Re: [Rails-devel] 1835 Pfalzbahn token lay (was Re: Minor bug, 1835, 1.7.6)

[Mike B. <com...@ip...>]

>Most likely there is no rule that is generally illegal to lay the token 
>without a tile (for those cases when there is no connectivity requirement).

>However I do not remember by heart if there is any 18xx rule-set which 
>explicitly allows this (have not played 18GA yet).

It's easy to demonstrate that this is explicitly possible by considering the
home location of the Erie in 1830. It is a double city with no inbuilt
track. Therefore, until green tiles become available, it cannot connect with
anything, but there is no rule that prevents launching the company (and
placing a railhead) prior to green tiles. It's a silly move, but not am
illegal one.

However, there are some games (I forget which) that specifically prohibit
the laying of railheads other than the home railhead unless you are
connected by track to that location. I remember this because one of the
things that made 1835 so distinctive (relative to the other 18xx games) was
that you could lay a rail head anywhere, it was only a question of the
distance from your home base.

Mike Bourke
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Co-author, Assassin's Amulet http://www.legaciescampaignsetting.com



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