This year's Portland 18xx con is just 3 weekends away. We have seventeen signed up so far so with a few walk ins we will be at or slightly higher than last...
In a message dated 06/06/03 21:45:32 GMT Daylight Time, ... Subscribers to my own PBM 'zine, or players in the others where I'm a guest GM, get a page or two...
Hi Bjorn ! I#ve got nearly the same trouble. Though I owned 1835 for a long time it took us until this year to start playing. So far we played it 4 times. But...
Does anyone have a Cyberboard game kit for 18xx? I've been using one to run PBEM Magic Realm for a number of years. Cyberboard would be ideal for 18xx. You...
First, an admission to Robert that the standard PD does cause a problem in particular circumstances. I know Robert's group usually play most 18xx games with a...
We had two 3-player games of 1860 over the weekend. The first was really a learning game, we did a lot wrong strategically. 1860 is sufficiently different from...
... We do not consider this to be a problem. ... No. Other subtle strategy replaces former subtle strategy. ... What do you mean here, please? ... This happens...
... Group thinking? :) ... As I say, all should start at 0. ... IMO, the whistlestops have also nice strategic consequences and I would not want to muss them. ...
... Noel, Thanks for your comments. Glad you enjoyed the game. ... profits, ... companies ... bankrupt ... Did you go through the full end-game? If so, I'd be...
... It appears from this that players have to submit prospective orders for the entire operating round or share dealing round, without seeing what other ...
... Large games of 1829 (>6 players) also have a situation where the priority deal is too strong: having it in the hands of the director of one of the first...
... A few thoughts on the PD. Treat it like a share. A player can only hold the PD if he has space. If nobody has space then is set as per usual rules. PD...
Chris Shaffer wrote: <snip> ... Playing by e-mail (where this thread started) is no different to playing postally. The main difference to face to face is that...
... know which companies were the two still standing at the end (and what trains they had). B??? and IWC got eliminated (the two lowest companies were already ...
... I have never had this problem. Then again, I haven't played 1860. In the past, my group has experimented with randomizing seating order at the start of...
... Except that it would change my strategies considerably. ... Depending on circumstances, in 1860 it can be attractive to discard a poor that remains poor, a...
... I hadn't even considered playing postally, actually. I was just comparing it to face to face. In any case, pbm or pbem sound like a very poor comparison...
... PBEM can be a very enjoyable way to play if all the player turns are done sequentially as in FTF play, and the turn-around time is short. Some form of map...
... Sorry, not offering any myself, but I thought I would mention that I've considered running 18xx games through my web site (www.fwtwr.com), I just haven't...
Have a look at FIGF rules at http://www.pbemitalia.it/figf/1830pbem/index1830.html (click on "Regolamento 1830" link) I played 3 PBEM games so far and had a...
Hi ! You can find basic rules for sequential play on the following side (though it's old): http://private.addcom.de/Depot/ The idea is simple : every player...
I just joined the list recently, so first of all, hi everybody! Anybody else here in New Mexico? I haven't played FTF in years :-(. ... I don't have anything...
... tee heee.... I'm remembering a "slow" one of my 1830 games where we had three US players and two european players, in almost the pessimal order (chosen by...
I'm involved in a group that's currently playing a pbem game of 1870, and we've played 1830 in the past. We play sequentially, that is, a player doesn't...
