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How does Hidden Fortress change the game end?

The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-07-15
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  • Philip Thomas · Community · 2009-08-23
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2010-06-05

Its owner needs 14 or more face-up cards in tableau to trigger the game end, while other players still end it at 12. Tableau size is checked only at round end, so building it as your 12th or 13th card does not end the game immediately.

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