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Can you buy DNA from a market row that has no items left to discard?

The designer ruled it allowed, which overturned a publisher's earlier reply, and the rulebook says the same.

  • scoresfilm · Designer · 2018-01-05
  • stooge · Publisher · 2018-01-05superseded
  • mvettemagred · Community · 2018-01-05
  • runtsta · Community · 2024-10-12
  • Dinosaur Island rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 2: Market

Yes. Buying DNA does not depend on discarding: you still pay the price shown for that row and gain the DNA, and the discard is skipped when nothing is left.

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