20th Anniversary Expansion
General info and comments
The 20th Anniversary was released for the New Edition by Hans im Glück in 2021 as part of the 20th Anniversary Edition.
This is a celebratory expansion that serves as a homage to the three major expansions. It does not matter if you don't know them, the gameplay with this mini-expansion is not affected.
This expansion has been developed for the Carcassonne basic game. All the basic game rules still apply in addition to the expansion rules below. You can combine it with other expansions - but at your own risk – that is, there will be no official rules for these combinations.
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.
Rules
Preparation
Shuffle the 20th Anniversary Expansion tiles together with the land tiles of the basic game.
Gameplay
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 another tile, you receive 2 points and your turn continues as usual.
- If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to another tile, you activate the arrow symbol and the appropriate action can be performed according to its type (see below).
- If you place an ordinary tile (no arrow symbol) next to a tile with an arrow symbol so that the arrow points to it, you activate the arrow symbol and the appropriate action can be performed according to its type (see below).
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 have the following options depending on the symbol type:
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. |
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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 tile just placed. Please note that fields completely surrounded are not considered completed, since they are not scored until the end of the game. |
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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.
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Summary
- If you place a tile with an arrow symbol so that the symbol is not activated, you get 2 points, 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).
You are allowed to add your meeple next to another meeple in the playing area, so there will be 2 (there can be a maximum of 2 meeples at a time). |
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You may place your meeple on any unoccupied, incomplete feature anywhere in the playing area. |
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You have an extra turn (maximum of two consecutive turns). |
Other expansions
General comments
You can only use the and arrow symbols to deploy meeples to regular features, that is, those features that can be claimed and scored. Other special areas should not be allowed:
- Towers (Exp. 4 - The Tower)
- City of Carcassonne (Exp. 6 - Count, King and Robber)
- Crown of Wheel of Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
- City of Leipzig (The Markets of Leipzig)
- Batthouses (The Barber-Surgeons)
- The Solovei Razboynik tree (Russian Promos)
- The Vodyanoy lake (Russian Promos)
Traders & Builders
Extra turn and the builder: During a double turn, if you activate a arrow symbol and you get an extra turn, you will finish your double turn in full before executing your extra turn.
Tile distribution
Total Tiles: 15
Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile: