Noel Leaver would like to recall the message, "[18xx] 1895 Namibia". _____________________________________________________________________ This message has...
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noel.leaver@...
Jul 10, 2001 4:20 pm
I assume all rules not stated in the short rules are as in 1830, eg end of game, cost of a river? And that it uses the 1830 share chart (coursetableau)? Two...
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ewwa@...
Jul 10, 2001 8:03 pm
... further ... call ... Apparently, it wasn't checked for actually having any content......
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Adam Romoth
romoth@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:14 pm
... Yes, normally 1830,but No, there is a special coursetableau : file: 95kurse.htm ... yes ... it may terminate at a mine ... no. ... yes ... yes ... no. ... ...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Jul 11, 2001 8:20 am
... So the person trying to buy it not only does not get the presidency, they lose their turn in the dealing round as well? That feels rather severe. Noel ...
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Adam Romoth
romoth@...
Jul 11, 2001 9:36 am
... I think, I misunderstood the word "exercised" here. I thought, You were talking about the auction. In a share round the buying of the president is out of...
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Steve Thomas
steve@...
Jul 11, 2001 9:56 am
I am informed that there are still places availabe for Castlecon 2001. There is one place for the week starting September 22, and two for the week starting...
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Work, Paul
paul.work@...
Jul 11, 2001 5:11 pm
Hi all, I'm planning a trip to Germany and England this Fall, and wanted to try and attend the 1835 Championship tournament if it's being held as in the past....
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Joachim Ring
jring@...
Jul 11, 2001 8:22 pm
... hi fred, in fact you were just a bit too late, as we were just starting a new 5 player pbem 1830 when your first mail to the group arrived. but now we seem...
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Mike Monical
mike.monical@...
Jul 12, 2001 6:00 am
... 2001. ... the ... both ... Welcome back Steve, good to hear from you. Things have been kinda quite here in your absence....
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ftaton@...
Jul 12, 2001 9:22 am
Hello Joachim! I would be very pleased to play, but I have to decline your kind proposal, because: - I'll be very busy these next weeks due to my future baby...
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Jonathan Draper
jdraper@...
Jul 12, 2001 7:21 pm
... I believe that this is allowed. ... I am not confident in hosting a game, but I am happy to collect the contract bids for the players. ... I would prefer...
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Jonathan Draper
jdraper@...
Jul 12, 2001 7:21 pm
We had a 3-player game of 1876v2 on Tuesday. One company closed (during its second forced train purchase) and all the others were worth less than their,...
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Alain DAVID
david.alain@...
Jul 12, 2001 8:40 pm
Hello Joachim, If the game is open, I'm interested in playing it ! But I don't actually know what's needed to play in 1830 pbem game. A program ? I have the...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Jul 13, 2001 10:16 am
... tiles were always in demand. Have you tried 2 each of these tiles? I must say I dislike shortage of tiles being significant for play, especially shortage...
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Peter Jacobi
peter_jacobi@...
Jul 13, 2001 4:31 pm
Hi Jonathan, Thank you for playtesting 1876v2. At first I want to say, that I got contributions from Noel and Adam, for clarifying the rules (and ending the...
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Robert Jasiek
jasiek@...
Jul 13, 2001 8:04 pm
... IMO, a designer should strictly follow his own intentions about tiles availability. Thereby 18xx of all types of tiles availability are created. E.g. there...
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David G.D. Hecht
Barzai@...
Jul 13, 2001 11:59 pm
Unless the lack of tiles and the resulting tile competition is integral to the game system, your argument is inconsistent. There are few if any 18xx games,...
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Robert Jasiek
jasiek@...
Jul 14, 2001 7:53 am
... A tile competition is hardly essential for 18xx. Whether a variant has it or not is mainly a matter of its designer's taste. My argument is that he can and...
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Michael J. Schneider
mike1@...
Jul 14, 2001 8:33 am
Has Bill ever released the map for that game, or is he still hoping to publish it? (Is it joinable to 1870? I'd heard that as a rumor.)...
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derrick@...
Jul 14, 2001 3:53 pm
... ...OC, as a designer one makes mistakes and should correct them,... What a designer should never change even if criticized: - Any key design concept...
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Adam Romoth
romoth@...
Jul 14, 2001 4:39 pm
... I don't think that a majority of 18xx-players can be irritated by shortage of tiles. ... You may generally like or dislike the shortage of tiles. But...
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Robert Jasiek
jasiek@...
Jul 14, 2001 9:09 pm
... This statement refers to concepts much more important than tiles availability. ... This means that 18xx works with many tiles and it works with few tiles,...
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Peter Jacobi
peter_jacobi@...
Jul 14, 2001 9:20 pm
On tile shortage: To mention just one point in this message, in my opinion tile shortage leads to greater variation in overall track layout. If there is an...
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Anthony Faust
anthonyfaust@...
Jul 15, 2001 7:21 pm
Rail Con 2001 Two weeks till the 2001 National Train Game Conference July 28-31, 2001 Radisson Hotel Arlington Heights, IL Come and play with gamers from all...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Jul 15, 2001 11:40 pm
I managed two games of this over the weekend, both three player. View of game. Extremely fast - we managed to play the second game in about 2 hours, and we are...
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derrick@...
Jul 16, 2001 12:41 pm
... etc... ... It looks like I will get to attend Rail Con for a couple of days this year for my first trip back in about 4-5 years. I will only be there for...
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Mike Hutton (Romford)
mike.hutton@...
Jul 16, 2001 3:48 pm
I've finished compiling a full list of tile upgrades for 1825. It should be fairly accurate. It includes all tiles included in all of the kits released thus...
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Ralf Menzel
menzel@...
Jul 16, 2001 4:03 pm
Hi, I've got some questions regarding 1826: 1. If the Etat merges into the SCNF, do any of its station tokens count as home station tokens? 2. May a station...
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George W. Harris
gharris@...
Jul 16, 2001 5:08 pm
There's a rule in 1856 that's caused some confusion in our group: "A certificate cannot be sold in the same stock turn it was purchased" I think the use of...
