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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
Newsgroups: net.games.board
Subject: Re: Opening Discussion
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 15:50:36 EDT
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> A nice game that no one has mentioned yet is Empire Builder (known as
> British Rails in England).  The rules are trivial and easy enough for
> a ten year old to understand (if you want to play with your kids).  You
> are constantly accomplishing something (a characteristic I really like
> in games).  At the same time, it is an adult game and requires a fair
> amount of strategy.  It's non-violent too, if that matters to anyone.
> (And it DOES matter sometimes.  Even in these liberated times, wives and
> girlfriends are often turned off by war-based games, but will happily
> join a game of Empire Builder, Acquire, Scrabble, etc.)
> 
Not sure how you meant this.  But just so that no one is confused...
Empire Builder is one game.  British Rails is another.  The first
is set in the United States and Canada while the second depicts
railroads in the U.K.  Both are available in the United States
(from Mayfair Games).
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					--rick heli
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