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In the turn order auction, who pays their full bid and who pays half?

The designer confirmed the corrected wording, and it matches the rulebook.

  • Age of Steam rulebook · Rulebook · II. Determine Player Order
  • John Bohrer · Designer · 2009-02-09
  • onekccs · Community · 2009-02-12
  • clearclaw · Designer · 2012-01-23
  • rockusultimus · Community · 2012-01-20
  • d0gb0t · Community · 2024-09-28

The last two players still bidding each pay their full bid. The first player to drop out takes the last position and pays nothing, even if they had bid. Everyone else pays half their bid, rounded up. The 2009 English rules omitted the full-payment sentence, which an errata later restored.

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