XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On 2 Feb 2014 00:15:23 GMT, "John F. Eldredge"    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:42:51 -0800, David Friedman wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >> China as a whole isn't that densely populated, although parts of it may   
   >> be--it has a large population but also a large area. Its population   
   >> density is about 2/3 that of Germany, a little over half that of the   
   >> U.K.   
   >   
   >However, the eastern part, particularly the southeast, is VERY densely   
   >populated, and therefore well suited to rail traffic.  The northwest, by   
   >contrast, is mostly scantily-settled desert.   
      
        I have several crayon rail games.  This is a genre of game where   
   you plot your routes using a plastic crayon on a plasticised game   
   board.  I have China Rails, and I have noticed that in almost all   
   games, it works best to build in the east first.  I saw ONE game where   
   this was not so.  My opponent did it, and he definitely had an unusual   
   draw of cards.  I conclude that the game designers did a good job of   
   simulating the actual rail patterns.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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