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Turn 5, Phases IV-VI and Turn 6, Phases I-III

Turn 6, Phases IV-VI and Turn 7, Phases I-III due 4/1, Tuesday

Turn 5

Operations

Red (Bishop) no operations, delivers 1 coal from Trinidad to Pueblo for $30. Buys a 15 train for $120 and gains $130 in passenger revenues.

Brown (Partridge) no operation, delivers 2 gold from Fairplay to Denver, gaining $550 and paying $300 of it to Orange. Hires a prospector for $400 and gains $20 in passenger revenues.

Orange (Hooton) declines claim #62, operates #32 ($50, 1 gold) and #105 ($40, 4 silver). Gains $60 in passenger revenues.

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

Blue (Anderson) no operations. Delivers 3 coal from Crested Butte to Pueblo for $90.

Determine Price Changes

Gold: -1 to $250

Copper: Remains at $320

Silver: +1 to $240

Denver

Salt Lake City

Pueblo

Santa Fe

El Paso

Lumber Remains at $40 Remains at $80 +1 to $100 Remains at $30 Remains at $60
Coal +2 to $80 Remains at $30 -2 to $20 -1 to $60 +1 to $80

Turn 6

Move Prospectors and Surveyors

Red (Bishop) surveys Salida to Buena Vista and Walsenburg to Alimosa, no prospecting.

Brown (Partridge) surveys Dillon to Leadville, prospects the deck.

Orange (Hooton) surveys Deming to Whitewater and Albuquerque to White Rock, prospects passenger line 14.

Cyan (Scharf) surveys Price to Green River and prospects the deck.

Blue (Anderson) surveys Montrose to Delta and prospects #82.

Dispute Resolution

No disputes. Cyan draws card #93 and his prospector is killed in a cave-in. Brown draws claim #30 (gold at Georgetown) and has first right of refusal. Red spends $380, Brown spends $160, Orange spends $605, Cyan spends $160, and Blue spends $100.

Notes

Thanks to Eric Brosius for the unused standby orders. One free game awarded.

The Players

Player

Color

Starting Location

Money

Trains

Snowplows

Personnell

Howard Bishop

Red

Denver

$410

9, 15

 

S, S, P+1

Dave Partridge

Brown

Denver

$440

9

 

S, S+2, P

Dave Hooton

Orange

El Paso

$20

9

 

S, S, P+1

Bill Scharf

Cyan

Salt Lake City

$1010

9, 15

 

S

Debbie Anderson

Blue

Pueblo

$70

9, 15

 

S, S, P+1

Purchased Claims

#

City

Owner

Type

Goods

Operation

43 Leadville Red Silver 9 $50
90 Trinidad Red Coal 3 $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 0 $50
105 Silver City Orange Silver 4 $40
81 Crested Butte Blue Coal 12 $40
48 Ouray Blue Silver 2 Depleted
79 Bowie Blue Coal 3 $40
53 Lake City Blue Silver N $30
82 Crested Butte Blue Coal N $20

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
14 B El Paso - Albuquerque $220 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
62 Taos Lumber $40 $30
123 Gallup Coal $60 $40
30 Georgetown Gold $80 $30

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

244

C

Denver - El Paso

$1000

$1380

 

Available Trains

Type

# Available

Cost

9

1

$80

15

3

$120

24 8 $200

Available Snowplows

Type

# Available

Cost

Die +2

3

$40

Die +3 4 $80

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