Sid Meier has given us gamers lots of games; some of which are Railroads, Civilization and Pirates.
Sid Meier's Railroads is a game, which, I think has even taught me real life strategies on how to complete my work more efficiently. Also, I had no clear idea about stocks and shares before playing this, neither did I ever feel the need to learn about them in the first place. No jokes here.
Now what this game is all about is creating your own railroad empire and making it survive and ultimately beat the historical competition. You can play without any opponents as well if that's how you like it. How you make your railroad, and how you handle the shares, will eventually decide the fate of your empire.
You can try and beat one of 5 difficulty levels at a time.
Investor, Financier, Mogul, Tycoon and Robber Baron. Beware, the tycoon and robber baron difficulties in sid meier's railroads will really test your skills of laying tracks efficiently, timely delivery of your goods and passengers, as well as properly planning the layout of the tracks between your cities.
You must buy out someone's entire empire in sid meier's railroads to make him lose and let you have either his track layout or liquidate him and get you the money which he probably is currently worth in the market.
A few different ways you can make money in sid meier's railroads
1. Start the game with passengers and mail. This is a one step process and you will earn the most money here during the initial phases.
2. Next, when you believe the prices of passengers will start to fall down, start with one or more two way processes. Try to start with the production of food.
Please note: The worth of transporting passengers and mail starts depreciating pretty soon, so try to quickly search for swine, fish or milk to make a food factory and supply it to nearby cities of sid meier's railroads.
3. Look for ways to make one or more out of goods, beer, wine and textiles or something else depending on the location. Make decisions based on the price of goods and distance from the source and destination cities.
4. Medicine is good money. If one of your towns has a medicine plant, look for a hospital nearby.
5. You should get in the production of automobiles and nuclear weapons during the later stages of the game, unless everything is nearby and you are already making good money out of food, wine, goods or the like; because, it is a three step process, where as the ones listed in point one is just a one step and ones in points two, three and four are two step processes.
A few tips to expand your empire in sid meier's railroads
1. Connect as many cities as possible, at the same time keep in mind that you produce and supply ample goods along the way.
2. Do not try to connect cities without thorough planning unless you plan to make an interconnected passenger and goods train expressway, where most of the time, you would have no choice but to do that ! Or you might someday become a Robber Baron yourself and accomplish that feat.
3. The money you get from goods delivered to different locations does not depend on the distance between your cities; except of course, the train costs, if any.
4. The money which you get from transporting passengers and mail between different cities will earn you much more for more distance travelled and for less time taken for the journey. It also helps a lot if you have upgraded your depots to stations and terminals.
Sid meier's railroads, for more information or to buy the game, click on the links below.
More blog posts to follow. ;)
Sid Meier's Railroads is a game, which, I think has even taught me real life strategies on how to complete my work more efficiently. Also, I had no clear idea about stocks and shares before playing this, neither did I ever feel the need to learn about them in the first place. No jokes here.
Now what this game is all about is creating your own railroad empire and making it survive and ultimately beat the historical competition. You can play without any opponents as well if that's how you like it. How you make your railroad, and how you handle the shares, will eventually decide the fate of your empire.
You can try and beat one of 5 difficulty levels at a time.
Investor, Financier, Mogul, Tycoon and Robber Baron. Beware, the tycoon and robber baron difficulties in sid meier's railroads will really test your skills of laying tracks efficiently, timely delivery of your goods and passengers, as well as properly planning the layout of the tracks between your cities.
You must buy out someone's entire empire in sid meier's railroads to make him lose and let you have either his track layout or liquidate him and get you the money which he probably is currently worth in the market.
A few different ways you can make money in sid meier's railroads
1. Start the game with passengers and mail. This is a one step process and you will earn the most money here during the initial phases.
2. Next, when you believe the prices of passengers will start to fall down, start with one or more two way processes. Try to start with the production of food.
Please note: The worth of transporting passengers and mail starts depreciating pretty soon, so try to quickly search for swine, fish or milk to make a food factory and supply it to nearby cities of sid meier's railroads.
3. Look for ways to make one or more out of goods, beer, wine and textiles or something else depending on the location. Make decisions based on the price of goods and distance from the source and destination cities.
4. Medicine is good money. If one of your towns has a medicine plant, look for a hospital nearby.
5. You should get in the production of automobiles and nuclear weapons during the later stages of the game, unless everything is nearby and you are already making good money out of food, wine, goods or the like; because, it is a three step process, where as the ones listed in point one is just a one step and ones in points two, three and four are two step processes.
A few tips to expand your empire in sid meier's railroads
1. Connect as many cities as possible, at the same time keep in mind that you produce and supply ample goods along the way.
2. Do not try to connect cities without thorough planning unless you plan to make an interconnected passenger and goods train expressway, where most of the time, you would have no choice but to do that ! Or you might someday become a Robber Baron yourself and accomplish that feat.
3. The money you get from goods delivered to different locations does not depend on the distance between your cities; except of course, the train costs, if any.
4. The money which you get from transporting passengers and mail between different cities will earn you much more for more distance travelled and for less time taken for the journey. It also helps a lot if you have upgraded your depots to stations and terminals.
Sid meier's railroads, for more information or to buy the game, click on the links below.
More blog posts to follow. ;)
Railroads blog
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Sid Meier's Civilization V
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