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Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there a definitive tie-breaker?
No
Ties are decided with the following tie-breakers: 1. Highest number of buildings; 2. Highest number of activated Upgrade markers; 3. Highest number of Noble Goods on the tableau; 4. Highest number of normal goods on the tableau. If there is no clear winner after this, multiple players have won the game.
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Do I need to anything to activate Upgrade markers?
Yes
To activate Upgrade markers (Spokewheel, Cart) the player has to put goods from their warehouse and/or their Countinghouse cards back to the common stock.
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When calculating the distance from the city do I need to consider Waterways?
No.
Waterways are not taken into consideration, only routes by land are regarded. If a city is blocked by an Event card, this city is omitted.
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Can I sell Noble Goods immediately during Refining Action?
No.
If a player decides to sell a Noble Good, they firstly use the Loading Action and put it on their Countinghouse card.
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Does the player have to execut all possible Actions?
No
If a player does not want to or is not capable of executing another Action, then they pass and lay their oxcart down to signal just that.
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Is there a certain way of sorting event cards?
Yes
First, draw one of the “Start” and "Finish" from the Event cards. Then sort the rest of the Event cards by the letters A, B, C, D, E on the back of the cards and shuffle each letter stack separately.
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Which currency is used Kiel.
Thalers
Kiel is a german location, so german thalers are used.
When building use 1 coin of your choice per good instead of goods, does this mean, replace goods with coins to build so long as you still spend at least 1 good?
Yes
It's allowed to replace goods with coins to build so long as you still spend at least 1 good, but no noble goods.
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Can you discard bonus cards from your hand so you can draw more bonus cards?
No, but
Only, if you play them out.
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Can you discard goods from a Countinghouse card when taking the loading action to replace the goods?
No
You can not discard goods. To make room for goods you need to sell the ones you have in your warehouse.
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Can you discard goods from your warehouse to make room for goods taken with the raid action of a bonus card?
No
You can not discard goods from your warehouse. To make room for goods you need to sell the ones you have in your warehouse.
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Can you discard goods from your warehouse to make room for goods taken with the Buying action?
No
You can not discard goods from your warehouse. To make room for goods you need to sell the ones you have in your warehouse.
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Are Noble goods effected by cards that refer to goods?
No
Noble goods are not the same as goods. So the effects that affect the goods do not affect the noble goods. They are still loaded and sold like goods and they still count towards your warehouse capacity.
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Can I sell goods anywhere?
No
You couldn't sell goods in spaces that can't accommodate counting houses.
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Can I use that path with plague marker on it.
No
When a plague marker is down you have to remember not to use that path when calculating your shortest route.
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Can I take the action, then move, then take the same action again in another city?
No
You can only move before or after an action.
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Can you refine more than one noble good on one turn?
Yes
You can buy any number of goods as long as your warehouse capacity allow it
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Can a player take multiple loans of the same product? And if so presumably multiple loans in the same turn?
Yes
You can take multiple loans of the same good, but only 1 loan per round.
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Can you only buy one bonus card at the specific locations?
No, but
Like goods, you can buy more, but you have a hand limit of 2 bonus cards.
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Can you buy any number of goods at a location centre to your warehouse capacity and your cash availability?
Yes.
You buy any number of goods as long as your warehouse capacity allow it.
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