The Courier (Fan Expansion)

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General info and comments

Expansion symbol

The Courier fan-expansion was released by Carcassonne CZ forum members Matisek, Bumsakalaka and Snearone.

There are many abandoned roads, towns or monasteries and gardens. The Courier brings good news to those who decide to improve these places.

The tiles and rules files are available here:

• C2 version will be available on Carcassonne CZ forum (please register to access):

Contents

• 6 landscape tiles with a symbol of letter
• The Courier figure

Rules

Preparation

Shuffle the new landscape tiles in with those from the basic game and stack them normally.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

New tiles are placed according to the usual rules of the basic game. After placing tile with a letter symbol, immediately move The Courier figure to it, regardless of where it is currently located.

Example 1 - You place tile with letter symbol and move The Courier symbol on placed tile.

2. Placing a figure

You may place a meeple according to the usual rules.

3. Scoring a feature

The Courier figure and tiles with letters do not affect scoring.

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Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals

Inns

Cathedrals

Big FollowerLarge Meeple

Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders

Trade good tokens

Builder

Pig

Exp. 3 - The Princess & The Dragon

Princess

Dragon

Fairy

Magic portal

Exp. 4 - The Tower

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Abbey

Mayor

Wagon

Barn

Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber

Count of Carcassonne

King & Robber Baron

The River II

Shrines

Exp. 7 - The Catapult

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

Bridges

Castles

Bazaars

Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep

Hills

Shepherd

Vineyards

Exp. 10 - Under The Big Top

Circus

Acrobats

Ringmaster

Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries

Guard FollowersGuard Meeples

Ghosts

Haunted Castles

Cemeteries

The Wheel Of Fortune

Mini 1 - The Flier

Mini 2 - Dispatches (Messages)

Mini 3 - The Ferries

Mini 4 - Goldmines

Mini 5 - Mage & Witch

Mage

Witch

Mini 6 - Robbers

Mini 7 - Crop Circles / Crop Circles I / WE Corn Circles

The River / WE River

20th Anniversary River

Besiegers / Cathars / Siege

Mini Expansion GQ#11

The Phantom

Halflings

The Plague

The Tunnel

The Festival

The Wind Roses

Little Buildings

Darmstadt Promo

The School

Russian Promos

La Porxada

Castles In Germany

Cathedrals In Germany

Monasteries In Germany / Monasteries In The Netherlands & Belgium / Japanese Buildings

Spiel Promo Tiles

The Labyrinth

The Abbot

Abbot

Gardens

The Watchtowers

Markets Of Leipzig

The Fruit-Bearing Trees

The Barber-Surgeons

Spiel Doch! 02/2018

The Tollkeepers

The Peasant Revolts

20th Anniversary Expansion

The Gifts

The Signposts

The Bets

Ukraine Promo

The Wonders of Humanity

The Spell Circles

The Drawbridges

The Spring

Snakes and Ladders

Saint Nicholas Scoring Board

Licensed Expansions:

Unofficial Expansions:

Print & Play (PnP) And Cut & Play (CnP):

Easter In Carcassonne (PnP)

The City Gates (PnP)

The Fortune Teller (PnP)

The Land Surveyors (PnP)

CutCassonne (CnP)

WE Gingerbread Man

Select All C1

Select All C2+C3

Select All WE

Select Edition Neutral

Big Box 1

Big Box 1 (RGG)

Big Box 2

Big Box 3

Big Box 4

Big Box 5

Big Box 6

Big Box 7

Limited Edition 2003

LE Traders & Builders

LE Princess & Dragon

LE Crop Circles

LE 10th Anniversary

LE Müller Exclusive

20th Anniversary Edition

Major Expansions (0/0)

Minor Expansions (0/0)

Other Expansions (0/0)

Fan Expansions (0/0)

Quick Selectors

Filters (-)

C1

C2+C3

WE

 ? 

Show Editions:

Preferred Edition:

1st Edition (C1)

New Edition (C2+C3)

Winter Edition (WE)

Mark rules adaptations

Selected expansions:

Major:

Minor:

Other:

Fan:

None

Quick Selection:

Bards of Carcassonne

Black Dragon

Black Tower

Castle Lords

City Bridges

Cleric & Serf

The Courier

COVID-19

Děčínský Sněžník

Divided Cities

Family Feud

The Flying Machines 2

Gambler's Luck

The Great Fairs

The Hans Statue

The Labyrinths

The Land Surveyors 2

The Obelisk

Robber's Son

Seasons

Vistas

The Wells

The Wetlands

Select Expansions

Select One...

Clear All

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(Partial)

1. Introduction

This Expansion Selector allows you to pick what expansions (or parts of them) to use in the reference pages of WICA. According to your selection, the Order of Play and Scoring sections will be adapted. This way, you can customize WICA to suit your game without any hinderance from the expansions left out.

As hinted above, the expansions combining multiple elements permit a fine-grain selection of its elements. For example, you can choose the abbey tiles and the wagon from "Abbey & Mayor" and to leave out the barn and the mayor.

2. Use Guide

The selector has several tabs and below there is an area that lists the current selection at all times, no matter the tab displayed.

You can click on any tab label to go to the desired tab. Additional clicks on a selected tab will collapse it and expand it back in order to access the selector when needed. Switching to another tab will expand the selector automatically.

The following sections describe the tabs and their functionality.

2.1. "Expansions" tabs

The first three (or four) tabs from the left allow you to pick expansions in full or partially when possible.

• Major expansions: lists all official major expansions by HiG.
• Minor expansions: lists all official minor expansions by HiG and some of their licensed equivalents.
• Other expansions: lists the rest of licensed and unofficial expansions as well as those Print & Play and Cut & Play expansions released by HiG.
• Fan expansions: lists some fan-made expansions. This tab may not be available in some cases.

These tabs show a listing of expansions where each label is preceded by a checkbox to allow its selection and deselection if full.

Those expansions with various components show a clickable "[+]" symbol after them when closed or "[–]" when open. In the latter case, all the components are displayed and can be selected and deselected individually.

Each tab has a text label in accordance with the format "Group (X/Y)" in order to identify the set of expansions listed (indicated by Group), the number of expansions selected (represented by X) and the total number available (represented by Y).

2.2. "Quick Selectors" tab

This is the fourth tab from the left. It allows you to choose from a predefined list of available expansions sets. This tab contains the following elements:

• A dropdown list and a "Select Expansions" button: They allow you select and load a predefined expansion bundle, such as a Big Box or all the expansions for the New Edition.
• The "Clear All" button empties your current with one click.
• The "Select All" button selects all the expansions available with one click.

2.3. "Filters" tab

This is the fifth tab from the left. It allows you to choose what Carcassonne editions are displayed and your preferred edition. The editions considered are the 1st Edition (C1), the New Edition (C2+C3), and the Winter Edition (WE), which is included in a creative way if some of its expansions are of interest.

The tab displays two panels:

• "Show Editions" panel: it contains a checkbox for each edition available (C1, C2+C3 and WE.) The selector will show the expansions belonging to the checked editions only. For example, if the 1st edition (C1) checkbox is selected, expansions such as "The Wheel Of Fortune" or "Halflings" will be eligible in the Expansion Selector, otherwise they will not be available for selection. At least one edition has to be selected, thus they cannot be deselected at the same time.
• "Preferred Edition" panel: it contains a set of radio buttons for the 1st Edition (C1), the New Edition (C2+C3) and the Winter Edition. The radio button selected will indicate the Expansion Selector which edition has precedence over the other when:
  • Describing the Game Reference, the Order of Play, the Scoring rules and Game Figures: If there are differences between editions, the preferred edition rules and wording will be displayed. For example, the movement of the dragon will be displayed in different steps in the Order of Play depending on whether C1 or C2+C3 is selected.
  • Displaying graphics in the Scoring sections: For expansions available in both editions, the images shown will correspond to the selected edition. Images from an expansion only existing in one edition will not change.

  The radio button for an edition will be enabled only if such an edition is available, that is, it is selected in the "Show Editions" panel.
  It also includes a checkbox with the label "Mark rules adaptations": If checked, all the rules displayed in the Game Reference, the Order of Play, and the Game Figures not corresponding to the preferred edition will be highlighted.

This tab shows a label similar to "Filters (C1/C2+C3/WE) #" that lists all the editions selected in parentheses and one of them is underlined, indicating that it is the preferred one. The hash sign "#" is present if rules adaptations are highlighted.

2.4. Help

This is the current tab displayed with help information about the Expansion Selector.

Expansion selector requires JavaScript.

Preparing expansion selector...

General rules

If more than one Meeple (e.g. Normal Meeple, Large Meeple, Abbot, Mayor, Wagon, Ringmaster, Phantom, ...) has been placed or moved in a turn and meets the condition for receiving a thank you message from The Courier, then The Courier moves to the first of those Meeple whose player receives a thank you message from The Courier doesn't matter if Meeple is active's player.
The Courier is moved even if the Meeple meets the condition for receiving a thank you message and would score 0 points, e.g. an incomplete city with a Cathedral ( Inns & Cathedrals.

Meeple placed on feature that can be completed and scored durind the game can receive a message from The Courier.
Also Meeple moved on the game board from one feature to another feature one can receive a message from The Courier.

Meeple placed on feature that cannot be completed or scored during the game cannot receive a message from The Courier.
Meeple moved on same feature during the game cannot receive a message from The Courier.
Support figures (e.g. Builder, Pig, Shepherd, etc.) and neutral figures (e.g. Fairy, Dragon, etc.) cannot receive a message from The Courier.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

Magic Portal - Meeple placed by Magic Portal meeting the condition for receiving a thank you message can receive it.

Dragon - The Dragon can eat The Courier and can only return to the game by placing another tile with the letter symbol.

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Wagon moved from finished feature meeting the condition for receiving a thank you message can receive it only if it's first meeple placed/moved this turn which meets condition.

Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

When build a castle and The Courier is horizontal or vertical to at least tile part of the castle token.

Mini #1 - The Flying Machines

Meeple placed by flying machine meeting the condition for receiving a thank you message can receive it.

Mini #2 - The Messengers

The active player cannot receive a Message for the points earned for The Courier.

Mini #7 - The Crop Circles / The Crop Circles I

Meeple placed by Crop Circle action meeting the condition for receiving a thank you message can receive it.

20th Anniversary Expansion

A meeple placed next to another of your previously placed meeple meeting the condition for receiving a thank you message can receive it.

Castles in Germany

Meeple placed on German Castle can also meet the condition for receiving a thank you message when at least one part of German Castle is horizontally or vertically to the tile on which The Courier stands.

Fan Expansions

The Wells

 The Well on this tile is also counted.

Tile distribution

New Edition

Total Land Tiles: 6 Tiles

 x1
 

 x1
(W)

 x1
(D)

 x1
(G)

 x1
 

 x1
 

Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:

 
G | Garden

 
D | Donkey stable

 
W | Water Tower

Original Edition

Total Land Tiles: 6 Tiles

 x1
 

 x1
 

 x1
 

 x1
(G)

 x1
 

 x1
 

Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:

 
G | Garden