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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan If you ever have played Dungeons and Dragons or have had a pretty good idea how it is done, it is similar in that their are players and a dungeon master except in this case their are CEOs the players but their is a small group that would represent the shareholder, the government and the stock exchange. Also the group would have to give out little news flashes as so the game could work around it for example a dice could be roled by a game master and it would determine whether there was a natural disaster or not and if so than the players would have to work around it. If you want to buy or sell anything, hire or layoff, make financial or operating decisions than you have to go through the "gambling" process and sell to your shareholder, the bank, governments, court, etc (game masters). There would be real prices on everything and you would have to consider wages for your workers and when their contracts go up. You make announcements on a thread and the game masters annouce general news on a thread. You can loose for example if you are caught doing insider trading, fraud, bankruptcy and if the shareholders hate you enough they can fire you. A little complicated but who said running a business let alone a corporation, was easy. You have heard of Trains Simulator well this a role playing game of Railroad CEO Simulator. [/quote] At the risk of sounding like a killjoy I am wondering how long the rules of this game will need to be and how it could be policed. I am familiar with D&D (I actually played it a few times when I was in High School, before any of the books were hard bound) and the rules came in a multi-volume set. Also, the corporate operations of railroads are a lot more complex than you realize and there are many more factors than could easily be represented by a few people. I think RR Tycoon is a good effort, but even with all those megabytes of programming there are a LOT of corners cut and a HUGE amount of oversimplification in the games compared to the reality. Railroads are not only bound by many of the rules binding other companies but also are bound by many unique laws and regulations and rules that would be quite difficult to put into rules. That said, I'd like to see your effort, but I'll reserve judgment on how "realistic" it can be. LC
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