Although I did get the Gold on the 2nd try, as well as with 11 AIs, I really am not that great at being a great Tycoon. And as Bel mentioned his opinion, I do believe that the III version will be considerably harder to play, let alone win a Gold. BUT, like him, I like the aspects of the addition or changes to be made. I am very anxious to see what those creatons will curtail.
Another of Bel's comments was that of your suggestion to spread out some of the cities. There was some difficulty when playing the 11 AIs. A real congestion to pinpoint the ciites to be connected, considering not only the cities but the inducations of water/sand
An answer to Bel's comment on my hauling of clothing. No it is not a requirement. I was just making a comment of the consist being hauled from Paris-Rome for $175k, and the 8clothing being hauled from Rome-Naples, a considerable less distance, for $350k, which is double the Paris-Rome revenue, and what 10-15 times a difference in distance. And although the game is played on a "demand" basis, the consist from Paris included pass revenue. Just seemed odd to me.
I also have some question as to the way I used the stock market at the end. Never had an adequate amount of money to get involved with a stock market investment, and am going to put the questions to Hawk in a separate e-mail. THEN when more understood will try to explain it for other players who have the same question.
The new version scenario will be an advanced version for better Tycoons, but the present version is of such, that it can stand on its own merits. Not that many problems in its present creation. Plus, as I know it is in reality, but don't like to see it happen, there were less than 6 train crashes. Believe only 1 Depression, which was at a crucial part of the game, and at the end, which really "pulls the rug out from under a player", considering that we are expecting to bolster our PNV at that time.
Just plain fun to all the creators.
