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Matthias Klose has created a very useful tool, especially for those who play games by mail or email. PS18xx is a set of editable maps and tiles for many of the 18xx games in Postscript. (If you can't do Postscript, try using Ghostscript - you can export GIF files from it...). Highly recommended. I have received several questions about how to use the ps18xx files, and in fact had some problems with them myself. I have now got them working and have created some simple instructions for others who might have had problems with this
Nick Wedd has compiled a comparison list of the rules for the various 18xx titles. It's very impressive and getting close to covering all of the games. Recommended.
Andy Lange has set up a site dedicated to 18xx PBEM games. It notes games in progress and has a opponents wanted list for PBEM games. It has not been updated since May of last year, so I can not recommend it as highly as I once did.
The Train Gamers Association, Inc. is a group of dedicated players of train-games, including the 18XX titles. A number of 18XX variants mentioned here have been published in their publication, The Train Gamer's Gazette. This site has reviews and decriptions of many 18xx titles, as well as information about the trains and companies of several titles.
Dave Mitton has set up a website for his PBEM 18xx games, as well as a lot of other information.
Dirk Clemens has set up a website (in German) for his 18xx moderating software, as well as other 18xx information. Please note that this site has recently moved - please update your bookmarks!
Bill Ingram maintains a web-page devoted to all manner of train-games, including 18XX. There is a lot of useful information to found there. Please note this site has recently moved, so you may want to re-bookmark it. This site has not been updated in quite a while.
The FIGF is an Italian 18xx Gamer's group. They have recently created a web page.
Mike Carlton has organized a FAQ for 1830, both in board and computer form. The site includes strategy information, patches for the computer game, and much more. This site has not been updated in a long time.
Another site with 1830 information, including the errata from General Volume 23, Number 6. This site is in Germany.
The River City Gazette is devoted to PBEM Train games, primarily 1830, but some other useful information can be found there. This site has not been updated in a long time.
Rob van Wijngaarden, one of the designers of 1839, has some information about his design on his website. This page has details on the planned rework of 1839. Rob has been very busy being the president of the national game club in the Netherlands - he promises to get back to updating the site and working on the game in a couple of months.
Rob Stimets has organized several PBEM 1856 games, and has devised a page for those who would like to follow the games. A great source of strategy ideas.
Avalon Hill is the publisher of 1830 in both board and computer game form. This site has recently been massively overhauled. A big improvement!
Mayfair Games, publisher of 1856 and 1870, and american distributor of 1835 and 1853, now has a website. The rules for some 18xx games are available from this site. This site has not been updated since before the closure. No word has been given as to whether this site will be integrated into the ICE site or continue to exist independently.
Winsome Games is the publisher of the upcoming 1831. This is a new site, which will, hopefully, add more information as it evolves.
Ken Tidwell's The Game Cabinet is a web page dedicated to multiplayer board games, especially the great new titles appearing in Europe. While 18xx is not a frequent subject, it is still an excellent gaming resource. Ken has also started putting up an archive of the back issues of Mike Siggin's Sumo's Karaoke Club, Europe' s premier board-gaming publication, which frequently features 18xx news.
The Games Report is a publication dedicated to multiplayer board games. While it does have only a few 18xx related items, it makes great reading, and is well worth a visit.
Web-Grognards is probably the premiere wargaming website. If you have a bent towards this end of the strategy game field, take a look.
Matthias Klose maintains an 18xx FTP site in Germany, which features his ps18xx files and Dirk Clemens' 18xx moderator program (which now can handle most of
the games of the system). This is a very busy site, so please limit your use to non-peak hours.
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