This came up again in a game I was playing and players thought a merged company could have a stock price of 3/298 or 4/284. Any idea when rules revision 2.02...
chris, this rule has not changed in either version, even though other people may claim that it has. the resulting merged value is either: 1: the highest value...
Allen, As Steve Thomas acknowledged, the rules *as written in v2.01, the version that I am playing* are wrong. I do not care, and will never care, what the...
Chris, I admire your determination to play by a set of rules you do not understand. Sort of a metaphor for life. Bruce ________________________________ From:...
Bruce, I didn't know you were a closet philosopher! What makes you think the rules are not understandable...? (The life ones, not the game ones....) Mike In...
Sorry -- that reply was only supposed to go to Bruce, not the group... Mike In a message dated 05/01/08 12:25:56 Eastern Daylight Time, BrophyM writes: Bruce, ...
Thanks, I think. I'm pretty sure I do understand the rules. I'm just trying to achieve clarity. I'd much prefer to play by a single set of rules, whether I...
... I don't know the answer to Chris' question--that's within John Tamplin's purview. But the above formulation isn't right, in at least two respects. If ...
... I thought life went: 1. You can't win. 2. You can't even break even. 3. You can't quit. Which actually sounds quite a lot like my attempts at playing 18xx...
While we're on the subject, I also have an 1841 (v. 2.01) question. Consider the merger of two major corporations, A and B, with two different presidents, Alex...
Having been involved in several efforts at revising or clarifying rules in 18xx games, I am aware just how difficult it is to write rules that are so clear...
it's during the exchange of each pair of shares, starting with the president of the active corporation that the new director is determined, then single shares...
We would like to get together a game of 18xx or two at the coming game day. I am open to anything but am limited by which games I own. On the other hand bring...
I'm still liking the religion analogy. Chris is struggling for understanding. Jehovah (played by Allen) appears in a blaze of glory and offers total...
Yes, the 5+5E is an express and can skip any city. The 2+2 is not an express and can only skip dots. Hence the "E". ________________________________ From:...
At the start of phase 6, a minor company owns a private company and a 3 train which rusts. The RSR will nationalize both the minor company and the private...
I think A is logical, because the player would have the money as a factor in his choice of whether or not to go Gov. The payouts happen first, then the...
Well, the player really doesn't have any choices here. The minor company's only train is rusting, so the RSR will nationalize it no matter what. Chris On Sun,...
Oops. I was thinking of major companies. I am not used to minors lasting that long. I would argue that the payment of privates is part of the RSR formation...
The RSR formed back in phase 4. At phase 6, the T3s rust and the RSR nationalizes private companies. I've seen minors last until the first T8 is bought. If...
the minor company goes away first, as it's nationalized 'immediately' according to the rules, then the remaining privates are reimbursed by the government to...
I don't see the word "immediately" applied to the case of minor companies having their only train rusted. Do you have a rules section reference? Chris ... -- ...
the order is "quite specific" in the section that explains nationalization. ... From: "Chris Shaffer" <chris.shaffer@...> To: <18xx@yahoogroups.com> ...
There are several sections that explain nationalization. I do not see anyplace in the rules that has a "quite specific" order. Could you **please** provide a...
Section 6.8.4 Nationalization says: ********** At the start of phases 4 and 6, once obsolete trains have been removed, all minor companies that do not have a...
that's not the point. the first action to take place is THE REMOVAL of obsolete trains, in which causes the NATIONALIZATION that happens FIRST before any...
