Stockpile
Can a stockpile be empty at the start of the Supply Phase?
The rulebook's Supply Phase steps give the starting card, and the designer's reply confirms it.
- Stockpile rulebook · Rulebook · Supply Phase Steps
- sethvanorden · Designer · 2018-01-11
- Catanid · Community · 2018-01-11
- PepsiFizz · Community · 2018-01-12
No. The first Supply Phase step flips a card from the Market Deck face-up onto each Stockpile before players add their own cards, so every pile has at least one card, though it may be only a trading fee. A pile can end up empty only if an investor such as Maverick Mark moves its card away.