[Rails-devel] 18GA (was: Tiles and Their Identifiers)

[Scott P. <sc...@re...>]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:

> I don't know if 18GA v2 (from John David Galt) is any different. There also
> seems to be a Cotton Port variant.
>

I know of very few people who have played the v1 rules.  The v2 rules are
available here:
http://www.diogenes.sacramento.ca.us/18AL_18GA.html

Here is the version history listed at the end of the current rules:

 1.0:    November 1996:  Original map includes Jacksonville as a red area in
> the south.  Atlanta is shown as a 40/(10)/80 city with slots for three
> tokens.
> 1.1:    December 1996:  Differences/FAQ section added as well as
> clarification regarding end of game.
> 1.2:    June 1997:    Athens hex moved, minor typos corrected.
> 2.0:    December 1997:  Atlanta changed with special tiles.  Privates can
> now be sold for a maximum of 1.5 times face value.  Starting money changed
> to $1800 divided by the number of players.  Train purchases now limited to
> one train per OR until the first four train is bought.
> 3.0:    May 1998:    Map revised further with number of towns reduced and
> Birmingham changed to Montgomery.  Stock chart also revised and tile mix
> changed.  Private railroads now have minor special abilities.  G&F RR
> replaces the S,A&G.
> 3.1:    June 2002:    Complete rewrite of rules by John David Galt, to
> remove any need for familiarity with other 18xx games.  Many clarifications
> but no real changes (I hope).
>

As for the Cotton Port, the only place I have seen it documented is in Peter
Mumford's redraw on BGG.  Peter had some personal communication with Mark
Derrick to request the rules.  The CP map is available here (only, I
believe).
http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/49530

Mark Derrick's Cotton Port variant of 18GA. It uses the same tile set
> (although the Savannah hex may not be upgraded), privates, companies, etc.
>
> There are only two changes:
> 1. costs for some of the river and wetland hexes have changed.
> 2. the Georgia Railroad now places two free station tokens on launch, in
> Augusta and Charleston. This leaves it with a $40 token and a $100 token.
>
> About this variant:
> Mark Derrick wrote:
> The idea with the Cotton Port variant was to add a little twist to the game
> without changing it too much. At the time, the SAL was one of the slower
> starters. With this, it is better. The reason I added the token slot was
> that I thought it would be confusing to have the GA token spot in Augusta on
> the printed map not used, players may have thought it was reserved for the
> GA, etc. In our experience, the W&A was always the first RR started and the
> GA was about the third. Now it is likely to be second or third. Having an
> extra token spot is not as great as it seems since the RR can still only buy
> one train per turn, and now it has one less token to place in someplace more
> useful like Atlanta or Macon.
>