1822CA

Get ready for an epic railway journey across Canada with 1822CA, an acclaimed 18xx series game that re-implements and expands the 1822 system. Here, you'll traverse the country from coast to coast on a board 33% larger than the original, packed with investment opportunities. With 30 private and 30 minor companies to contend for, plus 10 public companies – including the iconic Canadian Pacific Railway, which starts with a presence on both ends of the map – complexity and strategic depth are guaranteed.

The game unfolds in an addictive alternation of stock rounds and operating rounds. Initially, one operating round follows each stock round, but the dynamic shifts when the first level 2 train is purchased, increasing to two operating rounds. In the game's climax, you'll have three consecutive operating rounds. In stock rounds, you act as a shrewd investor, buying and selling shares to become a company director and shape their destinies. In operating rounds, as a director, you take the reins: deciding where to build tracks, place stations, which trains to operate on which routes, and whether to pay dividends or retain profits to invest in more powerful trains.

The game's end can be triggered by a few key conditions: if the first stock round ends with no sales, if a company's market value reaches the game-end limit, or if the bank runs out of money. Each player's final wealth is calculated by the value of their stocks (at current prices) plus cash on hand, with open concession certificates counting at face value. Private company certificates and company assets, however, do not factor into this calculation. The wealthiest player claims victory!