Meteorites (Fan Expansion)

Meteorites are striking the peaceful land of Carcassonne, bringing unpredictable chaos and powerful destruction. After the impact, you can settle newly cleared areas and turn them to your advantage! Add a new twist of excitement to Carcassonne with the Meteorites expansion — where luck and strategy collide in a thrilling showdown!

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Meteorites are striking the peaceful land of Carcassonne, bringing unpredictable chaos and powerful destruction. After the impact, you can settle newly cleared areas and turn them to your advantage! Add a new twist of excitement to Carcassonne with the Meteorites expansion — where luck and strategy collide in a thrilling showdown!

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Meteorites are falling on the village of Smallville. The danger from the sky is unpredictable. Everyone fears when, where, and with what force they will strike the land.

General info

Meteorites fan-expansion for  Carcassonne Base Game was released by Carcassonne CZ members Mati (CarcCZ, CarcC) and Snearone (CarcC, CarcCZ).

Downloads

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Commercial use of fan expansions is prohibited. These expansions are intended solely for personal use and may not be sold under any circumstances, including at cost price.

Download(s) is/are available from the following site(s) (registration may be required):

Tiles with Slovak rules

Tiles with English rules

Contents

• 8 new land tiles with crater and a watermark

Tile with a crater

• 1 flight die (sides 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, and 3) from  the Flying Machines

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the new tiles with craters into the rest of the land tiles. Keep the die handy. It comes into play when a tile with the crater is placed on the game board.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Placing a tile with a crater follows the usual rules. After placing the tile, the active player rolls the die. The number rolled determines the destructive power of the meteorite. The meteorite's impact causes all meeples on the affected tiles to be returned to the supply according to the die value.

Die Value 1 - No impact.

Die Value 2 - Minor impact.: A Yellow thief is removed from the road.

Die Value 3 - Major impact.: A Yellow thief from the road, a Blue farmer from the field, a Blue monk from the monastery, and a Blue knight from the city are removed from the game board.

Stronger Meteorite Impact Variant

Players can agree to use a more destructive meteorite impact.

Affected tiles of destructive meteorite impact

Custom Meteorite Impact Variant

Players can also agree on different custom impact strengths based on the die value.

2. Placing a meeple

You may place a meeple according to the usual rules.

A meeple may not be deployed to the crater itself.

3. Scoring a feature

Meteorites (Fan Expansion) does not affect scoring.

New land tiles

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

Crater: The crater divides and ends roads.

Other Expansions

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Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals

Inns

Cathedrals

Big FollowerLarge Meeple

Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders

Trade good tokens

Builder

Pig

Exp. 3 - The Princess & The Dragon

Princess

Dragon

Fairy

Magic portal

Exp. 4 - The Tower

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Abbey

Mayor

Wagon

Barn

Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber

Count of Carcassonne

King & Robber Baron

The River II

Shrines

Exp. 7 - The Catapult

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

Bridges

Castles

Bazaars

Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep

Hills

Shepherd

Vineyards

Exp. 10 - Under The Big Top

Circus

Acrobats

Ringmaster

Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries

Guard FollowersGuard Meeples

Ghosts

Haunted Castles

Cemeteries

The Wheel Of Fortune

Mini 1 - The Flier

Mini 2 - Dispatches (Messages)

Mini 3 - The Ferries

Mini 4 - Goldmines

Mini 5 - Mage & Witch

Mage

Witch

Mini 6 - Robbers

Mini 7 - Crop Circles / Crop Circles I / WE Corn Circles

The River / WE River

20th Anniversary River

Besiegers / Cathars / Siege

Mini Expansion GQ#11

The Phantom

Halflings

The Plague

The Tunnel

The Festival

The Wind Roses

Little Buildings

Darmstadt Promo

The School

Russian Promos

La Porxada

Castles In Germany

Cathedrals In Germany

Monasteries In Germany / Monasteries In The Netherlands & Belgium / Japanese Buildings

Spiel Promo Tiles

The Labyrinth

The Abbot

Abbot

Gardens

The Watchtowers

Markets Of Leipzig

The Fruit-Bearing Trees

The Barber-Surgeons

Spiel Doch! 02/2018

The Tollkeepers

The Peasant Revolts

20th Anniversary Expansion

The Gifts

The Signposts

The Bets

Ukraine Promo

The Wonders of Humanity

The Spell Circles

The Drawbridges

The Spring

Snakes and Ladders

Saint Nicholas Scoring Board

Licensed Expansions:

Unofficial Expansions:

Print & Play (PnP) And Cut & Play (CnP):

Easter In Carcassonne (PnP)

The City Gates (PnP)

The Fortune Teller (PnP)

The Land Surveyors (PnP)

CutCassonne (CnP)

WE Gingerbread Man

Select All C1

Select All C2+C3

Select All WE

Select Edition Neutral

Big Box 1

Big Box 1 (RGG)

Big Box 2

Big Box 3

Big Box 4

Big Box 5

Big Box 6

Big Box 7

Limited Edition 2003

LE Traders & Builders

LE Princess & Dragon

LE Crop Circles

LE 10th Anniversary

LE Müller Exclusive

20th Anniversary Edition

Major Expansions (0/0)

Minor Expansions (0/0)

Other Expansions (0/0)

Fan Expansions (0/0)

Quick Selectors

Filters (-)

C1

C2+C3

WE

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Show Editions:

Preferred Edition:

1st Edition (C1)

New Edition (C2+C3)

Winter Edition (WE)

Mark rules adaptations

Selected expansions:

Major:

Minor:

Other:

Fan:

None

Quick Selection:

Bards of Carcassonne

Black Dragon

The Black Fairy

Black Tower

Castle Lords

City Bridges

Cleric & Serf

Cliffs and Waterfalls

The Courier

COVID-19

Děčínský Sněžník

Divided Cities

Family Feud

The Flying Machines 2

Gambler's Luck

The Great Fairs

The Hans Statue

Hungarian Promo

The Labyrinths

The Land Surveyors 2

Meteorites

The Obelisk

Olomouc Curd Cheese

Robber's Son

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Seasons

UK 2024 Promo

Vistas

The Wells

The Wetlands

Select Expansions

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1. Introduction

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

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

2. Use Guide

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

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

The following sections describe the tabs and their functionality.

2.1. "Expansions" tabs

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

• Major expansions: lists all official major expansions by HiG.
• Minor expansions: lists all official minor expansions by HiG and some of their licensed equivalents.
• Other expansions: lists the rest of licensed and unofficial expansions as well as those Print & Play and Cut & Play expansions released by HiG.
• Fan expansions: lists some fan-made expansions. This tab may not be available in some cases.

These tabs show a listing of expansions where each label is preceded by a checkbox to allow its selection and deselection if full.

Those expansions with various components show a clickable "[+]" symbol after them when closed or "[–]" when open. In the latter case, all the components are displayed and can be selected and deselected individually.

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

2.2. "Quick Selectors" tab

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

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

2.3. "Filters" tab

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

The tab displays two panels:

• "Show Editions" panel: it contains a checkbox for each edition available (C1, C2+C3 and WE.) The selector will show the expansions belonging to the checked editions only. For example, if the 1st edition (C1) checkbox is selected, expansions such as "The Wheel Of Fortune" or "Halflings" will be eligible in the Expansion Selector, otherwise they will not be available for selection. At least one edition has to be selected, thus they cannot be deselected at the same time.
• "Preferred Edition" panel: it contains a set of radio buttons for the 1st Edition (C1), the New Edition (C2+C3) and the Winter Edition. The radio button selected will indicate the Expansion Selector which edition has precedence over the other when:
  • Describing the Game Reference, the Order of Play, the Scoring rules and Game Figures: If there are differences between editions, the preferred edition rules and wording will be displayed. For example, the movement of the dragon will be displayed in different steps in the Order of Play depending on whether C1 or C2+C3 is selected.
  • Displaying graphics in the Scoring sections: For expansions available in both editions, the images shown will correspond to the selected edition. Images from an expansion only existing in one edition will not change.

  The radio button for an edition will be enabled only if such an edition is available, that is, it is selected in the "Show Editions" panel.
  It also includes a checkbox with the label "Mark rules adaptations": If checked, all the rules displayed in the Game Reference, the Order of Play, and the Game Figures not corresponding to the preferred edition will be highlighted.

This tab shows a label similar to "Filters (C1/C2+C3/WE) #" that lists all the editions selected in parentheses and one of them is underlined, indicating that it is the preferred one. The hash sign "#" is present if rules adaptations are highlighted.

2.4. Help

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Non destroyables

Rule of thumb: Meteorite destroys every figure, piece, and token except permanent structures in 1. Placing a tile

This table is dynamic and contains features depends on selected expansions.

Expansion	Non destroyables
The Tower	Tower floor
Bridges, Castles & Bazaars	Bridge
	Castle token
The Spell Circles	Ghost on Spell Circle
Fan-Expansions
Black Tower	Black Tower floor
	White Tower floor
City Bridges	City Bridge
Gambler's Luck	Gambler's Luck Tokens

General rules

Meteorite destroys every figure, piece, and token except permanent structures. Check exception table on non destroyables.

Fan Expansions

Tile Distribution

Meteorites C2

Total tiles: 8

 ×1

 ×1

Garden +Well

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

Monastery

 ×1

 ×1

Meteorites C1

Total tiles: 8

 ×1

 ×1

Garden +Well

 ×1

 ×1

 ×1

Inn

 ×1

Cloister

 ×1

 ×1

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.