1830: Railways & Robber Barons
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Must a newly floated company buy a train in its first operating round?
The rulebook ties the purchase to having a route and requires the home station on every railroad's first turn.
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Forced Train Purchases (6.6.2)
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Placing a Home Station (6.3.1)
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Blocking Routes (6.3.3)
- pijll · Community · 2015-06-04
Only if it has a valid route, meaning its home station connects to a city, town or off-board area. Without one it can skip the purchase, but it still places its home station that round. A train bought in a turn cannot run until a later turn.
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