MINSTREL 462 JANUARY 2021

The 18xx games are in order of starting from p2 onwards. Railway Rivals RR2416NIL is on p10, Outpost M17 ends on p11, Puerto Rico M2 is on p12 & p13. The Games That You Play is below. 1835O42 comments follow the 1835L43 report on p9.

New Games: St. Petersburg M6 starts on p13. Outpost M18 will start – in the automated style - next time. We also have a 4 player 1856 and a 2 player 1835 waiting to get started next time. My musing on online board game sites last time resulted in (only) a response from Dane who said –

With the exception Dominion Online (you can probably guess what game I play there) I don't play games online in real time, though see below. All my games are asynchronous (aka turn-based) on Yucata. Having found it an excellent site with more than enough games to keep me amused, I've not looked further afield.

As you will know from Dane's Games, I have on a couple of occasions played a cross between real time and asynchronous – multiple games being played simultaneously in real time – on Yucata.

Ah, Dominion. The online site survives after some iteration partailly documented here but the lack of a mobile implementation is a loss. The obvious (to me) comparison is with Ascension which was implemented early (2011) and well on iOS (and in 2014 on Steam and Android with cross-platform play). Each of the 11 subsequently implemented expansions has sold well on all platforms. I have had games on the go since the start and have even won – against the odds - the official worldwide monthly tournament on occasion.

The structure of the Ascension app has been the reference model for later deck building apps (including Star Realms, Cthulu Realms, Shards of Infinity, Tanto Cuore and Penny Arcade – the latter two now victims of the Appocalypse as Apple forces developers to update apps or see them die) and mostly importantly has a properly functioning multi-player system for games to be played live or asynchronously (or a mix of the two).

There was a functional Dominion mobile app but it was given a “cease and desist” ahead of the launch of an official app which then failed. There is still a yearning for a Dominion app and in response to a post on Reddit in October 2019 Donald X said “There are people working on a Dominion app now. I don't know when it will be out; they haven't made an official announcement and that's not my place. But they're working on it”. So more time has passed since then and there is no evidence of a mobile incarnation of Dominion. Such a pity – the convenience of mobile play would surely increase the number of games played and generally be a good thing.

THE GAMES THAT YOU PLAY

Andy Muir 1856Y42 Brad Martin 1856Y42, RR2416NIL, Puerto Rico M1, Puerto Rico M2 Christian Bien RR2416NIL Dane Maslen Outpost M17 David Hooton 1856K42, RR2416NIL, Outpost M17 Graham Lee 1856K42, 1835S42, 1856Y42 Ian Pendlebury 1856Y42, Outpost M17 John Shelley 1856K42, 1830T42, 1870B43, 1861E43, 1830I43, 1835L43 John Webley 1856K42, 1870B43, 1835L43, RR2416NIL, Outpost M17, Puerto Rico M2 Mark Hancock 1830I43, Puerto Rico M2 Mick Haytack Outpost M17, Puerto Rico M2 Mike Bennett 1856K42, 1830T42, 1870B43, 1835L43 Mike Ruffhead 1830T42, 1830I43, RR2416NIL, Outpost M17, Puerto Rico M2 Stephen Webb 1861E43 Tim Parkes 1835S42, 1870B43, 1861E43 Tony Sait 1830T42, 1856Y42, 1830I43, 1835L43, RR2416NIL, Outpost M17

Games just finished are kept on the list as a prompt for any comments

WAITING 1829 SOUTH Mike R, John S, David H 1830 Mike B 1835 Tim P 1835 - 2 Player Tim P, Graham L 1856 Ian P, John S, Mike B, Mark H 18EU John S OUTPOST Ian P, Mike R ST. PETERSBURG Mick H, Mike R, John W, Brad M – Start on p13

DEADLINE: FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY2021 HOST : ROB THOMASSON

1856K42 / 18 OR15 & OR16 [END] And we are done … with Graham as the fully expected winner. I have comments from John W - those and any others received will be printed next time. Operating Round 15 Dir Lay [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Trains Notes

CA GL 7:I10:4 760 Y 275A 1 D CPR JS 8:M2:4 I12 510 Y 225A 260 5 5 A B GT MB J11 290 Y 200D 265 5 A CGR GL 15:E18:2 [56] 690 Y 200A 15 D THB MB 320 Y 150A 1 6 TGB GL 14:M10:6 [55] 270 Y 150A 60 D BBG DH 58:M18:2 510 Y 150A 0 D GW JW 280 Y 125E 252 6 WGB JW 7:J7:4 620 Y 110A 0 D

Operating Round 16 Dir Lay [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Trains Notes

CA GL 690 Y 300A 1 D CPR JS 39:L17:4 [29] J15 510 Y 250A 160 5 5 A B GT MB 290 Y 225C 352 5 CGR GL 6:K16:2 [58] 450 Y 225A 15 D THB MB 320 Y 175A 1 6 TGB GL 270 Y 175A 60 D BBG DH 2:J17:2 520 Y 175A 0 D GW JW 280 Y 150D 336 6 WGB JW 440 Y 125A 0 D

Notes A $100 to the Bank for a garrison B At Train Limit Final Cash Flow Start OR15 OR16 End Value % Certs Max 15

Graham Lee 1,951 881 738 3,570 8,295 26.4 14.5 - 14.5 David Hooton 1,394 857 801 3,052 6,977 22.2 15.0 - 15.0 John Webley 899 837 655 2,391 5,616 17.8 13.5 - 13.5 Mike Bennett 871 679 658 2,208 5,508 17.5 15.0 - 15.0 John Shelley 797 669 591 2,057 5,082 16.1 13.0 - 13.0 Portfolios BBG CA CPR GT GW TGB THB WGB CGR

Mike Bennett * 4 1 - 5P - - 6P 1 - Graham Lee - 5P - - 1 6P - - 9P John Webley - 2 - - 5P - - 6P 5 David Hooton 6P 2 4 1 1 - - - 4 John Shelley - - 6P - - 4 - 3 2

Bank New - - - 1 - - 4 - - Par 100 100 100 100 80 100 100 100 150 Bank Pool - - - 3 3 - - - - Quote 175A 300A 250A 225C 150D 175A 175A 125A 225A Credit $0 $1 $160 $352 $336 $60 $1 $0 $15 Tokens Left 1 1 - - 2 - - 1 5 Rights Held by ShareCos : GT - Tunnel | CGR - Bridge.

Tiles 1/1 2/0 3/3 4/1 5/2 6/1 7/5 8/4 9/8 14/0 15/0 16/1 17/1 18/1 19/1 20/0 23/3 24/4 25/1 26/0 27/1 28/1 29/1 39/0 40/0 41/3 42/3 43/2 44/1 45/2 46/2 47/1 55/1 56/1 57/3 58/1 59/2 63/0 64/1 65/0 66/1 67/1 68/0 69/1 70/1 120/1 121/2 122/1 123/0 124/0 125/0 126/0 127/0 Trains D/4($1,100)

1856K42 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 6 : BANK - BROKEN WON BY GRAHAM

1835S42 / 14 OR14 & OR15 Graham holds on to claim victory as Tim gains nearly 1,000M more in value over the last two operating rounds.

A sterling, or maybe marked, performance by both players. A rematch with reversed starting positions will be starting soon. Operating Round 14 Dir Lay [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Trains Notes

ByE GL 20:D10:4 [9] 460 Y 382A 64 5+5 4 A PrE TP 25:C19:5 [8] 250 Y 350B 1 4+4 SxE GL 210 Y 190C 47 4 HeE TP 7:B18:5 600 Y 170C 1 6+6 5 A BaE GL 190 Y 152C 1 4 WtE TP 7:C17:2 620 Y 138D 1 6+6 5 A OlE TP 15:D8:6 [57] 250 Y 90E 106 6 MsE GL 280 Y 90E 168 6

Operating Round 15 Dir Lay [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Trains Notes

ByE GL 460 Y 418A 64 5+5 4 A PrE TP 250 Y 384B 1 4+4 SxE GL 210 Y 212C 47 4 HeE TP 620 Y 190C 1 6+6 5 A BaE GL 190 Y 170C 1 4 WtE TP 620 Y 154D 1 6+6 5 A OlE TP C11 300 Y 96E 166 6 B MsE GL 280 Y 96E 196 6

Notes A At Train Limit B 60M to the Bank for a garrison Final Cash Flow Start OR14 OR15 End Value % Certs Max

Graham Lee 4,323 1,112 1,112 6,547 15,411 51.3 32 32 Tim Parkes 3,474 1,640 1,670 6,784 14,640 48.7 31 31 Portfolios PrE ByE SxE BaE WtE HeE MsE OlE

Tim Parkes 100/12D - - - 100/8D 100/8D - 60/3D Graham Lee * - 100/9D 100/9D 100/8D - - 90/6D -

Bank New - - - - - - - - Bank Pool - - - - - - 10/1 40/4 Quote 384B 418A 212C 170C 154D 190C 96E 96E Credit 1M 64M 47M 1M 1M 1M 196M 166M Tokens Left 2 1 1 - - - - - Tiles 1/1 2/1 3/1 4/2 5/3 6/3 7/6 8/2 9/2 12/1 13/2 14/0 15/0 16/1 18/0 19/1 20/1 23/0 24/3 25/2 26/2 27/2 28/1 29/0 39/1 40/1 41/2 42/2 43/1 44/2 45/1 46/1 47/2 55/0 56/1 57/2 58/0 63/0 69/0 70/1 87/1 88/2 201/2 202/2 203/1 204/2 205/1 206/1 207/2 208/1 209/1 210/1 211/1 212/1 213/0 214/1 215/0 216/0 217/2 218/1 219/1 220/0 221/0 Trains 6+6/2(720M)

1835S42 : HALF THOMPSON GAME : PHASE 3 : BANK - BROKEN WON BY GRAHAM FROM TIM

1830T42 / 13 OR13 & SR10 The arrival of the first 6 train leaves two companies without a train … and we will have OR14 only next time by request. Operating Round 13 Dir Lay [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Trains Notes

PRR JS 9:I3:3 100 N 170C 872 (3) +4 [+5] B F G H I J C&O MR 65:H18:6 [59] 140 Y 200B 805 (3) E G CPR TS 8:C11:3 140 Y 160A 275 4 C D NYC JS 62:G19:4 [54] G19 130 N 126A 1 (3) +5 K L B&O MB 8:I7:1 140 Y 155C 114 4 +5 A G Q NYNH TS 120 Y 155C 324 (3) Erie MR 59:D10:5 90 Y 112B 0 (3) +5 M N B&M MB 61:E23:2 [53] 90 N 76B 60 4 +6 O P Q

Notes A $5 from the SVR Private J 5 Train purchase closes the Privates B $10 from the CStL Private K $40 to the Bank for a garrison C $15 from the D&H Private L $798 to the PRR for a 5 Train D $20 from the M&H Private M $80 to Bank for a river E $25 from the C&A Private N $454 to the C&O for a 5 Train F $300 to the Bank for a 4 Train O $630 to the Bank for a 6 Train G $450 to the Bank for a 5 Train P 6 Train purchase starts Phase 5 H 5 Train purchase starts Phase 4 Q At Train Limit I Forced to return a 3 Train to the Bank

Tiles 1/0 2/0 3/2 4/1 7/3 8/3 9/0 14/0 15/0 16/1 18/0 19/1 20/1 23/1 24/0 25/0 26/1 27/0 28/0 29/0 39/1 40/1 41/2 42/2 43/2 44/1 45/2 46/2 47/1 53/1 54/1 55/1 56/0 57/2 58/2 59/0 61/1 62/0 63/3 64/1 65/0 66/1 67/1 68/1 69/1 70/1 Trains 6/1($630) D/6($1,100) Stock Round 10 * share from the pool

Tony Sait Mike Ruffhead Mike Bennett John Shelley

-NYNH/2(310),+PRR*(170) ~ +B&M(100) +Erie(100)

+B&O*(155) ~ +Erie(100) +Erie*(112) Cash Flow Start OR13 SR10 End Value % Certs Max 16

John Shelley 215 37 -212 40 2,759 22.7 15 - 15 Tony Sait 462 198 -15 645 3,611 29.8 16 - 16 Mike Ruffhead 364 178 0 542 3,545 29.2 16 - 16 Mike Bennett 141 124 -200 65 2,218 18.3 15 - 15 Portfolios PRR NYC CPR B&O C&O Erie NYNH B&M

John Shelley 6P 6P 1 - 1 3 - - Tony Sait * 3 1 6P 2 2 - 4P - Mike Ruffhead 1 2 1 1 6P 6P 1 - Mike Bennett - 1 1 6P 1 1 1 6P

Bank New - - 1 - - - - 3 Par 100 100 100 100 82 100 67 100 Bank Pool - - - 1 - - 4 1 Quote 200B 126A 160A 155C 225A 126A 130D 76B Credit $872 $1 $275 $114 $805 $0 $324 $60 Tokens Left 1 2 2 2 - 1 - 1 The OR14 operating order is - C&O, PRR, CPR, B&O, NYNH, NYC, Erie, B&M.

1830T42 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 5 : BANK - $8,257 NEXT TIME - OR14

1856Y42 / 11 SR7 The TGB & LPS shares are bought up as speculators look in vain for a new company to appear … Stock Round 7 * share from the pool

Brad Martin Tony Sait Andy Muir Ian Pendlebury Graham Lee

+TGB(100) +CA*(110) +TGB(100) +TGB(100) +TGB(100)

+GW*(90) +LPS*(110) +LPS*(110) +TGB(100) +CV(100)

~ +LPS*(110) +LPS*(110) ~ +GT*(100) ~ ~ -GT/2(200) ~ ~ ~ ~ +CV(100) ~ ~

~ ~ +CV(100) [Priority] Cash Flow Start SR7 End Value % Certs Max 13

Ian Pendlebury 449 -200 249 1,649 23.7 12 - 12 Graham Lee 479 -300 179 1,819 26.1 13 - 13 Brad Martin 198 -190 8 648 9.3 6 - 6 Tony Sait 390 -330 60 1,370 19.7 11 - 11 Andy Muir 383 -320 63 1,473 21.2 12 - 12 Portfolios BBG CA CPR CV GT GW LPS TGB THB WR WGB

Ian Pendlebury * - - 6P 6P - - - 2 - - - Graham Lee 6P - - 1 1 - 6P 1 - - - Brad Martin - - - - - 6P - 1 - - - Tony Sait 4 6P - - - - 2 - - - - Andy Muir - - - 2 4P - 2 6P - - -

Bank New - - - 1 - - - - 10P 10P 10P Par 100 70 65 100 65 75 65 100 Bank Pool - 4 4 - 5 4 - - - - - Quote 100A 110E 100E 100A 90F 90F 125D 100A Credit $449 $370 $88 $309 $206 $665 $375 $529 Loans 0 500 600 0 500 0 500 100 Trains 5 4 3 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 Tokens Left 2 1 1 1 3 2 - 1 1 2 1 Rights Held by ShareCos : CA - Port Token at F17 | CPR - Tunnel | GT - Bridge.

Tiles 1/1 2/0 3/3 4/1 5/2 6/0 7/7 8/7 9/6 14/4 15/3 16/1 17/1 18/1 19/1 20/1 23/3 24/4 25/1 26/1 27/1 28/1 29/1 39/1 40/1 41/3 42/3 43/2 44/1 45/2 46/2 47/2 55/0 56/1 57/4 58/2 59/2 63/1 64/1 65/1 66/1 67/1 68/1 69/1 70/1 120/1 121/2 122/0 125/1 126/0 127/0 Trains 6/2($700) then D/9($1,100)

The OR10 operating order is - LPS, CA, CPR, BBG, TGB, CV, GW, GT.

1856Y42 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 4 : BANK - $8,450 NEXT TIME - OR10

1870B43 / 8 SR5 Three new companies and one 4 train remaining means that we will have one OR only next time … Stock Round 5 * share from the pool

John Shelley John Webley Mike Bennett Tim Parkes

-SLSF(160),-MP(82), +ATSF/P(164)

- - - Price Protect SLSF +SLSF(100)

+ATSF(82) -GMO/2(152),-MKT(140), +TP/P(200)

- - - Price Protect GMO

+ATSF(82) +TP(100) +FW/P(144) +SLSF(100)

+ATSF(82) +TP(100) +FW(72) +MP(68) +ATSF(82) +TP(100) +FW(72) GMO Redeems from Pool

+IC(76) +TP(100) +FW(72) ~ ~ ~ +FW(72) ~ ~ ~ -FW(72),+MKT(90) [Priority]

Cash Flow Start SR5 End Value % Certs Max 16

Tim Parkes 421 -420 1 1,577 25.0 14 - 14 John Shelley 334 -326 8 1,310 20.8 11 - 11 John Webley 351 -308 43 1,295 20.5 11 - 11 Mike Bennett 616 -610 6 2,126 33.7 16 - 16 Portfolios Privates ATSF FW GMO IC MP MKT SP SSW SLSF TP

Tim Parkes * - - - 7P - 1 - - 6P 2 - John Shelley - 6P - - 1 - 6P - - - - John Webley - - - - - 6P - - - 1 6P Mike Bennett - - 5P - 6P - 1 - - 7P -

Bank New - 4 4 - 3 - - 10P 4 - 4 Par 82 72 68 76 68 90 100 100 100 Bank Pool - - 1 - - 3 1 - - - - Quote 82C 68F 82E 90E 82F 120C 100A 160B 100A Redeemed - - 3 - - 2 - - - - Credit $820 $720 $215 $286 $268 $197 $350 $545 $1,000 Trains 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 Tokens Left 2+D 1+D 1 - 1+D 1+D 2+D 1+D 1+D 1+D Privates Owned by ShareCos : GMO - GRSC, GSC | MP - MRBC | MKT - SCC | SLSF - MKT. Rights Held by ShareCos : GMO - Open Port Token at M20 | MKT - Cattle Token at B11.

Tiles 1/1 2/1 3/3 4/6 5/1 6/1 7/8 8/9 9/13 14/1 15/0 16/2 17/2 18/2 19/2 20/2 23/4 24/2 25/3 26/2 27/2 28/2 29/1 55/1 56/1 57/3 58/3 69/1 141/2 142/2 143/1 144/1 Trains 4/1($300) then 5/4($450) 6/3($630) 8/3($800) 10/2($950) 12/6($1,100)

The OR7 operating order is - SLSF, MKT, SSW, TP, IC, MP, GMO, ATSF, FW.

1870B43 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 3 : BANK - $7,541 NEXT TIME - OR7

1861E43 / 4 MR1 & OR4 Everything seems to be proceeding with due care and attention … the only twitch being that the O-K was unable to pursue its private purchasing predilection once it had made its forced loan redemptions. Merger Round 1

No actions Operating Round 4 Dir Lay(s) [Rep] Base Run Pay Quote Credit Loan Trains Notes

N JS 637:G8:1 90 H 100F 0 0 2 +3 A L M-K JS 14:D9:1 9:C6:3 [6] 80 H 90F 80 0 2 B M-NN TP 208:J7:3 [202] 90 H 90F 31 0 2 C D E StP-W SW 8:A10:5 80 H 80F 1 0 2 [+2] F R-O JS 207:A4:2 [201] 70 H 70F 35 0 2 K-B TP 207:C20:5 [201] 70 H 70F 30 100 3 G K-R SW 8:F11:2 204:G10:5 190 H 65H 14 0 3 2 C B E H L O-K TP 635:C14:2 160 H 60H 4 0 2 2 G I L K-K SW 8:I12:5 70 H 60H 108 0 2 +2 J K L

Notes A R225 to the Bank for a 3 Train G R10 Interest paid B R20 to Bank for 2 Tiles H R60 to Stephen W for the MYR C 1 Loan for Tile Lay I 2 Loans Redeemed D R20 to Bank for a Tile lay J R1 to the StP-W for a 2 Train E 1 Loan Redeemed K R30 to Stephen W for the TSR F R70 to the K-K for a 2 Train L At Train Limit

Tiles 3/2 4/3 5/2 6/2 7/~ 8/~ 9/~ 14/1 15/1 16/2 17/2 18/2 19/2 20/2 21/2 22/2 23/5 24/5 25/4 26/2 27/2 28/2 29/2 30/2 31/2 57/2 58/2 87/2 88/2 201/3 202/4 204/1 207/2 208/1 619/2 621/2 622/2 624/1 625/1 626/1 635/0 637/0 Trains 3/4(R225) then 4/4(R350) 5/4(R550) 6/2(R650) 7/2(R800) 8/9(R1,000) 2+2/2(R600) 5+5E/2(R1,500) Cash Flow Start MR1 OR4 End Value % Certs Max 21

Stephen Webb 175 0 290 465 875 32.8 3 - 3 John Shelley 110 0 145 255 850 31.8 4 - 4 Tim Parkes 165 0 205 370 945 35.4 5 - 5 Portfolios Privates N StP-W M-NN R-O O-K M-K K-K K-B K-R

Stephen Webb - - 2D - - - - 2D - 2D John Shelley * MRR 2D - - 2D - 2D - - - Tim Parkes BSSC, WVR - - 2D - 2D - - 2D -

Bank New Minor Cos - - - - - - - - - Bank Pool - - - - - - - - - - Quote 100F 80F 90F 70F 60H 90F 60H 70F 65H Credit R0 R1 R31 R35 R4 R80 R108 R30 R14 Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 Tokens Left - - - - - - - - - Privates Owned by ShareCos : K-K - TSR | K-R - MYR.

Available Minor | Public Companies [Merge/Convert only] : M-B, D, V, T-R, S-V, E | GRR, NW, SW, SE, MK, MVR, MKV, MKN.

The OR5 operating order is - N, M-K, M-NN, StP-W, R-O, K-B, K-R, O-K, K-K - unless changed by SR3.

1861E43 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 3 : BANK - R13,605 NEXT TIME - MR2 & SR3

1830I43 / 2 SR2 Mark was the first, and only, player to buy the B&O Private and thus we have just SR2 this time.

Next time we will stop after SR3 if a company other than the B&O floats in SR3, and/or if a change of presidency occurs in SR3, and/or if a 3 train is bought during OR2. Stock Round 2 * share from the pool

Mark Hancock Mike Ruffhead Tony Sait John Shelley

+B&O(220)/P(0) +PRR/P(152) +C&O/P(152) +NYNH/P(164)

+B&O(100) +PRR(76) +C&O(76) +NYNH(82) +B&O(100) +PRR(76) +C&O(76) +NYNH(82) +B&O(100) +PRR(76) +C&O(76) +NYNH(82)

~ ~ +C&O(76) +NYNH(82) Cash Flow Start SR2 End Value % Certs Max 16

Mark Hancock 585 -520 65 805 29.7 6 - 6 Mike Ruffhead 390 -380 10 666 24.6 7 - 7 Tony Sait 545 -456 89 615 22.7 6 - 6 John Shelley 510 -492 18 620 22.9 6 - 6 Portfolios Privates PRR NYC CPR B&O C&O Erie NYNH B&M

Mark Hancock * SVR, B&O - - - 5P - - - - Mike Ruffhead CStL, C&A 6P - - - - - - - Tony Sait D&H - - - - 6P - - - John Shelley M&H - - - - - - 6P -

Bank New - 4 10P 10P 5 4 10P 4 10P Par 76 100 76 82 Bank Pool - - - - - - - - - Quote 76D 100A 76D 82C Credit $760 $760 $820 Trains Tokens Left 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 Tiles 1/1 2/1 3/2 4/2 7/4 8/8 9/7 55/1 56/1 57/4 58/2 69/1 Trains 2/6($80) then 3/5($180) 4/4($300) 5/3($450) 6/2($630) D/6($1,100)

The OR2 operating order is - NYNH, PRR, C&O.

1830I43 : STANDARD GAME : PHASE 1 : BANK - $9,478 NEXT TIME - OR2, SR3, OR3 & SR4

1835L43 / 1 SR1 Next time we will stop after SR2 if the ByE is floated during SR2 … Share Round 1

John Shelley John Webley Mike Bennett Tony Sait

+K-M(160) +B-P(170) +A-K(80) +B-M(80)

+Mag(80)

+B-S(80) +L-D(190) & SxE/D

+Pfa(150) & ByE/10

+Ost(120) & ByE/10 +N-F(100) & ByE/10 +Bra(130) +Han(160) Cash Flow Start SR1 End Value % Certs Max

John Shelley 475 -430 45 475 22.9 5 15 John Webley 475 -460 15 651 31.4 5 15 Mike Bennett 475 -290 185 475 22.9 3 15 Tony Sait 475 -320 155 475 22.9 3 15 Portfolios Privates/Minors PrE ByE SxE BaE WtE HeE MsE OlE

John Shelley Ost, Pfa, K-M - 20/2 - - - - - - John Webley N-F, L-D, B-P - 10/1 20/1D - - - - - Mike Bennett * Bra, B-S, A-K - - - - - - - - Tony Sait Han, B-M, Mag - - - - - - - -

Bank New Start Packet 40/4D 70/6D 80/8 100/8D 100/8D 100/8D 100/7D 100/7D Bank Pool - - - - - - - - - Quote Credit Tokens Left 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 Tiles 1/1 2/1 3/2 4/3 5/3 6/3 7/8 8/16 9/12 55/1 56/1 57/2 58/4 69/2 201/2 202/2 Trains 2/9(80M) then 2+2/4(120M) 3/4(180M) 3+3/3(270M) 4/3(360M) 4+4/1(440M) 5/2(500M) 5+5/1(600M) 6/2(600M) 6+6/4(720M)

The OR1 operating order is - B-M, B-P, Mag, K-M, B-S, A-K.

1835L43 : HALF THOMPSON GAME : PHASE 1 : BANK - 10,950M NEXT TIME - OR1, SR2, OR2 & SR3

1835O42 COMMENTS Mike B 2nd Congratulations to John and thanks to Rob. The HeE always had trains, but it took too long to

generate runs to use them on; that and key tiles always seemed to be in short supply. I should have probably pitched another PrE and nationalized the 20% share of HeE as well.

John S 3rd Well that was a close finish. I thought that I was in with a good shout for a win until SR9 when I

failed to anticipate Tim selling out of the WtE, a company with 2 trains that he held 90% of, to secure 100% of the ByE which had a single train. I think that if had included WtE in my buy list then I would have come out on top, but it wasn't to be. Congrats to John W for the win and thanks to all for playing and especially to Rob for running the show.

Tim P 5th My congratulations to John Webley for a good win in a close game, and my thanks to Rob for the

administration of this and the many other games. I fully deserved my last place having made some pretty poor decisions along the way - but I enjoyed the game for all that. Looking forward to starting another one soon.

1835O42 : HALF THOMPSON GAME : BANK - BROKEN WON BY JOHN W FROM MIKE B & JOHN S

RIVALS RR2416NIL ROUND 10 REDLINE continues to benefit from payments to use his track and earns mightily ... Runs

10.1> Alexandria – Quweisna | Benha REDLINE [24:Quweisna] 20 +10 -1/GITCO -3/DELTA CLEOPATRA [28:Quweisna] 10 -4/REDLINE +1 GITCO [26:Quweisna] 0 -1/DELTA +1 DELTA [27:Quweisna] 0 -4/REDLINE +4 BIEN [39:Benha] 0 -2/REDLINE -1/CLEOPATRA

10.2> El Yahudiya | El Simbillawein – Cairo GRIND [El Yahudiya:16] 20 -2/GITCO -1/REDLINE REDLINE [El Yahudiya:17] 10 -3/GITCO +1 BIEN [El Simbillawein:17] 0 +2 GITCO [El Yahudiya:18] 0 +5 CLEOPATRA [El Simbillawein:19] 0 -2/BIEN

10.3> Shubra Khit | Kafr el Shiek - Ashmun | Qalyub REDLINE [Shubra Khit:18:Qalyub] 20 +7 GITCO [Shubra Khit:20:Ashmun] 10 -3/REDLINE DELTA [Kafr el Shiek:18:Qalyub] 0 GRIND [Shubra Khit:19:Qalyub] 0 -2/REDLINE CLEOPATRA [Kafr el Shiek:23:Qalyub] 0 -2/REDLINE 10.4> Rosetta | Baltim – Tourism REDLINE [Rossetta:23:Alexandria] 0

10.5> Damietta – Port Said BIEN [9] 20 DELTA [29] 10 -7/CLEOPATRA CLEOPATRA +7 10.6> Dikirnis | Faqus – Port BIEN [Dikirnins:9:Damietta] 20 -1/REDLINE +2 CLEOPATRA [Dikirnins:11:Damietta] 5 -2/BIEN DELTA [Faqus:14:Port Said] 5 REDLINE +1

10.7> Ismailiya – Cairo GRIND [19] 20 -1/CLEOPATRA GITCO [24] 10 CLEOPATRA +1 Earnings – CLEOPATRA 14, BIEN 40, DELTA 8, GRIND 34, REDLINE 82, GITCO 22 Builds Cost

CLEOPATRA Brown None BIEN Orange None DELTA Purple None GRIND Green None REDLINE Red None GITCO Blue None

Scores Runs 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Build

CLEOPATRA Brad Martin 138 = 124 +7 -2 -2 +7 +3 +1 BIEN Christian Bien 99 = 59 -3 +2 +20 +21 DELTA David Hooton 104 = 96 +0 +0 +3 +5 GRIND John Webley 172 = 138 +17 -2 +19 REDLINE Mike Ruffhead 272 = 190 +26 +8 +27 +20 +1 GITCO Tony Sait 111 = 89 +0 +5 +7 +10 Runs for Round 11 – Enter up to 4

11.1> 16-35 Damanhur – Talkha | Abu Kebir 11.5> 42-54 Port Said – Tukh | Bilbeis 11.2> 23-S5 El Mahalla el Kuora – Minerals [G67 | G68] 11.6> 44-S1 Fayid – West to Libya 11.3> 33-64 Shirbin | El Salhiya – Heliopolis | Cairo Airport 11.7> 11-26 Alexandria – Tanta el Santa 11.4> 55-66 Minuf | Shibin el Qanatir – Helwah | Adabiya

RAILWAY RIVALS RR2416NIL NEXT – ROUND 11 RUNS PLUS BUILDS UP TO 7 POINTS

OUTPOST M17 ROUND 17 [END]

Ian completes his expected victory. Mick beats Dane to second courtesy of the tie-breaker. Any comments received (I have some from Mike) will be printed next time. Round 17 Actions

Mick Auctioned a Moon Base for 246. Ian joined at 250 and got it for 250 (o:3 w:30 m:14 n:88 ro:35,40,40). Mick Auctioned a Moon Base for 246. Dane joined at 257 and got it for 257 (w:30 t:13,44 r:9,12,12,13,14,16,17,17 m:15 mo:45) Mick Auctioned a Planetary Cruiser for 160. Mike joined at 161, Tony at 162, John at 163, David at

164. John dropped out at 182, Tony at 185, Mike at 193, David at 225. Mick got it for 225 (w:30 r:13,13,14,14,15,16 ro:50 mo:60) Mick Bought two Population Units (r:10,11). Mike Auctioned a Space Station for 120. Tony joined at 121, John at 122, David at 123. John

dropped out at 181, Tony out at 183, Mike out at 192. David got it for 192 (w:8 n:26,88 om:40 ro:30). Mike Auctioned a Space Station for 120, Tony joined at 121, John at 122. John dropped out at 181, Tony at 182. Mike got it for 182 (o:5,5 w:30 t:8,11,44 m:15,19 mo:45). Ian Bought one Population Unit (o:2 t:8). Ian Bought one Ore Factory (r:12). Dane Bought one Population Unit (r:11). Dane Bought one Robot (r:12). Tony Auctioned a Space Station for 120. John joined at 121 and dropped out at 180. Tony got it for 180 (w:7,10 t:7,8,44 r:16 m:17,18 om:25,30). John Bought ten Ore Factories (o:2,2,5 w:7,30,30 t:11 r:13). John Bought eight Population Units (w:7 t:9,11 r:13). John Bought two Robots (o:3 w:5,5,7). David Bought one Population Unit (w:6,6).

Dane Discarded o:2 o:3 w:10 t:8 Pos Player Factories Operators (Limits) Production Total

1 Ian 3o,4w,1t,1r,4n 8 (8) 8 (8) 3o,1W,1t,1r,1m,1N,2ro,1mo (297,15) 2 Mick 2o,5w,4r 7 (8) 5 (7) 1w,1W,8r,2ro,1mo (271,15) 3 Dane 2o,5w,5t,6r 10 (10) 10(10) 1W,1T,6r,1m,2mo (269,10) 4 Mike 2o,4w,6t 13 (20) 0 (0) 1o,1W,3t,1T,2m,1om,1mo (221,20) 5 Tony 2o,3w,5t,1r 7 (15) 1 (7) 1t,1T,1r,1m,2om (144,20) 6 David 2o,4w,4n 11 (11) 0 (0) 1w,1W,2r,1N,2om,1ro (251,15) 7 John 12o,7w,2t,1r 18 (18) 4 (18) 12o,4w,1W,3t,1r (137,25) Pos Player Colony Cards VPs Purchases

1 Ian WH, HE, OL, Rob, Lab, PC, PC, MB 86 (755) 2 Mick DL, DL, DL, WH, Sci, Sci, Sci, Sci, Rob, Lab, PC, PC, MB 83 (880) 3 Dane HE, Nod, OL, Rob, Lab, MB, MB 83 (635) 4 Mike HE, Nod, OL, OL, Eco, Eco, OP, OP, SS, MB 76 (735) 5 Tony DL, WH, HE, Nod, OL, Rob, Lab, Eco, OP, SS, SS 58 (645) 6 David DL, WH, Nod, Sci, SS, SS, PC 57 (505) 7 John WH, HE, Nod, Rob, Lab, Eco, Eco, OP, OP 57 (470) On Offer None

OUTPOST M17: EXPERT : PHASE 3 GAME END AT 75 VPS ROUND 17

PUERTO RICO M2 ROUND 6

And still everybody’s orders were ready for what happened … even if not impressed by the situation …

John is the Captain John [+2] Indigo/2 to Ship 7, Brad Indigo/2 to Ship 7, Mark Corn to Ship 8, Mike Corn to Ship 8, Mark Discard Indigo/1 [Ship 7 Indigo & Ship 8 Corn Full - Sail]

Brad is the Mayor Brad Coffee Roaster+1 Indigo+ Indigo Plant+, Mark Indigo+ Hacienda+, Mike Sugar Mill+ Quarry+, Mick Quarry+, John Indigo Plant+

Mark is the Craftsman Mark +Corn +indigo/3, Mike +Corn/2 +Sugar, Mick +Corn, John +Indigo/2 +Sugar, Brad +Indigo/3 +Coffee, Mark +Indigo

Mike is the Trader Mike Trade Sugar [+5], Brad Trade Coffee [+4] [Trading House Full - Emptied]

Mick is the Settler Mick [+1] +Sugar, John +Sugar, Brad +Corn, Mark +Indigo (Hacienda) +Sugar, Mike +Corn (Hacienda) +Sugar

John Webley Doubloons 2 Spare Colonists 0 VP Chips 3 Score 8

Plantations c c c - - - - - - - - - Goods 0 2 1 0 0

Indigo Plant 3c ccc Small Market c - - - -

Sugar Mill 3c c -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Brad Martin Doubloons 7 Spare Colonists 0 VP Chips 4 Score 9

Plantations - c c c c c- - - - - - - Goods 0 3 0 0 0

Indigo Plant 3c ccc - - - - - Coffee Roaster 2c c - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Hancock Doubloons 4 Spare Colonists 0 VP Chips 3 Score 6

Plantations c c c c - - - - - - - c Goods 1 5 0 0 0

Indigo Plant 3c ccc Hacienda c - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Ruffhead Doubloons 6 Spare Colonists 0 VP Chips 6 Score 12

Plantations c c - c - - - - - c c c Goods 2 0 0 0 0

Sugar Mill c -- Construction Hut - - - - - - Hacienda c - - - -

- Large Market c - - - - Mick Haytack Doubloons 2 Spare Colonists 0 VP Chips 2 Score 6

Plantations c - - - - - - - - c c c Goods 2 0 0 0 0

Small Indigo Plant - Small Market c - - - - Small Sugar Mill - Small Warehouse c - - - - - - - - - - -

PUERTO RICO M2 CONTINUES

PUERTO RICO M2 ROUND 6 CONTINUED

Central Information

Builder +1 Captain +0 Craftsman +0 Mayor +0 Settler +0 Trader +0 Prospectors +1 +2 Cargo Ship 6 0 Plantations 18 Left Quarries 1

Cargo Ship 7 0 Goods 5 1 10 9 9 VP Chips 104

Cargo Ship 8 0 Trading House - - - - Colonists Supply-Ship 51-8 1 VP Buildings Cost-# 2 VP Buildings Cost-# 3 VP Buildings Cost-# 4 VP Buildings Cost-#

Small Indigo Plant 1-3 Indigo Plant 3c x Tobacco Storage 3c 5-3 Guild Hall 10-1

Small Sugar Mill 2-3 Sugar Mill 3c 4-1 Coffee Roaster 2c 6-2 Residence 10-1 Small Market x Large Market 5-1 Factory 7-2 Fortress 10-1 Hacienda x Hospice 4-2 University 8-2 Customs House 10-1

Construction Hut 2-1 Office 5-2 Harbour 8-2 City Hall 10-1

Small Warehouse 3-1 Large Warehouse 6-2 Wharf 9-2

PUERTO RICO M2 NEXT TIME: ROUND 7 ~ BRAD IS THE GOVERNOR

ST. PETERSBURG M6 GAMESTART

Welcome … in player order you are Brad Martin, John Webley, Mick Haytack, Mike Ruffhead.

Let us try for both first Workers phase and the first Buildings phase next time. The Buildings shown below are in order of availability - so if, say, only six Workers were bought then of course only the first six Buildings, counting from the left, will be available. But do say if you want to stop after the Workers phase.

Mike has first go at the Workers and Mick leads off for the Buildings.

Workers

Buildings

Summary

Player Hand Cap

Rubles VPs Income per Phase – Rubles + VPs Workers Buildings Aristocrats

Round 1 Start [Cards Left]

Brad M 3 25 0 0r + 0v 0r + 0v 0r + 0v Aristocrats [27]

John W 3 25 0 0r + 0v 0r + 0v 0r + 0v Trading [30]

Mick H 3 25 0 0r + 0v 0r + 0v 0r + 0v Buildings [28] Mike R 3 25 0 0r + 0v 0r + 0v 0r + 0v Workers [23]

ST. PETERSBURG M6 NEXT – ROUND 1 WORKERS [MIKE] & BUILDINGS [MICK]