Quote from: thodekey on February 02, 2017, 09:31:58 AM- leaves us to the pyramid-forming acrobats...well, honestly I like the stacking-aspect of the meeples and it's the only renewing aspect of this expansion. But what if someone has two meeples in the pyramid? Is there a majority rule in that case?It says; "all three meeples are returned to their owners, who score 5 points for each acrobat returned."So, I think there is no majority rule. If there are two red meeple and one green meeple; red player scores 10, green scores 5..
- leaves us to the pyramid-forming acrobats...well, honestly I like the stacking-aspect of the meeples and it's the only renewing aspect of this expansion. But what if someone has two meeples in the pyramid? Is there a majority rule in that case?
Quote from: Rich_The_Fish on February 01, 2017, 11:12:28 PMHere's a photo showing some of the contents (from BGG)The photo accompanies a game preview for the expansion.
Here's a photo showing some of the contents (from BGG)
Finally, you can place your ringmaster on a tile as if it were a knight, robber or monk, and when that feature is scored, you receive both the points for the road, city or cloister as usual, along with a 2-point bonus for each circus tile in the eight surrounding spaces.
Whenever you draw a pyramid tile, place it on the board legally, then choose whether you want to place a meeple on one of the two spaces. A player who places any subsequent tile in one of the eight surrounding spaces can either place a meeple on that newly-placed tile as usual or place a meeple on the pyramid tile. When the third such meeple is placed on this space — thus forming a pyramid of acrobats — all three meeples are returned to their owners, who score 5 points for each acrobat returned.
Quote from: ozgurceylan on February 02, 2017, 12:11:20 PMQuote from: thodekey on February 02, 2017, 09:31:58 AM- leaves us to the pyramid-forming acrobats...well, honestly I like the stacking-aspect of the meeples and it's the only renewing aspect of this expansion. But what if someone has two meeples in the pyramid? Is there a majority rule in that case?It says; "all three meeples are returned to their owners, who score 5 points for each acrobat returned."So, I think there is no majority rule. If there are two red meeple and one green meeple; red player scores 10, green scores 5..yes you are right - red with two meeple scores 10 points and green with one meeple scors 5 points.In the rules is an example with 2 red meeples and 1 blue meeple.
Maybe I have misinterpreted the rules and someone can explain me:Rules (at least, published here) state that after 3rd meeple is placed to form the pyramid, they are returned to their owners with 5 points. So it means that pyramid could not even be physically built? Imagine: two meeples are already on the pyramid tile, another player places a tile in the vicinity of the pyramid and declares that he wants to place a meeple on the pyramid tile. After that action meeples to be returned to their owners immediately (OK, in the scoring phase). So what's the point of building the pyramid just for 1 second? Just for fun? The only case the pyramid is needed to be built, is playing with Dragon: he can eat acrobats before they get scored.
When the third such meeple is placed on this space (on the top of the other two acrobats) — thus forming a pyramid of acrobats - the acrobat pyramid is finished but not scored in this turn.
The player can score the acrobat pyramid even if he has not an own acrobat in the pyramid.
Quote from: kettlefish on February 03, 2017, 04:25:47 AMWhen the third such meeple is placed on this space (on the top of the other two acrobats) — thus forming a pyramid of acrobats - the acrobat pyramid is finished but not scored in this turn.OK, that makes sense to build a pyramid.Quote from: kettlefish on February 03, 2017, 04:25:47 AMThe player can score the acrobat pyramid even if he has not an own acrobat in the pyramid.I suspect nobody will choose to score a pyramid where he isn't represented Thanks for clarifications, kettlefish!
Quote from: kettlefish on February 03, 2017, 04:25:47 AMThe player can score the acrobat pyramid even if he has not an own acrobat in the pyramid.I suspect nobody will choose to score a pyramid where he isn't represented
Looking forward to punching the tiles and giving it a go. I'd be scared to make a pyramid while playing with MrNumbers or Jere, they're pretty good at trapping a meeple on a cloister. Trapping two or three meeple in one go might be a nice target.It also sounds like it's not possible to complete a Pyramid if you are playing with German Castles....The pyramid must be surrounded by 8-tiles.
I assume a German Castle would count as two tiles for this purpose, as they do for cloisters, yes?
Quote from: Ry4Christ on February 14, 2017, 06:13:32 PMI assume a German Castle would count as two tiles for this purpose, as they do for cloisters, yes?This seems like another good situation where it would be sensible to count the German Castles as 2 tiles rather than 1. Sense doesn’t really come into it though. I guess we’ll see what HiG have to say about it, if indeed they’re prepared to comment...
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