Re: 18EU for three players?

On 6/1/07, mcvmcv@...
<mcvmcv@...> wrote:

>  > The one feature that I did not like in 18EU was the route-building.
>  > Because towns do not count towards train-movement, we had a lot of
>  > routes where trains were running through the maximum amount of cities
>  > and then 3 or 4 towns at either end of the route, which made for some
>  > unlogical routes.

>  Ofcourse if towns counted as cities, everybody would be busy
>  building around them, and if they don't count, then why have them at
>  all? It's not realistic, but it's playable.

>  What would be the alternative? Trains can run as either a 4-train (for
>  example) and ignore all towns, or a 3+3 train? How would that work?

I'm not trying to second-guess a perfectly good design, because it
will probably change the balance of the game. But since you're
asking... :)
I'm for clean rules, so I would just add a single line: a route must
start and end at a city or off-board area.
I'll still play the game as is, though.

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Akke

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