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My understanding is that the special rules regarding the King are:
If the King is turned face up at the pre-distribution phase, it goes back into the deck.
If the King is targeted by the Assassin, the crown still changes player.
The question I have is - if the current crown-holder always chooses the King as their card, then the crown will never change hands.
Is this a correct understanding of the rules?
Getting the crown is usually a small reward in comparison to, say, the architect or the thief abilities. The only way this can be a good strategy is focusing on golden districts. At that point, is it easy to target the king with either the thief or the assasin and break the advantage of having the crown AND a useful ability.
In short, there is no way of stopping some player keeping the king forever, but there is also not a good reason to do so.
If the king holder always takes the king then they will become an easy target for other players when they take the assassin or the thief. If they only pick the king then they will end up hurting themselves as there is no real benefit to always being the crown holder that would make up for losing the other abilities.
