... We do this, too, but with bidding increments of at least 1. It's nothing like 1830, but it works for us. Steve...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 28, 1999 1:41 pm
... No, I tend not to go back to redo older gamekits. So I doubt there will ever be a plush version of it. ... ^_^ Odd. The left hand side of the map contains...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 1:43 pm
... If you cut the tiles as Chris suggests you end up with an outline about 0.5mm from each edge. So the tile looks as if it's been cut carelessly. I find...
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Peter Jacobi
peter_jacobi@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 2:48 pm
... [...] ... Yes, this is a very clever method and I hope you don't have a patent on this, as I used it on my 1876v7 playtest kit. And BTW: Wouldn't it be the...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@xxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 2:56 pm
... I find that a good A4 cutter works better than stell ruler & knife... I tried both on Chris' kits... Keeping the ruler firm in place is more tiring and I...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 28, 1999 3:12 pm
... I do have the World Wide Patent but the licence to use it is only £1000 per time used. Or if you are an 18xx gamekit producer the fee is slightly lower at...
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Nick Wedd
Nick@xxxxxxx.xx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 3:10 pm
Steve Thomas <Steve.Thomas@...> writes ... I agree with Steve's assessment of the Cuneo, and I don't see this as a flaw at all. In 1830, there are...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@xxx.xx.xxxx....
Sep 28, 1999 3:52 pm
... Actually, I enjoy when the moments when the bids are revealed. Almost everytime, intensive negotiations follow, because someone gets too many concessions...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 3:59 pm
One of the features of 1841 is that in the late game corporations tend to trade in each others' shares in order to depress their prices. Some people regard ...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@xxx.xx.xxxx....
Sep 28, 1999 3:58 pm
... for the tiles, I always used scissors and a TV :-) The stuff with right angles was cut on an A2 cutter. The 1837 tiles were the best, where you have to aim...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@xxx.xx.xxxx....
Sep 28, 1999 4:09 pm
... This is funny. In our games, shares of other companies are dumped only near the end, to prevent them reaching the top. Which is an important mechanism, as...
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Patrick Menard
pmenard@xxx.xxx.xxxx
Sep 28, 1999 4:12 pm
... Wow. In our game 12's are a rarity. Last game, there were 3 companies that were maxed out. If we had been playing with the optional rule, the game would...
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Patrick Menard
pmenard@xxx.xxx.xxxx
Sep 28, 1999 4:30 pm
... I think this is a major factor. Since the kits don't have widespread distribution, the learning curve deters many players. It becomes much easier just to...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 4:33 pm
... We usually play that the game ends only at the end of a round, so if a share price maxes out (or, less often, all the red areas get connected) the game...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 4:52 pm
... Curiously, the opposite reasoning attracts many players over here. Players who are relatively inexperienced and therefore weak at, say, 1830, are keen to...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@xxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 8:01 pm
... <OT> I justed wanted to add some italian trivia (I live in Torino)... The Torino-Cuneo line has always been a secondary one... and this is not limited to...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@xxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 8:02 pm
... I think Signoretto, Penna and some other players are coming from Turin. Regards, -- Marco Rocci MicroEra srl Turin, Italy...
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John_David_Galt@xxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 8:22 pm
... I assume you mean the Cuneo (#3) in 1841. I agree with you. ... A railroad that is NEVER opened doesn't "extend the extremes", unless you call it...
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WayneWWill@xxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 9:01 pm
18XX Con V will be held from 6 p.m., Thursday, October 21, to late night Saturday, October 23, 1999 (well, really, early a.m. on the 24th). This year's site...
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Patrick Menard
pmenard@xxx.xxx.xxxx
Sep 28, 1999 10:01 pm
... You're thinking in too "peaceful"; of a manner. If I have one of my companies buy a train from the other, it is usually to move the game into the next...
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gregoryk@xxxx.xxx
Sep 28, 1999 10:01 pm
A little while ago, I asked about changes to a gamekit I received several years ago, 1837. I'd like to know what changes to 1849 have been made in its newest...
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Nick Wedd
Nick@...
Sep 28, 1999 10:15 pm
Marco Rocci <mrocci@...> writes ... Italy did not lose any territory in World War I. Indeed, she was on the winning side. The Nice region was lost in 1860,...
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Dave Mitton
dave@...
Sep 29, 1999 1:53 am
... Chris, I'm currently assembling 1851, and I beg you for one thing, Please do not exceed 8.5x11 inches of image on your A4 sheets. It doesn't make much...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Sep 29, 1999 7:56 am
... Sounds like you need to get a bit of sleep ^_^ as the above is not to clear. Last time you were asking about 1839 (not 1837) and its new edition now called...
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Peter Jacobi
peter_jacobi@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 29, 1999 8:43 am
Hi Gregory, ... Look at the Adam Romoth's page http://homepages.munich.netsurf.de/Adam.Romoth/18xxrest.htm for info on 1869 (the page is in german, but you...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 29, 1999 9:40 am
... I'm sure it'll be a fine con, which I cannot attend. Although 1851 was based on 18TN, the changes made were swingeing. About the only thing surviving...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 29, 1999 10:00 am
... When you play with a new player, tell him that opening the Cuneense will cause him to lose. If he bids on the Cuneense concession, remind him that opening...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@xxx.xxx
Sep 29, 1999 10:24 am
... That goes to show I should have kept my mouth shut and continued coding tiles. As punishment I'll go and buy a 500 page history book and read a bit. :) ...
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Mark Derrick
derrick@xxxxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 29, 1999 11:18 am
... (1849, ... I think Wayne may own an early prototype of 18TN and I'm pretty sure that 18TN has been played at his earlier cons as well as 1851. As for the ...
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Lala Alessandro
alessandro.lala@xxx.x...
Sep 29, 1999 1:47 pm
Ahi... I played a 1830 tournement with Signoretto in Padova, two years ago. He won and I was second, but with hundred dollars of difference. At last he won the...
