1830: Railways & Robber Barons
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How does the auction for a private company work?
The rulebook spells out the bidding and auction steps, and the forum agrees.
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Making a Bid (1.2.1)
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Buying a Company with a Bid (1.2.2)
- clearclaw · Community · 2013-12-26
Players bid for a private above its face value in steps of at least $5. When the lowest-priced private has a bid, buying pauses: a single bidder buys at his bid, and when several bid, only those players take part, starting from the highest bid and rising by at least $5 a time.
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