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Can the robber be moved back onto the desert?

The rulebook names the desert as a legal destination, and the posts trace the rule change.

  • CATAN rulebook · Rulebook · Rolling a “7” and Activating the Robber
  • CATAN rulebook · Rulebook · Knight Cards
  • ackmondual · Community · 2014-04-04
  • WilbertK · Community · 2019-01-13
  • DKahnt · Community · 2009-01-04superseded
  • WBRP · Community · 2008-10-23
  • Ponton · Community · 2008-08-30
  • Whaleyland · Community · 2008-08-29disagrees

Yes. The current rules let the robber move to the desert as well as to any other land hex, whether it was moved by a 7 or by a Knight. Older 3rd-edition rules forbade returning it there, so answers that say no are out of date.

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