There are several issues around this topic:
1. The CAR v7.4 is inconsistent about this matter:
1a) The teacher cannot be eaten by the dragon since it is placed on the school that is not on a tile in particular (latest version):
* Page 45: The
2015 FAQ: Meal plan for Dragons at the top of the page is aligned with the last FAQ document available on HiG's website until 11/2015 and on CarcF.
1b) The teacher can be eaten by the dragon since you are forced to place it on one of the two tiles od the school when playing with the dragon (previous version)
* Page 195: [492] If playing with the dragon, the teacher will have to be placed on one or the other of the school
tiles (i.e., not in the middle), as he can be eaten by the dragon (per the footnote below). (3/2015)
* Page 196: [499] The dragon is allowed on the school tiles and can eat the neutral teacher figure, removing
the teacher from the game entirely. This represents a change to a previous clarification, where the
teacher could not be eaten. Additionally, this requires players to place the teacher on only one of the
school tiles each time he returns to the school when playing with the dragon, as precise location will
be important. (3/2015)
2. The latest original FAQ document (published as:
http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/Carc_3Erw_Drache_FAQ.pdf) in not available on HiG's website (which matches 1a), but it can be found here:
* Archived version available here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20151121062431/http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/Carc_3Erw_Drache_FAQ.pdf* Copy maintained on CarcF renamed as Drache_FAQ.pdf (see last link in the table on this page):
https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=10You can see both documents share some properties:
- Title: Carc_3Erw_Drache_FAQ_14.indd
- Created: 14/04/2015 11:57:40
- Modified: 14/04/2015 12:08:17
- Application: Adobe InDesign CS5.5 (7.5.3)
- PDF Generator: Adobe PDF Library 9.9
- PDF Version: 1.7, Adobe Extension Level 8 (Acrobat X)
- File size: 3,63 MB (3.810.741 bytes)
- Page size: 120 x 180 mm
3. The other FAQ version in PDF (03.2 Speiseplan für Drachen.pdf) available here (
https://www.dropbox.com/s/js146pba3iq91ha/03.%202.%20Speiseplan%20f%C3%BCr%20Drachen.pdf?dl=0) differs in a number of properties:
- Title: Untitled
- Created: 19/05/2015 12:58:52
- Modified: 19/05/2015 12:58:52
- Application: PDF24 Creator
- PDF Generator: GPL Ghostscript 9.14
- PDF Version: 1.4 (Acrobat 5.x)
- File size: 2,81 MB (2.948.229 bytes)
- Page size: 176 x 256 mm
Although it was generated a few days later than the one referenced in section 2), it contains some indications it may not be an official version by HiG:
- Its last page included a text reading "Basic rules format for the Carcassone Forum"
- It contains a typo that was corrected in the latest version (the draft indicated that the catapult tokens belong to Expansion 6). Check this post:
https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=281&t=2600&start=15#p28695- The file is not generated from InDesign and its page size is larger than a normal major expansion rules leaflet (120 x 180mm)
- The ornaments in the perimeter of the whitish area have been removed partially (on page 1) or almost totally on (on page 2 - you can see some remains at the bottom)
- The info inside the page has been shrunk to make room for extra lines. On page 1 the scale is not maintained and you can notice some extra shrinking in the vertical axis
- The page numbers have been removed along with the blue semicircular area at the bottom to make room for the extra lines.
All this makes me think this last document is fan generated and based on a previous draft of the FAQ, that includes errors removed and obsolete rules.
WICA follows the CAR v7.4 (bullet 1a). I researched this matter some time ago (as I came across these inconsistencies in the CAR itself) and updated the clarifications about the interactions of the teacher and the dragon accordingly. You can see the explanation for the latest ruling here:
https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=281&t=2600&start=15#p28749Hope this helps!
EDIT: Added more details in section 3).