<p>No. The Mermaids' ability only lets you use <em>one</em> river hex to connect a city together. From the rules:</p>
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<p>You may skip one River space when founding a Town. (You decide if and when you want to use this ability. When founding a Town in this fashion, put the Town tile on the skipped River space. Of course, you may build Bridges as usual.)</p>
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<p>The reminder text also supports this fact since it emphasizes that you place the &quot;Town tile on the skipped River space&quot; which would be ambiguous if you were not limited to using only one river hex. Without this clarification, it would be hard to determine where one directly-adjacent city ends and the next begins on the river.</p>

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<p>Is it possibile to have a mermaids' city split into three small pieces all just one river hex far each another?</p>

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Mermaids: city spanning over many river branches
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# Mermaids: city spanning over many river branches

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-22)

Is it possibile to have a mermaids' city split into three small pieces all just one river hex far each another?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

No. The Mermaids' ability only lets you use *one* river hex to connect a city together. From the rules:

> You may skip one River space when founding a Town. (You decide if and when you want to use this ability. When founding a Town in this fashion, put the Town tile on the skipped River space. Of course, you may build Bridges as usual.)

The reminder text also supports this fact since it emphasizes that you place the "Town tile on the skipped River space" which would be ambiguous if you were not limited to using only one river hex. Without this clarification, it would be hard to determine where one directly-adjacent city ends and the next begins on the river.


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