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Can I play a bonus card in the middle of an action, for example to get a missing good before paying?

Several replies agree and one card's printed note says the same, but the rulebook does not state it for all cards.

  • Thygra · Community · 2015-03-06
  • AndreasResch · Community · 2014-06-17
  • Metal Rat · Community · 2018-06-23
  • barandur · Community · 2015-12-27
  • barandur · Community · 2017-03-19

No. Bonus cards are played before or after an action, not while carrying one out, so a card cannot supply a missing resource mid-purchase. The "Gain 1 good" card states this explicitly, and a 2015 reply says the older "whenever you like" wording was removed from the rules.

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