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Table of Contents

General Information
Rules Highlights
Rules Clarifications
Implementation Notes
Known Problems

General Information

Rules Highlights

Compare 18AL to another 18xx

If you want an Q&A about the differences of 18AL to "standard" 18xx, check out Appendix 1 in the rule book.

Here are some highlights of rules in 18AL (with references to the rule book):

  • Each corporation has a historical objective. When the corporation puts a token in that city, it receives $100 to its treasury. (§4.2.2.1)
  • Trains count towns for revenue but not for distance. (§4.2.3)
  • During Phase 2 and 3 corporations can only buy one train per OR from the bank. (§4.2.5 f)
  • 4D trains are like a 4 train but count cities/off-board revenue double. (§4.2.3.1)
  • The 4 trains are phased out, not rusted, when the 7 train is purchased. (§4.2.5.1)
  • If private companies are purchased by corporations during Phase 3 and 4, the price is 50%-150% of face value. (§4.6)
  • Besides bankruptcy and bank broken, the game can also end if any corporation's market value reach $300. In case of bank broken or market value max the game ends in the current OR. (§5)

Rules Clarifications

  • Must South & North Alabama RR have a train to assign the Warrior Coal Field token?
    • Yes. It must actually be able to make a route with one of its trains as well, but that is not enforced. Instead as long as the owner is not blocked it may do the assign. A log text is shown asking the players to verify it, and do undo if the assign is illegal.
  • Is it possible to use NDY during an emergency buy?
    • The intepretation is that it should be possible.
  • See the BoardGameGeek Rules Forum for more information.

Implementation Notes

  • What about the tiles for Birmingham and Montgomery?
    • When laying a yellow tile in Montgomery an M label is added to the tile. Any further upgrades can only be done with M tiles, which exists as green M (443a) and brown M (444m)
    • For Birmingham only B tiles can be used, and the only place they can be used. There exists a single B tile for every color up to gray. The brown B tile is similar to M but is called 444b instead.
  • Is it possible to use NDY during an emergency buy?
    • The interpretation is that it should be possible. But it has not been verified if the implementation support it.
  • I see no chits for Robert E Lee and Pan American trains. How do I activate this bonus for the trains?
    • It is done automatically, so if any route fulfills the requirement to get the bonus, $20 and/or $40 is added to the total revenue.
  • How do I use the Warrior Coal Field token?
    • This appear as an ability for the corporation. To activate it, at any time click on the South & North Alabama RR ability, and then click on one of the 5 city hexes that are highlighted (which is the 5 cities with a mining symbol). Then selection is done all other mining symbols disappear and the Warrior Coal Field bonus appear as an ability on the corporation charter.
  • How do I use the New Decatur Yard?
    • During train buy, click on the New Decatur Yard ability in the top part. This will show discounted price on applicable trains in the depot. If you buy for the discounted price New Decatur Yard is closed. If you do not want to buy for discounted price just click on the ability again and the normal price is restored.
  • How do I place the Lumber Terminal? 1 * Click on the Brown & Sons Lumber Co ability in the top part, and then lay the tile in one of the highlighted swamp hexes.
  • Is "soft rust" or "hard rust" used?
    • The base rules uses obsoleteness for 4 trains, so they get to be used once when 7 train is bought. In 18xx.games this is called "phase out". This can be seen via the Info tab of an 18AL game. There are optional rules to use "normal" rust instead, but at the moment there are no support for optional rules at 18xx.games.
  • Where do the specific 18AL icons come from?

Known Problems

  • It is possible to assign a Warrior Coal Field token even though it might be out of range for a corporation's train.
  • The Warrior Coal Field token bonus is included in any route the visit that hex. But it is not apparent.
  • The Robert E Lee and Pan American bonuses are added to the total revenue that is shown. It is not shown in any other way.
  • Emergency buy using NDY has not been verified if it works.
  • It is not supported to buy/sell private companies between players.
  • Optional rules are not supported.
  • Open Issues
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