FAQ C31
General comments
On each C3.1 major expansion page, you will find a Quick Overview with helpful information about the respective game components. Sometimes, new figures are also included with the expansions. Most of these figures correspond to a certain type, which can be identified in the quick overview, too. This is often very helpful in determining the abilities of the individual figures based on the explicit wording in the rules.
For example, when the rules refer to meeple, this refers to all figures that correspond to the meeple type. Therefore the dragon from 
Dragon & Fairy may remove standard meeples as well as any other meeples (and only meeples).
Here is a helpful list of all relevant figures sorted by their type:
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It should also be noted that not every figure standing in a city, on a road, a field, or monastery automatically takes on the type of a knight, traveler, farmer, or monk. This is only the case if it is explicitly mentioned in the rules.
For example, you may place the large meeple (
Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals) as a knight, traveler, farmer, or monk. Therefore you may assign the builder (
Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders) to the large meeple as well as the standard meeple. On the other hand, you may not assign the builder to the mayor (
Exp. 5 - Messengers & Mayors) because you may place the mayor in a city but not as a knight.
The scarecrow, as another example, you may not place as a farmer, but it may turn into one and then interact with barns (
Exp. 8 - Castles & Bridges).
So paying close attention to the explicit wording in the rules can already clear up many questions.
For all other questions, you will hopefully find the necessary answers in the following sections. They covers many of the possible combinations between the 10 major expansions, sorted according to their numbering.Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals
When scoring a road with one or more inns, you score 2 points for each land tile of that road. As usual, you simply count the land tiles, not the road segments. When scoring a city with one or more cathedrals, you score 3 points for each land tile of that city (and each coat of arms). As usual, you simply count the land tiles, not the city segments. If you place your large meeple as a traveler or knight, you may assign your builder to it. If you place your large meeple as a farmer, you may assign your pig to it.
You do not receive additional goods tokens for completing a city with a cathedral. When orienting the dragon, it must face in the direction of a meeple, including large meeple. The dragon removes meeple of any type. This includes large meeple as well.
You may place your large meeple via the magic portal. You may not place your large meeple as a watchman. When you score a road with an inn and with your messenger, you score the bonus for the inn as usual. When you score a city with a cathedral and with your messenger, you score the bonus for the cathedral as usual.
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a large meeple. You can only replace standard meeples. (10/2025)
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a standard meeple for a large meeple. You can only replace a standard meeple for a standard meeple. (10/2025)
You may not use a scarecrow's ability to replace it for a large meeple. You can only replace it for a standard meeple or lay it down. (10/2025) If your large meeple was placed as a traveler, knight or farmer, you may nominate it as usual (when continuing its feature). Inns or cathedrals do not affect your tournament value. You may not place your large meeple at a defense post. You may have to remove your large meeple as a consequence of an attack (as the large meeple is also considered a traveler, knight or monk). You may place your large meeple on a bridge as a traveler. You may not place your large meeple on a castle as a maiden. When scoring your maiden, you score all knights in the playing area, including large meeple in cities.
If your large meeple was placed as a farmer, you may move it onto a barn.
Inns do not affect the value of bridges when scoring a road. (10/2025)
Question: Is this road worth 9 points (6 points for the road tiles due to the inn plus 3 points for the bridge)? That is, the inn does not affect the number of points the bridge is worth.
Answer: Yes, 9 points is correct as the inn only changes the score of each road segment from 1 point to 2. (1/2026)
You may not place your large meeple as an acrobat. When scoring a performance token, your large meeple is taken into account.Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders
If you place your large meeple as a traveler or knight, you may assign your builder to it. If you place your large meeple as a farmer, you may assign your pig to it.
You do not receive additional goods tokens for completing a city with a cathedral. The dragon may remove meeple that have a pig or builder assigned to them. In this case you return your pig/builder as well. You may assign the fairy to a meeple that has already a pig or builder assigned to it.
You may assign a pig or builder to a traveler, knight or farmer that you placed via the magic portal.
The pig scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) You may trigger a double turn by placing a tower tile as usual. You may not assign a pig or builder to a watchman. You may not assign the builder to your mayor or messenger. You may not trigger a double turn by placing your town hall tile.
If you complete a city by placing your town hall tile, you receive the appropriate goods tokens as usual.
It is not possible to assign your pig to your scarecrow even if you place your scarecrow on a tile that is already directly adjacent to 4 other tiles (thus turning it into a farmer). You may also nominate a traveler, knight, or farmer if your builder or pig is assigned to them. You may not trigger a double turn by placing a prize tile. Only when placing the newly drawn land tile do you proceed as usual. When scoring the pigs, the fortress is considered a complete city. You may assign your builder to a meeple when placing it as a traveler on a bridge. If you build a bridge that continues a road on which your builder is already present, you do trigger the builder.
If you place a tile in a way that it completes a city that consists of exactly 2 city segments and in which your builder is present, you do trigger the builder even if you then decide to build a castle on it (and move the remaining standard meeple onto the castle as a maiden).
When you move a farmer with an assigned pig onto the barn, you must return your pig to your supply.
The pig scoring considers cities with castles. (10/2025)
Building a castle on a 2-tile city with a coat of arms does not trigger the pig scoring. (10/2025) You may not assign your pig to your shepherd. You may not assign your builder or pig to your ringmistress. When scoring a performance token, your builder or pig do not score extra points.Exp. 3 - Dragon & Fairy
When orienting the dragon, the dragon must face in the direction of a meeple even if the fairy is assigned to it. When you place a meeple in a straight line in front, behind, to the left or right of the dragon, you do not reorient the dragon as a reaction to that.
Each half of the double-sized tile acts as an individual tile, so you may place a meeple on one half without being affected by the dragon placed on the other (e.g. on the double-sized river lake). Likewise, a meeple with the fairy could be placed on one half without affecting the dragon on the other. (10/2025)
The fairy points are not part of the scoring for a completed feature. Scoring fairy points does not prevent you from moving the fairy if the conditions required for it are met. (1/2026)
Question: A city is occupied by 2 red meeples, and 1 blue meeple next to the fairy. Blue completes the city. Only Red scores for the city, and Blue scores the 3 points for the fairy. Can Blue assign the fairy to another of their meeples since the player did not score points for the city?
Answer: Yes, Blue can move the fairy. (1/2026)
When orienting the dragon, it must face in the direction of a meeple, including large meeple. The dragon removes meeple of any type. This includes large meeple as well.
You may place your large meeple via the magic portal. The dragon may remove meeple that have a pig or builder assigned to them. In this case you return your pig/builder as well. You may assign the fairy to a meeple that has already a pig or builder assigned to it.
You may assign a pig or builder to a traveler, knight or farmer that you placed via the magic portal.
The pig scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) The dragon may remove watchmen on towers but not the towers themselves. When orienting the dragon, consider watchmen as standing on the tile of their tower.
You may assign the fairy to a watchman. Place it close to that watchman's tower. When that watchman is moved or removed, you remove the fairy as usual.
You may not place a meeple as a watchman via the magic portal.
You may also place a watchman on top of a tower if you placed a tile with a dragon hoard within that tower's range.
The watchman scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past town hall tiles. The dragon may remove mayors, messengers and scarecrows (also scarecrows that turned into a farmer).
You may assign the fairy to your mayor, messenger or scarecrow.
You can activate the ability of a mayor immediately if you place it with a magic portal in a city on a land tile so that there is an adjacent tile on all 4 sides of it. (10/2025)
You can activate an ability of a scarecrow immediately if you place it with a magic portal in a field on a land tile so that there is an adjacent tile on all 4 sides of it. (10/2025) The dragon may not remove the crown, although it is made of gold. The dragon may not remove emblems on statues.
When the dragon removes your nominated meeple, you return the corresponding emblem to your supply.
You may place meeple on tiles with a statue on it (prize tiles) via the magic portal.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a dragon symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. During a dragon movement, the dragon may move over the fortress (the two fortress tiles). However, the dragon may not remove meeple, nor catapults from defense posts. When orienting the dragon, the dragon does not have to face in the direction of any meeple at defense posts.
You may not place a meeple at a defense post via the magic portal.
You may not assign the fairy to a meeple at a defense post.
If you placed a meeple with a magic portal, you can also add a meeple to the corresponding defense post. (10/2025) During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past bridges and remove meeple on bridges but it does not remove bridges.
You may place a bridge on a tile with a dragon hoard if the usual rules apply.
You may place a meeple onto a bridge via the magic portal according to the usual rules. However, you may not place a meeple onto a bridge if that bridge stands on a tile with a dragon hoard.
You may assign the fairy to a meeple on a bridge.
>> Castles
During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past castles but may not remove maidens on castles, nor castles. The dragon protects the maiden from knightly admirers.
You may build a castle (and place a maiden accordingly) even if it overlaps a tile with a dragon hoard.
When you build a castle and a standard meeple with an assigned fairy is already in the corresponding city, you remove the fairy and place it next to the playing area. Move the meeple onto the newly placed castle as usual.
You may not assign the fairy to a maiden.
You may not place a meeple onto a castle via the magic portal.
The maiden scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025)
>> Barns
During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past barns but may not remove farmers on barns,
nor barns. The farmer is hiding in the barn.
You may build a barn (and move a farmer onto it accordingly) even if it overlaps a tile with a dragon hoard.
When you build a barn and move a farmer with an assigned fairy onto it, you remove the fairy and place it next to the playing area.
You may not assign the fairy to a farmer on a barn.
You may not place a meeple onto a barn via the magic portal.
The barn scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) The dragon may remove shepherds. If your shepherd is removed, you must return all flock tokens that were placed next to him to the bag. Note: This does not affect any other flock tokens on that field if present.
You may assign the fairy to your shepherd.
You may place your shepherd via the magic portal according to the usual rules (you must grow his flock immediately after).
The scoring of shepherds and their flock does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) The dragon may remove ringmistresses but may not remove the Big Top or performance tokens. You may assign the fairy to an acrobat even if it stands on top of an acrobat pyramid. In order to assign the fairy to your acrobat you might have to rearrange the pyramid so your meeple stands on the bottom. Then, place the fairy next to it.
During a dragon movement, if the dragon enters a tile with several acrobats, one of which is protected by the fairy, the fairy itself and the corresponding acrobat are not removed. However, all other acrobats on this tile are removed.
You may place a standard meeple on any acrobat site via the magic portal.
You may place your ringmistress via the magic portal according to the usual rules.
The scoring of acrobats does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) Removing the abbot does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025)
Exp. 4 - Towers & Thieves
You may not place your large meeple as a watchman. You may trigger a double turn by placing a tower tile as usual. You may not assign a pig or builder to a watchman. The dragon may remove watchmen on towers but not the towers themselves. When orienting the dragon, consider watchmen as standing on the tile of their tower.
You may assign the fairy to a watchman. Place it close to that watchman's tower. When that watchman is moved or removed, you remove the fairy as usual.
You may not place a meeple as a watchman via the magic portal.
You may also place a watchman on top of a tower if you placed a tile with a dragon hoard within that tower's range.
The watchman scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) You may place a watchman on top of a tower if you placed your town hall tile within that tower's range. You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as a watchman. You may not place a watchman on top of a tower as a consequence of placing a prize tile within that tower's range. After nominating a meeple as a consequence of continuing its feature in 1. Placing a tile, you may place another meeple as a watchman in 2. Placing a meeple as usual.
The tournament tile counts as 6 adjacent land tiles, which must be taken into account regarding the range of the towers.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a thief symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. Each fortress tile counts as 6 adjacent land tiles, which must be taken into account regarding the range of the towers. When placing a tower tile with a tower floor, you may also build a castle (if appropriate) in the same turn. You may build a building and place a watchman in the same turn. Even if you build a castle and move a meeple from underneath onto it, you may still place a watchman as usual. You may not place your shepherd on a tower. When scoring a performance token, watchmen on towers are taken into account.Exp. 5 - Messengers & Mayors
Mayors are only called to a crisis meeting when a town hall tile is placed in 1. Placing a tile. Later in the game you may place your mayor on a tile that is adjacent to a town hall tile without having to return it. If you placed your land tile so that there is an adjacent tile on all 4 sides of it, you may place your mayor on it in 2. Placing a meeple and immediately activate his ability. Then, return your mayor as usual.
The same applies to your scarecrow. If you placed your scarecrow adjacent to 4 other tiles, you may immediately activate one of its abilities or you must return it as usual.
The game ends when no player is able to place another tile in their turn, including their town hall tile. Skip players if necessary.
A scarecrow standing in a field is not a farmer, so it does not score points for a field at the end of the game. (09/2025)
Two mayors occupying a completed city will score for it as usual, as they share the majority with a strength of 0. (10/2025) When you score a road with an inn and with your messenger, you score the bonus for the inn as usual. When you score a city with a cathedral and with your messenger, you score the bonus for the cathedral as usual.
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a large meeple. You can only replace standard meeples. (10/2025)
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a standard meeple for a large meeple. You can only replace a standard meeple for a standard meeple. (10/2025)
You may not use a scarecrow's ability to replace it for a large meeple. You can only replace it for a standard meeple or lay it down. (10/2025) You may not assign the builder to your mayor or messenger. You may not trigger a double turn by placing your town hall tile.
If you complete a city by placing your town hall tile, you receive the appropriate goods tokens as usual.
It is not possible to assign your pig to your scarecrow even if you place your scarecrow on a tile that is already directly adjacent to 4 other tiles (thus turning it into a farmer). During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past town hall tiles. The dragon may remove mayors, messengers and scarecrows (also scarecrows that turned into a farmer).
You may assign the fairy to your mayor, messenger or scarecrow.
You can activate the ability of a mayor immediately if you place it with a magic portal in a city on a land tile so that there is an adjacent tile on all 4 sides of it. (10/2025)
You can activate an ability of a scarecrow immediately if you place it with a magic portal in a field on a land tile so that there is an adjacent tile on all 4 sides of it. (10/2025) You may place a watchman on top of a tower if you placed your town hall tile within that tower's range. You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as a watchman. You may not nominate your mayor, messenger or scarecrow. However, you may nominate your scarecrow if it already turned into a farmer.
You may not nominate a meeple as a consequence of placing your town hall tile.
When you replace a nominated meeple by activating the mayor's ability, you must return the corresponding emblem to its respective supply.
>> Town hall tiles and tournaments
Town hall tiles do not count towards tournament values (not even in the field tournament). However, if the 8 tiles adjacent to your nominated farmer include town hall tiles, your tournament value still increases by the number of the potential 16 land tiles surrounding them.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, before you place it, you draw a land tile as usual or you may decide to place your town hall tile instead. Either way, you must place the prize tile first.
If you cannot draw a tile because the current tile stack is empty, you may resolve the tournament or place your town hall tile instead. If you do not place your town hall tile, you must resolve a tournament as usual.
>> Game end
The game ends when no player is able to place another tile in their turn, including their town hall tile. Skip players if necessary. If you not only have your town hall tile but also a prize tile in front of you, you must place the prize tile before you place your town hall tile. When you place your prize tile, you must also place your town hall tile if you still have it. You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow at a defense post. You may not place a meeple at a defense post as a consequence of placing your mayor, messenger or scarecrow, nor as a consequence of turning your scarecrow into a farmer.
You must not remove your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as a consequence of an attack.
You may not place a meeple at a defense post when you move a messenger to a new road or city after scoring. (10/2025) You may not build a castle on a city that touches one or more town hall tiles even if that city consists of exactly 2 city segments. You may not place your mayor on a castle, nor build a castle on a city that is occupied by your mayor or messenger.
You may place your messenger on a bridge. Also your messenger may move along bridges as they are part of the road.
You may move your scarecrow onto a barn if it already was turned into a farmer or actually is turned into a farmer in the same turn.
When scoring your maiden you do not score mayors or messengers.
If you activated a scarecrow and replaced it by a standard meeple as a farmer, you may move the farmer onto a barn on the same turn. (10/2025) You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as an acrobat. When scoring a performance token, mayors, messengers and scarecrows are taken into account.
Acrobat sites and circus sites count as junctions with regard to your messenger's movement.
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a ringmistress. You can only replace standard meeples. (10/2025)
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a standard meeple for a ringmistress. You can only replace a standard meeple for a standard meeple. (10/2025)
You may not use a scarecrow's ability to replace it for a ringmistress. You can only replace it for a standard meeple or lay it down. (10/2025) Town hall tiles affect the abbot scoring when removed, since this tile does not count for monasteries or gardens. (10/2025)
Exp. 6 - Jousts & Crests
When you play with the mini-expansion 
The River, you place the crown on its predetermined starting space on the tournament tile before you place the tournament tile itself. When you finally place the tournament tile, you simply move the crown with it. After nominating a meeple as a consequence of continuing its feature in 1. Placing a tile, you may place a meeple in 2. Placing a meeple as usual.
A meeple can only receive one emblem (i. e. it can be nominated only once for a tournament and have a single tournament value). (10/2025) If your large meeple was placed as a traveler, knight or farmer, you may nominate it as usual (when continuing its feature). Inns or cathedrals do not affect your tournament value. You may also nominate a traveler, knight, or farmer if your builder or pig is assigned to them. You may not trigger a double turn by placing a prize tile. Only when placing the newly drawn land tile do you proceed as usual. The dragon may not remove the crown, although it is made of gold. The dragon may not remove emblems on statues.
When the dragon removes your nominated meeple, you return the corresponding emblem to your supply.
You may place meeple on tiles with a statue on it (prize tiles) via the magic portal.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a dragon symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. You may not place a watchman on top of a tower as a consequence of placing a prize tile within that tower's range. After nominating a meeple as a consequence of continuing its feature in 1. Placing a tile, you may place another meeple as a watchman in 2. Placing a meeple as usual.
The tournament tile counts as 6 adjacent land tiles, which must be taken into account regarding the range of the towers.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a thief symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. You may not nominate your mayor, messenger or scarecrow. However, you may nominate your scarecrow if it already turned into a farmer.
You may not nominate a meeple as a consequence of placing your town hall tile.
When you replace a nominated meeple by activating the mayor's ability, you must return the corresponding emblem to its respective supply.
>> Town hall tiles and tournaments
Town hall tiles do not count towards tournament values (not even in the field tournament). However, if the 8 tiles adjacent to your nominated farmer include town hall tiles, your tournament value still increases by the number of the potential 16 land tiles surrounding them.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, before you place it, you draw a land tile as usual or you may decide to place your town hall tile instead. Either way, you must place the prize tile first.
If you cannot draw a tile because the current tile stack is empty, you may resolve the tournament or place your town hall tile instead. If you do not place your town hall tile, you must resolve a tournament as usual.
>> Game end
The game ends when no player is able to place another tile in their turn, including their town hall tile. Skip players if necessary. If you not only have your town hall tile but also a prize tile in front of you, you must place the prize tile before you place your town hall tile. When you place your prize tile, you must also place your town hall tile if you still have it. If you remove a nominated meeple as a consequence of an attack, return the corresponding emblem to its respective supply. If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a siege symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. You may nominate a traveler on a road by continuing that road with a bridge.
You may nominate a traveler on a bridge.
When you move a nominated farmer onto a barn, you must return the corresponding emblem to your supply.
>> Tournament value
Each land tile with a bridge that continues a road with your nominated meeple on it increases your road tournament value by 1 (just as a tile with a road does).
Castles or barns do not increase any tournament value.
>> Prize tiles and buildings
You must not build a castle or barn as a consequence of placing a prize tile. However, you may make use of its features when placing another tile afterwards to meet the appropriate conditions. You may not nominate your shepherd. You must not grow your shepherd's flock, nor herd the flock as a consequence of placing a prize tile. Only when placing the newly drawn land tile do you proceed as usual. You may not nominate your ringmistress. When scoring a performance token, nominated meeples are taken into account as usual.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a circus site, you resolve 1. Placing a tile as usual. Only in 3. Scoring a feature do you resolve the circus site (as stated in the rules).
Exp. 7 - Siege & Defense
Broken city walls as depicted on the fortress tiles and other tiles of this expansion do not alter the scoring of those cities. You may not place your large meeple at a defense post. You may have to remove your large meeple as a consequence of an attack (as the large meeple is also considered a traveler, knight or monk). When scoring the pigs, the fortress is considered a complete city. During a dragon movement, the dragon may move over the fortress (the two fortress tiles). However, the dragon may not remove meeple, nor catapults from defense posts. When orienting the dragon, the dragon does not have to face in the direction of any meeple at defense posts.
You may not place a meeple at a defense post via the magic portal.
You may not assign the fairy to a meeple at a defense post.
If you placed a meeple with a magic portal, you can also add a meeple to the corresponding defense post. (10/2025) Each fortress tile counts as 6 adjacent land tiles, which must be taken into account regarding the range of the towers. You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow at a defense post. You may not place a meeple at a defense post as a consequence of placing your mayor, messenger or scarecrow, nor as a consequence of turning your scarecrow into a farmer.
You must not remove your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as a consequence of an attack.
You may not place a meeple at a defense post when you move a messenger to a new road or city after scoring. (10/2025) If you remove a nominated meeple as a consequence of an attack, return the corresponding emblem to its respective supply. If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a siege symbol, you resolve it even before you place your prize tile. You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing a maiden. You must not remove a maiden as a consequence of an attack.
You may remove a traveler on a bridge as a consequence of an attack. You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing your shepherd. You must not remove your shepherd as a consequence of an attack. You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing your ringmistress. You must not remove your ringmistress as a consequence of an attack.
When scoring a performance token, meeples placed at defense posts are ignored and not scored.Exp. 8 - Castles & Bridges
You may build a building and place a meeple in the same turn. Even if you build a castle and move a meeple from the city underneath onto it, you may still place a meeple as usual. A meeple that is considered a traveler on a road is also considered a traveler on a bridge. You may place your large meeple on a bridge as a traveler. You may not place your large meeple on a castle as a maiden. When scoring your maiden, you score all knights in the playing area, including large meeple in cities.
If your large meeple was placed as a farmer, you may move it onto a barn.
Inns do not affect the value of bridges when scoring a road. (10/2025)
Question: Is this road worth 9 points (6 points for the road tiles due to the inn plus 3 points for the bridge)? That is, the inn does not affect the number of points the bridge is worth.
Answer: Yes, 9 points is correct as the inn only changes the score of each road segment from 1 point to 2. (1/2026)
You may assign your builder to a meeple when placing it as a traveler on a bridge. If you build a bridge that continues a road on which your builder is already present, you do trigger the builder.
If you place a tile in a way that it completes a city that consists of exactly 2 city segments and in which your builder is present, you do trigger the builder even if you then decide to build a castle on it (and move the remaining standard meeple onto the castle as a maiden).
When you move a farmer with an assigned pig onto the barn, you must return your pig to your supply.
The pig scoring considers cities with castles. (10/2025)
Building a castle on a 2-tile city with a coat of arms does not trigger the pig scoring. (10/2025) During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past bridges and remove meeple on bridges but it does not remove bridges.
You may place a bridge on a tile with a dragon hoard if the usual rules apply.
You may place a meeple onto a bridge via the magic portal according to the usual rules. However, you may not place a meeple onto a bridge if that bridge stands on a tile with a dragon hoard.
You may assign the fairy to a meeple on a bridge.
>> Castles
During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past castles but may not remove maidens on castles, nor castles. The dragon protects the maiden from knightly admirers.
You may build a castle (and place a maiden accordingly) even if it overlaps a tile with a dragon hoard.
When you build a castle and a standard meeple with an assigned fairy is already in the corresponding city, you remove the fairy and place it next to the playing area. Move the meeple onto the newly placed castle as usual.
You may not assign the fairy to a maiden.
You may not place a meeple onto a castle via the magic portal.
The maiden scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025)
>> Barns
During a dragon movement, the dragon may move past barns but may not remove farmers on barns,
nor barns. The farmer is hiding in the barn.
You may build a barn (and move a farmer onto it accordingly) even if it overlaps a tile with a dragon hoard.
When you build a barn and move a farmer with an assigned fairy onto it, you remove the fairy and place it next to the playing area.
You may not assign the fairy to a farmer on a barn.
You may not place a meeple onto a barn via the magic portal.
The barn scoring does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) When placing a tower tile with a tower floor, you may also build a castle (if appropriate) in the same turn. You may build a building and place a watchman in the same turn. Even if you build a castle and move a meeple from underneath onto it, you may still place a watchman as usual. You may not build a castle on a city that touches one or more town hall tiles even if that city consists of exactly 2 city segments. You may not place your mayor on a castle, nor build a castle on a city that is occupied by your mayor or messenger.
You may place your messenger on a bridge. Also your messenger may move along bridges as they are part of the road.
You may move your scarecrow onto a barn if it already was turned into a farmer or actually is turned into a farmer in the same turn.
When scoring your maiden you do not score mayors or messengers.
If you activated a scarecrow and replaced it by a standard meeple as a farmer, you may move the farmer onto a barn on the same turn. (10/2025) You may nominate a traveler on a road by continuing that road with a bridge.
You may nominate a traveler on a bridge.
When you move a nominated farmer onto a barn, you must return the corresponding emblem to your supply.
>> Tournament value
Each land tile with a bridge that continues a road with your nominated meeple on it increases your road tournament value by 1 (just as a tile with a road does).
Castles or barns do not increase any tournament value.
>> Prize tiles and buildings
You must not build a castle or barn as a consequence of placing a prize tile. However, you may make use of its features when placing another tile afterwards to meet the appropriate conditions. You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing a maiden. You must not remove a maiden as a consequence of an attack.
You may remove a traveler on a bridge as a consequence of an attack. You may not place your shepherd onto a barn (the shepherd is not a farmer). When your ringmistress lies on a field, she is not considered a farmer during the game but only in the final scoring. Thus, you may not place her on a barn. You may place a bridge on a tile with a circus site or acrobat site. Bridges do not stand in the way of other figures. If figures would physically collide, just place them in a way that they all fit on the land tile.
You may place your ringmistress on a bridge.
When scoring a performance token, meeple on bridges are taken into account. However, maidens or farmers on barns do not score points. They are inside their building and cannot see the performance.
Exp. 9 - Sheep & Shepherds
If your shepherd is moved or removed for any reason, you must return all flock tokens that were placed next to him to the bag. Note: This does not affect any other flock tokens on that field if present.
You may not assign your pig to your shepherd. The dragon may remove shepherds. If your shepherd is removed, you must return all flock tokens that were placed next to him to the bag. Note: This does not affect any other flock tokens on that field if present.
You may assign the fairy to your shepherd.
You may place your shepherd via the magic portal according to the usual rules (you must grow his flock immediately after).
The scoring of shepherds and their flock does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) You may not place your shepherd on a tower. You may not nominate your shepherd. You must not grow your shepherd's flock, nor herd the flock as a consequence of placing a prize tile. Only when placing the newly drawn land tile do you proceed as usual. You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing your shepherd. You must not remove your shepherd as a consequence of an attack. You may not place your shepherd onto a barn (the shepherd is not a farmer). When scoring a performance token, your shepherd meeple is taken into account. If you remove your abbot, you will score points for any vineyards adjacent to its monastery or garden. (01/2026) Question: Does the wording in the rules implicitly include the scoring of the abbot when removed?
Answer: Yes, you can score vineyards by removing your abbot.
We understand the wording "scoring a monastery/garden" as ANY scoring of a monastery/garden (counting surrounding tiles). (01/2026)
Exp. 10 - Circus & Artists
When your ringmistress lies on a field in the final scoring, she is considered a farmer. She is not considered a farmer, traveler, knight or monk during the game. You may not place your large meeple as an acrobat. When scoring a performance token, your large meeple is taken into account. You may not assign your builder or pig to your ringmistress. When scoring a performance token, your builder or pig do not score extra points. The dragon may remove ringmistresses but may not remove the Big Top or performance tokens. You may assign the fairy to an acrobat even if it stands on top of an acrobat pyramid. In order to assign the fairy to your acrobat you might have to rearrange the pyramid so your meeple stands on the bottom. Then, place the fairy next to it.
During a dragon movement, if the dragon enters a tile with several acrobats, one of which is protected by the fairy, the fairy itself and the corresponding acrobat are not removed. However, all other acrobats on this tile are removed.
You may place a standard meeple on any acrobat site via the magic portal.
You may place your ringmistress via the magic portal according to the usual rules.
The scoring of acrobats does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) When scoring a performance token, watchmen on towers are taken into account. You may not place your mayor, messenger or scarecrow as an acrobat. When scoring a performance token, mayors, messengers and scarecrows are taken into account.
Acrobat sites and circus sites count as junctions with regard to your messenger's movement.
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a ringmistress. You can only replace standard meeples. (10/2025)
You may not use a mayor's ability to replace a standard meeple for a ringmistress. You can only replace a standard meeple for a standard meeple. (10/2025)
You may not use a scarecrow's ability to replace it for a ringmistress. You can only replace it for a standard meeple or lay it down. (10/2025) You may not nominate your ringmistress. When scoring a performance token, nominated meeples are taken into account as usual.
If you won a prize and have a prize tile in front of you, you draw a land tile as usual. If that land tile depicts a circus site, you resolve 1. Placing a tile as usual. Only in 3. Scoring a feature do you resolve the circus site (as stated in the rules). You must not place a standard meeple at the defense post as a consequence of placing your ringmistress. You must not remove your ringmistress as a consequence of an attack.
When scoring a performance token, meeples placed at defense posts are ignored and not scored. When your ringmistress lies on a field, she is not considered a farmer during the game but only in the final scoring. Thus, you may not place her on a barn. You may place a bridge on a tile with a circus site or acrobat site. Bridges do not stand in the way of other figures. If figures would physically collide, just place them in a way that they all fit on the land tile.
You may place your ringmistress on a bridge.
When scoring a performance token, meeple on bridges are taken into account. However, maidens or farmers on barns do not score points. They are inside their building and cannot see the performance. When scoring a performance token, your shepherd meeple is taken into account.
The Abbot
Removing the abbot does not trigger the fairy bonus. (10/2025) Town hall tiles affect the abbot scoring when removed, since this tile does not count for monasteries or gardens. (10/2025) If you remove your abbot, you will score points for any vineyards adjacent to its monastery or garden. (01/2026) Question: Does the wording in the rules implicitly include the scoring of the abbot when removed?
Answer: Yes, you can score vineyards by removing your abbot.
We understand the wording "scoring a monastery/garden" as ANY scoring of a monastery/garden (counting surrounding tiles). (01/2026)