The Trading Posts rules

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The Trading Posts is an expansion for Splendor. Silk Road box.

How The Trading Posts changes play

Trading Post tiles give you permanent powers for owning the right combination of cards.

Setup: make 5 stacks of Trading Post tiles, one per power, each holding as many tiles as there are players. Put them below the Noble (or City) tiles.
Gain one at the end of your turn, after Nobles, if you own the cards it needs: 1 per turn, and you keep it for good.

Turn Structure After the Noble check, check the Trading Posts.
Take 2 Gems of One Colour The White Trading Post lets you take 1 extra token of another colour after taking 2 of one colour.
Reserving a Card The Black Trading Post lets you draw 2 cards from a deck, keep 1 and return the other.
Buying a Development Card The Red and Blue Trading Posts change what you gain after buying and what gold is worth.
Token Limit With the Blue Trading Post, each gold still counts as 1 token for this limit.

Trading Posts There are 5 stacks of Trading Post tiles, one per power, each holding as many tiles as there are players.
The Five Trading Post Powers Red needs 3 red and 1 white cards; White needs 2 white cards; Blue needs 3 blue and 1 black cards; Green needs 5 green cards; Black needs…
Red Trading Post Immediately after buying any card and before it is replaced, take 1 token that isn't gold. It can be one of the tokens you just spent.
White Trading Post After taking 2 tokens of the same colour, you also take 1 token of another colour, but not gold.
Blue Trading Post When you buy a card, each gold you spend is worth 2 tokens of the same colour. If you pay more than needed you don't get the extra back.
Green Trading Post The Green tile earns 1 prestige for each Trading Post you own, including itself.
Black Trading Post When you reserve a card from one of the 3 decks, draw its first 2 cards without showing the other players.