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. NEWS ITEM - U p d a t e d 13th August 2001
Update (13th August 2001)
Jeroen has informed me that the design of the game has been completed.
From Jeroen Doumen (11th August 2001)
We're currently designing a new game called "Ur, 1830 BC". Even while no trains are involved, the gameplay is remarkably like an 18xx game, yet differs on some points.
The game is about irrigation. Each player represents a (rich) family of landowners, who can own land in the latifundia (farms). The latifundia (like the companies in 18xx) operate on the gameboard by digging canals and building pumps. By irrigating land a latifundium can make money.
Each game turn consists of three rounds: firstly the land round, where players can buy and sell land much like stock in 18xx games. The operating round follows, in which each latifundium (the player with the most land controlling it) can dig canals and buy new pumps and/or digging teams. At the end of a turn the rain period starts, and water flows down the river. Every pump can now divert water to nearby (sold) land, and generate income by irrigating it.
Like trains in 18xx games, in the beginning of the game only rudimentary pumps and digging teams are available. As the game progresses, better ones become available for purchase, and old ones become obsolete due to this technological development.
Splotter Spellen (http://www.splotter.com)
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.	HEADLINES Ur, 1830 BC Website	.	NEWS ITEM - U p d a t e d 13th August 2001 Update (13th August 2001) Jeroen has informed me that the design of the game has been completed. From Jeroen Doumen (11th August 2001) We're currently designing a new game called "Ur, 1830 BC". Even while no trains are involved, the gameplay is remarkably like an 18xx game, yet differs on some points. The game is about irrigation. Each player represents a (rich) family of landowners, who can own land in the latifundia (farms). The latifundia (like the companies in 18xx) operate on the gameboard by digging canals and building pumps. By irrigating land a latifundium can make money. Each game turn consists of three rounds: firstly the land round, where players can buy and sell land much like stock in 18xx games. The operating round follows, in which each latifundium (the player with the most land controlling it) can dig canals and buy new pumps and/or digging teams. At the end of a turn the rain period starts, and water flows down the river. Every pump can now divert water to nearby (sold) land, and generate income by irrigating it. Like trains in 18xx games, in the beginning of the game only rudimentary pumps and digging teams are available. As the game progresses, better ones become available for purchase, and old ones become obsolete due to this technological development. Splotter Spellen (http://www.splotter.com)	.
This page is maintained by Chris Lawson (chris.lawson@virgin.net)