Saint Nicholas Scoring Board
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General info and comments
Saint Nicholas Scoring Board was released by Hans im Glück for the new edition. It was sold by CundCo exclusively on Saint Nicholas Day in 2016. It was a limited edition of 150 items.
Contents
- 1 Saint Nicholas scoreboard
Saint Nicholas Scoring Board
- Two scoreboard spaces are marked with stickers:
- Space number 6 has a Santa Claus hat.
- Space number 24 has a Christmas tree.
The scoreboard is also signed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede.
Rules
Preparation
Use the Saint Nicholas Scoring Board instead of the normal scoreboard.
Gameplay
1. Placing a tile
Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.
2. Placing a meeple
You may place a meeple according to the usual rules.
3. Scoring a feature
If your scoring meeple moves to (or exceeds) the 6 space as last player or the 24 space as first player (spaces are marked with a sticker), you will immediately get an additional turn.
This means, that after this scoring phase, you immediately draw another tile and take another turn. Once your action is finished it's the next players turn.
Question: Does the effect of the 6 and 24 spaces on the scoreboard apply only to players with points below 50 points or should it be considered in every lap?
Answer: You can only be the first or the last player once, so only in the first lap. (4/2026)
Question: If multiple players score at the same time and meet the conditions for an extra turn, does each player draw a tile and play an extra turn after their regular turn?
Answer: Yes, it should be played like that, because then you are all together the first/last player meeting the condition to get an extra turn. (4/2026)
Question: Let's assume Red has 0 points and all the other players have already scored more than 6 points but haven't reached 24 points yet. If Red scores 26 points becoming the last player to go past the 6 space and the first to go past the 24 space, does Red get one or two extra turns?
Answer: Red fulfills both conditions, so Red should get both extra turns. (4/2026)
Other Expansions
This section contains additional information about the interactions with other Carcassonne expansions.
The extra turn consists in a full turn happening right after the active player's current turn (even if it involves a builder's turn), that is, right before the following player becomes the new active player. As a consequence, additional nested turns happening due to dispatches (see 
Mini #2 - The Messengers), tile auctions (see 
Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars) or builders in nested turns (see 
Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders) will be completed as usual. If several players comply with the condition when scoring a feature, they all benefit from the extra turn.
- They will perform their extra turn after their next normal turn.
- They may draw their next tile right away and put it in front of them, if there are enough tiles left.
If the active player meets one of the conditions above and, at the time, they expanded a road or city with their builder, the active player first completes their builder's move, after which the extra turn granted by the Saint Nicholas Scoring Board will take place. Any additional turns granted during the builder's turn will be carried out afterwards. [1] As all players have a scoring meeple and a messenger, if a player moves the first of their counting figures last to (or exceeds) the 6 space (all other players already have a counting figure behind the 6 space) or moves the second of their counting figures first to (or exceeds) the 24 space (no one else has two counting figures there) of the scoreboard, the player immediately receives an extra turn. It does not matter if the counting figure is the counting meeple or the messenger. [1]
During scoring a feature, any points stolen by a robber on the scoreboard can trigger the condition that grants an extra turn. [1]Footnotes
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