1830: The Pere Marquette Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 2.0 Preparing for Play
  • Table 2 - Railroad Corporation Assets
  • Table 3 - Certificate Limits
  • Table 4 - Trains
• Railroad Operations
  • 7.0 Railroad Operations - Track Construction
  • 18.0 Railroad Operations - Track Construction
  • 19.0 Railroad Operations - Tokens
• 1830 Glossary

Introduction

All the standard 1830 rules are to be used, with the additions and corrections noted in the following paragraphs.

1.0 Introduction

The Railroad Corporations included in the game are nine, not eight.

2.0 Preparing for Play

If playing with seven players, the banker shuffles the Priority Deal card with the place cards, and the player who gets it is considered the first player.

If playing with seven players, the Banker distributes $2520 instead of $2400.

The optional 6 Train is not optional, but must be used.

The Charters of Incorporation are nine, not eight.

Table 2 - Railroad Corporation Assets

Players should add a new line:

PM - Pere Marquette - 4 Yellow and Blue - Detroit

Table 3 - Certificate Limits

These are the new limits:

# of Players	2	3	4	5	6	7
Max # of Certificates	32	22	17	14	12	11

Table 4 - Trains

The additional 6 train is mandatory, not optional.

Railroad Operations

7.0 Railroad Operations - Track Construction

If playing with seven players the game starts with the player who received the Priority Deal Card.

18.0 Railroad Operations - Track Construction

All that is written about the Erie is to be applied to both the Erie and the PM. The base city of the PM is Detroit/Windsor (E5).

19.0 Railroad Operations - Tokens

All that is written about the Erie RR (19.1) is to be applied to the PM, also.

1830 Glossary

All that is written about the Erie RR (BASE CITY) is to be applied to the PM, also.