Cyclades
If you have three philosophers and take Athena but cannot build a metropolis, what happens?
The rulebook says four philosophers force a metropolis and lets you destroy buildings for room; posts confirm the fourth is mandatory.
- Cyclades rulebook · Rulebook · The Metropolises
- Cyclades rulebook · Rulebook · 5. Performing Actions
- FabienC · Community · 2010-05-06
- Notilus · Community · 2024-01-20
You still take the free fourth philosopher, and the four are discarded. If no metropolis space is free, you may destroy your own buildings to make room; if there is still no room, no metropolis is built.