Re: [Rails-devel] 18Kaas

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

Yes, kaas is Dutch for cheese.

 

Once I had implemented Rails' first game, 1830, I was looking for other
games that could be added quickly. Obviously these had to be 1830
(near-)clones. 

 

Now I happened to own the two components that constitute 18Kaas as sold: a
plastified map and a strip of paper with three special tiles (all other
components as well as the rules one was supposed to take from 1830).  I
bought these bits long ago in the Utrecht games shop that was run by the
18Kaas designer, who, if I remember correctly, considered this game rather a
joke than anything meant seriously.  As for myself, I have to confess that I
never have played 18Kaas yet.

 

Anyway, as all (non-revenue) rules already existed in Rails, I only had to
shuffle the 1830 map and create a few new tiles to manage adding 18Kaas to
Rails.  So that was a quick win.  And that's all there is to it.  Stefan
Frey added the revenue calculation in a much later stage.

 

I'm seeing the other map version in BGG for the first time now.  If people
are interested, I could add this version as an option.  For revenue
calculation changes I have to refer to Stefan.

 

Erik.

 

Van: Scott Petersen [mailto:sc...@re...] 
Verzonden: donderdag 27 januari 2011 19:23
Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
Onderwerp: [Rails-devel] 18Kaas

 

I'm curious about the history of the 18Kaas implementation in Rails.  What
is the origin?  I understand that at least two versions of the map exist and
the rules for how the Ruhr is calculated are variable.  Some discussion of
this topic is happening in this BGG thread:
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/612223/what-about-the-rules

Can anyone respond to the thread or to this email list (and I will quote it
over on BGG)?

Also, does 18Kaas mean 18Cheese?  Can someone explain?