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(2)The player has no skyscrapers in this district and there is at least one empty
building plot in the district:
In this case,he can may only choose one of the colors that matches one of
the empty building plots in the district. Of course,he can always use black
cards in addition to the colored cards. He may choose a color for the auction
even if another player is bidding with the same color.
(3)The player has no skyscrapers in the district and there are no empty
building plots in the district:
In this case,he may choose one color that matches one of the building plots
with businesses.He may never choose a color that matches the building plot
where another player has skyscrapers.In this case, he is bidding for a
building stop (see more on this under “Building stop”). Of course,he can
always use black cards in addition to the colored cards.
The play of an auction
An auction always begins with the player who triggered the auctions by moving a
commissioner from Central Park to City Hall and continues from him in clockwise
order until all players but one have passed.On a player’s turn to bid or add to his
bid if he bid on a previous turn in this auction, he either bids any number of
cards,placing the cards face up in his play area,or he passes, remaining out of this
auction for this district.The first card bid by a player in an auction must always
be a colored (not black) card.All further cards bid by the player in the auction
(on this turn or subsequent turns) must be either cards of this color or black
cards.He can play them in any combination he chooses.The value of a player’s
bid is the sum of the numbers on all the cards he bid (in all turns of the auction).
When a player bids or adds to a previous bid,he must play cards that give him a
total bid that is higher than the previous high bid in this auction.If a player
cannot (or chooses not) to raise the bid,he must pass,taking any previously bid
cards from his play area back into his hand.A player cannot re-enter an auction
after passing.
The auction ends when all players but one have passed.The winner of the
auction (the player with the highest bid) puts all the cards he bid face up under
the corresponding color (or black) card stack*. He may now build (add)
skyscrapers on the building plot matching his bid color in the district.He may
build up to 1,2, or 3 skyscrapers, depending on the limit indicated by the cards
he bid.He takes the skyscrapers from his supply (not the general supply) and
places them on the building plot,where they remain for the remainder of the
game (exception: building stop).
Note: a player may choose to build fewer skyscrapers than he is allowed (even
none!).This means that a player may participate in an auction even when he has
no skyscrapers in his supply.If no player bids in an auction,that district is skipped
and the auction for the next district begins.
z or empty
(when the player has no
skyscrapers in the district)
z or with businesses
(when there are no empty
building plots and he has no
skyscrapers in the district)
Note each player may only build
skyscrapers in one
building plot
per district in the entire game.On
this building plot, he may build
an
y n
umber of skyscrapers.
a player passes or plays any
number of cards, so long as his
total bid is higher than the
previous high bid; when a
player adds to his bid, the
cards must match the first
color he used or be black
The player bids 19 for the brown
building plot.The next player must
bid at least 20 or pass.
the auction winner puts the
cards he bid back under the
card stacks and
... builds 0-3 skyscrapers in the
corresponding building plot
* As soon as the first face up card is
encountered in the black stack, it is
shuffled and placed face down.The
colored stacks are never shuffled.
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Red m ay only choose the orange color
to bid.Yellow m ay only choose green.
Blue and Green may only choose either
the gray color or the brown color to
bid (both can choose the same color).
Violet is not allowed in this district.Of
course, e
very player may use black
cards in addition to the color he
chooses.
fig.08
Red m ay only choose the orange color
to bid.Yellow may only choose green.
Blue may only choose brown.Green
may only choose the violet color or the
gray color, trying for building stop.Of
course, every player may use black
cards in addition to the color he
chooses.
fig.09