Choosing a foyer side

[Zhym]

In the tabletop version of the game, each player picks one side of their foyer card to use. One side has three entrances, the other side has four. I haven't seen that in the BGA version. Is that not implemented, or am I missing it? If it's not implemented, are there plans to add it?

[zilv]

My experience with the in-person game (original and collectors) is that all foyers have exactly three doors. Foyer is double-sided so that the third door can point either up or down to adjust to your table top space constraints.

[G00G0LPLX]

In BGA, you have to play with the Moat expansion and then it allows you to choose a side.

[Myles4506]

Okay, one side has 3 exits and the other has 4, I was wondering about that. So if you don't want to mess with building off your drawbridge, can you select the 3 exit side, blocking off the drawbridge, and complete the foyer with only 3 rooms attached? Or, better put, if you choose 3 exits (regardless of how you orient them), do you only need 3 rooms to complete?

[G00G0LPLX]

Yes, if choose the side with 3 entrances then you can complete it by connecting those e entrances. Keep in mind you cannot complete your moat without a drawbridge entrance.

[Zhym]

My experience with the in-person game (original and collectors) is that all foyers have exactly three doors. Foyer is double-sided so that the third door can point either up or down to adjust to your table top space constraints.

I just checked my (fairly old) copy of the game and sure enough, the foyers all have only three entrances on each side.

I was led astray by the online rules, which on page 5 of the PDF say, "The back of the Foyer has a 4th entrance. Choose a Foyer side before the game begins." Maybe that's a change in recent editions?

[WildPenguin82]

Yes, the newer edition comes with a double-sided Foyer. If you buy the expansions, you get the rest of the parts (incl. Moats), but you can still play with a 4-entrance Foyer as per rules, without moats.