Railroads - [RBP Help Contents]
Railroads and their ownership are the keys to an RBP match. By purchasing a railroad, you assure that your train can ride it at minimal cost, and that your opponents must pay you a use fee.
Some alternate game maps include more than just railroads; they might have automobile roads, bus routes, ships, submarines, etc. For simplicity, RBP refers to all of them as "railroads" or sometimes "properties".
PRIVATE RAILROADS
The original RB board game contains only private railroads. Private railroads can be purchased by any player.
PUBLIC RAILROADS
RBP also supports public (i.e. "government controlled") railroads, though not all maps take advantage of this capability. Public railroads may not be purchased. Rail use fees are computed as if the public railroad were unowned. Dots are often spaced more closely together on public railroads to reflect the stricter regulations and lower efficiency typically associated with such organizations.
UNOWNED vs. OWNED
By default, unowned RRs are displayed on the map with a dotted line, and owned RRs are displayed with a solid line the color of the player.
DISPLAY
To see the RRs belonging to a particular player during a game, click on the Player's name in the Player Stats box left of the map; network statistics are displayed above the map.