Thurn and Taxis FAQ
79 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Preparation and Overview
Turn Order and Officials
- What are the steps of a turn, and must you play a card before scoring?
- Can you play another city card after closing and scoring a route in the same turn?
- Must you use the Postmaster when you start your turn with no cards in hand, including the first turn?
- Can you use more than one official in a single turn?
- When do you have to decide to use the Postmaster?
- With the Postmaster, is the face-up card replaced before you pick the second card?
- Must both Postmaster cards come from the same source, face-up or deck?
- Can you take the top card of the city card supply instead of a face-up card?
- When can you use the Administrator to replace the face-up cards?
- With the Postal Carrier, can your two city cards go on opposite ends of the route?
Building Routes
- Are two cities adjacent if you can only reach one from the other through a third city?
- How does Lodz, which has only one road, fit into a route?
- Can you insert a city card between two cards of your route, or rearrange the route?
- Does a city card need to go on a particular side of the route to match its map position?
- What is the shortest route you can close and score, even with the Cartwright?
- What happens if none of your cards can extend your route on your turn?
- Can the same route be scored twice?
- Can you build a route longer than your next carriage or the length tile you want?
Placing Houses
- When you close a route, must you place as many houses as the route allows?
- When scoring a route, can you mix the two house-placement options?
- Which cities can you place houses in when closing a route?
- Can one route cover both shades of blue as a single province?
- Can a route include cities where you already have a house, and does it still score the full length?
- Do bonus tiles and carriage upgrades depend on the cards in the route or on the houses you place?
Carriages and the Cartwright
- Must you take carriage cards in order starting from the 3, and can you skip one?
- Can you take a 5 carriage while 4 carriage cards are still on the board?
- How far can the Cartwright take you up the carriage ladder?
- Does using the Cartwright earn a route-length bonus tile?
- Is closing a route optional, and must you take the carriage it earns?
- Can you close a three-card route once your carriage is already a 4 or higher?
Bonus Tiles
- Can one closed route earn more than one route-length bonus tile?
- If the length tile your route earns is gone, which tile do you take?
- Can you score a shorter route to claim a bigger length tile?
- Can you collect the same kind of bonus tile more than once?
- How many bonus tiles can one closed route earn?
- Are bonus tiles hidden from other players?
Province Bonus Tiles
- Who gets the higher province tile when several players complete the same province?
- Can you complete a province bonus with houses placed over several routes?
- Does a province bonus covering two colours need houses in both?
- If you run out of houses, can you still get a province tile for cities you could not fill?
- Does the all-provinces bonus tile need a house in Baiern?
- What is the Outside Baiern tile, and does it need a house in Baiern?
- Does Lodz count as its own province for the all-provinces tile?
Hand Limit and Discarding
Game End and Scoring
- Does the game end at once when someone takes the 7 carriage or places their last house?
- After a player triggers the end, who still gets a turn?
- Does completing a seven-card route end the game?
- How do you calculate your final score?
- How many points is each carriage card worth at game end?
- Do houses you have not placed cost points at game end?
- What is the highest score a player can reach in Thurn and Taxis?
- Who wins if two players tie for the most points at game end?
- Does the Game end bonus tile score its points when nobody ties?
Thurn and Taxis: Power and GloryExpansion
- In Power and Glory, do the horse cards go with a discarded route?
- In Power and Glory, can you be forced to discard a route, and how many horse cards can you play?
- In Power and Glory, can the all-provinces tile be claimed without a house in a Free City?
- In Power and Glory, can one route put houses in both parts of Prussia?
- In Power and Glory, does the all-provinces tile need a house in both parts of Prussia?
- In Power and Glory, can a route of only two city cards be scored?
- In Power and Glory, can you close a route in a turn when you only played a horse?
- In Power and Glory, how do Free Cities count when a route passes through them?
- In Power and Glory, who gets the bonus tile for a Free City?
- What do the officials do in Power and Glory, and is using one optional?
- Can you play Power and Glory without the base game?
- Can you use the Power and Glory map together with the base game map?
- In Power and Glory, how many horses do you need to close a route?
- In Power and Glory, how many cards can you keep after scoring a route?
- In Power and Glory, is there any way to trigger the final round other than the last house?
Thurn and Taxis: All Roads Lead to RomeExpansion
- In The Audience, do you move a carriage for each city card you did not use to place a house?
- In The Audience, how do jokers work once carriages reach Rome?
- Can All Roads Lead to Rome be played with the Power and Glory board?
- Does All Roads Lead to Rome need Power and Glory or any other expansion?
- Can The Audience or Offices of Honor be played without the base game?
- Do you get an Offices of Honor tile when a role's power has no effect?