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What is the difference between an encounter and an advancement?
The rulebook defines encounters and advancements, and a player's explanation matches it.
- Dead Reckoning rulebook · Rulebook · Buy Advancements / Resolve Encounters
- Dave_Dallas · Community · 2026-05-25
An encounter is a card you resolve when you stop at it, by trading or attacking in the base game (Merchant ships); expansions add others such as Saga cards. An advancement is bought with cargo or coins and sleeved into a Sailor card. A Merchant ship is both: if you trade for it, it becomes an advancement.