Power Grid: Taxes

About this expansion

Power Grid: Taxes is a promotional card for Power Grid, listed for 2–6 players with a 120-minute play time. First available in 2013, this compact addition introduces a tax event to the power plant deck.

Shuffle the card into the power plant deck before play. If it appears during Step 1, place it below the deck rather than resolving it immediately. If it is drawn during Step 2 or Step 3, the card takes effect during phase 5, “Bureaucracy.”

At the start of that phase, every player pays 20% of their money in taxes, with the amount rounded down. Once the tax has been paid, players receive their usual income for supplying electricity to cities. The card is then removed from the game.

• Shuffle the card into the power plant deck.
• Place it below the deck if drawn in Step 1.
• In Step 2 or Step 3, collect 20% taxes during phase 5.
• Remove the card after use.

Power Grid: Taxes was first offered at the 2F-Spiele booth during Spiel 2013 in exchange for a donation to Knaddeldaddel, a small playgroup for 1–3-year-old children in Bremen. The card was also included in the 2014/1 issue of Spielbox magazine and is available through the BGG Geekstore.