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<span style="font-size:larger; font-weight:bolder;">BOARD18 is a tool for playing “18xx style” games via Email.</span>
<span style="font-size:larger; font-weight:bolder;">BOARD18 is a tool for playing “18xx style” games via Email.</span>


The BOARD18 game session associated with a game will be used to display the game board and the stock market for the game. It will run as a web service accessed via the Firefox web browser running on each players computer. Only players who can log in to the game can update the BOARD18 game session for that game.
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.<br>
<span style="color: Fuchsia">The [[How_to_set_up_an_18xx_game_using_BOARD18|How To page linked to here]]
contains step by step instructions for setting up a PBEM 18xx game.</span>
<p style="font-size:larger; font-weight:bolder;">BOARD18 is '''open source software''' available under the [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT License]</p>
NOTE: For more information on 18xx style games, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18XX this wikipedia article].

Revision as of 04:23, 16 August 2020

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

NOTE: For more information on 18xx style games, see this wikipedia article.