<p>The prestige bonus card applies only to <em>one</em> phase card:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In the 2-player advanced game, place the prestige/search action card and the action card for the other phase you selected, naming the phase receiving the prestige bonus as you flip your action cards over.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So... you get exactly the appropriate bonus for the phase you choose to apply it to. It's easier to look at the nice pictures in <a href="http://riograndegames.com/getFile.php?id=506" rel="nofollow">the rules</a>, but there are text descriptions as well:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Consume: Trade</strong></p>
  
  <p>Sell a good, drawing 3 additional cards; then consume any remaining
  goods doubling the number of VP chips received (as the Consume +x1 bonus
  applies) and, optionally, discard up to two cards from your hand for 1 VP
  apiece.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Consume: 2x</strong></p>
  
  <p>Triple (not double) the number of VP chips (only) that you receive.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So the most VP you can possibly get is 3x (by applying it to the consume 2x), and if you want to get fancy trade bonuses (by applying it to the consume trade) you'll get 2x VP.</p>

<p>(Note that in both cases, the prestige card <em>adds</em> 1x VP. It doesn't actually say 2x or 3x on the card.)</p>

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<p>When playing 2 player (or solitaire) and playing the prestige bonus card, can you choose the second action to be the Consume, VPx2, scoring VPx5 (x3 from the prestige bonus, x2 from the Consume stage)?</p>

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# When using prestige bonus during two player, can I choose Consume VPx2 as my second action?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-27)

When playing 2 player (or solitaire) and playing the prestige bonus card, can you choose the second action to be the Consume, VPx2, scoring VPx5 (x3 from the prestige bonus, x2 from the Consume stage)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The prestige bonus card applies only to *one* phase card:

> In the 2-player advanced game, place the prestige/search action card and the action card for the other phase you selected, naming the phase receiving the prestige bonus as you flip your action cards over.

So... you get exactly the appropriate bonus for the phase you choose to apply it to. It's easier to look at the nice pictures in [the rules](http://riograndegames.com/getFile.php?id=506), but there are text descriptions as well:

> **Consume: Trade**
>
> Sell a good, drawing 3 additional cards; then consume any remaining
> goods doubling the number of VP chips received (as the Consume +x1 bonus
> applies) and, optionally, discard up to two cards from your hand for 1 VP
> apiece.
>
> **Consume: 2x**
>
> Triple (not double) the number of VP chips (only) that you receive.

So the most VP you can possibly get is 3x (by applying it to the consume 2x), and if you want to get fancy trade bonuses (by applying it to the consume trade) you'll get 2x VP.

(Note that in both cases, the prestige card *adds* 1x VP. It doesn't actually say 2x or 3x on the card.)


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