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The auctions
When a player moves a commissioner from Central Park back to City Hall, the
game is immediately interrupted for a set of auctions in the districts recently
visited recently by this commissioner (shown by the matching commissioner
markers) and Central Park.The auctions occur in the districts one at a time,
starting with the first district visited, and continuing in the order visited until the
Central Park auction.After each auction, the players return the matching
commissioner marker from that district to the appropriate spot in City Hall. After
the Central Park auction, the auctions end (for now) and the game continues from
the point where it was interrupted.The moved commissioner and his markers are
now back in City Hall and ready to be used again.
Note: when a player chooses option C and moves a commissioner from Central Pa rk to
City Hall as his fi rst action, his turn is immediately interrupted. This means that he does
not take the 2 colored cards now, but must wait until the auctions he triggered are
completed. Once the auctions are completed, the player continues with his 2nd and 3rd
actions. If, as his 3rd action, he moves another commissioner from Central Pa rk to City
Hall, he triggers another round of auctions.
The players use their bidding cards to bid in the auctions.These cards contain
three features relevant to the auctions:
(1) color
There are colored and black cards. Each of the 5 colors match building plots
in the districts.The black cards are jokers and can a lwa ys be used with any
colored cards without limit as to number of black cards.
(2) number
The number on the card is the card's value (4, 5, or 6) in an auction. If a
player bids several cards in an auction, he adds the numbers on the cards
together to determine his total bid.
(3) skyscraper(s)
Each number 6 card has 1 skyscraper pictured on it. Each number 5 card has
2 skyscrapers pictured on it. Each number 4 card has 3 skyscraper pictured
on it.The number of skyscrapers shown on the card with the fewest in his
bid, is the maximu m number of skyscrapers the winner of the auction may
build.The player does not add the skyscrapers shown on the cards together.
He must use the card, among all the cards in his bid with the fewest
skyscrapers.
In other words: if a player has only number 4 cards in his bid, he may
build up to 3 skyscrapers. If he has at least one number 5 card (and no
number 6 cards), he may only build up to 2 skyscrapers.And, if he has at
least one number 6 card, he may only build up to 1 skyscraper.
Examples:
- Blue wins an auction with 2 gra y and 2 black number 4 cards: he may build up to
3 skyscrapers on the gra y building plot in the district.
- Yellow wins an auction with 2 violet number 4 cards, 1 black number 5 card, and
2 black number 6 cards: he may only build up to 1 skyscraper on the violet building
plot in the district.
When a player wants to participate in an auction, he must decide which one
bidding plot color he will use in bidding.With this color choice, he also decides
which building plot in the district he will build on if he wins the auction.With
this choice, there are three situations:
(1) The player already has at least 1 skyscraper in this district:
In this case, he may only choose to bid with the color of the building plot
where he already has skyscrapers in the district. Of course, he can always
use black cards in addition to the colored cards.
The auctions
when a commissioner is moved
from Central Park back to City
Hall, the game is interrupted
for a set of auctions, which
offer players the opportunity to
build skyscrapers in the
districts visited by the
commissioner
the bidding cards contain three
features:
each player may use only
one color (+ black cards)
in an auction
the building plot for this color
is either...
occupied with at least one
skyscraper in this player's
color
7
color
(corresponding to the
building plot colors
plus black = joker)
number
(all played bidding cards
numbers are added)
skyscraper(s)
(the bidding card played
with the fewest number of
skyscrapers shown is the
maximum number of
skyscrapers the winning
player may build)
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