It could have been worse for the Russians. The Baltic Fleet could have been sunk by British fishermen on the Dogger Bank! Jim ... From: Beard, Bruce D....
Would have saved time. It took them a year to sail halfway around the world and then the Japanese sunk that one too. ________________________________ From:...
... Well, EA (currently) has both 0.6666, 0.8, and 0.8333 trains. Of two different types. Seriously, N/M trains add an interesting twist on route planning, and...
Mike, When you say that a company may not count any town more than once, do you mean specifically dot towns, or any town/city? I read it as the latter but...
In message <2B398A26C75FE044913FCB8C89FDBAC5019773E4C0FF@...>, "Beard, Bruce D." <bruce_d_beard@...> writes ... It looks like a pretty...
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... From: "daveberry33" <daveberry33@...> To: <18xx@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:44 PM Subject: [18xx] Re: On trains and dot...
Nick, If they had found and destoyed the 2 ACCs that were not in port the war might have lasted another 6-12 months. But the industrially capacity of the US...
I have no mouth, and I must scream. I have no pen, and I must write. I have no software, and I must design. ...Oh, wait... Mwahahahahaaaaaaaaa! <glyph of hands...
You know, David, in the 1860s Red Cloud and the Sioux actually won a war with the US. The got them to abandon 3 forts and close the Bozeman trail. But then...
I actually read a recent essay suggesting that the initial conflicts (i.e. going back to the settler period) between the Indian and the White Man were based on...
... Given this exchange, I infer that Bill's rule intends and assumes (and, in effect, requires) players to accept each other's word about whether they notice...
Once you define someone else as barbaric and decide they do not deserve to be treated as human beings--then you can massacre theri women and children too....
... Had they sent the planes in a third time and hit the oil tank farms and dry docks they would have had more time to run free. If the US fleet had to refuel...
... "Yes, I noticed that I had a connection, but it was to my advantage not to do it, so I lied." Is there anything wrong with this picture? ... Sigh. -- ...
You seem to be seriously determined to drive us all nuts. But given the other thread (about designers all being insane), this all makes a sort of sense -...
I live in the St Louis area and have been to Geekway to the West before. It's not a standard convention where there are specific games run by specific people...
I attended twice several years ago and taught and played 18xx. It is a great little 200 person convention. 18xx players should have no trouble finding...
Dave, 18NEB has an interesting take on these issues- - it uses a combination of the train types you're discussing- "plus" trains early-on, then "n/m" trains...
jim and dave, NEB did not start out that way and the decison was made relatively late. For a while ticks (dot towns) were free against train limits and more...
David, I am reading a book about pre-Columbian America. It contains a story about an archeologist heading for an Olmec ruin talking to a local driver: "Are...
