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Commentary and processes of J C Lawrence:
systems architect,
contrarian,
theorist,
sailor,
hacker,
virtual world designer,
linux-user,
aquarist,
disquisitor,
cat breeder,
raconteur,
game designer,
ludophile,
bibliophile,
numismatist,
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Twitter Week: 2009-10-31
- @ingredientx @andsoerinsaid The bigger problem is that both the FP and GeekDo stats reward group-cohesive think and pnush differentiation. in reply to ingredientx #
- @ingredientx @sedgtroll @seo1970 Once I'm past the daydreaming stage, I write the rules. Otherwise I don't know what the game is. in reply to ingredientx #
- @andsoerinsaid Agreed, 3yrs and 4yrs are the hard spots. It doesn't get easier from there, but you're at least habituated to the pain. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid Ahh, my always-match-expectations-fu must be weak today. I'll, err, try harder. (At 4 they start trying to be independent) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid Somehow stealing copies of Hannah Montana Monopoly and LCR doesn't excite. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid I have two teenagers. Boys. It doesn't stop. I merely have different problems now. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid When they're married, the spouses & their parents will join in to helpfully give me more problems. I figure it never ends. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid I get a few years of lecherous leering at their girlfriends. That's at least worth something. Heck, I'm practicing now. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
- @andsoerinsaid Buy/get/borrow from anywhere. All (A)DSL modems are the same (exceptions iDSL & SDSL, but it is unlikely you have those) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Comments
Ever here of the 18NE game? I have a playtest v.2 and am planning on putting it together and giving it a go.
Is that Rich Northey’s game? The one set in New England featuring Bonds, preferred stock and a corporate debt model? Rick trots that out at Kublacon every year. I didn’t realise that he’d ever released files for it.
That is it. I have it, but have yet to play it. I grew up in New England, so the whole area is of interest to me. Will have to put it together for play sometime soon.
Where/how did you get the files, and how old are they? Every year at Kublacon it has been a strikingly different game. Last year he introduced a whole bonds and preferred stock model. The year before that it was shell companies IIRC. The year before something else. Fiddling with 18NE seems to be Rich’s hobby.
I should drop him an email and see if he’d send me the current version’s files.
Just got in touch with him, and he sent me the rules tout de suite. Unfortunately, my 18xx experience is limited to 1830 and 1856, so price protection, half dividends, bonds, mergers, and other related terms that seem to be understood by everyone sail right over my head. I am familiar with the merger mechanism in 1856, but only played it once. Would like to have all the concepts explained.
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