Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Announce "Rail Baron Monopoly" RENTON, Wash--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2003-- Wizards of the Coast, Inc., together with Hasbro...
Steve Okonski
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Apr 1, 2003 3:49 pm
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Loved it, even if it was a tad obvious :-) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators,...
Snake-eyes Randomness in RB Player by Steve Okonski A few times a year I still hear from people who think RB Player is biased against them. "It's gotta be...
Steve Okonski
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May 1, 2003 7:44 pm
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Dear Steve: I found this fascinating. Thanks for writing it. I've never had the time, or the inclination, to see when a process repeats given a seed so I...
Addison, David
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May 1, 2003 8:19 pm
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Does VB still use the Randomize function to seed the number generator? I remember using "Randomize Timer" (or something like that) to re-seed occasionally....
As a fellow programmer I have always found this problem to be intrguing and annoying. I just never took the time to figure out that the cycle was 16M...
Chris Pulsifer
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May 1, 2003 8:46 pm
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Hi David, Glad you liked the article. I would agree with you the variance in the distribution of die rolls produced in this test case is less than one might...
Steve Okonski
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May 1, 2003 9:13 pm
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Hi Rich, Randomize Timer does change the starting place in the "list" from which VB extracts the random numbers, but the list is always the same. I just ran...
Steve Okonski
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May 1, 2003 9:48 pm
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I'm a newbie so i appologize in advance for any etiquete broken here. If this is not the right forum just let me know. I found some old avalon hill games in...
BigDaddyCarp@...
May 11, 2003 1:36 am
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Doug, I think eBay would be your best bet. I sometimes see people selling individual copies of The General, as well as various board games. If you have a...
pjvanbloem@...
May 13, 2003 2:13 am
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I received the bug bear virus I thought I had caught it at the email. but I found it in 8 of my files when I scanned I hope it hasn't sent itself from this...
James Parker
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Jun 11, 2003 5:12 am
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I have already put a virus check for bugbear on my computer and it was clean. ... From: James Parker [mailto:jameskayparker@...] Sent: Wednesday, June...
Larry Nordgaard
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Jun 11, 2003 1:38 pm
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Hi Fellow Rail Gamers, Several assorted RBP and RB news items make up this newsletter. RBP version 2.9 is in the works, and is projected for release in July....
Steve Okonski
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Jun 15, 2003 5:07 pm
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Hi, We're getting close to releasing the latest, greatest RBP so far. That may happen as soon as next week. Meanwhile, if you'd like a sneak preview of the new...
Steve Okonski
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Jun 30, 2003 10:26 pm
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Hi Steve -- We'd love to try out the new version, but we recently purchased a new computer, so we don't have the registered copy on this system. What would it...
Hi, RBP version 2.9 has been released! Thank you for all the feedback and comments on the test version. Registered users can download a free upgrade from the...
Steve Okonski
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Jul 10, 2003 2:47 pm
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Hi Steve - After getting tired of my old computer crashing (the TNT card always ran a bit too hot, even with fans), I bought a new Dell. I can't move RBP over...
Gary Axelson
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Jul 11, 2003 3:12 am
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Hi, This is your last call to participate in the largest Rail Baron tournament in the world. It takes place near Baltimore at the end of this month as part of...
Steve Okonski
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Jul 16, 2003 5:12 pm
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An RBP News Release, August 2003 David Saunders is the winner of the Beat the Robber Barons contest! He was the first to submit a saved game in which he beat...
Steve Okonski
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Aug 19, 2003 9:16 pm
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Hi, I received the following question from an RBP user: "BTW, the game is excellent and I am able to play remotely with a dial-up connection but my brother...
Steve Okonski
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Aug 19, 2003 10:00 pm
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To find the actual IP address of a connection on a Linksys router, you need to go into the admin web interface on the router (usually 192.168.0.1 unless this...
Steve, Most of these boxes apply NAT to protect your internal machines from outside access. On some of them you can open up specific ports on specific...
Chris Pulsifer
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Aug 20, 2003 2:03 pm
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Hi, I was wondering was the RailGameFans message board has been so quiet, only to discover Yahoo has not been properly passing along messages. Messages from...
Steve Okonski
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Nov 23, 2003 5:31 pm
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Hello everyone! Just wondering if there are any FTF Rail Baron players out there in Vancouver, BC, or the surrounding area. I host an informal gaming night...
Hello fellow gamers, This may be a well known fact, but with a new love for rail baron I am curious. Does anyone know who the cheerful railroad tycoon pictured...
rail baron fanatics, i liked the free superchief version used at wbc. i haven't tried out steve's variant but, for some reason, it strikes me as mildly...
E W
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Nov 23, 2003 5:42 pm
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Has anyone played Rail Baron ignoring the rule which states that when you travel on two sets of tracks from one dot to another,you make a choice on which...
I have my own variant which I developed for Empire Builder: rather than having discreet or batch turns I try to make it a continuous game, another way to think...
cool!!! or maybe the ceo's just have a cache of mint condition copies they want to pump up... "it's not our abilities that make us who we are; it is our...
