Question: capturing a capital

[malbert]

I would like a rule clarification about money taken from a player when you take thier capital. I have the boardgame with second edition rules.

Do you get to spend this money immediatly or is it as normal income that you would get at the end of your turn?

One of the rule clarification states that if your capital has been captured and you capture someone elses: you can spend the money you get immediatly.

Does this apply if your capital has not fallen?

[zooooma]

Hello ender wiggins.

The money you get from capturing a capitol is collected immediately, but not spent til your next "purchse units/develope weapons" phase.

The rules clearly state that without control of your own capitol, you may not collect income (money from an enemy capitol is not income) or purchase units. I am not sure where it is you saw the rule clarification of which you speak. Could it be this one?:

After your capital is liberated, either of the following will happen:

* In the rare case that you captured an enemy capital while your capital was under enemy control, you would collect all the captured enemy’s IPCs. This is the only way you could have any IPCs on your post-liberation turn (since you surrendered yours). With the IPCs, you could purchase new units on this turn, if you wish.

This states that once your capitol is liberated you may spand any money you recieved by having captured another capitol while your own was still in enemy hands. This seems immediate because otherwise, after being liberated, you would have to collect money at the end of your turn and wait a full round to spend it next turn.

Happy gaming.
-Luke