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The “Age of Darkness” Expansion

• Missionary - Can I missionize the Caravel?

  No, only heroes can be missionized, not the fleet.

• Missionary - Do I have to pay the building costs for the hero I received?

  No, you may place the card at no cost.

• Missionary - I have received a missionized hero with a special effect, who allows me to perform an action. May I activate him immediately after taking him over?

  No.

• Missionary - May I place the missionized hero on an occupied building site if I simultaneously remove the expansion on that site?

  No.

• Missionary - May my opponent steal my Chief Cannoneer by means of "missionary work," even though he has no University?

  No, the Chief Cannoneer isn't a hero. And whether or not he has a University is irrelevant in this context.

• Odin's Fountain - May I exchange 2 cards each turn or only once, when I build Odin's Fountain?

  You may exchange 2 cards on each of your turns, including the turn during which you build Odin's Fountain.

• Odin's Fountain - What happens if I have built both a Town Hall and Odin's Fountain? May I choose both cards for free or do I have to pay 2 resources when choosing the 2nd card?

  Normally, you only may exchange 1 card, but if you have Odin's Fountain, you may exchange 2 cards. Each time you choose a card you must pay the respective costs - usually 2 resources. If you have a Parish Hall, you only pay 1 resource for choosing a card, and if you have a Town Hall, you pay 0 resources.

• Odin's Priest - Am I allowed to use Odin's Priest if I know that my opponent's hand doesn't contain units or action cards?

  Yes.

• Odin's Priest - May I use Odin's Priest if my opponent has no cards, e.g., after Fraternal Feuds and a previously played Traitor?

  No.

• Odin's Priest - When an Odin's Priest card is played, do I have to show all cards in my hand or only the cards I must place under stacks?

  All cards.

• Odin's Temple - In the Theme Game, may I remove Odin's Temple and then build it again, so that the opponent can't build it?

  You may remove Odin's Temple and build it again. This, however, will not prevent the opponent from building Odin's Temple, because in the Theme Game a removed Temple is placed face up again.

• Olaf the Merchant Ship Captain - May I give the opponent a resource in return he can't store?

  No. In all cases where you can decide which resources to give the opponent, you may only choose resources the opponent can store in his regions or in the Gold Cache.

• Paper Merchant's Residence - If I rotate the Residence from level 2 back to level 1 and thus lose a progress point, do I immediately have to discard 1 of the cards in my hand if my hand limit is exceeded as a result of downgrading the Residence?

  No. A verification whether or not the hand limit is exceeded doesn't occur until the end of the turn.

• Pilgrimage Site - Do I have to draw cards to replenish my hand or may I refrain from doing so if I can only draw cards that can be stolen via Traitors?

  You have to draw as many cards as allowed.

• Pilgrimage Site - If before the event my hand contained more cards than allowed, may I replace all lost cards?

  No, you only may draw as may cards as your hand limit allows.