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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.games.board
Subject: Re: Rail Baron Strategies
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 18:36:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 18:36:36 1985
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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