Darwin 1942

Goal: February, 1942: the Japanese are approaching Australia's northern shores.

Darwin needs reinforcement - can you revitalize and link 2 dilapidated narrow-gauge lines to get the goods across the continent?

Author's Comments: Starting date: fixed at February 1, 1942 (slow time)

Finish: February 28 (midnight), 1942

Map size: 230 x 490; one square = 6.4 km

Map base: scanned topographic map, traced contours in Photoshop

Territories: 22

Restrictions: no financial dealings apart from bond issue and company merger

Players/managers available: all

Single player game

Computer players: no

Gold: achieve 13 goals (of 13)

Silver: achieve 9 goals

Bronze: achieve 5 goals

Loss: <5 goals or debt at end

All within 28 days; company must be debt-free at end.

Multiplayer: no

Acknowledgments: Thanks to Mr Mathy, Gwizz and Darrick for constructive comments!