Re: [Rails-devel] Question regarding Handling of Map Hex blocking in 1837

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

On 2014-09-04 05:06, Dr. Martin Brumm wrote:
> the private companies in 1837 have the power to block access to their 
> hexes to anyone but the owner and the companies that the owner is 
> controlling, without the companies having to buy in the privates.

This is wrong in two respects.

(1) 1837's privates (AKA mountain companies) can never be bought in by
other companies [Rule II].

You use their power as in 1835, simply by being the president of both the
private and the track-laying company that will benefit (which need not be
a major).  This may be done in any phase of the game (until the purchase
of the first 5-train, which closes all privates) [Rule V.14].  Using a
private company's power does not close the private [Rule II.1].

(2) Private companies do indeed initially block tile-laying in their hexes
by any company whose president is not the owner of the private.  This
restriction ends upon the purchase of the first 3-train.  After that time,
other players' companies may lay tiles in the private company's hex but
doing so will cost them 110K [Rule V.14].