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In this episode of Train Shuffling Eric and Johnny discuss 18SY, set in Japan on the southern tip of the island of Honshu, and reveal some news about the podcast.

Yoichi Saito (Boardwalk Okayama) Email: okayama@boardwalk.co.jp

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In this episode of Train Shuffling Eric and Johnny are joined by Dan Domme and Spencer Sloe to talk about their experiences at Totalcon 2023.

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In this episode Johnny and Eric discuss current 18xx news and their initial impressions from their first play of 18Africa.

To read the articles referenced in the episode about the upcoming 18 India, check out the links below.

• 18 India: Mitigating Randomness (Part 1), by TraXX
• 18 India: Mitigating Randomness (Part 2), by TraXX

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In this episode Eric sits down with Len Key to talk about a recent in person play of 1862.

For some photos of the play check out this tweet: https://twitter.com/TrainShuffling/status/1442953481384382464?s=20

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In this episode Eric and Johnny are joined by Eric's wife Ali to talk about their experiences playing Union Station, a cube rails game by Travis Hill.

If you're interested in Union Station - keep and eye on Kickstarter on October 12th, 2021 for the campaign by New Mill Industries.

Find more information about Union Station and photos of the game here: https://www.newmillindustries.com/games/unionstation

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In this episode we are joined by Tony Fryer of the Wheel Tapping Podcast and TraXX to discuss his upcoming Kickstarter project Mainline Magazine.

If you are interested in backing Mainline Magazine here is a link to the Kickstarter, which goes live August 3rd, 2021:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traxx-mainline/mainline-magazine-by-traxx

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In this episode we are joined by the illustrious Eric Brosius to discuss the strategy of 1880: China by Helmut Ohley and Lonny Orgler.

Links mentioned in the show:

1) 1830 Rules Clarifications by Steve Thomas

2) 1880 Teaching Guide by Eric Brosius

3) Excited train guy, New York! (Foamer)

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In this episode we interview Bruce Beard to discuss the strategy he uses playing 1861 and 1867.

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In this episode Eric and Johnny talk about some things you might want to consider when exploring a new 18xx title for the first time. Maybe they'll start doing these things too when they try new games now - who knows!

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Johnny and Eric are joined this episode by Jonathan Cox of Jon Gets Games to talk about his recent dive down the Cube Rails rabbit hole - we discuss what about these games caught his attention, what games he's enjoyed playing so far and some of the interesting experiences he's had playing them so far. 

In the episode we reference his tutorial for Trans-Siberian Railroad, which you can find here.

Additionally here are his tutorial videos for Iberian Gauge, Northern Pacific, and Southern Rails.

The Booth Junkie video Eric mentions in the episode can be found here.

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