Please, can anybody else answer, I have less time at the moment. Michael Hi Michael, First, a little about myself. I rececently joined the 18xx Yahoo Group....
... I don't believe anyone owns generic 18xx tile graphics. However, some publishers have thrown in flourishes such as Mayfair's truss-bridge graphics, which...
... We have another mailing list "18xx-Softdev" that discusses various aspects of these problems. It has been through various spurts of activity over the...
When I got to CastleCon this year, I was asked the following puzzle: During an 18xx game, in one Operating Round a corporation earned a certain amount. In the...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 6, 2002 7:33 am
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Steve I'm obviously missing some deep issue here as it seems too obvious but is definitely not game-specific. Surely all that needs to happen is that another...
A possibly more complex solution involves loans in 1856. It seems to me that if you took out two loans in the two op rounds in question, and had the money to...
In David Earlywine's 1866, you can choose to pay any amount up to and including the actual earnings for the OR so you could choose to pay 20 less than actual...
In David Earlywine's 1866, you can choose to pay any amount up to and including the actual earnings for the OR so you could choose to pay 20 less than actual...
I'm going to guess the game is 1856, because you can downgrade the small stations to make them go away. If the route was blocked by other companies tokens at...
... certain ... (i.e. 2 per ... track had been ... calculated. ... Assuming that no track laid includes no up/downgrades No special powers were used Were any...
... I had intended to make it clear that no tokens were laid between the two rounds, since (as some have observed) if we allow tokens the problem is too easy. ...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 7, 2002 8:50 am
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In a message dated 07/10/02 09:39:46 GMT Daylight Time, ... Good try. It's conceivable that having an extra train added to the mix from a precursor, and then...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 7, 2002 9:10 am
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It's definitely the all-time favourite "Lummerland". During the OR following the OR where the first 5 was bought, the hex of "Frau Waas" is worth $20 instead...
In message <110.1992a2d4.2ad1414f@...>, Maisnestce@... writes ... 1853? The first time, it ran for maximum revenue. The second time, it felt it...
Nick Wedd
nick@...
Oct 7, 2002 9:52 am
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Actually, it's precisely because you're usually so careful to differentiate between the two that I thought the 1856 solution was intended. Another possibility...
In a message dated 07/10/02 13:25:40 GMT Daylight Time, Barzai@... ... It just goes to show that one shouldn't post when one is very tired and under ...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 7, 2002 2:36 pm
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In a message dated 07/10/02 10:34:36 GMT Daylight Time, b.rabenstein@... ... Unfortunately, although Lummerland admirably meets the conditions imposed, it ...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 7, 2002 2:38 pm
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My guess is 1870.. Round 1 you get to make a normal run and a destination run. Round 2 the destination is worth double making up some of the shortfall from...
I think it's 1870, but for a different reason. The owner of the shipping private (I forget the name) can decide at any time to change the "open port" token...
... Well Steve, you have eliminated many solutions which were perfectly valid for your original puzzle. However it is clear that the real solution is the...
... Stranger and stranger. I doubt its an 18xx I've played. One quick question - could the deduction in revenue be something other than 20, or does it have to...
Mike Hutton (Romford)
mike.hutton@...
Oct 8, 2002 9:43 am
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In a message dated 08/10/02 07:12:06 GMT Daylight Time, ... Indeed. It's entirely my fault that what I said and what I meant were so wildly at variance. This...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 8, 2002 9:48 am
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In a message dated 08/10/02 10:45:05 GMT Daylight Time, ... In my intended answer, the deduction has to be 20 or some multiple thereof. As for your puzzle,...
Maisnestce@...
Oct 8, 2002 9:53 am
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I'm putting together a tile upgrade chart (in English) and I see that some things were left out of the one in German. Did you really intend to forbid these...
In 1827jr, if a new company formed in a station that was at the end of your route and this resulted in the station being completely occupied with other...
... amount. In ORs ... those ... amount ... deductions for ... station ... by anyone, ... special ... obscure. In ... remained ... some of the ... which I ...
Some days ago I set a puzzle on this group, asking members to identify the 18xx game in which a corporation could run the same trains to the same stations in...
