Hey all, The Deep Thought Games website has been down now for the last 2 days. Is there a large issue? (Just curious really. I am sure we would have been told ...
I don't think so, because I was just corresponding with John this morning about something and he didn't mention anything. I'll drop him an e-mail so he knows...
... The issue is that I am out of town at a computer conference and power has apparently gone out past what the UPS could handle. I will bring it back online...
While technically not an 18xx game, it obviously took a lot of elements from the family. "number" trains, rusting, track upgrading, etc. What are people's ...
... The former. Who makes it? What is it? You jump in like we know what it is. Back up a few steps. I have several railroad related dice games in my box, but...
The game is more popular in Europe than the US. Here is a Railroad Dice PBEM game in progress with a link that provides a nice overview of the rules. This is...
RRD 2 is a _completely_ different game to RRD - I've played both of them - only once each; RRD - Railroad Tycoon (so I'm guessing AoS) type track. Sprawling...
Jon, Most people abbreviate Railroad Tycoon as RRT It seems from the web site, that there was a simpler preceding version of Railroad Dice. Which was what Mike...
In the most recent ruleset (0.12.3 26-Mar-06), the last paragraph in rule 3.4 begins "After the Initial Stock Round, each player's remaining cash determines...
The detail is that rule 3.4 applies only after the <b> Initial </b> stock round, not all the other ones. Thus, after the inital auction, the seating order is...
Now that I've worked my way through the latest ruleset, I have a number of questions, suggested (or pleas for) clarifications, and possible misprints...
... So folks get up and move after the Initial Stock round to establish the fixed clockwise order as opposed to doing this prior to the Initial Stock Round as...
I've played 18GL 4 times now and my group almost all agree that the E Trains are vastly inferior to the D trains; inferior to the point that getting stuck with...
... Clearly Ds are superior to all other trains (except for perhaps the one run you get as a 4D, even then a diesel with decent tokens can run for more)....
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Feedback... ... misprints ... easily ... the ... shares ... merket ... receive $300 and ... came up ... specific language ... I had the stock at $100 per share...
In Railroad Dice - First Rails - the English rules (version 2.0 as they appear on the website) get the rule wrong about compulsory purchase of shares from the...
Hey all, What I would love to see is a missive by some of the playtesters of the game to get an idea of how the game is supposed to play out and why particular...
The thread mentioned is a "teaching/learning" game being moderated by yours truly. Strange stuff is a mild description of some of the newbie "things"...
... Gary would have to tell you the early game development, since when I got involved it was very near ready. The part I was involved in (aside from cosmetic...
I've seen the thread and I must say you are doing a great job of keeping the game fun and letting everyone know their options. Ed Holzman <edholzman@...>...
