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Single Color Match Bonus: at the end of your turn you may lay one card from your hand face-up in the Center Row.

Double Color Match: at the end of your turn you (1) lay one card from your hand face-up in the Center Row and (2) all other players must draw one card from the Draw Pile.

May I choose not to lay down a card for a Single Color Match? It might be better to end my turn with two cards instead of one, and the word "may" implies a decision; further, the word "may" is absent from the Double Color Match passage of the rules.

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    In both English and common board game jargon, "you may do X" denotes that doing "X" is optional. Do you have any reason to believe otherwise here?
    – ikegami
    Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 22:12
  • Well, I guess maybe I thought it was an oversight to use "may" on only one of the two rules. If that's intended, then it's only optional to lay the card on a single color match. I don't have any good reason, though. Also, I was not familiar with common board game jargon.
    – user45266
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 2:38
  • Ah yes, good point
    – ikegami
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 13:21
  • I would think that the use of may for one and not the other is intentional. This could be a way for them to balance out the strength of the bonuses.
    – icirellik
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 20:13

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The quote in the question includes both words, "may" and "must". So it seems very clear that "may" refers to an action that is optional.

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