[net.games.board] Pax Brittanica rules question

jeffh@brl-sem.ARPA (the Shadow) (10/10/85)

Based on the recommendations of various members of this newsgroup,
i went ahead and bought Pax Britannica.  Now that I have read the
rules, I do have one question that I have not beeb able to resolve
to my satisfaction:

When a player "buys" victory points in the Victory Point Phase of
the turn, does he then reduce his Treasury Track Total to zero?

There seem to be certain statements in the rules implying that he
should, while other statements seem to imply that he should not,
but nothing clearly stating one or the other.

So how about it?  Which way do you guys interpret this?  (Is this
a stupid question?)

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			the Shadow
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ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (10/17/85)

> Based on the recommendations of various members of this newsgroup,
> i went ahead and bought Pax Britannica.  Now that I have read the
> rules, I do have one question that I have not beeb able to resolve
> to my satisfaction:
> 
> When a player "buys" victory points in the Victory Point Phase of
> the turn, does he then reduce his Treasury Track Total to zero?
> 
> There seem to be certain statements in the rules implying that he
> should, while other statements seem to imply that he should not,
> but nothing clearly stating one or the other.
> 
> So how about it?  Which way do you guys interpret this?  (Is this
> a stupid question?)
> 

No, not a stupid question in my book.  I had a feeling in one
direction, but several members of my gaming club felt differently
so I actually sent a letter to Victory Games.  The amazingly
quick response I received confirmed my suspicion.  You MUST spend
(i.e. convert to VP's) the Treasury remaining on the Track each turn.
-- 
					--rick heli
					(... ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrrick)