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| |name = Tax | | |name = Tax |
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| |illustrator = Raina Kuptz | | |illustrator = Raina Kuptz |
| |text = Add {{Debt|2}} to a Supply pile. | | |text = Add {{Debt|2}} to a Supply pile. |
− | |text2 = Setup: Add {{Debt|1}} to each Supply pile. When a player gains a card in their Buy phase, they take the {{Debt}} from its pile. | + | |text2 = Setup: Add {{Debt|1}} to each Supply pile. When a player buys a card, they take the {{Debt}} from its pile. |
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− | '''Tax''' is an [[Event]] from [[Empires]]. Simply by being in a game, it causes the first buy of any card to give {{Debt}}. In addition, Tax can be bought to add more {{Debt}} to a pile, functioning as a kind of pseudo-[[Attack]]. | + | '''Tax''' is an [[Event]] card from [[Empires]]. |
| == FAQ == | | == FAQ == |
− | === Unofficial FAQ (2022) === | + | === Official FAQ === |
| * Every Supply pile starts with {{Debt|1}}, including Kingdom cards and basic cards like {{Card|Silver}}. | | * Every Supply pile starts with {{Debt|1}}, including Kingdom cards and basic cards like {{Card|Silver}}. |
| * The Event itself, when bought, adds {{Debt|2}} to a single pile, whether or not that pile has any {{Debt}} on it already. | | * The Event itself, when bought, adds {{Debt|2}} to a single pile, whether or not that pile has any {{Debt}} on it already. |
− | * The {{Debt}} is taken by the next player to gain a card from that pile in their Buy phase; gaining a card when it's not their Buy phase leaves the {{Debt}} on the pile. | + | * The {{Debt}} is taken by the next player to buy a card from that pile; gaining a card without buying it leaves the {{Debt}} on the pile. |
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− | === Other rules clarifications ===
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− | Tax got errata in 2022 to trigger when you gain a card in your Buy phase.
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− | * This works if you gain a card by buying it, or if you gain a card in another way (such as {{Event|Advance}} or {{Card|Charm}}).
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− | * If you gain a {{Card|Black Market}}, you can play it with {{Project|Innovation}} before taking the {{Debt}} from its pile.
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− | * If you gain a card during another player's Buy phase (e.g. with {{Card|Messenger}}), you won't take the {{Debt}} on its pile.
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− | | <h3> Deprecated official FAQ (2016) </h3>
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− | <li> Every Supply pile starts with {{Debt|1}}, including Kingdom cards and basic cards like {{Card|Silver}}.
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− | <li> The Event itself, when bought, adds {{Debt|2}} to a single pile, whether or not that pile has any {{Debt}} on it already.
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− | <li> The {{Debt}} is taken by the next player to buy a card from that pile; gaining a card without buying it leaves the {{Debt}} on the pile.
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− | </ul>
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− | |}
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| == Strategy == | | == Strategy == |
− | == Versions ==
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− | ===English versions===
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− | | {{LandscapeVersionImage|TaxOld|Tax}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|d=s|o=1}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"| Add {{Debt|2}} to a Supply pile.{{Divline}}Setup: Add {{Debt|1}} to each Supply pile. When a player buys a card, they take the {{Debt}} from its pile. || <p>Empires</p><hr><p>Empires (2021 printing)</p> || <p>June 2016</p><hr><p> </p>
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− | | || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|d=s}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"| Add {{Debt|2}} to a Supply pile.{{Divline}}Setup: Add {{Debt|1}} to each Supply pile. When a player gains a card in their Buy phase, they take the {{Debt}} from its pile. || [[2022_Errata#anchor_GetRidBuyB|Refer to gains in the Buy phase]] || [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21326.0 June 29, 2022]
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− | ===Other language versions===
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− | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
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− | !Dutch
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− | | Belasting || || || ||
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− | !Finnish
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− | | Verotus (lit. ''taxation'') || || || ||
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− | !French
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− | | Taxe || || || ||
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− | !rowspan=3|German
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− | | Steuer || {{LandscapeVersionImage|TaxGerman|German language Tax 2016 by ASS}} || || Lege 2 {{Debt|}}-Marker auf einen beliebigen Vorrats­stapel. Sobald ein Spieler eine Karte kauft, nimmt er alle {{Debt|}}-Marker dieses Stapels.{{Divline}}Spielvorbereitung: Legt {{nowrap|1 {{Debt|}}-Marker}} auf jeden Vorrats­stapel. || (2016)
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− | | Steuer || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|German|o=2|German language Tax 2021 by ASS}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|German|d=1|o=1|German language Tax 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || Lege {{Debt|2}} auf einen Vorratsstapel.{{Divline}} Spielvorbereitung: Legt {{Debt|1}} auf jeden Vorrats­stapel. Wenn ein Spieler eine Karte kauft, nimmt er alle {{Debt}} von deren Stapel. || 2. Edition<br>(2021)
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− | | Steuer || || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || Lege {{Debt|2}} auf einen Vorratsstapel.{{Divline}} Spielvorbereitung: Legt {{Debt|1}} auf jeden Vorrats­stapel. Wenn ein Spieler eine Karte in seiner Kauf­phase nimmt, nimmt er alle {{Debt}} von deren Stapel. ||
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− | !Japanese
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− | | 徴税<br>(pron. ''chōzei'', lit. ''tax collection'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| サプライ1山の上に{{Debt|2}}を追加する。 {{Divline}}準備:すベてのサプライの山の上に{{Debt|2}}を追加する。カードを購入するプレイヤーは、その山の上の{{Debt}}をすベて得る。 ||
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− | !Polish
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− | | Podatek || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || Dołóż {{Debt|2}} na dowolny stos kart w Zasobach. {{Divline}}Przygotowanie: połóż {{Debt|1}} na każdym stosie w Zasobach. Kiedy gracz kupuje kartę, bierze wszystkie {{Debt}} z jej stosu. || (2017)
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− | !Russian
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− | | Налог (pron. ''nalog'') || || || ||
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| == Trivia == | | == Trivia == |
− | [[Image:TaxArt.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Official card art.]]
| + | === In other languages === |
| === Secret History === | | === Secret History === |
− | {{Quote|Text=This started as an Action that gave +{{Cost|2}} and put two {{Debt}} tokens on a pile. Then it got a Setup rule that made piles start with {{Debt}}. It was hard squeezing everything into the set, and one trick was to turn this into an Event.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards]
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− | === Retrospective ===
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− | {{Quote|Text= It's kind of a dud though I enjoy the set-up, the set-up is what kept it alive.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17785.msg728954#msg728954 Previews #4: Werewolf, Skulk, Cursed Village]
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− | === Rewording ===
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− | For Tax, I'd be punishing Action Workshops if I made it "[during your turn]"; on a card that I'm just fixing, not making from scratch, there's sure no call for that.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg894576#msg894576 Interview with Donald X.]
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| {{Navbox Empires}} | | {{Navbox Empires}} |
| {{Navbox Cards}} | | {{Navbox Cards}} |