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== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
* This can't put tokens on Victory piles. It can put tokens on [[split pile]]s that have Victory cards in them, if the randomizer isn't a Victory card; this means it can put tokens on the 6 split piles in {{Set|Allies}}, but not on the {{Card|Castles}} pile from {{Set|Empires}}. | * This can't put tokens on [[Victory]] piles. It can put tokens on [[split pile]]s that have Victory cards in them, if the randomizer isn't a Victory card; this means it can put tokens on the 6 split piles in {{Set|Allies}}, but not on the {{Card|Castles}} pile from {{Set|Empires}}. | ||
* The effect is cumulative; two tokens on a pile means that cards in that pile cost {{Cost|2}} less. | * The effect is cumulative; two tokens on a pile means that cards in that pile cost {{Cost|2}} less. | ||
* This does not reduce costs below {{Cost|0}}. | * This does not reduce costs below {{Cost|0}}. |
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Family of Inventors | |
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Info | |
Type(s) | Ally |
Set | Allies |
Illustrator(s) | Martin Hoffmann |
Ally text | |
At the start of your Buy phase, you may put a Favor token you have on a non-Victory Supply pile. Cards cost less per Favor token on their piles. |
Family of Inventors is an Ally from Allies. It allows you to spend a Favor to reduce the cost of a non-Victory pile. But unlike other cost-reducers, it affects all players equally.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- This can't put tokens on Victory piles. It can put tokens on split piles that have Victory cards in them, if the randomizer isn't a Victory card; this means it can put tokens on the 6 split piles in Allies, but not on the Castles pile from Empires.
- The effect is cumulative; two tokens on a pile means that cards in that pile cost less.
- This does not reduce costs below .
- This makes cards cost less at all times for all players, not just for the player placing the token.
Other rules clarifications
- This can put a token on Knights, even if the top Knight in the pile is Dame Josephine.
Strategy
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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At the start of your Buy phase, you may put a Favor token you have on a non-Victory Supply pile. Cards cost less per Favor token on their piles. |
Allies | March 2022 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Preview
Family of Inventors lowers costs for everyone; fooshing may occur.
Secret History
How about putting tokens on piles? It's non-Victory both due to how it would play without that, and due to Trade Route, which puts tokens on Victory piles. Crazy but unchanged.