The man who designed the game
Electronic Engineer, living in London
Preferred 18xx : 1841, 1826, 18EU (and now 1844..)
Specialty: good strategy and corporation management but diverges in the middle of the game
LUCIO ABBATE
The official rules checker (or the one to blame for the bad english..)
Electronic Engineer, currently working in the telecoms industry
Preferred 18xx : all of them...
Specialty: predicting what will happen in the game.
The famous rule maker and provider of printing facilities
Aerospace Engineer, the infamous boss of the Aranea Multimedia Company
Preferred 18xx: 1856
Specialty: he is a wizard in shifting trains among corporations.
CARLO GUALDI
The veteran playtester: participated in all the official sessions
Electrical Engineering, performing electrical measurements with obsolete
instruments
Preferred 18xx : 1830
Specialty: how to win according to paragraph B (with the map opposite
to him, never being president of a corporation and never reading the
rules)
LEANDRO LALA
The graphic supporter
Mathematic, working in a local sw graphic design company
Preferred 18xx : he played half a game of 1830 many years ago. Never
tried again
Specialty: n/a