Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mmintl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.games.board Subject: Re: Rail Baron Strategies Message-ID: <686@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 18:36:36 EDT Article-I.D.: mmintl.686 Posted: Mon Sep 23 18:36:36 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 06:35:27 EDT References: <3275@pur-ee.UUCP> <1189@daemen.UUCP> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Distribution: net Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 24 Summary: Northeast first [Not food] The first thing to buy in Rail Baron is a northeastern railroad. Preferably the Pennsy, but the NYC and the B&O will do; the C&O is a last resort. You can win the game locked out of any other region; if locked out of the north-east, forget it. (By the way, the Pennsy is far and away the best value for the money in the game.) After that, it is a bit less obvious. The southeastern railroads are quite valuable, especially the SAL. If I can't get it or the ACL, I will generally go on to the next step, which is getting a central connector -- the C&NW, CRI&P, CB&Q, or MP, generally. These will connect you with any of the southwestern lines; all but the MP connect to the nortwest, as well. After this, get a northwestern line, and then one of the four routes to the southwest: the AT&SF, the SP, the UP, or the D&RGW and the WP (in order of desirability). Now there are exceptions to all this, of course. If you have a lot of long runs early on, you may want to buy a southwestern line earlier than this (probably the AT&SF). If you don't get a good central connector, you may want the IC and the SP (or the AT&SF, of course). Frank Adams ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108