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Welcome to  MARFLOW GAMES!

Marflow Games specializes in 18xx games based on Francis Tresham's gameplay. Since these games are a niche market, the games are only produced in small series or to order. Because this production process is very labor intensive, these games are priced higher (but still reasonable) than comparable games made by major game publishers.

All games come with English rules and English text on the game components.

GAMES in PRINT

18DO-Dortmund

This is the first game to be professionally produced by Marflow Games. In addition to the railroads, there are breweries which are a unique gameplay element in the 18xx games. Since they don't build routes, their focus is on the beer market. Similar to the railway companies, the timely replacement of new brewery equipment is also important here. In the final phase of the game, the railroad companies export the breweries' beer output to areas off the game board.For those who prefer a pure railway game, there is 'The Railway Game' variant. Here the breweries are thematically only involved as private companies.

1842 - Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein - new Version 4.1

Mixture of  1835 and 1830 for 3 to 6 players.

The game has been reworked. There are slight changes on the map and contains a table for indicating the corporations' income. In addition theres is now a grey phase. For owner of version 3.0 to 3.3 and 4.0 an upgrade kit is available.

18SX - Saxony

Is out of print as it will be published by SPIELWORXX in 2023. 

18Rhl - Rhineland

The game is based on 1830 but in a mitigated form. The private companies auctioned at the start of the game may not be sold to the corporations. Instead the owning player may use their special abilities when acting as a Director of a corporation. At the start the location of one steel mill and one coal mine will be randomly choosen. As these two locations will have an effect on the routes' incomes, every game has a slightly different challenge. For 3 to 5 players.

18Ruhr

In addition to the railway  companies there are also steel mills and coal mines (MONTAN  companies) which will be actively managed by players. Both types of companies use the same Capex Cards , which have replaced the train cards, for their investments. There are 18 different  MONTAN companies  of which 8 will become active MONTAN companies. For their selection 5 scenarios have been provided. For 3 to 6 players.

18EC - USA East Coast

Based on 1830 the game has an interesting new feature, the mail contracts. They grant an additional income for the owning corporation's treasury. 3 to 6 players try to handle the 9 corporations.

1869-West

Where 18EC does end 1869-West starts. From the Mississippi to the  West Coast. Allan R. Moons classic 18xx-game for the first time available as RTP version. For 3 to 8 players.

1893 - Cologne

As in 1835 the game starts with the sale of the small companies. But unlike 1835 the starting value of the corporations may be chosen by the players. All trains are eligible for trade-in.  2 to 4 players have to choose the right time  when to reinvest in new  equipment.

1847 - Pfalz  Anniversary Edition

25 years ago the first version of 1847 had been developed. It based on 1835 and had been designed for 3 players. The game was provided as a game kit for all who are interested. The game kit contained the map, the shares, the train cards and station markers. Everything else had to be taken from a copy of 1835. Over the years new versions had been developed with updated maps and expansions for 4 and 5 players, which eventually were available as RTP versions only.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary 1847 has been redesigned again. The map has increased slightly and there is another railway corporation as new private companies. The Anniversary Edition will contain both, the old “Standard” version as well as the new Anniversary version and tow variants.

 18Ruhr -   Expansion

An overlay will be split the map into two maps, one covers the Western Ruhr area and the other the Eastern Ruhr area. The game can now be played on each of these new maps in a shorter time. For each of the new maps there is an additional game material which can be also used for the full map.

18SA - South America

The game covers the whole South American subcontinent. There are six private companies and eleven corporations. Beside the 26 cities (no towns!) there are three mines. The latter can only be used with  goods trains.   When buying a train the director has to select either a  passenger train or a goods train. The same applies to the stations which are either for passengers or for goods.

1881 Berlin

This game features the development of the tramway/trolley car net in Berlin.   The game starts with the bidding for the   seating position.  In the first stock round each player buys up to four  stock certificates during her/his first turn. Track laying costs are high but there is a compensation for connecting  town quarters which are a long distance from the Berlin town center. Route length of the trams is determined by number of stations whereas whistle stops do not count but generate income.   

18NL - Nederland

A classic 1830 game . But the relatively small map of the Netherlands and the nine corporations are a real challange for experienced players to build a profitable net work for the corporations.

1842 - Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein - new version 4.1

The game has been reworked. There are slight changes on the map and contains a table for indicating the corporations' income. In addition theres is now a grey phase. For owner of version 3.0 to 3.3 and 4.0 an upgrade kit is available.