COVID-19 (Fan Expansion)

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General info and comments

Expansion symbol

COVID-19 fan-expansion was released by Carcassonne CZ Forum members Danka and šmoula.

The tiles and rules files are available here:

• C3 version on Carcassonne CZ Forum (please register to access):

https://www.carcassonneforum.cz/thread-4504-post-25833.html

Contents

• 1 landscape tile identified with a corona virus symbol
• 30 testing cards 20 for negative result, 9 for positive result and 1 for death.

	Negative		Positive		Death

• 20 infection tokens

	Infection token

New landscape tiles

The new landscape tile is played like those in the base game.

COVID-19 Tile: Field and city are infected by COVID-19

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the new landscape tile in with those from the base game and stack them normally. Also shuffle the testing cards and place them in a pile, face down, next to the infection tokens.

Extended players variant

Place the COVID-19 tile next to the starting tile(s) at the beginning of the game and place two infection tokens to features marked by COVID-19 symbol, first to the city and second to the field.

Example 1: Placement of COVID-19 tile next to the starting tile with infection tokes; the top field on the starting tile and the city on the COVID-19 tile are now infected.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Placing COVID-19 tile
After placing the tile with the COVID-19 symbol (hereafter Covid), the city and the field are infected with Covid, player place there infection tokens. From this moment on, so-called infected areas are created in the game.

Spread of Covid
When the infected area is enlarged, the Covid spreads further. The player who enlarged the infected area takes an infection token from the general supply and places it on any uninfected area adjacent to an already-infected area (e.g., if there is an infected city that has a road leading from it, he can mark it with the token and thus spread the infection). A city, road, field or monastery can be infected.

Once the infection tokens run out, the infecting player must use one of the tokens already placed, where the disease has since died down.

As soon as any figure enters an infected area during any phase of the game it is obliged to test immediately. Testing is described in phase 2. Placing a figure.

Example 2: Red places the Covid tile. The city with yellow meeple is enlarged by the tile with Covid. The yellow player must test his knight. The Knight tests positive and returns to the yellow player's supply.

Example 3a: Red enlarges an infected field, causing the Covid to spread further. The arrows indicate the possible places where the infection can spread.

Example 3b: Red chooses to spread the infection to an uninfected road without any meeples, therefore no meeples or figures are required to be tested.

2. Placing a meeple

When placing a figure in an infected area, the player is obliged to test it.

Testing figure
The player takes one testing card for each figure from the top of the pile. The result of the test can be:

• Negative - Figure stays where it is placed,
• Positive - Figure is removed from the board and returned to the player's supply,
• Death - Figure is removed from the game and cannot be used anymore.

Once the pile of facedown testing cards runs out, the discarded testing cards are shuffled to form a new pile.

Example 4a: Blue can place a meeple in an infected area (green arrow) or in an uninfected area (black arrow). If the player chooses to place a meeple in an infected area, the player is obliged to test it.

Example 4b: Blue places a meeple on the infected road as highwayman. The highwayman tests negative and stays on the road.

3. Scoring a feature

COVID-19 (Fan Expansion) does not affect scoring.

Rules history

* 02/2023 Infection tokens are now also placed when a COVID-19 tile is placed in both infected areas marked with the COVID-19 symbol - the City and the Field. In the previous rules, negatively tested meeples placed on the field affixed with the COVID-19 symbol were protected until the end of the game. This gave an advantage to players who placed meeples on that field.

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

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

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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

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Other Expansions (0/0)

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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 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.

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

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Figures affected by COVID-19 (Figures requiring test)

Rule of thumb: Living player figures can be infected with COVID-19!

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

Expansion	Figure
Meeples
Base Game ✎	Normal meeple ✎
The Abbot ✎	Abbot ✎
Inns & Cathedrals ✎	Large meeple ✎
Abbey & Mayor ✎	Mayor ✎
Under the Big Top ✎	Ringmaster ✎
The Phantom ✎	Phantom ✎
Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries ✎	Guard meeple ✎
Special figures
Traders & Builders ✎	Builder ✎
Traders & Builders ✎	Pig ✎
Hills & Sheep ✎	Shepherd ✎

Features which can be infected

The following features can be infected.

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

Expansion	Example tile	Feature
Base Game ✎		City ✎ Missing edition, Road ✎ Missing edition, Field ✎ Missing edition, Monastery ✎ Missing edition
The Abbot ✎		Garden ✎
River I ✎ River II ✎ 20th Anniversary River ✎		River ✎ Missing edition
Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor ✎		Abbey ✎
Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber ✎		Shrine ✎
Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars ✎		Castle ✎
Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top ✎		Acrobat space ✎
Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries ✎		Mist ✎ Cemetery ✎ Haunted Castle ✎
Darmstadt Promo ✎		Darmstadt Church ✎
Castles in Germany ✎		German Castle ✎
German Cathedrals ✎		German Cathedral ✎
Japanese Buildings ✎		Japanese Building ✎
Monasteries in Germany ✎ Monasteries in the Netherlands & Belgium ✎		Special Monastery ✎
Russian Promos ✎		Unknown feature YagaHut
		Solovei Razboynik Tree ✎
		Vodyanoy's lake ✎
Fortune Teller ✎		Fortune Teller Tent ✎

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon ✎

When joining an infected city and non-infected city with a Princess tile, all untested figures are obliged to test before the Princess removes a meeple from the city.

Exp. 4 - The Tower ✎

The infection cannot spread to tower pieces or foundations, because the tower is isolated.

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor ✎

Since wagons cannot be infected by Covid, a wagon moving from a completed feature to an infected but incomplete feature is not tested.

Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber ✎

A meeple from City of Carcassonne placed on an infected, finished feature is obliged to test.
Except the wagon, because it can not be infected.

Exp. 7 - The Catapult ✎

When an exchanged meeple is placed on an infected feature, it is obliged to test.

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars ✎

As bridges are part of the road, figures on bridges are also subject to testing if the road to which they are connected is required to test.

The Wheel of Fortune ✎

Areas of the Wheel of Fortune can not be infected, because it is isolated.

River I ✎ / River II ✎ / 20th Anniversary River ✎

When playing Extended players variant (Covid tile placed at the beginning of the game), the Covid tile and two infection tokens are placed immediately out of turn order after placing the last tile of the River on the unfinished road closest to the River Lake.

Example 1b: Placement of COVID-19 tile next to last river tile, left bottom field on river tile is infected now.

When the River becomes infected then all parts before and after River Junction (River II) are also infected.

Mini #3 - The Ferries ✎ / The Tunnel ✎

When roads are connected and one part was infected before joining, all figures on parts which were uninfected before joining are obliged to test.

The Crop Circles I ✎ / Mini #7 - The Crop Circles ✎ / The Crop Circles I ✎

A meeple placed from a player's supply next to one of his meeples that is already on a board in the infected area is required to test.

20th Anniversary Expansion ✎

A meeple placed next to another of your previously placed meeples that is in an infected area is obliged to test.

The Barber-Surgeons ✎

Baths are part of a city or road. Figures are subject to the same conditions as the city or road. If a city or road with the bath is infected, meeple moved to bath is obliged to test.

Darmstadt Promo ✎

Placement of a tile surrounding infected Darmstadt Church is not enlarging it.

Easter in Carcassonne ✎

When Easter bunny is moving and jumps from an infected area to an uninfected area, the infection spreads. All figures in the uninfected area have to be tested immediately.

Castles in Germany ✎

Placement of a tile surrounding an infected German Castle is not enlarging it.

The Gifts ✎

When using a Change Position or Synod card, any meeple placed to an infected area is obliged to test.

The Labyrinth ✎

When a Labyrinth road network becomes infected then all parts are also infected even in the advanced variant.

Russian Promos ✎

Infection can spread on Bogatyr crossroad.

Fan expansions

Castle Lords ✎

If a Castle Road becomes infected, the Castle Lord is obliged to test.

The Labyrinths ✎

When previously separate roads are connected and at least one road was already infected, any figure on previously uninfected roads are obliged to test.

La Porxada ✎

When a player placing the La Porxada tile chooses Swap followers and a meeple is placed in an infected area, it is obliged to test.

Robber's Son ✎

When joining an infected road and non-infected road with a Robbers' Son tile, all untested figures are obliged to test before the Robbers' Son removes a meeple from the road.

Tile distribution

Total tiles: 1

 ×1

Total tokens: 20

 ×20

Footnotes

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