New Cash Crops Take Hold

Errata / Updates

Effect Rules

• Branch & Claw, Core game - all printings
  Errata / clarification on older materials with imprecise wording -- Some earlier game materials use terms that are now ambiguous with the more precise terminology introduced in Jagged Earth. For the most part, they work just as they always have, but in case additional clarity is needed:

  • Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares - their Special Rule is a modifier - when your Power would Destroy Invaders, instead generate Fear (and perhaps Push them).
  • France lvl 6 - "After the normal Explore Phase," should read "After resolving an Explore Card,"
  • Event: Fortification - first sentence should read: After advancing Invader Cards: perform a Build Step for one terrain not shown under any Invader Action.
  • Event: Cash Crops Take Hold - first sentence should read: Perform a Ravage Step for one terrain not shown under any Invader Action.

  The only mechanical change is that France 6 will behave slightly differently if there are 0 or 2+ Explore cards in a turn, adding one Explorer per card instead of a flat 1.

  See also Errata / Clarification on which items are triggered actions and New Nomenclature Roundup.
  Tags: Kingdom of France, Fortification, New Cash Crops Take Hold

Frequently Asked Questions

Event Cards

• How does a Stage II Coastal Lands card interact with the Fortification event *(After advancing Invader Cards: Invaders Build in one terrain not shown under any Invader Action)*?
  It doesn't -- it is treated as though the card were blank.

  "Coastal Lands" is not a terrain type.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Terrain, Strange Tales Attract Explorers, Fortification, New Cash Crops Take Hold, 0 more...
• For the event New Cash Crops Take Hold, do you get the benefit of the Canny Defense event on the same card?
  No, the Events on a card are executed in order, so the extra Ravage takes place before you get the benefit of Canny Defense.

  Likewise for A Strange Madness Among the Beasts, the Beasts deal damage after the first part of the card (in which some of them may be removed).
  Tags: Events, New Cash Crops Take Hold, Canny Defense, A Strange Madness Among the Beasts, 0 more...

Invader Actions

• If an effect *(e.g., A Year of Perfect Stillness)* skips "all actions", what is affected?
  Any time the Invaders would Ravage, Build or Explore that turn, any number of times.

  This includes any normal actions that come from the Invader cards, and also any extra actions that come from effects like the power Manifest Incarnation or the event New Cash Crops Take Hold. (See the B&C rulebook, p. 15, for the distinction between "normal" and "extra" actions.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, A Year of Perfect Stillness (Vital Strength of the Earth), Paralyzing Fright, Indomitable Claim, 4 more...
• I'm confused - when do restrictions like "there must be Invaders" for Build and "there must be a source of Explorers" for Explore apply?
  Those apply when resolving Invader Cards - specifically, when making a list of what lands match the Invader Card (JE rulebook p. 27)

  If an Event tells you to perform a single Build action - eg, "On Each Board: Build in a land with Dahan" - you don't check whether that land has Invaders.

  But if it tells you to resolve an entire Build Step / Build Card for a particular terrain, it works just like it would if you had a physical card - you're making a list of which lands match, so the normal Build/Explore restrictions apply. The Events "Fortification" and "New Cash Crops Take Hold" work this way (and do not usually build in empty lands), though it's not how they're phrased. (See the Errata in the JE rulebook p. 27)
  Tags: Build, Explore, Ravage, Events, 2 more...

Power Cards

• If Weave Together the Fabric of Place joins lands from two different boards, what happens if an effect skips an entire Invader Card on one of those boards? (e.g., Dream of the Untouched Land)
  The land can still match the Invader Card due to being on the other board.

  In cases where multiple boards can be protected, like sacrificing Presence to New Cash Crops Take Hold, the land is only protected if both boards are skipped.
  Tags: Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Dream of the Untouched Land, New Cash Crops Take Hold