You can issue stock in your company, pay your shareholders dividends to drive up demand (if your company is profitable, that is), issue bonds to finance your company’s growth, and even attempt mergers with competitors.
As a railroad tycoon, you have interests that extend well beyond track and engines. In this game, the devil is in the details.Īnd that’s not all.
Nacogdoches, Texas, has oil, and Fort Worth has oil refineries. Passengers may want to travel from Boston to New York, while a spurt of new population growth may require the transport of more lumber from Manchester, New Hampshire, to Worcester, Massachusetts. Building a rail line between points A and B is one step in the process-but what if no one cares? To help you understand the market, Railroad Tycoon 3 offers map overlays that show you which areas offer particular goods and supplies, and which areas need them. You’ll also have to consider the principles of supply and demand. But there’s much more to this deep strategy game. Just building a railroad network would be enough to challenge many players.
