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Orders Due: 25 June or earlier
Hex Numbering: Note: Numbers differ from the
original map drawn by GB Lewis 1973/78
e.g. Caerphilly (26) = Hex W21; Bargoed (24)= Y11

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Towns Legend:
11= Pontypool
12= Blaenavon
13= Abersychan
14= Abertillery
15= Brynmawr
16= Ebbw Vale
21= Crumlin
22= Cross Keys
23= Blackwood
24= Bargoed
25= Ystrad Mynach
26= Caerphilly
31= Tredegar
32= Rhymney
33= Fochriw
34= Dowlais
35/6= Merthyr Tydfil
41= Hirwaun
42= Aberdare
43= Aberamam
44= Mountain Ash
45= Aberfan
46= Treharris
51= Maerdy
52= Ferndale
53= Porth
54= Ynysybwl
55= Pontypridd
56= Senghenydd
61= Treherbert
62= Treorchy
63= Ystrad Rhondda
64= Tonypandy
65= Tonyrefail
66= Gilfach Goch
Orders Operate
Player Id:

 

From Town via via via end at Town
Pay Distance
Clarifications?
Awtg Players Dice Build Reached
Towns 1st
Towns Operate Costs/
Earnings
Cash (Prev)
  Dave   6 From


To
no   56 56+1-1
rec'd LeeB   10   +1+1+5 67+1+1+5 57+10
  Kevin   7 no -5 23-5 19+5-1
  Andrew   4 no +5-2 56+5-2 55+1
  Andy   6 no -1-1+1 71-1-1+1 72-1
rec'd ChrisB   2   +1 10+1 9+1

Game Log:  19 July 2007 -

Turn 20:
Operating
Start Town:  3=Cardiff City or Barry; End Town: 52=Ferndale
 
Operating Stage £200 is the end target for the game. Currently LeeB leads with 74, then Andy with 70, Andrew 59, Dave 56, Kevin 18, ChrisB 11.
The die roll will select a key town (see rules) first (one die) then 2 dice town, then 2 dice town; then repeat.
Turn 19:
Die=3
Dave 1 Continues NW south of the hills
Lee 6 Reaches Treherbert - the last town
Kevin 3 Continues NW towards Cross Keys running parallel to Andrew for part of route (pays 5)
Andrew 5 Moves west and links to Andy & Lee(1 each)
Andy 2 Links to Ystrad Mynach; to ChrisB near Hirwaun (pays 1); & to LeeB near Cardiff (pays1)
ChrisB 4 Continues West south of hills
Turn 18:
Die=6
hooray!!
Dave 5 Crosses country South of the Mountains (pays Chris 1)
Lee 3 Links to Maerdy & Treorchy first
Kevin 2 Links to Blackwood first (pays 1 to join Andrew)
Andrew 6 Links to Brynmawr (pays 1 to cross Kevin); & North East to Abertillery
Andy 4 North towards Ystrad Mynach pays Dave 1 for crossing his track & into mountains near Maerdy
ChrisB 1 Into the Aberfan mountains plus an easterly extension and one small spur.
Turn 17:
Die=3
again
Dave 2 Links to Treharris
Lee 3 Runs North from Mountain Ash
Kevin 4 Links south to Ebbw Vale (pays Andrew 3)
Andrew 6 Heads North up the Rhymney valley
Andy 5 Heads North from Caerphilly
ChrisB 1 Moves east from Aberdare
Turn 16:
Die=3
Dave 3 Runs North past Ystrad Mynach (pays Andrew 1)
Lee 5 Pays Andy 5 to run parallel & reach Treharris
Kevin 1 Continues West (pays 5 to Andrew & 1 to Dave)
Andrew 2 Builds South past Merthyr (pays 1+2+1+2=6 to Andy)
Andy 4 Links across Dave (pays 1) to Caerphilly
ChrisB 6 At long last reaches a town - Hirwaun, & moves West from Pontypridd
Turn 15:
Die=4
Dave 2 Crosses Andrews track (pays 1) to reach Tredegar first & links into Dowlais
Lee 1 Reaches Ystrad Rhondda
Kevin 5 Wanders through the hills SW of Crumlin
Andrew 3 Crosses Dave (pays 1) to continue West
Andy 6 Heads North to meet Andrew & cuts across towards Caerphilly
ChrisB 4 Continues the losing race against Andy through Aberdare
Turn 14:
Die=4
Dave 5 Heads both East & west along the top (pays Andrew 1)
Lee 4 West to connect to Gilfach Goch
Kevin 2 Reaches Abertillery; and joins with Andrew (pays 1)
Andrew 3 Andrew pushes ahead of Dave and down to Dowlais (pays 1 to Dave)
Andy 6 Through Aberdare & SW towards Ferndale hills
ChrisB 1 Follows NW in the wake of Andy
Turn 13:
Die=2
Dave 1 Interesting split along the top of the map
Lee 2 Parallel with Andy (pays 1+2+1+2)
Kevin 4 Goes South
Andrew 6 Pays to run parallel to Dave along the Heads of the Valley (pays 1+2+1+2)
Andy 3 Heads North West
ChrisB 5 Forced into paying to go North West
Turn 12:
Die=3
Dave 4 Starts to head West in the North of the map
Lee 3 Heads South to Tonyrefail & also North of Cardiff
Kevin 1 South from Brynmawr
Andrew 5 Continues west along the Heads of the valley
Andy 2 Reaches Merthyr Tydfil
ChrisB 6 Joins to Penarth
Turn 11:
Die=1
Dave 1 Continues north from Rhymney
Lee 4 Continues NE north of Cardiff
Kevin 6 Continues West of Brynmawr
Andrew 3 Continues West along the Heads of the Valley
Andy 2 Bypasses Treharris
ChrisB 5 NE to Mountain Ash
Turn 10:
Die=6
Dave 2 Reaches Fochriw and Senghenydd
Lee 3 Three different directions
Kevin 6 West-ish through Brynmawr
Andrew 4 North through Ebbw Vale
Andy 1 Continues up the valley to reach Aberamam, and continues north towards Merthyr
ChrisB 5 Heads north and pays Andy 1
Turn 9:
Die=5
Dave 3 North to Rhymney & split route
Lee 4 Branches off North to reach Ferndale
Kevin 2 North through Blaenavon (dice set above at 3 but should have been 5, so extended the intent)
Andrew 1 heads north
Andy 5 North route to Mountain Ash & heads north on second route
ChrisB 6 Into the mountains at Ynysybwl & along towards Penarth
Turn 8:
Die=3
Dave 3 Continues North on two routes.
Lee 5 North West to reach Tonypandy first
Kevin 2 Easy westerly route to reach Crumlin first
Andrew 4 Through Crumlin heading North
Andy 6 Reaches Aberfan
ChrisB 1 At great cost to himself (pays 8 to Lee) manages to reach Ynysybwl first
Turn 7:
Die=5
Dave 6 Continues North to reach Bargoed first
Lee 1 Continues NW & N to reach Porth first
Kevin 5 Heads North to reach Abersychan first
Andrew 4 Changes direction to North East
Andy 3 Heads North West to connect to Treharris first
Chris 2 Forced to go N through Pontypridd due to some other rail track.(pays 1 to Lee & Andy)
Turn 6:
Die=6
Dave 6 Aims North east
Lee 2 Gets up the Rhondda first, and reaches Pontypridd
Kevin 1 Reaches Pontypool in the east, and heads West (pays 1 to Andy & 1 to Chris)
Andrew 3 First to Ystrad Mynach and continues North West
Andy 5 Runs North parallel to Lee (pays 10) then North East to get further North
ChrisB 4 Forced to head into the mountains after paying Lee 5 and Andy 1
Turn 5:
Die=3
Dave 2 Splits his route (Caerphilly?)
Lee 4 After clarification of Cash - Dave only gets 10 but Andy gets an extra 6: Continues North
Kevin 3 Continues North
Andrew 5 Continues North West
Andy 6 Races for the Rhondda (pays Lee 1)
ChrisB 1 Continues North into the Rhondda
Turn 4:
Die=4
Dave 3 Runs north with Andy (pays 5) then builds North East
Lee 4 Causes a bottleneck up the Rhondda (pays Dave 11 & Andy 1)
Kevin 5 Follows mountains NE
Andrew 2 Links to Crosskeys (1st town reached) & continues NW
Andy 1 Heads North towards the Rhondda
ChrisB 6 Heads North
Winning The preference seems to be first to reach £200 so this will be the target for the game.
Turn 3:
Die=4
Dave 4 Runs North to join in the race with Andy (pays 5) & Lee (pays 1)
Lee 2 Drops South to run parallel with Andy running NorthWest
Kevin 5 Challenges Andrew at considerable cost (pays 13: corrected to 16)
Andrew 3 North West unchallenged as yet
Andy 1 Continues NorthWest ahead of Lee
ChrisB 6 North and then west avoiding the three way race
Turn 2:
Die=1
Dave 5 Continues North West
Lee 2 Goes North West
Kevin 1 Continues North
Andrew 3 Continues North West
Andy 4 Builds North West to link to Lee (pays 1)
ChrisB 6 Continues North
Turn 1:
Die=5
Dave 1 Cardiff Docks through Cardiff and North West
Lee 2 North from Penarth, paying Dave 1 to cross his track
Kevin 3 North from Newport
Andrew 4 North west from Newport
Andy 5 Cardiff Docks to Cardiff and then North North West (pays Lee 1- altered to avoid payment)
ChrisB 6 Barry North
Turn 0: 5 joined in July 2007: 6 players: Random order generated each turn and one random die roll for all players: Start at docks.