Re: [Rails-devel] Emergency train purchases

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

I think I must make the following amendment (at least 18EU spells this out):

4. President may add extra cash above the agreed price (up to list price) if
buying from another company:
===> ... but not more than the cash on hand. In this case no share selling
allowed. <===

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@xs...]
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:42 PM
> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Subject: [Rails-devel] Emergency train purchases
> 
> I'm working to get the emergency train buying rules right.  Currently, all
Rails
> games follow the 1830 rules, and several people have already complained
> about that.
> 
> In this stage I do not aim at getting all the details in all games
completely
> implemented.
> However, I think I have identified the main options and sorted out how
these
> apply to most of the games that we have been working on so far.
> 
> The below only applies to companies that must own a train.  That excludes
> 1825.
> 
> 1. If a company has no train, it can buy any train on offer from Bank,
Pool or
> other companies (at any price) that is has enough cash for.
> It is always obliged to buy a used (Pool) train that it can pay for, if it
cannot
> afford a new (IPO) train.
> It is never obliged to buy a train from another company.
> Only if no affordable train can be found this way, the President can and
> indeed must add cash, and the below rules apply.
> 
> 2. Must buy the *cheapest* train from Bank or Pool:
> 1830/Kaas, 1856/70, 18AL/GA/TN, 1826: Yes.
> 1835, 18EU/VA/Scan: No.
> 
> 3. May buy a train from another company (always up to list price):
> 1830/Kaas, 1835, 18EU/VA/Scan, 1826: Yes.
> 1856/70, 18AL/GA/TN: No.
> 
> 4. President may add extra cash above the agreed price (up to list price)
if
> buying from another company:
> 1830/Kaas: Yes.  It seems that this even applies if the company has
sufficient
> cash for the agreed price.
> 18EU: Yes, but only if the company had exactly zero cash.
> All others: No or N/A.
> 
> Any corrections to the above summary?
> 
> Any more fine details for these games, and extensions to other games, are
> welcome, but will probably be end up in the for-later-study archive.
> I had a brief look into 1880, but it's not clear to me what the verdicts
are for
> this game.
> 
> Erik.
> 
> 
>
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