Re: [Rails-devel] Unlimited tiles option

[Phil D. <de...@gm...>]

I think this just boils down to a difference of opinions between
groups.  Some are very keen on the tile laying and throttling
approach, others don't care for it and I can see it being valid as a
variant option.  Given that it is so easy to have it makes sense for
those people who do choose to play with an extended tile mix.

Phil

2010/1/20 Aliza Panitz <ali...@gm...>:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Freek Dijkstra <sf_...@ma...> wrote:
>> [in 1856, I] am annoyed that
>> there are only two yellow #6 tiles (gentle curved railway with city).
>> In my experience this tile is often unavailable by OR 4, and when that
>> happens it only annoys the players, while -so far- I never seen this
>> shortage used strategically, and thus does not add to the game play.
>
> I'm currently in a 5-player PBEM 1856 where we colluded to use up all
> four non-straight cities to deny an OR2 tile lay (and an OR2 run by
> more than one 2-train) to the Wellend, which started with a sharp
> city; it is specifically this possibility that makes many players
> consider the Wellend a weak company.
>
> Similarly, there are at least three frequent SR1 (WR, GW, often LPS)
> railroads that want to lay a sharp-bend city as their first tile, and
> only two such tiles. This is not an annoyance, it is a major point of
> contention among the companies.
>
> Running out of brown city tiles (first the 5-way brown L tiles, then
> the normal 6-way asterisks/splats) is an important part of late-game
> track development.
>
> Your group clearly thinks differently. (How are you not rapidly
> cycling through the yellow cities by OR4, and thus not complaining
> instead about the shortages of green cities?)
>
>  - Aliza
>
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