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
intersys@...
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
intersys@...
Aug 19, 2003 10:00 pm
140
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
chrisp@...
Aug 20, 2003 2:03 pm
142
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
intersys@...
Nov 23, 2003 5:31 pm
143
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
edwarthog@...
Nov 23, 2003 5:42 pm
146
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...
E W
edwarthog@...
Nov 23, 2003 5:47 pm
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thanks for the info and update, steve. i plan to attend prezcon and wbc this year. i guess we will need laptops for the look-up helper?! i think it's a cool...
E W
edwarthog@...
Nov 23, 2003 5:48 pm
151
Hi, Surely someone out there has written a little program to facilitate determining payoffs and choosing destinations in Rail Baron. Does anyone know where on...
Hi Paul, I just rejoined this group (not sure how I got unjoined, but I'm not bitter or anything) and came across this message you posted some time back. Since...
the washington area retinue of (tacitly) highly organized gamesters officially ended spring break by breaking out some recently-acquired train games, namely...
E W
edwarthog@...
Nov 23, 2003 5:50 pm
154
Steve, I have to count myself among those who have allowed myself to think the game was "cheating," even though I knew in my heart the sequence of events was...
We have been using the Rail Baron spreadsheet from Peter Townsend to speed up the game. We copy the "Lookups" sheet and create a sheet for each player. When...
I've been reviewing and thinking about rule alternatives. I've noted the ideas about $0 Superchiefs and $0 fee for own rails. Also, the idea about chopping...
I've just started looking for two long out-of-print boardgames from Avalon Hill. "Dispatcher" and "C&O/B&O". Any advice or comments appreciated. -- Bob...
I'm new to the group. I'm a die hard 1830 & 1870 train gamer. I've been playing both for 7+ years. I live in Longmont and am looking for others in the Metro...
No messages since August? Wow, this is one quiet group! I am interested in finding or making a game of railroad operation that can be based on your own (or...
Is there a good list of Railroad related games somewhere on the internet. Maby is there a good distrubuiter of railroad related games? - Charles Templeton ...
I've heard someone say that Union Pacific is the same game as Airlines, but with a railroad theme slapped on. UP is a light stock-investing game (think...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Nov 23, 2003 7:11 pm
163
... On #1, it might be interesting to figure out a more accurate pricing scheme for the exisint RRs. I seem to recall seeing one somewhere, and PA was priced ...
pjvanbloem@...
Nov 24, 2003 12:26 am
164
got mine off of ebay. Paid a pretty penny for them though. good luck. ... From: Bob Slaughter To: railgamefan@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20,...
Same here. Think I paid about $70 for Dispatcher on e-Bay last year. When I played it with the kid next door back in the late 50's, his parents had paid...
Gary Axelson
gaxelson@...
Nov 24, 2003 5:00 am
166
... You're thinking of RBP's USR map, which you get as a bonus for registering. I think RB's designers did a very good job picking prices for the railroads,...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Nov 24, 2003 3:14 pm
167
I HAVE A PROGRAM I WROTE FOR MYSELF IN BASIC IF INTERESTED...
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