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Caylus
#139BGG7.7RATING
Updated May 30
2–5
PLAYERS
60–150
MINUTES
3
BEST WITH
3.8
HEAVY
ERRATA1
Lawyer VP: 4 VP in early editions, 3 VP in later editions
- Verdict-bearer
- Mattintheweb [Publisher]
- Quote
- "According to this thread on Tric Trac (in French), it's a small adjustment made some time ago, but now they don't remember exactly why they did it. Earlier on the same thread, Karis said some really small changes (on minor buildings) could occur in order to break common strategies seen on BSW and have people try new ones. But he also states that the change on the lawyer really doesn't change nothing to the game." ---
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2012-06-08
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS2
Favor tracks: all favors in the same phase must go on different tracks
- Verdict-bearer
- wlam [Designer]
- Quote
- "Yes, it is really 'per phase'." — Using the Monument as an example: if 5 favors are gained in one phase, they must each go on a different track.
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2005-09-25Gold is not a denier coin; residences require actual denier coins
- Verdict-bearer
- Buggy [Designer]
- Quote
- "If you have 4 gold and 4 cloth, you cannot build any residences, as they cost a Denier (I call them coins) and a cloth, not a gold and a cloth." ---
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2007-01-07
Q&A8
A favor track that is blocked (all spaces used) can still be used again
- Verdict-bearer
- Osidarta [Designer]
- Quote
- "Yes you can. Being blocked in a favor track doesn't prevent from using it (even at the end of the line). So you can use multiple 4 before the dungeon scoring, as you can several 7 (or 5PP) during the towers phase."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2006-07-03Castle batches require 3 different cube types, one of which must be food
- Verdict-bearer
- dafair [Designer]
- Quote
- "Note that there is an icon in the castle region on the board, showing a food cube, and two white cubes, and having a 'not-equal' sign over the small pyramid formed by those three cubes. I interpret this to mean that no two cubes may be the same type." — Rulebook confirms: "A batch must be composed of 3 different cubes, one of which must be a food cube."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2006-01-24Castle scoring triggers in Phase 7 when the bailiff reaches or passes a scoring space, or a section completes
- Verdict-bearer
- Osidarta [Designer]
- Quote
- "Once the bailiff has moved, place the provost on the space the bailiff has just reached. Then, check if a scoring is necessary if the bailiff, during his move, reached or went past a scoring space, or if a section of the castle has been completed during this turn, proceed to scoring (in any case, there will only be one scoring per section)."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2006-03-27The third and fourth favor columns are not available during castle section scoring
- Verdict-bearer
- wlam [Designer], citing Ystari official FAQ
- Quote
- "Q: Is the third column of the favor tracks available during the scoring of the dungeon? A: No. The third column is only available once this scoring is completed. The earliest opportunity to use this column is during phase 3 of the next turn, by using the joust field. Similarly, the last column of the favor tracks is not available during the scoring of the walls."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2010-02-18When a non-owner activates a building, the owner receives resources from the stock (not from the activating player)
- Verdict-bearer
- russ [Designer]
- Quote
- "If it is activated by anyone but its owner, the owner takes either 1 food cube OR 1 cloth cube from the stock. If the rule meant that the owner 'steals' one from the activating player, the example would say 'from the activating player' instead of 'from the stock'. Once something is produced, it's no longer in the stock."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2010-06-17Prestige points cannot go below 0; players start at 0 VP
- Verdict-bearer
- russ [Designer]
- Quote
- "Page 5 of the English rules says 'If a player has placed a worker in the castle but will not or cannot give a batch (for instance, if they do not have enough different cubes), they lose 2 prestige points (it is not possible to go below 0 point, though).' [...] the official English rules say players start with 0 VPs."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2009-01-24Any of a player's wood or stone buildings can be converted to a residence, except the Lawyer
- Verdict-bearer
- schmanthony [Designer]
- Quote
- "You can convert any of your wood or stone buildings into a residence except the Lawyer."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2012-04-27Players receive 2 coins as income in the very first round (starting income is effectively 7 coins)
- Verdict-bearer
- ousgg [Designer]
- Quote
- "Yes, you do get 2 money for the very first round. So, effectively you start with 7." ---
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2012-01-28
EDGE CASES5
Church favor chain: free only if Church was built with a regular building action, not with a favor
- Verdict-bearer
- wlam [Designer]
- Quote
- "if you use the 'Build a Stone Building' wooden building to build the Church, you may use the favour provided by the Church to immediately build another building. It is only if you use a favour to build a building that grants a favour, that you cannot use the new favour to build a building."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2008-12-05Lawyer + Mason: a building targeted by the Lawyer is not returned to stock while conversion is pending
- RULING
- Confirmed: when the Church has a worker and the Lawyer's conversion is pending, the building is not available for the Mason to rebuild during the same activation sequence.
- Verdict-bearer
- Karis [Designer]
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2006-01-20The Mason tile itself can be converted into a residence by the Lawyer
- Verdict-bearer
- russ [Designer]
- Quote
- "You could rebuild the mason tile." — The Lawyer rule confirms Mason is a craft building eligible for conversion.
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2012-05-14The game can end before the bailiff reaches the final end-of-game space
- Verdict-bearer
- november [Designer]
- Quote
- "You score a castle section as soon as it's filled, thus it's possible to end the game before the bailiff reaches the game-end space."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2006-01-09Lawyer conversion with a worker present: payment is immediate but activation completes first; freed slot not available same turn
- Verdict-bearer
- schmanthony [Designer]
- Note
- No explicit rulebook text covers this interaction; this is the confirmed BSW implementation interpretation.
- Quote
- "Yes, this is indeed how it works on BSW. I could find nothing in the rules or the FAQ to elaborate on this situation, but I must say it is a good implementation interpretation." — Proposed clarification: "If there is a worker in the building the player wants to transform, the player pays immediately, but the lawyer's action will be delayed until after the building has been activated."
SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2009-07-07
CATEGORIES
City Building·Economic·Medieval
MECHANICS
Action QueueOwnershipTurn Order: Claim ActionTurn Order: Pass OrderVariable Set-upWorker Placement
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