In May 2005, Randy Shipp posted to the files section a gamebox for 18US, based on the then current prototype. Now that the game is published in final form,...
Below is the text of an update I posted on the Chattanooga Rail Gaming Challenge Yahoo group. The files section refers to the files section there. Thanks, Mark...
Mark, I plan to attend (can one defend a third place finish?--I hardly think so). Pierre and I are planning to come down and we will both be gunning for...
Yes, can you send me the text on the other privates as well. My copy doesn't have the text. Bill Jaffe bigbillthecollector@... Wargaming - EIA, 18xx, and...
Bill, Unless someone else is interested in these descriptions, I will send them to you off the list. Dean Yes, can you send me the text on the other privates...
... Would you please post them to the list ?? Thank you, Wild Bill I didn't know how many people might be interested or, for that matter, how many had a copy...
If someone sent me a copy of the final product, I think I could commit to making the necessary changes. :-) Randy... [Non-text portions of this message have...
When a minor or public company gets nationalized prior to phase 6, does it get compensated for the prior companies it has been holding prior to the event. If...
... If I remember correctly the game designer hasruled that things should be nationalized in operating order. But this is relevant only by phase 6, when...
Good question.I don't have a definitive answer,but I suspect that it is simply that if the rules don't say that the companies get compensation,then they don't....
daniel, you're NOT answering the question, and your remark is INAPPROPRIATE. the question is: do privates in a minor being nationalized get reimbursed before...
I'm sorry that I seem to have annoyed you,Allen.My reply made no mention of a phase change.Companies can occasionallly be nationalised other than at the point...
The designer has specified that nationalizations at the beginning of phase 6 occur in operating order: private companies are nationalized before minor...
The 1844 CyberBoard gamebox has two incorrect mountain markers reading 10-50-80-100. That should actually be 10-50-80-10. I have no idea where I found the...
... If a company being nationalised still owns a private company, the private goes straight to RSR (as part of its assets) without any money changing hands. ...
Ah, you're right, there is a redeem loans step in the nationalization process. Sorry about that. Chris ... -- Chris Please consider the environment before...
Ok, the subject line pretty much says it all. I am a fan of the 18XX games and a few other railroad based games. I would like to start or find an existing...
I played 18US twice this weekend: The first time was a 5-player game with scores $6100-$5900-$5600-$4800-$4800. The second was a 3-player game with the top 2...
... From: "Beard, Bruce D." ... not true, as it soley depends upon the strategy that each player tries regardless of it being successful or not. ... not...
... From: "Chris Shaffer" <chris.shaffer@...> ... that maybe possible, but in 1861, before the t4 is even bought, you have no choice but to run a minor ...
Allen has already addressed many of Bruce's points, but I would synopsize by saying that--as with most of my designs--US rewards strategic decision-making and...