On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
> I don't know if 18GA v2 (from John David Galt) is any different. There also
> seems to be a Cotton Port variant.
>
I know of very few people who have played the v1 rules. The v2 rules are
available here:
http://www.diogenes.sacramento.ca.us/18AL_18GA.html
Here is the version history listed at the end of the current rules:
1.0: November 1996: Original map includes Jacksonville as a red area in
> the south. Atlanta is shown as a 40/(10)/80 city with slots for three
> tokens.
> 1.1: December 1996: Differences/FAQ section added as well as
> clarification regarding end of game.
> 1.2: June 1997: Athens hex moved, minor typos corrected.
> 2.0: December 1997: Atlanta changed with special tiles. Privates can
> now be sold for a maximum of 1.5 times face value. Starting money changed
> to $1800 divided by the number of players. Train purchases now limited to
> one train per OR until the first four train is bought.
> 3.0: May 1998: Map revised further with number of towns reduced and
> Birmingham changed to Montgomery. Stock chart also revised and tile mix
> changed. Private railroads now have minor special abilities. G&F RR
> replaces the S,A&G.
> 3.1: June 2002: Complete rewrite of rules by John David Galt, to
> remove any need for familiarity with other 18xx games. Many clarifications
> but no real changes (I hope).
>
As for the Cotton Port, the only place I have seen it documented is in Peter
Mumford's redraw on BGG. Peter had some personal communication with Mark
Derrick to request the rules. The CP map is available here (only, I
believe).
http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/49530
Mark Derrick's Cotton Port variant of 18GA. It uses the same tile set
> (although the Savannah hex may not be upgraded), privates, companies, etc.
>
> There are only two changes:
> 1. costs for some of the river and wetland hexes have changed.
> 2. the Georgia Railroad now places two free station tokens on launch, in
> Augusta and Charleston. This leaves it with a $40 token and a $100 token.
>
> About this variant:
> Mark Derrick wrote:
> The idea with the Cotton Port variant was to add a little twist to the game
> without changing it too much. At the time, the SAL was one of the slower
> starters. With this, it is better. The reason I added the token slot was
> that I thought it would be confusing to have the GA token spot in Augusta on
> the printed map not used, players may have thought it was reserved for the
> GA, etc. In our experience, the W&A was always the first RR started and the
> GA was about the third. Now it is likely to be second or third. Having an
> extra token spot is not as great as it seems since the RR can still only buy
> one train per turn, and now it has one less token to place in someplace more
> useful like Atlanta or Macon.
>
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