In all but the last round:
-If everyone is waiting for someone else to decide whether to draw, the
-person with the emptiest pot chooses (and if necessary draws) first.
-Ties are broken by the Fortune Teller card turn order.
+If everyone is waiting for someone else to decide whether to draw (or
+place a deferred chip), the person with the emptiest pot chooses (and
+if necessary draws) first. Ties are broken by the Fortune Teller card
+turn order.
[Rationale: the official rule suffers from a perverse incentive.
This rule approximates natural player behaviour, formalising the edge
In the final round, when drawing is supposed to be secret and
simultaneous:
-Each player with Nervousness chips puts some rubies in their bag.
-When drawing a chip, they may (by feel) choose to draw a ruby instead.
-When the ruby is revealed, it means they are placing one of their
-Nervousness chips.
+Each player with Nervousness chips puts some large draughts stones in
+their bag. When drawing a chip, they may (by feel) choose to draw a
+draughts stone instead. When the stone is revealed, it means they are
+placing one of their Nervousness chips.
-A player who drew a ruby selects *which* of their Nervousness chips
+A player who drew a stone selects *which* of their Nervousness chips
they are playing before anyone makes other decisions about how to play
their chips. If more than one player has more than one Nervousness
chip to choose from, the applicable players each choose a Nervousness
-chip in turn order.
+chip in fortune teller card turn order.
Blacks book V
But you may not forgo a chip's special power unless it says so (eg, by
saying "may").
-A locoweed is not a "1-chip".
+A locoweed is not a "1-chip". But it has a "value" (the number of
+spaces to move), unless otherwise specified.
By no means may you acquire a purple or yellow before they are
available (from the start of rounds 2 and 3).
When upgrading a 1-chip to a 4-chip, you may upgrade a 2-chip instead.
+### Ear worm
+
+Draw all the Ear Worm chips at once; you may choose the placement
+order.
+
+### Nervousness
+
+With Book V Yellow, the chip for the yellow must come from your bag,
+not from Nervousness chips.
+
+### Witch's Hump
+
+You may take the bonus for to a lower-valued chip, instead.
+
+Giant pumpkin (on a ruby space) counts as 4-chip or locoweed.
+
Fortune teller cards
--------------------
(Clarifications of interactions with other rules are here, rather than
filed under the other rule or game feature.)
+Any VPs you gain as a result of a fortune teller card don't affect the
+number of rat tails you get this turn; likewise, if your droplet
+moves, move your rat stone too.
+
+### From Good to Better
+
+With Ear Worm, do Ear Worm first.
+
### Good neighbourhood
You may do this as many times as you like.
+### Less is More
+
+Locoweed count for 1 each.
+
### Pot is Full
*Every* die roll is to be rolled twice, not just the one for winning
the round.
+### Pumpkin Patch Party
+
+With Alchemists' Carrot Nose, Carrot Nose happens first.
+
### Rat Infestation
Doubles all rats, no matter where they come from, not just VP track
This applies only to the normal "money" phase, not any other rules
which might involve buying chips.
+If buying two chips of the same value, you can choose which to receive
+another of for free.
+
### Second Chance
If you are unlucky enough to draw withink the first 5 chips, a garlic
Applies to this round only (despite the wording which suggests
otherwise).
+### Strong Ingredient
+
+With Book II Red: draw 5 for Strong Ingredient before placing any
+reds. Then place Strong Ingredient chips, and any reds you wish to
+place, in any order.
+
+### White Blessing
+
+With Book II red, place any reds into your pot first, before resolving
+the White Blessing.
+
* * *
| Books of Pumpkins, etc. Extensions to Quacks of Quedlinburg.
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