<p>No, you don't lose half your hand if a knight card is played.</p>
<p>The rules for 'rolling a 7 and activating the Robber' state</p>
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<p>every player who was more than 7 Resource Cards must select half (rounded down) of his Resource Cards and return them to the bank.</p>
<p>The you must move the robber Proceed as follows.....</p>
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<p>then steps 1 and 2 are stated for stealing a resource.</p>
<p>The rules for a solider cards state</p>
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<p>you must immediately move the robber.  See activating the robber and and follow steps 1 and 2</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It does not state everyone loses cards if they have 8 or more.</p>
<p>To clarify the rules for losing cards if you have more than 8 are only triggered for rolling a 7 and in no other way.</p>

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Thanks for the response. In fact I found the answer on the [catan.com website FAQ's](http://www.catan.com/faq-page/93) Know it all son has been informed. His response was that I could not possibly have known that at the time so I was obviously cheated. Looks like a good game (this is only my second game), but I might need to find somebody else to play it with!
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Sounds like someone is a sore loser. :) Lots of kids struggle with it, especially motivated ones! Good life lessons.
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<p>In Settlers of Catan, when a player plays a Knight card ("Solider" card in older editions), do players with 8 cards or more in their hand have to forfeit half their hand to the bank?</p>

<p>This is causing a huge row in our family as I think that this forfeit rule only applies to rolling a seven and not to playing a Knight card.</p>

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Do players have to discard when a Knight card is played?
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# Do players have to discard when a Knight card is played?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-31)

In Settlers of Catan, when a player plays a Knight card ("Solider" card in older editions), do players with 8 cards or more in their hand have to forfeit half their hand to the bank?

This is causing a huge row in our family as I think that this forfeit rule only applies to rolling a seven and not to playing a Knight card.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-31. Score: 16

No, you don't lose half your hand if a knight card is played.

The rules for 'rolling a 7 and activating the Robber' state

> every player who was more than 7 Resource Cards must select half (rounded down) of his Resource Cards and return them to the bank.
>
> The you must move the robber Proceed as follows.....

then steps 1 and 2 are stated for stealing a resource.

The rules for a solider cards state

> you must immediately move the robber. See activating the robber and and follow steps 1 and 2

It does not state everyone loses cards if they have 8 or more.

To clarify the rules for losing cards if you have more than 8 are only triggered for rolling a 7 and in no other way.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the response. In fact I found the answer on the [catan.com website FAQ's](http://www.catan.com/faq-page/93) Know it all son has been informed. His response was that I could not possibly have known that at the time so I was obviously cheated. Looks like a good game (this is only my second game), but I might need to find somebody else to play it with!  
> **username_2**: Sounds like someone is a sore loser. :) Lots of kids struggle with it, especially motivated ones! Good life lessons.  

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