Pan Am
Can you place a bid you cannot pay for?
The designer confirmed the rules set no penalty beyond the rulebook's loss of money and stock.
- Peter Lee · Designer · 2021-02-19
- Pan Am rulebook · Rulebook · 3. Resolution Phase
- cheng · Community · 2024-11-14
The rules do not forbid placing it. You must sell Stock to cover the shortfall; if you still cannot pay after selling all your Stock, you lose your money and get nothing from the action. The designer left repeated bad-faith bidding to the group, with no penalty built in.