Alhambra: Building Sites
Alhambra: Building Sites Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 8 building site tiles, 2 for each currency
Each building site tile has a construction site side and a back showing one of the four currencies.
Changes in Setup
Shuffle the building site tiles with the front (construction site) side face-up, then stack them and place them within reach.
Changes in Game Play
A building site allows a player to buy a building tile for half-price, with the option to complete the building later.
Establishing a building site
The player pays at least half (rounded down) of a building tile's cost and takes the tile. Such a purchase is never regarded as paying the exact amount.
The player takes 2 building site tiles, keeping the backs hidden from other players, and chooses one of them to place on top of the building tile just purchased, with the construction side face up. The other tile is shuffled back into the stack.
Note: If only 1 tile remains, the player must take that tile.
The player can add this building tile to their Alhambra or place it in their reserve. If added to the Alhambra, the walls on the tile count during scoring, but not the unfinished building itself.
Completing an unfinished building
On their turn, a player may choose to complete the building as an action, by paying the full amount for the building in the currency shown on the back of the building site tile. After completing the building, the building site tile is removed from the game.
Remember: The player can't just pay the difference, but must pay the full amount!
If the exact amount is paid, the player takes one more turn immediately.
At the End of the Game
Before distributing the remaining building tiles, each player must reveal each building site tile in their Alhambra and discard all money cards of the currency shown on this tile.
Ignore all building site tiles in a player's reserve.
Notes
- The Vizier (from the module "The Vizier's favour") cannot be used to set up a building site.
- Camp tiles (from the module "The Camps") and Bazaar tiles (from the module "The Bazaars") cannot be set up as a building site.