... From: James Wicht ... auctions of railroads - say a person has $19,000 and deliberately takes a route that costs $20,000...then he can bid on something...
Ron Taylor
fatron@...
Sep 28, 2001 2:56 am
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I'm looking to get a copy of both 18GA and 18AL by Mark Derrick. I've contacted Mark and he no longer has copies available. If you know where I could get one...
ben.marcia@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:39 pm
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Hi, At the RB Fanatics Web site we've just posted the newest version of our RB Player software. This is the most polished version ever. The AI is improved,...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Oct 14, 2001 6:50 pm
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I am a longtime fan of this old game, and I hope others may be also. I've just put together an article about a completely revamped scoring system for the game,...
Chung Kuo
chungdashkuo@...
Oct 14, 2001 9:26 pm
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One of the favourite maps I like to play on is the US based map with US2map with 140 Private railways. When playing up to version 2.5 the AI players would buy...
At 11:29 AM 10/17/2001 +0000, mizens@... wrote:
>In the games I have played using 2.6 rules the
>AI players buy a SuperChief then just go for the...
Reginald Braithwaite-...
raganwald@...
Oct 17, 2001 2:17 pm
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... My understanding is that this is a feature, not a bug <g>. The AI players are smart enough now to figure out whether a "go for the money" strategy will...
pjvanbloem@...
Oct 17, 2001 3:06 pm
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... Yes, as described in the What's New topic of its help system, RBP 2.6 is smarter than previous versions about when to, and when not to, buy RRs. The...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Oct 18, 2001 6:07 pm
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Gary Axelson
gaxelson@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:56 am
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Reginald Braithwaite-...
raganwald@...
Nov 1, 2001 4:02 am
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It looks like the result of some virus. If you will notice the file attachment "vehicle.com", which is just waiting for someone to open so it can spread it's...
Robert Cannon
rob@...
Nov 1, 2001 12:53 pm
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Virus. My Outlook e-mail was infected by an incoming virus - PE_MAGISTR.B and it sent fragments of personal files to every contact in my outlook directory....
Gary Axelson
gaxelson@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:03 pm
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... From: Gary Axelson To: Michael Fortkort ; Michelle Floyd ; Clare Fennessy ; Kaye Fair ; K Fair ; Dorene Dyer ; David L Dyer ; Dwiggs7@... ;...
Gary Axelson
gaxelson@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:30 pm
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I'm planning to GM the Empire Builder Series tournament at the 2002 WBC, but I'm wondering if someone may be interested in taking over for 2003. I figure 4...
It has now been 25 years since the Rail Baron boardgame was released by Avalon Hill. But did you know RB has an older sibling? You can read about it and more...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:35 pm
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At 01:36 PM 1/1/2002 -0500, Steve Okonski wrote:
>It has now been 25 years since the Rail Baron boardgame was released
>by Avalon Hill.
1977! What a year......
I would like to test various strategies such as whether it makes sense to buy the SAL early (for $21,000) when another player is travelling to Miami, or...
Hi Steve, Please update your records to reflect my new Email address. It is as follows fburm@... Thanks Forrest Burm...
F H Burm
fhburm@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:56 pm
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... Reginald, This can be resolved by telling the scenario which player's turn it is (enable the Turn checkbox in the Scenario window for one of the players). ...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Jan 2, 2002 8:44 pm
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At 03:45 PM 1/2/2002 -0500, Steve Okonski wrote:
>Reginald Braithwaite-Lee wrote:
> >
> > I would like to test various strategies such as whether it makes...
For a long time I wondered how someone created Rail Baron's payoff table. Did they sit down with the board and count dots to find the shortest route from...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:18 pm
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Steve -- Thanks. That's an interesting collection of trivia. The next question is, of course, how did they calculate the destination chart with its ...
wyvern73@...
Feb 8, 2002 1:48 am
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... Well, I always chalked it up to population, but as you indicated, it might have been rail activity instead. Rail activity is not necessarily directly...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Feb 9, 2002 6:36 pm
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Rail Baron still doesn't have a GM at WBC. If there isn't one by tomorrow the game will not be offered. If you're going to play anyway, why not give GMing a...
A discussion in one of the newsgroups about railroad purchasing in Rail Baron reminded me of a variant that's been bouncing around in my head, but I've yet to...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Mar 10, 2002 11:06 pm
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i think that is an awesome idea...i'm not so sure about the more money in the game thought though...i envision some railroads going for very inflated ...
Chasborock@...
Mar 12, 2002 2:13 am
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... I agree that if passing (NOT choosing a RR to auction) is allowed, the RR prices could get inflated because players will be able to save enough money to...
Steve Okonski
intersys@...
Mar 12, 2002 5:41 pm
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Please update your database. I enjoy getting info about RBP and the game. My new address is charpaul@.... Thanks!! Keep the trains rolling!...
Mcdonaldczech@...
Mar 22, 2002 4:09 pm
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This may sound like a lame question -- and since this is my first post, I hate to be lame so soon -- but it's come up often enough in my games that I think...
While I've never seen this come up, why not let the players who want a color bid for it? The winning bidder would have his initial $20,000 lowered by the ...
