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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Rail Baron Strategies
Message-ID: <7018@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 21:10:11 EDT
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In article <7016@ucla-cs.ARPA> rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (Richard Gillespie) writes:
>
>As an aside, I decided to try the Superchief strategy this past weekend.
>I couldn't get the PA so I got the Superchief as my first purchase. I was
>fortunate that one player has poor purchase judgement and never bought the
>B&O, so I never got shutout of the northeast. Consequently, I eked out a
>victory by running over another player twice as he headed for home. A lucky
>win, but I didn't roll well to begin the game so it was just evening out :-).
>

As the player he rolled over to win, let me comment...

Rick only got the chance to win because I rolled poorly.  In the first run,
I needed a 2 or greater to win; rolled a 1.  In the second run, needed a
3 or greater to win; rolled a 2.  To hit him and prevent a win I needed a
4, rolled a 2.  Odds were 89% I'd win, Rick got lucky and hit that 11%.

This wasn't a good test of the Superchief strategy.  Rick's play was
strangely unaffected by it.  Also the game was odd because one player
determined to suicide about half-way through, ended up auctioning all
his property (interesting).  If he'd sold it all back to the bank, I
probably would have ended up with 90% of it.  As it was, Rick outbid me for
the crucial NYC.