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In the Standard Game, what happens if you cannot pay expenses in full?

The rulebook gives the exact shortfall rule for the Standard Game.

  • Steam rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 6 — Income & Expenses
  • General_Norris · Community · 2015-06-29
  • Bilben04 · Community · 2015-05-15
  • RDewsbery · Community · 2009-07-08

You pay all the cash you have, then move back one victory point for every $2 still owed. If that pushes your VP to zero, you drop on the income track at the same rate. An odd shortfall means the bank returns $1 in change.

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