How do you count farms in Carcassonne?
When scoring the farmers, only completed cities are counted. The farmer must be in a field that touches one or more completed cities. The distance between the farmer and the city does not matter. For each city that the field touches, the player with the most farmers in that field scores 3 points.
Does the river divide fields in Carcassonne?
The river does separate two farms. Basic rules don’t mention that because there’s no river on the base set. The rivers are expansions.
What do farmers do in Carcassonne?
A farmer is a meeple that you place “laying down” in a field segment. “Laying down?” Yes. Unlike highwaymen, knights, and monks that are all placed standing up, farmers are laid down on a tile because they are only scored at the end of the game. Consequently, they are not returned to your supply after scoring.
Can you place a Meeple on a garden?
Placing a Meeple When placing a tile with a monastery or garden, you may place your abbot onto the monastery or onto the garden. You may not place a regular meeple onto the garden.
How do you score points in Carcassonne?
Each of the monastery’s tiles (the 8 surrounding tiles and the one with the monastery itself) is worth 1 point. Scoring always occurs at the end of a player’s turn. At that moment, each player with a meeple in a scored feature earns points. After each scoring, return to your supply the scored meeples.
What is the starting tile in Carcassonne?
The start tile is placed in the center of the table, while the scoreboard is placed on the edge of the table. The other tiles are shuffled and placed on a face-down stack. Each player takes his 8 followers (of his color) and puts one of them on the scoreboard (on number zero).
How do you play Abbott in Carcassonne?
Each player receives The Abbot figure of his color. If you lay a tile with a cloister/monastery or garden on the landscape map, they need to fit as usual. If a monastery or a garden surrounded by 8 tiles, you will receive, as in the base game, 9 points for the Abbot. So the garden scores exactly like a monastery.
What is the shield in Carcassonne?
The city in that tile has a shield, which affects the scoring the of the city (see below). All of the tiles with an S in the identifier have such shields. Each tile can be placed in the map rotated by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.
How many expansions are there for Carcassonne?
‘King and Scout’ is two expansions: King for Carcassonne and Scout for Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers. King and Robber Baron tiles used to keep track of who built the largest road and city.