There are some other things that you can do on your turn. These things may be done between any two phases of your turn. Unless specifically stated elsewhere, these things may not be done during any of your turn’s phases (in the middle of Combat, for instance) or if you are out of play (described below).

You may receive your Income every turn, if you remember to ask for it. When you ask the Banker for your Income, the Banker will provide you with an amount of Inevitable Scrip equal to your current Income Statistic. ATMs in the City will not dispense more than $300 at once, so even if your Income has somehow gotten to a point where it exceeds $300, you may only collect $300 per turn.  Once you have declared the end of your turn, you may not (“I forgot”) collect your Income. And, finally, if a player, caught up in all the fun, cannot remember whether or not they have already collected their Income on a turn, all other players, including the Banker, may refuse to answer the hapless player’s queries. In these instances, the player receives no Income, regardless of whether they already collected or not. And remember: if you passed (or will pass) the Movement phase of your turn, do not collect Income.

Mailing an item is different from “giving” an item away to an opponent. The mailable Possessions are generally unpleasant traps, and mailing them is simply the means of forcing an opponent to spring the trap. The recipient does not add them to his or her own list of Possessions unless explicitly specified elsewhere (as in the case of the Fruitcake, for instance).

 

Mailing an item to an opponent nearly always counts as an Instigation, and certain merciful rules limit and restrict the ways you can Instigate your opponents. Refer to the “Hurting Other People” section for the full scoop.