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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2017, 07:29:29 AM »
Also one global note: The English Carcassonne rules do not capitalize "meeple." I did not mark this throughout the text above since it would add a lot more noise to the comments.
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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2017, 07:39:27 AM »
Thanks for your suggestions Just a Bill :)! It is getting late where I am so I will make the adjustments in the morning

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In relation to changing this I am not sure if this is possible because the shadow may be an image but I will look into it.
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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2017, 12:03:48 PM »
I can't see the example, but I am a bit confused about the final scoring. So there were 5 meeples on the feature? A third player's meeple is nowhere mentioned in these rules making it seem like all a player needs to do to win all the points for the Labyrinth is having anything on the feature. 5 cannot be divided in two cleanly so either Red and Black each have 2 meeples and another unmentioned player has one, or the example is flawed.

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2017, 02:27:25 PM »
I am a bit confused about the final scoring. So there were 5 meeples on the feature?

Correct:

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2017, 05:28:11 PM »
Version 1.2 is now available you can get it here: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=339
This version contains suggestions from Just a Bill. I would like to give a big thank you to Just a Bill for helping!

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Unfortunately I wasn't able to change this. I believe this is because the black text is an image. When I have some time I will look into changing it.

[Editor's note: The single-tile labyrinth and its four multi-tile branches are treated as five "sub-roads" for the purposes of deployment and occupation, but the whole thing is treated as a single road for completion and scoring.]
There wasn't enough room for the editors note so it will have to be left out :(.

Also one global note: The English Carcassonne rules do not capitalize "meeple." I did not mark this throughout the text above since it would add a lot more noise to the comments.
All "Meeple"'s have been changed to "meeple"'s C:-)!

And for a final edit I added a line of text in the bottom left thanking Sinscerly and Just a Bill for their help :D!
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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2017, 12:10:18 AM »
I am a bit confused about the final scoring. So there were 5 meeples on the feature?

Correct:



The Fifth meeple belonging to green was mentioned in Placing a meeple
Image:

« Last Edit: July 20, 2018, 05:39:12 AM by MrNumbers, Reason: Links fixed »

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2017, 04:11:47 AM »
Is it just me or the Labyrinth rules are the most unclear thing ever made? And thanks for the translation + merit!

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2017, 04:18:20 AM »
Is it just me or the Labyrinth rules are the most unclear thing ever made? And thanks for the translation + merit!
I think it is fairly straight forward. The concept being that the player on the tile itself is the owner of the labyrinth.  Any meeple on the roads connecting to it are trapped in the labyrinth until it is complete and the owner scores 2 points for every meeple trapped.  Then the road scores separately as if it is one continuous road. 

The anomaly is that you can always add a meeple to a road connecting to the labyrinth even if the other roads are already claimed and even if the labyrinth itself is already claimed.

It is as if the way through to connect the roads is not connected until it is fully complete.

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2017, 05:01:08 AM »
Your wording made it much easier to understand. Thank you, Rosco!

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #24 on: December 23, 2017, 05:46:06 AM »
The labyrinth is a very dangerous tile! And if you play with IAC or/and Mage and Witch, it can bring a lot of points! ...and it adds a great graphic to the landscape too... I love it!  ^-^

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2017, 09:05:09 AM »
I think it is fairly straight forward. The concept being that the player on the tile itself is the owner of the labyrinth.  Any meeple on the roads connecting to it are trapped in the labyrinth until it is complete and the owner scores 2 points for every meeple trapped.  Then the road scores separately as if it is one continuous road.

But this is not correct. You are giving the 2-per-meeple bonus points to the player who placed his follower on the labyrinth tile, but the rules give all the points to whoever has the majority across the entire labyrinth road network. Also there are not two separate scorings as you have suggested; it's all one. I would encourage you to read the rules again, and check the final example for confirmation.

Is it just me or the Labyrinth rules are the most unclear thing ever made?

Yes, they are confusing, as evidenced by the disagreement above. I initially struggled to wrap my head around how this all works, and coming back to it now after some time I had to "learn it again." Part of the problem is that the rules over-explain (lots of text for what should be a simple concept), which is why I wrote the Editor's Note trying to distill it down to its basics:

The single-tile labyrinth and its four multi-tile branches are treated as five "sub-roads" for deployment and occupation, but the whole thing is treated as a single road for completion and scoring.

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2017, 12:56:35 PM »
The single-tile labyrinth and its four multi-tile branches are treated as five "sub-roads" for deployment and occupation, but the whole thing is treated as a single road for completion and scoring.

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2017, 05:32:56 PM »
I think it is fairly straight forward. The concept being that the player on the tile itself is the owner of the labyrinth.  Any meeple on the roads connecting to it are trapped in the labyrinth until it is complete and the owner scores 2 points for every meeple trapped.  Then the road scores separately as if it is one continuous road.

But this is not correct. You are giving the 2-per-meeple bonus points to the player who placed his follower on the labyrinth tile, but the rules give all the points to whoever has the majority across the entire labyrinth road network. Also there are not two separate scorings as you have suggested; it's all one. I would encourage you to read the rules again, and check the final example for confirmation.

Is it just me or the Labyrinth rules are the most unclear thing ever made?

Yes, they are confusing, as evidenced by the disagreement above. I initially struggled to wrap my head around how this all works, and coming back to it now after some time I had to "learn it again." Part of the problem is that the rules over-explain (lots of text for what should be a simple concept), which is why I wrote the Editor's Note trying to distill it down to its basics:

The single-tile labyrinth and its four multi-tile branches are treated as five "sub-roads" for deployment and occupation, but the whole thing is treated as a single road for completion and scoring.

In my opinion the rules a quite simple after reading them a couple of times :).

The labyrinth is a very dangerous tile! And if you play with IAC or/and Mage and Witch, it can bring a lot of points! ...and it adds a great graphic to the landscape too... I love it!  ^-^
I hadn't thought of that! You could also score extra points by using the robber!
« Last Edit: December 24, 2017, 04:18:51 AM by MrNumbers, Reason: Merged 2 posts »

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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2017, 06:55:34 AM »
I think the labyrinth can really boost points for roads! With an inn, or the mage, or a German cathedral it can really be worth investing in!
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Re: Carcassonne: The Labyrinth Variant English Rules Translation
« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2017, 05:45:22 PM »
I think the labyrinth can really boost points for roads! With an inn, or the mage, or a German cathedral it can really be worth investing in!
And with the Variant rules it adds extra incentive to build it :)!


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