From: nroworth@nl.oracle.com (Nick Roworth)
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: 1853 New Extension Kit
Date: 20 Nov 92 09:48:19 GMT
Organization: Oracle Europe

As there has been some talk of 1853, and how the stock market is too pedestrian
for 1830 players, I have some good news. I received this description of the new
extension kit from a friend who has already purchased it.

I could also ask if they are willing to send it out internationally and at what
price.

		 1853 RULES ALTERNATIVES
		=========================

New Starting Procedure:
	Place all shares face up with Director's share on *bottom*.  Use
	place cards for seating order.  Initial capital becomes:
		Three	Four	Five	Six
		#590	#570	#535	#480
	All players can buy any shares at all, until shares bought in as
	many companies as there are players -- buying then restricted to
	these. When 8 shares gone, Director's share (DS) can be bought for
	cost of one share plus one traded in -- this then available to buy.
	If another player holds more than owner of DS, that player trades
	two shares for DS.

	Other companies come into play in order of price once initial
	companies all gone, still with DS on bottom of pile.  Still can only
	sell at #5 less than face in 1st DR.  Can *never* sell shares in a
	company whose DS has been sold this DR.

Directors:
	If company floated (6 for 3 players, 4 for 6, 5 otherwise) but no
	DS in play, player holding two shares swaps for DS on bottom of
	pile at start of next OR.

Other Bits:
	Stock market prices go up as follows:
		No div. & shares in Bank Pool	=> down 1
		No div. & no shares in BP OR
		div. <= 1/2 Share Price		=> no change
		1/2 SP < Div. <= 2*SP		=> up 1
		2*SP < Div. <= 3*SP		=> up 2
		3*SP < Div. <= 4*SP		=> up 3
		4*SP < Div. <= 5*SP		=> up 4
		5*SP < Div.			=> up 5
	
	If BB&CI started in 1st DR, gets *two* bases & then runs like
	Companies 1-4 for rest of game.  2nd base is Bombay NE.

	During Phase 4, Companies can sell trains back to bank at face
	value -- trains are then available normally.


		 1853 EXTENSION KIT `MIK 2'.
		=============================

New Cards:
	New Director's shares:
		4 x GIP
		4 x BB&CI
		4 x MSM
		2 x BNR
		2 x BAR
	These just act as Director's Shares; with control of company going
	to person with most of these, ordinary shares only count on a tie.
	
	4 Commodity cards -- Coal, Cotton, Rice & Tea
	These allow a yellow non-station tile to be upgraded to an
	identical yellow with a small station.

	1 Disturbances card
	Closes one station for one OR, can't get same city twice in game.

	6 Place cards (1-6)
	Used in game startup like other 18XX -- see later.

Usage of new cards:
	Shuffle and keep face down.  On all OR's except 1st after DR
	(including additional OR called by Elephant), each player draws
	card & retains it.  In a DR, start DR by *actioning* cards.
	On each action, a player can:
		Action *one* card -- see later,
		Reject any number of cards.
	The player can also retain cards by keeping them face-down.
	Retained cards are not revealed but count against card limit.
	Rejected cards just go back into discard pile for reuse.  Card
	actioning goes around until no-one does anything.
	NOTE: all excess cards must be rejected before any cards are
	actioned.  Hence a player on card limit can't use any cards.

	DS's are actioned by trading in 1 share to Bank pool & paying
	value of 1 share.  Ownership changes happen immediately.  If a
	player loses a company, the DS is *not* converted to 2 shares.

	Commodity cards are just played & allow conversion of yellow to
	yellow+small station.  Card then put in discard.  Can be
	restricted as to area (optional):
		COAL		central board only
		COTTON		west of Allahabad only
		RICE		south of row H only
		TEA		central & eastern board only,
				excluding the Ganges valley

	`Disturbances' closes one city for next OR.  Can't get same city
	twice in same game.

General:
	No limit on number of shares a player can hold in one company.

	Total certificate holdings are revised:
		3 players	4 players	5 players	6 players
		   27		   20		   16		   14
	As noted above, if you start a DR with more than these due to
	drawing cards, you must discard to the stack.

	Dividends are still paid out at 10% per share, even if this means
	paying out more than 100% (up to 180%!) of revenue.

	Once card stack gone, shuffle discards & reuse.

COST:
	Available from the usual address for #3.50 drawn on an English
	Bank.  He said that he makes a slight loss on this, so perhaps
	#4.00 would be better.


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