<p>Yes, every player, including yourself / the player who rolled the 7.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.catan.com/service/game-rules#" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>
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<p>every player who has more than 7 resource cards must select half...</p>
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<p>With SeaFarers, you can choose to move the pirate instead of moving the robber. But that's the only difference. The discard half applies either way.</p>
<p>The rules specify only the pirate/robber choice. Leaving it up to the reader to remember that there's also the discard. But for confirmation, see this <a href="https://tametheboardgame.com/2017/01/22/the-seafarers-of-catan/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blog post</a>:</p>
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<p>Rolling seven is the same as in the original Catan in that the player who rolls seven gets to move the robber, and can take a resource from any player effected [sic] by where they move it to. Additionally any player with seven or more cards in their hand still has to discard half of them (the lesser half in the case of an odd number, i.e. if I have 9 cards with a seven is rolled I must discard 4).</p>
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L. Scott Johnson
<p>If I roll a &quot;7&quot; every player that has 8 or more cards has to give to the bank the half. Does that include the player who rolled the &quot;7&quot;?</p>
<p>If playing with then Seafarers expansion I can choose the Pirate after rolling &quot;7&quot; Does every player have to discard half of their cards when pirate is selected?</p>

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A small correction that I don't think constitutes its own answer but the Robber only affects you when you have 8+ resource cards. Having 7 and below will not cause you to discard down. The relevant rule is in L. Scott's answer
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Does a player rolling a 7 have to discard half their cards if they have more than 7?
George
# Does a player rolling a 7 have to discard half their cards if they have more than 7?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-04)

If I roll a "7" every player that has 8 or more cards has to give to the bank the half. Does that include the player who rolled the "7"?

If playing with then Seafarers expansion I can choose the Pirate after rolling "7" Does every player have to discard half of their cards when pirate is selected?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: A small correction that I don't think constitutes its own answer but the Robber only affects you when you have 8+ resource cards. Having 7 and below will not cause you to discard down. The relevant rule is in L. Scott's answer  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-12-04. Score: 4

Yes, every player, including yourself / the player who rolled the 7.

From [the rules](https://www.catan.com/service/game-rules#):

> every player who has more than 7 resource cards must select half...

With SeaFarers, you can choose to move the pirate instead of moving the robber. But that's the only difference. The discard half applies either way.

The rules specify only the pirate/robber choice. Leaving it up to the reader to remember that there's also the discard. But for confirmation, see this [blog post](https://tametheboardgame.com/2017/01/22/the-seafarers-of-catan/):

> Rolling seven is the same as in the original Catan in that the player who rolls seven gets to move the robber, and can take a resource from any player effected [sic] by where they move it to. Additionally any player with seven or more cards in their hand still has to discard half of them (the lesser half in the case of an odd number, i.e. if I have 9 cards with a seven is rolled I must discard 4).


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