Black Forest
Are permanent building effects, like the Herder's gain of 1 charcoal, mandatory?
The designer answered this directly on BGG.
- Black Forest rulebook · Rulebook · Gaining Rewards
- Tido Lorenz · Designer · 2025-02-10
- Murr · Community · 2025-02-09
- Joakley815 · Community · 2025-02-10
Yes — permanent (red-background) effects trigger automatically, and you must take everything you can. Only effects with an extra cost, such as Lake Fishery and Distillery, say 'may'.