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2005 · 2-6 players · 300min · weight 3.56 · 119 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
21182
Name
1850: The MidWest
Year
2005
Rank
9759
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
300
Min playtime
300
Max playtime
300
Avg weight
3.5625
Num weights
16
Bayes avg
5.59272
Average
7.35756
Users rated
119
Num owned
166
Wanting
59
Wishing
92
Num comments
54
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement
Categories (3)
EconomicTrainsTransportation
Description (363 chars)
1850 is set in the Midwestern United States to the west of Chicago. It is another in the series of 18xx games originated by Francis Tresham, and is most closely related to 1870: Railroading Across the Trans Mississippi from 1870, also by the same author. Companies involved in the game include CB&Q, CMStP&P, CRI&P, GN, MKT ("Katy"), MP, NP, Soo Line, and UP.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.