Career
Tresham founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil (founded 1971), a company well known for its Civilization board game, until its sale to MicroProse in 1997. His 1829 game was the first of the 18xx board game series and some of his board games have inspired Sid Meier computer games such as Railroad Tycoon. Francis Tresham was the first to introduce a technology tree into his boardgames.
This idea had a large influence on boardgames and computer games that were later produced.
He is currently managing director of Tresham Games, and is, as of 2009, still producing 18xx-style board games. In 2013, he was one of the first inductees in the United Kingdom Games Expo Hall of Fame.
1825
1829
1829 Mainline
1830
1853
Civilization
Revolution: The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648
Shocks & Scares
Spanish Main
The Game of Ancient Kingdoms.
