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What exactly does guest E. Gizia (card 97) give me, and can I pass instead?

The designer and a later publisher ruling agree it is a main action without taking a die; the earlier whole-turn reply was superseded.

  • MagoBaol · Designer · 2015-10-12
  • Ponton · Publisher · 2021-08-26
  • Grand Austria Hotel rulebook · Rulebook · Guest Cards (notable)
  • Ponton · Publisher · 2026-02-17
  • klbush · Community · 2021-02-09
  • MiWi · Community · 2015-11-18
  • Ponton · Publisher · 2020-04-15superseded

E. Gizia gives one extra main action: you carry out the action of a die on the board without taking that die. The designer confirmed no die is removed, and the publisher says it grants a main action only, nothing else. Players generally agree you cannot pass instead of using it, since passing is only an option before taking a die. If you use the action of a 6 die you still pay the 1 krone. The rulebook's wording "another turn" and a 2020 publisher reply calling it a whole extra turn were narrowed by the later publisher ruling, so the main-action reading is current.

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