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Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.3This game was played during testing of 1988. For testing purposes, the players pursued different strategies.
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First game roundPhase 0, Regional companiesPlayer 1 bids for A-train and player 2 for Svedab. Player 3 buys BK Tåg for 50 Mkr and player 4 buys TÅGAB for 60 Mkr. Player 1 and 2 bid for Connex and player 3 passes, after which player 4 buys Malmbanan for 70 Mkr. Player 1 gets the priority deal and the buy-bid-turns are paused for an auction for Connex. Player 1 raises her bid to 85 Mkr and player 2 passes. A-train and Svedab only have one bid each so there are no more buy-bid turns. Player 1 keeps the priority deal and gets A-train for 90 Mkr and player 2 gets Svedab for 100 Mkr. Player assets
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Second game roundPhase 1, Stock roundPlayer 1 starts Veolia with par value 100 Mkr and buys the president certificate for 2*100 Mkr (225 Mkr left). Player 2 starts Arriva with par value 67 Mkr and buys the president certificate for 2*67 Mkr (366 Mkr left). Player 3 buys the Banverket president certificate for 2*50 Mkr (450 Mkr left). Player 4 buys a Veolia certificate (370 Mkr left). Player 1 buys a second Veolia certificate (125 Mkr left). Player 2 buys a second Arriva certificate (299 Mkr left). Player 3 buys the SJ president certificate for 2*50 Mkr (350 Mkr left). Player 4 buys an Arriva certificate (303 Mkr left). Player 1 buys a third Veolia certificate for 100 Mkr (25 Mkr left). Player 2 buys a third Arriva certificate (232 Mkr left). Player 3 buys a Banverket certificate (300 Mkr left). Player 4 buys a Veolia certificate (204 Mkr left). Player 1 passes. Player 2 buys a Veolia certificate (132 Mkr left) Player 3 buys an SJ certificate (250 Mkr left). Player 4 buys an Arriva certificate (136 Mkr left) and Arriva now floats. Player 1 passes again. Player 2 buys a Banverket certificate (82 Mkr left). Player 3 buys a Veolia certificate (150 Mkr left) and Veolia now floats. Player 4 buys a Banverket certificate (86 Mkr left). Player 1 passes again. Player 2 buys an SJ certificate (32 Mkr left). Player 3 buys an Arriva certificate (83 Mkr left). Player 4 buys an SJ certificate (36 Mkr left). All players now pass and the priority deal goes to player 4. Player assets
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Phase 1, Operating roundFirst, the regional companies operate. Player 1 collects 30 Mkr from Connex and 5 Mkr from A-Train (leaving 85 Mkr on it). Player 2 collects 10 Mkr from Svedab (leaving 80 Mkr on it). Player 3 collects 25 Mkr from BK Tåg. Player 4 collects 35 Mkr from TÅGAB and upgrades the track between Narvik and Gällivare, gaining themselves (and Banverket) another 10 Mkr. This increases the Gällivare value to 30, the Banverket cost with 5 and the SJ revenue with 5. Next, the private companies operate. Since they have no trains and can't collect revenue yet, both Arriva and Veolia moves back on the stock market to 65 and 90 respectively. They decide not to do any lobbying, to buy 2-trains (Arriva 3, Veolia 2), and not to do any stock trade. Finally, SJ and Banverket operate. SJ has a revenue of 5 Mkr and collects another 45 Mkr for the three line contracts. Banverket, which received 10 Mkr earlier, collects 105 Mkr for the same, less a cost of 70 Mkr. Both pay dividends of 5 Mkr and retain 0 Mkr, which keeps the share value at 50 Mkr for both. SJ decides to place a work tile on Namntallhöjden as its free development action and Banverket uses 1 of its 5 possible development actions to place a work tile on Hallandsåsen for 0 Mkr. The last thing that happens in the operating round is the auctioning of the line contracts. Player 1 and 2, annoyed at how player 3 "abuses" her presidency in SJ and Banverket to close tracks, agree not to engage in any bid wars. Player 1/Arriva gets the Västra stambanan line contract for 80 Mkr and the Västkustbanan line contract for 30 Mkr and player 2/Veolia gets the Södra stambanan line contract for 70 Mkr. Changed cities and tracks
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Third game roundPhase 1, Stock roundPlayer 4 has the priority deal and starts the stock round by buying 1 Arriva share for 67 Mkr. Player 1 passes, as does Player 2. Player 3 buys 1 Veolia share for 100 Mkr. All players pass and Player 4 passes and ends up with the priority deal. Player assets
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Phase 1, Operating roundFrom the regional companies, player 1 collects 30 Mkr from Connex and 5 Mkr on A-Train. Player 2 collects another 10 Mkr from Svedab. Player 3 collects 25 Mkr from BK Tåg. Player 4 collects 35 Mkr from TÅGAB and upgrades the track between Gällivare and Boden, increasing the gain from Malmbanan to 20 Mkr for Banverket and themselves. This increases the Boden value to 30, the Banverket cost with 5 and the SJ revenue with 5. The private companies now have lines and trains. Veolia has +1 train capacity and runs Stockholm-Norrköping-Linköping-Nässjö-Hässleholm-Malmö (60+20+40+20+20+50). The line fee is 70 Mkr and the revenue of 140 Mkr is paid as dividends, increasing the share value to 100. Arriva runs Stockholm-Katrineholm-Hallsberg (60+20+0), Skövde-Göteborg-Varberg (0+50 and 50+0) and Malmö-Lund+Hallandsåsen (50+20+0). The line fees are 80+30 Mkr and the penalty fees for Hallsberg-Skövde and Varberg-Hallandsåsen are 10+10 Mkr (half for Arriva). The revenue of 120 Mkr is paid as dividends, increasing the share value to 67. Both companies pay 40 Mkr for lobbying. SJ has 10 Mkr from the penalty fee in Treasury and a revenue of 10 Mkr. They pay 20 Mkr as dividends and the share value falls again to 34. Banverket has 210 Mkr in Treasury (of which 10 Mkr is the penalty fee and 180 Mkr are the contract fees) and a cost of 75 Mkr. They pay 130 Mkr as dividends and retains 5 Mkr. The share value increases to 50. After discussions with the private companies, Banverket decides to accept both lobbying amounts (40+40 Mkr for 4 tracks) and pay 60 Mkr of them to complete Mälarbanan (Karlstad-Hallsberg-Västerås-Stockholm) and finish working on Hallandsåstunneln while SJ finishes working on Namntalltunneln. This opens up Mälarbanan for auction next round and increases several city values, among them Stockholm to the benefit of A-Train once Arlandabanan is completed. The two tunnels and the two city upgrades in the North plus the three new tracks and the four city upgrades along Mälarbanan changes Banverket's cost with -10-0+3x5=+5 Mkr and SJ's revenue with +10+10+6*5=+50 Mkr. The auction of Mälarbanan gets no bidders (since none of the companies wanted to buy the last 2-trains yet) so SJ takes the line contract. Changed cities and tracks
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