geek
Recently Viewed
Hot Games
Dominion
Agricola
Android
Settlers of Catan, The
Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
Battlestar Galactica
Race for the Galaxy
Pandemic
Titan
Puerto Rico
Wasabi!
Le Havre
Apples to Apples
Power Grid
Ghost Stories
Carcassonne
Twilight Struggle
Arkham Horror
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Russia 1941-1942
Ticket to Ride
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Tigris & Euphrates
Risk
War of the Ring
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
Stone Age
Formula D
Lost Cities: The Board Game
Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
Caylus
StarCraft: The Board Game
BattleLore
Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition
Red November
El Grande
Space Alert
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Galaxy Trucker
Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
Mad Gab
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Scrabble
Hive
Munchkin Quest
A Touch of Evil, The Supernatural Game
Sequence
Guess Who
World of WarCraft Miniatures Game
Clue
Railroad Tycoon
Rules | Subscriptions | Bookmarks | Search | Account | Moderators
Recommend
6 Posts
New Thread | Printer Friendly | Subscribe | Bookmark
Your Tags: Login to Add Tags | View 
Popular Tags: [View All]
Patrick Twitchell
flag
In the rulebook, it states that loans can be taken out at any time. It's clear that they can only be repaid during one's turn, but it says nothing (unless I'm missing it) about any restriction to taking one.

However, this geek file of a rules summary states that:
Quote:
Loans can be issued at any time except during an auction.

http://files.boardgamegeek.com/geekfile_view.php?fileid=3550...

I heard this from the player who taught me the game as well. Where is this coming from? Was there some kind of errata put out, or am I missing something?
Patrick Twitchell
flag
Okay, nevermind. I just found this thread that discusses it as a house rule.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/293872
Kevin Nesbitt, authoritatively states this:
Quote:
I think you're overthinking it a bit: The player bringing the ship in for auction generally moderates the proceedings. In our group, he just calls out "okay, everyone ready? 1...2... 3!" and all players drop their bids onto the table. Anytime between the boat moving to the island and the call of "3!" is fair game for taking a loan.

Heck, I've taken out a loan when I didn't need it just to draw other players into bidding too much.


Good. I didn't like that (house) rule much.
Kevin Nesbitt
flag
Game Designer
Avatar
Really, the most important thing to remember about a loan is that you can only pay it back on your turn following the loan being issued. In this way, a minimum of $1 will be required, even if you didn't use the loan for anything.
Steve Bachman
flag
050608
I like that the bids must be money in hand rather than commitments to pay a given amount. This way, loans must be taken out before knowing if it will actually be used to win an auction.
Steve Wessels
flag
Avatar
05060708
I replicated this error in my single-player aid sheet. So I contributed somewhat to this misunderstanding. After a user pointed this out I made a recent update and removed that restriction from the player aid.

- Steve
Patrick Twitchell
flag
fastfingers wrote:
I replicated this error in my single-player aid sheet. So I contributed somewhat to this misunderstanding. After a user pointed this out I made a recent update and removed that restriction from the player aid.

- Steve

Steve, thanks. I'll have to redownload the player aid with the change. Nice work!
 
Front Page | Welcome | Contact | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Support BGG | Feeds RSS
BoardGameGeek and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek, LLC.