Official Strategy Guide

Dr Frag · Post by **Dr Frag** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:02 am

I just got the BradyGAMES Strategy Guide so if anyone wants me to look up something let me know.

DF

RedKnight · Post by **RedKnight** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:13 am

How does it look? I once wrote an official guide for Brady.

Dr Frag · Post by **Dr Frag** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:25 pm

It's a nice book but I honestly haven't read enough to make a proper evaluation.

snoopy55 · Post by **snoopy55** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:29 pm

does it have pretty pictures

Does it have a supply and demand layout, you know, so you know what goods from what source to what industry on what cars? (dim 4 Watter there

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Dr Frag · Post by **Dr Frag** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:55 pm

Yes, it's all black & white (grayscale

) but there are a lot of really nice pictures. The table of contents is as follows:

Game Overview
Laying Tracks, Building Stations, and Routing Trains
Railroad Economics
Playing The Stock Market
Cities, Industries, and Goods
Patents
Engine Directory and Timeline
Single Player Scenarios
Multiplayer

The Industries section shows every industry and what it needs and produces. The Goods section shows all the goods/cars and what they are supplied by, demanded by, and processed into.

RedKnight · Post by **RedKnight** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:22 pm

I just ordered it, Dr Frag... maybe I'm wasting my time doing all my research LOL

Dr Frag · Post by **Dr Frag** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:29 pm

Yeah, that's why I made the offer. Didn't want people doing extra work if there was already a source for the info.

snoopy55 · Post by **snoopy55** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:44 pm

Oh My Goodness, I am looking at Ebay and the first 5 are $1.00 with $5.00 shipping

And I was just going to star making a what-goes-to-where diagram. What do those things cost on the street and are they worth getting

RedKnight · Post by **RedKnight** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:14 pm

Eh, I just ordered mine from the amazon marketplace, $10.30 + 3.49 shipping = 13.79. It will probably be slow in the mail, from their marketplace (2nd party sellers).

snoopy55 · Post by **snoopy55** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:16 pm

Always look to Ebay first, buy it now or bid. Nice low prices. Half.com also, which is where I got SMR for $12.00 buy it now

jayo · Post by **jayo** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:11 pm

I got it for $20 at my Best Buy store. It does have pretty pictures of the engines. Yes they're black and white but never you mind. The engine pictures are the best I've seen for a Railroad Tycoon game

CalmDragon · Post by **CalmDragon** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:36 pm

What does it say about the NE scenario to get passengers from NY to DC?

keotaman · Post by **keotaman** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:02 pm

CalmDragon wrote:What does it say about the NE scenario to get passengers from NY to DC?

I'd be interested too. That's my most-played scenario, & it took me awhile to get the knack of it (3 & 4 track mainline, 4 trains w/ 3 cars each, start at least 20 years before deadline). I now play with two ai's, ready to go for 3 or 1 (sometimes one ai is hard, because he is concentrating all his efforts to defeating you).
Keo

Dr Frag · Post by **Dr Frag** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:54 pm

"...Upgrading a depot all the way to a terminal costs $250,000, so you need three-quarters of a million dollars to achieve one objective. Fortunately, one of your other objectives - the New York / Washington immigration - is worth a fair amount of money all by itself, so you should set that up as soon as possible. Run a dedicated and very straight track between these two cities as early as possible or getting all fifty carloads becomes tricky. Upgrade your New York-Washington passenger train the moment upgrades become available, so you can accomplish your goal and rake in the cash that much faster."

RedKnight · Post by **RedKnight** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:48 pm

This goal is not hard in Solo play with no AIs, once you learn the ropes. I really like that e.g. you can slightly "wing" certain cities, to make almost a straight line from DC to NYC.... have your track slightly bend to be above one city along the way, slightly below another, etc.

Of course in MP or w/AIs, it's nearly impossible.