... I, too, would be most surprised to find it legal to run to more than one city circle in a hex in 18EU. (Well, unless speaking sloppily I'd be forced to ...
Heh. "Stop me before I subreference again..." ... From: Maisnestce@... To: 18xx@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [18xx]...
Yesterday four of us played 1841 (version 2) for the first time. (None of us had ever played version 1.) It took much of the day to learn the game and...
... This is to be expected. Ferdi is already strong in v.1, where the daughters are minors. IIRC, in v.2 they are majors. This makes the Ferdi even much more...
The one game playing option that you did not use and sticks out like a sore thumb seems to be the utilisation of company capital to start non-historical...
... The first observation is that you played much too conservatively. 1841 is much less about running trains profitably than any other 18xx game, though large...
The other day I took advantage of the presence of Ian D Wilson to clarify a couple of issues with the 1861 rules. He provided four answers. In the interests...
You are correct; we did not utlize company capital to start new companies. That will change in our next game. However, you point out that if not played...
Thanks, Robert. We did indeed play conservatively, it appears. A further question to you: can you explain what you mean by "It doesn't matter, if only you...
Thanks for the detailed advice, Steve. From what I saw in yesterday's game, the SFTC is quite viable in version 2. I ran it profitably. It certainly seemed...
... The optimum is deplete and inherit to an opponent, but this requires careless opponents. If a company does not need to buy a train because it is without...
Maybe an opening strategy that I have employed successfully can help you understand how the merging can be used to your advantage: 1) open Genovese at 100, 2...
... That's one way of going about it. Another is to launch a company (probably at 68) in Genova personally, and merge. Ultimately, you'll want to own 60% of ...
... From: CK Au, Jeffrey (BGC) To: 18xx@yahoogroups.com Sent: 1/2/2007 4:16:38 AM Subject: RE: [18xx] 1841 Strategy How long does 1841v2 takes? Below or above...
My thanks to you, Steve, and to Robert, Stephen, and Gregor. You have all enlightened us with your observations and comments regarding the play of 1841 and...
Yes.It is important to be aware of the effect that carefully planned selling of shares by companies can have.My personal opinion is that it would have been...
The 1841 v.2 rulebook has an optional rule that reads as follows: 8.4 Corporation Stock Sales When a Corporation sells Stock in other Corporations, do not move...
... This is the Danny Victor Memorial Rule. When Danny was first inveigled into a game of 1841, the share price of his company rose every time it paid a ...
... Even amongst experienced players, 4 hours is rather on the rapid side. It can be done, but it's rare. 5-6 hours is reasonably common, though a slow ...
... I never understand how people can play 18xx games that fast. We tend to take over 6 hours for games like 18EU. I think 1841 could easily take 10 hours for...
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... There are groups that claim to play 1870 in 3 hours, and even when I play we see quite a range based on who is involved in the game. I think to get the...
True.Whenever I'm in a game of 1841 with Steve,he always votes against that optional rule.Odd that. I recently played in a game of 1841 with Lyndon Gurr,a...
... It's mostly groupthink. Some groups like their players to get on with it--make a quick decision and move on. If it's a good decision, so much the better....
... I vote against that rule whenever I play 1841, independent of the opposition, since I think it makes the game more boring and less skilful. Lyndon tends ...
I happen to own a printed copy of an 1841 strategy article, written by one Steve Thomas. If memory serves it had originally been published in the now defunct ...
... I vote against that rule whenever I play 1841, independent of the opposition, since I think it makes the game more boring and less skilful. Lyndon tends ...
... Reasons why those numbers (share prices and quantity) were chosen 1) The share price of Genovese is a low as possible for this strategy to work. If the...
From my observation and conversations with Robert, the central question in modern (aggresive) 1841 is: COMPANY CONTROL Controlling many companies with money...
