Re: [Rails-devel] Rails-devel Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

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

> >Excellent ideas.  I know 18EU has been extremely popular, so it
> >certainly makes sense to include it sooner rather than later.   I've
> >only played it once, so I'm not familiar enough with how different it
> >is to those that I have played more frequently.

Much of 18EU can already be configured.

> >
> The rules are available at 
> http://www.deepthoughtgames.com/games/18EU/ 
> but here is a summary of differences:
> 
>     * There are no privates, but instead 15 minors.  The auction is a
>       bit unusual, but after that they operate as normal corporations
>       except for a different train limit, inability to lay 
> green tiles,
>       and they always split 50/50 with the owner (there are 
> no shares).

Such minors can already be configured, and work.
A new StartRound subclass should be developed to handle the auction.

>     * You can't start a corporation normally until the first 
> 5.  Before
>       then, you have to exchange a minor to start a new 
> company, and you
>       can exchange multiple minors for shares.  The company gets the
>       assets of any minors traded in, which means they can avoid going
>       backward the first time (usually).  You can choose any 
> corporation
>       available to start, and as it gets the tokens of the 
> minors traded
>       in that determines where it starts.

No exchange/merger mechanisms exist yet.
That would be a major addition.

>     * There are Pullman trains which can be bought, but can't run
>       separately from another train.  Instead, they increase the value
>       of another train's run.

No big deal.

>     * There are red-to-red bonuses.

We don't have route calculation yet, so this should be done by hand anyway.

If we agree that at least a partial 18EU implementation would be nice to
have,
I'll be happy to start working on it. Don't hold your breath for the 
minor conversion, though.

Erik.