Re: [Rails-devel] Getting started

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 13:30 -0700, Jeff Bowers wrote:
> > My question is then, what would you like people to work on? 
>  I'd like
> > to get 1870 up and running.  Is that compatible with your current
> > efforts, or is it something better left for later
> 
> 
> I have no objection to having you work on 1870. Adding new games is a
> great place to start. Just remember to keep as much of the game's
> mechanics as generic and reusable as possible. Things like price
> protection are needed for many games beyond 1870.

You might want to start with configuring the private special properties
in data/1870/CompanyManager.xml.

I suppose that all special properties (except the Bridgeone ) can be 
implemented by just adding XML. Look at the 18AL S&NA private for how 
to configure the bonus tokens (cattle and shipping).
(N.B. The existing "tokens" and "tokenValue" attributes in the XML 
of these privates should be removed and replaced by the SpecialProperty
tags).

The Bridge will require new Java code, as well as all the restrictions
around the Mississippi.

Erik.