Difference between revisions of "Bridges, Castles and Bazaars (1st edition)"

[[File:BCB C1 Bazaar.png|thumb|right|100px|A Bazaar]]

When a tile with a bazaar on it is drawn, the player should place it as usual (including placing a follower, scoring, and even not placing it if there is no place for it). <ref>

The portion in parentheses is specific to the [[Rio Grande Games|'''RGG''']] edition and serves to clarify that the bazaar action occurs at the end of the turn, after scoring, not immediately after tile placement. </ref> <ref>

Then a '''bazaar''' will take place, in which land tiles will be ‘auctioned’. <ref>

{{IconBook}} '''Question''': What is the order of events if the bazaar tile extends a feature with a builder? '''Answer''': If you draw a bazaar tile and can perform your builder-turn, first take the appropriate number of face-down tiles and then perform your builder-turn. After that, perform the bazaar and the auction. Then a new round with a special property starts – each player has an open and known tile instead of drawing an unknown tile, and you cannot place your abbey as your first tile. If you placed your auctioned tile and you can perform a builder-turn, you can choose to place your abbey or draw a new unknown tile. If any player draws a new bazaar tile [for his or her builder-turn], it will be ignored until the last player who has an auctioned tile finishes his turn (including his builder-turn, if possible). If the next player draws a new tile with the bazaar effect, a new bazaar will be triggered.

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As such, the score of one player will be reduced on the scoreboard, and the score of another increased. If the player who selected the tile is the only one who made a bid, then the points should be subtracted from his or her score, but not awarded to anyone else. Players may bid more than they have and move their markers behind 0 on the scoring board. In this case they can place the marker on its side to show it is negative. <ref>

The [[Hans im Glück|'''HiG''']] edition of Big Box 3 rewords this sentence to state “At the very beginning of the game, it is possible for a player to have fewer than 0 points through an auction.”

The [[Z Man Games|'''ZMG''']] edition states that “a player may not bid more points than he has,” which is a significant departure from the original rule. (5/2014)

The [[Rio Grande Games|'''RGG''']] edition of Big Box 3 adds, “it could be the same player if he did not buy the tile he chose.”

Example with three players: <br />

{{ColorRed|RED}} draws a tile with a bazaar. She places and deploys a follower to it. Then she uncovers three tiles. <br />

* {{ColorBlue|BLUE}} is next in the order of play, selects a tile and bids 2 points for it. {{ColorGreen|GREEN}} passes, while {{ColorRed|RED}} bids 3 points. {{ColorBlue|BLUE}} (the auctioneer) wants to keep the tile, so pays {{ColorRed|RED}} (the highest bidder) the 3 points; that is, {{ColorBlue|BLUE}} reduces her score by 3 and increases that of {{ColorRed|RED}} by 3. <br />

* Now {{ColorGreen|GREEN}} selects a tile and bids 2 points for it. {{ColorRed|RED}} bids 3 points, and {{ColorBlue|BLUE}} cannot bid. {{ColorGreen|GREEN}} gives him the tile and receives 3 points.{{ColorRed|RED’S}} score decreases by 3. <br />

* There is now only one tile left, which {{ColorGreen|GREEN}} receives for free. Beginning with {{ColorBlue|BLUE}}, all players place their purchases tiles as in a normal turn.<br />

This rule is found only in the [[Rio Grande Games|'''RGG''']] edition of Big Box 3.

The [[Rio Grande Games|'''RGG''']] edition of Big Box 3 adds, “Thus, each player places one tile for no cost - thus, no auction!”

The [[Z Man Games|'''ZMG''']] edition states that the variant rule should be used if a bazaar tile is drawn and all players have 0 points (as the [[Z Man Games|'''ZMG''']] rules do not allow negative scores). (5/2014)