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David

(meowsqueak)

New Zealand
Wellington

First, let me describe the situation. Imagine you have 5 colonists, a '0' on the colonist support track, and you want to found the '10' colony (Madras?). You state your intention, and pick up two expedition cards. The colonist total on those two cards comes to 5. So you now pay the additional 5 colonists from your hand and successfully create the colony.

Now, are you allowed to 'abort' the founding and take a single colonist instead? Or do you *have* to pay the difference (if you can)? The rules say "must" but I don't hold the translation in the highest regard.

It might be a tactical move if you draw a poor expedition contribution to abort the founding rather than pay a lot of colonists from your hand. Sure, you use up a turn, but you gain a colonist and maybe next time you'll only need to pay less.

What do people think? Should the rule be taken literally or is the German version different in this respect?

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Matt Albritton

(Kubigaruma)

United States
Tupelo
Mississippi

Re:Founding a colony - permissable to abort?

meowsqueak (#53239),

I would certainly allow an opponent to intentionally abort founding a colony. Getting a colonist in exchange for an action is a huge waste.

In your example, the player is begging to spend a lot of colonists and not merely getting hosed by a bad draw. I never attempt to found a colony unless success is virtually guaranteed.

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David

(meowsqueak)

New Zealand
Wellington

Re:Founding a colony - permissable to abort?

Of course I need to learn to spell 'permissible' properly. Sigh.

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Dave Eisen

(dkeisen)

United States
Menlo Park
CA

Re:Founding a colony - permissable to abort?

It does say must, which on first glance is dispositive.

But in the Rio Grande version of the rules, the last paragraph on that page includes the sentence:

"It is also possible for a player to have enough colonist cards in his hand to found the colony, but he decides he does not want to use the number required."

You are free to abort.

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Alex Rockwell

(Alexfrog)

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

Re:Founding a colony - permissable to abort?

You are never forced to ofund it, you can just take the colonist.

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