1830 Cardgame
BGG rank
BGG #17,583
BGG rating
6.4

1830 Cardgame

2012

Rules assistance for 1830 Cardgame

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 3–6 players
  • 120 min
  • Complexity 2.4/5

For 3 players

Rules assistant for 1830 Cardgame

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1830 Cardgame is a board game released in 2012 for 3–6 players and 120 minutes per game. It was designed by Dieter Danziger.

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About the game

1830 Cardgame is an economic slugfest by the designer of railroad games like Lokomotive Werks and Union vs. Central, and your goal is to have the most money on hand at game's end. Each turn you draw a card from one of three face-up cards, then perform one of four actions: Buy a share, paying the cost. Buy a train, which (strangely) costs nothing. Build a station. Pay dividends. Each share is worth the number of stations a company has that have trains to service them. As in 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, an inspiration for this design, trains must be purchased in order; players are limited in the number of trains they can own. The game ends after all shares have been purchased, all "8" trains have been acquired, or twelve dividend payouts have been made. Released as part of the 2012 Essen package from Winsome.

Publishers

  • Winsome Games

Questions and answers

1830 Cardgame supports 3–6 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.