Derailed - An 18xx podcast

March 2021 - Just a quick update

Chris and Fred discuss how to decide which company to float in an 18xx game. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss the investor strategy, what it is, when to do it, and what to look out for. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This episode we discuss some of our online plays, as well as the usual South Africa thing. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We finally got to play an 18xx face to face. This week we discuss our play of 18Mex. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We chat about recent play of Age of Steam Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we just catch up on some listener emails, carrying on with interesting rules discussions. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we talk about retheming 18xx as well as 18xx naming. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss the great feedback we've gotten on our rules discussion. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss some general 18xx rules and whether they should be fiddled with or not. 18xx rules differences : http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/single_list.htm See 7.7 for section relevant to our genius or grifter discussion. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We catch up on some emails, discuss Chris' first play of 18MS and have a Genius or Grifter discussion. We also have intro music! Kindly created for us by Lachlan Kingsford. Lachlan can be found at: @thelochok on Twitter https://soundcloud.com/lachlan-kingsford https://nerdygentleman.itch.io Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris gives us some tips for what to do when you're ahead, to ensure you stay ahead. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We're joined by some of our listeners to go over each of our Top 5 18xx games. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris goes over some startegy for the private auction in 1889. Apologies for the poor audio at times, we had some issues with the recording. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

One of our patrons, Anders (@weemadando), joins us to explain why 1846 is one of his favourites. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Simon joins us to chat about our 4 player play of 18DO Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss a 2 player play of 18 Chesapeake, and the quality of the kickstarter. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We played 18DO! In this episode we discuss our play of 18DO and our thoughts on it. Thank you to Wolfram Janich for sending us the prototype to review. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238957/18do-dortmund Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris explains some strategies for 1862, including the Parlaiment round at different player counts, and how to work with the different train types. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss our play of 1889 on Tabletop Simulator, as well as some other online games we have going. Also, of course, lockdown in South Africa and how we're dealing with it. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

After a bit of an absence, we catch up on listener emails and off course address how Covid-19 has affected the world, us, and playing board games. Apologies for poorer than usual audio quality, we're recording remotely. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss our second play of 1862, and a bit of Arkwright that Fred played. Also some news on electricity in South Africa :) Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we answer some listener questions, including some tips for teaching 18xx to new players. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

Chris gives Fred some tips on a what to do when he's losing. A frequent occurence for Fred. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We finally played 18AL, we discuss our first impressions on it, as well as Parktown Prawns in the SA segment. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

18AL, some crazy situations in online plays and Hadedas Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We discuss a situation Chris had when he played 1889, building a collection, stock trashing and The Kruger National Park. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we touch on an assortment of topics, mostly from listener questions and suggestions. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This episode is our first impressions of playing 1862, recorded immediately after playing. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We went away for a long weekend and played a lot of 18xx. In this episode we touch on those, which includes some replays as well as one we hadn't played before.

In this episode we our recent play of 1847 and what we've learned since the last time we played it. We also touch on what's happening in South Africa at the moment, and some feedback on strategy ideas we discussed in the last episode.

This week we discuss our experiences with playing 18xx online, and some more strategy we've learned while playing. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

We played 1849 for the third time, and for the first time actually closed companies. We discuss our experiences with the third play and how we feel about the game now. Email: derailed18xx@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @derailed18xx www.patreon.com/derailed18xx

This week we talk about 18xx availability, poker chips and Irish Gauge. JC Lawrence has info on chip distributions here: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/clearclaw Nice article by Tim Koppang http://www.tckroleplaying.com/bg/18xx/chips

We revisit an old favourite, 1893 Cologne, with an interesting play. Also some amusing and heartwarming happenings in the South African segment.

The rugby world champs talk about our 4 player play of 18Rhl - Rheinland. We also discuss the recent rugby world cup at the end. BGG post about JC's comments on our previous discussion of 1830 privates : https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/96286/1830-privates-and-not-only

Fred is away this week, so we recorded this episode earlier. We talk about other hobbies we're into, as well as other podcasts we listen to and other boardgames we enjoy. There is no 18xx content in this one, so it's safe to skip.

Chris gives us some pointers on what to look at when playing an 18xx for the first time, to help identify a base strategy. We also talk about our national anthem, which has an unusual feature.

We discuss some strategies for the private company auction in 1830, with the hope that some of the lessons learned here help you with evaluating private companies in other games as well.

We discuss our second play of 1849, plus, bizarrely, skateboarding! Also Vuvuzelas and South African films.

This week we touch on a few subjects, including e-mails and a two player game of 1889.

Chris gives us some tips and things to look out for when laying track and planning routes.

AKA Stockrounds and Koeksisters. We discuss our thoughts in City of big shoulders and talk some 18xx strategy for the first stock round. Then we chat about the different kinds of South African foods.

Having missed a week, we're back on track! We talk about two plays of 1889 we've had recently, and have a bit of a discussion on collusion in 18xx. We also throw in a few South African words.

We discuss our thoughts on 1847, as well as some thoughts on the state of the podcast and boardgaming in South Africa.

We played 1846 again, something we've want to do for a while, so we discuss our thoughts on it after having experienced some other 18xxs. Also, Chris teaches Fred some strategy concepts. And we have some fun with interesting Afrikaans words.

We get Sicily discussing our thoughts on 1849

No 18xx played in the past week, so we discuss how we'd rank the different ones we have played. We also delve into a South Africanism. Listen now!

This week we talk about some of the mistakes we've made in earlier plays, and lessons we've learnt from them.

We have our friend Rudi as a guest on the show to talk about our 4 player play of 1893. We also discuss some feedback from listeners, including how to speed up play.

In this episode we discuss our first play of 18Rhl: Rhineland.