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Turn 8, Phases IV-VI and Turn 9, Phases I-III

Turn 9, Phases IV-VI and Turn 10, Phases I-III due 8/5, Tuesday

Turn 8

Operations

Red (Bishop) declines #113, operates #91 ($30, 3 coal), delivers 6 coal from Trinidad to Denver for $600. Gains $390 in passenger revenues, pays $55 to Brown.

Brown (Partridge) operates #89 ($30, 2 coal), #87 ($30, 2 coal), delivers 1 gold from Fairplay to Denver for $250 (pays $150 to Orange), gains $140 in passesnger revenue. Buys a 24 train for $200.

Orange (Hooton) operates #32 ($50, depletes), #105 ($40, 4 silver), #97 ($40, 3 gold), #104 ($50, 4 silver), #62 ($30, 2 lumber), #102 ($40, 1 silver), delivers 2 lumber from Taos to Santa Fe for $160, gains $280 in passenger revenues.

Cyan (Scharf) no operations, gains $20 in passenger revenues.

Blue (Anderson) no operations, sells 3 coal from Crested Butte to Denver for $300

Determine Price Changes

Gold: -1 to $250

Copper: +1 to $400

Silver: +5 to $200

Denver

Salt Lake City

Pueblo

Santa Fe

El Paso

Lumber -2 to $80 +2 to $200 +1 to $160 +2 to $120 +2 to $100
Coal -2 to $60 +1 to $80 +2 to $40 Remains at $120 +1 to $100

Turn 9

Move Prospectors and Surveyors

Red (Bishop) surveys South Fork to Pagosa Springs and Santa Fe to Lamy, prospects passenger line 7 and #60

Brown (Partridge) surveys Leadville to Aspen, no prospecting

Orange (Hooton) surveys Taos to Elizabethtown and Silver City to Pinos Altos, prospects passenger line 13

Cyan (Scharf) surveys Mack to Grand Junction, no prospecting.

Blue (Anderson) no prospecting or surveying

Dispute Resolution

No disputes. Red draws card #113 (lumber at Porter) and has first right of refusal. Red spends $840, Orange spends $340, Cyan spends $100, and Blue spends $120.

The Players

Player

Color

Starting Location

Money

Trains

Snowplows

Personnell

Howard Bishop

Red

Denver

$3025

9, 15, 24

 

S, S, P+1, P

Dave Partridge

Brown

Denver

$335

9, 24

 

S, S+2, P

Dave Hooton

Orange

El Paso

$250

9, 24

 

S, S, P+2

Bill Scharf

Cyan

Salt Lake City

$410

9, 15

 

S, P

Debbie Anderson

Blue

Pueblo

$310

9, 15

 

S, S, P+1

Purchased Claims

#

City

Owner

Type

Goods

Operation

91 Trinidad Red Coal 0 $30
60 Pagosa Springs Red Lumber N $20
57 Boulder Brown Lumber 1 Depleted
89 Walsenburg Brown Coal 6 $30
87 Alamo Brown Coal 5 $30
97 Elizabethtown Orange Gold 6 $40
104 Mogollon Orange Silver 4 $50
105 Silver City Orange Silver 7 $40
62 Taos Orange Lumber 0 $30
102 Hillsboro Orange Silver 1 $40
81 Crested Butte Blue Coal 6 $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
85 Canon City Blue Coal N $30

Purchased Passenger Lines

#

Type

Route

Payoff

Owner

Notes

3 A Denver - Colorado Spring $50 Red
5 A Denver - Pueblo $80 Red
8 A Denver - Leadville $260 Red Discard after 3 more Leadville depletions
7 A Pueblo - Santa Fe $120 Red
1 A Denver - Boulder $20 Brown
9 B Denver - Leadville $120 Brown
4 A El Paso - Deming $60 Orange
14 B El Paso - Albuquerque $220 Orange
13 B El Paso - Santa Fe $140 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
76 Craig Coal $80 $20
56 Hot Sulphur Springs Lumber $60 $30
123 Gallup Coal $60 $40
114 McGaffey Lumber $40 $30
92 Raton Coal $80 $40
113 Porter Lumber $60 $30

Available Passenger Lines

#

Type

Route

Payoff

Cost

Notes

16

B

Salt Lake City - Grand Junction

$250

$465

Discard when 22 is taken. Good for $250 toward card 22

18

C

Gallup - Santa Rosa

$500

$660

 

15

B

Denver - Grand Junction

$270

$435

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

22

C

Denver - Salt Lake City

$800

$1100

 

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 5 $200
42 8 $320

Available Snowplows

Type

# Available

Cost

Die +2

3

$40

Die +3 4 $80
Die +4 5 $140

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