Basilica
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Basilica | |
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Type | Landmark |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Claus Stephan |
Landmark text | |
When you buy a card, if you have or more left, take 2 from here. Setup: Put 6 here per player. |
Basilica is a Landmark from Empires. It holds a finite number of tokens, which players take from when they have at least left after buying a card.
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FAQ
Unofficial FAQ (2022)
- This happens each time you gain a card, and works on cards gained via buying them, and cards gained other ways.
- For example with and 3 Buys, you could buy Copper, then Copper, then Silver, taking 2 , then 2 , then none. And if you play a Cursed Gold, you'll get 2 from the Curse.
- You do not get 2 for buying an Event or Project, but if the Event gains you cards (such as Advance), that can let you get from this.
- If you gain a card while you have , and then get + (e.g. you gained a Nomads), that will let you take 2 from this.
- If you gain a card that lets you overpay (e.g. Stonemason), you have to pay the extra before you gain it. This could prevent you from getting the from this.
- It's possible to receive Basilica when it's not your turn (e.g. if you react with 2 Trained Caravan Guards against an opponent's Witch).
Official FAQ (2016)
- This happens each time you buy a card.
- For example with and 3 Buys, you could buy Copper, then Copper, then Silver, taking 2 , then 2 , then none.
Other rules clarifications (2016)
- You do not get 2 for buying an Event or Project, even if it's an Event whose effect is to gain you a card.
- If you buy a card that allows you to overpay, you can take 2 from Basilica before overpaying.
- If you buy a card costing Taxed pile, you take 2 before you take any . , or you buy a card from a
- If you buy a card with left over, and then get + (e.g. you gain a Nomads with Haggler), you'll still take 2 from this.
Strategy
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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When you buy a card, if you have or more left, take 2 from here. Setup: Put 6 here per player. |
Empires | June 2016 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History
Rewording
I suspect strongly that e.g. Basilica is fine; that many games it plays just like it always did, and that the other experience you get sometimes is not game-breaking.
The Basilica change gives us the simpler card it could have always been. Most of the time you do not have Paddock with it; when you do, those games are different, which is fine by me, and I mean there are only 6 per player on Basilica. I understand "change is bad," but this change to Basilica is adding the kind of thing people are bemoaning losing elsewhere. And I mean it's in the name of simplicity.