Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Here you find all frequently asked questions (FAQ) about our games. The questions and answers are divided into different subcategories which you can browse. If you don't see your question answered here, please ask us your question via e-mail.
Please note: Our FAQ area is still under construction.
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Some random questions
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City Improvements and Metropolises - May I continue to improve my cities if someone has already reached the 5th level?
Yes.
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Building Permits - May I place a Building Permit on the building site for the church?
No.
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Development Cards in General - Where do I place the Development Cards I played?
Place your played Knight cards face up in front of you. Place your Invention, Monopoly, and Road Building cards on a discard pile to remove them from the game.
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Knights - May I remove one of my own knights from the game board if I don’t need him anymore?
No.
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Traders & Barbarians + C&K - Is the event die repeated if a “2” or “12” is rolled?
No. You only re-roll the two production dice.
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Card Stacks - If I have to slide a card under a stack, can it also be a stack containing zero cards?
Yes. According to the Catanian set of rules, a stack is a place where Resource Cards are (or were) stored. Therefore, the stack remains a stack even if you have taken all cards from a stack as the game progresses.
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Is it possible to purchase a settler during the build and trade phase, then load him onto a ship, move him, and then convert him into a settlement - all within one turn?
There is one general rule for the game:
* In the build and trade phase you can do things for which you need resources.
* In the movement phase you can do everything for which no resources are needed (exception: if you want to buy additional movement points, you need wool).Therefore, you can discover a new island via settler ship and immediately convert the settler into a settlement, because you don't need resources for the latter. However, you cannot upgrade this settlement to a harbor settlement during the movement phase, because the upgrade would require resources.
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Red Light Tavern - May I place the Tavern on any of my opponent's roads?
Yes.
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Ships - Is it allowed to build ships on the edges of the frame pieces? The question arises because the frame pieces aren't hexagonal in the new editions.
You may always build on the inner edge of the frame but never on the outer edge. On the frame itself, building is only possible at certain places.
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Development Cards - May I buy a development card for 4 gold, thus replacing a cattle card with 3 gold?
Yes. Even though gold is already included in the building costs, you may use additional gold to replace the resource.
