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[By 'villages' I mean the places which are shown on maps as small black rectangles or filled circles. I use the word 'city' only for places with one or more circles for the placement of station markers. This avoids the ambiguities found in some rulesets.]
In 1830 and some other games, villages are a nuisance. They count towards the station count of a train, but add little to revenue. In such games it is almost always better to build a line through an empty field than through a village, if other things are equal and diesels are not in operation. While this is not a problem for gameplay, some people feel that it makes an unsatisfactory simulation. This may be why various authors have found various ways of changing it.
1800, 1824, 1830, 1832, 1842, 1850, 1862, 1870, 1889, 18EC, 18NL, 18TN No
special rule.
1825, 1829 A run may not start nor end in a village. Double-heading (see item 7.5) reduces the severity of this restriction. Some trains
included in extension kits allow runs to start or end in a village.
1826 H trains count hexes not stations. E and TGV trains must ignore villages.
1827Jr, 1849, 1895 Trains count hexes not stations.
1829 Mainline Most trains may not start or end their routes at a village.
The 4T trains may start or end their route at any station.
1830BC, 1831, 1837SX, 1846, 1851, 18C2C, 2038, Crisis There are no villages.
1835, 1838 Rheinland, 1847 As well as N trains that visit
up to N stations, there are N+n trains that visit up to n villages as well as up to N
stations.
1837 As for 1835 and 1847, but N+m trains are rarer. Also, for coal trains villages
contribute to the run, but do not count towards the station count; and express trains
ignore villages.
1841, 1848, 1898, 18EU, 18AL, 18GA, 18Mex, 18West Villages contribute to the run,
but do not count towards the station count. In 1841 this rule is in §4.3.1.
1853 Villages contribute to the run, but do not count towards the station count.
They can also be upgraded to cities.
1854 Villages on the local map contribute to the run, but do not count towards the
station count. Double villages on the main map can be upgraded to cities, and so can
'large' villages from the brown phase.
1856, 18MW Villages may eventually be upgraded to cities or 'downgraded' to empty
fields.
1860 Trains have a separate small station (village) allowance that can be
used to visit villages or halts. Villages initially have halts, which provide a company
subsidy but no revenue, and may be upgraded later to small stations.
1861 Villages can be skipped on all routes.
18FL For trains other than the '3E', villages contribute to the run for
trains other than the '3E', but do not count towards the station count. Hotels may be
placed on villages.
18Rhl Rhineland For most trains, villages contribute to the run, but do not count
towards the station count. For 8 trains (Rheingold-Express) villages do not contribute to
the run or count towards the station count.
18Scan Express and high-speed trains ignore villages.
18US When plain yellow track tiles are upgraded to villages (junction
towns) the company must place a token on the hex. If it cannot place the token it cannot
do the upgrade.
18VA Not villages, but coal mines. Only goods trains, aka freight trains, may score
them. Other trains may pass through them and ignore them.
Steam Over Holland A run may not start nor end in a village.
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