Re: [Rails-devel] Emergency train purchases

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

There are probably other variables to consider in games that allow loans of
various types.

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Phil Davies <de...@gm...> wrote:

> We played 1880 yesterday and our belief was the following:
>
> If the company has at least $1 and no train then it can buy a train
> from a company owned by the same director.
> If the company has $0, or the director does not wish to buy a train
> from a 'friend' then it must buy the cheapest train from the bank
> (there is no pool in 1880), presidents must put in money from hand and
> the MAY sell shares if they wish (although these cannot cause a change
> of directorship).  If they do not or cannot sell shares, they accrue
> debt and add 50% interest on top.
>
> Phil
>
> On 25 July 2011 12:42, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
> > 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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