PBEM 1853 Haathi

The initial bidding is being done with Stuart Dagger's modified bid rules (basically bid a total amount; order the players; then claim one share and secretly note one city at a time until your bid amount is used.)

• A commented HTML version of Stuart's rules
• The original text of Stuart's rules, part 1
• The original text of Stuart's rules, part 2 (a followup article by him)

Contents

• Players
• Maps
• Recent rounds
• Current status
• Summaries of past rounds

Players

• Michael Quist - qst@rivercity.com
• Mike Calhoon - m.calhoon@genie.geis.com
• Andy Lange - alange@rahul.net
• Bill Masek - bill@osf.org
• Nick Roworth - nroworth@uk.oracle.com
  
• Peter Wotruba is holding the bids.

Maps

Note: Version 1.3 of ps18xx seems to have some minor mistakes in the 1853 map; I have manually fixed my copy, and Matthias has added the changes to his site. (I have not checked to see if the version number has changed)

• Master PostScript map (60k)
  
• Operating Round 0 (17k) (game start)
• Operating Round 1.1 (17k)
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• PostScript Tile Manifest (60k)
• GIF Tile Manifest - legible number is count.

Recent Round Actions

Operating Round 1

• GIP - MikeQ
  • lay #3 in [N10/nw] (140)
  • lay #6 in [H20/sw] (60)
  • place home token in M9 (Bombay)
  • place home token in H20 (Allahabad)
  • no trains, so no run
  • no shares in bank pool, stock price stays at 96
  • buy 2 train for 300
  • buy 2 train for 300
  • treasury now at 160
• NWR - MikeC
  • lay tile #6 in C11/sw
  • lay tile #3 in E13/e
  • place home token in C11 (Lahore)
  • place home token in F14 (Delhi)
  • no trains, so no run
  • no shares in bank pool, stock price stays at 92
  • buy 2 train for 300
  • treasury now at 620
• BNR - Nick
  • Lay tile #7 in K27/SE
  • Lay tile #5 in K17/SE
  • Place Home token in J28 (Calcutta)
  • Place Home token in K17 (Nagpur)
  • No trains, no run
  • stock price drops to 84
  • buy 2 train @ 300
  • buy 2 train @ 300
  • Treasury = 280
• SIR - Andy
  • Lay tile #5 in T16/E
  • Place home token in T16 (Trichinopoly)
  • no trains, so no run
  • no shares in bank pool, stock price stays at 75
  • buy 2 train for 300 - 3 trains now available
  • treasury now at 450

Status at end of OR 1.1

 Player (Bid) cash worth  certificates
 -----  ----- ---- -----  -----------------------------
  MikeQ (150)   26   410  GIP:211
  MikeC (130)   72   440  NWR:211(1)
  Andy   (90)    4   475  SIR:2111 GIP:1
  Nick   (90)   32   464  BNR:211 GIP:1
  Bill   (60)   24   500  GIP:1111 NWR:1

Company status:
      par/cur  initial   pool   treas  trains
  EIR 100/100 11121111    1
  GIP  96/ 96             -      160    2,2
  NWR  92/ 92 1111        -      620    2
  BNR  88/ 84 11111       1      280    2,2
 BBCI  84/ 84 11121111    1         
  MSM  80/ 80 111121111   -         
  SIR  75/ 75 11111       -      450    2
  BAR  70/ 70 1121111     11        

Trains (Cost) avail/orig:

Broad Gauge:       Meter Gauge:
'2'(300)   0/6       
'3'(440)   5/5     2M(250)   2/2
'4'(620)   4/4     3M(430)   3/3
'5'(830)   3/3     4M(590)   2/2  
'6'(1050)  2/2

Terrain Costs

 Terrain:      Broad:   Meter:
River            40      30
Multiple River   60      40
Hill             80      50
Mountain        140      70
Himalaya        240     100

Summaries of past rounds

• Stock Round 1 (in HTML)