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* The player must decide which part of the tile the follower is deployed to  as either:

* There must be no other follower (not even one belonging to the same player) on the road, city, or field segments connected to the tile just placed. It does not matter how far away the follower is. The following two examples may help to explain:

[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Placing_Meeple_1.png|frame|none|{{ColorBlue|BLUE}} can only deploy a farmer: there is already a knight in the connecting city.]]

[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Placing_Meeple_2.png|frame|none|{{ColorBlue|BLUE}} can deploy the follower as a knight or a thief, or as a farmer on the small farm segment: the large farm is already occupied.]]

If a player runs out of followers during the course of play, he or she may only place tiles. But don't panic: you can also get followers back.

If you complete a previously unoccupied feature when placing a tile, you do not have to occupy it and earn the points. <ref>

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If you complete an unoccupied feature, it is not mandatory for you to place a follower on it. If you place a follower and occupy the just completed feature, you will score points for it (and remove your follower right away). Otherwise, you will not receive points for the feature.

</ref> You can close the city or road without it being occupied and (for example) deploy a farmer as long as the farm is unoccupied. The city does not necessarily require a knight to look after it. [[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_12.jpg|frame|none|Earning points from a closed city]]

If any feature was completed through the placement of the tile, it must now be scored. If not, the player’s turn is over, and it is the turn of the next player on the left.

===== A completed road =====

A player who has a thief on this completed road scores as many points as the road is long, decided by counting the number of tiles.

Whenever points are scored, they are immediately recorded on the scoreboard (more on this in the section about the scoreboard).

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A player who has a knight in a completed city scores 2 points for every city segment. <ref>{{IconArrow}} Note that the so-called ‘small city’ rule is no longer used in any edition. This rule stated that a city of two segments—the smallest possible completed city— scored only 2 points, or 1 point per tile. Pennants in a small city also scored only 1 point each. However, small cities are now scored in the same way as every other city: that is, 2 points for every city segment, and 2 points per pennant.</ref> Every pennant (banner / shield symbol) scores an extra 2 points. Note that a pennant only affects the city segment it is in, not the whole tile (if there is more than one segment on a single tile).

What happens if there are several followers on a completed road or in a completed city?

The points are then scored by the player with the most thieves or knights. In the case of a draw, all players involved score the full number of points.

points, as they both have one knight in the city—a draw!]]

Any points scored should be recorded on the scoreboard immediately. The board is a track of fifty fields that can be lapped many times. When the field "'''0'''" is reached or passed the player takes a point tile (from '''{{InnsCathedralsLink|edition=C1|logo=noborder}}''') and places it in plain view of all other players, with the number "'''50'''" face up. In this way it is clear to all that the player has already scored 50 points or more <ref>{{IconWorld}} The graphic here suggests that it might also be a good idea to lie the follower being used as a scoring marker flat on the scoreboard as the "50" is passed.</ref> If the player reaches or passes the field "'''0'''" again, they should turn the point tile over so that the number "'''100'''" is face up. It is quite possible that the player might lap the circuit a third time: then he or she should take another point tile and display it next to the first, the "'''50'''" face up.<ref>{{IconArrow}} This is the first real difference to previously published editions, now having its own section and a description of point tiles, which were previously considered to be a part of the '''{{InnsCathedralsLink|edition=C1|logo=noborder}}'''.</ref>

'''Note:''' When two followers of one color are occupying a road, city, or farm, you DO NOT score double in these cases. The number of followers (or in '''{{InnsCathedralsLink|edition=C1|logo=noborder}}''' the size of the followers) has no effect on the points that a player earns from a road, city, cloister, or farm. Two knights do not double the points. The number of followers is only important in establishing who has the majority. [[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_21.jpg|frame|none|Scoring when two followers are in the same city]]

=== The End of the Game ===

===== Scoring farms =====

Every farm scores the bordering cities in the same way. When this has been done, the game is over.