<p>This is not covered in those rules but it is covered in the rules of the original game.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.ultraboardgames.com/saboteur/game-rules.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.ultraboardgames.com/saboteur/game-rules.php</a></p>

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  <p>Important: Newly placed path cards must always have an uninterrupted connection to the start card!</p>
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<p>Since you are digging tunnels you will have to have a path to where you are digging the new one. Also it would greatly reduce the power of a card that blocks a path if you could continue building until you get a card to fix the blockage.</p>

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Joe W
<p>Saboteur Duel adds Troll cards into the game where there is path, but one of the branches is blocked by a troll.</p>

<p>The rules state:</p>

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  <p>The troll blocks the path behind it. If a player wants to pass a troll, he has to bribe it with 1 gold nugget. </p>
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<p>My question is: can I build off the blocked branch? </p>

<p>As precedent for being able to build off a blocked branch I would point to the coloured door cards from Saboteur 2. Any player can build off of a path blocked by a coloured door, but if the gold is exposed through a path through a coloured door, only that team wins regardless of who plays the final card.</p>

<p>Would it be for paths blocked by trolls that I could build off the blocked path but not be able to collect any exposed gold until someone bribes the troll?</p>

<p>I assume the answer is 'no', but the rules aren't explicit on this point and there is some debate in my group.</p>

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Can I build off a branch blocked by a troll?
Robert Gowland
# Can I build off a branch blocked by a troll?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-09)

Saboteur Duel adds Troll cards into the game where there is path, but one of the branches is blocked by a troll.

The rules state:

> The troll blocks the path behind it. If a player wants to pass a troll, he has to bribe it with 1 gold nugget.

My question is: can I build off the blocked branch?

As precedent for being able to build off a blocked branch I would point to the coloured door cards from Saboteur 2. Any player can build off of a path blocked by a coloured door, but if the gold is exposed through a path through a coloured door, only that team wins regardless of who plays the final card.

Would it be for paths blocked by trolls that I could build off the blocked path but not be able to collect any exposed gold until someone bribes the troll?

I assume the answer is 'no', but the rules aren't explicit on this point and there is some debate in my group.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-09. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

This is not covered in those rules but it is covered in the rules of the original game.

<https://www.ultraboardgames.com/saboteur/game-rules.php>

> Important: Newly placed path cards must always have an uninterrupted connection to the start card!

Since you are digging tunnels you will have to have a path to where you are digging the new one. Also it would greatly reduce the power of a card that blocks a path if you could continue building until you get a card to fix the blockage.


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