by Dumon
So I just played my first game of Robinson, all by my lonesome, but with 4 characters (to get the hang of it). Of course, I played the first scenario. And victory was mine in the 10th round......although it was a very close call...
However, there were some rule tidbits that neither the rulebook nor the quick sweep through the forums here could answer. So please don't be annoyed if these questions have been asked (and answered) before...
1. Action Markers (the big round ones with the ?)
So I got from a thread here in the forum that, once they are placed due to an Event card, they mean that every action related (build, gather resources or explore) will demand the resolution of an event card, regardless of the die roll. And I also gathered that only one such event is ever resolved, even if the die would come up "?", too...
What i could not gather, though, is how long they remain in play...
I thought that they remained on the card deck concerned (that's where I put them) until the Event card leaves the board, but then i got one that let me place two of those as a Threat (i.e. the moment WHEN it left the board). So how do I use them correctly?
2. Item usage
So I built meself a pot. Actually, I got some of them handed to me by a treasure card. However, the item card says that "during the night you can exchange 1 food for 1 health". Now, I gather that this can only be applied once? Or does it have to say "only once each round", like the basket? If so, I could heal multiple wounds...
3. Keeping cards
Some cards say "Keep me", basically. So what I was wondering here was, because the German cards vary in text here, do these cards "belong" to all players? Meaning: can they be used by everyone? For example a rusty saber, or other weapons, and such...
Or are they only for use for the character who found them?
4. Card play/tile choice
Some special actions let a character choose a card from x cards he draws, or a tile from x tiles. Does he make this choice alone, and in secret? Or can he place them openly, and invite discussion?
Likewise, do the "Choose one" cards depend of this one player's choice, or can all chime in?
5. Wounds due to weather
Now, I got that usually for every ressource you cannot pay you have to take 1 wound. So if you got 5 rainy clouds, only a roof of 1, and 2 wood and no food (highly unlikely, but bear with me, for the sake of the example) - does that mean that everyone would take 6 wounds? Or how many do they take?
6. Actions multiple times
So I gather that it is possible to do many actions multiple times. For example building. But can I build roofing twice? Or palisades? Or weapons 3 times?
Likewise, if I put one of my pawns on any action, will the second pawn placed there automatically support me? Or could we, for example, place 3 single pawns on the weapons track, to build 3 weapons (and roll the dice three times)?
And can we hunt more than once during a round?
7. Timing
So I can use items, special abilities, and whatnot at ANY time - except when it is explicitly stated that it can only be used then and there?
Okay, that's it.
I hope you guys can help me.