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1846: The Race for the Midwest

3–5 players · best with 4 · ~120–240 min to play · ages 14+ · 2005

complexity · Heavy

BGG 7.9/10 (3,282 ratings) · weight 4.0/5 · rank #662 View on BGG ↗

Questions here read: 1846: The Race for the Midwestbg-17405-en-1e

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🔧 answerability — what this table has actually asked

outcomes — the rows every figure above was counted from

outcome	bucket	asks
ANSWERED Answered	answered	8
REFUSED_UNVERIFIED Refused — answer could not be verified against the rulebook	refused	2

most-asked questions

question (normalized)	asked	latest outcome
how do i take my turn?	asked 4 times	Refused — answer could not be verified against the rulebook Aug 18, 2026 00:04
when does the game end?	asked 2 times	Answered Aug 18, 2026 00:04
how do i setup the game?	asked 2 times	Answered Aug 14, 2026 14:44
how do i play?	asked once	Answered Aug 15, 2026 12:02
how do i play	asked once	Answered Aug 15, 2026 01:11

🔧 BGG — every figure this page shows, and where it came from

the word this page prints: Heavy
community weight: 3.99 of 5
votes behind it: 192 weight votes
community rating: 7.86 of 10
ratings behind it: 3,282 ratings
rank on BGG — the boardgame subtype: #662
players: 3–5
best with: 4 players
how that best-with count was read: BGG's own poll summary
recommended counts — read out of BGG's poll-summary sentence: 3–5
minimum age — the figure BGG reports, which a printed box can disagree with: 14+
play time — the min and max BGG reports: 120–240 min
play time — the headline figure BGG reports: 240 min
year published: 2005
captured: Aug 10, 2026
source: BoardGameGeek XML API

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