Famiglia FAQ 
FAQ for Famiglia
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Green mercenaries can be used to take green mercenaries
A green card can be used as a lower green card when taking a green card, e.g. a green 0 and green 2 can take a green 1. (The word "other" in "can be played as matching cards for other families" in the Rio Grande English rules is a mistranslation.)
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/5945818#5945818
You can use only 1 joker when taking a card, so you can not use a green 1 and green 2 to take a green 1: one of the cards must be the "correct" card.
A card's special action can always be done with value less than its maximum
A card's special action can always be done with value less than its maximum. That's clear from the green card icons, but not the yellow and blue card icons. I.e.:
- Yellow brutes can lower by less than their value (even though the Rio Grande English rules say "reduced by the value of the Brute card"). E.g. if you have a couple of red 2 cards and a yellow 2, you could lower the value of the red 4 by just 1 (not 2) to be able to take it with your two red 2 cards.
- Blue accountants can be used to exchange fewer card pairs than its value (even though the Rio Grande English rules say "This allows him to exchange 1-4 (the value of the card played) cards").
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/5714663#5714663
Game end when refilling empty street
If the deck runs out due to refilling the street with 6 cards after a player took the last card on the street, then:
- If this happens at the end of player 2's turn, as described above, play another whole turn. So both players get another chance to get a card.
- If this happens at the end of player 1's turn, player 2 finishes his turn and game ends.
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/6814615#6814615
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