note: I was trying to keep all parts to this re-draw on one page but the latest version of the standard map went to a new page accidentally. Get the standard map here.Mark Derrick's Cotton Port variant of 18GA. It uses the same tile set (although the Savannah hex may not be upgraded), privates, companies, etc.
There are only two changes:
1. costs for some of the river and wetland hexes have changed.
2. the Georgia Railroad now places two free station tokens on launch, in Augusta and Charleston. This leaves it with a $40 token and a $100 token.
About this variant:
Mark Derrick wrote:
The idea with the Cotton Port variant was to add a little twist to the game without changing it too much. At the time, the SAL was one of the slower starters. With this, it is better. The reason I added the token slot was that I thought it would be confusing to have the GA token spot in Augusta on the printed map not used, players may have thought it was reserved for the GA, etc. In our experience, the W&A was always the first RR started and the GA was about the third. Now it is likely to be second or third. Having an extra token spot is not as great as it seems since the RR can still only buy one train per turn, and now it has one less token to place in someplace more useful like Atlanta or Macon.
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