Castle Lords (Fan Expansion)

Castle Lords brings new scoring for roads occupied by the Lord. Every tile increase scoring of castle road dramatically. So 2 tile road scores 3 points, 3 tiles - 6 points, 4 tiles - 10 points, 5 tiles - 15 points etc.

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Castle Lords brings new scoring for roads occupied by the Lord. Every tile increase scoring of castle road dramatically. So 2 tile road scores 3 points, 3 tiles - 6 points, 4 tiles - 10 points, 5 tiles - 15 points etc.

The Lords of Carcassonne reside at their Castles for as long as can be remembered. Their status does not only become apparent by the scale of their houses, but also by the length of their Castle roads. The longer a Castle road, the more status for the Lord.

General info

The Castle Lords fan-expansion for  Carcassonne Base Game was released by Carcassonne Central member Trebuchet (CarcC). Rules revisited by members of Carcassonne Central.

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Tiles and PDF rules in English

Contents

• 4 new land tiles depicting Castle on road.

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the Castle Lords tiles together with the land tiles of the basic game.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.

2. Placing a meeple

After placing a Castle Lord tile, you can place your follower

1. on the field as a Farmer
   or
2. on the Castle entrance as a Lord.

Example 1: Red places his follower on the Castle entrance. The road leading to the castle is now a Castle Road and thus occupied by Red.

Note 1: Placement to the Castle and road separately is not allowed, because the Road and the Castle are both part of the Castle Road.

Note 2: Rules for follower placement for Castle Roads are the same as for regular roads. Don't forget that a Follower placed on a Castle entrance as Lord also occupies the Castle Road.

3. Scoring a feature

A Castle Road is completed according to the regular rules for roads.
Normal rules of majority apply to Castle Roads.

A player with the majority and with a Lord on the Castle Road scores 1 point for each tile of the Castle Road. Each joining tile of the Castle Road scores the player 1 point more than the previous tile. A player with the majority but without a Lord on the Castle Road scores the Castle Road as a regular road.

Example 2: Over the previous turns Red has managed to have the Castle Road extend over a length of 4 tiles. Red now plays the road junction tile and ends his road. Red scores 15 points (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5).

Note 1: If the Highwaymen have majority, the Castle Lord scores 0 points. If the Lord(s) and Highwaymen are tied for majority, the Castle Lord scores for the Castle Road and the Highwaymen score for the regular road.

Friendly game variant rules

When playing Friendly game variant, then maximum score for Castle Road is 50 points.

Final Scoring

Uncompleted Castle roads are scored as per normal rules of Road at the end of the game by sharing majority for Lords and Highwaymen on Castle road.

New land tiles

The new Land tiles are played like those in the base game.

Castle on road: The Castle is part of the road. A Follower can be placed on the Castle entrance as Lord occupying Castle and Road, or on the Field as a Farmer.

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Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals

Inns

Cathedrals

Big FollowerLarge Meeple

Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders

Trade good tokens

Builder

Pig

Exp. 3 - The Princess & The Dragon

Princess

Dragon

Fairy

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Exp. 4 - The Tower

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Abbey

Mayor

Wagon

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Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber

Count of Carcassonne

King & Robber Baron

The River II

Shrines

Exp. 7 - The Catapult

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

Bridges

Castles

Bazaars

Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep

Hills

Shepherd

Vineyards

Exp. 10 - Under The Big Top

Circus

Acrobats

Ringmaster

Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries

Guard FollowersGuard Meeples

Ghosts

Haunted Castles

Cemeteries

The Wheel Of Fortune

Mini 1 - The Flier

Mini 2 - Dispatches (Messages)

Mini 3 - The Ferries

Mini 4 - Goldmines

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Mini 6 - Robbers

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20th Anniversary River

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Mini Expansion GQ#11

The Phantom

Halflings

The Plague

The Tunnel

The Festival

The Wind Roses

Little Buildings

Darmstadt Promo

The School

Russian Promos

La Porxada

Castles In Germany

Cathedrals In Germany

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Spiel Promo Tiles

The Labyrinth

The Abbot

Abbot

Gardens

The Watchtowers

Markets Of Leipzig

The Fruit-Bearing Trees

The Barber-Surgeons

Spiel Doch! 02/2018

The Tollkeepers

The Peasant Revolts

20th Anniversary Expansion

The Gifts

The Signposts

The Bets

Ukraine Promo

The Wonders of Humanity

The Spell Circles

The Drawbridges

The Spring

Snakes and Ladders

Saint Nicholas Scoring Board

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1. Introduction

This Expansion Selector allows you to pick what expansions (or parts of them) to use in the reference pages of WICA. According to your selection, the Order of Play and Scoring sections will be adapted. This way, you can customize WICA to suit your game without any hinderance from the expansions left out.

As hinted above, the expansions combining multiple elements permit a fine-grain selection of its elements. For example, you can choose the abbey tiles and the wagon from "Abbey & Mayor" and to leave out the barn and the mayor.

2. Use Guide

The selector has several tabs and below there is an area that lists the current selection at all times, no matter the tab displayed.

You can click on any tab label to go to the desired tab. Additional clicks on a selected tab will collapse it and expand it back in order to access the selector when needed. Switching to another tab will expand the selector automatically.

The following sections describe the tabs and their functionality.

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The first three (or four) tabs from the left allow you to pick expansions in full or partially when possible.

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Each tab has a text label in accordance with the format "Group (X/Y)" in order to identify the set of expansions listed (indicated by Group), the number of expansions selected (represented by X) and the total number available (represented by Y).

2.2. "Quick Selectors" tab

This is the fourth tab from the left. It allows you to choose from a predefined list of available expansions sets. This tab contains the following elements:

• A dropdown list and a "Select Expansions" button: They allow you select and load a predefined expansion bundle, such as a Big Box or all the expansions for the New Edition.
• The "Clear All" button empties your current with one click.
• The "Select All" button selects all the expansions available with one click.

2.3. "Filters" tab

This is the fifth tab from the left. It allows you to choose what Carcassonne editions are displayed and your preferred edition. The editions considered are the 1st Edition (C1), the New Edition (C2+C3), and the Winter Edition (WE), which is included in a creative way if some of its expansions are of interest.

The tab displays two panels:

• "Show Editions" panel: it contains a checkbox for each edition available (C1, C2+C3 and WE.) The selector will show the expansions belonging to the checked editions only. For example, if the 1st edition (C1) checkbox is selected, expansions such as "The Wheel Of Fortune" or "Halflings" will be eligible in the Expansion Selector, otherwise they will not be available for selection. At least one edition has to be selected, thus they cannot be deselected at the same time.
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Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals

Castle road with inn scores 2 points per tile itself. Each joining tile of the Castle Road scores the player with Lord 2 points more than the previous tile when inn is involved.
During final scoring, an incomplete Castle Road with an Inn is worth 0 points to both Lords and Highwaymen.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

Magic portals may be used for placing followers as Lords on Castle entrance, provided that the Castle Road is not occupied.
The Castle Lord is not protected against the Dragon.

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Movement of Wagon to the Castle entrance on the Castle Lord tile is allowed only if a Castle road is not occupied.

Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber

Since the Castle Lord is placed to the Castle entrance, which is part of the road, the meeple from City of Carcassonne can be placed as a Castle Lord on the completed road with the Castle Lord tile. This road becomes a Castle Road if no Castle Lord was on road before this placement.

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

When scoring a Castle (from Expansion 8), you score for the Castle Road only when the Castle is on one of the six adjacent tiles, otherwise you score only for the regular road.

Example Castles: Blue and Green share the majority in this road. Castle roads apply to Blue only, who have a Castle Lord, therefore score 28 points for the 7-tile road (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 points). Green has no Castle Lord, so the player scores 7 points for the road as usual. Red's castle is worth the same points as the Castle road through unoccupied Castle Lord's Castle in its vicinity, that is 28 points. But Black's castle has no Castle Road with a Castle Lord in its vicinity, so the player only scores 7 points for the road.

Mini #2 - The Messages

The Castle Road score can only be applied to a completed Castle Road. So even though your shortest road may be a Castle Road on which you have placed a Castle Lord and you have the majority, this road will only be scored as a regular road.

Mini #7 - The Crop Circles

Club Crop Circle can be applied to Castle Lord, because Castle Lord is placed on Castle entrance which is part of road.

20th Anniversary Expansion

may be used for placing followers as Lords on Castle entrance, provided that the Castle Road is not occupied.

German Cathedrals

All segments on German Cathedral tiles are counted as one tile for scoring a Castle Road.

The Gifts

When the Road Sweeper card is used, the Castle Lord is also removed from the road.
The Change Position card can be used to place the farmer as Castle Lord on the Castle entrance and back.

The Labyrinth

The number of all tiles on Castle Road with Labyrinth counts towards the Castle Road score.

The Markets of Leipzig

When the Castle road connected to Leipzig is completed, the Castle Lord can also move to Leipzig, because the Castle Lord is placed on the Castle entrance, which is part of the road.

The Plague

Player is allowed to move his Highwayman on same road to Castle Lord tile and place on the Castle entrance.

Russian Promos

Solovei Razboynik can trap also Castle Lord, because Castle Lord is placed on Castle entrance which is part of road.

Fan Expansions

Robber's Son

Since the Castle Lord is placed on the Castle entrance, which is part of the Castle Road, when the player decides to remove the meeple from the road, he can also remove the Castle Lord.

The Wells

The location of the Wells on the road is irrelevant for the score of the Castle Road, because score for the Wells is added after calculating the score for the completed Castle Road.

Tile Distribution

Total tiles: 4

 ×1

Castle on road

 ×1

Castle on road

 ×1

Castle on road

 ×1

Castle on road

Footnotes

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