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Railway Rivals game 4 – Final game end statements

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Game end statements

A bit more from Pevans, PCMR

In my last few RR games, I've decided to ignore the points scoring opportunities of the first phase (for connecting to towns) in favour of building a network for the second phase of the game (the races). The reason behind this is that you get far more points from races. In this game, LATE/Steve scored 273 points from races, STRIKE/Gerald scored 242, PCMR/I got 230 and TGWR/Chris 170 points. These points give the same positions as the total scores, which supports my argument. On the other hand, the only change from the the end of phase 1 was that I moved from 4th to 3rd. I think I need to be more competitive in the first phase.

This was an interesting map to play on. Clearly lots of tunnelling is required, which is expensive. In turn, this reduces players' options and the extent of their network. From Steve and Gerald's success, I suspect the northern edge of the Circle line (Paddington - Marylebone - Baker Street - Euston - Kings Cross - Moorgate - Liverpool Street on this map) is important. I'd certainly like to try the map again some time.

Congratulations to Steve on an emphatic win and thanks to Mike for running the game.

And from Steve Bunce, LATE (winner)

Thanks to everyone for a very enjoyable game, and of course to Mike for the running of the show. I was pleased to get Watford as the start point as the run into central London looked good, picking up 4 or 5 stations along the way without any deviation. This gave me an early lead which I managed to hold onto. My first PBM win - great stuff!

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