Lords of the Sierra Madre

Each starting hacendado is different.  Some are US citizens, some
citizens of Mexico and two are actually Europeans.  Each starts in
a different location and, even more significantly, the hacienda of
each is a variable distance (in terms of number of railroads and
time required to capitalize them) from a city, which will increase
the hacienda's income by 2 levels.

Summary:

Hacendado			Railroads		Time to Capitalize
---------			---------		------------------
C4 Don Rafael Ysabel MX 	RR12 [2]			 2
C3 Judge Albert Fall US 	RR7 [4]				 4
C2 Sheriff John Slaughter US 	RR10 [5]			 5
C1 Colonel Bill Greene US 	RR14 [2] + RR9 [3] + RR1 [0]	 5*
C5 Haupt. Franz von Rintelen GE	RR24 [7]			 7
C7 Don Luis Terrazas MX 	RR18 [8]			 8**
C8 William Randolph Hearst US 	RR21 [5] + RR28 [6]		11
C6 Lord Cowdray GB 		RR17 [9] + RR14 [2] + RR8 [4]	15
C9 Alexander Shepherd US 	RR15 [9] + RR 28 [6]		15

If you want to try to balance the game, you may want to consider
choosing hacendados only from the top of the list.  Or, if the
players want a challenge, only from the bottom of the list.

In addition, those playing hacendadoes at the bottom of the list
(especially those having double-digit times) should consider a
strategy of not buying any railroad right away and instead following
a strategy of re-investment and buying the occasional up card,
including cards which produce red counters.

As another variant, give the William Randolph Hearst hacendado a starting
stature of 1 to reflect his importance in the newspaper business.  This
should help to offset the difficulty of his starting position.

They may also wish to follow a strategy of taxation.  For reference,
the closest type of authority to each Mexican hacienda is as follows:

C1 in USA
C2 in USA
C3 in USA
C4 Sonora Federales
C5 Sonora Rurales
C6 Chihuahua Rurales
C7 Chihuahua Rurales
C8 Chihuahua Rurales
C9 Chihuahua Rurales

Of course, possession of M cards will greatly influence who moves
first in Tactical rounds.

*Alternatively, RR14 [2] + RR13 [4] + RR8 [4] = 10, which will avoid
having to pay the possibly unowned RR1 when taking hacienda profits.

**Note:  The capitalization of RR18 as listed on its card should
read [8], not [9], to agree with the map.