1830: Railroads & Robber Barons is a multiplayer computer game adaptation of the Avalon Hill board game, 1830. With default settings, the game is a very strict implementation of the board game. Starting with a relatively small amount of seed capital, players purchase shares in eight different railroad companies; ownership of a majority of a company's shares makes a player its president, letting them dictate how the company lays track on a map of the northeastern US, builds stations, buys trains, and runs them on routes to generate revenue. The game ends when the players have collectively earned a certain amount of money ("breaking the bank") or when a player or computer opponent goes bankrupt, at which point a player wins by having the highest total of stock valuation plus cash on hand. As in the board game, tactics such as looting companies of their assets, using buy/sell patterns to manipulate the stock market, and dumping unprofitable companies on other shareholders are prominent aspects of play.
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| Title | System | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lostgames Abandonware | 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons | PC | 1993 |
| DJ Old Games | 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons | unknown | 1995 |
| Free Game Empire | 1830 Railroads | PC | |
| Games Nostalgia | 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons | PC | 1995 |
| XTC Abandonware | 1830 Railroads & Robber Barons | PC | 1995 |
| The Good Old Days | 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons | PC | 1995 |
| Title | Genre | Company | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robber | unknown | Virgin Games | 1983 |
| Oil Barons | Simulation | Starsoft Development | 1992 |
| Oil Barons | Strategy | Epyx | 1983 |