Comments on: Variants for 1830 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2009/08/28/game-observances/variants-for-1830/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2009/08/28/game-observances/variants-for-1830/comment-page-1/#comment-328 J C Lawrence Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:01:12 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=623#comment-328 <p>In an email exchange with John David Galt about his "Simple" variant, he commented:</p> <blockquote> <p>What's up on that long-dead site is all there is. The variant was nothing more than a one-liner response to someone on the 18xx mailing list who wanted an 1830 variant with more companies.</p> </blockquote> <p>I've updated the article accordingly.</p> In an email exchange with John David Galt about his “Simple” variant, he commented:

What’s up on that long-dead site is all there is. The variant was nothing more than a one-liner response to someone on the 18xx mailing list who wanted an 1830 variant with more companies.

I’ve updated the article accordingly.

]]> By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2009/08/28/game-observances/variants-for-1830/comment-page-1/#comment-327 J C Lawrence Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:39:39 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=623#comment-327 <p>Please note that the colour PDF I've assembled above for the Coalfields expansion prints the map extensions slightly too small. It doesn't accurately match the 1830 map. The resulting map sections, while undersized are certainly <a href="http://twitter.com/clearclaw/statuses/3976908736" rel="nofollow">playable albeit also ungainly and clumsy</a>. Oddly the track tiles that go onto the board are however just fine. The track tiles placed by players appear to be small by a similar fraction to the map extensions.</p> <p>I have not yet determined why this is true, or what the correct scaling factor is. I estimate by rough eye that it is not far under 10%.</p> Please note that the colour PDF I’ve assembled above for the Coalfields expansion prints the map extensions slightly too small. It doesn’t accurately match the 1830 map. The resulting map sections, while undersized are certainly playable albeit also ungainly and clumsy. Oddly the track tiles that go onto the board are however just fine. The track tiles placed by players appear to be small by a similar fraction to the map extensions.

I have not yet determined why this is true, or what the correct scaling factor is. I estimate by rough eye that it is not far under 10%.

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