Forum
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Ryan Laukat |
Card text | |
+3 Cards +1 Action Discard 2 cards. When you gain this, +1 Buy. |
Forum is an Action card from Empires. It is a sifter that maintains handsize.
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ (2016)
- For example, with and only one Buy, you could buy a Forum, getting +1 Buy, then buy a Province.
Other rules clarifications
Since 2022, Forum's +Buy bonus' trigger is changing from "when you buy" to "when you gain".
- Getting +1 Buy happens when you buy or otherwise gain this.
Strategy
Synergies
- Cost-Reducing effects (such as Bridge or Highway, or especially Quarry) let you reduce the price down to , then you can buy the whole pile without using up any buys.
- Tunnel
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+3 Cards +1 Action Discard 2 cards. When you buy this, +1 Buy. |
Empires | June 2016 | ||
+3 Cards +1 Action Discard 2 cards. When you gain this, +1 Buy. |
June 29, 2022 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History
This started at with +2 Cards instead of +3. There were several possible ways to do "when buy +buy" to try to not empty piles too quickly; the solution here was, a more powerful card costing .
Connection between top and bottom abilities
The card had to be worth picking up with the extra , and not too cheap.
Rewording
Some cards got to just change to when-gain: Port, Hovel, Plan, Charm, Forum, Basilica, Colonnade, Mint. Some of these are notably different; in each case that seemed worth it to me in order to get rid of the when-buy.