penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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zowieso
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penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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My opponent was penalized for ending on the great round space behind saint louis by losing all resources, cards and indians. Where do the rules state that this should happen?
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LordChambers
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Re: penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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I also could not find any indicator or warning of this rule implementation. Only by searching boardgame geek did I later come across this rule, offered by the publisher in post #4 here. This website needs to offer a warning to the player when they are about to fall into the "lose the game" space, and also one in advance if they ever camp behind Saint Louis.
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gagster
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Re: penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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If you hover your mouse over the last space, a pop up states that you effectively start over if you camp there. I was kind of surprised to see that since that's not actually in the rules (at least not in my copy - maybe it's in later printings).

However, that is an official rule. It can be found in the errata on the publisher's web site at https://www.ludonaute.fr/portfolio/lewis-clark/?lang=en.

More of a clue that that will happen to you if you camp 5 spaces back would be a good thing, of course.
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RicardoRix
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Re: penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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what the heck is the reason for that rule errata?
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Re: penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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ah right, just go back to the very start and horde resources like a nut job. It did cross my mind to try that, it makes sense.
Plus it does have this warning as a tooltip.
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CapnPlague
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Re: penalty for ending 5 spaces behind saint louis?

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Yeah, this really feels like it needs more warning, since the only link in "how to play" leads to a rulebook that doesn't have this rule. A tooltip is fine, but if you have no reason to hover over it, you just won't know until it's already happened.
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