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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.games.board
Subject: Re: Re: Seattle Rules Rail Baron
Message-ID: <884@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 03:13:57 EST
Article-I.D.: mmintl.884
Posted: Mon Dec 16 03:13:57 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Dec-85 05:53:44 EST
References: <270@tekigm2.UUCP> <37800017@hpcnoe.UUCP> <304@tekigm2.UUCP>
Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <304@tekigm2.UUCP> wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) writes:
>I do not know what you mean when you say that the original Rail Baron
>corresponded to the "real world" popularities.  Were you referring to
>passenger trains or freight trains.  The Seattle Rules attempted to 
>balance out the destinations by the popularity of cities for freight
>trains.  

I find it hard to believe that Chicago is so far down the list as a
freight destination.

>Other rule changes:
>
>2:  what good does it do you to get a bonus roll when you are there?  This
>    rule merely spells out what was implied in the original rules.
>5:  again, why would it do you any good to be established when you are at
>    your destination.  This is an attempt to clarify a situation caused
>    by the origninal rules, that really is impossible.  Once you reach
>    your destination, by definition you are no longer on a railroad, there-
>    fore, how can you be "established"?  
>
>Thus, two of the rule changes were to clarify the original rules and three
>were to speed up the game.

Your clarifications would be more accurately called misinterpretations.  If
you have a bonus roll coming when you are at your destination, you make your
purchase if any, then roll a new destination, and use the bonus roll to move
towards it.

By definition, you remain on a railroad as long as you never move off it.
So if you are established on a railroad at a destination, you are still
established on it starting your next trip.  As soon as you move on another
railroad, you are no longer established.

I suggest you use the original rule as written for number 2; it adds an
element of strategy to the game.  The other is of minor import, but I think
the original is slightly better.

>Which brings us to the use of the ruler.  It
>also was to speed up the game, the orginal chart was hopeless.

We never had any problem using the chart.  It was at least as fast as using
a ruler would have been.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108