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drank, Thanks for your comments. The map was designed to give an open feel, but as you found out, the scenario objectives weren't designed for a real challenge, just a fun one to play for beginners I guess. We are in the process of releasing a new map that will introduce more good stuff and make th...

This is another good map - it's absolutely huge: 24 cities, by my count, and more raw materials than you'll be able to hook up. I found it really good practice for organizing and running a large railroad. Because of the density of raw materials in some parts of the map, there's a real track-laying c...

Here's my routing map. There are long runs from Crewe-Blackpool, Bradford-Blackpool, Darby-Liverpool and Darby-Stoke corresponding to the scenario objectives. All the other cities are connected in pairs and are running passengers back and forth. My industry chains are: Coal -> Manchester, Steel -> W...

I was able to accomplish all objectives on Robber Baron, Hard Routing, 0 AI in December 1927, starting from Warrington. My early strategy was pretty similar to universum . After selling my stock, I bought a line to Manchester in two steps so that I used a cheap masonry bridge rather than an expensiv...

choobacca wrote:I had completed all the objectives on my 4th attempt but with only a few months to spare. I'll have to try your strategy and see how fast I can win.

Starting from Indianapolis, my best times to date are:
Investor: April 1999
Robber Baron: October 2003

Is it possible to do it faster?

Just want to say that this was a great map! Definitely the most fun I've had with a SMR map. Kudos to Choobacca and Big Papa! I've now beaten it 3 times on Robber Baron, Hard routing, starting from Washington, Indianapolis and Atlanta, finishing between July 2004 and October 2006. Indianapolis was t...