http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/ Rail Game Fans Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:15:18 GMT Steve Okonski http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/544 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/544 Chris, The more recent editions of the Empire Builder series board games display around the edges of their map a letter-number coordinate system that is Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:52:13 GMT C. Rob Gatheim http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/543 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/543 I know lunar uses a system of color, and letter combos for finding the proper place to go from one side of the moon, to the other, but if I remember right, the Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:18:31 GMT c_bourassa http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/542 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/542 I'm a new user here. Although I searched the messages, I cannot seem to find my question asked before. I haven't played Empire Builder in years, but I've Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:07:10 GMT Stephen and Christine Smith http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/541 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/541 That copy on Ebay was available in 2002. I ran across it several months after it was completed. I haven't seen another one on Ebay since then. (I keep a Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:56:32 GMT Charles Davis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/540 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/540 Rob, It was designed for the Huntington Museum of Art http://www.hmoa.org/ which is a wonderful gem of a museum in the area. The game was designed as a special Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:10:12 GMT Wei-Hwa Huang http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/539 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/539 It was set in West Virginia. ... -- Wei-Hwa Huang, onigame@... ... I'm crying because my automatic onion slicer broke. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:30:21 GMT Thomas Stephens http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/538 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/538 ... This was a Mayfair game. Special run for a museum in the 80's. Not a catalog item. The only way to get a copy is if a current owner sells it. (Or an estate Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:24:37 GMT Rob http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/537 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/537 What is this game? Is it a Mayfair Crayon Rails game? If so, when was it produced, where is it set, and where can I find it? Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:14:16 GMT http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/536 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/536 Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the railgamefan group: Select all the Empire Builder board games that in your opinion are the better Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:06:35 GMT Steve Okonski http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/535 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/535 Hi RailGameFans, Lots of Empire Builder news! As you may have heard, Mayfair Games is readying a new edition of the Eurorails board game that should be out Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:54:21 GMT Charles Davis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/534 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/534 Steve, Yes, there is a significant amount of rail games played. There is a Puffing Billy contest and all of the individual games that go into that have their Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04:28 GMT Steve Okonski http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/533 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/533 Has anyone on this list been to Origins? I never have, and I've wondered how much rail gaming occurs there compared to other conventions. -Steve Fri, 29 May 2009 00:17:03 GMT Bill http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/532 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/532 I am sorry for not staying with the correspondence over Avalon Hill's "DISPATCHER." This note is for those who gave it some attention during the last month. Fri, 22 May 2009 22:33:51 GMT tdunning17 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/531 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/531 Dispatcher and C&O/B&O are two separate games with two different train scheduling scenarios. You're also incorrect on there being "little a player could do to Fri, 22 May 2009 15:59:24 GMT Andrew Nick http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/530 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/railgamefan/message/530 Thanks, Bill! I?ll take you up on that after I dig it out again and set it up, maybe next week sometime. Andrew ... From: railgamefan@yahoogroups.com