Difference between revisions of "The Plague (1st edition)"

| [[File:Plague_C1_Expansion_Watermark.png|frame|right|Expansion symbol]]

| [[File:Plague_C1_Flea_Token_Front.jpg|frame|none|Flea token's front]]

| [[File:Plague_C1_Flea_Token_Back.jpg|frame|none|Flea token's back]]

| [[File:Plague_C1_Rat_Number_Tokens_Front.jpg|frame|none|Outbreak tokens' front]]

| [[File:Plague_C1_Rat_Number_Tokens_Back.jpg|x70px|frame|none|Outbreak tokens' back]]

[[File:Plague_C1_Flea_Token_Front.jpg|frame|left|Flea token]] Once the first Outbreak token has been brought into play, the plague spreads in every subsequent turn (if possible), beginning with the player to the left of the one who placed the first source tile. During his or her turn, each player should take a flea token from the supply and place it—active side face up—on a tile which is adjacent (horizontal or vertical, not diagonal) to the Outbreak, and which does not yet have a flea on it. <ref>

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It is unknown if the plague affects other player figures that aren’t followers (pig, builder, shepherd). (updated 4/2014)

The active player decides at what point, during his or her turn, the Plague will spread.

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The rules are not clear about whether '''any''' follower anywhere in play may take flight—or only those occupying features which have been affected by the plague. Common sense would lead to think it’s the former, but an official ruling is necessary, and attempts at clarification and re-translation have been contradictory.

The follower may not take flight to or over a tile with a flea token (either active or latent), nor to a tile with an '''active''' Outbreak. It may take flight to a tile on which there is already a follower. Naturally, a follower may not take flight over areas where there is no tile. <ref>

The same reasoning could be to outbreak tiles. In this case, a follower could only be deployed to an outbreak tile once inactive, since its state will not change.

[[File:Plague_C1_Rat_Number_Tokens_Front.jpg|frame|none|Numbered Outbreak tokens]]

[[File:Plague_C1_Rat_Number_Tokens_Back.jpg|frame|right|Outbreak token on its inactive side]] When, '''at the start of a player’s turn''', there are no more flea tokens left in the supply, the Outbreak token with the lowest visible number should be eliminated – turned onto the ‘field’ side. However, as there must always be at least one active Outbreak, after the first plague source tile has been placed, an Outbreak remains active if it is the only active one currently in play.

[[File:Plague_C1_Flea_Token_Back.jpg|frame|left|Flea token on its latent side]] The region affected is now an ‘inactive’ Plague region. All adjacent flea tokens should be turned onto their ‘latent' sides; from this point on, flea tokens must be moved out of a latent epidemic region, rather than the supply.

The next Outbreak (and always the token with the lowest number currently in play) is only eradicated when there are no more latent flea tokens which could be moved at the start of a player's turn.