<p>Of course you can only use it against each opponent once on any given turn.</p>

<p>They may as well try to argue that there are 3 turns left in the game, and 3 opponents, so they can use it 9 times this turn against a single opponent. That has as much grammatical sense as what they're arguing, and is clearly not what the grammatical structure means.</p>

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2019-09-13T09:22:30.293Z
No, that would be a fundamental difference in power level.
The difference between "Power bounded by adjacent opponents" vs "Power bounded by number of opponents" is a lot more subtle.
deworde
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AndyT
<p>Looks like this is clarified by Antoine from Days of Wonder in <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/article/3230688#3230688">this thread</a>.  You may only use it once against a given opponent in a turn.</p>

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2012-08-20T11:49:16.900Z
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bwarner
<p>A Cunning Rules Lawyer pointed out that, while the rules for Sorcerers say:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Once per turn per opponent, your Sorcerers
  can conquer a Region by substituting one of
  your opponent's Active tokens with one of
  your own taken from the storage tray.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It isn't 100% clear if, when you're playing a four player game, you can convert four regions of the same opponent, or if "once per opponent" means you have to target a different opponent each time.</p>

<p><strong>Does once per turn per opponent mean that you have to target a different opponent each time, or just that you have as many conversions as opponents?</strong></p>

<small-world>
Can Sorcerers convert two units from the same Tribe in one turn?
deworde
# Can Sorcerers convert two units from the same Tribe in one turn?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-20)

A Cunning Rules Lawyer pointed out that, while the rules for Sorcerers say:

> Once per turn per opponent, your Sorcerers
> can conquer a Region by substituting one of
> your opponent's Active tokens with one of
> your own taken from the storage tray.

It isn't 100% clear if, when you're playing a four player game, you can convert four regions of the same opponent, or if "once per opponent" means you have to target a different opponent each time.

**Does once per turn per opponent mean that you have to target a different opponent each time, or just that you have as many conversions as opponents?**

**Tags:** small-world


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-08-20. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Looks like this is clarified by Antoine from Days of Wonder in [this thread](http://boardgamegeek.com/article/3230688#3230688). You may only use it once against a given opponent in a turn.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-27. Score: 0

Of course you can only use it against each opponent once on any given turn.

They may as well try to argue that there are 3 turns left in the game, and 3 opponents, so they can use it 9 times this turn against a single opponent. That has as much grammatical sense as what they're arguing, and is clearly not what the grammatical structure means.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: No, that would be a fundamental difference in power level. The difference between "Power bounded by adjacent opponents" vs "Power bounded by number of opponents" is a lot more subtle.  

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