With the EBPEdit map editor you'll quickly design new game maps playable on your computer with EB Pronto or to print and play as a board game. Screen shot

There's no need to create the whole game, you simply name your cities, terrain, loads, contracts and events! It's just point and click to edit the map. Then enter contract demands, or ask the editor to automatically generate good ones that you can tweak if desired.

Editing features include:

• Mileposts: normal, hidden, mountain, alpine, city, desert, swamp, water, tunnel, jungle, forest and xspot
• Draw: rivers, ferries, ocean coastline, volcanoes, borders, and barriers
• Contracts: edit individually, as a group, or text import from other sources
• Set all payoffs with different weighting for distance and build cost, plus random variance
• Events: Derailment, Earthquake, Fog, Shortage, Snow, Storms, Strikes, Meteor Strikes, Revolution, Special Demands, Tax, Congress, more
• Locomotives: create up to 10 locomotives with custom speed and load carrying

• full color transparent icons for loads and events
• background image import (JPG, GIF or BMP)
• set colors and fonts as you prefer

• city supply and value
• load demand, availability and value
• milepost statistics
• Rail Corridors: shows the most popular places to build, based on supply and demand
• impossible contracts: % for which build cannot be afforded on starting cash

• find best trip for any set of demand cards
• find best starting city for any set of demand cards
• copy, paste, move, find
• check map for errors
• auto download and install program updates

• print map, across multiple pages if desired (photo of assembled 6-panel print after lamination)
• close up picture
• sample USA map as printed by EBPEdit to single-page PDF
• print payoff chart, loads chart
• print contract and event cards

• watch as the AI bots play your map against themselves, see which routes they like best
• run EBP in Continuous Mode overnight, the fast bots can play millions of turns and show you the stats
• tweak your map with the editor to refine it
• play vs. the AI bots yourself and see if you can beat them on your own map
• if desired, print your map and play it with your board gaming buddies

DOWNLOAD HERE	EBPEdit.ZIP (approx. 1.3M; 3.5M after installation)
EASY INSTALL	Experienced computer users can simply unzip the download file into the subdirectory containing EBP or into a new subdirectory, and run EBPEdit.EXE. Or, see the detailed install instructions. After installing, to run the program, click on the program's icon on your desktop, or find EBPEdit in the Windows list of "All Programs". For other basic information, view the README-E.TXT file.
DESKTOP ICON	If the program's icon does not appear on your Windows desktop, create one manually: right click on an empty area of your Desktop, and select New, Shortcut. When Windows prompts for the location of the item, enter the path to where you installed the program, such as C:\EBP\EBPEDIT.EXE
REGISTRATION BENEFITS	EBPEdit's registration fee is $20. Registration entitles you to the following benefits: use of the program past the free, initial 30-day trial period on that device a copy of the EB7 USA/Canada/Mexico game map a 12-month Support Plan
MISSING DLL	In the rare event that Windows reports a missing DLL or component when you attempt to run EBPEdit, do the following: 1) download VBRUN60.EXE (approx. 1000k) 2) run the downloaded copy of VBRUN60.EXE and answer Yes when asked "Would you like to install the Visual Basic 6.0 run time files?"

• WikiMedia Commons - free media repository
• Online Map Creation - generate a map of any area
• morgueFile - royalty free images
• WPClipart - public domain clip art (handy for icons)
• Soundsnap - free sound files

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