... I don't drink tea either, but unlike Danny I don't regard it as my most endearing characteristic. -- Steve Thomas maisnestce@b......
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Steve Thomas
stephen839501
Sep 1, 2008 7:48 am
... As has been noted, it's a Spoonerism for creeping featurism, the tendency, especially in software, to add features until the original goal of the product...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 1, 2008 4:11 pm
Rich, The last time I played the Belge, another player started the Nord and I laid the two whistlestops to block him out of Lille. So he had to go to the city...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 1, 2008 4:19 pm
Steve, If your most endearing characteristic is expressed negatively... ________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Steve Thomas ...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 1, 2008 4:25 pm
Steve, Interesting. I find a lot of the 3-player short games boring because they are solvable. There is a right bid, a right company, a right approach to...
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Craig Bartell
craigbartell
Sep 1, 2008 4:32 pm
In 18Scan, can a player who acquired 1 share in VR via the private company in the initial stock round incrementally purchase the presidents share of VR by...
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Steve Thomas
stephen839501
Sep 1, 2008 4:56 pm
... No. The same applies to the other freebie share (S&NJ), obviously. -- Steve Thomas maisnestce@b......
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John David Galt
john_david_galt
Sep 1, 2008 5:12 pm
... I agree on all counts. I would remove the Alsace private from the game and make it like any other company, in which case, it will probably be one of the...
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Steve Thomas
stephen839501
Sep 1, 2008 5:14 pm
... As David remarked in some of his design notes, with VA, Scan, and FL he was trying to fill that elusive void, the good, short, simple 18xx game that can be...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 1, 2008 6:26 pm
Oops. In point D I meant to say that the guy with P5 (Alsace) is probably the guy who took P1, making his giving up the P2 or P3 cheap in order to get the...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 1, 2008 6:28 pm
I am not an EU fan (my favorite Hecht games are 1826 and VA), but I like 1846 with 3 (It can play in under 2 hours but is certainly not simple). I like 46...
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Drew Dane
rustyolddart
Sep 1, 2008 7:23 pm
Your point about the Pere Marquette is a valid one. We had intended at one point to use that in the game but lost sight of it in the process. I spoke with my...
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Drew Dane
rustyolddart
Sep 1, 2008 7:30 pm
... uncaring world ... I concur. Perhaps one of us will have to change our title, or (ugh) adopt a subtitle. I think there are plenty of years left between...
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Pete
pete9361
Sep 2, 2008 9:27 am
I agree with the consensus on the board so far - the structure of the privates in 1826 is a little off, P2 and P3 are the best privates and taking P1 early is...
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Pete
pete9361
Sep 2, 2008 9:32 am
Have to agree with Bruce here on the nationalization mechanism - there's no comparison whatsoever between the government in 1826 and in 1861 (other than the...
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Pete
pete9361
Sep 2, 2008 9:37 am
We have a gaming schedule now so this tournamnet is super-legit now. October 2-5 in Columbus, OH. http://www.buckeyeboardgamers.org/buckeyegamefest.htm Offical...
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stephen839501
Sep 2, 2008 11:48 am
... I have so many very endearing characteristics that it's hard to pick the most endearing. On balance I'd probably have to pick modesty. -- Steve Thomas...
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john boocock
johnlner
Sep 2, 2008 3:07 pm
i can vouch for that!!! steve is the most modest guy i know......(if that's correct grammatically) well, the most modest guy i know whose name is steve...
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nonteadrinker
Sep 2, 2008 3:55 pm
That's why every game of 18xx that Steve wins turns out to be a game of skill and judgement. Danny Victor In 18xx@yahoogroups.com, john boocock ... ...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 2, 2008 3:58 pm
Is Steve a frequent winner or are skill and judgement sadly lackly in the circles in which he is doomed to travel in perpetuity? ...
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nonteadrinker
Sep 2, 2008 4:17 pm
I am regretfully obliged to admit that there have been many games of skill and judgement recently! Danny Victor ... in the circles in which he is doomed to...
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Steve Thomas
stephen839501
Sep 2, 2008 4:48 pm
... At ManorCon a few weeks ago, I played four 18xx games and won three of them ('26, 'GL, and 'US). In the 1861 I allowed the aleatoric elements of the game...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 2, 2008 4:58 pm
Cool. Congratulations. I've never played US. Is that the one where some people say the Southern RR is too strong? ________________________________ From:...
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Steve Thomas
stephen839501
Sep 2, 2008 5:19 pm
... Possibly. Some people will say anything, but 18US does at least have the Southern as one of its opening companies so such claims can't be dismissed out of...
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allen
astancius
Sep 2, 2008 6:43 pm
i agree with that assessment. because buying just the privates at the start can be just as good as starting one or more companies. it just depends on how you...
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Mark Geary
markgeary
Sep 2, 2008 11:24 pm
... I don't game much when I go to Dragoncon. There is plenty else to do. I walked through the gaming area once each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and didn't...
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Lou Jerkich
jerkich
Sep 3, 2008 11:05 am
Thanks for the summary of your game features. In regard to the ferries, you might want to have your library get hold of the follwoing book for you: "The Great...
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allen
astancius
Sep 4, 2008 12:52 am
... From: "Beard, Bruce D." Subject: RE: [18xx] Re: 1826 ... **** incorrect. in most cases, the paris & alsace were never started by the owning player of that...
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Beard, Bruce D.
beardbruce77
Sep 4, 2008 2:33 am
Allen, Rich's point was that by the time 3 people have bid, P1, P2 and P3 are already gone. Therefore, in his games, P2 and P3 are going WITHOUT A SECOND BID....
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Scott McPheeters
scottmc94
Sep 4, 2008 12:33 pm
I finally got the wife to agree and we made our reservations last night. So I will also be there to play 18xx Friday and Saturday. Scott [Non-text portions of...
