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[Axe Knight]

When attempting to build a tunnel, if one is successful in the draw (i.e. having enough cards to cover the extras, or no extras revealed), do they still HAVE to build the tunnel?  The rules were not clear about this, but I'm leaning towards no since it just says that only then can they build the tunnel.  Last night, we had a player want to build the tunnel, then after he realized that he'd need to spend two extra cards, he opted not to...

[david707]

I'm pretty sure you don't have to.

[Auroch]

I think you can choose not to build the tunnel. If you were required to build the tunnel if you could, that would create the problem of hidden information: Someone might have more trains of that color in their without anyone else knowing, and might not notice themself. The only sensible way to deal with this is to treat someone accidentally or deliberately not finding a card the same as one who doesn't have it.

TL;DR: He neglected to find a matching train card; treat it like he didn't have one, since you can't tell the difference unless he tells you.

[Axe Knight]

Good to be back after being gone for awhile.

Good points all, that's what I thought.  It was a situation I hadn't encountered before that the rules did not necessarily clarify.