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
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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
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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
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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...
Steve Okonski
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Jul 1, 2004 3:06 pm
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Gaming groups in and around Philadelphia, Trenton, Harrisburg, and points inbetween Salutations, gentlefolk, Awhile back I put this draft list together,...
Hi, Today at the Fanatics site we've posted a new version of RB Player. We made lots of end game improvements to the AI and added a few small new features....
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jul 12, 2004 10:06 pm
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Hi, More new RB freebies to announce. Let me get right to the list, with links for each: Rod Johnstone has contributed an Australian Rail Baron map we liked...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jul 19, 2004 10:55 pm
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Hi all, I posted the following in a forum on Consimworld. Wondering if anybody here might have any comments. Thanks! Togu Oppusunggu ...
Togu P Oppusunggu
togu@...
Jul 23, 2004 6:34 pm
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Hi all, I posted the following in a forum on Consimworld. Wondering if anybody here might have any comments. Thanks! Togu Oppusunggu ...
Togu P Oppusunggu
togu@...
Jul 23, 2004 6:43 pm
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Putting the variant through several test runs, I surmised that the variant would perhaps take two-thirds as long as a regular game to complete. That's still a...
Togu P Oppusunggu
togu@...
Jul 28, 2004 4:55 am
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I thought I would see if I could start a little dicussion. I recieved my Age of Steam Expansions 2 and 3. I am hoping to play one of the maps this weekend....