<p>That is a perfectly acceptable action to take.</p>

<p><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55f65034e4b0f8a9c68669fd/t/56171c19e4b03950d6c466a6/1444355097680/jaipur+rulebook.pdf" rel="nofollow">The rules</a> at the bottom of the "Take Cards" page explicitly state:</p>

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  <p>Players may never have more than 7 cards in their hand <strong>at the end of their turn.</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Nowhere in the rules does it disallow gaining more than 7 cards to your hand during an exchange.</p>

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2016-10-11T02:16:07.660Z
2016-10-11T02:16:07.660Z
Ken Herbert
<p>One of the actions you can do on your turn in Jaipur is to trade cards from your hand with an equal amount of cards from the market. I wasn't sure how this worked mechanically as well as its interaction with the 7-card hand limit.</p>

<ul>
<li>I have 6 cards in hand</li>
<li>I take two cards from the market, my hand is now 8</li>
<li>I put two cards back into the market, my hand is 6 again</li>
</ul>

<p>Is this a legal move, or at no point can my hand exceed 8? I would think inbetween an action resolving, you can have >7 cards in hand but the rules are ambiguous.</p>

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# Exchanging in Jaipur

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-11)

One of the actions you can do on your turn in Jaipur is to trade cards from your hand with an equal amount of cards from the market. I wasn't sure how this worked mechanically as well as its interaction with the 7-card hand limit.

* I have 6 cards in hand
* I take two cards from the market, my hand is now 8
* I put two cards back into the market, my hand is 6 again

Is this a legal move, or at no point can my hand exceed 8? I would think inbetween an action resolving, you can have >7 cards in hand but the rules are ambiguous.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

That is a perfectly acceptable action to take.

[The rules](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55f65034e4b0f8a9c68669fd/t/56171c19e4b03950d6c466a6/1444355097680/jaipur+rulebook.pdf) at the bottom of the "Take Cards" page explicitly state:

> Players may never have more than 7 cards in their hand **at the end of their turn.**

Nowhere in the rules does it disallow gaining more than 7 cards to your hand during an exchange.


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