... -- But always be mindful of when you can do so for "free"...for example when your lead company is four columns away from $400 at the beginning of what your...
... Agreed. A "perfect play" example involves buying a 6 with your yellow company, and then buys a 4 from your lead company (which just lost its 3 to rust);...
... Exception: 5- and 6-player games, where privates (especially Katy) are often suboptimal to shares. In a recent 5-player game, I kept my $420 after some...
... Yeah; pull that off, and you can pretty declare yourself the winner on the spot...especially in a 3-player game where you're the River+Katy owner, and just...
You obviously have had very different 70 experiences than I. I have often see 2 trains that were purchased in OR1 and never ran at all because the first 4 was...
A lot of great advice here...thanks to all! I think the biggest thing I'll remember next week is to be more aware of avoiding those "last trains" of 2's and...
I've played in games where the t2's were great, because nobody wanted to push the trains at all. then there were other games where the t2's were dead in the...
... This requires the purchase of 14 trains in two ORs, meaning five companies minimum all spending cash like it's about to hyperinflate to worthlessness. -- I...
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... From: "Mike S." <mike1@...> ... that's possible with a 4 company start in which the first 3 companies buy up to t2's, and a few t3's are also...
I agree with almost everything Allen said. I certainly never said always pushing trains is always right. If anything was "always right in 1870" I would have...
the fastest train spree was when the last t5, and all the t6's & t8's were bought in the first two op rounds during phase 5 of the game. unfortunately, the...
... (!) No wonder the trains are rushing fast in your games! -- There are supposed to be SIX 3s in 1870. You must be missing one from your set. 7-2 6-3 5-4 4-5...
Mike, I do not think it requires 5 players or more than one mistake for a 4 to appear in OR 2. Consider the follwing scenario. PLAYER 1-Frisco (started at...
I note that in the faq, the # of 5+5 (& 2+2) has been questioned but I do not think definitively answered. Has that faq issue been finalized? If I understand...
It's been a long time since I played 1870 so I've been reluctant to enter this discussion, but...I thought it was the received wisdom never to buy more than...
... but I ... when ... this ... Here's the way we've played it here (Los Angeles area): 1. If the RSR purchases the first 8-train, the 5+5s and 2+2s ...
I think I've played one or two games of 1870 in which a 2-train (or two) never got to run. It happens more often in 1830. I've yet to see a game in which...
Bill, Not only was the director well prepared; he cheated. Once he bought the last 5 (with a 3 running), he was train-locked and could not buy the first 6....
... Yes. The official rule is that the number of 5+5E and 2+2 trains supplied with the set (two of each) constitutes a limit on play. There is a widespread ...
"Beard, Bruce D." <bruce_d_beard@...> wrote: (fast-forward) ... ...hold that thought.... (rewind) ... NOTE: This GMO "power-play" is done best with a...
... Additional likely requirement: Katy isn't connected to you (because if it were, it might upgrade your home, and then have access to messing with your track...
I believe we have reached the point where we are repeating ourselves and boring our peers. I will stop barking first. But you know those Bruce Lee movies...
I've enjoyed this thread. Since we play more 1870 than any other title this has been very interesting to see how others view the relative values of the...
... From: <Maisnestce@...> ... 5+5E ... not true, minors that convert / merge after the last t5 has been bought end up getting one t6, and the 5+5 when all...
... That'd be fun. I'm in the Twin Cities....you? ==//== In the example game, if I were Player 3 with the Katy + Katy @ $68 and running third with GMO behind...
... Why do that when you can snap up 7-trains? (In my last 3-player game of 1862, I made a couple suboptimal choices in initial minor price-allocation, and...
It should probably be specified somewhere is to what constitutes an available city for purposes of starting a public corporation from scratch. (Our group has...
... A minor that converts or merges after the last 5-train has been bought shouldn't have all that much cash. It should start with not much cash and its eight...
