Re: [Rails-devel] Info: trains and phases

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

	The user interface could be improved though: I would prefer to see
it in
	a separate window with tabs per topic instead of burried in
submenus.

Nice idea, but I'm not going to do that. I'm not working towards the best
possible GUI (I'm not qualified to design and build that to start with) 
but towards a working one.

	You asked what was missing. Rick mentioned the "18xx rules
difference
	list" (thanks!) and I would say: more or less all the information in
there.

That is a bit much, and we have explained before that we're not
going to spell out all game-specific rules in Rails.

	Particular things I tend to forget:

	All kinds of bank rules (as they vary per game, and I tend to
forget):
	- when does a public company float (# of shares sold)
	- share restrictions for each phase
	- is there an escrow for sold shares, when does it apply? (in 1856,
yes
	for shares depending on the phases, and released if destination is
	reached; in 1835 for shares sold; in 1830 all money)
	- where does operating money end up for unsold shares or shares in
the
	pool? (in 1856 dividend for shares in the bank pool; in 1870 for
	unissued shares)

Some of this might end up in Info, in particular the complex 1856 
capitalization rules.

	For public companies:
	- destination location

Yes, that's useful.

Erik.