<p>You appear to be referring to this passage from the <a href="http://zmangames.com/rulebooks/Saboteur.pdf" rel="nofollow">rules</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>At any given time, a maximum of three such broken tool cards may be in front of a particular player, but only one card of each type.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Given that each player has three tools, that is a meandering way of saying</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>At any given time, only one broken tool card of each type may be in front of a particular player.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The point of the rule is that it's useless to break a tool twice. This has nothing to do with the Theft card.</p>

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ikegami
<p>In the rules of the first Saboteur is specified that each player can have in front of them a maximum of 3 cards ( doesn't specify if blocking cards or other ).</p>

<p>In case I use a Theft card and I put it in front of me, does it occupy a slot for the number cards in front of me ? If the answer is yes, means that I can be blocked with maximum of 2 blocking cards.</p>

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Count Theft card as card in front on the player
Alexandru
# Count Theft card as card in front on the player

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-04)

In the rules of the first Saboteur is specified that each player can have in front of them a maximum of 3 cards ( doesn't specify if blocking cards or other ).

In case I use a Theft card and I put it in front of me, does it occupy a slot for the number cards in front of me ? If the answer is yes, means that I can be blocked with maximum of 2 blocking cards.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You appear to be referring to this passage from the [rules](http://zmangames.com/rulebooks/Saboteur.pdf):

> At any given time, a maximum of three such broken tool cards may be in front of a particular player, but only one card of each type.

Given that each player has three tools, that is a meandering way of saying

> At any given time, only one broken tool card of each type may be in front of a particular player.

The point of the rule is that it's useless to break a tool twice. This has nothing to do with the Theft card.


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