Question about Duke..

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__Mac__
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Question about Duke..

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Player 1 attempts Foreign Aid.

Player 2 claims Duke and attempts to block Player 1's Foreign Aid attempt.

Player 2's Duke gets challenged and Player 2 does NOT reveal a Duke. (revealed card stays face up per rules).

My question is can Player 3 attempt to block Player 1's Foreign Aid at this time or does Player 1 collect 2 money right after Player 2's failed attempt to block? (Is Foreign Aid money collected after one failed duke attempt or is Foreign Aid money collected after failed duke attempts AND all other players approve?)
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Re: Question about Duke..

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I know CURRENTLY (here on bga) the Foreign Aid money is collected right after one failed duke block.
I just want clarification as I could not find any specific rulings that only one person may claim duke in an attempt to block a foreign aid.
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Re: Question about Duke..

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The official rules do not clarify this. I found a BGG thread asking the same question, but there's no official reply from the designer/publisher: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/163514 ... ngesblocks

My guess is that technically it should be allowed for a second, third, etc. player to block Foreign Aid. However I'm not sure if supporting this in the BGA adaption is desirable, since the situation is rare and adding this extra step would slow the gameplay.
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Re: Question about Duke..

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Makes sense (your response) which was also what I was thinking. I get the bga way of how its resolved currently (slowing gameplay) tho I think for my own (in person games i'll adopt this 'rule' (for now) q:

As usual, thanks for your reply, Mint (:
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