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19832 JDL
jamesludlow Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
4:38 pm
... Isn't that how all math trades work, since you have to submit a want list for each of your entries and want lists can be blank? -- James...
19833 uberboardgamer Send Email Nov 1, 2007
6:57 pm
Yes, but folks that have never participated in a Math Trade sometimes don't understand that. So, I was just trying to be explicit and clear. ... that...
19834 John A. Tamplin
john_a_tamplin Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
7:51 pm
... Is it possible to specify multiple games in each entry of the want list? Otherwise it is hard to trade a very valuable game since there are very few single...
19835 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
9:19 pm
... You can't specify two different entries as a package for which to trade a single entry. However, some entries include multiple games - the first game and...
19836 John A. Tamplin
john_a_tamplin Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
9:39 pm
... Right, but unless someone happens to have a set of such games that I want, it doesn't help me. Frankly, there aren't any games there I would be willing to...
19837 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
9:50 pm
... Well, that's the nice thing about a math trade - if you don't like anything on offer, you can submit an empty want list and bow out. And if you've really...
19838 an_love874 Send Email Nov 2, 2007
5:16 pm
... sometimes ... clear. ... list? ... very ... 3723...
19839 uberboardgamer Send Email Nov 2, 2007
10:41 pm
Unfortunately, it is not possible to submit a Want List for your offered item that includes combinations of other offers. You can obviously submit a Want List...
19840 uberboardgamer Send Email Nov 2, 2007
10:46 pm
If you were very clear in your explanation, I think that most people would get it. There may be a few MT newbies in this particular MT, but most folks are...
19841 Michael Brünker
michael_brue... Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
11:25 am
Hello all, I played 18West with my group and they liked many ideas in 18West as I do. But after my second game and their first we are of the opinion, that...
19842 David G.D. Hecht
dhecht05 Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
11:56 am
Well Michael, all I can say is, if you're ready to completely redesign a game that's been in development for almost two years with several different groups of...
19843 allen
astancius Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
12:08 pm
well said David, having played some of your games, some people don't consider what it takes to arrive at such a pricing structure for the trains, nor why...
19844 kalin_nl Send Email Nov 3, 2007
12:24 pm
Yesterday I played my first games of 18West and a few questions about landgrant companies came up. 1. Are we right in presuming that a landgrant can lay one or...
19845 David G.D. Hecht
dhecht05 Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
12:59 pm
... From: "kalin_nl" <Kalin@...> To: <18xx@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 8:24 AM Subject: [18xx] 18West rule questions ... I think you...
19846 Michael Brünker
michael_brue... Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
1:00 pm
Hello David, thank you for your answer. I didn’t want to offend you, it was not my intention. And I only will change the rules for my group if we want to...
19847 David G.D. Hecht
dhecht05 Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
1:42 pm
I am not angry with you, my friend. Just...disappointed. As I said, I wouldn't judge a game after one or two plays, and I am surprised that a designer such as...
19848 Michael Brünker
michael_brue... Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
2:45 pm
Hi David, to the rule question: In 6.2.1 I didn’t find a rule what happens if there is no possibilty to place a tile. Maybe we played it wrong. Here is the...
19849 David G.D. Hecht
dhecht05 Send Email
Nov 3, 2007
6:27 pm
... From: "Michael Brünker" <michael.bruenker@...> To: <18xx@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: AW: [18xx] 18West...
19850 Björn Westling
bwestling Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
7:07 pm
1) If RSR buys the first 8 train, and still has R600 or more, can it buy a 2+2 train or does RSR cease to operate immediately upon purchase of the first 8? 2)...
19851 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
7:16 pm
... It ceases to operate as soon as phase 8 begins, thus it can never purchase a 2+2 or 5+5 train. ... I believe your assumption is wrong. If your company has...
19852 Björn Westling
bwestling Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
7:54 pm
I checked 1830, 1826 and 1856 and they all state that if there exist a choice of trains from the bank, the Corpration must purchase the cheapest alternative...
19853 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
8:02 pm
It's especially dangerous in 18xx to assume that rules transfer from one game to another if they aren't explicitly spelled out. In the absence of a...
19854 allen
astancius Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
9:32 pm
... From: "Chris Shaffer" <chris.shaffer@...> ... It ceases to operate as soon as phase 8 begins, thus it can never purchase a 2+2 or 5+5 train. ... I...
19855 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
9:36 pm
... You must be using the PDF that used to be available on the web. The printed game has a different set of rules, and most numbers in the PDF must be...
19856 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
9:38 pm
... Yes, that's what I said, and thus its token goes to the bottom of the stack, and doesn't retain the relative position that the minor company held. Right?...
19857 allen
astancius Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
10:33 pm
... From: "Chris Shaffer" <chris.shaffer@...> ... ok, that's one problem that needs correction in the pdf. since i cannot use any other format, i'll have...
19858 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
10:45 pm
... I'm not sure there's going to be a correction to the PDF, since it isn't available on the publisher website anymore. I wouldn't consider the PDF a...
19859 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 5, 2007
2:54 am
In 18AL, can two trains run through track 544, a brown X? The rules say "no two trains may use a single section of track, no matter how short." -- Chris Keep...
19860 Lou Jerkich
jerkich Send Email
Nov 5, 2007
4:08 am
... Chris, there is no tile #544 in 18AL according to my own game set and the tile manifest at Blackwater Station. Among the brown tiles, there is a tile #44,...
19861 Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer Send Email
Nov 5, 2007
5:40 am
Whoops, wrong game. Let's try again. In 18Scan, can two trains run through track 544, a brown X? This is the tile in question: ...
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