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When does the 7-card hand limit apply?

The designer said the wording was confusing and corrected it in later printings.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2016-02-05
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2013-02-18
  • Pandemic rulebook · Rulebook · HAND LIMIT
  • Scorpion0x17 · Community · 2013-07-19

Whenever you have more than seven cards: after the end-of-turn draw (once any Epidemics are resolved) and immediately after another player gives you a card, even on someone else's turn. The designer stressed that "after any epidemics" described order, not a condition.

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