... Different people play games different ways, and expecting them to conform to your system is a good way to make people not want to play games with you...
ra ra chris.... just so.. john b ... Different people play games different ways, and expecting them to conform to your system is a good way to make people not...
ra ra chris.... just so.. john b ... Different people play games different ways, and expecting them to conform to your system is a good way to make people not...
... This will have zero effect on the game until someone reaches their certificate limit, so I like the idea until that point. But I see no reason to penalize...
at least bill dixon's approach is a modest solution without any more complications than what everyone else proposes! as for chris's remark, keeping track of...
... Sorry, Allen, but you do not get to decide for me or my friends what is annoying or not. What may seem perfectly reasonable to you can seem completely...
... While I'm always desperate to play 18xx, I'm not desperate enough to play with people who would do that. In fact, if I was hosting, I think I'd ask them...
All, In 18TN, is one only allowed to build 2 tracks on his first turn or can he do it on every turn? I do not see it in my rulebook anywhere. Thx jonpfl...
I'd like to announce that the latest version of Rails is out and available. The biggest change is that we've added 18EU to our list of playable games. You can...
How does the timing work for buying a diesel with a 4-train trade-in. Can you be maxed with two trains, and still buy a diesel since you are "trading in" the...
Rails is a Java implementation of various 18xx games. Our goal is to allow people to play as many 18xx games as we can fit into our game engine. Currently,...
... I vote for 1856. I'd like to try using Rails as a moderator instead of Clemens' moderator for the monthly f2f 1856 games I've been playing. Heck, if I had...
Sorry for not replying to your earlier email. ... Every turn. ... 4.2b on page 5: Lay one or two yellow tiles, or upgrade one tile, as described in 4.2.1 -- ...
Granting that you are correct, that it is no MORE annoying than that, isn't that still pretty annoying, Allen? It doesn't sound any more painful than a root...
... I suggest at least trying the system used in TimJim's "Mystic War": Passing means you are done for the rest of that round. However, when you pass you are...
Although the variations to stock round ordering are intriquing, I agree that nothing that slows the game should be used. Making 18XX 2% fairer at the expenese...
... From: <mpcoyne@...> ... and how are you going to know in advance if players are going to do this, and how often? (other than making a note for future...
... I don't have any problem remembering who is too annoying to invite back to my house. -- Chris Keep the flying car. I want the future where "resurrection"...
at least i can agree with that aspect. as 18xx is a strategic game, not a game of calculated warfare. ... From: "Beard, Bruce D." <bruce_d_beard@...> ...
... This is basically an 1830 question, as the rules for 1889 are supposed to be those of 1830 except as noted. The exchange of the first 4-train is always...
... ... because multiple train purchases are consecutive, not simultaneous (which was the real question). This applies to all 18xx games I know of. Erik....
In message <000601c894eb$5e804870$9800000a@ERIKVOS4>, Erik Vos <erik.vos@...> writes ... Nor can you trade them both in for the same diesel and receive a...
Nick Wedd
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Apr 2, 2008 11:23 pm
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Hello. I don't know, if it already has been noticed, but there has been uploaded a FAQ of the designer of 1861 on boardgamegeek.com dated 3 Dec 2007: ...
michael.hekel@...
Apr 3, 2008 9:28 am
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i hate it when people make such pdf files restrictive. turning off external options just forces me to convert the file into a rtf printed file regardless of...
I quickly went through the FAQ of the designer and apparently there are no discrepancies with the unofficial faq discussed in this forum. Actually, some of the...
... The questions in the designer's FAQ, and the wording of some of the answers, were mostly gleaned by examining postings to this list. Alessandro's ...
