Thank you for asking. The board is a hard mounted single sided board.

Thank you for taking the time to watch. I am pleased it helped you. Enjoy!

Unfortunately, I traded 18DO during my most recent Game Purge.

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment. I like my iron clays, but I found the apache gaming set were just a better chip. The Apache Gaming chips also have 20s. As I stated in the video, I love the look of the BGG chips, but they are extremely slippery. The Iron Clays are a decent chip, but over priced. Enjoy your train games!

Hey I was wondering if you could answer me why you would rather use 20’s than 25’s. Everybody talks about it but i havent found an explanation!

@@Bornatorborba I like to use a very small chip set normally I use only $1, $5, $20, $100, and $500s. the reason for 20s instead of 25s is due to most of costs are easier to parse with $20s without making change each time. For example 1846 is one of my most played game, each turn a player may build two tracks at a cost of $20 per track. this minimizes the banking transactions, which in turn decreases the playtime of the game. It is really just a personal preference. More important is keeping the colors consistent with your group. Most of the players I play with accept Whites as ones, reds are five, Blue is for 10s when used, gray for 20s, green for 25s, and Blacks for $100s.

@@18xxtraining625 thanks for the answer can’t wait to get into 18xx

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As always, thank you for taking the time to watch and comment on the video. It is always better to have a teacher. That being said there are alternatives that allow you to gain a good grasp of a game prior to playing it with your friends. Of all the games I own, If I had to pick one to learn from scratch with out a teacher it would be 18MS. If I had to do this, I would read the rules, which are available on 18xx.games. Read the most relevant BGG threads, watch a couple of youtube videos of instruction and playthroughs, Play a couple of games on 18xx.games, asking questions etc. Then you are ready to teach the people you play games with. It is a tedious process to learn without an experienced teacher but doable these days.

Thank you for taking the time to watch.

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I can do an instructional, I looked and doesn't seem to be any using the non prototype. Thank you for watching

I really enjoyed playing Jonas Jones's 18SVEA, so this was not too much of a leap of faith. I don't get to play as much as I want, Life happens. I missed several of my favorite conventions but will try to make it up at the world boardgaming championship this summer.

I enjoy 18New England a lot, this expansion is my favorite way to play it. I tend to enjoy shorter 18xx titles, this is great.

Hickory Hollow will alway be part of my videos.

Hickory Hollow, eh? Nice, I'll remember that!

Thank you for watching. I will be starting to make more this summer.

Good Catch! Thank you for watching

I have no experience with Lost Atlas, but when I was thinking about learning 18xx, I spent a lot of money purchasing train games like Steam and Age of Steam. Even though these are both good games they did not scratch the 18xx itch. Enjoy.

RotLA is a fantastic entry to 18XX. 18XX with map building, what’s not to love?\

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. There is a new game that I would add to this list, If I was to do it again. 18SVEA is part of All Aboard Games Wave 6. The Kickstarter is over, but All Aboard Games maybe opening preorders soon.

@@18xxtraining625 cool thank you will check it out

Thank you for watching. I am having some allergy issues, but I put off making this for too long.

I have to agree. I have stopped using my iron clays and now either use my apaches gaming chips at home or I have a set of mini chips for traveling.

Thank you for watching. I am glad you enjoy them. More are coming.

Thank you for watching. If the scoring card is played, then both players score 2 points. One point each for presence, and one additional point for each battleground they control. This is a push assuming that the Strategic Sea lane is equally controlled. During final scoring Africa would be scored the same way. It is a push for Africa. I hope that is clear enough, Egypt is very important for scoring as it counts as a battleground in both Middle East and Africa and can force both of those scorings to a push. If you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

@@18xxtraining625 Thanks

That is strange, it looks fine on my monitor. The lighting could be better. I am using an overhead light that gives me a bit of glare. Thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching. I hope to see/meet you at the World Boardgaming championship in July.

@@18xxtraining625 I'd love to attend but I'm in Texas and we have the BGG con and I haven't even been to that. I do plan to attend a 18xx convention sometime. Probably Traxx.

Soji is a new addition to the family. She wants to play. It makes it difficult to record some days. Thank you for watching. I will be making more of these videos in the near future.

Thank you for watching, I will be making more in the near future.

I do believe that scavengers allow your opponent to build from your personal discard pile. So If I am reading your question correctly and you are playing the scavenger's expansion, then Borgo would build from your discard pile not his

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Thank you for watching. I am working on addition videos right now, Good to hear that they helped you.

I have taken a bit of time off from making videos, life has come crashing down. I will be making videos again shortly and I can put 18USA Set up on the list. Thank you for watching.

You are absolutely correct. It is one of the disadvantages of playing on the computer instead of face to face. It is the one rule that I often miss.

yes

I tend to enjoy games that allow you to control more than 60% of a company, This game is about timing the tokens and end game runs. The private companies are bid on and controlling capital is king. The route building is interesting in that it has to form a continuous route including your home city. Hutton does this a lot in his games. It plays well at 2, but best at 4. It may be supplanted as my my favorite game by 18EUS and or 18SVEA both are great games. I also tend to enjoy shorter games.

Thank you. See you there in 202!

In all cases the rules for the expansions still apply. I just did not repeat each of them for sake of consistency . The Scavengers set up will give you that rule.

@@18xxtraining625 It doesn't, really. It states that you start with 1/3 of the deck as a discard pile for the virtual opponent. Which more or less has the same effect, but it is still confusing as it is different to the way you show it in your playthrough.

I will take another look when I get home from work. I apologize that it was confusing. Thank you for watching and commenting on the video.

Thank you for watching.

I do have a copy of 1829 and 1829 Northern map. Not sure if they are numbered or not. Why do you ask?

@@18xxtraining625 I believe that your copy of the southern is an unnumbered 2nd edition, and therefore does not have the enhanced components. Only the 1st editions were individually numbered as back then it was a truly unique game.