Q. Can a player who owns Printed Word and Patronage claim a rebate by patronizing a personality?

A. No, a player may not claim a rebate with Printed Word by patronizing a leader even if he owns Printed Word and Patronage (9.33).

Q. Can someone choose not to use the Proselytism advance during a certain attack (i.e. as part of a deal)?

A. No, players with Proselytism win all of their attacks if their colored die roll is greater than or equal to their Turn Order (9.53).

Q. Can someone choose not to use the powers of their advances?

A. No, attributes of advances must be used unless the advance specifically states that it is optional (may be used).

Q. When you use Renaissance, does it apply only to that phase, or to the rest of the turn?

A. Once you use Renaissance, your turn order position stays in the post Renaissance position for the rest of the turn.

Q. Can the owner of Renaissance move 5th during a turn that he was hit with Civil War?

A. Yes, if a player owns Renaissance and is the victim of Civil War, the Civil War penalty is enacted first and the player may then have a chance to use Renaissance to trade places.

Q. If I co-exist with another player and then use competition to gain control, may I use Wind/Watermill to force a trade?

A. No, you may not use Wind/Watermill to force a trade if you co-existed with another player and then used competition to gain control. You must take a province "from another player" to use Wind/Watermill, meaning that player must control it with a domination marker first (9.53).

Q. Can a player Wind/Watermill someone with zero cards, trading their card to someone and not receiving one back in return?

A. No, Wind/Watermill is an attempt to trade cards and therefore both players must have at least one card.

Q. If someone has bought all 26 Advances, is the final turn played out fully, including a final card play phase?

A. Yes, if someone has purchased all 26 Advances, the final turn is played out fully, including a Final Card Play Phase (11.1).

Q. How does Chaos affect the order of play?

A. Players in Chaos are assumed to be buying zero expansion tokens and play order is determined in the usual fashion.

Q. Can Alchemists Gold, Civil War, Pirates/Vikings, Rebellion, and War! be played against chaosed nations, even if for no effect?

A. Alchemists Gold, Civil War, and War! could not be played against a chaosed nation since they target a player and the player is no longer in the game. Pirates/Vikings and Rebellion could target the provinces of the chaosed nations since their target is provinces, not players.

Q. Are cards played by chaosed players still applicable the turn that they are played, even though the player has chaosed out?

A. Yes, the played cards are still applicable on the turn that a player chaosed out of the game. Only the unplayed cards are discarded out of play or to the Replay Pile (9.32).

Q. If a chaosed player plays a military advantage card, does the military advantage make it more difficult to attack the chaosed player's provinces that turn?

A. Yes, the military advantage makes the chaosed player's provinces more difficult to attack.

Q. If a chaosed player had played a leader, can the leader of a chaosed nation be patronized?

A. Yes, the leader can be patronized. Any patronage claims are paid to the bank.

Q. Can you Cathedral a province of a chaosed player?

A. Yes, you can Cathedral a province owned by a chaosed player.

Q. If the chaosed player had Cathedral before they chaosed out of the game, can you still Cathedral a province of the chaosed player?

A. Yes, you can Cathedral a province owned by a chaosed player, even if the player had Cathedral before they chaosed out. No advance attributes apply to your pieces except Nationalism if you reach the chaos square (9.32).

Q. What is the score for a chaosed player?

A. The Chaosed player's score shall be the value of their advances less 1000. However, the chaosed player's score and position cannot be higher than any opponent that was still in the game at the time of their reaching the Chaos Square. If their score would be higher than one of these opponent's, the Chaosed player's final score will be the opponent's score minus 10.

Q. Can a chaosed player have the most Domination Markers for a Shortage/Surplus in a commodity and thus create a situation where no card or money needs to be paid out for that Shortage/Surplus roll?

A. Yes, a chaosed player can have the majority of a commodity for Shortage/Surplus results which could negate cards gained or money paid.

Q. Can players pay cash to other players for the play, discard, or non-discard of cards, or performance of other "services"?

A. No, players may not pay cash to other players for the play, discard, or non-discard of cards, or for performance of other "services". Players may plead, protest, and whine, but the actual payment of bribes for services rendered is strictly illegal. That is not to say a player could not be influenced into taking a different course of action in exchange for a promised favor in return. It is strictly illegal to show any card before it is played. without incurring the penalty in the rules. You can promise to play a card a certain way, but you absolutely cannot show the identity of any card you hold before it is played. Such promises are entirely unenforceable and any direct payment for services rendered should be considered the lowest form of cheating. (10)

Q. In using Caravan to go from Venice to Belgrade via Dubrovnik, must I compete with a player in Dubrovnik?

A. Yes, you must compete with a player in Dubrovnik only if Dubrovnik is fully occupied at the time of transit. If fully occupied, you must place enough tokens to initiate competition in Dubrovnik and only if successful may you pass through with more tokens to go to Belgrade (2.2 #5).

Q. Can you always expand from your capital, even if you do not have a presence in it?

A. Yes, a player is always considered to have a presence in his capital, even without tokens their. Therefore, you can always expand from your capital and it is impossible to eliminate a player by taking all of their tokens and Domination Markers from the board.

Q. Are tokens in their capital doubled for both defense and attacks?

A. Yes, tokens in their capital are doubled for both defense and attacks (4.4).

Q. Is it possible, through the use of Nationalism and a Military Advantage, to make an attack against a satelitte which requires 0 tokens or is it considered a 1 token attack?

A. It is considered a 1 token attack. All attacks require a minimum of the printed market number (9.53).

Q. If Blue has colored squares in an unfilled province co-existing with recently arrived Red tokens, are all of them removed in a competition loss initiated by white-side-up Blue tokens?

A. Yes, the loser of any competition loses all tokens in the province, both colored and white-side-up (9.53).

Q. If one of several defenders in a province has a military advantage but other do not, is the attacker required to place the additional tokens to counter the military advantage?

A. Yes, as long as one of several defenders in a province has a military advantage, the attacker is required to place an additional token to counter the military advantage (9.53).

Q. When does the conversion between square tokens to circular tokens occur?

A. The conversion from square tokens to circular tokens takes affect immediately as each competition roll is conducted (9.53).

Q. May you later collect expansion tokens if they were not at first available at the time of allocation (example, after Black Death places more in stock)?

A. No, you only get tokens that are available at the time of allocation between cash and tokens. You may not later collect expansion tokens that were not available at the time of allocation (if more tokens were placed in stock by Black Death, etc.).

Q. Do you make new shortage/surpluss rolls for application to the final card play phase?

A. Yes, you do make new Shortage/Surplus rolls for application to the Final Card Play Phase (11.1).

Q. Is the Final Card Play Phase considered to be a different turn?

A. No, the Final Card Phase is not considered to be a different turn (11.2).

Q. Can a player hit by Civil War in the Final Card Play Phase choose to lose half their tokens?

A. Yes, if Civil War is played in the Final Card Play Phase, the victim does not have to lose half their cash. They can lose half their 0 tokens. Therefore, the only impact is the reduction of their capital and an increase in Misery

 Q. Does Enlightened Ruler played during the final turn's Play Card Phase still protect a player during the Final Card Play Phase?

A. Yes, if Enlightened Ruler is played during the final turn's Play Card Phase, it still protects a player during the Final Card Play Phase (11.2).

Q. During the Final Card Play Phase, can you play a leader for a rebate to yourself, even though he will never be used to gain advances?

A. Yes, all cards must be played during the Final Card Play Phase including leaders. These cards are played even if they will have no affect on the game (11.2).

Q. Can a card be discarded (with Master Art) instead of played during the Final Card Play Phase?

A. No, a card cannot be discarded (using Master Art) instead of being played after the Final Turn Income Phase and before the Final Card Play Phase (11.2)

Q. What is the last "recorded cash" for the Final Card Play Phase, the written cash at the beginning of the turn or the remaining cash from purchases plus income collected this turn?

A. It is the written cash on the log sheet from the current turn. The Final Card Phase is not considered to be a different turn (11.2).

Q. Can Black Death be used against New World or the Far East?

A. No, New World and the Far East do not belong to any Area and are not Areas themselves. They are, however, coastal provinces.

Q. Can you target yourself with Civil War?

A. Yes, you can target any player still in the game, including yourself.

Q. Does playing Civil War during the final regular game turn affect the Turn Order for the Final Card Play Phase?

A. Yes, the effects of Civil War on turn order would remain in affect for the Final Card Play Phase.

Q. Does the victim of Civil War play last in the Final Card Play Phase?

A. The Civil War victim may not be last depending on any Renaissance uses. The player turn order for the Final Card Play Phase is the same order as the end of the Expansion Phase just completed. The Final Card Play Phase is not a new turn.

Q. If someone owns an enemy capital and that country is hit with Civil War, is the enemy capital reduced?

A. Yes, per the card "Any DOM in his capital is reduced to a token".

Q. Can Civil War and Alchemist Gold be played on a player with Enlightened Ruler for no effect?

A. No, the cards must be used on a player that may be impacted.

Q. Must there always be a victim to Civil War and Alchemist Gold?

A. Yes, the cards must be used on a player that may be impacted. This is implied with the wording on the Alchemist Gold card where it becomes a misery burder if everyone has Laws of Matter.

Q. Can the Pirates/Vikings card reduce domination markers in the Far East and New World boxes?

A. Yes, the Pirates/Vikings card can reduce domination markers in the Far East and New World boxes (4.1).

Q. Can Rebellion and Pirates/Vikings be used on an unoccupied space or must these cards be used on Domination markers?

A. Rebellion can be played on an unoccupied space. Rebellion states "Local conflict occurs in any Province of your choice", therefore you could choose an unoccupied space. Pirates/Vikings, however, state "Reduce any Domination Marker" and therefore can only be used on provinces which have domination markers in them.

Q. If all expansion tokens have been purchased (none remain in stock) when a player loses a domination marker to a disaster (such as Rebellion), may the player replace the marker with a square token from his expansion pool?

A. Yes, the player may, at his option, replace the marker with a square token from his expansion pool (9.32).

Q. Must a player replace the domination marker with a square token from his expansion pool if all expansion tokens have been purchased (none remain in stock) when a player loses a domination marker to a disaster (such as Rebellion)?

A. No, he may leave the space empty if he has no tokens in stock (9.32).

Q. When do rerolls occur in the case of a tie with the War! card?

A. In the case of a tie with the War Card, rerolls occur at the start of each player's portion of the Play Card Phase (possibly continuing to the next turn's Play Card Phase). If a War continues past the last player during the Final Card Play Phase, the game ends without further die rolls for the War (11.2).

Q. Can an owner who has no galley or ships receive an island province as a concession of War!?

A. Yes, the only restrictions are on Area V, Far East, and New World. Being beyond the range of your shipping does not preclude ceding a domination marker. (11.5).

Q. Can the winner of a War! choose not to take any cities or all cities from the loser?

A. No, the War! card states that the difference in rolls is the amount that the loser "must cede".

Q. If you play a leader that gives credits to multiple advances that you already own, do you get multiple rebates or one single rebate for the leader?

A. You get a rebate for each advance on the leader card that you previously owned.

Q. Can Gallipoli support Constantinople if the owner does not have a galley?

A. Yes, Gallipoli can support Constantinople across coastal waters.

Q. What is the extent of the Bay of Biscay "sea"?

A. The Bay of Biscay is considered adjacent to all coastal provinces between Edinburgh and Seville (4.2).

Q. Does St.Gali support Nuremburg?

A. No, St. Gali does not support Nuremburg. However, house rules allowing it are encouraged since that was the designer's intent.

Q. Does Paris connect to London and Portsmouth?

A. Yes, Paris does connect to London and Portsmouth across coastal waters.

Q. Does Bari connect to Corfu?

A. Yes, Bari does connect to Corfu across coastal waters.

Q. Do Barca's coastal waters connect to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea?

A. Yes, Barca's coastal waters do connect to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Q. Do Libya's coastal waters connect to the Central Mediterranean Sea?

A. No, Libya's coastal waters do not connect to the Central Mediterranean Sea.

Q. Does the Norwegian Sea have any significance for play?

A. No, the Norwegian Sea does not have any significance for play. You can only cross one sea with The Heavens and the areas that are adjacent to the Norwegian Sea are also accessible by coastal water.

Q. Are Iceland and West Africa only accessible by sea?

A. Yes, Iceland and West Africa are only accessible by sea and require either The Heavens or Seaworthy Vessels (4.1).

Q. Does a commodity shortage/surplus die roll of 12 (affecting Gold & Ivory) cause card draws or payments for both commodities?

A. Yes, a commodity Shortage/Surplus roll of 12 (affecting both Gold and Ivory) does cause card draws or payments for both commodities. In shortage, two cards could be drawn (9.61).

Q. In order to remove a Gold/Ivory shortage/surplus, what is paid?

A. Only $10 is paid to remove a joint Shortage/Surplus of Gold/Ivory (9.61).

Q. Does the play of a Gold or Ivory eliminate the Shortage/Surplus for both commodities or is the Shortage/Surplus still applicable to the unplayed commodity?

A. The play of a Gold or Ivory will only eliminate the Shortage/Surplus marker for the commodity played, either Gold or Ivory, but not both.

Q. Can you bid more tokens than you have available in stock in an attempt to move last in the Turn Order?

A. Yes, you can bid as much as you like. You pay the amount bid but only receive the number of tokens in your stock at the time of the token purchase.

Q. Can you bid a negative amount of tokens in an attempt to go first in the Turn Order?

A. Yes, you can bid negative. You pay the absolute value of your bid to the bank. For example, a negative 5 bid would require a $5 payment to the bank.