Translations:The Festival (1st edition)/14/en

deploy one of one’s own figures to the tile in the usual way; or
return one of one’s own figures ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] from the entire playing area ^[4] to his or her supply. ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

↑ All of one’s own figures are meant here, including normal and big followers, wagon, mayor, builder, pig, barn, shepherd, phantom, C2 abbot, C2 ringmaster, and C3 guard followers. (5/2015; updated 12/2018; updated 2/2023)
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No scoring would be applicable to any follower or special figure, including the C2 abbot and the shepherd. Note that:
- It would be odd to use this expansion to remove an C2 abbot, as it has its own retrieval mechanism that involves scoring.
- If a shepherd is removed, no Guide flock to stable action is invoked and no flock scoring would take place. There is no official clarification about what happens in this case to the shepherd's flock. Two options may happen:
  - The flock is returned to the bag without scoring as soon as their shepherd is removed from the board.
  - The flock remains on the game board. If it is shared with one or more shepherds, they would not be affected; otherwise, the flock could be claimed by a new shepherd and it would be an analogous case to the sheep found on some tiles in minor expansions such as The River III or Halflings II.
Players should agree on which option is chosen at the beginning of a game.
↑ A player cannot return a figure from another player. Also, a player cannot return a neutral figure (such as the fairy or the dragon).
↑ By specifying “entire playing area,” this allows removal of followers from the City of Carcassonne (even if the Count is in the same space) from The Count of Carcassonne, the Wheel of Fortune crown spaces, the City of Leipzig from The Markets of Leipzig and therefore a bathhouse from The Barber-Surgeons. (updated 12/2018)
↑ The RGG 10-year anniversary edition rules actually use the term “followers” for both bullet points. The new version of the Festival tiles sold separately through publisher CundCo also uses the term “followers.” However, the official HiG reading remains “figures.” (updated 5/2014)
↑ If the Festival is used to remove a follower, the Phantom can still be placed on that turn. (11/2013)
↑ If the Festival is used to remove a follower, the Fairy cannot be moved, as an action was still taken in the “Move Wood” phase. (5/2014)

[1] All of one’s own figures are meant here, including normal and big followers, wagon, mayor, builder, pig, barn, shepherd, phantom, C2 abbot, C2 ringmaster, and C3 guard followers. (5/2015; updated 12/2018; updated 2/2023)

[2] No scoring would be applicable to any follower or special figure, including the C2 abbot and the shepherd. Note that:
It would be odd to use this expansion to remove an C2 abbot, as it has its own retrieval mechanism that involves scoring.

If a shepherd is removed, no Guide flock to stable action is invoked and no flock scoring would take place. There is no official clarification about what happens in this case to the shepherd's flock. Two options may happen:
The flock is returned to the bag without scoring as soon as their shepherd is removed from the board.

The flock remains on the game board. If it is shared with one or more shepherds, they would not be affected; otherwise, the flock could be claimed by a new shepherd and it would be an analogous case to the sheep found on some tiles in minor expansions such as The River III or Halflings II.

Players should agree on which option is chosen at the beginning of a game.

[3] It would be odd to use this expansion to remove an C2 abbot, as it has its own retrieval mechanism that involves scoring.

[4] If a shepherd is removed, no Guide flock to stable action is invoked and no flock scoring would take place. There is no official clarification about what happens in this case to the shepherd's flock. Two options may happen:
The flock is returned to the bag without scoring as soon as their shepherd is removed from the board.

The flock remains on the game board. If it is shared with one or more shepherds, they would not be affected; otherwise, the flock could be claimed by a new shepherd and it would be an analogous case to the sheep found on some tiles in minor expansions such as The River III or Halflings II.

[5] The flock is returned to the bag without scoring as soon as their shepherd is removed from the board.

[6] The flock remains on the game board. If it is shared with one or more shepherds, they would not be affected; otherwise, the flock could be claimed by a new shepherd and it would be an analogous case to the sheep found on some tiles in minor expansions such as The River III or Halflings II.

[3] A player cannot return a figure from another player. Also, a player cannot return a neutral figure (such as the fairy or the dragon).

[4] By specifying “entire playing area,” this allows removal of followers from the City of Carcassonne (even if the Count is in the same space) from The Count of Carcassonne, the Wheel of Fortune crown spaces, the City of Leipzig from The Markets of Leipzig and therefore a bathhouse from The Barber-Surgeons. (updated 12/2018)

[5] The RGG 10-year anniversary edition rules actually use the term “followers” for both bullet points. The new version of the Festival tiles sold separately through publisher CundCo also uses the term “followers.” However, the official HiG reading remains “figures.” (updated 5/2014)

[6] If the Festival is used to remove a follower, the Phantom can still be placed on that turn. (11/2013)

[7] If the Festival is used to remove a follower, the Fairy cannot be moved, as an action was still taken in the “Move Wood” phase. (5/2014)

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Translations:The Festival (1st edition)/14/en

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