18Chesapeake
2018Scott Petersen
2 - 6 players
180 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
18Chesapeake is a member of the 18xx series of games. The series is based on 1829, by Francis Tresham. 18Chesapeake is set in the Chesapeake region of the United States and west to Ohio and the West Virginia Coalfields. Two to six players represent investors in railroad companies, spending their initial capital to buy wholly owned private companies and minor companies and later shares in public companies. The public companies are each controlled by the largest shareholder (its president). Public companies build track and run trains in order to earn revenues. Public company revenues can be paid out as dividends to shareholders or retained to fund further track and rolling stock. A feature of 18Chesapeake, as with all the other games in the series, is that the interests of a public company's president and the interests of its shareholders are not identical, so minority shareholders need to be careful in their investments. 18Chesapeake is a moderate length game. Experienced, brisk players can expect to take about 2-1/2 hours to complete a game. Novices or more deliberate players might add an hour to that time. -description from designer
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Which 18Chesapeake video should I watch?
18Chesapeake has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to November 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "18Chesapeake - Explicación Express" by 18XXASTURIAS, which runs 12 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "We Tried 18xx, So You Don't Have To - 18 Chesapeake | 4p Gameplay" by Quackalope. To see it played, watch "18Chesapeake- 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard.
If you like it, try 1822MX and 18NewEngland, also by Scott Petersen, or 1830: Railways & Robber Barons and Shikoku 1889, which share several of its mechanics.
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About 18Chesapeake
From BoardGameGeek:
18Chesapeake is a member of the 18xx series of games. The series is based on 1829, by Francis Tresham. 18Chesapeake is set in the Chesapeake region of the United States and west to Ohio and the West Virginia Coalfields. Two to six players represent investors in railroad companies, spending their initial capital to buy wholly owned private companies and minor companies and later shares in public companies. The public companies are each controlled by the largest shareholder (its president). Public companies build track and run trains in order to earn revenues. Public company revenues can be paid out as dividends to shareholders or retained to fund further track and rolling stock. A feature of 18Chesapeake, as with all the other games in the series, is that the interests of a public company's president and the interests of its shareholders are not identical, so minority shareholders need to be careful in their investments. 18Chesapeake is a moderate length game. Experienced, brisk players can expect to take about 2-1/2 hours to complete a game. Novices or more deliberate players might add an hour to that time. -description from designer
Designer
Scott Petersen
Publisher
All-Aboard Games
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Mechanics