1833NE Initial Thoughts

I have now played 1833NE four times: once in April (a 5p takeover game, using one of the old sets) and three times this month: A 3p non-takeover, takeover games of 5p and 3p. Game Review Thoughts: The non-takeover game has interest — the shifting interconnections are complex. I would be happy to play it again, particularly if time is short. I don’t particularly like how the interconnection bonuses are presented on the map (in how some direct connections are not next to the indirect) and have printed out an extra page of the connections chart from the rules. Tabular form is fine for me. I may print out a few more copies for reference. In my last game I mostly just used that. Our 5p Takeover game — my 3rd game, two players second ’33NE game (first with takeovers) and two players first ’33NE game — took < 4 hours with a laptop spreadsheet to run the final 4 ORs. (All were experienced 18xx). My 3p non-takeover game was ~ 2h45m (no laptop). The last game (3p Takeover) was 3h 20m including…