Coimbra FAQ
50 questions players ask · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
The character cards
- Can a card still being resolved be triggered again by a card taken from the discard pile?
- Can a card already in your tableau be triggered again by a card taken from the discard pile?
- Do phase C and phase E bonus cards stay in your tableau for the rest of the game?
- Can an opponent discard a starting cleric card to avoid losing 3 VP?
- Which disks count as behind yours on a council influence track?
- What does the phase E card that pays for each green die in your holders give you?
- Can you have two ongoing phase C bonus cards at the same time?
- Is there a limit on how many phase E bonus cards you can keep?
- If an opponent has fewer VP than a card's VP option costs, what happens?
- Does the 1-coin discount apply to a coin-cost card taken from the discard pile?
- Can you take a starting card from the discard pile with a pay-3 effect if it has no cost icon?
Playing the game
- Can you resolve the effects of one card reward in any order, such as travelling before taking guards?
- If crossing an influence track reward gives more steps, can you use those steps in the same action?
- In phase E, do the dice numbers matter, and does a die move your influence track disk?
- Do crowns collected in phase C count toward phase D's turn order and final scoring?
- What is the order of steps when you acquire a card that has a phase C effect?
- Can more than four dice be placed in one city location?
- After phase D sets a new player order, which order applies to the later phases of the same round?
- Can all players collect phase E income at the same time instead of in turn order?
- Is the white die wild in phase C when retrieving dice?
- Does a white die used for income in phase E count as that colour for phase E bonus cards?
- How is player order resolved when players tie on crowns in phase D?
- Is the discard pile open information that every player may look through?
- When two dice of equal value are in one city location, which one is triggered first?
- When you use the castle, must you take the favor tiles in their displayed order?
- When influence values tie on the card removed from a row with a die token, which card goes?
End of the game
- Which crowns count for end-game scoring: only those from the last round, or all rounds?
- How are crowns counted at end-game scoring after the round 4 turn order shift?
- In a 2-player game, how is each influence track scored, and how close must the second player be?
- In end-game scoring, must every section be scored for all players before the next section, and does player order matter?
Most common rewards
Bonuses of the favor tiles
- Does the voyage cost reduction favor tile apply to voyages bought in phases C and F, and to extra voyage actions from travel characters?
- Can taking one favor tile let you make two discounted voyage investments in one round?
- Can a die raised by the cap favor tile match the value of another die in the same city location?
- Does the cap favor tile's +3 change the card I get, and when does the cap tile return?
Bonuses of the other character cards
- Can you use the same phase E exchange bonus card several times in one phase E?
- If a card makes you pay guards to move up to a number of steps, must you pay the full cost when you move fewer?
- If an opponent does not have the guards or coins a council penalty asks for, what happens?
- Does the Scholar card count toward its own set of four different classes for its end-game bonus?
- Do phase E bonuses that move your disk take effect before income is collected from the tracks?