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Re: Stephenson's Rocket
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Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:59:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > > Tikal is my current favorite.
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> > Have you played Stephenson's Rocket? I can't get enough of it.
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> What, pray tell, is this? By the title, I'd adjudge it to do with railroads,
> but is it a PC game, a board game, or what?
Board. It is of German origin. It's by Reiner Knizia and distributed in
English in the US by Rio Grande Games. It's a fairly abstract board game, but
is very very challenging. I most highly reccommend it.
> My faves in the RR genre:
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> PC: Railroad Tycoon (original, strangely enough)
I've played a few hundred hours of the new version and I think I agree with
you. The original has soul that the new one (which I have to give points to
for technical improvement) lacks. I do like the fact that there is a player
community on the net involved in creating maps and scenarios for the new game.
I also like the PC version of 1830. I mostly play with random maps now.
> Board: 1830 when serious, Eurorails or Iron Dragon, when just for fun,
> although Streetcar is also challenging
I prefer 1870 of the 18xx games that I've played (1830, 56, 70, 53(?...Imperial
India), and 35.
Eurorails is my fave of the crayon games, but Iron Dragon has some nice rules
additions. (I don't care for the foreman rules) Nippon (especially) or
Australian or Brittish rails both make better two player games than the large
boards.
I've played Silverton, and I think there are some good ideas burried in it, but
it's really boring and cumbersome. Union Pacific is pretty good - basically a
remake of Airlines.
My favorite 'train' board game is Iron Duke, but it's only a train game in the
way it's portrayed. It's doesn't feel trainy, and it's really a puzzle game.
Chris
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| (...) Sounds good. Can you tell more about it? For example, I consider 1830 more "abstract" than eurorails. One of the reasons I like 1830 is the stock market manipulation. What do you mean by abstract.. For flat out beer and pretzels, it's tough to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) ka-snip (...) We don't really bother with the board game version at all anymore - 1830 straight off the computer. It plays *much* faster that way. (...) 53(?...Imperial (...) We've 18xxed out in general (except on the computer). Perhaps those (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) What, pray tell, is this? By the title, I'd adjudge it to do with railroads, but is it a PC game, a board game, or what? My faves in the RR genre: PC: Railroad Tycoon (original, strangely enough) Board: 1830 when serious, Eurorails or Iron (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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