Bill Dixon (game designer)
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Bill Dixon is a board game
designer, who has four 18XX
games published:
As of 2006, he is currently working on an expansion kit which will combine 1830
, 1832, 1850, and 1870 into one large game covering the eastern half of the United States. The expansion kit will include the extra map pieces and components (ownership of all four games will be required), and be published by Deep Thought Games, LLC when it is ready (likely to be early 2007).
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
designer, who has four 18XX
18XX
18XX is the generic term for a series of board games that, with a few exceptions, recreate the building of railroad corporations during the 19th century; individual games within the series use particular years in the 19th century as their title , or "18" plus a two-letter geographical designator...
games published:
- 1832 - Southeastern United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, published in 2006 by Deep Thought Games, LLC - 1850 - Mid-western United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, published in 2006 by Deep Thought Games, LLC - 1856 - CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, published in 1995 by Mayfair GamesMayfair GamesMayfair Games is a publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English throughout the world... - 1870 - Mississippi Valley United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, published in 1994 by Mayfair GamesMayfair GamesMayfair Games is a publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English throughout the world...
As of 2006, he is currently working on an expansion kit which will combine 1830
1830 (board game)
1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons is a railroad operations and share trading board game first published by Avalon Hill in 1986 based on an original design by Francis Tresham...
, 1832, 1850, and 1870 into one large game covering the eastern half of the United States. The expansion kit will include the extra map pieces and components (ownership of all four games will be required), and be published by Deep Thought Games, LLC when it is ready (likely to be early 2007).