I’ve got a bit confused about networks and building. Because @Chewy77 built the Preston-Lancaster canal, Lancaster is on the network, but not on your network so doesn’t that mean you can’t build there?
Apologies if I’m wrong, I was looking at the rules last night when @Chewy77 couldn’t build in Manchester and I couldn’t find the rule in the rule book, but @Whistle_Pig has it in the copy and pasted version in the discussion thread. I can’t remember how it works in Brass Birmingham, although the map is much looser in that game.
Not being able to build off someone else’s canal when you’ve got an industry tile on that network seems too harsh to me. That would mean @Benkyo has got Stockport and Macclesfield to himself this turn because no one else can link there and you can’t build to a non-linked location. Similarly I’ve blocked off Oldham and Rochdale. I know this game is mean, but is it that mean?