<p>The "cheapest Technology Tile" is counted according to the technology's <em>base price</em>; technology discounts are irrelevant.   Ergo, of all the available technology tiles, you pick the one (that you don't already have) that is left-most on the track.</p>

<p>If there's more than one "cheapest" technology available (i.e. multiple technologies in the left-most column), you can take your pick of them.</p>

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<p>We really didn't understand this rule (page 7 of the manual): "3 x Ancient Technology: you may take the cheapest Technology Tile you don't already have...". How do you decide what is the cheapest?</p>

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What does 'cheapest' mean in the Ancient Technology rule?
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# What does 'cheapest' mean in the Ancient Technology rule?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-09-15)

We really didn't understand this rule (page 7 of the manual): "3 x Ancient Technology: you may take the cheapest Technology Tile you don't already have...". How do you decide what is the cheapest?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-09-16. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

The "cheapest Technology Tile" is counted according to the technology's *base price*; technology discounts are irrelevant. Ergo, of all the available technology tiles, you pick the one (that you don't already have) that is left-most on the track.

If there's more than one "cheapest" technology available (i.e. multiple technologies in the left-most column), you can take your pick of them.


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