From Mayfair Games:
It is the dawn of the “Age of Railroading” in America. You’re a wealthy investor and speculator betting that the new technology will revolutionize transport. Commerce will no longer depend on rutted roads and slow canals. Instead, it will ride the rails on swift, powerful “Iron Horses.” 1830 is an acclaimed railroad investment and building game covering the years 1830 to present. You and your fellow players become the stockholders of America’s first railroad corporations. Since the largest shareholder becomes president, you compete for control of the strongest firms.
