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Originally released by Hans im Glück in 2000

A clever tile-laying game for 2 to 5 players aged 8 and above by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

The city of Carcassonne in southern France is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players take their chances with their followers on the roads and in the cities, cloisters, farms around Carcassonne. The development of the land is in their hands, and the skillful deployment of the followers as thieves, knights, monks and farmers is the path to success.

Contents

• 72 land tiles (including one with a dark reverse) which depict road, city and field segments, as well as cloisters and crossings.

Tile description and features:
A. Reverse of the starting tile B. A cloister C. City segments	D. Farm segments E. Road segments F. Crossings

• 40 followers in five colors:

	Followers in five colors

  Question: Too few followers—are we playing wrong or are there really too few?

Answer:

This is the number intended by designers. A certain shortage of followers is entirely intentional. An important element of the game is precisely learning to be economical with one's followers.

Each follower can be deployed as a knight, monk, thief or farmer. One follower of each color is used as a scoring marker.

• One scoreboard. This is used to track players' scores
• One rule booklet and one supplement.

Rules

Overview

The players place the land tiles turn by turn. This leads to the growth of roads, cities, cloisters and farms, to which the players may deploy their followers in order to earn points. As points can be won during the game as well as at the end, the winner will only emerge during the final scoring.

Preparation

The starting tile is placed in the middle of the table. The remaining tiles are mixed and placed face-down on the table in several stacks, so that each player can access them easily. Tiles can also be placed into a sack or game box and drawn randomly. The scoreboard should be placed at the edge of the table if possible.

Scoreboard

Each player chooses a color and receives the eight followers, placing one on the ‘0’ field of the scoreboard as a scoring marker. The remaining seven followers stay with the player for the moment, as his or her supply.

The youngest player decides who starts the game.

Playing the game

Play progresses in a clockwise fashion. The player whose turn it is carries out the following actions in the order given:

1. The player must draw one new land tile and place it.
2. The player may draw one follower from his or her supply and deploy it to the tile just placed.
3. If any roads, cities, or cloisters are completed through the placement of the tile, they must be scored now.

Then it is the next player's turn.

1. Place a tile

As their first action, the player must draw a tile from one of the stacks. The tile is then shown to the other players (so they can ‘advise’ the player about where to place it) and placed on the table. The player must take care to observe the following points:

• At least one side of the new tile (with a red border in the examples below) must touch one or more tiles already in play. Corner-to-corner placement is not permitted.

• Any city, road, and field segments must continue segments already in play. A newly placed land tile must fit the adjacent terrain on all edges. During placement it is not enough to look for only one side that fits.
  

  Illegal tile placement

In the rare case that a tile cannot legally be placed anywhere, and all players agree, it is removed from the game, and the player draws another.

2. Deploy a follower

When the player has placed the tile, he or she may deploy a follower. In doing so the following points must be observed:

• Only one follower may be deployed each turn.
• The follower must come from the player's supply.
• The follower may only be deployed to the tile just placed.
• The player must decide which part of the tile the follower is deployed to as either:

a thief on a road segment

a knight in a city segment

a monk on a cloister (monastery)

a farmer on one of those two field segments. Place farmer lying down!

• There must be no other follower (not even one belonging to the same player) on the road, city, or field segments connected to the tile just placed. It does not matter how far away the follower is. The following two examples may help to explain:

BLUE can only deploy a farmer: there is already a knight in the connecting city.

BLUE can deploy the follower as a knight or a thief, or as a farmer on the small farm segment: the large farm is already occupied.

If a player runs out of followers during the course of play, he or she may only place tiles. But don't panic: you can also get followers back.

If you complete a previously unoccupied feature when placing a tile, you do not have to occupy it and earn the points. You can close the city or road without it being occupied and (for example) deploy a farmer as long as the farm is unoccupied. The city does not necessarily require a knight to look after it.

Earning points from a closed city

If any feature was completed through the placement of the tile, it must now be scored. If not, the player’s turn is over, and it is the turn of the next player on the left.

  Question: We have difficulty deciding when a placed tile represents a new city or belongs to one already being built.

Answer:

'Corner to corner' is not a connection. Segments can only be connected on the edges. In the example shown there are two cities at the moment.

  Question: On cloister tiles, are we allowed to deploy a follower on the surrounding field segment?

Answer:

Yes! The same rules are valid for a field surrounding a cloister as for any other field. You can also deploy a farmer next to a cloister. In this case the cloister remains unoccupied for the rest of the game.[unless the cloister is occupied via a magic portal, or from a follower in Carcassonne—ed.]

3. Score completed roads, cities or cloisters

A completed road

A road is completed when the road segments on both sides end in a crossing, a city segment, or a cloister, or when the road forms a closed circle. There is no limit to the number of road segments which can lie between these endings.

A player who has a thief on this completed road scores as many points as the road is long, decided by counting the number of tiles.

RED scores 4 points

RED scores 3 points

Whenever points are scored, they are immediately recorded on the scoreboard (more on this in the section about the scoreboard).

  Question: Can a road end in nothing?

Answer:

No, like all the usual land tiles, a road segment must continue to another road segment on all edges.

  Question: How are the road segments between T-junctions scored? Are the horizontal segments (on top of the T) also ends, or do these count as straight roads that have to be completed elsewhere?

Answer:

Every crossing (or junction) ends a road, irrespective of which direction they reach the junction from. The thieves cannot enter the small villages on the junctions either. In the example shown, every thief is on its own road.

A completed city

A city is completed when its segments are fully encompassed by a city wall and there are no gaps within the city. There is no limit to how many segments a city may contain.

A player who has a knight in a completed city scores 2 points for every city segment. Every pennant (banner / shield symbol) scores an extra 2 points. Note that a pennant only affects the city segment it is in, not the whole tile (if there is more than one segment on a single tile).

RED scores 8 points (three city segments and one pennant)

RED scores 8 points (four city segments, no pennants)

When both city segments on a tile are in a single city (marked with A), they only count as one segment.

What happens if there are several followers on a completed road or in a completed city?

Through the wily placement of land tiles it is quite possible for several thieves to be on a road, or for several knights to occupy a city.

The points are then scored by the player with the most thieves or knights. In the case of a draw, all players involved score the full number of points.

The new tile joins the previously unconnected city segments, forming a single completed city.

BLUE and RED both score the full 10 points, as they both have one knight in the city—a draw!

A completed cloister (monastery)

A cloister is completed when it is surrounded by eight land tiles. The player who has a monk in the cloister immediately scores 9 points—1 point for every land tile.

RED scores 9 points

Returning followers to their owners

After a road, city, or cloister has been completed and scored – and only then – any thieves, knights, or monks involved are returned to their owner. From the next turn onwards, the player can then use them again in whatever role he or she chooses.

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It is possible to deploy a follower, score immediately, and have the follower returned, all in the same turn. In this case, you must use the following order:

1. Complete a road, city or cloister with the new tile.
2. Deploy a thief, knight or monk.
3. Score the completed road, city or cloister.
4. Return the thief, knight or monk to your supply.

RED scores 4 points

RED scores 3 points

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  Question: If a player draws a tile with two city segments and completes a small city, earning 4 points, can he or she then deploy a follower to a new city segment in the same turn?

Answer:

A player may only deploy one follower per turn, and that follower may be deployed only once, and it must be before any scoring. If the player already occupies the small, now-completed city, he or she may deploy a second follower to the other city segment immediately after placing the tile. The small city will then be scored and the follower involved returned to the player. If the player does not yet occupy this city, he or she can decide which of the two city segments to deploy a follower to. If the follower is deployed to the small city, it will be returned immediately and the player will earn four points, but the follower cannot be redeployed.

Farms

Several connected field segments form a farm. Farms and field segments are not scored during the game. They serve only as places to deploy farmers; the owner of the farm only scores points at the end of the game. As such, farmers remain on the farm for the duration of the game and are never returned to their owner! In order to make that clear, the farmers should be laid on their backs.

Farms are separated from each other by roads, cities and the edge of the playing field – this is important during the final scoring.

All three farmers are on their own farms. The road segment and the city separate the farms from each other.

After the placement of the new tile, the farms of the three farmers are joined to form one.

Be careful: The player who placed the new tile may not deploy a farmer, since the (now connected) farm is already occupied by farmers.

The scoreboard

Any points scored should be recorded on the scoreboard immediately. The board is a track of fifty fields that can be lapped many times. When the field "0" is reached or passed the player takes a point tile (from  Inns & Cathedrals) and places it in plain view of all other players, with the number "50" face up. In this way it is clear to all that the player has already scored 50 points or more If the player reaches or passes the field "0" again, they should turn the point tile over so that the number "100" is face up. It is quite possible that the player might lap the circuit a third time: then he or she should take another point tile and display it next to the first, the "50" face up.

"50"/"100" tiles and a scoring marker after 50 points.

Note: When two followers of one color are occupying a road, city, or farm, you DO NOT score double in these cases. The number of followers (or in  Inns & Cathedrals the size of the followers) has no effect on the points that a player earns from a road, city, cloister, or farm. Two knights do not double the points. The number of followers is only important in establishing who has the majority.

Scoring when two followers are in the same city

The End of the Game

The game ends at the end of the turn in which the last land tile is placed. Any roads, cities, and cloisters completed in this round are scored as usual. This is followed by the final scoring.

Final Scoring

Scoring incomplete roads, cities and cloisters

The first things to be scored during the final scoring are the incomplete roads, cities and cloisters. For every incomplete road, city and cloister the owner scores 1 point for every tile. Pennants also now score only 1 point. As soon as the feature in question has been scored, the followers involved are removed.

RED scores 3 points for the incomplete road. YELLOW scores 5 points for the incomplete cloister. BLUE scores 3 points for the incomplete city on the bottom right. GREEN scores 8 points for the large incomplete city. BLACK scores nothing, since GREEN has more knights in the city.

  Question: Final scoring: segments of incomplete roads. 1 point per follower or 1 point per road segment? Cloister: 1 point for every neighboring tile (e.g. 5), or is an incomplete cloister worth only 1 point?

Answer:

During the final scoring, roads earn exactly as much as during the game, that is, 1 point per tile that the road occupies. In the example shown, BLUE earns four points at the end of the game. The only exception in the final scoring is a road with an inn from  Inns & Cathedrals, which earns no points whatsoever at the end of the game. The cloister earns 1 point for the cloister itself and 1 point for every neighboring tile. When there are five tiles surrounding the cloister it earns 6 in total.

Scoring farms

Only the farmers and their farms are left, and these will be scored now. The owner of each farm should be established. If several players have farmers on a given farm, then the player with the most farmers is the owner. In the case of a draw, all the players with the most farmers are considered to be owners. The owner (or owners) of the farm score 3 points for every completed city which borders the farm, or lies within it. A bordering city is one that has a wall bordering the farm; a single point of contact at the corner of a tile is not sufficient. If a city borders more than one farm, the owner(s) of each farm score(s) 3 points for the city.

BLUE scores 9 points.

BLUE scores 6 points. RED scores 3 points. The incomplete city generates no points.

The numbered boxes indicate the order in which the tiles were placed.

Having the majority of farmers, RED owns the large farm, and scores 6 points: 3 each for the cities A and B. BLUE owns the small farm, scoring 3 points for city A.

On the large farm RED and YELLOW both have two farmers, and so both score 6 points: 3 each for the cities A and B. BLUE owns the small farm, scoring 3 points for city A.

Every farm scores the bordering cities in the same way. When this has been done, the game is over.

The player with the most points wins.

  Question: It is unclear whether incomplete farms earn points during the final scoring.

Answer:

It is almost impossible to close off or complete most of the farms. The most important thing when scoring the farms are the cities, which do indeed have to be complete. So: completed cities count on incomplete farms as well.

  Question: At the end of the game, do we score farms which are completely closed off by roads, but which don't have any adjacent cities? If so, how?

Answer:

Strictly speaking, they should be scored exactly like every other farm, with 3 points for every completed city. In this case, that makes a total of zero points. And the farmer is nevertheless unable to leave the farm. All this is of course highly frustrating and cries out for revenge!

Example of farmer scoring

Here is a more detailed example of how farmers and their farms are scored.

Be careful with the edges of the farm: farms are separated from each other by roads, cities (if they don’t lie within the farm) and the edge of the playing field.

* Farm 1: BLUE owns farm 1. Two completed cities (A and B) border the farm. For each completed city BLUE scores 3 points (irrespective of their size), or a total of 6 points.

* Farm 2: RED and BLUE own farm 2. There are three completed cities (A, B and C) bordering or lying within this farm. RED and BLUE therefore score 9 points each.

Notice that cities A and B score points for BLUE on farm 1 as well as RED and BLUE on farm 2, since these cities border both farms. The city on the bottom left is incomplete, and so generates no points.

* Farm 3: YELLOW owns farm 3, since YELLOW has more farmers on it than BLACK. There are four completed cities bordering or lying within farm 3, so YELLOW scores 12 points.

Variants

There are a number of variants for the base game, which modify or redefine the rules of the game to achieve different effects. In the early years of the game, expansions were not so common and many fans started to explore alternative rules to exploit the game's potential. HiG noticed and posted many of these variants on their website for several years.

You can find more information about these variants here.

House Rules

• The players decide who starts the game by any method they choose—such as by rolling three followers. The first player to ‘roll’ a standing follower decides who plays first. (Thanks to Joff.)

• To determine the first player; each player draws a tile from the bag, the player that drew the tile with the most roads (0 to 4) plays first, if there is a tie for most roads, a draw-off takes place. This is repeated until someone wins. (Thanks to michael.)

• Take your next tile at the end of your turn, to give you time to think about placement and avoid analysis paralysis.

• Play with a three-tile hand. The abbey counts as part of your hand. Play your turn, including the builder, and then draw back up to three tiles. These tiles could be visible to all or hidden to the other players (Thanks to DavidP and youtch.)

• When playing with a bag for the tiles, the original starting tile may be put into the bag, and unplayable tiles can be put back into the bag rather than set to one side. (Thanks to dwhitworth.)

• Trees (bushes) on roads do not end the road—only houses do (when the road forks). This makes road building a lot more dynamic. (Thanks to Tobias.)

• When a tile is the only tile which can currently complete a structure, other players can offer to ‘buy’ it by offering points, trades counter, abbey, and so on. (Thanks to Deatheux.)

• If you place a tile that fills a hole in the playing field by touching something on all four adjacent sides, you get another turn. This helps motivate people to finish the board even if they do not get an advantage from the placement. (Does not apply to the abbey tile). (Thanks to viberunner.)

• Incomplete features at the end of the game do not score points at the end of the game. (Thanks to metoth.)

• The edge of the table limits the playing area. Thus, a player may not place a tile past the edge of the table or move the playing area to place a tile that would have been past the edge of the table. (Thanks to metoth for prompting this one, and to SkullOne for pointing out that this is an official rule from Hunters and Gatherers.)

• Table borders COMPLETE features as an abbey would. (Thanks to PreGy.)

• Use colored dice instead of meeples on the scoring track. Start out with the 6 showing on top. When the marker completes one lap, turn it to the number 1 to indicate it has completed one lap. This shows at a glance which player is on what lap and who's ahead. On the 100 space track it’s even easier to determine someone’s score at a glance. (Thanks to Carcking.)

Use of a Table

A number of questions have been asked about rules related to the play area itself, including what happens when the edge of the area is reached, or if a table has to be used for play. The following clarifications are from Georg Wild from HiG (5/2013):

• The edge of the table is the limit for the game if, as stated in the rules, a table is used.
• The rules state that the starting tile is placed in the middle of the table. If all of the tiles are shifted to allow more room, the starting tile would no longer be in the middle. So in principle, total shifting of the tiles is not allowed. Additionally, with a manual shift of all of the tiles, the tiles and figures on the field can slip, which could lead to incorrect positioning of tiles or figures.
• Addition of a second table is possible if one of an appropriate height is added to the first table. If a table is extended (as with an additional panel), make sure that the tiles and figures on the playing field do not slip.
• Playing on the floor: The rules technically do not allow this, because the rules state that the first tile is placed in the middle of the table. Playing on the floor is not forbidden, however, if use of a table is not feasible. If the floor is used, tiles must be placed so all tiles are visible to all players. Tiles cannot be placed under the sofa, cabinet/shelf, etc.
• It is important generally, that all the players in the round agree how to play:
  • Table - Standard
  • Table - with "total shifting" of tiles
  • Table - with extension
  • Floor
• Continue to play fairly and not intentionally unfair to other players.

Tile Distribution

Total tiles: 72

 ×1

 

 ×3

 ×1

 ×2

 

 ×1

 ×3

 ×2

 

 ×2

 ×3

 ×2

 

 ×3

 ×2

 ×1

 

 ×5

 ×3

 ×4

(S)

 ×3

 ×3

 ×4

Cloister

 ×2

Cloister

 ×9

 ×8

 ×4

 ×1

One of the tiles marked with "(S)" is the starting tile (with a dark back).

Footnotes

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River

The river tiles are placed first, after that the game continues as normal. No followers may be placed on the river so the scoring is the same as in the base game.

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Expansion symbol River II

Expansion symbol for 2014 River version

There are two River Expansions:

• The River (commonly known as River I) was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2001.
• The River II was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2005, and later bundled in the major expansion  Count, King & Robber in 2008.

The  Games Quarterly #11 expansion from 2006 includes 2 river tiles that can be combined with any river expansion. One of these tiles is a new river source with a road. It can replace the one included in other rivers and help create smaller farms around the river.

In 2014, HiG's  Big Box 5 included a version of River I (sometimes referred to as River III) with some minor additions that tied in with  Hills & Sheep.

Contents

• 12 new land tiles (The River I) - providing a linear river configuration.
• 12 new land tiles (The River II) - providing a forked river layout.
• 12 new land tiles (The River III) - providing the same layout as River I and some extra features.
• 2 new river tiles (Games Quarterly #11) - providing an alternative river source.

Common features found on river tiles:

A spring

A lake

A road segment

A city segment

A cloister or monastery. Note the bridge crossing the river.

River II shows river segments as well as familiar features such as cities, cloisters, roads, and fields plus a river fork, an inn (tie-in with  Inns & Cathedrals), a pig-herd (tie-in with  Traders & Builders) and a volcano (tie-in with  The Princess & the Dragon.)

Particular features found in River II:

A river fork

A inn

A pig-herd

A bridge that does not split the fields and creates one single city

A volcano next to one of the lakes

A city segment on the other lake

River III has the same layout of river and claimable features as River I, thus it is considered the same expansion. However, this version also adds features to mesh with the  Hills & Sheep expansion – there are 2 tiles with a sheep and 2 tiles with a vineyard. Additionally, the backs of the river tiles in this version are the light gray of standard tiles rather than the dark gray of starting tiles, and there is a new expansion symbol on the front.

Particular features found in River III:

A vineyard

A sheep

Games Quarterly #11 provides a new river source with a road ending at a small cottage. The road splits the farm surrounding the river source:

Rules

Preparation

The original starting tile is not used.

Separate the spring tile and lake tile from the others. Place the spring tile in the middle of the table, and set the lake tile to the side for now. The other ten tiles are shuffled and placed face down into a stack.

If playing with River II, the fork tile should be set aside along with the source and lake tiles. The fork tile is placed first (after the source tile) by the first player.

Placing a tile

The players take turns placing tiles When the river is finished, the lake tile is placed, and the game continues with the remaining tiles.

Example of a river configuration in River I/III

If playing with River II, the first player places the fork. After this, each player on his or her turn places a tile either on left or right branches of the river. The volcano tile is placed last. The player who places the volcano may not deploy a follower to this tile, but should place the dragon on the tile instead. The player may therefore take another tile immediately, thus beginning the normal game. The river tiles can be placed as the player wishes, except for two exceptions: no 180° turns are allowed, and the two river branches must not be connected.

Example of a river configuration in River II

Important: A U-turn with the river tiles is not possible. This means that a 180° turn is not allowed, as it may lead to difficulties in placing all the tiles.

Immediate U-turns are not allowed in a river

Deploying a follower

When a player places a river tile, he or she may deploy a follower using the normal rules for placing a follower. No follower can be deployed to the river itself.

Scoring

River feature itself cannot be scored. All other features on river tiles are scored as usual. River segments separate farms.

Note on River II special features

If you don't possess the relevant expansions, the inn, volcano, pig-herd, vineyards and sheep tiles have no particular significance.

The pig-herd tile earns the farmer who owns this farm an extra 1 point per city. If a player has the pig-herd and a pig (from the  Traders & Builders expansion), he or she receives an additional 2 points per city.

Other expansions

 The Count of Carcassonne

The question of how to combine the various “starting” expansions of Carcassonne is a longstanding one, and HiG has changed its mind several times.

The original rules for  The Count of Carcassonne included the following clarification: “If the river is being used, then the spring tile should be placed next, and in such a way that the river leads away from the city.” Yet the rules still said that it was probably better not to use the expansions together, and this was the only piece of advice to make it into the introductory paragraph of its rules in  Count, King & Robber: “It is not recommended to combine  The Count of Carcassonne and any River expansion(s), as situations may arise in which it is impossible to place tiles properly.”

The same rules by ZMG include the following paragraph: "The river spring must begin at one of the corners of the City of Carcassonne. The players should place the river tiles so that the river flows away from the City of Carcassonne so as to avoid placement problems. Again, combining The Count of Carcassonne and The River I or The River II is not recommended."

Example combining the City of Carcassonne with The River I

As indicated above, this is no longer the recommended approach. Instead, one should always remember the rule from the basic game: “In the rare case that a tile cannot be placed anywhere, it is removed from the game, and the player draws another.” If the river winds around the City of Carcassonne in such a way that you cannot place the next tile (river or otherwise), the tile should be placed to one side, and another drawn. An interesting corollary of this is that the river does not have to be finished: if it is impossible to do so, you do not have to place the final lake tile, and a permanent gap in the playing field might arise (which could, of course, subsequently be filled by an abbey from the  Abbey & Mayor expansion.)

This clearly has consequences beyond combining the two expansions mentioned. Though the rules still say that U-turns are not allowed, resolving such issues is now much more straightforward—no more need to defenestrate players who insist on making awkward tile placements. And it helps considerably in establishing what a game of Mega-Carcassonne should look like.

Of course, some people will object that this rule destroys the aesthetics of the playing field. They might be right, and they are free to adopt a house rule which is more comfortable to them. But for the rules lawyers among us, this rule is an important development.

 The Wheel of Fortune

 River and  The Wheel of Fortune expansions may be used together. In this case, the Wheel of Fortune board is first placed in the middle of the table. Then, the river source is placed so that the river will flow away from the Wheel of Fortune board. Place the river tiles and lake (mouth) according to the normal River rules. Once the lake (river mouth) has been placed, play proceeds according to normal Carcassonne rules.

Example combining The Wheel of Fortune and The River

 Hills & Sheep with River III

The sheep depicted on the river tiles are used with the  Hills & Sheep expansion. When a player performs a Gather the Flock action, the sheep depicted on the fields of these river tiles are to be counted and scored along with the Sheep tokens. These depicted sheep are permanent and may be scored multiple times during a game.

The vineyards depicted on the river tiles are used with the  Hills & Sheep expansion and add to cloister scoring according to the normal vineyard rules.

When playing without the  Hills & Sheep expansion, the depicted sheep and vineyards have no function.

River III tile with a vineyard

River III tile with a sheep

House Rules

House Rules for River I/III

• Ban all river U-turns to prevent problems with subsequent placement.
• You are not permitted to lay down any meeples until the entire river is down. (Thanks to metoth)
• Once the river is complete, it may be moved to the center of the playing area. (Thanks to Joff)
• Instead of starting with the spring and setting aside the lake, put all of the river pieces into the bag. In this way the river can be any size and there is usually more then one option for placing a river tile. (Thanks to DavidP)
• Mix the original starting tile (without a river) in with the river tiles. If it is drawn then it acts like a 'bonus' tile that can be placed anywhere. (Thanks to RationalLemming)
• Lay the river in reverse order, from lake to spring. No real advantage, but might be more desirable, when playing the Count expansion, to have the lake near the City of Carcassonne for purely aesthetic reasons. (Thanks to Scott)

House Rules for River II

• Play the fork of the river first, and lay the spring last. The lakes are mixed in with the other river tiles. (Thanks to Joff)
• Rather than discarding the second fork (from The River II and  Count, King & Robber,) mix it in with the other river tiles and place it normally when it is drawn. (Thanks to Scott)
• Pig-herds do not score a bonus. (Thanks to Joff)
• Play both rivers backwards starting with the city/lake. This is more realistic because you then get two springs producing rivers that join and flow ‘down’ to a lake. Discard two lakes—the plain one from River I and the volcano. To set up, place the lake tile, put one spring tile aside as a final ending tile, and then split the balance of the river tiles into two stacks. The junction tile is shuffled into stack 1 and the other spring into stack 2. Then the stack 1 is placed on stack 2—so that the junction will be drawn sometime before the spring. If playing with  The Count of Carcassonne, place the city/lake so that it completes one of the small cities around Carcassonne. (Thanks to dwhitworth)
• Select only one lake tile and use two spring tiles. Lay the river in reverse order. The fork can be placed randomly, or at some predetermined point. The end result is two rivers flowing into one which then flows into a lake. (Thanks to Scott)
• Start from the fork, playing tiles on all three branches. Play the spring and lake tiles at the end, or mix two of the three with the rest of the river before play to have two of the three branches end randomly. (Thanks to Scott)
• Play with two forks and a straight river between them. The ends (two lakes, a spring and a volcano) then come out randomly. Makes for a big river, but with 300 or so tiles it works. (Thanks to revolushn)

Tile Distribution

River I (Original 2001 River version)

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

River Spring

 ×1

River Lake

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

River II

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

River Spring

 ×1

Junction

 ×1

River Lake

 ×1

River Lake + Volcano

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Pig-herd

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

River III (2014 River I version)

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

River Spring

 ×1

River Lake

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Vineyard

 ×1

Vineyard

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Sheep

 ×1

Sheep

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Total tiles: 2

 ×1

River Spring

 ×1

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Expansion symbol

Inns and Cathedrals was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2002. The tiles of the first German editions had no expansion symbol and had the name "Die Erweiterung" and not "Inns and Cathedrals".

This expansion is the first major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a few new aspects to the game.

Contents

• 18 new Land tiles with a meeple symbol.
• 6 scoring tiles, double sided with 50 on one side and 100 on the other.

Front

Back

• 8 grey followers to use for a 6th player.

• 6 big followers (one for each color)

There are some tiles with special characteristics:

	This tile has four unconnected city segments.
	The cloister divides the road into two segments.

The crossing divides the road into two segments. The thieves may not be placed on the designated spots.

Rules

Preparation

The 18 tiles should be mixed with the rest of the tiles.

Place a tile

The new land tiles are placed in the usual way. Take care with the tiles shown beneath.

The inn lies on the right-hand road segment.

The field comes to an end here.

Only BLUE scores points for the road.

Deploy a follower

Instead of deploying a normal follower, a player may now decide to deploy his or her big follower. This counts as one follower and is deployed according to the usual rules.

During scoring, however, the big follower counts as if the player had deployed two normal followers to the road, city, cloister, or farm in question.

A player with a big follower DOES NOT score twice as many points. The big follower is dealt with in exactly the same way as two normal followers; for two followers in a city, on a road, or on a farm, you only earn points once. The only function of the big follower is to obtain the majority more quickly. For example, in a cloister the big follower earns precisely the same number of points as a smaller follower.

Like any other follower, the big follower is returned to the player after scoring, and can be deployed again in the next turn. If the big follower is deployed as a farmer, it remains on the farm until the end of the game, just like other farmers.

  Question: [If captured by a tower,] is the ransom for the big follower doubled?

Answer: No: he may be big, but he's still only one person.

Score completed roads, cities or cloisters

A completed road : "Inns by a Lake"

Inn by a Lake

There are 6 tiles featuring an inn by a lake.

If a road which has one or more inns lining it is completed, then the thief scores 2 points for every road segment, according to the number of tiles. However, if such a road has not been completed at the end of the game, it scores no points during the final scoring. Note that an inn affects only the road segment that it is immediately adjacent to, not all segments on the tile.

BLUE scores 6 points

BLUE scores 6 points

Incomplete road at the end of the game: BLUE scores 0 points

Cathedral

A completed city : Cathedrals

There are 2 city tiles featuring a cathedral.

If a city which contains one or more cathedrals is completed, then the knight scores 3 points for every city segment, according to the number of tiles, and 3 points for every pennant. However, if such a city has not been completed at the end of the game, it scores no points during the final scoring.

BLUE scores 24 points

Incomplete city at the end of the game: BLUE scores 0 points

  Question: Am I allowed to place cathedrals in other players' cities?

Answer: Yes, that is allowed, and is particularly useful towards the end of a game, when it can strip a large city of an opponent of points. The same goes for roads with inns.

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 18

 ×1

Inner Field

 ×2

Cathedral

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

There is a difference between the original game and the  Big Box 1 version, see footnote

OR

×1

Total special tiles: 6

 ×6

Front and back points tiles

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Traders and Builders was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2003.

This is the second major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a few new aspects to the game. They introduced some new tiles that brought new things with them.

New features/things are:

• Trade Good Tokens
• Pigs
• Builders

A Carcassonne expansion is not really a Carcassonne expansion when there are no new tiles, so in the box you also find 24 tiles that represent cities, roads and cloisters in new shapes to help create a much more beautiful landscape. The tiles of the first German editions had no expansion symbol.

Contents

• 24 Land Tiles (9 Wine, 6 Grain, 5 Cloth, 4 w/o Goods)
• 20 Trade Good Tokens (9 Wine, 6 Grain, 5 Cloth)

• 6 Builder Figures (1 x 6 Colors)

• 6 Pig Figures (1 x 6 Colors)

• 1 Cloth Bag

• Rules Sheet

Rules

Preparation

The 24 tiles should be mixed with the rest of the tiles.

Place a tile

The new land tiles are placed in the usual way. Take care with the following tiles:

The bridge is not a crossing. One road runs continuously from left to right, while the other runs from top to bottom. However, the field segments are separate. The tile has four separate field segments.

One road ends at a city, the other at a house. The tile has three separate field segments.

The cloister divides the road into three segments.

This tile has three separate city segments.

Deploy a follower

Instead of deploying a normal or big follower, a player may now decide to deploy their builder or pig. These are deployed according the following rules.

The builder

Builder figure

Deployment: The builder can only be deployed to the tile which has just been placed, and then only to a road or city which already includes one of the player's followers. As such, the player must first deploy a follower to a road or city as usual, place a tile which extends this road or city in a subsequent turn, and then deploy a builder to the tile.

• A builder can be deployed even if there are thieves, knights, or builders of other players on the road or city.
• It does not matter how many tiles there are between the builder and the thief or knight.
• A builder may be deployed to a road or to a city, as the player wishes.
• A builder may never be deployed to a farm.

Effect: Whenever the player places a tile that extends the road or city which includes their builder, they may take a double turn. Here, after performing the usual steps of deployment and scoring, the player draws another land tile, places it appropriately, and may then deploy another follower and carry out any necessary scoring.

The player’s turn is then over.

For example a player may:
1) Deploy a thief
2) Deploy the builder
3a) Continue the road
3b) Draw a second tile and place it somewhere

Important notes regarding use of the builder and the double turn:

• There is no chain reaction. If the play continues the road or city which includes their builder, they may not draw a third tile.
• If the road or city is not completed during the course of either part of the double turn, the builder remains in play. The player may generate a double turn on each subsequent turn as well, as long as the road or city containing the builder remains incomplete. If it is completed, the builder and thief or knight are returned to the player after it has been scored.
• The player can deploy a follower to the second tile as well as to the first. If the road or city is completed by the placement of the first tile, then the player may deploy the newly-returned builder to the second tile.
• The builder is not counted when calculating the majority.
• When a player’s last thief or knight is removed from a road or city with a builder, the player takes his builder, putting it in his supply.

For example, a player may:
1) Deploy a thief
2) Deploy the builder
3a) Complete the road and place a knight in the city segment of the tile. The road is now scored—the thief and builder are returned to the player
3b) Place the second tile and deploy the builder

The pig

Pig figure

Deployment: The pig can only be deployed to the tile which has just been placed, and then only to a farm which already contains one of the player's farmers.

• There can already be farmers or pigs of other players on the farm.

Effect: The pig increases the value of cities for the farmers.

• During the final scoring, a player with his or her pig on a farm scores 4 rather than 3 points for every city on that farm. This is true only when the owner of the pig has a majority on the farm (or is in a tie for the majority); if a player does not earn points for a city, the pig adds nothing. As before, only farmers determine ownership of a farm.
• The pig does not count when calculating the majority.
• If the last farmer of the owner of the pig is removed from the farm with the pig, then the pig is also returned to the player. Otherwise the pig remains on the farm to which it was deployed until the end of the game.

Scoring

A city with trade goods is completed

When a city containing one or more trade symbols is completed, the city is scored as usual. The player who completed the city receives one trade counter for each related trade symbol in the city - this player is, so to speak, the trader of the city. It is irrelevant whether this player had a knight in the city, or indeed whether there were any knights in the city at all.

RED completes the city.
BLUE scores 10 points.
RED receives:

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Final Scoring

Trade Counters

The player who has collected the most wine counters scores 10 points. The same is true for the player with the most grain counters and the most cloth counters. As usual, in the case of a draw all players involved score the full 10 points.

• Points:
• 

• Points:
• 

Example for a game with two players: BLUE scores 20 points, while RED scores 30.

Pigs on a farm

A player with his or her pig on a farm scores 4 rather than 3 points for every completed city.

BLUE owns the farm.
Since BLUE has a pig on the farm, she scores 4 points for very completed city on the farm—8 points in total.
RED does not own the farm, since he does not have the majority of farmers on it.
RED scores 0 points, even though he has a pig on the farm.

The Double Turn

Things That Happen Only ONCE

• Bonus point from Fairy ( Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon)
• Prisoner Buyback (3 points) ( Exp. 4 - The Tower)
• Tunnel token placement ( The Tunnel)
• Flight from Plague ( The Plague)
• Plague spread ( The Plague)

Things That May or Must Happen TWICE

• Draw and place a landscape tile (required)
• Resolution of special symbols on tile (required)
• Follower, figure or token placement
• Scoring (if one or more features are completed)
• Prisoner exchange (can be more than twice) ( Exp. 4 - The Tower)
• Removal of a knight from a besieged city ( Besiegers - Cathars - Siege)

House Rules

Players are allowed to keep drawing additional tiles as long as they extend their city/road where their builder is deployed. (Thanks to Diminuendo)

To bring the trade goods in line with the relative scoring of the King and Robber Baron ( Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber), a player with a majority no longer scores 10 points. Instead, they receive a 10% bonus (or 10 points, whichever is higher) to their total score at the end of the game, after calculating farms and incomplete features, but before calculating any other scores such as those from the King and Robber Baron. Additionally, any player who does not win the majority may be awarded 2 points for every token they own. (Thanks to kissybooboo)

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 24

 ×1

Cloth + Inner Field

 ×1

Wine + Inner Field

 ×1

Wine + Inner Field

 ×1

Cloth + Inner Field

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Cloth

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Cloth

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

Cloth

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

Wheat

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

 ×1

Wine

 ×1

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

Total tokens: 20

 ×9

Wine

 ×6

Wheat

 ×5

Cloth

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The Princess and The Dragon

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The Princess & the Dragon (P&D) was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2005. The tiles of the first German editions had no expansion symbol.

This is the third major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a few new aspects to the game. This expansion introduces you to the world of fantasy, the land of fairy tales and where knights fight big dragons.

New features/things are:

• The dragon
• The fairy
• The princess
• A magic portal

Contents

• 30 new and tiles, including 6 volcanos, 12 dragon tiles, 6 magic portals and 6 princess tiles
• 1 dragon

• 1 fairy

New land tiles

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

Tunnel: The road is not broken, and neither are the farms on the bottom and the top.

Cloister in the city: When a player deploys a follower here, it must be clearly placed either in the city or on the cloister. If the follower is deployed to the cloister, then the cloister is scored when it is surrounded by eight land tiles, even when the city is not completed. The follower can also be deployed as a monk if there is already a knight in the connected city. The reverse is also true.

Rules

Preparation

The 30 tiles should be mixed with the rest of the tiles.

The fairy and the dragon should be placed at the side of the table, and will be brought into play once the game is under way.

Placing a tile

The new land tiles are placed in the usual way. All the new tiles contain a symbol (a volcano, a dragon, a princess or a magic portal) which can have an effect on the next stage, Deploy a Follower. Full details of these tiles are described below.

Deploying a follower

Followers can be placed on regular tile features as per the normal rules, with specific rules for the tile features introduced in this expansion detailed below.

The fairy

The fairy

The fairy begins the game at the edge of the playing field.

When a player does not deploy a follower on his or her turn, the player may now decide to move the neutral fairy next to one of his or her followers. If the fairy is already on a tile, it may be moved to another.

The fairy has three effects:

• Protection from the Dragon: The dragon cannot enter a tile with the fairy on it. Thus, any figure on this tile is protected from the dragon.
• 1 Point at the beginning of a turn: At the start of a player’s turn, if the fairy is next to one of the player’s followers, he or she scores 1 point immediately. If a player uses his builder to generate a double turn, this bonus is still only scored once.
• 3 Points at scoring: If the fairy is standing next to a follower in a feature (city, road, cloister, or farm) that is being scored, the owner of that follower receives 3 points, independent of how much (if anything) the player otherwise receives from the scoring.

Note that the scoring of the 3 bonus points is independent of the normal points scored for the completed feature. Thus, a follower in that feature and on the fairy tile will score 3 points even if that player does not have the majority for the purposes of scoring the feature. The follower is then returned to the player, while the fairy remains where it is.

If a player completes a city and does not deploy a follower, he or she can move the fairy to a follower in the city and earn the three bonus points. The deployment of a follower —and so the movement of the fairy— occurs before any scoring.

The volcano

A volcano

A player who draws and places a volcano tile must immediately move the dragon to this tile from its current location - this may be at the side of the table, or on an already placed tile. The player may not deploy a follower (or any other figure, except the dragon) to the tile, but may —according to the usual rules— move the fairy. At no point may followers occupy the same tile as the dragon.

The dragon is placed on the volcano tile

The dragon

The dragon symbol

A player who places a dragon tile may deploy a follower or move the fairy as usual. Then (before scoring) the game is interrupted —the dragon is on the move!

Beginning with the player whose turn it is, each player must move the dragon exactly one tile horizontally or vertically. The dragon always moves six tiles, irrespective of the number of players, except in the case of a dead end. It may not move onto a tile twice, and the tile occupied by the fairy is also off limits. The dragon is not allowed to move back to the tile from which it started.

Whenever the dragon enters a tile occupied by any player’s figure or neutral figure, they are all returned to the relevant player or to the side of the board as described below.

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2015 FAQ: Meal plan for Dragons

The dragon eats followers. So far so good. But with all the special characters from expansions, it is sometimes difficult to understand what else is on the menu of the dragon. The rules were often at odds with common sense. Therefore, we, along with Klaus Jürgen Wrede, have decided to make the diet as intuitive as possible.

The new motto is: The dragon eats everything of flesh and blood. However, the dragon still fears the fairy. Followers in a castle or the City of Carcassonne are also protected.

• Dragon meal plan (dragon can eat): follower, follower on a tower, big follower, wagon (has a tasty crew), mayor, phantom, abbot, shepherd, sheep token, builder, pig, mage, witch.

• Dragon diet plan (dragon cannot eat): barn, tower piece, fairy, bridge, castle, ferry, gold, tunnel token, plague token, little building token, catapult token, landscape tile.

• Protection from dragons (figures in the following locations are safe from the dragon): land tile with fairy, inside the City of Carcassonne, in a castle, inside the Wheel of Fortune, inside the school.

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When the dragon has finished moving, play continues as usual.

Dead ends: If the dragon moves to a tile from which it cannot continue to move according to the rules above, then its movement phase is ended prematurely.

Note: Until a volcano tile has been placed, the dragon remains on the edge of the playing field, and is not moved. If a dragon tile is drawn, it is placed to one side and the player may draw another tile. As soon as the dragon is in play, any dragon tiles which have been laid to one side are mixed into the supply and the game continues as before.

An example with four players:
* Player A moves the dragon up.
* Player B moves the dragon left.
* Player C moves the dragon down.
* Player D moves the dragon left—it cannot move right.
* Then it is player A’s turn again, and the dragon moves up a tile.
* Then player B moves the dragon up once more, and the movement of the dragon is over.
* The BLUE and RED followers are returned to the supplies of their owners.

  Question: When a city, cloister, or road is completed by placing a dragon tile, is it scored before the movement of the dragon?

Answer: The dragon is moved before scoring and may possibly clear the city, cloister or road in question before any scoring takes place. [As noted in a previous footnote, this is true in HiG and ZMG rules, but scoring occurs first in RGG rules – ed.]

The magic portal

A magic portal

If a player places a magic portal tile, on this turn he or she may deploy a follower to that tile or to a tile already in play. The portal is never really considered completed, as it is simply a doorway. (2/2013)

The usual rules must be followed —for example, the follower may not be deployed to an already occupied or completed feature. Note that if placement of the portal tile causes completion of a feature, such as a cloister, you cannot deploy a follower to that feature using the magic portal, as it is considered completed before the move wood phase. (7/2014)

RED places the tile with the magic portal on the left and puts his follower on the tile with the previously unoccupied city on the right.

  Question: If you place a magic portal tile, could you use it to send a follower as a farmer to a closed farm (that is, a farm completely surrounded by roads, cities, etc.)?

Answer: Since farms are never completed, you can use other mechanics to place a follower in a farm (magic portals, crop circles...). (1/2021)

The princess

The princess

If a player draws a tile with a princess, it may be placed according to the usual rules. If the player uses the tile to extend a city which is already occupied by one or more knights, the player may remove one knight (including his own) from the city and return it to its owner. If the player does not remove a follower, he may deploy a follower as normal.

• If there are knights of several players in the city, the player placing the tile may freely choose which knight is to be removed.
• If a knight is removed from the city, the player may not deploy or move any other figure (see below for more details.)

RED places the tile with the princess and removes the BLUE knight. RED now may not place any follower or other figure.

Scoring

When you complete one or more areas (e.g. a monastery, a road etc.) by placing a Princess and Dragon tile, you score them according to the normal rules.

Final scoring

There is no additional scoring at the end of the game with the Princess and Dragon tiles.

Additional clarifications

• The fairy does not provide any protection from the princess tile.

  Question: If the fairy is next to a knight (a follower placed in a city), does it provide any protection against the princess tile?

Answer: The fairy offers no protection from the princess tile.

• A follower removed by a princess tile will not be entitled to score any points for the city it occupied or the fairy bonus.

  Question: If a princess tile completes a city with one follower previously placed in it with the fairy, does the player receive the 3-point fairy bonus for the completed city?

Answer: No, you would need a follower in the city to score it, or to get the fairy scoring bonus.

• The fairy may be moved if a player does not remove a follower with a princess tile and no follower is placed on it.

  Question: If the player placing the princess tile doesn't decide to place follower on the tile, is this player allowed to move the fairy next to one of their follower? Or does removing an opponent's follower with the princess tile constitute an action that nullifies their ability to move the fairy?

Answer: When placing a princess tile, the fairy can be moved if no knight is removed and no follower is placed on the tile.

• The fairy may be moved when placing a volcano tile but it is not mandatory.

  Question: When placing a volcano, can the fairy be moved even if no follower placement is allowed by definition? Does that de-facto mean the fairy now must be moved by the current player if not already protecting one of their followers?

Answer: When placing a volcano tile, the fairy is allowed to move but it is an optional action.

Other Expansions

This section contains additional information about the interactions with other Carcassonne expansions.

The fairy

• The fairy may only be assigned to followers:
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)
  • Phantom ( The Phantom)

• The fairy may not be assigned to special figures:
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)

• If a player moves the fairy, the player also may not place any of following figures (12/2013, updated 1/2019, updated 5/2023):
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)

• If a player moves the fairy, the player also may place the following figure:
  • Phantom ( The Phantom) - according to additional clarifications. (12/2014)

• Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders:
  • If a player scored the fairy's 1 point bonus at the beginning of their turn, they may not score it again at the beginning of a double turn via the builder. (12/2013)
  • Because builders and pigs are not followers, it is not possible to move the fairy next to either of them, as the fairy can only stand next to a follower.

• Exp. 4 - The Tower:
  • The fairy can be moved to a tile where the only follower on the tile is on a tower.
  • The fairy does not protect a follower from capture by a tower. (12/2013)

• Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber: If the fairy is next to a follower on the losing feature when resolving a challenge, it does not provide the bonus 3 points to that follower, as the feature is incomplete.

  Question: If the fairy is on the same tile as the losing heretic or monk in a challenge, does the player still score the bonus 3 points?

Answer: When a challenge is resolved (that is, when someone has won), both followers are returned to the player, so no one stands next to the fairy. [At the point that a challenge is resolved and one participant “scores” zero, the building that participant is in will be incomplete. Therefore, strictly speaking, that participant does not actually take part in “scoring”—say, in the way that a player without the majority in a city does—and so does not score the bonus points—ed.]

• Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top:
  • You may assign the fairy to an acrobat, in which case it counts for all acrobats in the pyramid (regardless of color). If the fairy is still there at the beginning of your turn, you score 1 point for each of your followers in the pyramid - This case relaxes the restriction that only one follower can receive points from the fairy.
  • The 3-point fairy scoring bonus is not applicable to acrobats in a pyramid.

• The Abbot: The 3-point fairy scoring bonus is not applicable to an abbot when removed.

• Mini #1 - The Flying Machines: Only one follower can be "next to" (or connected to) the fairy. Thus, only one follower will receive points from the fairy. Even if another follower is placed in the same feature on the same tile (as with the Flying Machines), this would not be considered "next to" the fairy. Landing a follower on an acrobat pyramid would be the exception to this rule.

• Crop Circles: Only one follower can be "next to" (or connected to) the fairy. Thus, only one follower will receive points from the fairy. Even if another follower is placed in the same feature on the same tile (as with the Crop Circles), this would not be considered "next to" the fairy.

• The Festival: If a Festival is used to remove a follower, the fairy cannot be moved, as an action was still taken in the Move Wood or Deploy a Figure phase. (5/2014)

The volcano

• When a tile with a volcano is placed, the player may deploy:
  • A tower piece ( Exp. 4 - The Tower)
  • Barn, since that is not fully on the tile ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • A bridge, as necessary ( Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars)
  • An acrobat on an adjacent acrobat space or pyramid ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • A follower to the ( The Wheel of Fortune)
  • Little Buildings, since they are not figures ( Little Buildings)
  • The fairy (or move, it)

• When a tile with a volcano is placed, the player may not deploy the following figures to the tile:
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)
  • Phantom ( The Phantom)

The dragon

• The dragon eats all followers on a tile:
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Follower on a tower ( Exp. 4 - The Tower)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd, and the sheep next to it ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)
  • Phantom ( The Phantom) -as per the additional clarifications (3/2015)

• The dragon eats the following neutral figures on a tile:
  • Ghost ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries) -along with the follower it is assigned to.
  • Mage ( Mini #5 - Mage & Witch)
  • Witch ( Mini #5 - Mage & Witch)
  • Gingerbread Man (Winter Edition -  The Gingerbread Man) -as per the iOS version (12/2014)

• The dragon cannot eat the following neutral figures across two tiles:
  • Teacher ( The School) -as per the additional clarifications (see below) (4/2015)

• Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders:
  • If the dragon eats a player's last knight in a city where the player's builder is present, the builder is automatically returned to the player's supply. (The reason: builders are not followers.)
  • If the dragon eats a player's last thief on a road where the player's builder is present, the builder is automatically returned to the player's supply.
  • If the dragon eats a player's last farmer in a farm where the player's pig is present, the pig is automatically returned to the player's supply. (The reason: pigs are not followers.)

• Exp. 4 - The Tower: Placing a tower piece happens before moving the dragon.

  Question: If you place a dragon tile and add a piece to a tower, what happens first: follower capture by the tower, or dragon movement?

Answer: Prisoners are taken first; placing a tower piece is an alternative to deploying a follower, so this occurs before dragon movement.

• Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber:
  • The dragon cannot move into the City of Carcassonne.
  • Note that the dragon can still move onto tiles that include the City of Carcassonne, treating the landscape areas as normal tiles, but it must stay outside the City itself. Thus only figures outside the City are eaten, and those inside (including the Count) are safe. (12/2013)

• Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars: The dragon cannot eat followers placed in castles. A castle is between two tiles, and the dragon visits up to 6 tiles when moving, affecting the tiles themselves but not the spaces between tiles.

• Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep: If a tile with a dragon icon is placed and extends the field with the active player’s shepherd, the player can perform the shepherd action (expand or herd the flock) before the dragon moves. (3/2015)

• Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries: If the dragon eats a follower, any ghosts assigned to the follower will also be removed and returned to the ghost supply.

• The Wheel of Fortune:
  • The dragon may not enter the Wheel of Fortune.
  • The dragon can fly around the outside of the Wheel of Fortune, treating the landscape areas as normal tiles and eating any followers on those tiles. Followers on the Wheel of Fortune itself are unaffected. This represents a notable change from previous FAQs. (10/2012)

• Castles in Germany: German castles do not protect followers within, or on any feature on the tile. (10/2015)

• The Markets of Leipzig: The dragon may not enter the city of Leipzig, due to its similarity to the city of Carcassonne (see  Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber) but this is not officially confirmed.

• The School: The dragon is allowed on the school tiles but cannot eat the neutral teacher figure placed on the school, since it spans across two tiles. (4/2015)

The magic portal

• A magic portal may be used to place any follower on a legal feature for that follower (updated 3/2015):
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)
  • Phantom ( The Phantom)
    • However, because the magic portal counts as a feature, a wooden follower and the Phantom cannot BOTH use the magic portal on a turn – the first follower placed on the magic portal claims the magic portal, and no follower (including the Phantom) can be placed on a claimed feature. (1/2013)

• A magic portal may not be used to place these figures, as they are not followers (updated 3/2015):
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)

• Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber:
  • Followers can use the magic portal to be deployed on features outside the City of Carcassonne. (1/2013)
  • Followers cannot use the magic portal to be deployed to the City of Carcassonne, as they are not occupied using regular placement rules. (confirmed 5/2013)

• Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top: You can use a magic portal to place one of your normal followers or your phantom on an acrobat space/pyramid.

• The Wheel of Fortune:
  • Followers can use the magic portal to be deployed on features outside the Wheel of Fortune. (1/2013)
  • Followers cannot use the magic portal to be deployed to the Wheel of Fortune, as they are not occupied using regular placement rules. (confirmed 5/2013)

• Mini #1 - The Flying Machines:
  • A follower a magic portal cannot land on a flying machine.
  • A flier cannot land on a magic portal. (2/2013)

• The School:
  • Followers can use the magic portal to be deployed on features outside on the school tiles (outside the school itself). (1/2013)
  • Followers cannot use the magic portal to be deployed to the school itself, as they are not occupied using regular placement rules. (confirmed 5/2013)

• The Markets of Leipzig:
  • Followers can use the magic portal to be deployed on features outside the City of Leipzig. (1/2019)
  • Followers cannot use the magic portal to be deployed to the City of Leipzig, as they are not occupied using regular placement rules. (1/2019)

The princess

• If a player uses the princess to remove a knight from a city, the player also may not place:
  • Normal follower ( Base Game)
  • Big follower ( Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
  • Pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Builder ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders)
  • Mayor ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Wagon ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
  • Shepherd, and the sheep next to it ( Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep)
  • Ringmaster ( Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
  • Guard follower ( Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)
  • Abbot (Base Game -  The Abbot)
  • Phantom ( The Phantom) - See note below
  • The fairy

• Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders:
  • If the princess removes a player's last knight in a city where the player's builder is present, the builder is automatically returned to the player's supply.
  • Builders cannot be directly removed by a princess, as builders are not followers.

• Exp. 4 - The Tower: The princess cannot seduce a follower on a tower located in a city.

  Question: If the dragon can eat a follower on a tower, can the follower also be seduced by a princess?

Answer: No. The tower is not a part of the city: they are two separate areas.

• The Phantom: The placement of a princess tile with removal of a knight from the city cannot be used as a first “follower move” and be followed by placement of the Phantom (e.g. into the now-vacated city). As per the rules for the princess, "if a knight is removed from the city, the player may not deploy or move any other figure." [This combo would be too powerful in allowing city stealing. –ed.]

• The Tunnel: If using the tunnel tokens from The Tunnel, then the road shown on the tile with a tunnel is indeed broken, and the segments may never actually meet.

Tunnel Road

House Rules

• Replace dragon tiles into the bag and redraw right away if there is no dragon in play yet. (Thanks to dwhitworth)
• Players are allowed to claim a fairy point until the bag is handed to the next player, but then it’s tough if they forget! (Thanks to dwhitworth)
• Abandon the 1-point bonus for the fairy altogether, instead awarding 5 points for a protected follower completing a feature. (Thanks to viberunner)
• The fairy does not prevent the dragon from moving to a tile, but it still prevents the dragon from eating any figures on that tile. (Thanks to jrizos)

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 30

 ×1

Princess + Inner Field

 ×1

Princess

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Princess

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Princess

 ×1

Volcano

 ×1

Princess

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Volcano

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Princess

 ×1

Volcano

 ×1

Volcano

 ×2

Dragon

 ×1

Volcano

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Volcano

 ×1

Dragon

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Magic Portal

 ×1

Dragon + Cloister

 ×1^*

Dragon + Cloister in a City

 ×1

Dragon + Tunnel Road

Note: A different version of the tile marked with a "*" was included in  Carcassonne by Coding Monkeys implementation, as seen here:

Original version

 

CodingMonkeys version

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.

The Tower

With this expansion you can build high towers from which you can capture opposing players' followers, and hold them for ransom or wait for a one-for-one exchange.

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Expansion symbol

The Tower was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2006. The tiles of the first German editions had no expansion symbol.

This is the fourth major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a new aspect to the game. With this expansion you can build high towers from which you can capture opposing players' followers, and hold them for ransom or wait for a one-for-one exchange.

New features/things are:

• Towers

A Carcassonne expansion is not really a Carcassonne expansion when there are no new tiles, so in the box you also find 18 tiles that represent city segments, road segments and cloisters in new configurations plus the addition of tower foundations which will help create much more than a beautiful landscape.

Contents

• 18 new land tiles
• 30 tower pieces (in one neutral color)

• 1 tower as tile dispenser

Rules

Preparation

The 18 tiles should be mixed with the rest of the tiles.

Each player receives a number of tower pieces, according to the total number of players.

Number of players	Tower floors
2 players	×10
3 players	×9
4 players	×7
5 players	×6
6 players	×5

Placing a tile

The new land tiles are placed in the usual way. Apart from the tower foundations, there are no new elements on the tiles.

Tile with tower foundation	You can see the new feature on the right middle of the tile - the foundation of an old tower.
Tile with a tower foundation and bridge	Notice that in the tile shown, the road over the bridge divides both farms.

Deploying a follower

Instead of moving the fairy or deploying a follower, builder, or pig, a player may now decide to place one of his or her tower pieces on any tile with a tower foundation which is already in play, or on a tower which is already under construction; or to finish the construction of a tower by deploying a follower to the top of it.

Place a tower piece and take a prisoner

Whenever a player places a tower piece, he or she may take one follower prisoner. Builders and pigs cannot be taken prisoner. Which followers can be captured depends on the height of the tower on which the tower piece was just placed. If the tower has one storey, the player has a choice of five tiles from which a follower can be taken prisoner: the tower tile itself, as well as the tiles which connect to it horizontally and vertically.

If the tower is built to the second storey, then the player has nine opportunities for taking a prisoner.

With every piece placed on the tower, its range increases by four tiles. It is possible to take prisoners over ‘holes’ in the tile placement, as well as over other towers of any height. There is no limit to how high a tower may be built.

The RED player places the tower piece and takes the BLUE follower on tile 4 prisoner

The RED player places the second tower piece and now has the possibility to capture the GREEN follower on tile 1, the BLUE follower on tile 6, or the YELLOW follower on tile 9.

When the player takes a follower of another player prisoner, then the capturing player should place the prisoner clearly in front of themselves. If the player takes one of his or her own followers prisoner, it should be returned to the supply. Should the last thief, knight, or farmer of a player be removed from a road, city, or farm which includes the player's builder or pig, then the builder or pig is also removed and returned to the player.

Deploy a follower to a tower

Follower deployed on top of a tower

If a follower is deployed to the top of a tower, the construction of the tower is finished and it may not be built any further. The follower remains on top of the tower until the end of the game and is not removed or returned to the player unless eaten by the dragon or captured by another tower. This action may be useful when a player wishes to protect a more valuable follower from capture.

Prisoners

Followers are traded

Whenever two players have captured one of each other's followers, they are immediately exchanged and are so returned to their owners. No negotiation is necessary or allowed. The exchange is automatic! If one of the players has several prisoners belonging to the other player, the owner may decide which prisoner should be returned.

Furthermore, during their turn a player may decide to pay the ransom and buy back one prisoner from one opponent. In this case, the player should move their scoring marker on the scoreboard back three spaces, and the marker of the opponent forward three spaces. If the player does not have 3 points, the player may not pay the ransom to reclaim their follower. Once returned, a follower may be used immediately.

House Rules

• Towers cannot capture over empty tiles. (Thanks to viberunner)

• A captured meeple cannot be returned by payment of a ransom (the “Eye for an Eye” rule). (Thanks to keyofnight)

• A single-storey tower can only capture a follower on its own tile. Each additional storey adds an additional tile of range in each direction – the rate of increasing range is the same as the normal rules, but the starting point is less powerful (the “No Surprises” rule). (Thanks to keyofnight)

• A tower can also capture followers on tiles diagonal to the tower tile. The distance to the capture tile is considered to be the smallest number of horizontal and vertical moves needed to get there, so a diagonal adjacent to the tower tile is considered to be 2 tiles away. (Thanks to Yi Niu)

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 18

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation + Overpassing Road Bridge

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation + Inner Field

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×2

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation

 ×1

Tower Foundation + Cloister

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.

Abbey and the Mayor

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Expansion symbol

Abbey & Mayor (Major Expansion #5) was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2007

Contents

• 12 new land tiles
• 6 abbey tiles
• 6 barns

• 6 wagons

• 6 mayors

Comments on some features present in the tiles of this expansion:

This city has two separate segments. The city with the pennant ends in the farm. This is particularly important when scoring the farm.

The road is not broken. On one side the road divides the farm; on the other side it does not. This is particularly important when scoring the farms.

The road touches the city, so that on these tiles there are three separate farm segments.

This tile has two separate city segments.

The road ends at the house.

The road does not end, but instead continues in all three directions.

Rules

Preparation

At the beginning of the game, every player receives one abbey tile and one mayor, one barn, and one wagon of the player's chosen colour, and places these in his or her supply. With the exception of the following changes, the basic rules for Carcassonne remain unchanged.

Place a tile

The new land tiles are placed in the usual way.

The Abbey

Preparation

Each player should, at the start of the game, have one Abbey tile in front of them.

Place A Tile

Instead of drawing and placing a land tile, a player may instead choose to place his or her abbey tile. The abbey may be placed anywhere that precisely one land tile fits: that is, it can only be placed in a 'hole' in which all four sides are already bordered by land tiles. If there is no such 'hole' available, the abbey cannot be placed. It does not matter what incomplete features appear on the four tile surrounding the "hole".

If one or more players have not placed their Abbey when the last landscape tile is drawn and placed, they may still do so, in clockwise order starting from the left of the person who placed the last tile, as long as it is in accordance with the rules. The game is then over.

Deploy a follower

The player may deploy a follower to the abbey as a monk.

When a player has placed an abbey (and possibly deployed a follower), all four of the adjoining tiles are closed on those sides. All completed roads, cities and cloisters are then scored as usual.

Scoring

Monks in abbeys are scored in the same way as in cloisters.

BLUE places the abbey and so completes the road with the RED follower. RED scores 1 point and returns the follower to the supply. The city below the abbey and the road to the right are still open.

Final Scoring

Monks in incomplete abbeys are scored in the same way as in incomplete cloisters at the end of the game.

The Mayor

Preparation

Each player should start the game with a Mayor of their chosen colour.

Place A Tile

There are no tiles specific to The Mayor, although it should be noted, that city tiles with pennants are of importance to The Mayor follower.

Deploy a follower

The mayor may be deployed instead of a follower. It may only be deployed to a city in which there is currently no knight; the usual rules for deploying followers still apply.

The strength of the mayor, when determining the majority in a completed city, is the same as the number of pennants in the city, or 0 if none.

Scoring

When scoring a completed city, the following is true:

• a normal follower has a strength of one.
• the big follower from  Inns & Cathedrals has a strength of two.

The strength of the mayor is the same as the number of pennants in the city. If the city has no pennants, then the mayor has a strength of zero and scores no points for the city. The score of the city is not changed by the mayor. After scoring, the mayor is returned to the player's supply.

The mayor has a strength of three (for the three pennants). As such, BLUE scores 18 points for the city.

The Wagon

Preparation

Each player should start the game with a Wagon of their chosen colour.

Place A Tile

There are no tiles specific to The Wagon.

Deploy a follower

The wagon may be deployed instead of a normal follower. It may be deployed to a road, city, or cloister in which there is no other figure. The wagon may never be deployed to a field segment.

If a feature occupied by a wagon is scored, the wagon counts as a normal follower.

Scoring

If a feature occupied by a wagon is scored, the wagon counts as a normal follower. After scoring, the player may return the wagon to his or her supply, or may move the wagon to a directly adjacent road, city, or cloister.

BLUE scores 4 points for the road and may immediately move the wagon to the cloister or road segment at the bottom. It may not be moved to the road segment occupied by RED, and naturally not to the farm.

BLUE scores 14 points for the city and may immediately move the wagon to the road segment on the right. The wagon may not be moved to the completed road segment.

The wagon is not allowed to move from one city to the other via the “small roads.”

The feature into which the wagon is moved must be incomplete and unoccupied. If none of the neighboring features are incomplete and unoccupied, the player must return the wagon to the supply. If several wagons are involved in scoring, then each player decides whether to retrieve or move his or her wagon, beginning with the player whose turn it is and continuing clockwise.

BLUE scores 2 points for the road and may immediately move the wagon into the incomplete city. The wagon may not be moved to the road segment occupied by RED, nor to the completed road segment.

This is not a legal move for the wagon, as cities that have walls touching at a single point are not considered to be connected. Image from Carcassonne-Forum.

With placement of the red-bordered tile, the wagon cannot move to the new city segment or either road segment on that tile, as it would have to pass through the crossing. To move to one of the roads, it would have to start from a road segment. A wagon can never be moved to or from a city through a crossing. Both “small roads” are illegal for follower placement. Thus, the only possible movement is to the road segment at the bottom of the image (assuming this isn’t claimed or completed). Image from Carcassonne Central.

Additional examples

If a wagon is placed in a city completed and scored, the wagon can only move to a road, if this road (uncompleted and unoccupied) is directly adjacent to this city (connected to the city walls through a gate). Since a farm is also an feature, there must be no farm between the road and the city. It does not matter where the wagon is placed within the completed and scored feature (e.g. city) before it moves. Features sharing a surface like an adjacent abbey or a cloister within a city can also be considered as a valid destination for the wagon.

Moving the dragon depends entirely on feature adjacency, not on the initial position of the wagon within the feature completed and scored. Likewise, the wagon can move to any tile of the adjacent feature (the number of tiles the wagon moves is irrelevant).

The following examples illustrate the movement of the wagon in various scenarios.

Example 1. Moving from a completed city

After the city is completed and scored, the wagon moves to an adjacent feature which has to be incomplete and unoccupied.

The city is completed by the surrounding walls and the abbey. The city is adjacent to the several farms, an incomplete road, a short road, and an incomplete abbey. Additionally, there is also an incomplete cloister within the city.

The wagon can move move to:

• The incomplete road (any of its tiles)
• The incomplete abbey
• The incomplete cloister within the city

The wagon cannot move to:

• Any farm adjacent to the city
• Any road not connected to the city through a gate
• The short road connected to the city or any roads connected to it at the junction
• The incomplete road connected to the abbey, since it is not connected directly to the city
• The cloister with the completed road connected to the abbey
• The incomplete city connected through short roads and a junction

Example C1-1. The yellow border shows the perimeter of the city.

• 0 Tile just placed.
• 1 The wagon can move to this road.
• 2 The wagon can move to this abbey.
• 3 The wagon can move to the cloister within the city.
• 4 The wagon cannot move to the short road ending at the completed city or to any road connected to it through the junction.
• 5 The wagon cannot connect to this city because it is connected through short roads and a junction to the completed city.
• 6 The wagon cannot move to this uncompleted road because it is connected to the abbey, not to the completed city.
• 7 The wagon cannot move to this road because it is completed and connected to the abbey, not to the completed city.
• 8 The wagon cannot move to this cloister because it is directly connected to the completed city; it is connected to a completed road leading to the abbey.

Example 2. Moving from a completed city

After the city is completed and scored, the wagon moves to an adjacent feature which has to be incomplete and unoccupied.

The city is completed by the surrounding walls. The city is adjacent to the several farms and 3 roads. Two roads are completed, so the wagon can only move to the incomplete road at the top.

The tile where the wagon is placed in the city does not affect the possible options. The result is always the same: an adjacent uncompleted unoccupied feature to the city.

Likewise, if the wagon is moved to the incomplete road, it can be placed on any of its tiles.

Example C1-2. The yellow border shows the perimeter of the city.

• 0 Tile just placed.
• 1 The wagon can move to this road. It can be placed on any of its tiles.
• 2 These roads are connected to the city but they are completed.
• 3 This road does not border directly at the city wall because it starts at the junction.
• 4 This road does not border directly at the city wall because there is a farm between this road and the completed city.
• 5 This road does not border directly at the city wall because it starts at the junction and it is occupied.
• 6 This cloister is not directly adjacent to the completed city because there is a completed road between the cloister and the completed city.
• 7 This cloister is not directly adjacent to the completed city because it is surrounded by a farm.

Example 3. Moving from a completed road

After the road is completed and scored, the wagon moves to an adjacent feature which has to be incomplete and unoccupied.

The wagon can move to an adjacent feature on any of the road's ends. The number of tiles the wagon moves is irrelevant. It is only important that the feature is directly adjacent to the completed road.

Example C1-3. The yellow border shows the perimeter of the city.

• 0 Tile just placed.
• 1 The wagon can move to any tile of these directly adjacent roads, because they are uncompleted and unoccupied.
• 2 The wagon can move to any of the tiles in the city because it is directly adjacent to the completed road (the city closes its left end), and it is uncompleted and unoccupied.

The Barn

Preparation

Each player should start the game with a Barn of their chosen colour.

Place A Tile

There are no tiles specific to The Barn.

Deploy a follower

The barn may be placed instead of a follower. It may only be placed on the point of intersection of four land tiles, one of which has just been placed by the player. The four land tiles must only consist of fields at this intersection point.

Correct placement of the barn

The barn may not be placed on the righthand picture. The city at the bottom lies on the intersection point

The barn may also be placed on a farm on which there are already farmers, although not one on which there is already another barn.

The barn will remain where it is until the end of the game.

A barn cannot be removed by the dragon (from  Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon), nor taken prisoner by a tower (from  Exp. 4 - The Tower).

Scoring

Scoring when placing the barn

Any farmers already on the farm are scored immediately, in the same way as at the end of the game. That is, the player or players with the majority of farmers score the usual 3 points for every completed city. It makes no difference whether the owner of the barn is involved in scoring or not. When playing with  Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders, a player with a pig scores 4 points per city instead of 3 when scoring points for a farm. Then the players return the farmers (and pigs, if used) to their supply. The barn, however, remains.

The BLUE barn is placed; YELLOW scores 6 points for the two completed cities and returns the farmer to the supply.

Summary for use with other expansions:
If farmer majority –

• 3 points per completed city adjacent to farm
• 4 points per castle adjacent to farm
• +1 point per castle or completed city with pig (then return pig to owner’s supply)
• +1 point per castle or completed city with pig herd tile

Scoring when a farm is connected

No farmer may be deployed to a farm with a barn. If the placement of a tile results in a farm with farmers being connected to a farm with a barn, the farmers are scored immediately. However, the player with the majority of farmers scores only 1 point for every completed city (with a pig: 2 points instead of 1). These farmers (and pigs, if used) are then also returned to their owners after scoring.

Through the placement of the new tile, the RED farmer is connected with the farm belonging to the BLUE barn. RED scores 2 points for the two completed cities and retrieves the farmer.

Summary for use with other expansions:
If farmer majority –

• 1 point per completed city adjacent to farm
• 2 points per castle adjacent to farm
• +1 point per castle or completed city with pig
• +1 point per castle or completed city with pig herd tile

Final Scoring

At the end of the game, the owner of a barn scores 4 points for every completed city adjacent to the farm and 5 points for every castle adjacent to the farm. If several barns lie on a single farm through the placement of connecting tiles, each player receives the full score. The pig-herd tile (from  River II) does not generate any additional points for the barn.

House Rules

• Wagons are only allowed to be used in cloisters (and shrines) if the tile also contains a road. This means that the wagon cannot be used in an abbey. (Thanks to dwhitworth)

• The wagon can move to the next complete, or uncontested and incomplete, feature. This lets it roll across the board to uncontested features. (Thanks to viberunner)

• The mayor cannot be captured by the tower. (Thanks to viberunner)

• The wagon cannot be eaten by the dragon or captured by the tower. (Thanks to viberunner)

• The wagon can be used in ‘non-roaded’ features. It can move from the abbey to a touching city or road (one move, one turn) but it cannot do so from a cloister that touches only a farm. (Thanks to viberunner)

• The mayor is laid flat in the same way as farmers so that you can tell at a glance which cities contain mayors. (Thanks to Joff)

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

 ×1

2× Inner Field + Overpassing City Bridge

 ×1

Inner Field + Overpassing City Bridge

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Tunnel Road

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Continuous Road

 ×1

Cloister

Total special tiles: 6

 ×6

Abbey

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Count, King and Robber

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Count, King & Robber was the sixth major expansion for Carcassonne and was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2007.

This expansion represents a collection of (parts of) several smaller expansions which had been independently released at different times (2003-2005). The information for these smaller expansions is included here as a part of this large expansion, rather than individually with their own page. This is the most reasonable way to obtain each of the small expansions, although the individual small expansions may become available, from time-to-time, on the second-hand market. Because each part truly functions independently (and the publisher even recommends against playing with River II and Count of Carcassonne at the same time), each is described separately, and each tile distribution will be at the end of the respective subsection rather than at the end of the entire section. Only Heretics and Shrines was never published before and was introduced with this extension.

Small Expansions included:

•  King and Robber Baron (2003)
•  The Count of Carcassonne (2003)
•  River II (2005)
•  Heretics and Shrines

Contents

• 12 new city tiles
• 5 new land tiles with shrines
• 5 new land tiles
• 12 new land tiles providing a forked river layout
• 1 King tile
• 1 Robber Baron tile
• 1 Count

The Count of Carcassonne

Preparation

At the beginning of the game, the twelve city tiles are placed on the table so that they form a single city. This city - Carcassonne itself - serves as the starting point for the game. As such, the normal starting tile is not used.

There are four quarters in the city:

1. the castle
2. the market
3. the blacksmith
4. the cathedral

The wooden count figure should be placed on the castle quarter of Carcassonne, and then the game begins as usual.

Placing a tile

There are no land tiles associated with this specific expansion. Draw and place land tiles from the base game and other expansions being used according to the normal rules. Tiles may be placed against the City of Carcassonne starting block to build the landscape as normal.

Deploying a follower

If you place a tile to extend a landscape feature on The City of Carcassonne (road, city or field), you may place a follower on it according to the normal rules.

Scoring

If you place a tile which completes a feature on The City of Carcassonne (road, city), it is scored according to the normal rules.

However, when using The Count of Carcassonne expansion, additional actions occur if, by placing a tile, a feature is scored anywhere on the playing area by another player, or players, but not by the player placing the tile that triggers it. This is described below.

Deploying followers to and from Carcassonne

Whenever a player places a tile that causes at least one player to score points, but the player placing the tile does not, this player may deploy one follower from his or her supply to a city quarter of his or her choice. If several features are completed, the player must not score points in any of them in order to take advantage of this opportunity.

A player may only deploy one follower to Carcassonne each turn. This placement is in addition to any follower he may place as part of his normal turn, but he may only place one follower in Carcassonne per tile placed, regardless of how many scoring opportunities this placement causes.

However, if a player has a double turn—because of the builder—a follower may be deployed to Carcassonne in both parts of the turn.

Big followers may also be deployed to Carcassonne; as usual, they count as two followers as far as the calculation of the majority in a feature is concerned. If using  Abbey & Mayor, the mayor may also be deployed to the castle quarter, and the wagon to the castle, blacksmith, or cathedral quarters.

If a feature is completed during the subsequent course of play, then before scoring takes place, all players may redeploy their followers from the appropriate city quarter to the feature being scored (with the exception of those followers in the same city quarter as the Count). In this way, followers may thus be deployed to already occupied features.

The followers may be redeployed according to these rules:

• from the castle quarter (1), a follower may be moved to a city
• from the blacksmith's quarter (3), a follower may be moved to a road
• from the cathedral quarter (4), a follower may be moved to a cloister
• from the market quarter (2), a follower may be moved to a farm

Followers in the market quarter may only be redeployed at the end of the game.

How does that work in practice?

The player to the left of the one who placed the tile causing the scoring begins, followed in turn by the other players, with the redeployment round moving once around the table. Thus, the player who placed the tile may redeploy his or her followers last. Each player may choose to redeploy all, any, or none of his or her followers from the appropriate city quarter to the feature being scored. Scoring then continues as usual.

Any follower which is not redeployed remains in Carcassonne. Followers in Carcassonne may only be redeployed in the manner described above. They may not be returned to the player in any other way (such as returning to the players’ play areas). The dragon may not move onto any of the 12 tiles of the City, and so cannot “eat” the Count, nor any of the followers deployed there.

	The Count of Carcassonne

The Count

When a player deploys a follower to Carcassonne, he or she may also move the Count to one of the City quarters. From the quarter in which the Count is currently residing, no followers may be redeployed. For example, if a city is being scored, and the Count is residing in the castle, no one may redeploy a follower from the castle to a city.

The followers in this quarter remain in the Count's entourage—and therefore blocked until the Count is moved to another quarter. The Count should always clearly stand in one of the quarters, and never leaves Carcassonne.

Official Variants

Even the aristocracy are subject to certain rules, and cannot simply do whatever they may want. The following variants take this into account and constrain the freedom of the Count. Using these variants will lend the mini-expansion even more tactical possibilities. In both variants, the Count may no longer be freely moved, but rather:

1. whenever a new follower is deployed to the city of Carcassonne, the Count is moved clockwise to the next city quarter, or
2. the Count is moved to whichever city quarter the new follower is deployed to.

House Rules

Place the river first, then fit the city of Carcassonne next to it so that the most tiles are touched. Most likely this will seem to make the river flow around the city.

King and Robber Baron

Preparation

The 5 new land tiles should be mixed with the rest of the tiles. This expansion has been developed for the Carcassonne basic game and can be used with any or all of the other expansions.

The King and The Robber Baron tiles should be set aside at the side of the playing area, as they will be used later.

Placing a tile

When you draw one of the King or Robber land tiles, place it according to the normal rules.

Note: This tile has two separate city segments.
During the course of play they may nevertheless become connected, and then count as only one segment.

Deploying a follower

When you place one of the King and Robber land tiles, you may place a meeple on it according to the normal rules.

Scoring

When you complete one or more features (e.g. a monastery, a road etc.) by placing a King and Robber land tile, it is scored according to the normal rules.

A completed city

The King

As soon as a player completes the first city (in the game), he or she should take the King tile.

If, during the course of play, another player completes a larger city — which means he or she places the final tile of this city — then he or she receives the King.

A completed road

The Robber Baron

The Robber Baron functions in the same way as the King.

As soon as a player completes the first road, he or she should take the Robber Baron tile. If, during the course of play, another player completes a longer road he or she receives the Robber Baron tile.

End Scoring

At the end of the game, the player in possession of the King scores 1 point for every completed city.

At the end of the game, the player in possession of the Robber Baron scores 1 point for every completed road.

River II

RiverII standalone packaging

River II was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2005, and later bundled in the major expansion  Count, King & Robber.

Details of River II have been incorporated on the main  River page.

Heretics and Shrines

Preparation

The new land tiles should be mixed in with the other tiles. This expansion has been developed for the Carcassonne basic game.

Placing a tile

Shrines are placed and scored in the same way as a cloister. However, a shrine may not be placed in such a way that it adjoins several cloisters. Similarly, a cloister may not be placed so that it neighbors several shrines.

Deploying a follower

A follower deployed to a shrine is called a heretic. If a player places a shrine directly (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) next to the cloister of another player and deploys a heretic to it, a challenge is laid down to the monk. The same is true when a monk is deployed to a cloister directly next to a heretic. Challenging your own monk or heretic is also possible.

When a player places a shrine tile, he or she may, as usual, choose to deploy a follower to the farm, road, or city segment of the tile, instead of to the shrine itself.

Scoring

When you complete one or more features (e.g. a monastery, a road etc.) by placing a Shrine land tile, it is scored according to the normal rules.

The challenge

The challenge is about who can finish his or her building first.

The player who finishes his or her feature first scores 9 points, while the other player scores nothing. Both followers are then returned to their owners.

Final Scoring

If a challenge has not been resolved by the end of the game, both players receive the usual points awarded for incomplete cloisters.

House Rules

• To raise the stakes of a challenge between shrines and cloisters, and to make it more worthwhile to risk the chance of getting no points, the winning challenger receives the points for both structures while the loser still receives nothing. If promoting more aggressive play, the challenger could be the only one playing for the reward. (Thanks to youtch and others; thanks to RationalLemming, and to avt104981 for pointing out that this can’t result in 18 points)

Tile Distribution

The Count of Carcassonne

Total tiles: 12 (as 1 starting block)

 ×1

City of Carcassonne

Back side of tiles:

King and Robber Baron

Total tiles: 5

 ×1

2× Inner Field

 ×1

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

Total special tiles: 2

 ×1

King

 ×1

Robber Baron

River II

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

River Spring

 ×1

Junction

 ×1

River Lake

 ×1

River Lake + Volcano

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Pig-herd

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

Heretics and Shrines

Total tiles: 5

 ×1

Shrine

 ×1

Shrine

 ×1

Shrine

 ×1

Shrine

 ×1

Shrine

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The Catapult

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Time for the yearly fair in Carcassonne! Travelling entertainers arrive in the region, bringing with them their latest acquisition: a catapult, which they use to perform all sorts of reckless yet marvellous stunts. That not everything goes according to plan is hardly worth mentioning ...

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The Catapult was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2008.

This is the seventh major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a new aspect to the game.

New features/things are:

• A catapult
• 4 different action tokens
• Fairs

Contents

• 12 new land tiles with fairs
• 24 catapult tokens - 6 tokens of 4 different types
• 1 wood catapult
• 1 ruler

Rules

Preparation

The 12 new land tiles should be mixed in with the other land tiles. The catapult should be put to one side and the ruler placed next to it. Every player then receives one catapult token of each type—a total of four for each player.

Place a tile

The players draw and place tiles according to the usual rules.

The fair

The fair

When a land tile with a fair is drawn, it should be placed as usual and the player should fully complete his or her turn. The game is then interrupted for a ‘catapult round’. The player whose turn was just completed selects one of four catapult tokens and hurls it using the catapult. Proceeding clockwise, the other players must then take the same kind of catapult token from their supply and hurl it in the same manner as the first player. Each player may only have one attempt.

The catapult

The effects of the various catapult tokens are listed below.

After the catapult round all catapult tokens are returned to their owners, and the game continues clockwise from the next player.

The catapult tokens

Knock out - remove followers

Knock out token

The aim is to hit, if possible, other players' followers on the playing field. Should a follower be hit or touched by this token—whether or not the follower is knocked over—then this follower must be immediately retrieved by its owner and returned to the supply. If several followers are hit by the token they are all returned to their respective owners. Followers belonging to the player who hurled the token must also be retrieved. Furthermore, chain-reactions are allowed: if a follower is knocked over and hits another follower in the process, both must be removed from play.

Seduction - follower exchange

Seduction token

This token only has an effect when it comes to rest on at least one landscape tile on the playing field. If it does not come to rest on the playing field, it must be returned to the player immediately. If the token comes to rest on the playing field, then the players determine which follower is closest to the token. In cases which are unclear the ruler should be used to measure the precise distance. The player who hurled the token may then swap this follower for one of his or her own. This exchange may be made with either a follower from the player's supply, or with a follower which is already in play. The exchanged follower is returned to its owner.

Target hurling - fair contest

Target hurling token

With this token, all players must try to hit the fair tile which triggered the current catapult round when it was placed. Whoever hurls the token closest to that fair tile wins the target practice and immediately scores 5 points. If the winner is unclear, the ruler should be used for a precise measurement; in the case of a tie, each tied player earns 5 points.

Catch - one hurls, the other catches

Catch token

The player hurling the token should place the ruler half-way between him or herself and the player on the left. Then he or she must attempt to hurl the token at least as far as the ruler, while the other player must attempt to catch it. The following situations may arise:

Catch rules:

• Case A : Caught. The catcher gets 5 points
• Case B: Not caught - but far enough. The hurler gets 5 points
• Case C: Not caught - and not far enough. The catcher get 5 points
• Case D: Touched - but not caught. The hurler gets 5 points

The player on the left must then hurl the token toward the player to his or her left. Repeat until all players have had a chance to be hurler and catcher.

House Rules

Ignore all the usual Catapult rules, and instead award 5 points immediately to any player who draws a fair tile out of the bag and deploys a follower to it. Note that it must be one of the normal followers—it cannot be a big follower, mayor, or wagon. (Thanks to Johngee.)

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 12

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair + Cloister

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair

 ×1

Fair + Continuous Road

 ×1

Fair

Total tokens: 24

 ×6

Catch

 ×6

Target hurlink

 ×6

Seduction

 ×6

Knock out

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Bridges, Castles and Bazaars

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Travelling traders arrive in the land and organize bazaars, in which haggling is considered an art. At the same time, engineers are expanding the road network with modern bridges, and small castles are being built everywhere to defend the region.

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Expansion symbol

Bridges, Castles and Bazaars was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2010.

This is the eighth major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces some new aspects to the game.

New features/things are:

• Bridges
• Castles
• Bazaars

A Carcassonne expansion is not really a Carcassonne expansion when there are no new tiles, so in the box you also find 12 tiles that represent city segments, road segments and cloisters in new configurations plus the addition of bazaars which will help create much more than a beautiful landscape.

Contents

• 12 new land tiles

Bazaar symbol

• 12 castle tokens

• 12 wooden bridges

Rules

Preparation

The twelve new land tiles should be mixed with those of the basic game. Over the course of play they will be drawn and placed according to the usual rules.

Every player receives bridges and castles as follows, depending on the number of players:

• With two to four players, each receives three bridges and three castles
• With five or six players, each receives two bridges and two castles

All the rules for Carcassonne remain the same, except for the following additions.

Placing a tile

The players draw and place tiles according to the usual rules.

The Bazaar

A Bazaar

When a tile with a bazaar on it is drawn, the player should place it as usual (including placing a follower, scoring, and even not placing it if there is no place for it).

Then a bazaar will take place, in which land tiles will be ‘auctioned’.

The active player uncovers as many land tiles as there are players. Then the next player selects one of the tiles and declares how many points he or she would bid to keep it (it is possible to offer 0 points!). In the usual order, the rest of the players may make one bid: either they raise the current bid, or they pass.

When all players have either made a bid or passed, the player who selected the tile must make a decision, either:

• to buy the tile from the highest bidder, paying them the number of points bid, or
• to sell the tile to the highest bidder, receiving the points bid from them in return.

As such, the score of one player will be reduced on the scoreboard, and the score of another increased. If the player who selected the tile is the only one who made a bid, then the points should be subtracted from his or her score, but not awarded to anyone else. Players may bid more than they have and move their markers behind 0 on the scoring board. In this case they can place the marker on its side to show it is negative.

It is then the turn of the next player who has not received a tile during this bazaar. Anyone who has already received a tile may no longer take part in the bidding. The last tile may be taken without payment by the remaining player who has not received a tile.

After all the tiles have been auctioned, all players place their purchased tiles as in a normal turn. This begins with the player after the active player.

Example with three players:
RED draws a tile with a bazaar. She places and deploys a follower to it. Then she uncovers three tiles.

• BLUE is next in the order of play, selects a tile and bids 2 points for it. GREEN passes, while RED bids 3 points. BLUE (the auctioneer) wants to keep the tile, so pays RED (the highest bidder) the 3 points; that is, BLUE reduces her score by 3 and increases that of RED by 3.
• Now GREEN selects a tile and bids 2 points for it. RED bids 3 points, and BLUE cannot bid. GREEN gives him the tile and receives 3 points.RED’s score decreases by 3.
• There is now only one tile left, which GREEN receives for free.

Beginning with BLUE, all players place their purchased tiles as in a normal turn.

Too few tiles: If a player places a bazaar and there are not enough face-down tiles for all players, no tile auction occurs. The players ignore the bazaar on the tile and the tile is played as normal.

No chain reaction: If, through the placement of a bazaar tile, another bazaar tile is purchased and placed, no further tiles should be uncovered and auctioned. Only when all the uncovered tiles have been allocated and placed can another bazaar take place.

Variation: As many tiles should be uncovered as there are players. Beginning with the next player, in turn each player selects one of the tiles and places it as in a normal turn. This continues until all the uncovered tiles have been allocated, and then the game continues as normal.

  Question: What is the order of events if the bazaar tile extends a feature with a builder?

Answer:

If you draw a bazaar tile and can perform your builder-turn, first take the appropriate number of face-down tiles and perform the bazaar and the auction. Then a new round with a special property starts – each player has an open and known tile instead of drawing an unknown tile, and you cannot place your abbey as your first tile. If you placed your auctioned tile and you can perform a builder-turn, you can choose to place your abbey or draw a new unknown tile. If any player draws a new bazaar tile [for his or her builder-turn], it will be ignored until the last player who has an auctioned tile finishes his turn (including his builder-turn, if possible). Any pending delayed bazaars will take place now in turn. Once the bazaar rounds are finished, you perform your builder-turn.

In other words:

• Draw bazaar and perform first part of your double turn.
• ** // Start pending bazaars // **
• Draw the tiles (still face-down)
• Turn tiles face-up and perform the auction
• ( Start delaying any new bazaars )
  • 1st Player with auctioned tile (if a bazaar tile, no bazaar is triggered)
  • 1st player’s builder-turn, if applicable
  • Next player with auctioned tile (if a bazaar tile, no bazaar is triggered)
  • Next player’s builder-turn, if applicable
  • ...
  • Last player with auctioned tile (if a bazaar tile, no bazaar is triggered)
  • Last player’s builder-turn, if applicable
• ( Stop delaying any new bazaars )
• Player who drew and placed a new bazaar in his/her builder turn (pending delayed bazaar)
• ** Back to // Start pending bazaars // until no pending delayed bazaars **
• Perform your builder-turn (second part of your double turn)

Bridges

During his or her turn, and in addition to placing a tile and deploying a follower, a player may build one bridge. The bridge continues a road; that is, it carries the road over the tiles and counts exactly the same as a road segment on a land tile.

To build a bridge, the following conditions must be met:

• The bridge may be built on the tile which was just placed, or on an adjacent tile which touches it on one side.
• Both ends of the bridge must lie on a field (not on a city, road, river, or so on).

A player may also place the tile so that a road ends at a farm when he or she then continues the road with a bridge. A follower may be deployed to the tile; if the bridge is built on the tile being placed, the follower may be deployed to the bridge. Farms or cities under a bridge are not divided. Also, several bridges may be built next to each other.

Building a bridge on the tile being placed: RED expands her city. As the new tile has no road segments, she builds a bridge to carry the road over the new city segment.

Next turn: BLUE completes his road and receives 3 points (like a normal road segment, the bridge scores 1 point)

Building a bridge on a tile adjacent to the tile being placed: RED places a tile and occupies the road. With a bridge she carries the road over the city segment on the adjacent tile.

Bridges can also be built next to each other and over cloisters, even ones which are already occupied.

Building a bridge here is not allowed, as one end of the bridge lies on a road.

Castles

With her tile, RED creates a small city and converts it into a castle.

When a player creates a town – which consists of only two semi-circular city segments – the occupier may choose to complete and score it in the usual way (for 4 points), or to convert it into a castle. To convert it, the occupier places one of his or her castle tokens over the city and moves the follower occupying it into the castle. A town which has been converted to a castle is considered to be incomplete.

No points are scored on building a castle. The player receives points only when the first structure (cloister, city, or road) in its vicinity is completed during a subsequent turn. More precisely, a segment of the structure being completed must be one or more of the tiles adjacent to the castle. The adjacent tiles are the two on which the castle lies, the two tiles to its left, and the two to its right - a total of six tiles.

The tiles 1-6 are adjacent to the RED castle. The occupier could score points from the following structures:

• the CLOISTER on 1
• the ROAD on 1
• the CITY at the top of 3
• the CITY on the right side of 6

(The small city on 3 and 6 was scored before the construction of the castle, and so generates no more points.)

The castle is only considered to have been completed when a structure (cloister, city, road, or another castle) which lies on at least one of the six adjacent tiles is completed. The occupier of the structure and the occupier of the castle both receive the full score for the structure. Then the follower from the castle is returned to the player’s supply; the castle token remains where it is.

Example of scoring castles: BLUE completes his city and scores 20 points. As a segment of the city lies on a tile (6) adjacent to the castle, and it is the first structure to be completed since the castle was built, RED also receives 20 points. Both followers are then returned to their owners.

The following rules are also valid:

• A cloister is only considered to be adjacent when the cloister itself lies on one of the six tiles (such as tile 1 in the examples above); it is not sufficient for one of the eight tiles surrounding the cloister to be adjacent.
• The follower in the castle always receives points for the next structure to be completed. It may not be left in play in order to receive points for a structure which might be completed later.
• It does not matter whether the structure completed actually scores any points. The castle still receives points for a completed structure which is not occupied by a follower.
• Should the placement of a tile simultaneously complete more than one structure adjacent to the castle, the occupier of the castle may decide which of them to receive points for. A castle receives points for only one completed structure.
• As a town which is converted into a castle is not considered to have been completed, it is possible for two occupied castles to be located next to each other. In this case, when one of the castles score points, it counts as a completed structure for the other, and both receive the same points.
• At game end, all uncompleted castles score no points and their followers are removed from the board. A castle gets no points from farms in its vicinity.
• When converting to a castle, it does not matter whether the small city was already occupied by a follower in the first half of the city, or by the active player deploying a follower to the second half during his or her turn.
• Castles separate fields in the same way as a town does.
• A knight on a castle cannot be attacked by the dragon.
• A player can use the wagon to build a castle. If a mayor is on the castle, it does not earn points for the castle, because there is never a pennant there.

When scoring farmers at game end, a castle on a farm scores 4 points (instead of the 3 usual for a city), or 5 points with a pig ( Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders) or barn ( Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor).

New land tiles

Some new tiles have some special characteristics:

Cloister in a city: If you choose to place a follower on this tile, you must choose whether to place it in the city, on the cloister, or in one of the farms. If you wish, you may lay the follower down on the cloister to differentiate a monk from a knight within the city. The cloister is complete when it is surrounded by tiles, even if the city is still under construction. You may place a monk on this cloister when knights are already present in the city. Likewise, a monk placed on this cloister does not prevent a player from placing a knight in the same city.

Inns: These tiles feature road segments with inns, which can be used when combining this expansion with  Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals. Otherwise, the inns on these road segments will have no effect on the roads including them.

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 12

 ×2

Bazaar

 ×1

 ×1

Bazaar

 ×1

Cloister in a City

 ×1

Bazaar

 ×1

 ×1

Bazaar

 ×1

Bazaar + Inn

 ×1

Bazaar

 ×1

Bazaar + Inn

 ×1

Cloister

Total tokens: 12

 ×12

Castle

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The Wheel of Fortune

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The precise status of this set is difficult to define, as it is both a stand-alone game and an expansion. That is, it contains enough pieces and figures to be used instead of the basic game, but it could also be used along with it. For example, it contains a scoreboard and 40 followers in 5 colors. Those who consider it to be ‘too much of a stand-alone' game might consider just using the 19 tiles with Wheel of Fortune icons. The rules are identical to the basic game, except for those noted below.

Expansion symbol

The Wheel of Fortune was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2009.

It was later included in  Big Box 5 in a slightly revised format, the details of which can be read about in this forum thread.

Contents

• 72 land tiles, 19 of which have Wheel of Fortune icons
• 1 Wheel of Fortune (4x4 tiles)
• 1 big pink pig

Rules

Preparation

The Wheel of Fortune tile is placed in the middle of the table. The big pig should be placed on the ‘fortune' section of the wheel, its nose pointed to the right. This tile is also the starting tile, which land tiles must be connected to at the beginning of the game (and may be later as well). All land segments on this tile count towards scoring as usual.

Placing a tile

a) The player must draw a new land tile. If a tile with a Wheel of Fortune icon is drawn, the appropriate actions are performed (see below).

b) The player must place the land tile.

Deploying a follower

If a player has not placed a follower on a land tile, he or she may place one follower on any free crown space on the Wheel of Fortune. No more than one follower may be placed on a crown space.

Example: Placing a follower on the Wheel of Fortune.

Wheel of Fortune tiles

Wheel of Fortune icons

When a player draws a land tile with a colored Wheel of Fortune icon, it should be placed in front of him- or herself. Then the following actions occur:

1. The big pig is moved around the wheel sectors the same number of times as shown on the icon.

2. The events of the Wheel of Fortune are performed

3. Followers on crown spaces are scored and returned

4. The land tile is placed and a follower may be deployed (in other words, the turn continues as normal)

1. Move the pig

Icon reminding player to move the pig clockwise

The player moves the big pig forward as many wheel segments as the number on the tile which was drawn. The pig is always moved clockwise around the wheel.

2. Perform events

The Wheel of Fortune has six sectors. Each represents a distinct event. Only the sector on which the big pig ended its movement is activated. The fortune event affects only the player whose turn it is, while the others affect all players.

Fortune
The player whose turn it is receives 3 points.

Taxes
Every player receives points for his or her knights. For each knight, the player earns 1 point for each pennant in the city, plus 1 point for each of his/her knights in the city.

Example: BLUE receives for each knight: 2 (knights) + 2 (pennants) = 4 points - that is, 2x4 = 8 points altogether.
RED receives 1 (knight) + 2 (pennants) = 3 points.

Famine
For each of his or her farmers, every player receives 1 point for every completed city on his or her farm. Unlike farmer scoring at the end of the game, a player does not need to have a majority on a farm to score these points.

Storm
Every player receives 1 point for every follower currently in his or her supply.

Inquisition
Every player receives 2 points for each monk he or she has on the table.

Plague / Pestilence / Pest
Every player must return 1 follower from a land tile to his or her supply. Followers may not be removed from a crown space. The player whose turn it is removes a follower first, and the other players follow in a clockwise order.

 Big Box 5: The creation of a language-independent Wheel required development of an icon guide for players.

3. Score followers on crown spaces

Now the crown spaces in the active sector are scored. Followers on segments which the pig passed are not scored and remain where they are.

	A follower which stands on the only crown space in a sector scores 3 points.
	A follower which stands alone on a crown space in a sector with two spaces scores 6 points.
	If two followers stand in a sector with two spaces, each follower scores 3 points—even if both followers belong to the same player. After the points have been allocated, followers are returned to their owners.

4. Complete the turn

Now the player whose turn it is may place the land tile and deploy a follower to it as he or she wishes. The follower may also be deployed (again) to a crown plinth on the Wheel of Fortune.

Starting tiles

Original Wheel of Fortune starting tile

Wheel of Fortune starting tile from  Big Box 5 game

The original version of Wheel of Fortune included a Wheel that included text and a brief description of what each sector did. In  Big Box 5, that version of the Wheel was replaced with one that didn’t have to be translated, but required players to look at the instruction manual to figure out what each icon meant. Interestingly, the  Big Box 5 rule book included a slightly different version of the Wheel than was ultimately produced, as the ambiguous sack was converted into 3 coins.

Wheel of Fortune starting tile from  Big Box 5 as shown on the manual

House rules

Do not use the Wheel of Fortune as the starting tile, placing it instead to one side (for example, next to the scoreboard). The principle benefit of this is to preserve the integrity of the playing area, since every other visible feature is at least semi-realistic. You might also consider turning the tile over and using the more abstract design on the reverse.

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Tile distribution

Total tiles: 72

 ×1

 

 ×2

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×2

 

 ×1

 

 ×2

Wheel 1

 ×2

 

 ×2

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×2

 

 ×2

 

 ×2

 

 ×2

 

 ×1

 

 ×4

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×2

 

 ×1

 

 ×4

 

 ×2

 

 ×2

Crossroad

 ×1

 

 ×4

Cloister

 ×2

Cloister

 ×1

 

 ×1

Cloister

 ×4

Village

 ×1

Village + Wheel 1

 ×1

Wheel 1

 ×7

3× Wheel 1
2× Wheel 2
1× Wheel 3

 ×8

3× Wheel 1
3× Wheel 2
2× Wheel 3

Notes:

• Tiles with underlined values exist in several forms that vary only by the number in the Wheel of Fortune icon
• Tiles with italicised values are those which originate in other expansions

From the original product description:

"Carcassonne: Das Schicksalsrad (Wheel of Fortune) is both a full replacement for the base game of Carcassonne and an expansion to the original base game. It includes 72 tiles, consisting of 63 tiles released in the original base game, 6 from  Inns & Cathedrals, 1 from  Traders & Builders and 2 from  King and Robber."

 Big Box 5 tiles:

In  Big Box 5, not all Wheel of Fortune tiles have the wheel symbol on them. Because Big Box 5 also includes the (full) base game, any tiles that were identical between the 2 sets (ignoring numbered wheel symbols) do not have the wheel symbol even if they have a numbered wheel symbol. If playing the base game, the players are instructed to ignore the numbered wheel symbols. The only tiles with the wheel symbol are those which are entirely different from the ones in the base game, although some of these do not have a numbered wheel symbol.

The overall distribution in Big Box 5 is:

• Base Game: 16 tiles with numbered wheel but no wheel symbol
  • 9× 5× 2×

 ×2

Wheel 1

 ×4

Wheel 1

 ×2

Wheel 2

 ×2

Wheel 1

 ×3

Wheel 2

 ×2

Wheel 3

 ×1

Village + Wheel 1

• Wheel of Fortune expansion: 3 tiles with numbered wheel and with wheel symbol
  • 2× 0× 1×

 ×2

Wheel 3

 ×2

Wheel 1

 ×1

Wheel 1

• No Wheel Symbol: 9x, all with expansion symbol – (none of these belong to the standard Carcassonne base game.)

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

 

 ×1

Cloister

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.