Vistas (Fan Expansion)

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Vistas fan-expansion was released by Carcassonne Central members Michael Stacup (stalcupojoy) and Snearone which redesign tiles into C2 style as Vistas Revisited C2.

There is much hard work to be done in the land of Carcassonne. But it is also important that the people stop to rest and enjoy the beauty of the land around them. For it is written in the Book of Books that even God Himself stopped and "looked at everything He had made, and it was very good," and "on the seventh day He rested from all His work."

Contents

• 12 landscape tiles with Vista Points.

New Land tiles

The new Land tiles are played like those in the base game.

The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 3 directions.

This tile has two seperate city segments. If you place a tile with one city segment to the top of it, the city segments become connected.
Note: If you place it next to similar tile like the ones from  Hills & Sheep as shown, all of the separate city segments are connected.

Rules

Preparation

Mix the new tiles in with the rest of the tiles.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

Whenever you draw a tile, place it normally.

2. Placing a meeple

In addition to normal placement options, a player may deploy a meeple on the Vista Point as a Sightseer.

3. Scoring a feature

Each Vista Point faces outward toward a six-tile “Vista” area, two tiles deep and three tiles wide (see diagram) and is scored when this six-tile area is completed. This “Vista” area does not include the tile on which the Vista Point itself is located.

A Sightseer scores 1 point per type of feature in the Vista that is both “visible” and “significant.” A feature type is:

1. Visible if it is intended as a visible part of the landscape, rather than functioning as an icon (e.g. city pennants, icons like dragon, princess etc.).
2. Significant if it either:
   • Scores (e.g. cities, roads, gardens, fields, vista points)
   • Influences scoring (e.g. inns, cathedrals, tunnels, hills)
   • Causes an action (e.g. volcano, magic portal, bazaars)
   • Is a notable topographical feature (e.g. the river, water towers)

When not sure, check our Table of Scorable Features.

Example 1 - Blue on a completed Vista Point would score for the following types of features: cities, roads, fields, garden, highwayman, inn, crop circle, farmhouse, vista point, crossroad and river. The Sightseer scores 11 points and then return to its owner's supply.

Final Scoring

Any incomplete Vistas score 1 point per type of visible, significant feature, just as during the game.

Scorable Features

Rule of thumb: Every feature which is scoreable or significant as described in 3. Scoring feature

This table is dynamic and contains figures depends on selected expansions.

Expansion	Scorable		Not scorable
Base Game	City		Coat of arms
The Abbot	Garden
Large Expansions
Inns & Cathedrals	Cathedral
	Inn
Traders & Builders			Goods symbol
The Princess & the Dragon	Magic Portal		Princess symbol
	Volcano		Dragon symbol
The Tower	Tower foundation (including tower floors)
Abbey & Mayor	Abbey
Count, King & Robber	City of Carcassonne
	River
	Shrine
The Catapult	The Fair
Bridges, Castles & Bazaars	Bazaar
	Bridge
	Castle
Hills & Sheep	Hill
	Vineyard
Minor Expansions
Fan Expansions
If playing with any fan expansions, players must consider, before starting the game, which of the new elements introduced by the fan expansions will and will not count toward Vista scoring. Players are advised to use the criteria outlined in the 3. Scoring a feature section, but ultimately simply need to agree with each other. This is list of suggested features to score. List contains some of fan-expansion with scorable elements supported by WiCa.
Castle Lords	Castle on road
The City Gates	City Gate
The Flying Machines 2	Hill		Aircraft
Fortune Teller	Fortune Teller Tent
La Porxada	La Porxada
The Labyrinths	Labyrinth
Vistas	Vista Point
The Wells	Well

Other expansions

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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

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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

Vistas

The Wells

The Wetlands

Select Expansions

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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

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Exp. 8 - Bridges, Castles & Bazaars

Castle: A Vista Point is only considered to be adjacent to a Castle when the Vista Point itself lies on one of the six tiles neighboring a Castle, it is not sufficient for part of a Vista Point’s six-tile Vista area to be adjacent to the Castle.

Mini #4 - The Goldmines

When a Vista Point is completed, a player with a Sightseer on it can lay claim to gold on both the six-tile Vista area and the Vista Point tile itself.

Tile distribution

Vistas Revisited C2

Total tiles: 12

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

 

G | Garden

 

F | Farmhouse

 

D | Donkey Stable

Note: The small illustrations of a cowshed, a pigsty and a donkey stable are collectively referred to as sheds or stables.

Vistas C1

Total tiles: 12

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Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.