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Board18 Overview
BOARD18 is a tool for playing “18xx style” games via Email.
The BOARD18 game session associated with a PBEM game is used to display the game board and the stock market for the game.
It will run as a web service accessed via the player's web browser.
The How To page linked to here
contains step by step instructions for setting up a PBEM 18xx game.
BOARD18 is open source software available under the MIT License
Please click here to help support the BOARD18 Project.
NOTE: For more information on 18xx style games, see this wikipedia article.
Note that only 2 game boxes are included in the Download ZIP file.
This is due to file size considerations.
Additional game boxes should, of course, be downloaded and added to a BOARD18 web site. Follow these instructions when you wish to do so.
Board18 Releases
Unless you have a good reason not to, please use the most current BOARD18 release or the Current Stable Release.
Please contact Rich Price, rich at board18.org, if you have questions about installing BOARD18 on your server.
Please report any issues with BOARD18 or the BOARD18 install process here.
Release 1.5.0
- Implemented issue 27 Phase 4 - board18Boxes.php.
- Added links between board18Boxes.php, board18Games.php and board18Players.php
If upgrading from release 1.3.4 or earlier then see this note.
Download: Media:Board18-1.5.0.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.
Release 1.4.2 - Current Stable Release
- Fixed status swap bug in board18Misc.php
If upgrading from release 1.3.4 or earlier then see this note.
Download: Media:Board18-1.4.2.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.
Release 1.4.1
- Added 3 new PHP functions. They are linkGet, linkAdd and linkDel.
- Updated board18Misc page to support toggling the current game status.
- Added link processing functions to board18Misc page.
If upgrading from release 1.3.4 or earlier then see this note.
Download: Media:Board18-1.4.1.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.
Release 1.4.0
- Updated game_link table.
- Added aboutBoard18() function to board18com.js.
If upgrading from release 1.3.4 or earlier then see this note.
Download: Media:Board18-1.4.0.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.
Release 1.3.4
- Put tray back into Market pages and fixed bug in switching between SnapMap and SnapMrk.
Download: Media:Board18-1.3.4.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.
Release 1.3.2
- Fixed Issue 49 - Tokens aren't on Map correctly in Snapshot view
Download: Media:Board18-1.3.2.zip
Installation instructions for this release are available at How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site.