Game: Railways Of The World (2-6 Players)

Guy, that is how Age of Steam handles it.

Quote from: Jolo on November 08, 2010, 02:26:23 PM

Quote from: Matt Robertson on November 08, 2010, 01:30:09 PM

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Turn Order Auction. (We always play with this)

This is pretty much a variant of Age of Steam rules, the only difference is that the first out is free, everyone else pays half their bid except the winner.

Interesting idea Jolo, I kind of like that, as a matter of fact I will implement this when I host,  this should stop the out of control betting just for the sake of betting to inflate the price! I assume that for the odd bets say $7,000 the half payment for paying would be rounded up like $4,000  to avoid the constant odd number betting ?

Thanks

You know Guy; I think this would be a good one to try. I did not like it when I first read it, but I am curious about the dynamic. Let's give this a go our next game.

Quote from: Matt Robertson on November 08, 2010, 01:30:09 PM

Reveal Major Lines. (We always play with this)

I thought this was in the rules, at least it is how I play it

You are correct. This was NOT in Railroad Tycoon and they added it for Railways of the World. Thanks for the catch.

  8.5/10

I enjoyed this game. I felt the length of the game was appropriate. The quality of the counters was good, in my opinion. Only thing I didn't really like was that it was hard to judge how much longer the game would take. The mechanic that caused this was the resupply of depleted cities, which I thought was a good mechanic, but I just didn't like how it affected the game length. The main reason this was an issue was because my wife kept calling asking when I'd be done  :

This is likely my favourite all time game. If I play with others who can also get into it, I find myself soon standing, not only because of the huge board size (I am talking about Railroad Tycoons which is the same game but an earlier printing) but because the game is just so dang exciting that I can't stay sitting. The only problem for me is that since it is close to 2 hours I find it harder to find players, hence, I don't get it onto the table as often as I would like.

My highest ever game rating goes to this game, a 

This is likely my favourite all time game. If I play with others who can also get into it, I find myself soon standing, not only because of the huge board size (I am talking about Railroad Tycoons which is the same game but an earlier printing) but because the game is just so dang exciting that I can't stay sitting. The only problem for me is that since it is close to 2 hours I find it harder to find players, hence, I don't get it onto the table as often as I would like.

Next time we are in Morse we should get together, I believe we have mutual friends there named G'Kar and Londo...

Quote from: Jon on March 30, 2011, 11:37:37 AM

This is likely my favourite all time game. If I play with others who can also get into it, I find myself soon standing, not only because of the huge board size (I am talking about Railroad Tycoons which is the same game but an earlier printing) but because the game is just so dang exciting that I can't stay sitting. The only problem for me is that since it is close to 2 hours I find it harder to find players, hence, I don't get it onto the table as often as I would like.

Next time we are in Morse we should get together, I believe we have mutual friends there named G'Kar and Londo...

Jolo! Your star is rising...

Hmmm, no. Maybe you are thinking of my friend Aaron who is from Morse. I game with him as often as possible. That being said I am always up to meeting and gaming with new people so it still might be able to work.

Hmmm, no. Maybe you are thinking of my friend Aaron who is from Morse. I game with him as often as possible. That being said I am always up to meeting and gaming with new people so it still might be able to work.

Rob & Leah's dogs...

Ahhhhh, no I haven't met their dogs, definitely HAVE gamed with them, though.