1856 (Ontario, Canada) - by Bill Dixon

Available from:

• Mayfair Games (for 3-6 players / playing time 4 hrs. per box cover / published in 1995)

PBEM

• 1856.zip (Cyberboard Gamebox and Spreadsheet found on Robo's 18xx Page) [Roberto A. Ullfig]
• FourTrack Mainline (see 1856 section)
  

Playing Aids

• 1856 (BoardgameGeek: a number of useful files can be downloaded from this site)

Reviews and Summaries

• 1856 (BoardgameGeek)
• 1856 - The Game (For Whom the Web Rocks by Keith Thomasson)
  
• 1856 Main Page (The Depot)
• 1856 Review by Chris Farrell with comments by Paul Work (The Depot)
• 1856: reviewed 9 July 2000 by BGG Admin (BoardgameGeek)
• 1856: reviewed 11 October 2004 by Jeff Luck (BoardgameGeek)
• 1856: reviewed 8 October 2004 by Walt Collins (BoardgameGeek)
• Chris's List of 18xx Games: #3. 1856 (BoardGameGeek Geeklist by Chris Farrell)

Rules and Components

• 1856 (Blackwater Station)
• 1856 Detailed Rules and Introduction (28 June 1997)  [also available at another site]
  
• 1856 Map (BoardgameGeek)
  
• 1856 Map (For Whom the Web Rocks, by Keith Thomasson)
• 1856 Rules Clarifications and Amendments, Version 1.1 by Steve Thomas (Blackwater Station)
• 1856 Rules: Observations and Clarifications compiled by Lou Jerkich
• 1856 Tile Manifest (Blackwater Station - John David Galt)
  
• Companies of 1856 (The Depot)
• Complete Rules (BoardGameGeek - link to a site last updated 27 June 1997)
  
• FourTrack Mainline (see 1856 section: SPI, Companies, Trains and Phases, Tiles, Map)
• Mapboard (The Depot)
• The Trains of 1856 by Lou Jerkich
  

Strategy

• 1856 - I Really Like This Game by Gregg Lutz, 22 January 2006 (BoardgameGeek)
  
• 1856 Strategies by Chris Farrell with comments by Paul Work (The Depot)
• 18xx Strategy by Brian Bankler (Web Archive; look for the heading "1856 Tips")
• Lost in Canada: Unraveling the Strategies of 1856 by Dave Lionett (Rail Gamer #13, Jan/Feb/Mar 2000, pages 13-15, 30)
  

Variants

• 1856 Hartmann Variant Rule (Adam Romoth's site)  [Variant Rule is: "No player may buy shares from the initial offering of a corporation, of which he is not president until the 6-train is not available."]
• 1856 Carper Variant (by Jon Carper) - add one #6 and one #59 tile.
• 1856 Selling Only After Having Operated (posted by Robert Jasiek, 1 May 2009)