Re: New City - question for Rob

["Benedict" <boycat_oh@...>]

Ah, thanks, Rob, I somehow missed that 1 gold minimum bid 
part of the rules.  And, since for the first 2 turns the king pays you 
a bit extra, I think it is indeed impossible to have all players with 
no gold with which to bid.

Phillip

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Rob LeGood" 
<rflegood@s...> wrote:
> Hey Phillip,
> 
> For the first question, from the rules, "The player lowest on the 
pawn
> ladder must select one of the revealed face-up tiles.  This will 
be the tile
> to be bid on this turn.  **By choosing the tile, that player makes 
an
> initial bid of at least one gold to open the bidding.**  If that 
player has
> no money, the choice of a tile goes to the next lowest player on 
the pawn
> ladder. "
> 
> Although I haven't competely thought this through, I think the 
second
> senario is impossible.  (ie. There are four 'pots' of money, and 
four tiles
> to be bid on.  Since everyone has >0 gold, and will get gold 
each round (or
> have money left over if they didn't win anything), having no 
money on the
> table by the time the fourth bid happens is impossible.)
> 
> Well, to be safe I'll say it's unlikely, so if it does occur, 
ummmm, the
> King be-heads everyone for wasting the royal treasury, the King 
wins and the
> city remains named, "New City", much to the chagrin of the 
local populace.
> 
> Rob.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benedict" <boycat_oh@y...>
> To: <piecepack@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:44 PM
> Subject: [piecepack] Re: New City - question for Rob
> 
> 
> > Thanks for the answers, Rob.
> >
> > One more thing - is a bid of 0 gold allowed?  I was 
wondering
> > what happens if all players are out of gold before the last 
district
> > comes up for bid.
> >
> > Phillip
> >
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