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“Cities & Knights” Expansion

• Merchant - May I use my Merchant figure for trading if the robber stands on the same hex as the Merchant?

  Yes. Those two get along very well, all the more so as merchants are purported to be the real robbers.

• Merchant - May I use the Merchant figure to trade resources for commodities?

  Yes.

• Merchant - When I play a Merchant card, may I, on the same turn, use the Merchant figure for trading?

  Yes.

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - May I also choose the number for the red die?

  Yes.

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - May I determine a “7” as the dice roll result?

  Yes.

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - May I play the Alchemist and determine that there will be no production roll on my turn?

  No, you must opt for any number between 2 and 12 – even if that number is a “7.”

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - May I still roll the symbol die after having played the Alchemist?

  As a matter of fact, you must roll the symbol die. The Alchemist only replaces the roll performed with the pipped dice.

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - When playing the Alchemist, does the predetermined dice roll apply to all players?

  Yes.

• Progress Cards: Alchemist - Which roll result is taken into account first – the real roll result or the result I have determined via the Alchemist?

  You either play the Alchemist or roll the pipped dice. You are not allowed to do both things during the same turn.

• Progress Cards: Bishop - Do I draw the cards from the opponents I freed from the robber or from the opponents I placed the robber next to?

  You draw the cards from where you have placed the robber.

• Progress Cards: Bishop - May I draw various cards from a player if I place the robber on a hex adjacent to which that player has various settlements?

  No.

• Progress Cards: Bishop - May I place the robber on a hex without an adjacent settlement or city?

  Yes.

• Progress Cards: Commercial Harbor - Do I get the Commercial Harbor card back if none of the players has a commodity?

  No, in that case you’ve had back luck or a bad memory.

• Progress Cards: Commercial Harbor - May I determine which commodity my opponent must give me in exchange for the resource?

  No.

• Progress Cards: Commercial Harbor - Who decides which Resource Card I give – face down – to my opponent after I have played the Commercial Harbor card?

  You do.