<p>This <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1123224/energyecology-level-beyondbelow-limit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">thread</a> on BGG suggests a co-designer has clarified that -7/+7 is not a hard limit.  I couldn't find the exact post to clarify that but one of the designers has been very active answering questions.</p>

<p>Something in the rules <a href="http://www.ystari.com/prosperity/ProsperityUS.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> say is.</p>

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  <p>Note: at any time, the players can recalculate their energy and
  ecology totals to check that they haven’t made a mistake</p>
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<p>This to me would imply that you can move beyond -7/+7 as it can be recalculated at any time.  If you stopped moving at the extremes then its possible that the total couldn't be calculated in retrospect.</p>

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<p>What happens when a player reaches one beyond the maximum possible value on their individual board's economy or ecology tracks ? </p>

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<p>Do energy and ecology values start being tallied beyond 7 ?</p>

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# Maxed Out Energy / Ecology values

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-05)

What happens when a player reaches one beyond the maximum possible value on their individual board's economy or ecology tracks ?

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Do energy and ecology values start being tallied beyond 7 ?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

This [thread](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1123224/energyecology-level-beyondbelow-limit) on BGG suggests a co-designer has clarified that -7/+7 is not a hard limit. I couldn't find the exact post to clarify that but one of the designers has been very active answering questions.

Something in the rules [here](http://www.ystari.com/prosperity/ProsperityUS.pdf) say is.

> Note: at any time, the players can recalculate their energy and
> ecology totals to check that they haven’t made a mistake

This to me would imply that you can move beyond -7/+7 as it can be recalculated at any time. If you stopped moving at the extremes then its possible that the total couldn't be calculated in retrospect.


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