Raccoon Tycoon FAQ
55 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
- Where do you shuffle the double-sided Machine Shop/Water Mill tile during setup?
- Does the optional basic building setup rule use a draft?
- Can you use different railroads than the listed ones when setting up the railroad deck for 2 or 3 players?
- How many free starting commodity tokens does each player take during setup, and when are they chosen?
- Where are the mission card rules written, since the rulebook does not mention missions?
1. Production
- How many commodity tokens can a player hold, and do buildings raise the limit?
- Does the Warehouse increase commodity storage by 3 or by 4?
- Can you use two Production buildings, or two Bonus buildings, in the same turn?
- Does Cottage Industry let you produce 4 commodities when your production card shows only 3?
- When does a higher hand limit from Smuggler or Black Market take effect: immediately, or at your next Production action?
- In what order do you take commodities and raise prices during Production?
- Can the Factory or Iron Deposit let you take the same commodity icon twice in one Production action?
- Do the basic commodity bonus building tiles only give commodities shown on the Price/Production card?
- What happens when the Price and Production card deck runs out?
- Are commodity tokens limited to the supply that comes in the box?
2. Sell a Commodity
- Does Export Company's $3 raise the market price before you sell, and where is the price afterwards?
- Can Export Company and Freight Company both raise two different commodities by $3 when you sell both?
- Can you sell more units of a commodity than the market price can drop, and does the price stop at the minimum?
3. Start a Railroad Auction (Select a Railroad Card)
- What happens if every other player passes during a railroad auction?
- Who receives the money from a railroad auction, the starting player or the Bank?
- After losing a railroad auction, can you start another one in the same turn, and can other players win several railroads in one turn?
- How does bidding work in a two-player railroad auction?
- Must you show your money before bidding in a railroad auction?
4. Purchase a Building Tile
- Under Construction Company, is the building row refilled before the second purchase?
- Can you use a newly bought Construction Company's second purchase on the same turn?
- Can you upgrade a building tile and buy another tile in the same turn with Construction Company?
- Can you buy a base building tile and upgrade it in the same turn for one payment?
- Can you upgrade a basic building tile to its back side?
5. Purchase a Town (with Commodity Tokens)
Game End and Scoring
- When does the game end in Raccoon Tycoon?
- Do ties count for mission cards such as most money or most buildings?
- Does each railroad card pair with its own town card for the Town and Railroad bonus, or does a set of railroads count as one?
- How are mission cards dealt, and what happens to the one you do not keep?
- Can a player win immediately by reaching $1,000 (sudden death victory)?
Appendix: Buildings List
- When does the Auction House pay its $5 commission, and can its owner use that money to bid?
- How does the Trading Floor let you buy another player's commodities?
- Can the Trading Floor be used in addition to the Price/Production card's effect, or only instead of it?
- Who pays the Trading Firm bonus when a commodity is sold, and does its owner get it when they are the seller?
- Does the Export Company's $3 price increase apply when a Trading Floor owner buys that player's commodity?
- Do you need the revised Rail Baron, Bank and Governor's Mansion tiles if you do not own the Fat Cat expansion?
General
Raccoon Tycoon: The Fat Cat ExpansionExpansion
- Can the Sly Fox's copy-another-player's-building power be used during end-game scoring?
- How do the Animal and Tycoon tracks and indented spaces on the Fat Cat player board work?
- Can you buy several Animal or Tycoon meeples in one action, and can you build them alongside a Price/Production action?
- Where do the first Animal or Tycoon meeples go on the player board: the wheat-icon slots or the numbered scoring spots?
- Can more than one Locomotive or Housing meeple sit on the same railroad or town card?
- If a Locomotive or Housing meeple is placed on a railroad or town card, who gets it when that card is bought?
- Are Locomotive and Housing meeples limited in number?
- Can you play the Fat Cat expansion modularly, using only some of its parts such as the powers or the screens?
- Are the Fat Cat player shields one per family, and can a player pick either the male or female version?
- Are the Fat Cat expansion's buildings scaled to player count?
- Which Rail Baron and other buildings do you use when playing with the Fat Cat expansion?