18FB is not ready for production yet. Also I cannot provide neither a date for the final release nor details on what formats will be available at that moment.

Discussions on the game and the playtesting activity are ongoing on the 18FB Yahoo Group: 18fb@yahoogroups.com among selected playtesters.

The current 18FB prototype version includes the following components:

• South-italy hexagonal map (179 hexes)
• Bidimenasional Stock market
• 11 railroad companies (concessions, certificates, tokens, markers and charts)
• 2 national companies (certificates, tokens, markers and charts)
• 7 regional companies
• Hexagonal tiles
• 31 regular trains
• 14 regional trains
• Political cards
• The rule book

Any news about the game release will be published on this site and posted on the 18xx mailing list.