[Rails-devel] 1856 THB home hex (Hamilton) blocked or not?

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

> 3025465: 1856. THB token spot blocked inappropriately

> [EV] Hmm, I have always thought that the same token laying rules would
> apply to the THB home hex (Hamilton) as to the Erie home hex in 1830, and
> so I have implemented it identically. But I see that the 1856 rules are
> silent on this point, and can't find any clarifications either. Is it
> indeed generally agreed that another company may lay a token in Hamilton
> before the THB does?

Erik,
thanks for catching this ambiguity. I thought you intended that behavior as 
for the Erie compatability an unlaidHomeBlocksTokens="yes" for Hamilton was 
missing.

I checked the rules before the fix and it seemed that the indicate that a 
token can be laid. As there is no special rule for THB as for the Erie in 
1830, it falls back to the standard spec:
"In the starting city for a company that has not yet started, a company cannot 
place a station marker on the last available space (if an extra space becomes 
available later, the station marker may then be placed)."
Seems the question is if the two cities on the OO tile are considered as one 
entity.
The 1856 FAQ of Steve Thomas is also quiet on this topic.

At least the group, which filed the bug, considers the Hamilton hex not 
completely blocked. Does anyone of the 1856 experts (I am not) have a 
definite answer or should we escalate the question to the 18xx yahoo list?

Stefan