1870: The Trans-Mississippi

16 Variants

The following variants may be used to change the nature of the game. No variant may be used without the agreement of all the players in the game. You must decide what (if any) variants you are going to use before the game starts.
Please note that none of the variants will be used in tournament play.

16.1 $400 Finish

For a possibly shorter game, end the game when a company token reaches the $400 spot on the stock market. Finish operating that company and then determine the winner. None of the remaining companies operate. If the token reaches the $400 spot at the end of the stock round, do not operate any companies.

16.2 1830© Diesels

Discard the 8s and 10s. Use the type 12 trains as 1830© style diesels with the 1830© trade in Rules. This changes phases 5 and 6. Phases 7 and 8 are deleted. Type 5 trains are permanent trains as in 1830©.

Phase Five
Phase five starts with the purchase of the first six train and runs until the purchase of the first Diesel train.
During phase five the following restrictions apply: ....

Phase Six
Phase six starts with the purchase of the first Diesel and runs until the end of the game. During phase six the following restrictions apply: .....

16.3 1830/1850/1870

The 1830/1850/1870 merged game Rules will be available in the 1830/50/1870 expansion set. Rules and maps for the big game (1830/32/50/70) may be available in 200?.

16.4 Non-Blocking Connection Tokens

This game reflects the nature of the playtesters, ie. token wars.
To reduce the token wars and improve the railways that have connection destinations on the map edges, connection tokens do not occupy a token space. They are placed on the side of the city tile.

16.5 Historical Order Start

The Companies are available to start in the order that they commenced construction. The first company available to start is the GM&O followed by the IC etc. Shares in the other companies are available for sale but, only 5 shares of a company may be sold if it is not yet eligible to start. A company is eligible to start when all companies before it have sold 6 shares from the initial offering.
The Frisco does not run until 6 shares are sold and pays $20 as a private company until it is started.
Company Year Started
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Historical Start: 1850
Illinois Central Railroad Historical Start: 1851
Missouri Pacific Railroad Historical Start: 1851
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Historical Start: 1853
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Historical Start: 1859
Southern Pacific Railroad Historical Start: 1863
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Historical Start: 1865
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Historical Start: 1871
Texas & Pacific Railway Historical Start: 1871
Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Historical Start: 1873


Table of Contents - Companies - Design Notes - Glossary
Last Modified: November 12, 2003. Copyright 1999-2003. W.R.Dixon.
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