diff --git a/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/game.rb b/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/game.rb
index ee9769da78..993b3a5f79 100644
--- a/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/game.rb
+++ b/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/game.rb
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def operating_round(round_num)
             G18India::Step::Assign, # used by P6
             G18India::Step::SpecialChoose, # Used by P4
             G18India::Step::SpecialTrack, # used by P2 & P3 (track lay & track upgrade)
-            Engine::Step::SpecialToken, # use for P5
+            G18India::Step::SpecialToken, # use for P5 (Danish EIC)
             G18India::Step::Track,
             G18India::Step::Token,
             G18India::Step::Route,
diff --git a/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/step/special_token.rb b/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/step/special_token.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ba9b7e10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/engine/game/g_18_india/step/special_token.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../../../step/special_token'
+
+module Engine
+  module Game
+    module G18India
+      module Step
+        class SpecialToken < Engine::Step::SpecialToken
+          def process_place_token(action)
+            special_ability = ability(action.entity)
+
+            # When a cheater token ability (e.g. Danish EIC) would bypass a tile
+            # reservation block, force the token into an extra slot so that the
+            # protected home-token slot (e.g. TR's Nepal slot) remains available.
+            if special_ability&.cheater&.positive? &&
+                 action.city.tile.token_blocked_by_reservation?(@game.token_owner(action.entity))
+              special_ability.instance_variable_set(:@extra_slot, true)
+            end
+
+            super
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end