6 In all but the last round:
8 If everyone is waiting for someone else to decide whether to draw, the
9 person with the emptiest pot chooses (and if necessary draws) first.
10 Ties are broken by the Fortune Teller card turn order.
12 [Rationale: the official rule suffers from a perverse incentive.
13 This rule approximates natural player behaviour, formalising the edge
20 When a chip (typically green, but also eg some blacks) talks about "the
21 last or second-last chip in your pot", apply the rule for each of the
22 last *three* chips, not just the last *two*.
24 [Rationale: Greens seem not to come up. In my experience, even with
25 this change they are still quite weak.]
31 If you have *any* black in the last three, you get rubies for *all*
34 [Rationale: this adds an element of diminishing returns for the player
35 *buying* the black, which was otherwise missing. The official rules
42 You are not eligible for the ruby if you got the droplet.
44 [Rationale: these are somewhat be overpowered, especially if you have
45 many. We want to debuff them.]
47 No ruby awarded if more than one person got the droplet.
49 [Rationale: As above, but also this is a usual 1st/2nd prize rule.]
53 Locoweed book VI "last coloured chip"
54 -------------------------------------
56 This chip costs 9, not 10.
58 [Rationale: This chip is hardly ever a good buy at 10.]
68 Any bonus chips you gain after the start of a round are put aside and
69 go into your bag in the next round. This is equivalent to the
70 official wording but more generalisable. In particular, it applies to
71 the bronze witch "exchange your ... chips". (Chips from alchemists go
72 into your bag, as per the official rules.)
74 You may always use a chip's special power as if it were a chip of a
75 lower value of the same colour. (That is, for a 4-chip you can choose
76 to use the corresponding 2- or 1-chip power; for a 2-chip, the 1-chip
79 But you may not forgo a chip's special power unless it says so (eg, by
82 For the avoidance of doubt: when you return a chip to your bag, any
83 special effects that have already occurred does not need to be undone.
84 But any ongoing or end-of-round effects (or side-effects) no longer
85 happen because the returned chip is no longer in your pot: henceforth
86 it is henceforth as if that chip was never placed.
92 ### Silver "Receive the full bonus if exploded"
95 Using this witch does not deprive anyone else of the die roll.
100 | Books of Pumpkins, etc. Extensions to Quacks of Quedlinburg.
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