When all the animal cards in a row are used, not enough fires are added (likely bug)

[Mathew5000]

I've noticed in a couple of games where the players purchased a large number of animal cards, that BGA does not follow one aspect of the rulebook, at the end of a round when there aren't enough cards to replenish a particular row.

The rulebook states: "Add as many Fires of value 2 to the center of the Circle of Spirits as there are Level 1 Guardian Animal cards taken this turn." / "Ajoutez d'abord autant de Feux de valeur 2 au centre du Cercle des Esprits que de cartes Animal gardien de niveau 1 prises durant ce tour."

But when the deck for a particular row is exhausted, so that additional cards cannot be replenished, BGA does not add enough fires. It seems that BGA only adds as many fires (of a particular value) corresponding to the number of cards it replenishes for the next round, rather than corresponding to the number of cards that were taken in the round just completed as demanded by the rulebook.

I reported this here: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=116540 but my bug report received hardly any upvotes, so now I am wondering if somehow I misinterpreted the rule?

Has anybody else noticed this bug? I'd appreciate any other perspectives.

[mrrivest]

You are correct, it seems BGA has 7 fire limit.

[Magrim42]

You are correct, it seems BGA has 9 fire limit.

The board has a set amount at 9. You can see the spaces on the moment board are watermarked that way.

I've played hundreds of games and usually rank in the top 30th. I've never seen a deck run out before. So the lack of up votes is that it's a problem that's rarely run into. Plus I've had dysfunctional buds that effect every game I play because of a game not following a rule and they are just ignored.

[mrrivest]

Yes, my bad. 7 is the limit in the rulebook as well: "There can never be more than 7 Fires in the center of the Circle of Spirits."