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Turn 3, Phases IV-VI and Turn 4, Phases I-III

Turn 4, Phases IV-VI and Turn 5, Phases I-III due 10/8, Tuesday

Turn 3

Operations

Red (Bishop) operates #43 ($50, 2 silver) and receives $130 in passenger revenue.

Brown (Partridge) operates #89 ($30, 3 coal), delivers 1 gold from Fairplay to Denver, splitting the proceeds with Orange ($125 to Brown, $150 to Orange), and gains $20 in passenger revenue.

Orange (Hooton) buys claim #32 for $100 and operates it ($50, 1 gold).

Cyan (Scharf) delivers 2 gold from Bingham to Salt Lake City for $550, receives $20 in passenger revenue, and buys a 15 train for $120.

Blue (Anderson) operates #81 ($40, 4 coal) and #48 ($40, depletes).

Determine Price Changes

Gold: -1 to $250

Copper: Remains at $240

Silver: -1 to $200

Denver

Salt Lake City

Pueblo

Santa Fe

El Paso

Lumber -3 to $60 -1 to $80 +2 to $80 +1 to $40 -2 to $40
Coal Remains at $60 +1 to $40 Remains at $30 +2 to $60 -1 to $60

Turn 4

Move Prospectors and Surveyors

Red (Bishop) surveys Canon City to Westcliffe and Walsenburg to Trinidad, prospects #90

Brown (Partridge) surveys Pueblo to Walsenburg and Fairplay to Dillon (not during winter), prospects #87.

Orange (Hooton) surveys Soccoro to Belen, prospects passenger line 4.

Cyan (Scharf) surveys Thistle to Price, prospects the deck.

Blue (Anderson) surveys Gunnison to Crested Butte, prospects #79.

Dispute Resolution

None. Cyan draws claim #105 (silver at Silver City) and has first right of refusal. Red spends $240, Brown spends $200, Orange spends $255, Cyan spends $200, and Blue spends $160.

Notes

Remember that Turn 4 is a winter turn – no surveying on or delivery over seasonal track.

The Players

Player

Color

Starting Location

Money

Trains

Snowplows

Personnell

Howard Bishop

Red

Denver

$470

9

 

S, S, P+1

Dave Partridge

Brown

Denver

$935

9

 

S, S+1, P

Dave Hooton

Orange

El Paso

$485

9

 

S, S, P+1

Bill Scharf

Cyan

Salt Lake City

$1130

9, 15

 

S, P+1

Debbie Anderson

Blue

Pueblo

$880

9, 15

 

S, P+1

Purchased Claims

#

City

Owner

Type

Goods

Operation

43 Leadville Red Silver 5 $50
90 Trinidad Red Coal N $40
57 Boulder Brown Lumber 1 Depleted
89 Walsenburg Brown Coal 3 $30
87 Alamo Brown Coal N $30
97 Elizabethtown Orange Gold 3 $40
104 Mogollon Orange Silver N $50
32 Fairplay Orange Gold 0 $50
81 Crested Butte Blue Coal 11 $40
48 Ouray Blue Silver 2 Depleted
79 Bowie Blue Coal N $40

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

91

Trinidad

Coal

$60

$30
74
Elk Springs
Coal
$60
$20
53 Lake City Coal $60 $30
60 Pagosa Springs Lumber $40 $20
85 Canon City Coal $100 $30
56 Hot Sulphur Springs Lumber $60 $30
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

Available Snowplows

Type

# Available

Cost

Die +2

3

$40

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