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How smart do you have to be to play 18XX well? Are there books available that give you techniques from expert players? (you know like they have for chess or bridge)
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Not particularly smart, but you have to be good at arithmetic or own a calculator.
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john guthrie
United States
silver spring
maryland
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geekgirl123 wrote: Are there books available that give you techniques from expert players? (you know like they have for chess or bridge)
this is good - 1830 Advanced Strategies and Common Mistakes by Henning Kanter - but you should have a good grasp on the rules first.
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Atomic wedgie
United States
Vancouver
Washington
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I don't think that it's that important. I think that like many other things, it's just something that you have to put time into. With that it becomes clearer and easier.
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Eric Brosius
United States
Needham Heights
Massachusetts
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I think almost everyone needs practice to play it well. The rules aren't that complex, but some things you need to see happen in order to really understand them.
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Todd Pytel
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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Eric Brosius wrote: The rules aren't that complex, but some things you need to see happen in order to really understand them.
Very true, and more so for 18XX than any other game I've played. A new player can read through the rules, get a pretty solid grasp of how they work in a technical sense, and yet sit down to their first real game and have no idea what's truly happening. What you actually need to think about in a game isn't described by the rules, it's implied by them. This is annoying to people learning the system, but it's also a big part of what makes the system as great as it is.
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tppytel wrote: Eric Brosius wrote: The rules aren't that complex, but some things you need to see happen in order to really understand them. Very true, and more so for 18XX than any other game I've played. A new player can read through the rules, get a pretty solid grasp of how they work in a technical sense, and yet sit down to their first real game and have no idea what's truly happening. What you actually need to think about in a game isn't described by the rules, it's implied by them. This is annoying to people learning the system, but it's also a big part of what makes the system as great as it is.
That sounds like container. Which is what I liked about that game.
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Todd Pytel
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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geekgirl123 wrote: That sounds like container.
I haven't played Container - I'd like to, but it's not really my regular group's style of game. But from what I've read of it, that sounds correct.
Quote: Which is what I liked about that game.
Then it sounds like you have an easy decision to make about getting into 18XX. 
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Evelin Auger
Canada
Portneuf
Québec
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I can think of many games that are as complex as the 18xx; Brass, Tigris and Euphrat, Imperial, Dominant species.
Don't be afraid to try it, if you play it with experienced players, you will enjoy to live the way you will loose your game and it may even make the game difficult to live por those experienced players. 18XX is just a formidable experience.
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