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26268
Justin, In my experience, which is not recent, the only reason to use Vassal is for real time games, otherwise Cyberboard is much simplier. Mike...
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Nov 5, 2009
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26269
... *If* you have Windows, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. I had a lot of problems with buttons and menus failing to draw under Wine. Regards, Tim....
Tim Franklin
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26270
... Yes, I thought that's what you meant, and that's fine. I've done on- and off-line with VASSAL, and while I think it lacks some of Cyberboard's polish for...
Tim Franklin
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26271
Hi Justin, As you know, I'm not ready to jump into a new game just yet. But please keep me in mind in the future. I've fired up Rails, but that's about it. ...
Stephen
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Nov 6, 2009
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26272
Extremely unlikely; there is too much concentration (and abandoned track) between the US super-majorRRs as it is....... ... From: jermey.vipperman...
thomas wall hannaford...
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26273
The next major RR merger will be between the UP and NS.Have a nice day, and dream of an 1830 reprint by Valley games. ... From: thomas wall hannaford, jr....
Fred Minard
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Nov 6, 2009
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26274
Hmmm, merging the onion and the noisy in order to compete against the canpac? The current administration would never go for it, and there would be quite a few...
thomas wall hannaford...
twall1958
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26275
We have four in a game that is being formed. We will use a Yahoo Group to handle the messages, a Google spreadsheet to handle the accounting, and Cyberboard...
Jonathan
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Nov 6, 2009
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26276
The current rumour about these parts is that Mayfair Games have acquired the 1830 license. I have been unable to confirm. -- JCL...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 6, 2009
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26277
Thanks. I have been able to acquire a copy of Wolfram Janich's 1830 Variant Box #1, which contains two variant maps for 1830, a variation on John David Galt's...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 6, 2009
7:23 am
26278
... If you are still looking to fill up a 4-player game, I'd be interested. Rails is the best for playing 18AL, IMO. And if you use Jim Black's suggestion...
yankeeairpirates
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Nov 6, 2009
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26279
... AFAIK, Wolfram makes them to order like I do so nothing ever really goes out of print. ... I am not really interested in trying to republish any game that...
John A. Tamplin
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Nov 6, 2009
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26280
Add me to the list of those interested in some PbEM. I've only used the Rails/DropBox combo so far, and find it easy to use, and certainly I'm open to using...
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Nov 6, 2009
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26281
Wow! Will all of these (some?) be available for download from your website? That would be most excellent; but at the very least it is great (again, thank you...
thomas wall hannaford...
twall1958
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Nov 6, 2009
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26282
I'll certainly mention them there and will keep a copy of the various bits available there, but I'll also be posting them to BGG. BGG has much better...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 6, 2009
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26283
... One BNSF employee said BNSF stands for 'Buy Norfolk Southern First'. Also said 'Bigger Name Still F'd'. Bill Dixon...
W.R.Dixon
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Nov 7, 2009
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26284
... What's NS? (I had the impression that the Norfolk Southern merged into CSX years ago.)...
John David Galt
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26285
... I have never seen these kits (& would like details on the Wabash tiles for 18xx.net)....
John David Galt
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26286
... Nederlandsche Spoorwegen. -- Cheers for now, John, from St Ciers 33820, France...
John Shelley
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Nov 7, 2009
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26287
... It adds one #15, one #57, two #776. Additionally there is a one-hex mini overlay, which I guess one could consider a tile, even though it gets placed on...
Juho Snellman
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Nov 7, 2009
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26288
Yes it does, so i double goofed. Proceed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ricky Gray
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Nov 7, 2009
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26289
sorry guys -- replied to the wrong thread ... From: Ricky Gray To: 18xx@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [18xx] Re:...
Ricky Gray
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Nov 8, 2009
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26290
... I don't grok your rotation comment and Wolfram's kit is not clear on the orientation of that gray-overlay. I've assumed that its exits point west,...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 8, 2009
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26291
... Yeah, not clear as in not mentioning orientation at all :-) To me the the natural orientation is one that aligns the text with the text already on the...
Juho Snellman
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26292
... Noticed that too did you? ... It seems worth remembering that the Wabash is specifically intended for 5 and 6 player games. By inspection I'd wager: 1)...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 8, 2009
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26293
CSX and Norfolk Southern divided up Conrail years ago. ... From: John Shelley <john.shelley1@...> Subject: Re: [18xx] Re: Burlington Northern Santa Fe ...
Fred Minard
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Nov 8, 2009
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26294
The rule on running trains says that you can bypass halts. Assuming you include them, "a company which includes halts in a route.10 company credits subsidy for...
Bill Jaffe
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Nov 8, 2009
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26295
Bill. Spot on. A classic use of the FYN is to run a 4+2 train for the value of Newport & Yarmouth and get 40cc per turn by purposefully including 4 halts....
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Nov 8, 2009
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26296
FWLIW the change in the small station rule is the only change in the second edition that I have doubts on. We haven't fully explored the tragedy possible with...
JC Lawrence
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Nov 8, 2009
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26297
BtB last night's (teaching) game of 1860 was entertainingly pathological. Four companies were in receivership and approaching bankruptcy (FYN, VYSC, BGSTL &...
JC Lawrence
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