If the current president dumps his shares, can the new buy them through price protection? - Alex...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Oct 1, 1999 10:13 am
... No. Steve...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Oct 1, 1999 10:23 am
... The rules specifically state the contrary. If you begin a stock round three shares over, and sell one share such that in the absence of price protection...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@xxx.xx.xxxx....
Oct 1, 1999 10:30 am
... Wow, I'm challenging Steve Thomas' word on rules :-) Why? Is there a FAQ/Clarification? I didn't find anything in the 1870 rules. The rules say: When...
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Mike Hutton
huttm@xxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
Oct 1, 1999 11:01 am
I'm not an 1870 player, but according to the games I do know (1825/30) I have to agree with Alex. The sale of the share which causes a change in presidency...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:09 am
... That's OK - I am wrong occasionally. ... There is no FAQ/Clarification - I did make a start on gathering the information to write one, but other matters ...
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Adam Romoth
romoth@...
Oct 1, 1999 1:17 pm
... No. See page 17: Tranfer of presidency, last paragraph: "...the new president may not protect the shares that the old president sold." This sentence should...
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Iain Adams
iadams@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:27 am
I don't want to be rude here, but several questions have been asked over the past few which have *explicit* answers in the rulebook: - On page 10, the MKT...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:29 am
... I tried to RTFM, but the one on Bill Dixons homepage has the part mentionend by Adam Romoth and you missing (or at least it is not in 5.6 Change of...
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Iain Adams
iadams@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:35 am
I also forgot that on page 15 under compliance sales it also explicitly states that if you are thre shares over the limit, and the price is one above the...
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Iain Adams
iadams@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:39 am
Sorry, I must think before sending when there's more to say. Page 14, fifith bullet point: "When a company president purchases shares to protect the price, the...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Oct 1, 1999 11:40 am
... It is a long-standing tradition, in many walks of life, to leave difficult tasks to professionals. If some complex domestic appliance goes wrong, for...
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Robert Jasiek
jasiek@...
Oct 1, 1999 4:35 pm
... With height 2 reaching the top once is enough as an end condition. Otherwise selling repeatedly is not different from doing so much earlier. So if a player...
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Gregor Zeitlinger
powerpick@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 2, 1999 1:16 pm
I) INTRODUCTION ... First I want to thank everybody for the valuable information about 1835 strategy, but I have realized that most of the autors are talking...
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Robin Barbehem
robinb2@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 2, 1999 1:58 pm
... The person who gets the MKT private company, usualy does not float a railroad right away. Usually, that player invests in other companies and then sells...
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Adam Romoth
romoth@xxxx.xxxxxxxxx...
Oct 2, 1999 5:47 pm
... If you like Prussia - take the 2, otherwise the 5 ... 3, 1 and 6 are alle well. 4 is the worst VP ... right, about equally ... a) if the 3 whishes to...
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Mike Massullo
mmassullo@xxxxxx.xxx
Oct 2, 1999 4:53 pm
You left out the variant we play with. We use all 3 optional rules, as written in the rule book. Namely: 1 The Sx pays 30 instead of 20 2 If everyone passes...
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Snow Leopard
drapoel_snow@...
Oct 3, 1999 2:44 pm
... <snip> ... I like this - I'll try it next game (tonight...) Currently we use a change to the NE hex suggested by someone at StabCon. Add a large city,...
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Alex Rhomberg
rhomberg@xxx.xx.xxxx....
Oct 3, 1999 2:46 pm
... The problem is there, that you have to payout > 120 enough time to enable the Cuneo to upgrade. Which is a) not easy for the Cuneo and b) a major reason...
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Michael Brünker
Michael.Bruenker@xxxx...
Oct 3, 1999 3:47 pm
Hi all! We play the Cuneo as a Major Company. But it is still the weakest and only interesting if you could merge it with the Torino or the Genovese. Michael...
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Bill Dixon
Bill_Dixon@xx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 3, 1999 9:04 pm
... As the share value never reached the closed box, why would it be closed? Bill Dixon...
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Bill Dixon
Bill_Dixon@xx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 3, 1999 9:11 pm
... Quote from Original rules set from way back . . . "When shares of a company that you are the president of are sold, you may stop the fall in share price by...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Oct 4, 1999 9:56 am
... The rules aren't entirely consistent in their treatment of how share prices move in the presence of share price protection. In most places the wording...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Oct 4, 1999 4:55 pm
... I play 1835 so little these days that I'm not really qualified to advise on strategy. (Yes, I know that doesn't usually stop me, but one has to make a...
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John_David_Galt@xxx.xxx
Oct 4, 1999 5:19 pm
... I was part of the group at Stanford where I believe it was first played, which included Eyal Mozes and Ron Sapolsky. I believe those two are the original...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@xxxxxxxx...
Oct 4, 1999 5:41 pm
... I spent 1990-1993 in the San Francisco Bay Area. I played games with a group based in Los Altos, some of whom did not care much for 18xx. The Forced Pass...
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Bill Dixon
Bill_Dixon@xx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 5, 1999 1:46 am
... Snip . . . ... This is the way the original rules are worded. Share price tokens are not moved until after the president has declined to price protect....
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Mark Derrick
derrick@xxxxxxxxxxx.x...
Oct 5, 1999 11:56 pm
... <parts snipped> I finally heard back from Mayfair today. I asked for Lou Rexing (who I had met before, he seemed to know alot about their rr game plans)...
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Mark Derrick
derrick@xxxxxxxxxxx.x...
Oct 8, 1999 6:49 pm
Here are a few more details from my conversation with Mayfair's Bob Carty that I thought might be of interest to the group: Silverton will be released by the...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Oct 11, 1999 11:06 am
... Mayfair's advanced planning is not at all accurate. Their web site suggests that even as recently as September 3rd, Mayfair still planned to release...
