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# 4 Comments. # The rules say "2 or 4" players, this page says "2 - 4" players. Which one is correct?

-- selfthinker 2019-07-13 16:52 UTC

I think the author was thinking it is easiest to divide 24 coins organized into 4 suits either by 2 groupings (i.e. light and dark suits) for two players or into 4 suits for four players. However dividing 24 coins by 3 for 3 players or even 6 for six players is straightforward if you flip the coins over rank side (i.e. for 6 players give all the coins of one rank and for 3 players give each the players all the coins of two ranks) especially since direction can also reinforce coin ownership although the rules themselves don't make this clear.

-- TrevorLDavis 2019-07-13 21:18 UTC

We had a couple questions based on playing in The Infinite Board Game:

1. Can flipped tiles be occupied (will the bump rules allow a piece to move onto an already-flipped tile?

2. Does the die symbol side count for letter A tile when removing?

-- Anonymous 2025-06-26 21:27 UTC

> Can flipped tiles be occupied (will the bump rules allow a piece to move onto an already-flipped tile)?

My personal interpretation of the rules are that flipped tiles can be occupied. In particular in the original rule pdf linked to on this site it says:

> Any coins on a tile that is removed are removed from play

which implies that flipped tiles can be occupied otherwise there could never be any coins to remove when removing them.

> Does the die symbol side count for letter A tile when removing?

In the Infinite Board Game piecepack the suit symbol side of the dice does correspond to the ace which is instead represented by the letter A on the tiles and coins. Under the original AnatomyOfAPiecepack standard both the die and the tile would have been represented by a suit symbol on the ace (and there would have been no A's) but the IBG piecepack designer took some artistic licenses when designing their version and put a different ace symbol on their dice and tiles---most of the piecepack designs in Downloadable Piecepack Sets use the same ace symbol on their dice and tiles...

-- TrevorLDavis 2025-07-05 16:38 UTC