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Rules questions from the BoardGameGeek forum. Answers marked Official were confirmed by Rio Grande Games or the designers. No official rulings are included in this FAQ.
Common mistakes
- Do not treat a 10-Stock-token exchange as an unrestricted sale: the old token returns to the Available Stock Pool, and the rules passage does not establish a separate same-round restriction. Ruling · Rule
- Do not treat the six Gate discs in the initial reserve as a limit: each airline has 12 total, and Fly options can add reserve Gates to its supply. Ruling · Rule
- Do not treat Research as having one settled timing limit: the rulebook says both once per Operating Round and once per turn in different sections. Ruling · Rule
- Do not resolve the +3-Gate no-CEO option if fewer than three Gates remain in reserve; that threshold is community interpretation of the rulebook's 'applies fully' instruction. Ruling · Rule
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When does the no-CEO Fly fallback add three Gates?
The rulebook's p. 13 sequence says to choose the first option that applies fully. A BoardGameGeek community reply interprets the three-Gate option as fully applicable only when at least 3 Gates remain in reserve; with fewer than 3 Gates in reserve, skip to the next listed option. The same reply says reserve counts should be 6, 3, or 0 because the Fly choices add Gates in groups of 3 or 6. The rulebook's second condition does not state that reserve threshold explicitly, so this remains a community interpretation, not printed errata.
Sources: Rio Grande Games rules, p. 13; BGG clarification; related non-CEO Fly question
Can an airline keep more than six Gates in supply?
Yes. Setup places one of the 12 Gate discs in the airline's Home City, five in its marked supply spaces and six in reserve. A CEO Fly option can add six Gates from reserve to the airline's supply (rules pp. 2, 12). More than six Gates can therefore be in supply, up to 11 when one remains on the board; the airline still has only 12 Gate discs total. This is bounded by the printed component count, rather than an unlimited supply.
Sources: Rio Grande Games rules, pp. 1–2 and 12; BGG Gate question
Where does a Stock token go when traded away at the 10-token limit?
The rulebook says there is no direct way to sell Stock tokens. At the 10-token limit, a player may return one token while buying a token from a different airline, apply its value toward the new purchase, and receive no cash. The example returns the old token to the Available Stock Pool (p. 8). A same-round repurchase restriction appears in the community thread but is not stated in the rulebook passage, so this FAQ does not present it as a publisher rule.
Sources: Rio Grande Games rules, p. 8; BGG stock-token discussion; BGG last-share question
How should an airline's Research limit be read when the rulebook gives different intervals?
Page 9 of the 2023 rulebook says Research is allowed once per Operating Round. Page 12 says an airline can advance with a stock action once per turn. Cleanup on p. 14 and the player-board reminder also say once per turn. The BGG discussion uses both “Operating Phase” and “Operating Round.” The printed frequency wording remains unresolved.
Sources: Rio Grande Games rules, pp. 9, 12 and 14; BGG Research discussion