Vistas (Fan Expansion)

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Vistas brings a new Vista feature to Carcassonne. Vista is placed on a viewpoint and is completed when 6 tiles are placed under the vista. Each different type of feature plus each visible and significant part of the landscape awards the player one point. When playing with other expansions, you can get a higher score for a completed Vista.

There is much hard work to be done in the land of Carcassonne. But it is also important that the people stop to rest and enjoy the beauty of the land around them. For it is written in the Book of Books that even God Himself stopped and "looked at everything He had made, and it was very good," and "on the seventh day He rested from all His work."

General info

Vistas fan-expansion for Carcassonne Base Game was released by Carcassonne Central members stalcupojoy (CarcC) and Snearone (CarcC, CarcCZ) who redesigned tiles into C2 style as Vistas Revisited C2.

Downloads

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

Vistas Revisited C2

Vistas C1

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the new land tiles in with those from the base game and stack them normally.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.

2. Placing a meeple

In addition to normal placement options, a player may deploy a meeple on the Vista Point as a Sightseer.

3. Scoring a feature

Each Vista Point faces outward toward a six-tile “Vista” area, two tiles deep and three tiles wide (see diagram) and is scored when this six-tile area is completed. This “Vista” area does not include the tile on which the Vista Point itself is located.

A Sightseer scores 1 point per type of feature in the Vista that is both “visible” and “significant.” A feature type is:

Visible if it is intended as a visible part of the landscape, rather than functioning as an icon (e.g. city pennants, icons like dragon, princess etc.).
Significant if it either:
- Scores (e.g. cities, roads, gardens, fields, vista points)
- Influences scoring (e.g. inns, cathedrals, tunnels, hills)
- Causes an action (e.g. volcano, magic portal, bazaars)
- Is a notable topographical feature (e.g. the river, water towers)

When not sure, check our Table of Scorable {{#nomobile:& Non scorable Features}}.

Final Scoring

Any incomplete Vistas score 1 point per type of visible, significant feature, just as during the game.

New land tiles

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

Continuous Road: The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 3 directions.

Separate City Segments: This tile has two seperate city segments. If you place a tile with one city segment to the top of it, the city segments become connected.
Note: If you place it next to similar tile like the ones from

Hills & Sheep as shown, all of the separate city segments are connected.

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Scorable & Non scorable Features

Rule of thumb: Every feature which is scoreable or significant as described in 3. Scoring a feature

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

Expansion	Scorable		Not scorable
Base Game	City		Coat of Arms
	Road
	Monastery
	Field
	Village / Crossroad
	Farmhouse
	Highwaymen
	Sheds
	Water Tower
The Abbot	Garden
River	River Segments
	Large Expansions
Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals	Cathedral
Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals	Inn
Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders			Goods Symbols
Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon	Magic Portal		Princess Symbol
Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon	Volcano		Dragon Symbol
Exp. 4 - The Tower	Tower Foundation (including tower floors)
Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor	Abbey
Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber	City of Carcassonne
	River Segments (including River Source, River Fork and River Lake)
	Shrine
Exp. 7 - The Catapult	Catapult Fair
Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars	Bazaar
	Bridge
	Castle
Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep	Hill		Divided Road
Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep	Vineyard
Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top	Acrobat Space
Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top	Circus Space
Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries	Haunted Castle		Ghost
	Haunted Castle Ruins	File:Feature HauntedCastleRuins C3.png
	Cemetery
	Mist
The Wheel of Fortune	Wheel of Fortune		Wheel symbols
	Mini Expansions - Numbered
Mini #1 - The Flying Machines	Hill		Flying Machine
Mini #3 - The Ferries	Ferry Lake
Mini #4 - The Gold Mines			Gold Symbol
Mini #5 - Mage & Witch			Mage and Witch Symbol
Mini #6 - The Robbers			Robber Symbol
Crop Circles	Crop Circles
	Mini Expansions - Other
20th Anniversary Expansion			Arrow symbols
The Barber-Surgeons	Bathhouse
The Bets	Betting Office
The Besiegers / The Cathars / Siege	City under Attack		Cathars Symbol
Darmstadt Promo	Darmstadtium		Darmstadt Symbol
Darmstadt Promo	Darmstadt Church
The Drawbridges	Drawbridge
The Festival	Festival Place		Festival Symbol
The Fruit-Bearing Trees	Fruit-Bearing Tree
Games Quarterly #11	Pig-herd
Games Quarterly #11	River Segments
Castles in Germany	German Castle
German Cathedrals	German Cathedral
Monasteries in Germany / Monasteries in the Netherlands & Belgium	Special Monastery
Halflings	Universal Crop Circle
	Hill
	Vineyard
Japanese Buildings	Japanese Building
The Labyrinth	Labyrinth
The Markets of Leipzig	City of Leipzig		City of Leipzig Bonus Symbols
The Peasant Revolts			Peasant Revolt Symbols
The Plague			Plague Doctor Symbol
Russian Promos	Baba Yaga’s Hut		The Choice of Bogatyr
	Solovei Razboynik's Tree
	Vodyanoy's lake
The School	School
The Signposts			Signpost Arrow Symbols
Spiel Promos			Spiel Promo Symbol
The Tollkeepers	Travellers
The Tunnel	Tunnel
Ukraine Promo	Countryside Flag Ukraine
The Watchtowers	Watchtower
Wind Roses			Wind Rose Symbols
The Wonders of Humanity	Wonders of Humanity		Wonders of Humanity Symbols
	Fan Expansions
If playing with any fan expansions, players must consider, before starting the game, which of the new elements introduced by the fan expansions will and will not count toward Vista scoring. Players are advised to use the criteria outlined in the 3. Scoring a feature section, but ultimately simply need to agree with each other. This is list of suggested features to score. List contains some of fan-expansion with scorable elements supported by WiCa.
Bards of Carcassonne			Lute Symbol
Castle Lords	Castle on road
City Bridges	City Bridge
The City Gates	City Gate
The Courier			Letter Symbol
COVID-19			COVID-19 Symbol
Děčínský Sněžník	Observation Tower Děčínský Sněžník
Easter in Carcassonne			Easter Bunny
Easter in Carcassonne			Easter Nest
Family Feud			Red-and-yellow Coat of Arms
The Flying Machines 2	Hill		Flying Machine
Fortune Teller	Fortune Teller Tent
Gambler's Luck			Question marked Coat of Arms
Gambler's Luck			Gambler's Luck Tokens
Hungarian Promo			Hungarian Promo Choice
The Labyrinths	Labyrinth
Meteorites	Crater
Template:PopeOfAvignonLink	Template:PopeOfAvignonLink	File:Feature Pont Saint Benezet C2.png	Template:PopeOfAvignonLink	File:Symbol Avignon Keys C2.png
La Porxada	La Porxada
Robber's Son			Robber's Son Symbol
The Royal Gates	Royal Gate
Seasons			Seasons Symbol
UK 2024 Promo	Large Inn
Vistas	Vista Point
The Wells	Well
The Wetlands	Wetland