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...
Another option is the Boardgame Conductor in RB Player. Works nicely on a laptop computer: just maximize the window and the font automatically resizes larger...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Dec 5, 2003 9:42 pm
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Hi, Just in time for your holiday boardgaming, at the Fanatics site we've posted a free match records sheet you can use while playing. You can record info...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Dec 16, 2003 5:11 pm
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Hi, Happy 2004. I hope you found time for some Rail Baron during the holidays. Rob Murphy spent them putting the final touches on a fun new alternate game map...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jan 23, 2004 7:30 pm
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Anyone interested in playing RBPlayer live online late this Sunday, February 1st? I'm on the west coast, and I'll be available from 2030 (8:30pm) onward, so...
Andrew, Well, even though there are probably some people who like Rail Baron but not football, you might have better luck finding opponents on a non-Superbowl...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jan 30, 2004 5:07 pm
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Oh, yeah, Super-Sunday . I'm such a stupid Canadian . what was I thinking? We had our Grey Cup months ago, so football is pretty much a done deal here....
Greetings to the group. I have been playing Rail Baron since 1981 and still enjoy the game. I even had a copy sent over during the first Gulf War! I still play...
I wanna play online too. Andrew ... From: gbpbobb [mailto:gbpbobb@...] Sent: March 9, 2004 10:22 PM To: railgamefan@yahoogroups.com Subject: [railgamefan]...
Hi, At the Fanatics site, we've just posted a new version of RB Player. The changes are relatively minor this time, primarily some AI improvements, a few bug...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Mar 12, 2004 7:58 pm
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I have recent changed my e mail address and will not be using my hotmail address. Can you please change my address for your records from mizens@... to ...
please let me know if you find one> what is pbm18xx?...
Bear11king@...
Apr 16, 2004 11:56 pm
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If you find one, let me know also. Meetup.org has a 18xx group. Site with most members is Phoenix with two(2!) players. Very lonely for board gamers this...
18XX refers to different strategy/board games with the title being a year within the 1800's, these include 1830, 1837,etc. the PBM is "play-by-mail," although...
rww0172@...
May 7, 2004 8:45 pm
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That's what I call the way we play RB. To make the game more interesting, we change the rule about choosing which RR to go on if 2 or 3 run together-you are...
I bought the game years ago when it forst came out, but lost the rules a long time ago. I wonder just how much I have strayed from Holy Writ to House Rules. ...
... There's a rewrite of the rules at http://www.insystem.com/rbp/rbrules.htm...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
May 7, 2004 8:48 pm
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... Gakteri, I'm not sure I follow how this works. Are you saying that if I move, for example, from Minneapolis west on the NP, I have to pay to use the GN...
pjvanbloem@...
May 9, 2004 1:43 am
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... Paul: True, it is not realistic for a train to take multiple tracks- but it does change the strategy a bit-getting a free route across the middle is more ...
... I now see that a rule we were playing was just a House Rule. We played that one could only purchase a railroad on which one had traveled on the trip for...
... Never played that way. I would imagine that makes the game longer. ... The following page tells how you can get a replacement payoff chart for free...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
May 19, 2004 7:30 pm
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The RBP site has an offer for a free payoff table that is printed on heavy paper. You just need to go to http://www.insystem.com/rbp/rbpchart and send them...
Hi, You'll find two new things at the Rail Baron Fanatics site: a main page makeover, and a free download-and-print alternate RB map of Colorado (by Daryl...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jun 8, 2004 10:36 pm
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the railgamefan group: Of the RB Player alternate game maps for sale, which is your favorite? o US2 -...
railgamefan@yahoogrou...
Jun 11, 2004 2:42 pm
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the railgamefan group: Of the RB Player alternate game maps that are free, which is your favorite? o...
railgamefan@yahoogrou...
Jun 11, 2004 2:44 pm
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Hi, This week there's another free print-and-play map available from the RB Fanatics site. This time it's Great Britain and Ireland (by Jim Lomax). The map is...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jun 21, 2004 10:14 pm
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Hi, There's more new free stuff at the RB Fanatics site. We've posted print-your-own PDF files with a replacement/upgraded Rail Baron destination and lookup...
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