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Official Rules / The Dragon and the Builder
« on: January 11, 2015, 07:04:53 PM »
Hey guys,

I have a question that I think I know the answer to, but would love some other folks' takes. I scanned the CAR, but couldn't find the answer. Apologies if I missed it.

Today, during a playthrough of Carc + T&B + P&D, I ( :green-meeple: ) drew a dragon tile and elected to place it as indicated, to extend and complete the small city. This was my first tile of the turn. Though the attached image is taken slightly before I did so, I did move the fairy down one tile to protect my follower (and also score three bonus points, when the movement was over), before moving the dragon.

Then, as the first person to move the dragon, I elected to move it up and away from my builder. But my question is:

Had the builder been removed from the city (such as by the dragon) I just extended and completed before the city was scored, would I still have been entitled to the builder-turn?

My guess is yes. Obviously had that not been a dragon tile, the city would have been scored, the builder and follower returned to my supply, and then I would have proceeded with my builder-turn as normal. But I feel that removing the builder first before scoring changes things a bit and gives me some pause, so I wanted to see what you all thought!

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General / Good Combinations of Expansions?
« on: December 27, 2014, 06:28:01 PM »
Hey everyone!

My name's Doug. I've been lurking on the forum for a while, but this is my first post here. I've owned base Carcassonne as well as I&C and T&B for about a year, and I play it fairly regularly. For Christmas, I received all of the major numbered expansions I didn't own (#3 through #9) except for Catapult. I just played my first game of Princess & the Dragon and it was a completely different dynamic than I'm used to! My husband eked out a win of 143-142. I hope I didn't miss any fairy points for myself!

Anyway, we both agreed that playing that expansion on its own it's very "concentrated". With 30 tiles in the expansion, the new elements come up a lot. Still though, we like to play all of the expansions on their own first, to get a feel for the new mechanics in a vacuum, and so we'll play through the Tower up through Hills & Sheep just to see how things work individually.

After that though, we're going to want to start combining expansions to lead to a more balanced game. We love playing the base game with I&C and T&B, and feel it's exceptionally well-rounded to play with both of those. To that end, I'd like to ask you all: What are your favorite combinations of expansions other than pairing I&C and T&B (and why?). Most of our games are just 2-player games, but we also do 4-player games occasionally. 

Feel free to also include mini expansions that I don't yet own, if you think any of those merit inclusion in this list, and thanks in advance for your advice!

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