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Another realisation that struck during last night’s 2 player game of Muck & Brass was the value and utility of using the secondary companies as capital sources for primary companies via mergers. For some reason that use hadn’t struck me but as a technique it worked out well in last night’s game. It also clarifies the strange see-saw of incentive and interest that run among clear plurality holdings, ports, mergers, capitalisation and turn order control. The end-game is rife with cases of money-losing investments being the levers necessary for even more profitable returns. The classic example from last night was a share of the LB&SCR which was purchased for $61 and rewarded a lifetime revenue of around $16, but enabled other activities and incentives with the L&SR that generated ~$200 in dividends.

It is a strange thing to discover one’s own game.

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1 Author:  GamesOnTheBrain | Date:  28 January 2009 | Time:  14:03

Enough already. Give me the map file! ;-)

2 Author:  J C Lawrence | Date:  29 January 2009 | Time:  01:45

We missed playing tonight (Container and Wabash Cannonball interceded). I’d like to get one or perhaps two more plays in, especially one with 5 players before I send the files out. There’s a gamesday this Saturday, a likely gaming event on Sunday, and then more gamenights on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It shouldn’t take long.

3 Author:  der ingo | Date:  13 February 2009 | Time:  11:15

Some news regarding the playtesting? I really would like to try this out. So please release the final map… :)

4 Author:  J C Lawrence | Date:  13 February 2009 | Time:  15:39

Brace yourself, I’m readying the files now.

5 Author:  jrebelo | Date:  19 February 2009 | Time:  13:20

J C, would you say that Muck & Brass is playable as a 2-player game or is it basically just an exercise to learn the game as with Wabash?

6 Author:  J C Lawrence | Date:  19 February 2009 | Time:  15:13

I’ve copied your two player question up to the playtesting thread and answered it there.

7 Author:  jrebelo | Date:  19 February 2009 | Time:  15:45

Just FYI, I don’t see the answer there, so maybe it’s pending your own approval or something? I’m only mentioning it here instead of there, because I’m sure you get notifications regardless of where I say this and that post already has quite a few comments, so I figure I’ll keep from adding more noise to it.

8 Author:  J C Lawrence | Date:  19 February 2009 | Time:  15:54

Well, it takes a bit of time to forge your comment in the new location and then reply…

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