Yes, I can confirm that it's an oversight... we (Federico and I) thought that the example (pag. 11) was self-explanatory and.... well, "it's so obvious..." M....
... thought that the example (pag. 11) was self-explanatory and.... well, "it's so obvious..." ... Thank you all. It seemed obvious to me, but one of our...
I'm planning to bring my not-beautiful-but-still-functional copy of 18West to GenCon. Is anyone interested in starting off the convention right with a game at...
... With that logic, writing a comprehensive set of rules becomes difficult -- it doesn't say you can't club another player on the head and take all his stock...
There are two basic schools of thought Do the rules have to say something for you do do an action? Or can you do all things that the rules don't prohibit. I...
I am planning an update to the rules as soon as I recover from my jet-lag. When are you leaving? I'd like to give you the latest if at all possible. ... From:...
... I beg to differ with this dichotomy as a matter of philosophy. If we were talking about the laws of the land, you can do all things that they don't...
... This isn't as unreasonable as it might be. Designers don't design in vacuo--they tend to start from an existing design and (often implicitly) have the ...
Sorry if this doesn't belong here: It's a fairly specific question about using Lemmi's moderator. I have been using it for over fifty games (mostly 1856, but...
I got out my copy of 18EC and my rules are missing. I had gotten English language rules from Wolfram when I picked up an extra copy or two at Essen last year....
Hi Philippe, sometimes it's easy, When the company has its turn, you click in the shares table in the companys column: right click: sell shares to the pool ...
Salutations, gentlefolk, ... Though I did not type them, I might have said the same things had I but thought of them earlier. Have been busy the past two...
I'll be Japan from August 26 to September 15. I'd be interested in meeting anyone who is willing to game (18xx or otherwise) with a foreigner who speaks little...
I'll be in Washington DC from Mon-Fri October 29 - November 1. Realistically, I can play 18xx on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I might be...
Hi Volker, Thanks a lot for answering but I did try that and it doesn't work. Example: In 1851, L&N's turn. L&N already had an OR. Enough money in its treasury...
Four of us are just now finishing up a PBeM game of 2038 that I have been running (as well as participating in since the point where one of the players dropped...
2038 can end before all the big ships are out. If people are making a lot of $$ with the ships they have they're not in any hurry to make them obsolete. It...
The 4/3s last for a long time and you can get good bonuses off the pilots and corporations.The bank just isn't that big.So if the players don't push,that can...
... I have seen 1835 end without a 4 train being purchased, because none of the players wanted the Pr to form for a *long* time. It sounds like the same sort...
I haven't played 2038 for a while.Does the game end when a company hits the top? I'll have to check on my set.I agree with nearly all of that,except that the...
... No. Tycoon bankruptcy and breaking the bank are the only two conditions that end the game. The fact that TSI was about to run out of room on the stock...
The Garden Church of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, (in the western suburbs of Philadelphia) hosts the Lansdowne Games Day, on August 25th, 2007 People of all ages...
(Isn't there a separate game report mailing list?) Also posted at http://18xx-bergen.blogspot.com/: ** Our first try at 1832! ** Game report: Players in...
Hello, I am playing my first game of 18GA. I did a search through other messages and got that Atlanta is worth $20 at green to simulate the civil war. I just...
Yes, this is the intent. Atlanta is $20 with a green tile. We have found that Atlanta doesn't seem to be a green tile for long. It's usually upgraded at the...
... Rather, it isn't usually upgraded to green until brown track is available or nearly so, and then upgraded through green to brown in quick succession (in ...
