When I first read the requirements for this I thought it was going to be fairly easy as, after all, it's just a matter of shipping some fruit to New York, isn't it?
Well, yes it is, but there's more to it than that. There's also the aluminium (which I could never spell!)
First off, you have the entire USA to play with, and the only fruit (well produce) is on the west coast and the aluminium, well we don't know where that is, as bauxite, and the Aluminium mill/s have yet to appear.
The main problem on this map is going to be money as you can't buy any industry, and you can't build them, so literally you have to find and connect anything, and everything you want. Then, when you have done that, Orange46, has put a sting in the tail that I won't spoil but will drive you
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Anyway, I started of in Nashville for the simple reason that it had a decent industry that I could supply. From there it was 'just' a matter of expanding outwards, in all directions, to build up enough revenue to do anything. Very quickly it became obvious that Hotels would be the cash cow of this scenario and so it was especially as they are one of the few buildings you can actually build.
I made the connection to New York in good time, and then set out going for the produce, which was a bit tricky as the 'sting' had set in by then, so building through the mountings was rather hit and miss as I couldn't spend all my cash at once (you'll find out why!) but I got there, and on the way picked up a couple of bauxite mines which would be handy once the aluminium (told you I couldn't spell it) mills turned up.
I grabbed me a gold in 1955 several years before the deadline so that was good.
One of the things I really liked about this was that, as each medal condition was met, you were given the chance to claim that medal, or to continue which I think I'll be 'borrowing' for a future scenario of my own.
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Hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as I did.