Robert M
United States
Greenville
South Carolina
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This is a blue event. At what point in the round can you do this?
Also since this is a blue event can you do it again in a future round, but only 1 cloth per round?
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Jack
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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Tan events are resolved immediately. Blue events are resolved on your turn.
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Robert M
United States
Greenville
South Carolina
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Any time on your turn or only if you choose a specific action?
The sale of wool being 1 coin is obviously if you choose the sell option, but there isn't a trade cloth card
also 1 cloth entire game vs 1 cloth per turn after it comes up until the end of the chapter
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Jack
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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Since they are generally tied to an action, I believe the rules imply when you are doing the action.
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Lloyd B
United Kingdom
Sidcup
Kent
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They are resolved every turn before the personal income is received.
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Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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sweetsweetdoughnuts wrote: They are resolved every turn before the personal income is received.
No they are resolved by each player before they do their action.
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Dan Schaeffer
United States
Unspecified
Illinois
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DaveD wrote: sweetsweetdoughnuts wrote: They are resolved every turn before the personal income is received. No they are resolved by each player before they do their action.
I'm not sure whether the rules dictate either approach. In my group - which admittedly has played the game only once in recent months - we resolve the choices as follows:
1. When the card is first drawn, in player order beginning to the left of the active (drawing) player.
2. In future turns, during each player's action, and if a player forgets to do it, too bad.
This is to the best of my recollection. We played a 3P the other day, but honestly most of the time we opted not to use the blue event options. (Generally they weren't useful or we didn't have the required resources.)
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Jack
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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Play this great game with 4 players for the ultimate exercise in resource shortage and pain. It's wonderful.
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Robert M
United States
Greenville
South Carolina
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Does any one have a comment on this part:
rmartinc wrote: 1 cloth entire game
OR
1 cloth per turn after it comes up until the end of the chapter
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Dan Schaeffer
United States
Unspecified
Illinois
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rmartinc wrote: Does any one have a comment on this part: rmartinc wrote: 1 cloth entire game
OR
1 cloth per turn after it comes up until the end of the chapter
Each round as long as the blue card remains in effect (i.e., until it is pushed off the board by the advent of a second subsequent blue card, or the end of the chapter).
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Chris Potter
United States
Tacoma
Washington
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It's definitely 1 cloth per turn.
But I want to hear where people are getting their info regarding when the effects occur. This question has come up with a few blue cards in my gaming group, and the only thing the rules say is that card effects are resolved immediately. Admittedly, this is probably in reference to the card that's just been pulled, but we couldn't find anything on when blue cards from past rounds are resolved. This has an even bigger effect on things like opting to lose your card action in exchange for gaining something like a medical knowledge.
Anyone got an actual ruling on this either from the rules or the game makers?
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Dan Schaeffer
United States
Unspecified
Illinois
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northwesterner wrote: It's definitely 1 cloth per turn.
But I want to hear where people are getting their info regarding when the effects occur. This question has come up with a few blue cards in my gaming group, and the only thing the rules say is that card effects are resolved immediately. Admittedly, this is probably in reference to the card that's just been pulled, but we couldn't find anything on when blue cards from past rounds are resolved. This has an even bigger effect on things like opting to lose your card action in exchange for gaining something like a medical knowledge.
Anyone got an actual ruling on this either from the rules or the game makers?
We typically play that if there's a blue card effect, you can decide any time on your turn whether to use that effect or not. If you forget to do so and want to go back later, you're out of luck (unless the rest of the players are feeling generous).
I can't think of specific examples at the moment, and we haven't played much lately, so I'm not sure if there are situations where the timing really matters.
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Sebastian Helm
United States
Washington
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What's the point of this card being blue?
We just played this game for the first time. I had thought one could sell any number of cloth per market action, so I hoarded it to sell it all in one fell swoop in chapter IV. Of course, I was devastated when I realized my error. But right then, in turn 3, this blue tile saved me like a deus ex machina, earning me 12 effortless victory points; more than the 8 points I had expected to earn for them on the market. I won, but this victory felt unfair. Obviously, you can't build a strategy relying on that. If I wanted that much randomness, I might as well have played Monopoly. I suspect that the card is only blue by mistake; next time I will suggest to play it as a tan one-time card.
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Dan Schaeffer
United States
Unspecified
Illinois
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SebastianHelm wrote: We just played this game for the first time. I had thought one could sell any number of cloth per market action, so I hoarded it to sell it all in one fell swoop in chapter IV. Of course, I was devastated when I realized my error. But right then, in turn 3, this blue tile saved me like a deus ex machina, earning me 12 effortless victory points; more than the 8 points I had expected to earn for them on the market. I won, but this victory felt unfair. Obviously, you can't build a strategy relying on that. If I wanted that much randomness, I might as well have played Monopoly. I suspect that the card is only blue by mistake; next time I will suggest to play it as a tan one-time card.
Except it's not that much randomness. You saved cloth due to a misunderstanding of the rules, and you were lucky enough to able to capitalize on the blue card. If you were playing with a proper understanding of the rule, you wouldn't have hoarded cloth and the blue card wouldn't have been worth as much. And if you were to try to make a strategy by hoarding cloth against the hope that the one blue card would turn up for you, I think you'd probably lose more than you won. Before you house-rule the card, try to figure out what the effect would be on someone who played the game properly if that card were not blue. Would it become meaningless without the repeat effect?
Many games include a randomizing factor. A good game will include mechanisms by which players can mitigate the randomness, adjusting tactics and strategy to minimize the swings of fate. This game is, in my opinion, such a game - you never know what card is coming next, but on your turn, you have some control over the side effects, i.e., the orientation of the card to get resources and move the award marker. Resources are so tight, and the penalties for missing them so harsh, and the cards do throw wrenches into your plans, so you have to remain flexible and adapt your strategies as you go.
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Sebastian Helm
United States
Washington
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Why is this card blue?
Golux13 wrote: Before you house-rule the card, try to figure out what the effect would be on someone who played the game properly if that card were not blue. Would it become meaningless without the repeat effect?
You have a point. Maybe this card is blue to provide a desperation strategy: When you're running behind and see no other chance of winning, hoard a few cloth and hope for this card to come early enough in chapter IV. I actually quite like it when games offer such choices. Well, I won't force any house rule on my friends; I'll tell them my experience as an anecdote and let them decide.
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