors in publicly-held railroad corporations. The titular year suggests the year during which…

In 1830: Railways and Robber Barons, trains serve several purposes. First, they are purchased by publicly-held companies (such as the Baltimore & Ohio), and used to earn revenue for the company. An individual train is represented by a card like…

A, if not the, key aspect of 1830: Railways and Robber Barons is the stock market. During the game players buy and sell shares in publicly-traded railroad companies. At the start of the game none of these companies actually exist: they only come into…

This small board is used in 1830 by the president of the Baltimore & Ohio; there is one such board for each public company. Its purpose is to store company assets, such as trains and money, and keep them separate from the player's personal…

When implementing historical representations into games there is a constant tension between fidelity and decision. Sid Meier has famously described games as "a series of interesting choices" (Rollings and Morris 2000, 38; cited in Juul 2005, 19).…