''1853'' is a board game in the

18XX 18XX is the generic term for a series of board games that, with a few exceptions, recreate the building of rail transport, railroad corporations during the 19th century; individual games within the series use particular years in the 19th century a ...

genre published in 1989 by

Hartland Trefoil Francis Tresham (1936 – 23 October 2019) was a British board game designer who produced board games since the early 1970s. Tresham founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil (founded 1971), a company well-known for its ''Civilization'' boa ...

''1853'' is a game in which an Indian railway is the setting.

Publication history

''1853'' is the third part in a series of games from

that started with ''

1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * ...

'' and ''

1830 It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...

Reception

Steve Jones and Brian Walker reviewed ''1853'' for ''

Games International ''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 1 ...

'' magazine, and gave it 3 1/2 stars out of 5, and stated that "Despite the reservations expressed about the physical quality of the components, and the one or two questions about the rules, I would recommend it to railway games enthusiasts. On balance, the wait has probably been worth it; a pity about the rather high price though."

Reviews

*'' Strategy Plus''https://archive.org/details/StrategyPlus/Strategy_Plus_01_Oct_1990/page/n51/mode/2up

References

{{reflist 18XX Board games introduced in 1989

Contents

Publication history

Reception

Reviews

References