Re: [Rails-devel] Rails2.0: Further Changes

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

"(all transactions between players and companies are forbidden anyway)."

Not so. Companies can buy private railways and other such from players and
are expected to do so, depending on which 18xx game you are playing. Without
this ability, there is no way for a company to be able to place a port
marker, for example (since by the time the bank seizes control of such
facilities, the port company is closed).

Is not the paying of a dividend (half or full) a transaction between
shareholding players and the company in which the shares are owned?

How about when a company doesn't have enough money for a train and the
President has to pay for it?

There are many actions that can be characterized as transactions between
players and companies that are not only not forbidden but are mandatory
elements of the game.

As for using the total of company treasuries to determine whether or not the
bank is broken, doesn't that ignore the primary point where money is
supposed to accumulate within the game - in the player's hands?

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




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