Black Tower (Fan Expansion)
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General info and comments
Black Tower fan-expansion was released by Carcassonne Central member Jonathan Watten.
Contents
- 12 Black Tower floors[1]
- 6 White Tower floors
Required expansion
Black Tower requires a copy of Exp. 4 - The Tower large expansion.[2][3]
Rules
Preparation
At the beginning of the game each player receives a number of Black, White and normal Tower floors, according to the total number of players.
Number of players | Black Tower floors | White Tower floors | Normal Tower floors |
---|---|---|---|
2 players | ×4 | ×2 | ×8 |
3 players | ×3 | ×2 | ×7 |
4 players | ×3 | ×1 | ×6 |
5 players | ×2 | ×1 | ×5 |
6 players | ×2 | ×1 | ×4 |
Gameplay
1. Placing a tile
Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.
2. Placing a tower floor
In addition to normal placement options, a player have new options to do.
Placement of Black Tower floor
Player may now place a Black Tower floor to any tile with a tower foundation or on a tower which is already under construction, unless a meeple guards the top. The Tower already under construction can be either a normal or a Black Tower, but not a White Tower. When a Black Tower floor is the uppermost floor of a tower, the tower becomes a Black Tower. There is no limit to the height of a Black Tower. A Black Tower’s range is the amount of storeys that makes it up, regardless of how many normal and Black Tower floors it consists of.
To finish the construction of a Black Tower, a meeple can be deployed to the top of it in the usual way.
A Black tower is used in the same way as a normal Tower, but captures meeples along the diagonals. A Black Tower cannot capture meeples horizontally or vertically.
Example 1 - Black tower 2 floors, diagonal distance example Example 2 - normal tower 1 floor, black tower 2nd one, diagonal distance example
Restoring a Black Tower to a normal Tower
Adding a normal Tower floor to the top of a Black Tower restores it back to a normal Tower with normal Tower properties (i.e. it captures horizontally or vertically, not diagonally).4 It is the uppermost Tower floor that designates the type of Tower in play. There is no limit to the height of a normal Tower. A normal Tower’s range is the amount of storeys that makes it up, regardless of how many Black and normal Tower floors it consists of.
Example 3 - Block tower 1 floor, normal tower floor 2nd one, horizontal/vertical distance example
Place a White Tower floor
After placing a tile, a player may now place a White Tower floor to any tower which is already under construction, unless a meeple guards the top. When a White Tower floor is placed the tower is ‘capped’. A tower that has been capped becomes a White Tower and cannot be built any higher and has no power to capture meeples. A meeple cannot be deployed to the top of a White Tower.
Example 4 - White tower 1 floor - 0 distance example Example 5 - black tower, normal tower floor 2nd, white tower floor 3rd - 0 distance example
3. Scoring a feature
Black Tower (Fan Expansion) does not affect scoring.
Other expansions
All rules for interactions with other expansions are equals with Exp. 4 - The Tower expansion just that directions of capturing meeples are diagonal, when placed tower floor is black.
Footnotes
For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.
- ↑ For consistency with The Tower we are using floor instead of original Black Tower rule piece
- ↑ This Tower floor distribution list replaces the distribution list given in The Tower rules.
- ↑ When playing with more tower foundation tiles other than the standard 18, increase the Tower floot distribution. For every 4 extra tower foundation tiles each player receives: 1 Black Tower floor and 2 normal Tower floors.
If 8 or more extra tower foundation tiles are being used, each player in a 4, 5 or 6 player game receives: 1 White Tower floor. The quantity of White Tower floors per player in any game must not exceed 2 floors each.