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Sebastian Sohn
United States
culver city
CA
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1830 Railroads and Robber Barons
Like the board game, the PC game is out of print. You can get a copy on ebay.com.
Offical patch to version 1.4 (does not remove copy protection) > http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/downloads
Author(s): Russ Williams for Simtex
Board Game Geek ID:
Russ Williams
Poland
WrocÅaw
Dolny ÅlÄ
sk
Publisher: Avalon Hill
AI strength:   advance
Interface: professional
Operating Systems: Windows
Software Types: stand alone
Licenses: Commercial
Official variants--Reading Railroad and and other minor rule changes
variants option menu
Unofficial tweaks/mods variants: Coalfields, The Pere Marquette and other minor rule changes.
tweaks/mods created by :
Frederick Weld Frederick Weld
Singapore
How-to mod 1830 PC game > http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/464959
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You can play this on Windows XP or use DosBox > http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/305406
Rules clarifications and strategies > http://www.18xx.net/1830/1830.htm
Detailed strategy guide > http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/31676
Rules are in the files section on bgg. The docs that come with the PC game is vague.
Bruce Shelly's board game development notes and strategy tips: http://www.westpark-gamers.de/index.html?/1830dev.html&none
miscellaneous links > http://home.earthlink.net/~gamecorner/lgc1830.html
 Virutual Hotseat You can play a 2-player + AI game over the internet by using remote control software like www.logmein.com (free). Since there is no hidden game information, share your computer desktop over the internet with your friend and play 1830 on one machine. You run 1830 on your PC, your friend remotely sees your desktop on her PC and you take turns controlling the mouse pointer.
Adding additional players is possible but requires internetworking knowledge. I will explain an overview for those who have such knowledge.
Your goal is to setup multiple desktop remote control software servers, one per additional user running your PC, that is going to 1830 PC game. Then permit friends' PCs, running the matching desktop remote control software clients to control your desktop. You can accomplisth this by port forwading or using VPN. Using free VPN software Hamachi is easier way to accomplish this.
You can setup these free desktop remote control softwares, UltraVNC, RealVNC, or Microsoft's RDP for remote control software. You need one remote control software per player added.
Others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_so...
Then you you need to let your friends access to you PC by two methods:
1) You can open up your firewall
Then you can allow acces to you PC by open up the specific ports that the aforementioned software will be listening on.
2) You can use VPN
Setup a virtual private network (VPN) using free software like Hamachi, www.logmeinhamachi.com. Hamich is what the Wargame Room, www.wargameroom.com uses to play various war games. This should be easier of the two methods.
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simple script--2 Player Taj Mahal.doc 
complex script--PoF - dummy player.doc
.I'm glad that someone made something like this.Thank you.
It always seems to have an answer to every card combo you manage to put together. I'd rate the AI 
