The Depot: John Wilman's Combined Boards Variant for 1829

With additional adjustments by Steve Jones.

John started from Richard Gooch's rules and map for a combined board game.

The Map

Take the obvious map got from putting the two boards together but remove two mountains in the North West of England:
  1. The hex east of Preston (just to the north of Liverpool and Manchester) which is a mountain on the Southern board but not on the Northern one is NOT a mountain on the combined board.
  2. The hex east of Barrow is NOT a mountain on the combined board, even though it is one on the Northern one. (Although this region of England is quite hilly, there is a flat coastal strip that the railway goes along and so the hills here are irrelevant in terms of the west coast line to Scotland.)

Floating Companies

Companies are offered for sale in "groups", as follows:

  1. LNWR
  2. GWR and NER
  3. MR, NBR and LSWR
  4. CR, GNR and LBSC
  5. LYR, GCR and GER
  6. GSWR, SECR, HR and FR (These four all have a triple share certificate for the director.)
Companies in a particular group become available as soon as all companies in higher groups have been floated.

Companies Not Fully Subscribed

In a company's first operating round, if any new shares remain unsold, the company token's position on the S.P.I. is adjusted as follows:

  1. If there is one share remaining, the token is moved back one space.
  2. If there is more than one share remaining, the token is moved back two spaces.
This adjustment is made prior to the company being run and is a once-and-forever penalty. Any "old" shares adjust to the "new" price. New shares remain at the old list price until sold.

Private Railways and Packets

The Private Railway Companies have a revised price and revenue structure as follows:

Private		Price		Revenue
  S&M		  50		   10
  A&F		  50		   10
 C&HP		  80		   15
  C&W 		 130		   20
  S&D		 130		   20
  L&M		 180		   30
The Private Railway Companies may be sold back to the Bank for 30 pounds less than their full price; this is known as "sell-back". Sell-back is not permitted in the First Share Dealing Round, nor is it permitted in Phase 4. Private Railway Companies are worth their full value if retained until the end of the game.

The private companies and packets appear in the follow order:

(1) S&M or A&F
(3) C&HP
(4) C&W or S&D
(6) L&M
(7) Hull
(8) Barrow
(9) Holyhead
(10) Harwich or Stranraer
(12) Aberdeen or Dover

Initial Capital

The Bank starts with a total of 25,000 pounds; simply add 5,000 to the standard 1829 bank - (i.e. 20,074 + 5,000). The starting cash for the players is 2,791 divided by the number of players and rounded down. (This figure is set so as to ensure that the Midland cannot be floated in the first share dealing round.)

Share Certificate Limits

5 players: 27
6 players: 22
7 players: 19
8 players: 17
9 players: 15

Tiles and Trains

Tiles: 3 of tile 1; 3 of tile 2; 3 of tile 3; 10 of tile 4; 6 of tile 5; 6 of tile 6; 6 of tile 7; 13 of tile 8; 16 of tile 9; 5 of tile 10; 5 of tile 12; 5 of tile 13; 5 of tile 14; 5 of tile 15; 1 of tile 16; 2 of tile 17; 1 of tile 18; 3 of tile 19; 3 of tile 20; 1 of tile 21; 1 of tile 22; 6 of tile 23; 6 of tile 24; 3 of tile 25; 3 of tile 26; 3 of tile 27; 2 of tile 28; 2 of tile 29; 2 of tile 30; 2 of tile 31; 1 of tile 32; 1 of tile 33; 1 of tile 34; 2 of tile 35; 2 of tile 36; 2 of tile 37; 10 of tile 38; 2 of tile 39; 2 of tile 40; 3 of tile 41; 3 of tile 42; 2 of tile 43; 2 of tile 44; 2 of tile 45; 2 of tile 46; 3 of tile 47; 1 of tile 48; 1 of tile 49; 2 of tile 50; 5 of tile 51; 3 of tile 60; 6 of tile 67.

Trains: 11 of type 2; 8 of type 3; 6 of type 4; 4 of type 5; 5 of type 3T; 2 of type 6; 4 of type 7, 3 of type 2+2 E, 3 of type 4+4 E.

The sale of the first 3-train initiates phase 2; that of the first 5-train initiates phase 3; that of the first 7-train initiates phase 4.

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dmreed@bihs.net last updated 24 January 1996