... the ... No, it's when the 'E' train comes out. But depending on the number of corporations in play at that point in time, the gap between the first '10H'...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 1, 2000 9:11 am
... I do like the idea where the game becomes locked and so a new gamekit will be required if they ever want to play another game. We need to make sure we ...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 9:37 am
... This turns out to be false. The players are "eliminated" with a score which isn't specified in the rules. So if more than one player goes bust, their...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 1, 2000 9:54 am
... True, no mention of the Dividend Payout Track is made in the rules. There is a note about it in the '1826 Play Aid' sheet provided with the game but that ...
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Nick Wedd
nick@...
Aug 1, 2000 10:48 am
Lawson Chris <ChrisR.Lawson@...> writes ... I suppose these are the ones who dislike 1841 because someone is compelled to launch Cuneo. The problem is that...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 11:01 am
... When I play with Chris, I let him update the DPT how he likes, and that tends to be as if it were an earnings track. That Chris exhibits a certain...
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Mike Hutton (Romford)
mike.hutton@...
Aug 1, 2000 11:06 am
<snip> ... What, even after suspending the game & popping out for a curry? ***DISCLAIMER*** This message and/or any attached documents may contain Privileged...
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Richard Wein
rwein@...
Aug 1, 2000 12:04 pm
From: Steve Thomas <Steve.Thomas@...> ... I never could work out what the rules meant by "round marker", as my 1851 set only came with square and...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 12:31 pm
... Especially after suspending the game. I never pop out for a curry (can't abide the stuff) but on occasion the game has to be paused for refreshment and at...
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Lars Achterfeldt
l_achter@...
Aug 1, 2000 1:37 pm
Noel Leaver wrote ... i am sure 16 is possible, even with the provided hex tiles (i know that #7,8,9 are meant to be unlimited), clockwise and...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 1, 2000 2:37 pm
... [16 Loan problem snipped] ... My first reply would be 'who cares'. Only the Priority holder is forced to purchase the Bridge Company for F20. If he is...
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Mark Thompson
mat@...
Aug 1, 2000 2:54 pm
... Chris has that right, as I can attest. In our first game of 1826, the Belge went from running 3x2H + 4H to owning but never running 2x6H to owning a TGV in...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:10 pm
... I find the "dividend payout" chart valuable - provided all the players interpret it in the same way. We had one game where all three players had a...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:21 pm
... it´s ... reach, ... the 2nd But remember a company must run its best route. Paris must launch first I believe, as it is the only one that can use up...
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Lars Achterfeldt
l_achter@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:24 pm
... sure? can you show me the section in the rules? lars...
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Douglas, Patrick
ir_sily@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:28 pm
Certainly a moniroty shareholder has the right to point out a better run than claimed. In some 18xx games (definitely 1830, not sure about 1826) that is...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:30 pm
... What's wrong with the section under 'Train Operation and Earnings Calculation'. It states "A Corporation must calculate the maximum possible earnings using...
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Jim Ghiloni
jghiloni@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:32 pm
... pg. 12 "Train Operation and Earnings Calculation" "A Corporation must calculate the maximum possible earnings using all its trains (not necessarily the...
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:36 pm
... From my games, and contrary to Chris' strategy guide, I believe Belge is a very good company if started at the beginning, and almost certainly should be...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:56 pm
... This might be subject to misinterpretation. Suppose you have more than one train. Some subset of them can run for F100, but all of them together can run...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:01 pm
... I think Chris is being dazzled by the prospect of extra sales here. (Chris: concentrate on the effort involved in packing sets, not on the money!) The...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:14 pm
... Two points here: the strategy guide is actually written by David Hecht, not Chris. There's no question that the Belge is a good long-term company. It...
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Nick Wedd
nick@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:16 pm
Lars Achterfeldt <l_achter@...> writes ... If a company does not have money to pay out its loan interest, it takes it out of its revenue as...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@...
Aug 1, 2000 9:43 pm
... I think you're right in saying that's it's unreasonable to *force* a third player... but actually I don't see why that third player should oppose. A 20%...
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Marco Rocci
mrocci@...
Aug 1, 2000 10:13 pm
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:50:44 +0100, Steve Thomas ... So... now that we've got the details, why don't you tell us where the name comes from? Regards, -- Marco...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 2, 2000 8:08 am
... Named after the originator, Jeff Edmunds. 'Young Jeff' as he is known (not to be confused with 'Old Geoff') is one of the better U.K. 18xx players. I...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 2, 2000 8:54 am
... It's an eponym. Jeff Edmunds (usually called Young Jeff to distinguish him from Old Geoff, despite the fact that neither is in the first flush of youth)...
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Lawson Chris
ChrisR.Lawson@...
Aug 2, 2000 8:59 am
... Heavens no, didn't mean to discourage at all. I'm quite happy for people to ask questions and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I was just quite amused by...
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Steve Thomas
Steve.Thomas@...
Aug 2, 2000 9:05 am
... The sheer ingratitude of the man! Chris fails to mention that the remaining opponent is Ken Simpson, a sound player but not quite of the first rank....
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Noel Leaver
noel.leaver@...
Aug 2, 2000 1:01 pm
... I think Belge is better than you say (but since I have rarely come ahead of you in any game we have played, I wait to be corrected). I don't think the...
