Oh, Mr Porter!Railway Rivals 3 - Game end statementsReports from previous rounds: 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 start-upEdward Walkington (winner)I was lucky enough to build a line through the narrow strip between the North Downs and the Thames Estuary, meaning I had a rare monopoly service to some towns on this crowded map. This was the first time I had played a postal game, and the first time I had played RR against so many players! I put my success down to beginner’s luck; I didn’t have a proper strategy throughout the game. What this game taught me was that it’s really not necessary to connect to all the major cities; dumping your tracks on someone else’s a few tiles short will do! I was lucky to be the sole contender in many races, but in almost all I made use of someone else’s tracks. Many thanks to Mike for GMing and letting me take part! Timothy Hunt (2nd)Enjoyed the game immensely, and kicking myself for NMRing on the turn where there were two “steal” runs for me which were still available the next turn – I could have had them to myself, which would have put things a lot closer. Steve Bunce (3rd)So, Edward takes the honours, and it's hearty congratulations to him, and to everyone else who took part in this, my first ever PBM game. From being a complete novice at the beginning to a podium finish at the end, I feel quite pleased with the result, and looking back, if I hadn't had the race round when I felt I couldn't sensibly enter a single race, I may yet have given Edward a bit of a scare. Before the last round races were announced I even fancied my chances for a surprise win, but you can't really expect three storming rounds in row, can you? So again, well done Edward, and to let you all know that I am now well and truly bitten by the PBM bug and am now involved in a number of games – including the next Railway Rivals – so watch out! Gerald Udowiczenko (4th)Many congratulations to Edward on wining this game of Railway Rivals and well done to Steve Bunce, who hadn’t played before and got a very creditable 3rd place. I hadn’t played this map before and didn’t realise (until too late) how compact the centre would get. Maybe, if I had gone directly West from the first turn, rather then getting a few early points from Dover and Deal, I might have been able to get to London with relative ease and things might have been different… As not getting into the North West of the map was quit costly for me. But even if I had been able to do, I still think my ‘luck’ would have been my downfall. Race 38 (Seaside – Haywards Heath) really summed up my luck with the dice (or should I say Mike’s fantastic ability to roll so badly for me … again :)). On the shortest legal route of 6 hexes, I still managed to only come in joint second. :( I’d be interested to know which players NMR'd early on in the game (second or third turn I think?) and if that affected them and the overall outcome at all. As always, many thanks to Mike for running the game (if not his dice rolls) and to the other players, who made it such fun. Chris Boote (6th)Sorry for playing so badly after the half way mark. I was in the middle of changing contracts and left all my RR files & map at the old place. Yes, I know I could have got the map from Mike and re-applied everything, but I didn't. Congratulations to TOOT: a very close finish I thought – three people only Ł10 apart! Thanx to all; especially Mike for running it. |
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