5- and 6-Player Extension - If I have both “Space Jump” cards, may I jump with two ships?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
Yes.
5- and 6-Player Extension - If the “Specific Encounter” friendship card is played, an encounter may be rejected. When can the encounter be rejected?
The Starfarers of CATAN
The player must decide before the card text is read to him. Once the text is read, fate takes its course…
5- and 6-Player Extension - Should the colored number chips of the 5-6 player extension be mixed with the number chips of the base game?
The Starfarers of CATAN
They should be mixed. Since the chips are marked on the front side, you can mix them, distribute them face down, and separate them again after the game is finished. If the cards weren’t supposed to be mixed, different card backs would have been used to distinguish the cards.
5- and 6-Player Extension - Which starship does the Travelers’ “Space Jump” friendship card refer to?
The Starfarers of CATAN
You may jump with any ship of your choice, because it is an ability and not a random event. Also, the text on the card says “with one of your starships” and not “with your first starship.”
Flight Phase - Do bonuses from friendship cards also count for the player who rolls the dice as the pirate?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
Flight Phase - During an encounter I received a trade ship, which I then placed during the flight phase. May the ship fly during the flight phase?
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Yes.
Flight Phase - During his flight phase, a player moves a trade ship onto a space adjacent to the Scientists, to found a trading outpost there. He receives a booster. May he use this booster for his 2nd and 3rd ship during the same flight phase?
The Starfarers of CATAN
The booster takes effect immediately. The rule doesn’t say otherwise.
Flight Phase - I built a trading outpost at outpost intersection 1, and I have a freight ring. However, I want to use the “Wear and Tear” encounter card to remove the freight ring – may I do that? If yes, what happens to the trading outpost?
The Starfarers of CATAN
As in all Catan games, you must meet the requirement only when you build. You don’t have to reverse previous building activities if later in the game you no longer have the things needed to meet the requirement.
Flight Phase - If I have starships on the game board but don’t want to fly them, do I still have to roll the mother ship?
The Starfarers of CATAN
Yes.
Flight Phase - If the “Wear and Tear” encounter card is played, are potential friendship cards of the Scientists race counted as expansions of the mother ship?
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No.
Flight Phase - In case of a tie, do I defeat a space pirate?
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Yes.
Flight Phase - Is it allowed to build in the Catanian colonies at a later moment if there is more than one free colony intersection?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No. No matter how many colony intersections remain free in the Catanian colonies after the starting setup, you are not allowed to found additional colonies in the Catanian colonies afterwards - not even if the requirement that in a 3-player game in each planetary system one colony intersection must remain free were met, and this requirement need not be met during the starting setup.
Flight Phase - Is it possible to melt an ice planet or defeat a pirate lair (and thus receive a victory point) WITHOUT settling on the planet?
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Flight Phase - May a colony ship that isn’t allowed to fly be converted into a colony?
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Yes.
Flight Phase - Starships can also be pulled back again during flight. Can I only go straight back to the starting point, or is it also possible to return to any point within its trajectory?
The Starfarers of CATAN
You can go back to any point, as long as you have enough movement points at your disposition.
General - Assuming that I don’t have a colony ship on the game board, and I build one: may I provide the ship with a transporter that has three rings, so as to intentionally make the next ship I build the “first starship?”
The Starfarers of CATAN
Yes. When building any of the ships, you may freely choose the transporter.
General - Is it possible to sell already purchased ship expansions back to the bank?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
Production Phase - Do the cards that increase production also take effect if I draw the corresponding resource from the reserve pile or receive the resource as a tribute from an opponent when a “7” is rolled?
The Starfarers of CATAN
The production increase only takes effect if at least one of your colonies (or spaceports) produces the corresponding resource.
Production Phase - Is the reserve pile assembled only once or each time it is depleted?
The Starfarers of CATAN
As long as there is demand, the pile is continuously reassembled – that is, as long as there is a player with less than nine victory points.