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18VA: The Railroads Come to Virginia

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2001 · 2-5 players · 210min · weight 4.31 · 198 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
7218
Name
18VA: The Railroads Come to Virginia
Year
2001
Rank
8130
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
210
Min playtime
210
Max playtime
210
Avg weight
4.3077
Num weights
13
Bayes avg
5.62849
Average
7.10914
Users rated
198
Num owned
211
Wanting
51
Wishing
62
Num comments
88
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Auction / BiddingMarketNetwork and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile PlacementVictory Points as a Resource
Categories (2)
EconomicTrains
Description (616 chars)

18VA is an 18xx game set in Virginia as well as pertinent neighboring areas of Maryland and the District of Columbia. 18VA is a small game, in the style of Mark Derrick's one-state games 18GA and 18AL, and is intended as a change from the more robust 18xx games often played. The major hook in this game is the coal trains, which run mainly West-East, taking coal from the mountains to the coast, while the passenger trains run the North-South routes. Also interesting is the fact that all railroads operate with just the President's share sold, and open with 5 shares and expand to 10 at the owner's discretion.

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.