I will be playing the house rule that the barn has to sit entirely on grass (which could be two halflings meeting or one halfling with the long edge away from the barn). As with the squarist / 2-tile philosophy, I feel that this is the most intuitive understanding of the rules and keeps closest to their original intent.
I would add, no barn on a German Castle. What King would allow such an eyesore near his keep? No king. That is who.
1) Two farms (depending on the roads on the castle)2) Two farms and the barn can score both.3) Same as one? Two farms? Does the castle change anything?4) As above. Two farms, barns scores both.5) Farms are not connected. No grass between farms except diagonally which doesn't count. If you had two square tiles diagonally adjacent, it would be two farms.6) Extrapolating from the rules, I would say the barn can be placed and it scores two of the four farms, the top and bottom left. Not the top right or the one between cities.7) As above. Four farms, it scores two. Three farms, the barn can score two. It cannot score the far right field.Those would be my guesses. However, I would personally agree with previous comments and house rule that these situations are not allowed.
I Agree with 7 statements except 6th variant in wich in my opinion barn scores one farm, not two.
Thanks for the input everyone. Just to be clear we found out today a barn CAN be placed in number: 2. What is not clear is how it scored.
It may only be placed on the point of intersection of four land tiles, one of which has just been placed by the player. The fourland tiles must only consist of fields at this intersection point.
Again, for my money, I will be house ruling that the barn can only be placed on four 'complete corners,' whether that is from square tiles or from multiple halfling tiles.
Halflings cause a lot of problems - there are many cases that need to be considered and their impact of their decisions are not always immediately clear. The original rules were not written to consider such cases and the Halflings rules have yet to define them.
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