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When building in a location that has multiple undeveloped industry spaces, are you required to prioritize single-industry spaces before dual-industry spaces, and does this rule apply to overbuilding as well?
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If you receive a Merchant beer bonus with a Develop effect and choose to remove a tile that would normally require iron, do you need to pay the iron cost?
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When a Coal Mine is built and some but not all coal cubes are moved to the Market, can the remaining cubes be moved in a later turn, or is this only done immediately upon building?
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If you acquire a Wild card using the Scout action, can you use that same Wild card to perform a Build action in the same turn, or must you wait until your next turn?
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During the Rail Era, if there is no beer available from any source, can you still build two rail links in a single Network action if you pay the money, or is the action limited to one link?
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Is it possible to consume beer from an opponent's Brewery that is not connected to the location where beer is required, or does connection always matter for opponent breweries?
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When scoring link tiles at the end of an era, do you score VPs for every industry icon in adjacent locations regardless of whether the adjacent tiles are flipped or unflipped?
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Are you allowed to overbuild your own Industry tiles with any higher-level tile of the same type during both eras, or are there restrictions depending on era or tile level?
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If a player runs out of money during their turn but needs to pay for an action (not negative income), how is this resolved? Can they remove Industry tiles before the action completes?
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When flipping a Coal Mine, Iron Works, or Brewery due to the last resource being removed on an opponent's turn, does the owner of the tile immediately gain the income increase, or is it delayed until their next turn?
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If you use a Location card to build, do you need that location to be part of your network, or can you build there regardless of your current network connections?
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When building an Industry tile that requires coal, if you are not connected to any coal source, is the build action invalid or can you still purchase coal from the Market if connected to a merchant?
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If you are required to pay negative income and cannot, and must remove Industry tiles, can you choose which tiles to remove or must you remove the lowest-value tiles first?
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When performing the Develop action, if you lack enough iron to pay for all tiles you remove, can you partially complete the action or must you be able to pay for all tiles removed?
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If you have no Industry or Link tiles on the board, can you build anywhere with any card, or are there additional restrictions for building your first tile or link?
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During the Rail Era, can you split rail links between different areas in a single Network action, or must the two rail links be placed contiguously?
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When selling cotton, manufactured goods, or pottery, do all required beer barrels have to come from a single source or can they be taken from multiple sources including your own breweries, opponent breweries, and merchant beer?
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If you overbuild an opponent's Coal Mine or Iron Works, but there are still cubes left in the Market, is overbuilding allowed?
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