18RoyalGorge: The Rails of Fremont County and the Royal Gorge Wars

2025Kayla Ross, Denman Scofield

Videos: 7
Creators: 6

Mainly reviews and playthroughs. 18RoyalGorge: The Rails of Fremont County and the Royal Gorge Wars is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 2 other videos.

2 - 4 players

120 - 180 min

Heavy weight

From BoardGameGeek

18RoyalGorge is an 18XX game set in Colorado. The game covers a thirty-year time span from roughly 1870 to 1900. The game features eleven companies, incremental capitalization, a steel mill that provides track for the companies, and a gold market that players can own shares in. The train companies can be used to ship gold along their rails, and steel shares can be purchased by individual players as well. Only two companies are available to start the game, and only five companies come into play in total. This means that with 3-4 players, some will be forced to play investor strategies initially. The game also has many historical features, including a war over the rights to the Royal Gorge route, local coal mines, and more than a dozen private assets. -description from the designer

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18RoyalGorge: The Rails of Fremont County and the Royal Gorge Wars has 7 videos from 6 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 2 playthroughs and 2 other videos. They date from 2024 to January 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "18RoyalGorge - Learn While Playing" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h 49 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Wheel Tapping covers the Gameplay of 18RoyalGorge" by Wheel Tapping. To see it played, watch "18RoyalGorge - 3p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard, one of 2 playthroughs.