Tresham Games
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Tresham Games is a board games publisher featuring the games of Francis Tresham
. It was formed by Francis after he sold Hartland Trefoil, Ltd to Microprose
in 1998.
Tresham Games has published several 18XX
games, including 1829 Mainline and various units of 1825.
Francis Tresham (game designer)
Francis Tresham is an United Kingdom-based board game designer who has been producing board games since the early 1970s. Tresham founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil , a company well known for its Civilization board game, until its sale to Microprose in 1997...
. It was formed by Francis after he sold Hartland Trefoil, Ltd to Microprose
MicroProse
MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since...
in 1998.
Tresham Games has published several 18XX
18XX
18XX is the generic term for a series of board games that, with a few exceptions, recreate the building of railroad corporations during the 19th century; individual games within the series use particular years in the 19th century as their title , or "18" plus a two-letter geographical designator...
games, including 1829 Mainline and various units of 1825.