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Turn 4, Phases IV-VI and Turn 5, Phases I-III

Turn 5, Phases IV-VI and Turn 6, Phases I-III due 2/18, Tuesday

Turn 4

Operations

Red (Bishop) operates #43 ($50, 4 silver), #90 ($40, 4 coal). Gains $130 in passenger revenues.

Brown (Partridge) operates #89 ($30, 2 coal), #87 ($30, 4 coal). Delivers 1 coal from Walsenburg to Denver for $60. Pays $25 to Orange. Gains $20 in passenger revenues.

Orange (Hooton) buys #105, operates #36 ($50, 1 gold). Gains $60 in passenger revenues.

Cyan (Scharf) NMRs! No operations. Gains $20 in passenger revenues.

Blue (Anderson) operates #81 ($40, 4 coal), #79 ($40, 3 coal). Hires a second surveyor for $400.

Determine Price Changes

Gold: +1 to $275

Copper: +2 to $320

Silver: +1 to $200

Denver

Salt Lake City

Pueblo

Santa Fe

El Paso

Lumber -1 to $40 Remains at $80 Remains at $80 -1 to $30 +1 to $60
Coal -1 to $60 -1 to $30 Remains at $30 Remains at $60 +1 to $60

Turn 5

Move Prospectors and Surveyors

Red (Bishop) surveys Westcliffe to Salida and Walsenburg to Alamo, prospects #91.

Brown (Partridge) surveys Fairplay to Dillon and Walsenburg to Alamo (+1), prospects the deck.

Orange (Hooton) surveys Belen to Albuquerque, prospects the deck.

Cyan (Scharf) no surveying or prospecting.

Blue (Anderson) surveys Gunnison to Montrose and Pueblo to Manitou Junction, prospects #53.

Dispute Resolution

Red and Brown have a dispute over the Walsenburg to Alamo line. Red: 4, Brown: 5+1. Brown wins, surveyor improves to +2. Brown draws card #96 and his prospector is shot dead. Orange draws claim #62 (lumber at Taos) and has first right of refusal. Red spends $200, Brown spends $200, Orange spends $80, and Blue spends $320.

Notes

Bill Scharf has NMRed! Will Eric Brosius please submit standby orders for Cyan!

The Players

Player

Color

Starting Location

Money

Trains

Snowplows

Personnell

Howard Bishop

Red

Denver

$550

9

 

S, S, P+1

Dave Partridge

Brown

Denver

$730

9

 

S, S+2

Dave Hooton

Orange

El Paso

$655

9

 

S, S, P+1

Bill Scharf?

Cyan

Salt Lake City

$1150

9, 15

 

S, P+1

Debbie Anderson

Blue

Pueblo

$80

9, 15

 

S, P+1

Purchased Claims

#

City

Owner

Type

Goods

Operation

43 Leadville Red Silver 9 $50
90 Trinidad Red Coal 4 $40
91 Trinidad Red Coal N $30
57 Boulder Brown Lumber 1 Depleted
89 Walsenburg Brown Coal 4 $30
87 Alamo Brown Coal 4 $30
97 Elizabethtown Orange Gold 3 $40
104 Mogollon Orange Silver N $50
32 Fairplay Orange Gold 1 $50
105 Silver City Orange Silver N $40
81 Crested Butte Blue Coal 11 $40
48 Ouray Blue Silver 2 Depleted
79 Bowie Blue Coal 3 $40
53 Lake City Blue Silver N $30

Purchased Passenger Lines

#

Type

Route

Payoff

Owner

Notes

3 A Denver - Colorado Spring $50 Red
5 A Denver - Pueblo $80 Red
1 A Denver - Boulder $20 Brown
4 A El Paso - Deming $60 Orange
2 A Salt Lake City - Provo $20 Cyan

Available Claims

#

City

Type

Claim

Operation

54

Steamboat Springs

Lumber

$80

$40

74
Elk Springs
Coal
$60
$20
60 Pagosa Springs Lumber $40 $20
85 Canon City Coal $100 $30
56 Hot Sulphur Springs Lumber $60 $30
82 Crested Butte Coal $60 $20
123 Gallup Coal $60 $40
105 Silver City Silver $40 $40

Available Passenger Lines

#

Type

Route

Payoff

Cost

Notes

7

A

Pueblo - Santa Fe

$120

$280

9

B

Denver - Leadville

$120

$230

 

15

B

Denver - Grand Junction

$270

$435

 Discard when 22 is taken. Good for $270 toward card 22

8

A

Denver - Leadville

$260

$500

 Discard after 4 Leadville depletions

10

B

Denver - Aspen

$130

$250

6

A

Santa Fe - Albuquerque

$90

$180

11

B

Salt Lake City - Grand Junction

$140

$310

Discard when 20 is taken. Good for $140 toward card 20 or 21

14

B

El Paso - Albuquerque

$220

$405

 

Available Trains

Type

# Available

Cost

9

1

$80

15

4

$120

24 8 $200

Available Snowplows

Type

# Available

Cost

Die +2

3

$40

Die +3 4 $80

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