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I recently played a 4k city builder game. Well on my way to victory someone decided to stop me by building roads 4 tiles long beside each of my forests. He then built a truck depot and 1 truck on each road, setting them to pick up wood. The resource was not being used, transported, or even picked up after the first stop. He just stored them in his truck depot so that my trains had nothing to pick up.

Please see attached image. I am Yellow, he is Blue.

He was not technically breaking any of the server rules, since this is a primary resource. If he was actually transporting and using the resource I wouldn't have a problem. However as soon as I expanded he could just come in and build 4 road tiles and a truck depot for almost no cost, stopping me from getting the resource.

I am posting this for clarification. He isn't technically breaking the rules, however he is not using the resource, merely storing it so I cant get it. Is this legit play? If so that seems a little odd to me...

hi

well, I can't well the image so, I'll give my opinion accordingly your description:
- If a player competes with another on used resources (primary ones), not delivering cargo to where's accepted (can be with transfers, but cargo must reach a final destination where accepted) or competing, delivering always to the closest industry - when not his normal gameplay -, it's clear that's ONLY to delay and slow other player progress. And both situations fit on current rule #5 : Do not block or sabotage other players. No land reserving of any kind. Do not put full load orders on road vehicles in shared towns/cities. This means it's NOT allowed for me. It's a mere common sense
In other words, when a player starts taking actions that won't help his company to reach server goal, he starts entering on actions not allowed by the rules. This way it's simpler to realize and judge many situations ^^

enjoy the games

regards
ST2

Thanks for the quick reply. So it is covered under Rule #5, since the cargo wasn't being delivered, didn't help his town grow, didn't make him money, and had the sole purpose of sabotaging another players progress. Thanks for the clarification in case it comes up again.

Back to the game!

Bert.