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   From: wdstarr@panix.com   
      
   In article <082se9d9vptgk1cdrpplkb5tiqp9g87ug6@4ax.com>,   
   Gene Wirchenko  said:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Crayons, eh?  I remember seeing such games played at the MIT   
   Strategic Gaming Society back in the late 1970s with felt-tip   
   markers that laid down some sort of especially easily wiped-off   
   trail.  And which were prone to drying out quickly -- to this day   
   I can remember the guy who owned the game constantly growling at   
   the other players "Put. The. Cap. Back. On. Your. Pen."   
      
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