Bigger Pieces Have Bills
Rules v2.8 · Video version 7
Music: Open Room, Lantern On

PIP: Fan mail. Addressed to The Very Impressive Army.

CLICK: It is a bill. Three crystals, due when your turn starts.

PIP: My fan is very picky about timing.

COACH: Hello. We bought that Hi on C3. Does it owe anything?

CLICK: Nothing. Tier one never gets mail.

COACH: Upkeep is the toll a big piece pays, at your own turn start.

COACH: Tier one owes nothing. Tier two owes one. Tier three owes two.

PIP: Then we let the Hi go. Off the board, and we save a fortune.

COACH: Letting the Hi go saves zero crystals. And tier one may never be let go.

PIP: My loophole has become a regular hole.

CLICK: Extremely responsible is doing a lot of work in that plan.

CLICK: Nothing, one, two.

PIP: And tier one always stays.

CLICK: Bank: two.

CLICK: All three envelopes: three.

CLICK: The Hi and the Tanka: two.

COACH: Which card can two crystals pay for?

COACH: Put a finger on one, or take your time and look at both.

COACH: Two crystals cannot open all three. So the Hono is let go.

COACH: Then two crystals opened the Tanka envelope, and the Hi owed nothing.

PIP: We do not pay part of it. We keep less of us.

CLICK: Proves what two crystals pay. Not which pieces we want.

PIP: I will pay this turn's bill from this turn's payday. Here is a receipt.

CLICK: Your receipt cannot mine.

COACH: This turn's bill comes before healing and payday. Today's income can pay next turn's bill.

COACH: The Standing Bill comes back every turn you own a Hono or a Tanka.

COACH: One game for your table. Put counters beside each card, then add them up.

CLICK: Nothing, one, two.

COACH: If your bank covers every bill, payment is automatic. Otherwise, choose an affordable group to keep. All tier one pieces must stay. The review upkeep setting also lets you release bigger pieces voluntarily. Losing your last piece loses the game.

COACH: A newly promoted piece pays its new tier bill on your next turn, not again today. A home occupation win is checked before any of these bills.

PIP: And tier one always stays.

COACH: Stopping here is fine. Next time we count somebody else's trip.