<p>In all of your cases A chooses the next power plant. <a href="http://riograndegames.com/getFile.php?id=698">The rules</a> are quite clear: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>When a player other than the player who started
   the auction wins the auction, the auctioning player may choose a new plant to auction from the actual market or pass</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A will keep putting power plants up for bid until either</p>

<ul>
<li>A wins a power plant auction</li>
<li>A passes (and is out for the entire phase, they will not get a power plant this turn)</li>
</ul>

<p>Remember, that when choosing a power plant A must make the first bid for at least the minimum printed on the power plant card.</p>

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2015-08-19T04:08:51.480Z
2015-08-19T04:08:51.480Z
Pat Ludwig
<p>It sounds like you are mixing different uses of the word "round". When the rules say "Exception: In the first round of the game, each player must buy a power plant" it means round as in a full round of the game, where there's auction, resource buying, etc. But you seem to be using round to mean a round of the action phase, where 1 plant is auctioned off.</p>

<p>So in the very first round of the game, the player whose turn it is to pick a plant is not allowed to pass. He must pick a plant to bid on. In later rounds, if it is your turn to pick a plant for auction, you can pass instead, in which case you do not get to buy a plant at all until the next game round.</p>

<p>If you pass in the middle of a specific auction for a specific plant, that just means you can no longer bid on that plant. You can still bid on the next plant to be auctioned, or pick a plant yourself when your turn comes up.</p>

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2015-08-19T05:13:33.493Z
2015-08-19T05:13:33.493Z
GendoIkari
<p>This question is a followup of <a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/8986/first-auction-power-plant-in-power-grid">this question</a>.</p>

<p>Let's say, we have A, B C and D again:</p>

<p><strong>First round:</strong>
If A chooses Power plant, but D wins, then A will initiate another auction.
Again when A chooses Power plant, but C wins, then A will initiate yet another auction.
Looks like A has a slight adavantage here - it can potentially force others to bid higher for a power plant, or trick them into buying plants which it does not intend.</p>

<p>If A passes during an auction which it started, does it still get the option to initiate the next auction?</p>

<p><strong>Subsequent rounds:</strong>
If A chooses Power plant, D wins, who initiates the auction again? A or B?
If A initiates, then how is a subsequent round is any different from the first round?
If B initiates, does this mean A never gets the chance to initiate an auction again in this round?</p>

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Power Grid: Auction in following rounds
Neel
# Power Grid: Auction in following rounds

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-19)

This question is a followup of [this question](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/8986/first-auction-power-plant-in-power-grid).

Let's say, we have A, B C and D again:

**First round:**
If A chooses Power plant, but D wins, then A will initiate another auction.
Again when A chooses Power plant, but C wins, then A will initiate yet another auction.
Looks like A has a slight adavantage here - it can potentially force others to bid higher for a power plant, or trick them into buying plants which it does not intend.

If A passes during an auction which it started, does it still get the option to initiate the next auction?

**Subsequent rounds:**
If A chooses Power plant, D wins, who initiates the auction again? A or B?
If A initiates, then how is a subsequent round is any different from the first round?
If B initiates, does this mean A never gets the chance to initiate an auction again in this round?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-19. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

It sounds like you are mixing different uses of the word "round". When the rules say "Exception: In the first round of the game, each player must buy a power plant" it means round as in a full round of the game, where there's auction, resource buying, etc. But you seem to be using round to mean a round of the action phase, where 1 plant is auctioned off.

So in the very first round of the game, the player whose turn it is to pick a plant is not allowed to pass. He must pick a plant to bid on. In later rounds, if it is your turn to pick a plant for auction, you can pass instead, in which case you do not get to buy a plant at all until the next game round.

If you pass in the middle of a specific auction for a specific plant, that just means you can no longer bid on that plant. You can still bid on the next plant to be auctioned, or pick a plant yourself when your turn comes up.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-19. Score: 9

In all of your cases A chooses the next power plant. [The rules](http://riograndegames.com/getFile.php?id=698) are quite clear:

> When a player other than the player who started
> the auction wins the auction, the auctioning player may choose a new plant to auction from the actual market or pass

A will keep putting power plants up for bid until either

* A wins a power plant auction
* A passes (and is out for the entire phase, they will not get a power plant this turn)

Remember, that when choosing a power plant A must make the first bid for at least the minimum printed on the power plant card.


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