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The Watchtowers mini expansion contains 12 tiles featuring watchtowers that you can build in and around Carcassonne. Each tower watches over different things and is more valuable the more it watches over.

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The Watchtowers mini expansion contains 12 tiles featuring watchtowers that you can build in and around Carcassonne. Each tower watches over different things and is more valuable the more it watches over.

The Watchtowers C3 Sample.jpg
Promotional image of The Watchtowers in C3

This mini expansion features watchtowers that you can build in and around Carcassonne. Each tower watches over different things and is more valuable the more it watches over.

General info and comments

Expansion symbol

Strażnice was released in C2 (the 2nd edition) by Hans im Glück in 2016. A C3 (the third edition) version was released in 2024, which has cities with clipped buildings. This expansion was never officially released for C1 (the 1st edition).

C3 envelope
Punchout in C3
Punchout in C2

Contents

  • 12 new land tiles showing watchtowers
Tile with a watchtower in C3
  
Tile with a watchtower in C2

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the 12 land tiles showing the watchtowers together with those from the base game.

Gameplay

Feature Watchtower C3.png Feature Watchtower C2.png
1. Placing a tile

When you draw a land tile showing a watchtower, place it according to the known rules.

2. Placing a meeple

After placing a land tile showing a watchtower, you may place one of your meeples on the tile according to the normal rules. You may place it on a city or a road, or in a field as a farmer. You may not place it on the watchtower itself.

Example: You place a tile showing a watchtower and place a meeple in the city. You may not place it on the watchtower though.
3. Scoring a feature

When a completed road or a city contains a tile which features a watchtower, and there is a meeple on the feature (city, road) on that tile, the watchtower is scored first. The completed road or city is scored afterwards. [1] [2]

This does not apply to farmers. Farmers do not trigger scoring for watchtowers. [3]

For scoring the watchtowers, the 8 directly adjacent tiles and the tile with the watchtower itself are considered, as in a monastery scoring. You can see on each watchtower what scores you points:

C3 C2 Action
Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 1.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 1.png 2 points for each meeple
Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 4.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 4.png 2 points for each coat of arms
Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 2.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 2.png 1 point for each tile showing at least one road segment
Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 3.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 3.png 3 points for each monastery
Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 5.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 5.png 1 point for each tile showing at least one city segment

The following examples show how watchtowers are scored:

Example 1: Your city has been completed. First you score 8 points (4 meeples x 2 points) with the watchtower. Then you get 6 points for the city.
Example 2 - Same situation with a different watchtower: you score 4 points with the tower (4 tiles showing a part of a city x 1 point) and then 6 points for the city itself.
Punktacja końcowa

Watchtowers do not provide points after the game. [4]

Other expansions

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

Receiving the watchtower bonus

Feature Watchtower C3.png Feature Watchtower C2.png

General Comments

Interpretacja społeczności A meeple placed on a completed feature (e.g. a monastery) on an adjacent tile to a watchtower will not receive the watchtower bonus. The watchtower bonus is only received by a meeple on a completed road or city placed on the watchtower tile.

Interpretacja społeczności Majority does not apply to the scoring of watchtowers. If multiple meeples are placed on completed features on a watchtower tile, each meeple will score points for the watchtower.

 Oficjalne wyjaśnienia od wydawcy Pytanie: Several meeples in the following example are placed on roads on the watchtower tile. Does each meeple on this tile score 5 points for the watchtower?

Odpowiedź: Yes, there is no majority rule for the watchtowers, so each meeple gets the points. (4/2025)

Example: This watchtower has 3 meeples on it. The meeples are on roads completed by this tile placement. Each meeple will score 5 points for the watchtower.

Note that:

In all these cases, since majority is not applied to this scoring bonus, each meeple on the watchtower tile contributing to the feature being scored will receive the watchtower points. These meeples may belong to the same or to different players.

Mosty, zamki i bazaryMosty, zamki i bazary

Interpretacja społeczności The scoring of a watchtower does not trigger the scoring of a neighboring castle. A watchtower grants a bonus to a meeple on the watchtower tile, but it is not a bonus associated to the completed feature (road or city). The watchtower bonus and the feature scoring are separate scoring events (see Mini #2 - Kurierzy Mini #2 - Kurierzy), and the castle will only receive points for the completed feature (any watchtower bonuses will not affect the castle).

Watchtowers scoring for roads, cities and monasteries

Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 2.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 2.png Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 5.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 5.png Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 3.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 3.png

General Comments

Interpretacja społeczności When playing with tiles occupying more than one square space, each space is counted separately when scoring for cities or roads:

 Oficjalne wyjaśnienia od wydawcy Pytanie: Do watchtowers scoring for roads or cities consider each half of an adjacent double-sized tile separately? If so, the red meeple in the following examples would score 4 points for each watchtower.

Odpowiedź: Yes, each half is considered separately. (4/2025)

Example 1: The red meeple scores 4 points for this watchtower. Each half of the German castle is counted separately.
Example 2: The red meeple scores 4 points for this watchtower. Each half of the Leipzig tiles is counted separately, and each quarter of the city of Leipzig counts as a city segment, although it is a special area.


Interpretacja społeczności The watchtower scoring for monasteries will consider all monastic buildings:

Interpretacja społeczności The watchtower scoring for monasteries will not consider:

Hrabia, Król i RzekaHrabia, Król i Rzeka

Interpretacja społeczności The outer tiles of the city of Carcassonne (marked with white lines) count as city segments for any adjacent watchtower scoring for city segments.

Mosty, zamki i bazaryMosty, zamki i bazary

Interpretacja społeczności A meeple on a wooden bridge placed on a watchtower tile can also trigger the scoring of a watchtower if the bridge is part of a road just completed.

Interpretacja społeczności Wooden bridges should be taken into consideration for the watchtower scoring for roads, since wooden bridges are considered the same as printed road segments.

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for cities will not consider castles. Castles are are not cities but a different feature type.

Watchtowers scoring for meeples

Watchtowers C3 Watchtower Type 1.png Watchtowers C2 Watchtower Type 1.png

General Comments

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples will consider all meeple types:

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples will not consider any special or neutral figures:

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples will consider all the meeples on double-sized tiles adjacent to them, even if one of their halves is not actually adjacent:

 Oficjalne wyjaśnienia od wydawcy Pytanie: If a watchtower scoring for meeples is adjacent to only one half of a double-sized tile, does the watchtower consider those meeples on the half adjacent to the watchtower or all the meeples on the tile?

Odpowiedź: The watchtower will consider all the meeples on the double-sized tile. (10/2022)


Hrabia, Król i RzekaHrabia, Król i Rzeka

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples adjacent to the city of Carcassonne will not consider any meeples placed on city districts. The inner part of the city of Carcassonne is a special area out of the normal game.

Mosty, zamki i bazaryMosty, zamki i bazary

Zasada ustalona przez społeczność When scoring a watchtower bonus for neighboring meeples you will also count any neighboring castle lords. This would be similar to how the big top considers castles in its vicinity. See Rozszerzenie 10. - Cyrk objazdowy Rozszerzenie 10. - Cyrk objazdowy.

Koło FortunyKoło Fortuny

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples adjacent to the Wheel of Fortune will not consider any meeples placed on the wheel crown. The inner part of the Wheel of Fortune is a special area out of the normal game.

Targi w LipskuTargi w Lipsku

Interpretacja społeczności A watchtower scoring for meeples adjacent to the city of Leipzig will not consider any meeples placed in the city quarters. The inner part of the city of Leipzig is a special area out of the normal game.

Cuda ludzkościCuda ludzkości

Zasada ustalona przez społeczność A watchtower scoring for meeples shall consider all the meeples on an adjacent wonder tile (except the marker meeple placed on the wonder itself), if we apply the same principle used for double-sized tiles. An official clarification hasn't been provided yet.

Clarifications for new landscape tiles

There are some differences between C2 and C3 in the field configuration of a few tiles. The watchtowers in C3 are thinner, and the bushes next to them do not separate fields -they are just decorations. This change affects 4 tiles: [5]

C3 C2
Watchtowers C3 Tile 10.png

2 fields

Watchtowers C2 Tile E.jpg

3 fields, one of
them a tiny
triangle

C3 C2
Watchtowers C3 Tile 12.png

1 field

Watchtowers C2 Tile F.jpg

3 fields

C3 C2
Watchtowers C3 Tile 05.png

1 field

Watchtowers C2 Tile G.jpg

2 fields

C3 C2
Watchtowers C3 Tile 06.png

1 field

Watchtowers C2 Tile K.jpg

2 fields

Tile distribution

C3 Edition

Całkowita liczba płytek: 12
Watchtowers C3 Tile 09.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 01.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 03.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 07.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 10.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 12.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 05.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 04.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 02.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 11.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 06.png ×1
Watchtowers C3 Tile 08.png ×1

C2 Edition

Całkowita liczba płytek: 12
Watchtowers C2 Tile A.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile B.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile C.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile D.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile E.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile F.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile G.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile H.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile I.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile J.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile K.jpg ×1
Watchtowers C2 Tile L.jpg ×1

Przypisy

W celu zapoznania się z objeśnieniami ikon oraz licencjami odwiedź: Ikony.

  1. ↑ Interpretacja społeczności This means watchtowers are scored independently from cities or roads, so the resulting score is not part of the feature. Therefore watchtowers score first as an event triggered by the completion of the neighboring city or road but it is actually a scoring associated to the meeple placed on the watchtower tile. Note that the meeple on the watchtower tile may belong to a player who doesn't have the majority in the feature being scored, so:
    • The player with the meeple on the watchtower will score their meeple first.
    • The player with the majority will score the feature afterwards.
  2. ↑ Interpretacja społeczności The rules describe the simplest case (one completed feature with one watchtower). However, if several watchtowers are triggered by the same tile placement, it is necessary to score all these watchtowers before removing any meeples from those features to be scored. This is especially important when the scoring involves watchtowers scoring points for neighboring meeples. This way, the players will avoid scorings leading to different results depending on the order the features (and their watchtowers) are scored and their meeples removed.
  3. ↑ Oficjalne wyjaśnienia od wydawcy Monks placed on completed monasteries on adjacent tiles would not trigger the scoring for watchtowers either, as indicated in the rules for the C1 conversion of this expansion approved by HiG.
  4. ↑ Interpretacja społeczności This statement, not included in the original rules, is inferred from the rules, since watchtower scoring can only be triggered by completed roads or cities.
  5. ↑ Interpretacja społeczności The difference in design of the watchtowers featured in C2 and C3 is not merely aesthetic. It directly affects the configuration of 4 tiles, where the number of fields changes. The thinner watchtowers in C3 have some bushes next to them that do not separate fields, so they are not completely equivalent to their C2 counterparts.

     Oficjalne wyjaśnienia od wydawcy Pytanie: Do watchtowers in C3 separate the fields in the same way as their predecessors in C2? In C3, the towers are thinner but they have some bushes next to their bases that should split the field to provide the same effect. Is this correct? Is there any exception?

    Odpowiedź: There is an intentional change because the previous watchtowers separated the fields too much. The fields are different on 4 tiles now, since the bushes next to the watchtowers do not separate fields. (7/2024)

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