18Korea
18Korea is an online multiplayer game for 2 to 5 players motivated by the beloved board game series ’18xx’. In the 19~20 century Korean Peninsula, Make the best profit by running railroad companies and trading stocks.
Gameplay
Run Companies & Trade Stocks
– Establish companies to be a major shareholder or buy stocks of a promising company to increases your income. 18Korea presents fictional 30 companies located in major cities of the Korean Peninsula.
Build Railroads & Stations
– Build railroads and operate train lines to profitable cities and regions. Make cooperative lines with other players or hold in check the opponent’s plan.
The Korean War
– During play, the Korean War breaks out, and all tracks and stations are destroyed.
Before the war, the North Korean region is lucrative, but after the war, it’s impossible to run business in the region. What strategy would you take?
30 Different Asset Cards
– Use 30 different asset cards to make the best strategy for each company.
Game Discussion
Steam User 15
UPDATE: I am finding some SERIOUS bugs a week after launch. I am sure they will be fixed but at the moment a real game cannot be played because these bugs screw all the calculations (which are the foundation of 18xx games). I might reverse the review to negative if they aren't fixed in a few days.
Original Review:
You should know what you are getting with the 18xx games. This is pretty good, both as a client and as an entry in the family of games, including elements that are questionable if you are a purist but are pretty nice if you like your board games to have replayability and some minimum degree of asymmetry, and I am referring to the pre-game draft of assets cards. Also the theme is great and enriched by the Korean war elements.
Buyers beware: there is NO single-player or versus-AI mode. This is a multiplayer only game. *As it should be.*
Steam User 4
As an avid 18xx fan, I was very hopeful for this title. I've only played through a 2 player local multiplayer game(vs myself) to get a feel for the rule set and interface. This rule set is more of the "running good companies" style of 18xx vs the Stock manipulation style of game. All train routes are autocalculated which is a huge time saver over the tabletop games, interface was relatively simple to figure out.
This game has a very unique(as far as my exposure to 18xx which is pretty extensive) mechanic with half of the map getting wiped out once you advance to Era 3(brown tiles). This is the Korean war. Map gets cut at the DMZ(which you can traverse before it happens), North becomes unavailable and all cities in the South are wiped out and have to be rebuilt. I understand it works for a smaller map, but not sure how I feel about it after only one play through but its intriguing for planning and strategy.
All in all I enjoyed playing it and will convince my friends who enjoy 18xx as well to get it. It certainly is a good basis as far as bringing the tabletop games to the PC.
Steam User 3
Very good implementation of the 18xx board games.
Fun and good lookin.
One of the more complex editions, would be nice with a more basic 18xx-game as well using the same "game engine".
Only played offline so have no comment on the online experience yet.
Steam User 1
Wonderful design for an 18xx game! There are bugs being worked out regarding route calculation, and the developers have acknowledged this issue and are working it into the next patch.
Great way to play 18.xx and I hope other versions come to this platform!
Steam User 1
Great and fun 18xx game, runs good in Linux under proton. That said, devs please release a native Linux version!
Steam User 0
Apparently no way to save a multiplayer game. Used the Save feature, exited the game, opened it up again and found zero saved games.
Its fun but not recommended if you don't have a lot of time with friends.