Immigration Slows

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• How does Farmers Seek the Dahan For Aid affect Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 1?
  It doesn't — it changes the next Ravage Card to a Build Card, but doesn't affect the Invader Steps.

  Likewise if the Build is entirely skipped by Immigration Slows, there is still a Build Step and Habsburg Lvl 1 still happens.
  Tags: Build Step, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Immigration Slows, 1 more...

Event Cards

• If there are multiple Ravage Cards, which lands get a Ravage Damage bonus from "Foreign Dignitaries Visit"?
  Each Invader Card grants the bonus to the lowest-numbered land it matches, only for the Ravage it creates in that land (if any). For example, if the first Ravage Card is Wetlands and the second Ravage Card is Coastal lands, then if Land 2 is a Coastal Wetlands, it'll get the +2 Damage in the Ravage caused by the Wetlands Card (as the lowest-numbered Wetlands) but not in the later Ravage caused by the Coastal lands card (since that cards grants bonus Damage in Land 1).

  Which land gets a bonus doesn't change once it's locked in at the start of resolving that Invader Card, even if the list of matching lands changes due to some of the Ravages (e.g., due to the Tsardom of Russia's "Competition Among Hunters" making lands with 3+ Explorers match all Ravage Cards). Nevertheless, these changes can affect which land gets the bonus from any subsequent Invader Cards that cause Ravage Actions.
  Tags: Matches, Ravage, Foreign Dignitaries Visit, Tsardom of Russia, 4 more...

Invader Actions

• Can the "next normal" Ravage or Build be on a future turn?
  Yes.

  If the Ravage or Build slot is empty, leave the relevant card in that space until the effect is triggered.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ravage, Build, Events, Heavy Farming, 5 more...
• What happens when multiple Invader Cards are in the same space on the Invader Board? (e.g., due to Explorers are Reluctant)
  In the corresponding step of the Invader Phase, resolve each card one at a time, starting with the oldest card – the one closest to the Invader Board. When Invader Cards advance at the end of the Invader Phase, the cards move together. [B&C p. 14, JE p. 11]

  Each card separately determines where it creates Invader Actions. If a land matches multiple cards, it can thus get an Invader Action from each one! Clarifications for specific actions:

  • Ravage: Defend applies separately to each Ravage. Only add Blight if a single Ravage deals 2+ Damage to the land. In the uncommon case that a Ravage created by the first card adds or moves Invaders, it can change which lands Ravage due to the second card.
  • Build: Towns/Cities added by the first Build Card affect what is built in that land by the second Build Card.
  • Explore: Pieces added by the first Explore Card can be sources for the second Explore Card, though this only matters if something makes an Explore Action add Towns/Cities or allows Explorers to be sources.

  Anything effect that checks which lands match the Invader Cards in a particular space (e.g., the Hard-Working Settlers Event) or the terrains showing on those cards (e.g., the Fortification Event), checks all of those cards. (It generally won't matter how many times those lands match or those terrains appear, just if they do.)
  Tags: Invader deck, Matches, Tsardom of Russia, Surges of Colonization, 6 more...
• What counts as a single Ravage when "the next normal Ravage" is affected?
  A "normal" Ravage refers to the Ravage Actions caused by a single Ravage card during the Ravage Step printed on the board. Similarly the "normal" Build/Explore refers to the Actions caused by a single Build/Explore card during the Build/Explore step printed on the board. (See B&C p. 15 or JE p. 27)

  Thus anything modifying the "next normal" Invader Action affects both terrains on a Stage III card, but only one card if there are multiple cards in the slot. It doesn't apply to extra steps added by Adversaries like England, Invader Actions caused by an Event or Power (unless that modifies how the existing card works), or if a normal Invader Step is entirely replaced with a different one by an Event.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, Normal Action, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Heavy Farming, 5 more...