Power Grid: Russia & Japan

Starting in game turn 2, remove it when the first player passes instead of offering a new plant for auction, then replace it from the stack. Do not remove it merely because everyone passes without buying a plant (p. 2).

No. Unlike the standard rules, you do not remove a power plant from the market when a player connects the same or a higher number of cities (p. 2).

Remove the smallest power plant and the Step 3 card, leaving four plants in the market. Players may choose from all four remaining plants (p. 2).

Yes. Each player may have two separate networks during the game, although access to the starting cities can force a player to continue with only one network (p. 2).

During the first game turn, each network must begin in one of the six designated starting cities: Fukuoka, Kobe, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo, or Yokohama, subject to the selected regions. If you start both networks, you place only two houses total—one in each network (p. 2).

Yes. Beginning with the second game turn, you may connect from either starting city, and you may start your first network later by choosing a designated starting city. During Step 3, the third connection spaces in starting cities also become available; if all spaces in a starting city are occupied, you must play with one network thereafter (p. 2).