Map-Chips Iberian Peninsula

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General info and comments

Carcassonne Map-Chips was originally released by Hans im Glück in 2019.

It is a mini-expansion with different rules for each Carcassonne Map. In the case of Carcassonne Maps - Iberian Peninsula (Península Ibérica), players can collect chips and place them as treats. Players finding a treat will get points.

Contents

• 30 Map–Chips (10 each in purple, light blue and orange).

Carcassonne Map-Chips

Map-Chip back side

It is recommended to play with 110–120 tiles, for example with the basic game and the first and second expansions, that is, Exp. 1 - Inns and Cathedrals and Exp. 2 - Traders and Builders.

Rules

Preparation

Use 3 of the 4 available starting-squares (León, Pamplona, Évora and Murcia).

Start-squares for Carcassonne Maps - Iberian Peninsula

Shuffle all 30 Map-Chips face down. Place them evenly distributed on the squares of the map and stick to the following rules:

• Place the chips face down
• Place only 1 chip per square
• Place no chips on the large city squares or town squares
• Place no chips next to each other vertically or horizontally (only diagonally)
• Place no chips vertically or horizontally adjacent to a used start square or to an open edge of a large city
• Place no chips on the island squares of the Balearic Islands.

Example: This is one example of how the chips could be placed. (The chips are shown larger than in reality.)

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Island squares with coats of arms

You can only place tiles on island squares if they have been connected with a ferry route from the mainland (see general rules here). If you place a tile on a square with a coat of arms, you'll score 2 points for each coat of arms immediately.

Example 1: The island has been connected to the mainland. You place a tile on the island and you get 4 points immediately (for the two coats of arms).

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Collecting chips

If you place a tile on a square with a chip, you take the chip, flip it over and score 1 or 2 points immediately. Then you place the chip again face up on the map respecting the following rules "to place a treat."

Example 2: You place a tile on a square with a chip and you take it. Now you get 2 points for it.

Placing a treat

The color of a chip determines the area, that is, the tracks in which you have to place your treat face up:

• Orange chip = top tracks (rows 1 to 4)
• Blue chip = centre tracks (rows 5 to 8)
• Purple chip = bottom tracks (rows 9 to 12)

Note: You can find the respective tracks looking at the colored bars.

On one rows of the chosen tracks, you look for a free square without a tile (pre-printed or placed) and place the chip face up on it.

Collecting treats

If you place a tile on a square with a treat (face-up chip), you take the chip and you get twice the number of points shown on the chip (2 or 4 points). Then you take the chip out of the game.

Example 3: You place a tile on a square with a treat, take the tile out of the game and get 4 points.

End of the game

Remaining face-up or face-down chips don't give you any more points at the end of the game.

2. Placing a meeple

After having placed a tile, you are allowed to place a meeple according to the general rules.

3. Scoring a feature

The scoring is done as usual.

Tile distribution

Total Tokens: 30

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Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.