English Version
All the
information below was taken from official Carcassone sources:
Most of
this is taken from the rule clarification provided at http://www.carcassonne.de,
but of course that is in German.
Hopefully the information below will help you understand the rules and
prevent any arguments.
Please note
that although the forests in Hunters & Gatherers and the cities in
Difference 1: The gold nuggets in that forests do
not correspond to the pennants in
the cities. Gold nuggets don't provide any extra points. The value of the gold
nugget is that completing a forest gets you a bonus tile.
Difference 2: Forests are scored per forest
segment; cities are scored per tile. Thus if a tile has two forest segments on
it, and both segments are in the forest being valued, then that tile is worth 2
points.
Q. If I
play a tile which completes more than one forest at the same time, do I get
more than one bonus tile?
A: No. You
can only ever get one bonus tile per turn, regardless of how many forests you
complete, either with your initial tile or your bonus tile. Playing your bonus tile takes place in the
same turn, so no extra bonus tiles are awarded.
Q: The
rules state that only 2-segment forests don't get bonus cards. But the bonus cards themselves don't have
gold nuggets on them. If I complete a
forest of three or more segments using some bonus cards, and the forest has no
gold nuggets, then do I get a bonus card?
A: No. The statement
in the rules is inaccurate. You only get
a bonus card if the forest has at least one gold nugget.
There is
one expansion set for Hunters & Gatherers.
The King & The Scout provides some extra
tiles for
The tiles
for Hunters & Gatherers are
Here is
some clarification on the use of these tiles.
Q: If I
have the Shaman do I return a tribe member to my supply at the beginning or the
end of my turn? That is, can I remove a
man and play him on the same turn?
A:
Yes. The rules don't prevent it, so you
may take a tribe member back at any time in your turn. If you take it back at the beginning of your
turn you can play it on the same turn.
Q: Dug-out:
The English translation says "as many points as the largest lake on this
river has fish". The original
German just seems to say "as many points as the largest lake has
fish". Is it the largest lake on
the river or the largest lake on the river-system?
A: The
intention was that it should be the largest lake on the river-system.
Q: Can I
choose whether I play a hut or a hunter on the Agriculture tile?
A: No. You must play a hut.
Q: Can I
place a hut on the Agriculture tile if there is already a hunter in the meadow.
A: No. The placement
of the hut on the Agriculture tile is governed by the rules for hunter
placement. You must place the
Agriculture tile in an empty meadow.
Q: If I
place a hut on the Agriculture tile, does the hut get me points for the animals
in the meadow?
A: No. Only hunters score for animals.
Q: Once I
have placed the hut on the Agriculture tile, can anyone place a hunter in that
meadow?
A: No. But of course you may connect two (ore more)
meadows later in the game, as usual.
Then you could have a hut getting points for the size of the meadow and
a hunter scoring for the animals.
This
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