20th Anniversary Expansion

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This is a celebratory expansion that serves as a homage to the first 3 major expansions. It does not matter if you don't know them, the gameplay with this mini-expansion is not affected.

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Promotional image of The 20th Anniversary Expansion

This is a celebratory expansion that serves as a homage to the first 3 major expansions. It does not matter if you don't know them, the gameplay with this mini-expansion is not affected.

General info and comments

Expansion symbol

The 20th Anniversary was released for the New Edition by Hans im Glück in 2021 as part of the 20th Anniversary Edition.

This expansion has cities cluttered with buildings.

Changes to the 20th Anniversary Edition

The rules for the 20th Anniversary Edition stay the same but the roles of some meeples have been updated:

  • Highwaymen become female travelers
  • Knights do not change
  • Monks are also referred to as nuns
  • Farmers become female farmers

Publishers have followed the new roles provided in the rules by HiG, although some of these changes are not noticeable in other languages.

Note: We stick to the classic role convension for the sake of consistency with all the exisiting rules for the time being. HiG may decide to update the rules in the future to follow this new naming convention for new releases and reprints.

20th Anniversary Edition C2 Medal medium.png

Contents

  • 15 new land tiles marked with a "20" symbol. These new tiles are divided into 3 groups of 5. Each group has one of the following symbols.
Arrow symbols featured on the expansion tiles

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the 15 new tiles with the rest of the land tiles.

Gameplay

20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Feature Symbols.png
1. Placing a tile

When you draw a 20th Anniversary Expansion land tile, you place it according to the normal rules. Depending on the direction the arrow symbol arrow is pointing, the following situations may occur:

  • If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow doesn't point to an adjacent tile, you receive 2 points and your turn continues as usual.
Example 1a: The arrow symbol on the tile just placed does not point to an adjacent tile
  • If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to an adjacent tile, you activate the arrow symbol and the appropriate action can be performed according to its type (see 2. Placing a meeple and 4. Extra turn action).
Example 1b: The arrow symbol on the tile just placed points to an adjacent tile
  • If you place any tile (no arrow symbol required) adjacent to a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to the tile just placed, you activate the arrow symbol and the appropriate action can be performed according to its type (see 2. Placing a meeple and 4. Extra turn action).
Example 1c: The arrow symbol on a tile in the playing area points to the tile just placed
2. Placing a meeple

You may place a meeple on the tile just placed according to the normal rules. However, if you activated an arrow symbol, you may have an additional option depending on the symbol type:

20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 01.png
Instead of placing a meeple on the tile just placed, you may add it next to another of your meeples anywhere on the game board, so now there will be two meeples side by side. This means that you have one more meeple on the feature for its scoring and you may be able to secure the points (single-handedly).

Note: You may not use this action to add a third meeple to the two already placed side by side.

Example 2a: Red places a second knight next to their knight in a city elsewhere in the playing area.
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png
Instead of placing your meeple on the tile just placed, you can place it on any unoccupied, incomplete feature (a road, a city, a field, a monastery, or even an abbot on a monastery or garden) anywhere in the playing area - so it doesn't have to be on the tile just placed. [1] Please note that fields completely surrounded are not considered completed, since they are not scored until the end of the game. [2]
Example 2b: Red places a meeple in a city elsewhere in the playing area.
3. Scoring a feature

If you complete a feature with 20th Anniversary Expansion tiles, it is scored according to the normal rules.

Final Scoring

At the end of the game, a feature with 20th Anniversary Expansion tiles is scored according to the normal rules.

4. Extra turn action
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 03.png
If you activated this symbol, you get an extra turn. First, you complete your current turn (the one in which the symbol was activated) according to the usual rules, and then you perform another full turn. Caution: If you activate this symbol again, it will have no effect. You will not get a third consecutive turn without interruption. You can activate both other symbols in an additional turn. [3]

Summary

  • If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the symbol is not activated (the arrow is not pointing to an adjacent tile), you get 2 points immediately, otherwise nothing changes.
  • You activate an arrow symbol by placing the tile with the arrow pointing to an adjacent tile, or by placing a tile adjacent to another tile in the playing area featuring an arrow symbol pointing to the tile just placed.
  • A maximum of 1 symbol can be activated per turn. If you could activate more than one, you may only choose one of them.
  • If you place a symbol tile activating a symbol on another tile in the playing area, you score the usual 2 points (because you do not activate the symbol on the tile just placed).
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 01.png
You are allowed to add your meeple next to any of your previously-placed meeples in the playing area, so there will be 2 (there can be a maximum of 2 meeples at a time). [4]
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png
You may place your meeple on any unoccupied, incomplete feature anywhere in the playing area.
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 03.png
You have an extra full turn (maximum of two consecutive turns). [5]

Other expansions

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

General comments:

Interpretation from the Community You can only use the 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 01.png and 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png arrow symbols to deploy a valid meeple to regular features, that is, those features that can be claimed and scored. Other special areas should not be allowed:

Exp. 2 - Traders & BuildersExp. 2 - Traders & Builders

Interpretation from the Community Extra turn and the builder: During a double turn, if you activate a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 03.png arrow symbol and you get an extra turn, you will finish your double turn in full before executing your extra turn.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the DragonExp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

Interpretation from the Community Magic portals: You should not be allowed to use a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png arrow symbol to place your meeple on a magic portal. This action symbol already acts as a magic portal so the same restrictions should apply.

Exp. 10 - Under the Big TopExp. 10 - Under the Big Top

Question without official clarification Acrobat pyramids: You should not be allowed to use a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 01.png arrow symbol to add a meeple to an acrobat pyramid where you already have a meeple. This action allows you to alter the majority in a feature, but it should not be allowed to be used with features where majority does not apply. An official clarification would be necessary.

Mini #1 - The Flying MachinesMini #1 - The Flying Machines

Interpretation from the Community Flying Machines: You should not be allowed to use a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png arrow symbol to place your meeple on a flying machine. This action symbol acts as a magic portal so the same restrictions should apply.

Monasteries in GermanyMonasteries in Germany / Monasteries in the Netherlands & BelgiumMonasteries in the Netherlands & Belgium / Japanese BuildingsJapanese Buildings

Interpretation from the Community Placing a second meeple on a special monastery: When using a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 01.png arrow symbol to place a second meeple to a special monastery, it has to be placed in the same position as the one already on the feature: A second monk or a second abbot. [6]
 Interpretation from the Community Placing a meeple on a special monastery: You should be allowed to use a 20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Action Symbol 02.png arrow symbol to place a meeple as a monk or as an abbot on an unoccupied incomplete special monastery. [7]

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 15
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile A.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile B.png ×1
(W)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile C.png ×1
(H)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile D.png ×1
(G)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile E.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile F.png ×1
(H)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile G.png ×1
(F)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile H.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile I.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile J.png ×1
(W)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile K.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile L.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile M.png ×1
(D)
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile N.png ×1
20th Anniversary Expansion C2 Tile O.png ×1
Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:
Feature Garden C2.png 
G | Garden
Feature Farmhouse C2.png 
Feature Cows C2.png 
Feature WaterTower C2.png 
Feature Highwayman C2.png 
Note: The small illustrations of a cowshed, a pigsty and a donkey stable are collectively referred to as sheds or stables.

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.

  1. ↑ Notorious rule difference among editions or publishers The ZMG rules include an additional clarification for monasteries and gardens:
    "You may place a normal meeple (or abbot) on unoccupied monasteries (or gardens) which have been not yet surrounded by 8 tiles."
  2. ↑ Notorious rule difference among editions or publishers The ZMG rules use a different wording for this sentence and seems mistranslated, since fields are always considered as uncompleted, no matter they are completely surrounded:
    "Fields which are not completely surrounded count as not yet completed, since they are not scored until the end of the game."
  3. ↑ Notorious rule difference among editions or publishers This last sentence was included in the rules by Mindok.
  4. ↑ Interpretation from the Community This expansion does only allow you to place more than two meeples together this way. Other expansions, such as Mini #1 - The Flying Machines Mini #1 - The Flying Machines or Mini #7 - The Crop Circles Mini #7 - The Crop Circles, do not have this limitation.
  5. ↑ Interpretation from the Community You may perform only one extra full turn with this symbol.
  6. ↑ Interpretation from the Community The idea of this action is to pay homage to the large meeples in Exp. 1, so the new meeple is added to the feature in order to increase your majority vote for the same scoring. So you should be allowed to add a second meeple placed as a monk if the first one was placed as a monk, or a second meeple placed as an abbot if the first one was placed as an abbot. Mixing meeple positions should not be allowed since they would participate in different scorings and this would defeat the original purpose.
  7. ↑ Interpretation from the Community If the special monastery is completed, you should not be allowed to place a meeple as a monk on it since the same restrictions as for magic portals should apply.
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abbot scoring
anonymous | Posted on Jan 30, 2024 at 3:43 pm

Hello! We played for the first time with the 20th anniversary edition! I've been searching for an answer to scoring the abbot. When retrieving and scoring an abbott on an incomplete monastery scoring with 8 points, the next time I place a tile with the feature of adding an extra meeple, can I put the abbot back on the incomplete monastery?

anonymous | Posted on Feb 2, 2024 at 12:15 am

Hello, checking in. Any word on my question?

Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Feb 6, 2024 at 2:32 pm

There is no rule preventing you from doing this.

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Crop circles
anonymous | Posted on Dec 29, 2023 at 9:17 am

When you add a meeple to a special monastery using crop circles do you have to take the same position as your previous meeple? I assume yes since it works this way with 20th anniversary expansion.

Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Dec 29, 2023 at 3:15 pm

It is not possible to place meeples on monastic buildings by using crop circles. There are corp circles for cities (the shield crop circles), roads (the club crop circles), and fields (the rake crop circles), but not also monastic buildings.

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Placing a meeple as an abbot on completed special monasteries
Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Jun 29, 2023 at 8:18 pm | Last edited on Jun 29, 2023 at 8:19 pm

20th Anniversary Expansion: This is not clearly stated at Monasteries.

Meepledrone | Posted on Jul 2, 2023 at 7:48 pm

Where do you suggest to add a clarification: here or on the Monasteries page?

Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Jul 6, 2023 at 1:58 pm

Initially, I was thinking about an update on the Monasteries page, but then I have found an inconsistency between pages: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6404.0.

Meepledrone | Posted on Jul 15, 2023 at 12:48 pm

Corrected typo.

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Low quality images
Paloi Sciurala | Posted on May 2, 2022 at 1:23 pm

Is it possible to obtain higher quality images?

Meepledrone | Posted on May 2, 2022 at 9:12 pm

What images would you like to improve?

Paloi Sciurala | Posted on May 3, 2022 at 2:51 pm

For example, 20th Anniversary Expansion. The images of the examples have a low quality, at least on my desktop.

Meepledrone | Posted on May 5, 2022 at 5:22 pm

OK. Let me see if I can upload better images.

Meepledrone | Posted on May 5, 2022 at 6:52 pm | Last edited on May 5, 2022 at 6:52 pm

Please check now

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Acrobat
Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Oct 16, 2021 at 3:18 pm

The "Add a meeple" symbol can be used to add an acrobat?

Meepledrone | Posted on Oct 17, 2021 at 12:11 pm

Good question!

The rules allow you to add a meeple to increase your majority in a feature. When adding acrobats to a pyramid you are not affecting the majority, therefore my understanding is that the Add Meeple action would not apply to acrobats. It would be great to have an official clarification on this.

Meepledrone | Posted on Oct 17, 2021 at 12:23 pm

Added a clarification about this interaction.

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2 questions
anonymous | Posted on Jul 21, 2021 at 9:36 pm

1. If a feature is already shared by two or more players by connecting, is it still possible to add second meeple with the special arrow symbol? Or do I need to do it when I am still sole owner of the feature?

2. Is the activation of new symbols optional? If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to another tile can I choose not to activate the effect on the arrow and take 2 points instead?

Meepledrone | Posted on Jul 21, 2021 at 10:30 pm | Last edited on Jul 21, 2021 at 10:39 pm

1. The Add Meeple action is not affected by the number of meeples on the feature. The limitations affects the number of meeple you can add next to the same meeple on a feature. You can only add a second meeple.

2. As per the wording the activation happens always, but the Add Meeple action and the Place Meeple action are not mandatory. They allow you to place a meeple as usual or place the meeple somewhere else according to the action activated. The Extra Turn actions grants the extra turn alwsys.

You will get the 2 points if you place a symbol tile and do not activate it with the placement you choose. The subtlety here is that you choose to not activate the symbol on the tile just placed but you decide to activate a symbol on another tile, so you get 2 points and activate an action.

So the 2 points are associated to not activating the symbol on the tile just placed, but once a tile is activated the Add/Place Meeple actions grant you the possibility of doing a special meeple placement, but you are not forced to do it. Think of the Place Meeple action as a magic portal: you place the tile, but you are not forced to use it.

Hope this helps.

anonymous | Posted on Jul 22, 2021 at 5:55 am

thanks for quick answer. First question is clear. But for second:

As you said if the arrow of newly placed tile is pointing to the adjacent tile it is ALWAYS activated. So if I choose not to use the bonus effect or I can't use the bonus effect, I do NOT get 2 points, because tile was activated anyway? 2 points are wasted this way?

Meepledrone | Posted on Jul 23, 2021 at 7:13 pm

One thing: The arrow of newly placed tile is pointing to the adjacent tile it is ALWAYS activated by default if not other adjacent tile has an arrow pointing back that you can activate as an alternative. If there are several options you may choose to activate any symbol of your preference. In that case:

  • If the symbol activated was on the tile just place you get no points
  • If the symbol activated was on another tile but the tile just placed you get 2 points.

Activating a Add Meeple symbol or a Place Meeple symbol allows you additional options to place a meeple. You may use those extra capabilities or not, but this does nothing to do with the 2 points.

The 2 points are related to the activation of symbols during tile placement in 1. Placing a tile, not to the use given of the activated symbols during 2. Placing a meeple in this case.

anonymous | Posted on Jul 23, 2021 at 8:04 pm

thank you!

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Extra and double turns
anonymous | Posted on Jun 9, 2021 at 8:54 am

I guess there will be no clarifications about this, but...

How does builder, 20 anniversary extra turn and message turn interact (not to mention the Saint Nicholas scoreboard) ?

If I get: - During my first turn, 20 anniversary symbol activated, new tile message and extend a feature with my builder - During message turn, new 20 anniversary symbol activated (or is this also restricted?) and extend a feature with my builder - During 1st builder turn, new 20 anniversary symbol activated (or is this also restricted?) (builder turn can not be granted during builder turn) - 2nd builder turn, let's say nothing's activated there - And then, 3 20 anniversary extra turn are granted ? If, during those turns, there's new builder and/or message turns granted, can I activate a new 20 anniversary extra turn symbol during those builder and messages extra turns?

Well... The easiest would be to state that only one turn of each type may be granted, no matter what, before passing on to the next player !

Corinthiens.13

Meepledrone | Posted on Jun 14, 2021 at 2:34 pm | Last edited on Jun 14, 2021 at 2:35 pm

This is a great question...

The rules reflect a limitation for the following scenario:
1. The player places a tile
2. That tile position activates an "extra turn" arrow symbol to be performed once the current turn is completed.
3. During the extra turn, the player places a new tile
4. The new tile placed activates an "extra turn" arrow symbol to be ignored since you cannot activate an extra turn during an extra turn (no chain reaction)

So the restriction applied in step #4 would be the same applicable to builders. In this case, it seems reasonable to act accordingly. If so:

A) During my first turn, 20 anniversary symbol activated, new tile message and extend a feature with my builder

Sequence expected:
TA1) First part of double turn
TB) Message #7 (received in Step TA1)
TA2) Second part of double turn (granted by builder in Step TA1)
TC) 20th Anniversary extra turn triggered in Step TA1 (performed after the current turn TA1+TA2 is finshed)

TB is a nested turn within TA (TA1+TA2)

B) During message turn, new 20 anniversary symbol activated (or is this also restricted?) and extend a feature with my builder

Sequence expected:
TA1) First part of double turn
TB1) Message #7 - first part of turn (received in Step TA1)
TB2) Message #7 - second part of turn (ganted by builder in Step TB1)
TD) 20th Anniversary extra turn triggered in Step TB1 (performed after the current nested turn TB1+TB2 is finshed)
TA2) Second part of double turn (granted by builder in Step TA1)
TC) 20th Anniversary extra turn triggered in Step TA1 (performed after the current turn TA1+TA2 is finshed)

C) During 1st builder turn, new 20 anniversary symbol activated (or is this also restricted?) (builder turn can not be granted during builder turn)

If you refer to Step TA2, no additional extra turn can be granted since it would be an second extra turn in a row to be performed right after Step TC.

D) 2nd builder turn, let's say nothing's activated there

If you refer to Step TA2, no additional extra turn can be granted since it would be an second extra turn in a row to be performed right after Step TC.

E) And then, 3 20 anniversary extra turn are granted ?

If you refer to Step TB2, no additional extra turn can be granted since it would be an second extra turn in a row to be performed right after Step TD.

F) If, during those turns, there's new builder and/or message turns granted, can I activate a new 20 anniversary extra turn symbol during those builder and messages extra turns?

Builder turns may activate an extra turn if there was no extra turn waiting to be performed in the current nesting level (normal game or message). When you recieve a message, as per the clarifications we have so far, messages can trigger a builder turn, so, for the sake of consistency, they should be able to activate a 20th Anniversary extra turn too.

Let me know if this clarifies the issue.

Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Oct 14, 2021 at 11:43 pm

The extra turn from this miniexpansion is a real turn? Relevant for 1 point from fairy, tower, triggering builder...

Meepledrone | Posted on Oct 15, 2021 at 6:15 pm | Last edited on Oct 15, 2021 at 6:17 pm

Yep. It's a real turn (an extra turn). The only extended turn existing as of today is the double turn granted by the builder.

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Second meeple symbol
anonymous | Posted on Jun 9, 2021 at 8:45 am

Can we place any type of meeple next to any type of already placed meeple (as long as they're compatible) ?

Example, can I place a mayor next to a big meeple on an incomplete city? Or an abbot next to a wagon on a monastery ?

Thanks for your work creating this page !

Corinthiens.13

Meepledrone | Posted on Jun 9, 2021 at 6:35 pm

This should be allowed if the apply the same principles used for all the expansions: A meeple in the rules (althought written with the base game in mind) represents any valid meeple for a given feature.

anonymous | Posted on Jun 10, 2021 at 5:51 am

Thanks for your answer, I wasn't sure because of the "transforming a meeple into a big meeple" idea, that's valid only if you use normal meeples (eventually phantoms) only, thus having the exact functions like a big meeple.

Meepledrone | Posted on Jun 11, 2021 at 11:09 am

I know what you mean... But they could have added a limitation about the meeples, as they acknowledged it was a homage to Exp. 1 (besides Exp. 2 and 3)... For example: you cannot add a meeple to a big meeple or viceversa. In this case you would consider the majority vote is capped, but this could be breached with the mayor: You could start with majority vote 0 and then add tiles with coats of arms...

So I wouldn't assume any limitations for the time being. The simpler, the better, right?

anonymous | Posted on Jun 15, 2021 at 7:19 pm

Yeah, the simpler, the better ! :-)

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Empty spaces
Paloi Sciurala | Posted on Jun 7, 2021 at 12:06 pm | Last edited on Jun 7, 2021 at 12:07 pm

"If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow doesn't point to another tile"...

"If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to another tile"...

"If you place an ordinary tile (no arrow symbol) next to a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to it"...

An arrow can point a tile if there are empty spaces between the direction of the arrow and that tile?

anonymous | Posted on Jun 9, 2021 at 8:55 am

It has to point to a directly adjacent tile

Corinthiens.13

anonymous | Posted on Apr 2, 2022 at 4:33 pm

"It has to point to a directly adjacent tile". Where is this stated?

Meepledrone | Posted on Apr 2, 2022 at 6:30 pm

The examples made this clear. I added the same wording in the main text to remove any ambiguity.

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