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Rules assistance for 18 Grand Junction
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–5 players
Rules assistant for 18 Grand Junction
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
18 Grand Junction is an expansion for 1846: The Race for the Midwest released in 2020 for 2–5 players. It was designed by Anthony Fryer and its main mechanics are Auction / Bidding, Tile Placement, and Network and Route Building.
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About the game
The McGuffins in 18 Grand Junction, an 18xx game, include a restrictive track set and the mountainous Colorado terrain. The yellow plain track only upgrades only to the complex green plain track (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22). After all, it is the Rocky Mountains, you can’t just build track where ever you want. The other primary McGuffin is Company Presidents. The presidents give a special ability to a railroad company in a manner similar to private companies would (there are no private companies in 18 Grand Junction). When a company starts, it selects a president. The first rank of presidents is “retired” in Phase 3 (brown) and each company selects a new president at the end of its next operation. You’ll need familiarity with, or a copy of, the rules to 1846 to play the game.
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Questions and answers
18 Grand Junction supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
18 Grand Junction belongs to these categories: Economic, Trains, and Transportation. Its main mechanics are Auction / Bidding, Tile Placement, and Network and Route Building. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of 18 Grand Junction are: Anthony Fryer. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists 18 Grand Junction as an expansion for 1846: The Race for the Midwest. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need 1846: The Race for the Midwest to use it. Check that your edition of 1846: The Race for the Midwest is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.