The Farmers

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General info and comments

Originally released by Hans im Glück in 2014.

Farmers are considered a part of the base game for most Carcassonne players. They are also used in every official tournament as they are not considered an expansion. In the new edition of Carcassonne farmers were separated as a supplement to ease approach to the game for new players. WikiCarpedia follows this streamlined approach. For the sake of other expansions and the rest of the WikiCarpedia, farmers are considered a part of the base game.

What would life be without agriculture? We try to answer part of this question by introducing the hard-working farmers who spend long hours in the fields of Carcassonne. As we did for the roads, cities, and monasteries, the farmers will be presented using the actions of a game turn.

Changes to the 20th Anniversary Edition and Carcassonne C3 The rules for the 20th Anniversary Edition stay the same but the roles of some meeples have been updated: Highwaymen become female travelers Knights do not change Monks are also referred to as nuns Farmers become female farmers Publishers have followed the new roles provided in the rules by HiG, although some of these changes are not noticeable in other languages. Note: We stick to the classic role convension for the sake of consistency with all the exisiting rules for the time being. HiG may decide to update the rules in the future to follow this new naming convention for new releases and reprints.

Contents

• None. Only contents of base game are used.

Rules

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.

2. Placing a meeple as a farmer

You may place a meeple according to the usual rules.

3. Scoring fields

The Farmers does not affect scoring.

Summary

A brief summary the most important details about farmers:

• Farmers are placed “laying down” on the board.
• Farmers are only scored during the final scoring, not during the game.
• Each completed city adjacent to a field you occupy gives you 3 points.
• Each completed city can be worth points for any number of different fields.
• Similar to roads and cities, if there is more than one farmer in the same field, only the player with the most farmers in that field scores its points. In the case of a tie, each tied player scores full points.

Footnotes

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