7 Wonders (Second Edition) FAQ
68 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Playing cards and wonder stages
- Can you keep a card in hand for a later turn if you cannot build it yet?
- What happens if you take a card you already have a copy of?
- Can you wait to see opponents' choices, or change what your card does, after the reveal?
- Can you use the last card of an Age (sixth turn) to build a wonder stage?
- Can you build Babylon (Night)'s first stage on your sixth turn and still play the extra card?
- Do wonder stages have to be built in order, and in which Age?
Buying resources and paying costs
- How much does it cost to buy a resource from a neighbor?
- Which neighbor resources can be bought, and can I buy from yellow cards or wonder stages?
- Which resource can I buy from a neighbor's card showing a choice of resources?
- Can I buy the same resource from both neighbors, or two of the same resource from one neighbor?
- Can I buy a resource neither neighbor produces?
- Can I buy a resource from a card my neighbor builds this same turn?
- Can coins I receive from neighbors this turn pay for what I build this turn?
- Do I have to use my own resources before buying from a neighbor?
- In what order do discard-pile build effects (Solomon, Halicarnassus, Carthage, Great Wall, Manneken Pis) resolve in one turn?
Wonder and card effects
- How does Olympia's Day side stage 2 pick the free card?
- Does grey count as a colour for Olympia's Day free build?
- How does Olympia's Night first stage work, and can it be used in Age I?
- Does Olympia Night's second stage make the sixth or seventh card free?
- Do wonder-stage shields (e.g. Rhodes) count in every later Age?
- Does the resource printed on my wonder board count as a brown or grey card?
- How do cards with a choice of science symbols work?
Military and scoring
Teams and player count
7 Wonders (Second Edition): ArmadaExpansion
- Can I advance my yellow fleet instead of taking 3 coins when selling a card or a Leader?
- Does a diplomacy token stop a Boarding, and does Tomyris work on one?
- How are tokens handed out in a naval conflict with ties?
- If several players raise taxes at the same turn end, do taxes add up?
- How many VP does Port Customs give at commercial level 4?
- How many cards per Age with Armada and Cities together, and can I take debt instead of paying?
- Can a card built from the discard pile trigger a Naval Construction, and what resolves last?
- Can I buy a neighbor's resource to pay for a card plus its Naval Construction?
- In a 3-player game how is naval conflict resolved when a player has an island that lets them skip it?
- Do three different green symbols still score 7 in Armada?
- On Siracusa Night's second stage, can I advance the same fleet twice?
- Which cards move the red fleet?
7 Wonders (Second Edition): LeadersExpansion
- When do other players lose a coin from Octavia?
- Must Caligula's free black card be the first black card of the Age?
- What does Telesilla remove?
- In what order do Aganice and Enheduanna resolve at game end?
- Can the extra leader from Roma Night's stage 2 build stage 3?
- Can Octavia and Arsinoe be used without Cities?
7 Wonders: EdificeExpansion
- Who takes the penalty when an Edifice project isn't completed?
- If I sacrifice a yellow card for a failed Edifice, do I give back its coins?
- Does an Edifice copy of a Guild obey the Armada 10-point cap?
- How does Artists Guild score?
- Can I get more than one participation pawn per Age?
- If I earn a pawn for an earlier Age's Edifice, do I get its reward?
- Does a non-coin Edifice penalty give a debt token, and can I swap?
- Does treasure still score with Edifice?
- How does Ur interact with Edifice?
- Does a guild copied by a wonder, or a wonder stage built in the Leaders phase, count for Edifice?
- Do black and white cards count as colours for Archives?
- Does an Age I Edifice military reward persist?