The Black Fairy (Fan Expansion)

The Black Fairy is a dark-side version of the Fairy. Be careful, because the Black Fairy associated with your meeple will cost you negative points at the beginning of your turn or when scoring a feature. This fan expansion can be played with  Base Game or with any combination of expansions for Carcassonne;  The Princess & the Dragon is not required for play.

This expansion is independent of tile design and can be played with any edition of Carcassonne or any spin-off (with small adaptations to the rules).

If your tiles have a different design, then choose a game from Spin-offs.

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The Black Fairy is a dark-side version of the Fairy. Be careful, because the Black Fairy associated with your meeple will cost you negative points at the beginning of your turn or when scoring a feature. This fan expansion can be played with  Base Game or with any combination of expansions for Carcassonne;  The Princess & the Dragon is not required for play.

General info

The Black Fairy fan-expansion for  Carcassonne Base Game was released by Carcassonne-forum members invinitas (CarcF) and finished by Wikicarpedia members.

Downloads

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Original idea

Contents

• 1× Black Fairy

Rules

Preparation

The Black Fairy is a neutral figure that belongs to no player. It begins the game in the supply.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

If the Black Fairy is still assigned to your meeple at the start of your turn, you immediately score -1 point.

Example 1: Red has assigned the Black Fairy to his meeple on beginning of his turn. Red received immediately -1 point penalty.

2. Placing a meeple

Instead of placing a meeple, you may assign the Black Fairy to one of any meeples on the board by placing the Black Fairy directly next to it.

3. Scoring a feature

When scoring a feature where the Black Fairy is assigned to one of your meeples, you score -3 points, even if you do not score points for the feature. You may earn negative points. Your meeple returns to your supply, as normal, but the Black Fairy remains on its tile.

Example 2: Blue places a tile and completes the city. Red scores total 3 points ( 6 points for the city and -3 points penalty for the Black Fairy).

Final Scoring

The player whose meeple is associated with the Black Fairy at the end of the game scores -3 points during final scoring.

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 & 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

The Obelisk

Olomouc Curd Cheese

Robber's Son

Seasons

UK 2024 Promo

Vistas

The Wells

The Wetlands

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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

This is the current tab displayed with help information about the Expansion Selector.

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General rules

The Black Fairy is dark. She does not protect and she is gaining points. All other rules for the Fairy apply also to the Black Fairy.

The -3 points penalty is applied separately from the feature scoring, but during feature scoring.

The -3 point penalty during the final scoring is not applied if the Black Fairy is placed on features that are not scored during the final scoring.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

Dragon - The Black Fairy can not be placed on a tile with the Dragon.

Dragon - The Black Fairy does not protect a tile against the Dragon's movement. The dragon may move to a tile occupied by the Black Fairy and all figures on that tile are eaten by the dragon, including the Black Fairy.

Fairy - The Black Fairy and the Fairy can be associated with the same meeple. In this case, their scoring effect is nullified.

Example Fairy and Black Fairy during scoring: Blue places a tile and completes the city. Red scores total 6 points ( 6 points for the city, 3 points bonus for the Fairy and -3 points penalty for the Black Fairy).

Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top

Acrobats - You may assign the Black Fairy to an acrobat, which 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 meeples in the pyramid.

Acrobats - The -3 points penalty for the Black Fairy does not apply to acrobats in a pyramid during final scoring.

Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries

Cemeteries - The -3 points penalty for the Black Fairy does not apply to a meeple on a cemetery during final scoring.

Fan Expansions

Black Dragon

A Black Fairy can be eaten by the Black Dragon.

The Hans Statue

The -1 point penalty at the beginning of the player's turn is halved when the Black Fairy is located on the same tile as the Hans Statue.

The -3 point penalty when scoring a feature is halved if the Black Fairy is on the same tile as the Hans Statue.

Footnotes

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