Tabletop Games Blog · June 28, 2025 · 9 min
1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight (Digital Eyes)
In response to Queen Victoria's love of Osborne House, railways were built that ran from Cowes to Newport and from Ryde to Ventnor. As if to underline the significance of the project, two rival companies, the LSWR and LBSC , collaborated to create a train network that was soon hailed as a triumph of public service over profitability and that ran from Ryde to Ventnor, Freshwater to Newport, Cowes to Ryde via Newport, Newport to Sandown and Merstone to Ventnor. All of this happened in 1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight by Mike Hutton from All-Aboard Games . Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/06/28/1860-railways-on-the-isle-of-wight-digital-eyes/ Useful Links 1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight : https://all-aboardgames.com/products/international-1860-railways-on-the-isle-of-wight Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/238952/third-edition-rules Rules video: https://youtu.be/tb8DpmU0JrE?si=0gUdS68QBy_AOmJQ All-Aboard Games : https://all-aboardgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12750/1860-railways-on-the-isle-of-wight 18xx.games : https://18xx.games/ Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Sound Effects: bbc.co.uk – © copyright 2025 BBC Music I Use: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: CILZ3MAE6USRDRHR Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/