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Can someone please explain to me what saying stupid “something” Flanders means here on BGA? Someone always says it in the comments of a new game. (Including me, haha. Just don’t know what it means.) Usually Flanders from the Simpsons is hidden in the image of new game announcements (like a BGA vers...

What looked strange was that I played a game where I never put any meeples into the 3 buildings after initial placement, yet my end of game stats showed that I had hired 5 citizens. I think I may have figured it out. I don't think that initial placement counts as hiring however, I think that tradesm...

Does placing your initial citizens in the buildings during setup count as "hiring" citizens?

It doesn't seem like it should, since I didn't pay anything for them.