Re: [Rails-devel] Rails 1.4 18EU playtest with commentary

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

Erik Vos wrote:
> *  It would be nice if the Game Status window had a column showing each
> player's total income in the last round.  This would act as a reminder that
> the player who is falling furthest behind had better DO SOMETHING! (and
> conversely, that the player who is making the most money should probably not
> change the status quo, by buying lots of trains or starting new companies).
> 
> [EV] The question here is: what cash gains qualify as income?
> I would say:
> - payments by owned private companies
> - all dividends paid out for owned shares
> but not:
> - cash received for sold properties (shares, tokens, whatever)
> The main issue being:
> - will share value increase count as income (and decrease as negative
> income)?
> 
> Another, but related, question is: do we add up income in Operating Rounds
> only, of in all rounds?

It should probably include all changes to net worth, since that is how I
would want to make the decision to be active or passive.

The one thing I liked in Avalon Hill's computer 1830 that isn't in Rails is
the graph you can display (click on History, then Players) that compares you
to the other players, round by round as the game progresses.

(I'm studying accounting, and one of these days I'm going to end a round in
a PBEM 18xx game by sending out a set of GAAP financial statements, just to
freak the other players out.)