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Lately I've noticed several smurfs (ie account/players listed as 'new' that clearly have played the game very extensively, and almost certainly online given the play patterns which are only really found amongst people who've played a LOT). That said it could just be random chance, so I'm wondering ...

I dug up a site which had an ability to untap one assistant. I didn't have any assistants when I dug up the site, but the ability did not appear and remain on my player board until used like other dig site abilities. Is this the intended behaviour? Idol bonuses gained by discovering a new site must...

RoyalRook wrote: ↑19 March 2025, 21:19 It's essentially an official variance, all tournament play uses this ruling. It's much needed.

A variant is official, or not. There is no 'essentially'.

Yes, most tournaments use house rules.

As I understand, BGA only implements official rules/variants. There is no official variant for drafting the start cards, so this is very unlikely to happen.