by Billgrant
Cheeseburger wrote:
I've played the game twice and had to constantly review the description for the "Swap Country Token" and still don't really know how it works. Can someone provide a few examples of using it with how the timing works? Greatly appreciated.
This is the detail in the rule book:
"Swap Country Tokens. Before a Bean is taken, player may move Researcher and this Country Token to another location. The Country Token at that location (and a Field Researcher on that Token, if occupied) is placed in the vacant Token spot. Player then takes the Bean in the resulting Country Crop space, if available."
Essentially it means when you put your researcher on this country you can pick another spot to switch with. As I read it the timing is immediate - e.g. After you place the token you perform the action (in this case optional) and then take the bean, if available. You move the research pawns with their respective countries if a switch is made.
If still confused let us know.