<p>The parenthesis disambiguates the phrase before it. "In a row" has its natural meaning, which is further clarified to be "any conti<strong>n</strong>uous straight line" (of hexes). A conti<strong>g</strong>uous grouping is not the same thing.</p>

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Nij
<p>The rulebook says the following:</p>

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  <p>Number of your structures in a row (any continuous straight line is fine; only count the longest row of structures you have; rivers do not break continuity).</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The last bit is obvious: rivers don't matter.  The "straight line" part is in parenthesis, so I assume that it isn't as important as the "in a row", so what does that mean? </p>

<p>Is it any continuous grouping, or is the straight line part more important than I assume, and the structures need to be along one of the hex rows?</p>

<scythe>
What exactly does the "structures in a row" end game bonus mean?
MBraedley
# What exactly does the "structures in a row" end game bonus mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-21)

The rulebook says the following:

> Number of your structures in a row (any continuous straight line is fine; only count the longest row of structures you have; rivers do not break continuity).

The last bit is obvious: rivers don't matter. The "straight line" part is in parenthesis, so I assume that it isn't as important as the "in a row", so what does that mean?

Is it any continuous grouping, or is the straight line part more important than I assume, and the structures need to be along one of the hex rows?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-21. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

The parenthesis disambiguates the phrase before it. "In a row" has its natural meaning, which is further clarified to be "any conti**n**uous straight line" (of hexes). A conti**g**uous grouping is not the same thing.


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