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Hi all,
For those unaware of what it is really going on, I will just break it for you: Christmas is coming!!! Again... So does Winter... at least in the Northern Hemisphere!
In preparation of the coming events, here at Carcassonne Central, a lot is happening behind the scenes again. The Meeple Council is in session discussing whether phantoms should be allowed to be reinstated as acrobats...
This is just a smoke screen, because the real agenda for today is...
The Advent Calendar Quiz MMXXII
Stay tuned, because on December 1st you have a date... Ahem... a date with FATE DESTINY 'S CHILD!
Ready or not, the clock is ticking!
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quickly, quickly, heat up the rules of the game
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It would be nice to put the previous Carcassonne Central Advents Quizes on WICA in an interactive format, but the Quiz MediaWiki extension has not yet been installed. https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5511.0
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woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
it's happening again :D :D :D :D
Thank you @Meepledrone for taking the time to prepare this even if you don't have time! That's very kind of you and is definitely worth a merit!
Looking forward to my head explosing ... :o
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Indeed, thanks a lot Meepledrone, merit from me too! :yellow-meeple:
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this is going to be a headache with all the new and complicated expansions
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Thank you guys @Challa007 and @corinthiens13 ! :(y) :(y)
@davide Don't let the Grinch undermine your morale! Stay strong!!! ;)
@oldbonz That's the spirit!!! ;D
@NGC 54 Time to time! We had some other pressing matters to deal with before that. ;)
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Prologue
Somewhere in Carcassonne...
(https://i.imgur.com/hfkJyrE.jpg)
- Pixie: (sighing) Ahhhhhh! It seems otherworldly that we finally found out our place here!!!
- Flooxie: What a nice place to rest for ever!!!
- Pixie: It took more than 20 years we were recognized as proud citizens of Carcassonne...
- Flooxie: Not bad for a neutral figure...
- Pixie: Not at all indeed
- Flooxie: Eternal peace...
- Pixie: Yes!!! Eternity, here we com...
- Grim Mike: (indistict monologue)
- Flooxie: (interrupting) Hush!
- Grim Mike: (in the distance) Mwahahahaha! MWAHAHAHAHA!
- Flooxie: What did he say? Could you hear anything?
- Pixie: Nothing that may interest us... Enslaving Carcassonne forever... Life and afterlife forced labor for all figures...
- Flooxie: Bahhh... the usual...
- Pixie: Die to see... Die to see... ::)
- Flooxie: Any meeples around to haunt?
- Pixie: Nah! Not yet!... Let's howl for a while...
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Carcassonne, Sacred Scoreboard Gardens by the walls... (at the same time)
(https://i.imgur.com/GWb0EOl.jpg)
- The Grinch: And well! Anything to say?
- Meepledrone: O gracious sire! Here I am crawling on the cold marble before your evil eyes...
- The Grinch: (interrupting) Too little flattery!!! Shall we begin again?
- Santa Claus: Don't bully the poor meeple...
- The Grinch: The Advent Quiz is starting tomorrow and this lazy minion has to be reminded of his basic duties...
- Meepledrone: (muffled voice agains the ground) But if everything is rea...
- The Grinch: (interrupting) Excuses!
- Danisthirty: He's been working so hard!
- The Grinch: Can you prove it?
- Danisthirty: :o
- Gingerbread Man: Look at the...
- The Grinch: (interrupting) Not a chance... (to Meepledrone) You are trying to fool me again! :(
- Snowman: What are you say...?
- The Grinch: (interrupting) Will you let me speak? Stop interrupting me!!! >:(
- Snowman: :o
- The Grinch: Decar, drag this insolent meeple for three laps at full gallop around the city.
- Decar: But if he...
- The Grinch: (interrupting again) But before that, let us here from his robotic mouth the rules of the Advent Quiz once more...
- Meepledrone: O grandious sire! This is a modest excerpt as I'm impatient to receive my undeserved punishment...
- The Grinch: That's more like it!!! Maybe we can reeducate you in a proper way!
:red-meeple: Between the 1st and 24th December I will post a small Carcassonne scoring question each day (at a random time), to which the answer will be points scored by one or more players according to the question. Each question will be presented by a member of the Meeple Council, who will indicate the number of expansions but will not participate as a meeple in the scenario itself. Check the number of the space each of them occupies on the scoreboard above:
| - Gingerbread Man | 1 expansion |
| - Snowman | 2 expansions |
| - Santa Claus | 3 expansions |
| - Danisthirty | 4 expansions |
| - The Grinch | 5 expansions (or more, of course :o) |
:yellow-meeple: When you know the answer, don't post it on this thread! :-X Because then everyone will know, and we don't want that. Instead, send Meepledrone a PM including the question number and your answer for that day. He won't respond to your PM (please don't be offended), but if you get the answer correct you will win one or more quiz points depending on how many others have answered it correctly before you:
| - 1st correct answer | 5 points |
| - 2nd correct answer | 4 points |
| - 3rd correct answer | 3 points |
| - 4th correct answer | 2 points |
| - All subsequent correct answers | 1 point |
:green-meeple: There's no cut-off date for any particular questions so don't despair if you miss any. You can even answer all 24 questions on Christmas eve if you want, but don't expect to score big overall...
:blue-meeple: Once Christmas and Boxing Day are behind us, the correct answers will be posted – one at a time – along with who won the big points (or indeed any points) and total scores per participant. This is where it gets really fun! :o :(y)
:black-meeple: The overall winner will be the person with the most points at the end of the quiz, but there is likely to be a small prize for everyone who answers all questions regardless of whether they manage to answer any of them correctly. It will be a surprise. O:-)
Any questions, please ask now. Otherwise, you can expect question 1 of 24 sometime on December 1st! O0
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Pronti per cominciare.
Grazie per la bella occasione
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Prologue
Somewhere in Carcassonne...
(https://i.imgur.com/hfkJyrE.jpg)
Oh no, the ghosts :o..... may the spirits of the Almighty Saint Carcassonne be with us....
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Wow thanks meepledrone for this advent! So cool!
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- Gingerbread Man: Here we go with the first question...
- The Grinch: Finally! I thought it will never happen.
- Gingerbread Man: How so?
- The Grinch: You would not understand...
- Fir Tree: (the wind blows shaking the leaves) ;)
- The Grinch: Don't call me names... I like it too much...
- Fir Tree: (a twig cracks) ^-^
- The Grinch: What? What do you care? :o
- Gingerbread Man: You shouldn't treat Meepledrone like that...
- The Grinch: You too?
- The Grinch: That is what minions are for!
- Gingerbread Man: One day you will really need his help and he will not be there for you...
- The Grinch: That will never happen... I will sell him in parts on eBay first! >:D
- Gingerbread Man: :o
Question #1: The Gingerbread Man wants you to help him score this end-game scenario. How many points will each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17934)
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My first answer was wrong. I have sent a second answer. Does the second answer is taken into consideration?
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Yes! Of course!
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Well, here we go again ;D and right away with the first question forcing most to carefully read the rules of the new expansion.
Merits for organising this @Meepledrone! :(y)
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Well, here we go again ;D and right away with the first question forcing most to carefully read the rules of the new expansion.
Agreed! @Meepledrone gives us a rough start >:D! I had to correct my first answer right away.... and I had just played the Bets a couple of days earlier... :-\
It was nice to see though that I was not the only one ... :P
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Well, here we go again ;D and right away with the first question forcing most to carefully read the rules of the new expansion.
Agreed! @Meepledrone gives us a rough start >:D! I had to correct my first answer right away.... and I had just played the Bets a couple of days earlier... :-\
It was nice to see though that I was not the only one ... :P
Translating the rules on WICA helped me in learning the rules.
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- Meepledrone: Difficult? Rough start?
- The Grinch: That sounds so enticing!!! >:D
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Well, here we go again ;D and right away with the first question forcing most to carefully read the rules of the new expansion.
Agreed! @Meepledrone gives us a rough start >:D! I had to correct my first answer right away.... and I had just played the Bets a couple of days earlier... :-\
It was nice to see though that I was not the only one ... :P
Translating the rules on WICA helped me in learning the rules.
...and spotting interesting clarifications and ooen issues as well... :(y) :(y)
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Well, here we go again ;D and right away with the first question forcing most to carefully read the rules of the new expansion.
Merits for organising this @Meepledrone! :(y)
Thanks @Snearone !
The issue is that this scenario provides all the info about the bets placed. In a real game, each player has to make a blind decision by remembering what bets where placed... So crazy!!!
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Aaa, I'm day day behind! Thanks for this quiz @Meepledrone as usual +1 merit :D
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Thanks @Bumsakalaka !!!
Have fun!!!
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- Snowman: (deep sigh) How beautiful is the mist looming over the fields!
- Gingerbread Man: Are you sure? I heard it brings nothing good...
- Danisthirty: How is that?
- Gingerbread Man: I read it in the rules...
- Danisthirty: Are you sure?... I thought it was the moisture doesn't suit you... >:D
- Gingerbread Man: (to himself) I love to stay crispy... You know... Er...
- Snowman: :o
- Gingerbread Man: (staring at he void) ...
- Snowman: Can we proceed?
- Gingerbread Man: (staring at he void) A warm place, a happy place...
- Snowman: Snap out of it!... No more oven videos for today! >:(
- Gingerbread Man: Why? :o
- Snowman: (fainting) ...
- Danisthirty: How you dare ask him that?
Question #2: The Snowman completes this road on behalf of Red. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17936)
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Really rough start, indeed!
I had never played Mists as Expansion 11, so I had to read all the rules before I could even think of answering .... 8)
You want to shake us awake from the beginning, Meepledrone, admit it!! C:-)
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- The Grinch: Killing the messenger is one of my favorite sports! Hit him!!! >:D
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- The Grinch: Stop whining! Here you are two extra questions worth 1 point each... ???
In this same scenario...
Question 2b: Which meeple gets a ghost?
Question 2c: Does it affect the scoring? Why?
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- Santa Claus: Ooooh! I'm thrilled. Today is a day meant for happiness!
- Gingerbread Man: Never saw anyone happy when tollhouses are around...
- Santa Claus: ;D
Question #3: Santa Claus places this tile on Red's behalf. He has several questions for you:
a) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
b) What side of the tollhouse will be facing up at the end of this turn? (0-1 points)
c) After scoring, Blue would like to move the wagon. How many cities can the player choose from? Indicate if you are applying C1 or C2 rules in this case (0-1 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17938)
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- The Grinch: Stop whining! Here you are two extra questions worth 1 point each... ???
In this same scenario...
Question 2b: Which meeple gets a ghost?
Question 2c: Does it affect the scoring? Why?
Meepledrone, Meepledrone, wicked, wicked!!! :o
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I has answers to 2b,2c in ny original answers, because I didn't red later posts :D
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These are tricky! I have not played with any of these expansions before.
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The meeple council is really making us think, huh? ;D
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These are tricky! I have not played with any of these expansions before.
And this is only the beginning.... 8) ... I think I don't want to know what is waiting for us ... :o
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I'm fully expecting one of the questions to involve a card from the 9-year-old Christmas Presents expansion. ;D
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I'm fully expecting one of the questions to involve a card from the 9-year-old Christmas Presents expansion. ;D
Please, no fake PnPs! :)
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- Danisthity: The Meeple Council loves to mix old and new expansions.
- Gingerbread Man: Show me!
- Danisthity: Look! Some tunnels, a bridge and the Ukaranian Promo tile...
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ^-^
- Danisthity: What? Those sunflowers are cousins of yours?
- Fir Tree: (a branch bends) ;D
- Gingerbread Man: What do you mean by staying with us all until January?
- Danisthity: You can tell The Grinch. He will love the idea...
- Fir Tree: (a few leaves shake) :o
- Danisthity: Come on! Don't deflect now... It was just a joke, huh?
- Gingerbread Man: Which part? Ha ha ha!
Question #4: Can you tell Danisthity how many points does each player score after this tile is placed?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17940)
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The Tunnel has not been released in C2/C3. Sad.
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If I remember correctly there is a fan version in C2 :yellow-meeple:
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The Tunnel has not been released in C2/C3. Sad.
i started something
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If I remember correctly there is a fan version in C2 :yellow-meeple:
Yes, our German friends as well as our Czech friends have both created C2 versions of Tunnel.
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Which Crop circle action was choosen by Danisthirty?
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Which Crop circle action was choosen by Danisthirty?
This one is also very misleading regarding building by the lake, as on Cundco page it states "You can use it as a normal tile, as an additional tile for the 1st expansion Inns and Cathedrals, where it can be used as an inn, and/or as an additional tile for the mini-expansion The Crop Circles." so it is not like those tiles from exp 8 which actually have inns, and when playing with exp 2 there is no choice, they are inns, in this case you can choose if white house acts like an inn or not, so when playing with exp1+mini7 you can chose to have only crop circle mechanic, the "and/or" is the key in this case. Same statement is on WICA but on the same page in special features section it sound like there is no choice, which is wrong.
So in quiz question it can be used in four ways, two of which will have the same outcome, other two will be different.
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Every required rule informations are on WICA :yellow-meeple:
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Every required rule informations are on WICA :yellow-meeple:
Yes They are, but source of them is cundco. Which used @Snearone for "rules" for this tile. Because as they wrote, there are no special rules for this (Ukraine) tile.
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Looking at the introduction of the quiz, we are informed about the number of expansions to look for:
Each question will be presented by a member of the Meeple Council, who will indicate the number of expansions but will not participate as a meeple in the scenario itself. Check the number of the space each of them occupy on the scoreboard above:
| - Gingerbread Man | 1 expansion |
| - Snowman | 2 expansions |
| - Santa Claus | 3 expansions |
| - Danisthirty | 4 expansions |
| - The Grinch | 5 expansions (or more, of course :o) |
From this, I've been looking for the correct number of expansions, and have drawn my conclusions from there :)
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Every required rule informations are on WICA :yellow-meeple:
Which needs to be corrected a little bit, as it contradicts itself.
Looking at the introduction of the quiz, we are informed about the number of expansions to look for:
Each question will be presented by a member of the Meeple Council, who will indicate the number of expansions but will not participate as a meeple in the scenario itself. Check the number of the space each of them occupy on the scoreboard above:
| - Gingerbread Man | 1 expansion |
| - Snowman | 2 expansions |
| - Santa Claus | 3 expansions |
| - Danisthirty | 4 expansions |
| - The Grinch | 5 expansions (or more, of course :o) |
From this, I've been looking for the correct number of expansions, and have drawn my conclusions from there :)
So if we consider Ukraine Promo as an expansions, we have it itself, exp1, exp8 and The Tunnels, by this there are indeed four expansions, no room for mini7, but it still it is not clear if that promo tile acts as a normal tile, or as a tile with an inn, it can be both.
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What I learned from last year’s Quizz is that some situations require us taking decisions and name them…
;)
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When I send my answers to Meepledrone, I explain the logic behind them so that he can see how I arrived at my answer.
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- Meepledrone: (thinking to himself) The inn in the scenario must mean something... ???
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Yep, I counted the inn on the tile in the top right as the 4th expansion in this scenario
- Tunnels
- B,C&B
- Ukraine tile
- I&C
We'll find out eventually if I was right with this, or completely wrong :o
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When I send my answers to Meepledrone, I explain the logic behind them so that he can see how I arrived at my answer.
For questions with the wagon there is disclaimer to state which rules are being used, even though tiles are C2, we still can apply C1 rules.
For the promo it was not specified, and as using a house as an inn is a possibility (not a necessity), so the lack of specifying that special features are used, can cause them to be absent in this scenario.
Or simply this question will have two correct answers, and WICA will gain another clarification of the rules ^-^
- Meepledrone: (thinking to himself) The inn in the scenario must mean something... ???
It was put there just so Dan could have been used for that question right? :D
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- Danisthity: The Meeple Council loves to mix old and new expansions.
- Gingerbread Man: Show me!
- Danisthity: Look! Some tunnels, a bridge and the Ukaranian Promo tile...
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ^-^
- Danisthity: What? Those sunflowers are cousins of yours?
- Fir Tree: (a branch bends) ;D
- Gingerbread Man: What do you mean by staying with us all until January?
- Danisthity: You can tell The Grinch. He will love the idea...
- Fir Tree: (a few leaves shake) :o
- Danisthity: Come on! Don't deflect now... It was just a joke, huh?
- Gingerbread Man: Which part? Ha ha ha!
Question #4: Can you tell Danisthity how many points does each player score after this tile is placed?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17940)
The blue meeple is a large meeple, the closest red meeple is a normal meeple and the other red meeple is a large meeple?
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- Meepledrone: They are all normal meeples.
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Thanks Meepledrone for this great advent game.
Just send in my answers. Cann't wait for the next riddle.
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Thank you @RollieBollie for participating and congrats for your first post! :(y) :(y)
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- The Grinch: (Pompously) Behold YOU all!
- The Grinch: I'm going to crush the contestants!
- The Grinch: I'm going to outwit them all!
- The Grinch: I'm going to squeeze their brains dry!
- The Grinch: They all will succumb to my evil designs!!!
- The Grinch: Watch and learn!
- The Grinch: WATCH AND LEA...
- Gingerbread Man: (stopping by) Who are you talking to?
- The Grinch: :o
- Gingerbread Man: (leaving) Everyone left 5 minutes ago.
- The Grinch: (to himself) Dictionaries will redefine the meaning of "revenge" after this. >:(
Question #5: The Grinch demands an answer after this tile is placed! How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17942)
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Wow, this time I had to use my calculator :o
I want that road in my next game! :yellow-meeple:
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- Gingerbread Man: It's my turn again.
- Santa Claus: You have something special for today, right?
- Gingerbread Man: Of course! :)
- Gingerbread Man: Today's special is ferry souffle so...
- Santa Claus: Are you sure?
- Danisthirty: I thought it was Tuesday's toast...
- Gingerbread Man: Whatever! Anything but green...
- The Grinch: (from the distance) Missing me?
- Santa Claus: Hurry up!
Question #6: After placing this tile on Red's behalf, the Gingerbread Man has the following questions:
a) Is there any ferry that cannot be moved? (0-1 point)
b) What is the maximum number of points Red can score for this road network after moving the ferries the player is allowed to? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17944)
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No C3 ferries?
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Do you miss them?
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What about some fan expansion :-)
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- Meepledrone: (in a low voice) Don't tempt The Grinch!
- The Grinch: (singing for the distance) I can heeeeeear yooooou...
- Meepledrone: :o
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- Santa Claus: Wow! Did you invite the Princess to the party?
- Snowman: Yes, of course! She was looking forward to it!
- Santa Claus: I think our contestants will be delighted!
- Snowman: She is so nice... A knights love to go away on a mission...
- Santa Claus: I see... Her wish is their command...
- The Grinch: There are sometimes some ulterior motives... >:D
- Snowman: You? :o
- Santa Claus: You? :o
- Blue Meeple: You? :o
- Yellow Meeple: You? :o
- Red Meeple: You? >:(
- The Grinch: Well, I leave to it... I have a turkey in the oven. Ciaooooo!
Question #7: The Snowman places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player wants to use the Princess to remove Red's meeple. The player has the following questions:
a) What happens to the Fairy after the meeple is removed?
b) Can Blue place their phantom after removing this meeple? (0-1 point)
c) How many points will each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17946)
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But... But... Is this a teacher trying to lure us into thinking it's a phantom?
Who kidnapped blue's phantom? :yellow-meeple:
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I like those tricky questions :D
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(and I hope that I answered them correctly :D)
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No large meeple?
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- Santa Claus: How is it that you had a teacher to fill in for a phantom?
- Snowman: Well, the King is visiting!
- Santa Claus: Oooh! I see... All the phantoms are on entourage duty...
- Snowman: You name it.
- Santa Claus: Is Meepledrone with His Meeple Highness?
- Snowman: Yes, we all know what will be next...
Question #8: This is the last tile of the game. Santa Claus would like you to answer the following questions:
a) How many points does each player score in this last turn of the game? (0-5 points)
b) How many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17948)
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- Santa Claus: How is it that you had a teacher to fill in for a phantom?
- Snowman: Well, the King is visiting!
- Santa Claus: Oooh! I see... All the phantoms are on entourage duty...
- Snowman: You name it.
- Santa Claus: Is Meepledrone with His Meeple Highness?
- Snowman: Yes, we all know what will be next...
Question #8: This is the last tile of the game. Santa Claus would like you to answer the following questions:
a) How many points does each player score in this last turn of the game? (0-5 points)
b) How many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17948)
It is impossible to have a Base game monastery and a German monastery in the same game. The official rules do not allow this.
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That's a good point, Meepledrone, did the Grinch fool you? Anyway, you may have a "standard" monastery from another major expansion mixed with German monasteries, so it's still possible to have this scenario :yellow-meeple:
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- The Grinch: If you don't accept this house rule from 4/2014 to keep both types of monasteries when more expansions are included, then lawyer up! >:D
- Meepledrone: No need for such demonastrations, it could have been another German monastery in any case too...
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- Meepledrone: And here you can admire the latest Spiel Promo tile from 2022.
- His Meeple Highness: Delightful!!!
- Entourage: Ohhhhh!
- The Grinch: It will be one of the prizes for our disgusting winner this year.
- His Meeple Highness: (taking a closer look) Is it C2 or C3?
- Meepledrone: Your Grace, Cundco listed it as C2, but there is no city segment to ascertain it.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17952)
- His Meeple Highness: Most intriguing...
- Entourage: Ahhhhh!
- Blue Phantom: Sire!... (speaking privately to the King)
- His Meeple Highness: Oh! I see... (staring back at His entourage)
- Entourage: (shivering in fear) :o
- His Meeple Highness: We would need of your services right away.
- Meepledrone: Most certainly...
- The Grinch: (interrupting) What is it?
- His Meeple Highness: Our dearest royal travel tapestry has suffered a terrible accident.
- Entourage: Uhhhhh!
- Meepledrone: Let me know how we...
- The Grinch: My minion will assist you in whatever You may need, Most Gracious Meepleness!
- His Meeple Highness: We would be quite generous to those coming in our aid.
- The Grinch: I'll accept any presents and privileges that may derive from my humble services.
- Meepledrone: :o
- The Grinch: Shoo! shoo! See to it immediately!
- The Grinch: Sire! My whip is also at your service. Punishment is my humble middle name....
- Entourage: (bursting away) :o
Question #8.5: The King's favorite tapestry has broken. Can you help Meepledrone find out which are the right pieces to place in slots A, B, C and D?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17950)
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New type of question! +1 Merit!
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Yes, this was interesting, merit from me too :yellow-meeple:
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haha, merit from me too, for the invention of the Carcassonne Puzzle!
I had to print it, cut the pieces and put them in place to check if my imaginary solution was correct ... :D
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Hmm, in some countries is already December 10th and question for 9 is still unknown :-(
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Well... Technically, if you compare GMT +12 and GMT - 11 countries, they are never the same date...
In other words, it is never the same date all around the world :yellow-meeple:
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Hmm, in some countries is already December 10th and question for 9 is still unknown :-(
Where I'm at, Question 7 came out when it was still December 6th
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I know, I know. Date is relative :D
But as I know @Meepledrone wants to give a change to answer as first person and get extra bonus for all nations. +1 merit
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- Danisthirty: Ahhhhh! I love the countryside...
- The Grinch: It is the worst thing ever... But I see you inspired today. >:D
- Danisthirty: The fresh air is bringing me so many memories...
- The Grinch: From UK or Germany? I heard you left some twin brothers behind...
- Danisthirty: Ahhhh yes! They call me every other week...
- The Grinch: Did learn to play Catan?
- Danisthirty: Sure thing! ^-^
- Danisthirty: We can video call them any time... They will talk for hours about...
- The Grinch: (sneaking away at full speed) :o
- Danisthirty: Grinch? Grinch? Where are you?
Question #9: Danisthirty places this tile with a bridge on Yellow's behalf. How many points does each player score from this tile placement during the game?
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- Yellow Phantom: Hello!
- The Grinch: Er... Hello!
- Yellow Phantom: What are you doing?
- The Grinch: Preparing my next question for the quiz...
- Yellow Phantom: Oooohhh! How interesting!!!
- The Grinch: Do you want to help me?
- Yellow Phantom: Yes! Yes! YES!!! ;D
- The Grinch: Can you find a tile with 5 city edges?
- Yellow Phantom: Oooooh! Of course, Mr. Grinch! (running away) Weeeeeeeee!!!
- Easter Bunny: You are so mean to them! >:(
- The Grinch: Why? Because it's the 5th time this meeple goes on the same mission?
- Easter Bunny: Precisely.
- The Grinch: These phantoms have a very short memory.
- Easter Bunny: :o
- The Grinch: I'm just keeping it busy. They are a despicable pest!
- Yellow Phantom: (approaching) Hello!
- The Grinch: You see? Imagine them as acrobats...
- Easter Bunny: :-\
Question #10: The Grinch has come back with another question for you. How many points does each player score after this tile is placed? Take into account these scoring tiles as the active ones.
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Red is a normal meeple, not a big one, right?
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From what I remember from last year's Advent Quizz, Meepledrone does not use large meeples in the Advent quizz... (exactly due to the perspective issues with that)
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- Meepledrone: No large meeples are used in the questions unless expressedly indicated.
- The Grinch: All these clarifications are unnecessary!
- The Grinch: I will not tolerate it!
- The Grinch: Let them live in total uncertainty for a month!!!
- The Grinch: AND LET THEM FAIL MISERABLY!!!
- Meepledrone: Ahem! Where is your Christmas spi...? (stopping abruptly)... Never mind!
- The Grinch: >:D
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- Gingerbread Man: How is it that it snowed all of a sudden?
- Snowman: Ahhhh! Isn't it awesome? ^-^
- Fir Tree: (a patch of snow falls from a branch) ;)
- Snowman: Perfect room temperature!!!
- Gingerbread Man: If you say so... My icing is getting frozen...
- Snowman: ^-^
- Fir Tree: (the frozen wind howls) ;D
- Gingerbread Man: Yes, I see the irony...
- Snowman: Show me this freezing scenario...
- Fir Tree: I am GROOT! O0
- Gingerbread Man: Don't be so impatient!
- Snowman: You didn't tell me your cousin was stopping by...
- Gingerbread Man: Yes! We will have a hot cocoa afterwards. Wanna join us?
- Snowman: Er... :o
- Gingerbread Man: I was pulling your frozen leg... We'll go skating to the frozen river..
- Snowman: Now we are talking... I'm in!
- Fir Tree: I AM Groot! >:D
- Gingerbread Man: Yeeeees, the phantoms will be there...
- Snowman: Uhmmm! I see they are gaining fans by the minute! ;)
Question #11: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
b) Where will the Gingerbread Man figure move to? (0-1 point)
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It is becoming more interesting :D
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- Fir Tree: (a cold breeze shakes some twigs) :-/
- Snowman: I know, I know...
- Gingerbread Man: The Dragon went away? Again?
- The Grinch: Yeah! He went to a convention or wanted a pay rise. Not sure! ???
- Santa Claus: How couldn't you tell?
- The Grinch: My High Valyrian is a bit rusty...
- The Grinch: I will bring him and scold him right away!
- Santa Claus: Why so much trouble...?
- The Grinch: Dragons should obey their masters... >:(
- Fir Tree: (three pines fall) >:(
- The Grinch: Nobody asked you.
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- The Grinch: The first thing I will tell him when is back will be "Dracarys!!!"
- Snowman: (shrieks and faints) :o
- Gingerbread Man: Arggghhhh! NOOOO!
- Fir Tree: I AM GROOT!!!!!
- The Grinch: >:D
Question #12: The Snowman places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Can the player use the magic portal to occupy the monastery in the city with a normal meeple? Why? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score according to the previous answer? (0-5 points)
c) What will happen to the Blue Meeple on the tower? (0-1 point)
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- Grim Mike: (in High Valyrian) Go my dragons!
- Grim Mike: (in High Valyrian) Hunt those phantoms down...
- Pixie: Here we go again...
- Flooxie: The conversion into ghosts reminds me of the Squid Game...
- Pixie: You should go out more... Stop watching so many TV shows
- Flooxie: Remember when we were there?
- Pixie: It seems like yesterday!
- Flooxie: The fire!
- Pixie: The melting!
- Flooxie: (sighing) The liberation!
- Pixie: The enslavery... :'(
- Flooxie: Being a minion has its perks.
- Pixie: Like what?
- Flooxie: This cemetery is sooooo cozy...
- Grim Mike: You two! Stop talking and herd those dragons...
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Are those melted phantoms.....? ? ? :o
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- Pixie: Don't suffer!
- Flooxie: Those phantoms have become ghosts like us now...
- Pixie: We have new ghost friends! So excited! ^-^
- Flooxie: ;D
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if you need help, this one is very strong
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Poor phantoms!!!
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- His Meeple Highness: Have you seen Our entourage?
- Santa Claus: No, Your Grace!
- Fir Tree: (a branch makes a whip sound) ???
- Santa Claus: But The Grinch was leading them south...
- His Meeple Highness: Utterly intriguing!
- Santa Claus: Later I saw them by the Scoreboard Promenade.
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ;)
- Gingerbread Man: Called them what?
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps again) ;)
- Santa Claus: (completely startled) Devilish... minions?
- Danisthirty: (in total disbelief) Halloween... pumpinks?
- Gingerbread Man: Oh dear! He likes them after all!
- His Meeple Highness: Is that bad?
Question #13: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score if all the players want to score the most points for their castles?
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- Danisthirty: Today I have something special!
- Decar: Nope! ???
- Danisthirty: Don't you want to know what it is?
- Decar: Absolutely... not!
- Danisthirty: Come ooooooon!
- Decar: I know what you are trying to do!
- Danisthirty: Who? Meeeeee? O:-)
- Decar: Yes! Every year you try to fool me!
- Danisthirty: :o
- Decar: Not this time, sir! Not this time!
- Danisthirty: This time is different! Look!
- Decar: Arggghhhhh!
- Danisthirty: There is an abbey!!! ^-^
- Decar: (leaving) I'm off! Why me??? Why me??? >:(
- Santa Claus: What does he have with non-square tiles?
- Danisthirty: >:D
Question #14: Blue places this abbey under Danisthirty's careful supervision. How many points does each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with Halflings and double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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Easy :D Haha, in the case, that I answered it correctly O0
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- The Grinch: Tell me! Where are your siblings?
- Red Phantom: Hush!!!
- The Grinch: How you dare?
- Red Phantom: (whispering) I'm working.
- The Grinch: Do you know who is in charge here?
- Red Phantom: (in a low voice) Don't care... at... all.
- The Grinch: Who do you think you are?
- Red Phantom: (muttering) A Teacher? >:D
- The Grinch: What? :o
- Red Phantom: (snapping) Look! I'm filling in for a cousin of mine. OK?
- The Grinch: (pensive) Ah! Yes... The King and His despicable entourage...
- The Grinch: Where are those wretched minions?
- Red Phantom: Not a clue! Will you let me do my job?
- The Grinch: Hope you get so bored your arms fall off!
- Red Phantom: Hope you smile and your face hurts for a month!
- The Grinch: Okay, okay! (grinning) Any clues on your cousin's whereabouts?
- Red Phantom: This is intolerable!
- The Grinch: The School is so empty without you...
- Red Phantom: >:(
- The Grinch: No player can get your bonus while you are stuck here...
- Red Phantom: >:(
- The Grinch: I can go on and on and on... I have all day for this... (checking his wooden nails in disdain)
- Red Phantom: (exhaling) I haven't the faintest ide... (stopping abruptly)...
- Red Phantom: Wait! He mentioned something about a mike or something...
- The Grinch: A karaoke?
- Red Phantom: Not sure!... Ahem!... Leave me alone!
- The Grinch: Your rudeness will not pass unrewarded!
- Red Phantom: Come what may... Hope you find no solace when gnawing on your next tokens...
- The Grinch: Where's that joke?
- Red Phantom: Holy Expansions! What a pest!!! :o
Question #15: The Grinch places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score if the player decides to score the city just completed and not build a castle?
Note:
- This tile is not the last one in the game.
- The animal token under the big top is shown face up in the picture.
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- Gingerbread Man: I love the classic taste of today's question.
- Easter Bunny: Aren't you going a bit early?
- Gingerbread Man: How so?
- Easter Bunny: The previous question was posted barely 1 hour ago.
- Gingerbread Man: Bah! That is already yesterday.
- Easter Bunny: I wouldn't like to hear any complaints later.
- Santa Claus: Come on! The more questions the merrier! ^-^
- Easter Bunny: I see spreading joy is your motto in life!
- Gingerbread Man: Happiness cannot be contained!
- Snowman: Any volunteers to tell that to The Grinch? >:D
- Santa Claus: :o
- Easter Bunny: Er...
- Gingerbread Man: ::)
- Snowman: I knew it. >:D
- Fir Tree: (a branch seems to crack) >:(
- Gingerbread Man: Whaaaaaat? Let me finish this quickly!
Question #16: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Red's behalf. How many points does each player score?
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HiG, I want Wheel of Fortune in C3!
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Not sure if Question 16 is a trick or a mistake...
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- Gingerbread Man: The picture summarizes all the actions between drawing the tile and the end of the turn.
- Gingerbread Man: The position of the Pink Pig is the one before drawing the tile.
- Gingerbread Man: The meeple on the tile will be deployed after placing the tile.
- Danisthirty: I see... Something smells funny in Carcassonne! ;)
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- Gingerbread Man: The picture summarizes all the actions between drawing the tile and the end of the turn.
- Gingerbread Man: The position of the Pink Pig is the one before drawing the tile.
- Gingerbread Man: The meeple on the tile will be deployed after placing the tile.
- Danisthirty: I see... Something smells funny in Carcassonne! ;)
- Gingerbread Man: "Something smells funny in Carcassonne" ?? Well, may I remind you that it was YOU who fooled all the contestants by only using 3 expansions last time instead of 4..... ::)
- Danisthirty: ... oh, you noticed that >:D
- Danisthirty: yeah, I did not have much time, ... His Meeple Highness ... ,you know... ::)
- Gingerbread Man: I know ... ::)
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- Meepledrone: (passing by) You may say what you want, but I detect four different expansion symbols... >:D
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ???
- Meepledrone: Meeples with glasses... Ha ha ha! Sure?
- Fir Tree: (the breeze moves two branches)
- Meepledrone: You think... C1 was crazier?
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Hahaha...
in German we say "Haarspalterei" - pettifoggery ...
Whatever... I can only see one expansion line for that in the WICA C:-)
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- Gingerbread Man: The picture summarizes all the actions between drawing the tile and the end of the turn.
- Gingerbread Man: The position of the Pink Pig is the one before drawing the tile.
- Gingerbread Man: The meeple on the tile will be deployed after placing the tile.
- Danisthirty: I see... Something smells funny in Carcassonne! ;)
That’s what I thought, but I answered both ways to be safe.
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Really. I have to read rules for WoF? I have no idea what is going on on that board...
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- Danisthirty: You have to be absolutely ready for a C2/C3 conversion eventually... ;)
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- Pixie: Here we go again...
- Flooxie: No one can tell we are not woking our sheets off.
- Pixie: Why? I wonder... We should be resting in peace.
- Flooxie: Because we are dead?
- Pixie: Yeah!
- Flooxie: The afterworld has its obligations too.
- Pixie: Was does today's timesheet say? Any howling?
- Flooxie: Nope! Just "spread contempt and make the Red Farmer suffer..."
- Pixie: It's a pity we had to go outdoors...
- Flooxie: Nah! I didn't want to rewatch Meeplebusters again! Those wooden meeples really give me the creeps...
- Snowman: (through a megaphone) Everyone ready?
- Pixie: (whispering) OK. Let's lie down and let the fun commence.
Question #17: The Snowman has this end-game scenario. How many points does each player score?
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what is the tile under the red meeple in the upper left?
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- Meepledrone: There is a (haunted) castle under Red's guard meeple top left.
- Snowman: By the way, I noticed cemeteries have no mist banks...
- Meepledrone: Yes, maybe that's why ghost love them so much... Their sheets stay dry... ???
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- His Meeple Highness: We have search everywhere to no avail...
- Fortune Teller: I see Your entourage is gone!
- His Meeple Highness: Your powers are strong indeed...
- Fortune Teller: Er...! No, I have eyes, Your Majesty.
- His Meeple Highness: Ahem!
- Fortune Teller: ^-^
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- His Meeple Highness: So, is there anything We can do?
- Fortune Teller: I shall study my astral charts...
- Fortune Teller: I shall consult my crystal ball...
- Fortune Teller: I shall communicate with the other worlds and dimensions...
- Fortune Teller: I shall confront the void of Destiny...
- Fortune Teller: I shall defy the dark designs of Fate...
- His Meeple Highness: We see that you charge by the hour.
- Fortune Teller: I'm just trying to set the mood...
- His Meeple Highness: We graciously grant you... (sharply) only one minute!!!
- Fortune Teller: Of course, Your Grace!
- Fortune Teller: Please join me in my tent!
- Fortune Teller: I can serve You the most exquisite tea from far aw...
- His Meeple Highness: (interrupting) Don't beat about the bush... or I will demand the assistance of the Royal Meeple Shredder!
- Fortune Teller: (sweating) Of course, of course!!!
- His Meeple Highness: Time is most essential!
- Fortune Teller: :o
- His Meeple Highness: (stating defiantly) The Royal clock is ticking and the Monarch's patience is running low...
- Fortune Teller: (nervously leafing some rulebooks) Ah oh uuuuuh! The Ro-ro-ro-ro... The Ro-ro-ro-ro...
- His Meeple Highness: (impatient) Will you finish up?
- Fortune Teller: The Royal Riddle!!! The Royal Riddle!!!
- His Meeple Highness: What's that?
- Fortune Teller: (recites in trance) :o
Seek and find Your Entourage
Trapped and fooled by sabotage.
Many a player were betrayed,
Royal Riddles on them preyed.
Many a player tried before,
Answer right and you will score,
Answer right and you will find
Secret clues never divined.
- Fortune Teller: (back to normal) Arghhh!
- His Meeple Highness: What was that!?!?!
- Fortune Teller: (looking into the void) This has happened before!
- His Meeple Highness: What shall We do? What does it mean?
- Fortune Teller: The contestants will have to help you find a vital piece of information...
- Fortune Teller: Something you forgot!
- Fortune Teller: Something you need to find !
- Fortune Teller: Something you need to find again that will lead you steps to... to...(faints and drops a parchment)
- His Meeple Highness: Wake up! Wake up!
- His Meeple Highness: (perusing the parchment) :o
Question #17.5: His Meeple Highness needs your urgent help. What is the answer to this Royal Riddle ?
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That one was fun!
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- Santa Claus: I love The Bets.
- Gingerbread Man: I see! Are you trying them as well today?
- Santa Claus: Of course, isn't it grand?
- Gingerbread Man: Love it! Well done!!!
- Santa Claus: I appreciate all your enthusiasm. ^-^
- Gingerbread Man: By the way, have you heard from The Grinch lately?
- Santa Claus: Not much! It seems he is been visiting all the night clubs and karaokes in the area...
- Gingerbread Man: I never saw him so focused on something...
- Santa Claus: This search is keeping him really busy!
- Gingerbread Man: (to himself) Ah! We may have some peace around here for once...
- The Grinch: (from the distance) I can hear yoooooou! Don't push it!
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Santa Claus: :o
Question #18: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score?
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- Danisthirty: Today I'll show you a new...
- The Grinch: Don't even bother! I'll take it from here.
- Danisthirty: Hey! Halfings I and Halflings II are two different expansions...
- The Grinch: Maybe in C1, but in C2 they were combined...
- The Grinch: Look! I'm doing this for your own safety... Go away!
- Danisthirty: That's not very polite...
- The Grinch: If any contestant dares to complain, this time they will have to confront me.
- Snowman: (whispering) These are all Halflings II tiles.
- The Grinch: I don't care! Meeple off!
- Danisthirty: Ok, ok!
- The Grinch: Any criticism? This is ME defending the castle.
- The Grinch: I will poison the river!
- The Grinch: I will burn down its bridges!
- The Grinch: I will desecrate monasteries!
- The Grinch: I will rip apart any rulebooks necessary!
- The Grinch: I will ban the Winter Edition! >:D
- Santa Claus: (shily) What about Christmas?
- The Grinch: That may stay...
- Gingerbread Man: What???
- The Grinch: (lightning flashing) I need something to hate all year long. A motivation to live for.
- The Grinch: (thunder rumbling in the distance) Call it inspirational hatred! 8)
- Santa Claus: :o
- Snowman: Oh oh!
Question #19: The Grinch picked this end-game scenario for you. How many points does each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with Halflings and double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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the castle tile at the top, is the field interrupted by the city?
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- Meepledrone: No, the castle does not interrupt the field.
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I hope that the quiz will include again an Exp. 11-related question. There is no cemetery, until now.
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Do we need to answer all the question by the 24th of December?
Or what is the last day we can submit our answers?
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- Mepledrone: I normally accept answers for a few more days, Dec 28th or so... just in case anyone wants to check their answers and correct any of them.
- Mepledrone: You can also reply to any question skipped down the road.
- The Grinch: Sounds greaat. More time won't save you all from mayhem! >:D
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- Mepledrone: I normally accept answers for a few more days, Dec 28th or so... just in case anyone wants to check their answers and correct any of them.
Haha, in case that quizz players will save their answers :D
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- Gingerbread Man: This scenario reminds me of your conversations with Kettlefish back in January/Febraury 2022.
- Meepledrone: Shhhhh! No spoilers!
- The Grinch: Stop the smalltalk! You scoundrels have to come with me...
- Gingerbread Man: Ooooh! A grinch on a mission!!! :P
- The Grinch: Hey! Low life... The Grinch or Your Meepleness!!! Nothing less...
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Meepledrone: (bowing) As you please, devilish sire!
- Gingerbread Man: Ahem! OK... Let's get it over with!
Question #20: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Red's behalf, completing several roads connected to the city of Leipzig. Each player wants to send a meeple each to the city but to various quarters:
- Blue and Red to the Wainwrights quarter
- Yellow to the Bookbinders quarter.
How many points will each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with the double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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- Snowman: Have you heard?
- Fir Tree: (a nest shakes) :o
- Snowman: Do you think?
- Fir Tree: (a caterpillar crawls on a branch) ???
- Danisthirty: I agree. The Grinch must know something.
- Snowman: I think we should tell His Meeple Highness.
- Danisthirty: Nah! Too early for that without proof...
- Fir Tree: I AM Groot! :(
- Snowman: Cool! Yes, Let's do that!!!
- Snowman: But before that, let's unpack a Christmas Present! ^-^
- Danisthirty: "You know who" will kill you for this... >:D
Question #21: The Snowman places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Does the player draw a card from the Cloister deck (top card shown face up)? (0-1 point)
b) Does the player draw a card from the Roadside deck (top card shown face up)? (0-1 point)
c) How many points does each player score? Blue would like to activate the cards in their hand (shown left) and any card drawn on this turn? (0-5 points)
d) If the the game ends with this tile, how many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
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Wow, this one was hard, I'm not sure I could get the correct answers... Thanks for the brain exercise Meepledrone :yellow-meeple:
By the way, the cards description on WICA did leave some unanswered question in my mind about how the points are counted...
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- Snowman: Don't tell our Hugarian friends their rules are not clear.
- Meepledrone: Any clarifications you may need, just ask. We can add them to WI...
- The Grinch: (interrupting) Take no prisoners!!!!
- Meepledrone: :o
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Ha ha, I'll wait for the answers before asking for clarifications, I don't want to interfer with our brain mechanisms to try to solve this quizz :yellow-meeple:
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Wow, this one was hard, I'm not sure I could get the correct answers... Thanks for the brain exercise Meepledrone :yellow-meeple:
By the way, the cards description on WICA did leave some unanswered question in my mind about how the points are counted...
I agree. WICA does not provide enough footnotes in order to make sure that you have answered correctly to this question. But I do not care very much, as Christmas Present is a fake PnP. :)
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I was hoping that this expansion would be featured at some point! I had to go back to the WICA page to refresh myself on the rules, but I think I've answered correctly? I'm not really concerned with trying to win as I already have a Spiel 22 tile.
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- Meepledrone: The Spiel'22 tile is not the only prize. Something else will be added on top yet to be revealed...
- The Grinch: Some expendable NFTs I just got online for a fortune?
- The Grinch: NO! They are my preciooooooous!
- Meepledrone: Oh boy!
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Cool. New expansions, new rules needs to be learned.
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- Grim Mike: Welcome to my Halloween Den. How may I be of service?
- Fortune Teller: I feel angst in the air!
- Grim Mike: How is that?
- Fortune Teller: I feel souls in distress...
- Grim Mike: Yes, here we prey on meeple souls!
- Fortune Teller: No, I felt a great disturbance in the Force around Carcassonne!
- Grim Mike: If you follow me, I will be able to help you...
- Pixie: (saluting) Welcome to the Dungeons of Pain!
- Flooxie: Welcome to the Halls of Doom!
- Fortune Teller: Hi cute ghosts, do you want me to read your future?
- Flooxie: (leaving)There is nothing new you can tell us...
- Pixie: Only eternal sorrow awaits us...
- Flooxie: ...seasoned by negative points...
- Pixie: ...if the meeple we haunt...
- Flooxie: ...scores for a feature.
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- Grim Mike: Here we are. Please make yourself comfortable on the rack...
- Fortune Teller: I feel an imminent peril! :-\
- Grim Mike: Guards! Assist this damsel with those shackles!
- Fortune Teller: I don't have time for pleasantries.
- Grim Mike: I must insist...
- Fortune Teller: I'm looking into a matter of utmost importance...
- Grim Mike: Tell me all you know while my guards stretch the rack...
- Fortune Teller: Hmmmm!
- Grim Mike: Confess! Who sent you?
- Fortune Teller: Ahhhhhh!
- Grim Mike: This is just a little taste of what will come next!!!
- Fortune Teller: (after a cracking sound) Ohhh! My back was killing me. Thank you!
- Grim Mike: :o
- Blue Guards: :o
- Fortune Teller: I feel like in heaven... One more notch would be appreciated. ^-^
- Grim Mike: (facepalming) :o
- Fortune Teller: This is all about the Royal Riddle...
- Grim Mike: I'm all ears...
- Fortune Teller: I sense the King's entourage is in danger...
- Grim Mike: How will you find them?
- Fortune Teller: My sharp mind will lead me to the Truth.
- Grim Mike: I see...
- Fortune Teller: My keen senses will keep me out of harm's way
- Grim Mike: Undoubtedly! >:D
- Fortune Teller: Where is the rest room?
- Blue Guards: :-\
- Flooxie: Unbelievable!!!
- Pixie: :o
- Fortune Teller: By the way, I feel a Christmas Present is causing trouble.
- Grim Mike: That should be the least of your problems...
- Fortune Teller: I can use my Portable Crystal BallTM to reply to the first 3 related questions you may ask on this thread.
- Grim Mike: How are you in the mood for this? >:(
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- Easter Bunny: Everyone is gone... It's only the two of us.
- Santa Claus: We should continue with the Advent Quiz.
- Easter Bunny: Yes! Here we are. Relentless!!!
- Santa Claus: Yes! We are so determined!
- Easter Bunny: Nothing can stop us!
- Santa Claus: Full focus on the mission!
- Easter Bunny: Eyes on the target!
- Santa Claus: Total concentration!
- Blue Meeple: Hey! Are we posting the question or not?
- Fairy: You know! Time is victory points!
- Dragon: (in Old Valyrian) I have meeples to eat, get it?
- Easter Bunny: Hey, Dragon! You are back!
- Santa Claus: Where were you?
- Dragon: (in Old Valyrian) I'm not in the liberty to say.
- Easter Bunny: What?
- Dragon: (in Old Valyrian) I signed an NDA...
- Yellow Meeple: (interrupting) Happy to see you are all one happy family but...
- Santa Claus: OK! OK! Sorry! Here we go...
Question #22: Santa Claus places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Can Red remove the abbot before the dragon moves and receive points for it? (0-1 point)
b) The players would like to move the dragon in the following sequence: 1-2-3-4-1-2 (see the numbers on the picture). How many steps is the dragon allowed to move? (0-1 point)
c) How many points does each player score considering the scoring tiles on the right? (0-5 points)
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Can I get extra bonus, when created different scenario how can Red scores as much as possible? >:D
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Haha, I was thinking the same ... ;)
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and no points for the others...
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Ha ha, be careful when giving different scenarios... What would Meepledrone do if one of them isn't a legal move? The Gingerbread man would grant point for the other correct scenarios, but the Grinch sure wouldn't :yellow-meeple:
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- Grim Mike: Anything to add?
- Fortune Teller: I sense some new updates and clarifications on the Christmas Present page!
- Grim Mike: How can you tell?
- Fortune Teller: I just know... some kind of collective hive mind thingy...
- Grim Mike: Of course! Can you tell me what I am thinking? ???
- Fortune Teller: Yes!
- Grim Mike: Not in a million turns! >:D
- Fortune Teller: I know you are worried...
- Grim Mike: Who's not worried about something?
- Flooxie: (thinking out loud) I am not...
- Pixie: (whispering) Shhhhhh!
- Fortune Teller: ...but your meeple teddy bear will be back from the draycleaner's on time for your pillow party...
- Grim Mike: Whaaaaaaat? :o
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- Snowman: At last...
- Fir Tree: (a bird flies) :-\
- Danisthirty: How can we find him?
- Grim Mike: Hello, gentlemen!
- Fir Tree: (two fir cones drop) :o
- Snowman: Is that scythe sharp?
- Grim Mike: Yes, it can cut wood like butter!
- Danisthirty: (swallowing) :o
- Grim Mike: It can cut snow like melted butter!
- Snowman: Aaaaaaah!!!!
- Danisthirty: (sweating sap) Eeeeeeeh!
- Grim Mike: Follow me this way!
- Snowman: Do we have any other option...
- Grim Mike: What about "no"? >:D
- Grim Mike: My guards will scort you.
- Blue Guard: (unlocking a heavy door) Hey! We bring you company!
- Fortune Teller: Hi, guys!!!
- Blue Guard: (exiting the dungeon) Good luck!
- Fortune Teller: What are you doing here?
- Snowman: That's what I was wondering precisely...
- Fortune Teller: This spa is awesome!
- Danisthirty: Excuse me?
- Fortune Teller: Yes, they stretched for ever...
- Snowman: What?
- Fortune Teller: And I also got this crazy tattoos...
- Fir Tree: (two more fir cones drop) :o
- Fortune Teller: The iron pokers were really hot...
- Snowman: (sobbing) I want my frozen mommy? Aaaaaaaah!
- Danisthirty: Are you alone?
- Fortune Teller: Not at all! This is a very popular place...
- Fir Tree: (the breeze makes waves in the canopy) :(
- Fortune Teller: Yes! Santa Claus is here.
- Fortune Teller: And the Gingerbread Man, and the Easter Bunny and even The Grinch.
- The Grinch: (from another dungeon) I can heaaaar yooou!
- Danisthirty: Everyone!
- Fortune Teller: ^-^
- Snowman: (still sobbing) They also followed the signposts...?
- Fortune Teller: The Royal Riddle lead me here...
- Santa Claus: (from the distance) We got a note: "The answer is 1)"
- The Grinch: (muffled) I got a hunch! The answer is 6).
- Fortune Teller: But the answer is... (stops)
- Danisthirty: We were all tricked and lured here.
- Snowman: What does this evil meeple want from us?
- Snowman: (still sobbing) Bwaaaaaah! I'm melting away!
- Danisthirty: Freeze yourself together!
- Fortune Teller: Why are you so upset! This is a fun place...
- Snowman: (crying) You are not helping at all...
- Fortune Teller: :o
- Danisthirty: Let's all calm down...
- Danisthirty: But before anything else, here is today's question.
Question #23: Danisthirty draws and places this tile on Blue's behalf. Before the tile is placed, the player has to face a peasant revolt and also decides to open this gift card to use it on the road occupied by Red and Yellow.
a) What do you perform first: the peasant revolt or the opening of the gift? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score during this turn? (0-5 points)
Note: The turn sequence is:
1. Blue
2. Red
3. Yellow
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hi,what can they tell?
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- Meepledrone: Hey! How are you doing?
- Santa Claus: We are just having fun!!!
- The Grinch: Nope! I'm not...
- Snowman: Come on!!!
- Fir Tree: (a bird pecks on a branch) >:D
- The Grinch: >:(
- Santa Claus: Ha ha ha! Yes that chili pepper was too hot fo him...
- The Grinch: One more reason to hate you all!!!
- Snowman: Merry Chirstmas!!!
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why yellow and blue are placed flat on the road?
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why yellow and blue are placed flat on the road?
This is something the players can do when playing with the Peasant Revolt Expansion. You can find all the explanations in the rules of this expansion. :)
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- The Grinch: Protecting meeples from peasant revolts is overrated! >:D
- Yellow Meeple: I love the view from up here. Even more if being protected...
- The Grinch: You could also play dead. Like run over by a cart!
- Yellow Meeple: Weeeeee! This is fun!
- The Grinch: :o
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The End is Nigh - Part 1
A while later, at the Dragon Menagerie...
- Grim Mike: You thought you could get away with it!
- The Grinch: Release us or something really bad will happen to you.
- Grim Mike: It is impossible to escape. You will be soon dragon food...
- The Grinch: I'm starting to hate that rules supplement.
- Fortune Teller: The one from 2015?
- The Grinch: (struggling with the tight ropes) I loved it until now... (to himself) A pity the dragon cannot eat tiles though...
- The Grinch: Because I could gnaw on your wooden bones for this.
- The Grinch: (shouting) What did you do to the phantoms?
- Grim Mike: You will know soon enough... >:D
- Grim Mike: Guards, tie them up really tight... and bring the dragons!
(https://i.imgur.com/ZjZT6UW.jpg)
- Fortune Teller: Oooooh! I love shows with fire !
- Danisthirty: Not this one... 100% guaranteed...
- Easter Bunny: We are all going to be burned down to a crisp...
- Snowman: Excuse me, I will end up melted or even evaporated...
- Santa Claus: Who will be running Christmas in Carcassonne from now on?
- Gingerbread Man: Who will bring joy to every meeple home?
- The Grinch: All the extra candy will go bad if not stolen as early as possible.
- Grim Mike: Go on! Despair will be your only companion left...
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The End is Nigh - Part 2 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6182.msg89753#msg89753))
- Fortune Teller: (pick up a call with a free arm) Hello, Your Grace!
- Fortune Teller: How couldn't I know it was Your Majesty?
- Fortune Teller: I'm a fortune teller...
- Fortune Teller: Clairvoyance is my bread and butter...
- Fortune Teller: Caller ID? What's that? :o
- Fortune Teller: Ahem! Yes... I'm afraid that is not possible...
- Fortune Teller: Well,... a bit of a pickle!
- Fortune Teller: We can't... we are waiting for our execution.
- Fortune Teller: Yes, of course!... Location sent...
- Fortune Teller: Thank you, your majesty!
- Grim Mike: Drop that phone! >:(
- Fortune Teller: Sorry, I thought it was on vibration mode.
- Grim Mike: Who didn't frisk her? >:(
- Fortune Teller: Sorry for the interruption... Please continue.
- Pixie: (to Flooxie) Should we leave know?
- Flooxie: Come on! And miss all the fun?
- Grim Mike: Where are those lazy dragons? Hurry up!
(https://i.imgur.com/bwg0FM6.jpg)
- His Meeple Highness: (storming in) Stop whatever you are doing or my Mega-Mecha-Phantoms will crush you!!!
- His Meeple Highness: All this disgusting display looks rather invalid and off-the-grid...
- Grim Mike: (with a reverence) Your Majesty! What an unexpected surprise!
- His Meeple Highness: We demand an explanation...
- Grim Mike: It is very simple, Your Grace!
- Grim Mike: First, turning the phantoms into ghosts!
- Grim Mike: Second, getting rid of this annoying Meeple Council...
- Fortune Teller: What are you going to call me?
- Grim Mike: ...and this meddling milquetoast Fortune Teller...
- Grim Mike: Third, take on the world!!!
- Pixie: (cheering) Yeah!
- Flooxie: (cheering) Go evil go!
- His Meeple Highness: (staring at them) Not now!
- Flooxie: Not now?
- Pixie: (confused) But that was our cue...
- His Meeple Highness: This taking over the world ends here and now!
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The End is Nigh - Part 3 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6182.msg89753#msg89753))
- His Meeple Highness: Yes! This taking over the world ends here and now!
- Grim Mike: (looking down) But I...
- His Meeple Highness: No buts!
- Fortune Teller: Your Majesty, he wanted to create a new major expansion, also the means chosen were not the best ones!... To say the least...
- Flooxie: But we love the new cemeteries... So cozy! ^-^
- Pixie: ... and what about the haunted castles?
- Flooxie: So cool! ;)
- Pixie: Now we have a purpose... Phantoms have been thrown into oblivion in C2...
- Flooxie: ... and C3 doesn't seem to change the statu quo.
- Pixie: Only some hardcore fans remembered us...
- Flooxie: But we cannot turn back into phantoms now...
- Pixie: Please...
- Flooxie: He is only this mean from dusk to dawn!
- His Meeple Highness: OK... But We have one condition.
- His Meeple Highness: Expansion 11 will be Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries...
- His Meeple Highness: But with the same elements you will also have to work as a cooperative spin-off.
- The Grinch: Cooperative? Are we cazy or...? (shutting down slowly)
- His Meeple Highness: (staring furiously at The Grich) Let's name it Mists over Carcassonne.
- Everyone: Hurray!!!! Hurray!!!! Hurray!!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/ksdaF6O.jpg)
- His Meeple Highness: And to commemorate this day, I will stamp my signature on this Scoreboard that will go to the winner of the Advent Quiz 2022!
- Grim Mike: Thank you, Sire!
- Grim Mike: Release the prisoners...
- Snowman: Can we keep The Grinch tied for a while? I think he likes it...
- His Meeple Highness: Granted! 8)
- Danisthirty: How would Meepledrone love to see this!
- The Grinch: Whaaaaat? :o
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The End is Nigh - Part 4 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6182.msg89753#msg89753))
Epilogue
Some turns later...
- His Meeple Highness: We rejoice with such a good progress!
- Pixie: Level 1 is ready...
- Flooxie: We have some ideas for other levels
- Grim Mike: We also brought some token pals to help us up
(https://i.imgur.com/3QmIoL2.jpg)
- His Meeple Highness: Oustanding!
- Grim Mike: It's going to be a hit.
- The Grinch: (from a dungeon) I know you can hear me...
- Flooxie: Should we release him?
- Grim Mike: Hah! Let him simmer there a little longer...
The end... for now...
Epilogue 2
Disclaimers...
- Meepledrone: No phantoms were harmed during the production of this quiz.
- Fir Tree: I AM Groooot!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/3ZribfY.jpg)
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- Danisthirty: Finally we are back!
- The Grinch: Sorry for the delay!
- Meepledrone: Caught maybe in traffic?
- Meepledrone: Er.... Sorry? Are you ill...
- The Grinch: I'm just practicing for next year...
- Danisthirty: I fear the worst...
- Snowman: Well! Let's see what the The Grinch has for all of us today!
- Santa Claus: Hope you enjoy it.
- Gingerbread Man: We'll see you soon.
- Fir Tree: (a bird sings) ^-^
- Easter Bunny: (absent minded) What happened to that phantom?
- The Grinch: Will you all shut up for once?
- The Grinch: I should have stayed in my damp dungeon... >:(
Question #24: The Grinch places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Which meeple will be trapped by Solovei Razboynik along with Yellow's meeple when this tile is placed? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score if applying the advanced variant rules for the Labyrinth? (0-5 points)
c) When distributing the gold ingots, is there any that only Red can pick? (0-1 point)
d) Which opponent's meeple can Red send to the free bathhouse? (0-1 point)
Note: The turn sequence is:
1. Blue
2. Red
3. Yellow
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- Meepledrone: There is only one thing left to do...
- Meepledrone: Have a great Christmas on behalf of the Meeple Council.
- Decar: What shall we do now?
- Meepledrone: Allow answers until Dec 28th? I will start checking the answers on Dec 29th and announce the winner...
- Decar: Nervous?
- Meepledrone: How so? I'm an android...
- Decar: Whatever!
- Meepledrone: Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
:black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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:black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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Merry Christmas Meepledrone, thanks for this awesome quizz, I can't wait for the answers :yellow-meeple:
And Merry Christmas everyone!!!
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The Grinch really hates Christmas! The "worst" question is always on Christmas Eve.... ::) ;)
Thank you very much @Meepledrone for yet another entertaining and fun Advent Quizz !! :(y) Merit from me!
I wish you and all the other participants
MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Indeed, that last question was the worst of them all.
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tks you very much Meepledrone!! it is a wonderful and great job!!meerry christmas everybody
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thank you very much Meepledrone!! again this year a masterful job, it was a lot of fun!! merry Christmas to all
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when I read question n°24
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Merry Christmas everyone!
And thanks again Meepledrone for another year of Advent Quiz Madness! :o ;D
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Happy holidays everyone!
And many thanks to Meepledrone for the quiz.
Echoing oldbonz, Q24 was horrifying. We drove for 7 hours in the day for vacation and came back to find this, so I was like...
This is the exam I'm gonna make up random numbers that are "not even wrong".
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Thank you everyone! Hope you enjoyed these crazy past weeks as much as I did. ;)
Keep your pending answers or corrections coming... 8)
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Thank you everyone! Hope you enjoyed these crazy past weeks as much as I did. ;)
Thank You!
Yes, it was very much enjoyed :(y) ;D
We will soon see how many questions were answered incorrectly ::)
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- The Grich: Impatient maybe?
- Meepledrone: Will you please stop harrassing our dear contestants?
- The Grich: Sure, when I see a pentagonal tile...
- Meepledrone: :o
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And while everybody is impatiently waiting for the answers.... >:D
.... for all those who enjoyed the Advent Quizz and want to take part in a little conspiracy against for Meepledrone, you can check this out:
ALL except Meepledrone are allowed to click here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6199.msg89652#msg89652)
>:D >:D >:D
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- The Grinch: If this is a revenge thing, count me in! I feel drawn to participate in anything "against" somebody... >:D
- Fir Tree: (a fir cone drops) >:(
- The Grinch: (with a mocking voice) Yadda yadda yadda! Will you shut up?
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Are you phishing for clues in disguise, Meepledrone ? ? :o
Don't bother, it will get you nowhere .... nobody will tell anything ... >:D
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- The Grinch: No time for scheming...
- Meepledrone: Still double checking the nearly 500 private messages with your answers...
- The Grinch: I hate when people participate this much! >:(
- Meepledrone: Wanna help?
- The Grinch: :o
- Meepledrone: Then go away!!! >:D
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- The Grinch: No time for scheming...
- Meepledrone: Still double checking the nearly 500 private messages with your answers...
- The Grinch: I hate when people participate this much! >:(
- Meepledrone: Wanna help?
- The Grinch: :o
- Meepledrone: Then go away!!! >:D
Whoo, so 500 messages when every one answered +- 30 times (including corrections) means 15-25 participants?
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- The Grinch: No time for scheming...
- Meepledrone: Still double checking the nearly 500 private messages with your answers...
- The Grinch: I hate when people participate this much! >:(
- Meepledrone: Wanna help?
- The Grinch: :o
- Meepledrone: Then go away!!! >:D
Whoo, so 500 messages when every one answered +- 30 times (including corrections) means 15-25 participants?
Why am I quoting myself?
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- The Grinch: No time for scheming...
- Meepledrone: Still double checking the nearly 500 private messages with your answers...
- The Grinch: I hate when people participate this much! >:(
- Meepledrone: Wanna help?
- The Grinch: :o
- Meepledrone: Then go away!!! >:D
Poor Meepledrone!
Thanks for going through all these efforts for us with the Advent Quizz!
I hope you take you time and enjoy the holidays and the festivities, we will be patient!
I think we need to cheer him up a little!! :D
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HAPPY NEW YEAR MEEPLEDRONE,HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY[/color]
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:yellow-meeple: Happy New Year everyone! :black1-meeple:
:yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple:
- Meepledrone: Here you are the answers and the ranking...
- The Grinch: It was about time, you lazy minion!!! >:(
- The Grinch: Hope you suffered with the wait as much as I did with Christmas!!! >:D
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Question #1: The Gingerbread Man wants you to help him score this end-game scenario. How many points will each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17934)
Answer #1: This end-of-game scenario shows the betting chips on two betting offices. We are assuming that all the players remember their bets perfectly and we will consider the choice providing them the most points.
At the end of the game, the remaining betting chips will be scored before the usual scoring of uncompleted features takes place. Each player will independently pick a feature for each betting chip to settle its bet. Let's proceed then:
- Blue:
- The 2/6 chip will score 0 points, since neither the road nor the city on the betting tile will match those bets.
- The 3/5 chip will score 3 points for the 3-tile road
- Red:
- The 4/7+ chip will score 4 points for the 4-tile city.
- Yellow:
- The 4 chip will score 8 points for the 4-tile city.
- The 2/6 chip will score 2 points for the 2-tile city.
The usual end-game scoring will take place now:
- Blue will scores 6 points for the city ( (4 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 1 point = 6 x 1 point)
- Red will score 2 points for the city (2 tiles x 1 point per tile)
- Yellow will score 3 points (3 tiles x 1 point per tile)
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 9 points (3 for one bet + 6 points for the city)
- Red scores 6 points (4 for the bet + 2 points for the city)
- Yellow will score 13 points (8 points for one bet + 2 points for the other bet + 3 points for the road)
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Good start Challa007, congratulations :yellow-meeple:
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Question #2: The Snowman completes this road on behalf of Red. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17936)
Answer #2: The placement of this tile completes a road occupied by Red and Yellow. Besides, the completed road also causes the Blue shepherd to be in a field completely surrounded, which will trigger the Guide the flock to the stable action for this shepherd automatically. Note that the mist banks limit the fields, the same as road and city segments or the haunted castle in this case.
As a result, Blue will score 5 points for the 5 sheep on the tokens. The shepherd will return to its owner and the sheep tokens to the bag.
Now let's score the completed road. Both Red and Yellow share the majority, but Red's guard meeple is placed on a hill. This way, the tie is broken and only Red will score 7 points for the road (7 tiles x 1 point per tile)
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 5 points
- Red scores 7 points
- Yellow scores 0 points
In this same scenario...
Question #2b: Which meeple gets a ghost?
Question #2c: Does it affect the scoring? Why?
Answer #2b: Yellow gets the ghost. The tile placed by Red extends the mist, so the player must add a meeple to an opponent's meeple, if possible. The only candidate is Yellow's normal meeple. The Blue shepherd is a special figure and cannot be added a ghost.
Answer #2c: No, the ghost does not affect the scoring. Since Yellow does not have the majority in the road, the player scores no points for the feature and no negative points for the ghost either. Ghosts only affect the scoring of those players with the majority.
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Question #3: Santa Claus places this tile on Red's behalf. He has several questions for you:
a) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
b) What side of the tollhouse will be facing up at the end of this turn? (0-1 points)
c) After scoring, Blue would like to move the wagon. How many cities can the player choose from? Indicate if you are applying C1 or C2 rules in this case (0-1 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17938)
Answer #3: The placement of the tile completes two roads. Each one will trigger the scoring of the Red tollhouse too, but both roads will be scored with current value of the tollhouse. Each road also has signposts that will have to be considered for the scoring.
Let's address each road in turn:
>> The road occupied by Yellow
Red will score 5 points for The tollhouse (3 points for the group of travelers + 1 point for the farmhouse + 1 point for the shed).
Yellow[/u] will score 9 points (5 poins for the road + 4 points for the signposts):
- 5 points for the road itself (5 tiles x 1 point per tile)
- 4 points for the correct signposts (2 correct signposts x 2 correct types of signposts). Note the red and the blue arrows are correct, so there are 2 types of correct signposts and each correct signposts is worth 2 points.
>> The road occupied by Blue
Red will score 5 points for The tollhouse (3 points for the group of travelers + 1 point for the garden + 1 point for the shed).
Blue will score 5 points (4 poins for the road + 1 points for the signposts):
- 4 points for the road itself (4 tiles x 1 point per tile)
- 1 point for the correct signpost (1 correct signpost x 1 correct type of signposts). Note the left red arrow is correct, so there is 1 type of correct signposts and the correct signpost is worth 1 point.
After the scoring is ended, the tollhose will be flipped over to show the large toll (2) due to the presence of the 2 groups of travelers on the roads (it would have been enough with one group of travelers). Note that the tollhouse is not flipped until the scoring is finished, so all the roads are scored with the same current toll value, as indicated in the rules.
Regarding the Blue wagon, depending on the rules applies, the outcome is different:
- In C1, the wagon can only move to the unoccupied city segment at the end of the road, so the answer would be 1.
- In C2, the wagon can move to any unoccupied city segments on the same tile or any adjacent tiles, so the answer would be 3 (the city segment on the same tile and the two adjacent city segments on the right). The city segment at the top is out of range.
Bottomline: Here are the answers to the questions:
a) The scoring:
- Blue scores 5 points for their road
- Red scores 10 points for the tollhouse (5 points + 5 points)
- Yellow scores 9 points for their road
b) After scoring is ended, the tollhose will we flipped over to show the large toll (2).
c) Depending on the rules applies, the outcome is different:
- In C1, the wagon can only move to the unoccupied city segment on the right, that is only 1.
- In C2, the wagon can move to any of the 3 neighboring unoccupied city segments.
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Question #4: Can you tell Danisthity how many points does each player score after this tile is placed?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17940)
Answer #4: The tile placed completes a road with 10 tiles which features a bridge, two tunnels connected by the yellow and black tunnel tokens and an Ukranian traditional house acting as an inn by the lake. There is a regular inn in the scenario but it is not connected to the completed road network. Note that tiles are counted only once, even if some of them contribute more than once to the road network considering tunnel entrances and bridges too.
Since Red has two meeples on the road whereas Blue has only one, Red will the player scoring for the road. The player will receive 20 points for it (10 tiles x (1 point per tile + 1 point for the inn) = 10 x 2 points)
Note that the crop circle featured on the Ukranian Promo tile does not play any part in this scenario.
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 0 points
- Red scores 20 points for the road
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Question #4: Can you tell Danisthity how many points does each player score after this tile is placed?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17940)
Answer #4: The tile placed completes a road with 10 tiles which features a bridge, two tunnels connected by the yellow and black tunnel tokens and an Ukranian traditional house acting as an inn by the lake. There is a regular inn in the scenario but it is not connected to the completed road network. Note that tiles are counted only once, even if some of them contribute more than once to the road network considering tunnel entrances and bridges too.
Since Red has two meeples on the road whereas Blue has only one, Red will the player scoring for the road. The player will receive 20 points for it (10 tiles x (1 point per tile + 1 point for the inn) = 10 x 2 points)
Note that the crop circle featured on the Ukranian Promo tile does not play any part in this scenario.
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 0 points
- Red scores 20 points for the road
Ok, I will wait till very end to debate this one >:D
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Good start Challa007, congratulations :yellow-meeple:
I can't believe what I am seeing.... :D
but it's only the first question.... there are so many tricky to come...
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I'm counting on you to end my win streak :yellow-meeple:
Question 2, oh no, didn't see that hill... Every year I'm missing some hills... :-\
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I didn’t expect to do well, but I’m surprised to be doing so poorly.
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- Santa Claus: How are he contestants doing?
- The Grinch: Who cares? I would keep them waiting so uncertainty piles up!
- Santa Claus: You are really mean!
- The Grinch: How did you notice?
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Question #5: The Grinch demands an answer after this tile is placed! How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17942)
Answer #5: The tile placement completes a road, a city and the German cathedral end the completing the road. Let's score each feature in turn.
>> The road
The road occupied by Blue has an inn, a German cathedral and a German castle. The Mage is on the road as well. Additionally, the two segments of the road ending at the German cathedral will be counted separately when scoring the road, but not the Mage.
Blue will score 30 points (21 points for the road itself + 6 points for the Mage + 3 points for the German castle):
- 21 points for the road itself ( ( 5 tiles + 2 road segments on the German cathedral tile ) x ( 1 point for the road + 1 point for the inn + 1 point for the German cathedral) = 7 x 3 points)
- 6 points for the Mage (6 tiles x 1 point)
- 3 points for the German castle (1 German castle x 3 points)
>> The city
The city is occupied by Blue and Red. Both players share the majority and score for the city, but Red has a meeple on the watchtower tile, so the player will also score points for the watchtower, which will be scored first.
Red will score 6 points for the watchtower (3 neighboring meeples x 2 points per meeple). Note we are counting the two meeples in the city and Yellow's archbishop.
Besides, Blue and Red will score 6 poins each for the city (3 tiles x 2 points per tile).
>> The German cathedral
The Yellow archbishop will score 19 points for the two completed roads ending at the German cathedral (5 points + 14 points)
- 5 points for the road looping back to the German cathedral ( (3 tiles + 2 road segments on the German cathedral tile) x 1 point = 5 x 1 points)
- 14 points for the road occupied by Blue ( (5 tiles + 2 road segments on the German cathedral tile) x (1 point for the road + 1 point for the inn) = 7 x 2 points)
Note:
- The road considers the inn, the Mage and the German castle for its scoring.
- The German cathedral only considers the inn for its scoring as per the rules, but does not consider the Mage or the German castle.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 36 points (30 points for the road + 6 points for the city)
- Red scores 12 points (6 points for the watchtower + 6 points for the city)
- Yellow will score 19 points for the German cathedral.
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Question #6: After placing this tile on Red's behalf, the Gingerbread Man has the following questions:
a) Is there any ferry that cannot be moved? (0-1 point)
b) What is the maximum number of points Red can score for this road network after moving the ferries the player is allowed to? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17944)
Answer #6: Only those ferries directly connected to the tile just placed can be moved, so the ferry bottom right cannot be moved.
If the ferry in the middle is moved to connect the other two jetties keeping same orientation "\", and the ferry in the middle right is switched from position "/" to position "|", the resulting road has 8 tiles. Therefore, Red can score 8 points for the road (8 tiles x 1 point per tile)
Bottomline:
a) The ferry bottom right cannot be moved.
b) Red can score 8 points for the road by moving the ferries.
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Wow, there are really good contestants this year, that's thrilling :yellow-meeple:
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Wow, there are really good contestants this year, that's thrilling :yellow-meeple:
Yeah, it's nice if there is a tough race for the first place - keeps the suspense up >:D
Last year I participated for the first time and did many silly mistakes, this year I tried to learn from my mistakes and so far it is paying off. :D
But we are only at a quarter of the questions, anything can happen ... 8)
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Question #7: The Snowman places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player wants to use the Princess to remove Red's meeple. The player has the following questions:
a) What happens to the Fairy after the meeple is removed?
b) Can Blue place their phantom after removing this meeple? (0-1 point)
c) How many points will each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17946)
Answer #7: After removing Red's meeple with the Princess tile, the Fairy will remain on the same tile, unassigned to any meeple. It will then provide no scoring bonus fo the completed feature.
Since Blue used the Princess tile, the player may not place their phantom this turn.
Blue and Yellow will share the majority in the city, since Red is not present in the city due to the Princess tile. Both players will score 22 points ( (9 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points = 11 x 2 points).
Note:
- Red does not receive the Fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of this turn because the player is not the active one.
Bottomline:
a) The Fairy will stay where it is
b) No, Blue cannot place their phantom.
c) The scoring is as follows;
- Blue will score 22 points for the city
- Red will score no points, since it is not in the city anymore.
- Yellow will score 22 points for the city
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Question #8: This is the last tile of the game. Santa Claus would like you to answer the following questions:
a) How many points does each player score in this last turn of the game? (0-5 points)
b) How many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17948)
Answer #8: The last tile placed completes a road and a cult place. Note that there is no challenge between the cult place and the adjacent German monastery, since the later has a meeple placed as an abbot, which is not scored until the end of the game.
The scoring during the last turn of the game is as follows:
- Red scores 12 points for the cult place (9 points for the monastery + 3 points for the adjacent vineyard).
- Yellow scores 6 points for the road (6 tiles x 1 point per road tile)
After the game ends, the final scoring is performed:
- Blue scores 6 points for the German monastery (1 point for the monastery tile + 1 point for the tile in the column above + 1 point for the tile in the row to the right + 1 point for the tile in the column below + 2 points for the tiles in the row to the left).
- Yellow scores 4 points for the uncompleted monastery (4 tiles x 1 point per road tile).
Note that vineyards are not considered for scorings after the game.
Bottomline:
a) The scoring of the last turn is as follows:
- Red scores 12 points for the completed cult place
- Yellow scores 6 points for the completed road
b) The scoring after the game is next:
- Blue scores 6 points for the German monastery
- Yellow scores 4 points for the uncompleted monastery
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Note that vineyards are not considered for scorings after the game.
Oh no, this one I didn't even checked on WICA as I always played like that. I wonder how many more I was "sure" like that...
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@Meepledrone What if my answer is correct but I just forgot to include 6 points in summary table?
Question #5?
Aaa, I forgot one chip in question #1 :(
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ihi.I have a doubt about the rules ferrys question nr 6,if I read well,the road that goes in the same way,can move only 1 ferry ?
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Yes, moving the ferries is an option.
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@Meepledrone What if my answer is correct but I just forgot to include 6 points in summary table?
Question #5?
If the addition in the summary is incorrect, I count the answer as incorrect. Sorry!
Aaa, I forgot one chip in question #1 :(
Yes, you did. :'(
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@Meepledrone What if my answer is correct but I just forgot to include 6 points in summary table?
Question #5?
If the addition in the summary is incorrect, I count the answer as incorrect. Sorry!
Aaa, I forgot one chip in question #1 :(
Yes, you did. :'(
As practicing teacher I don't agree. But you are a boss :)
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[Q1] The three cards shown below cause an immediate scoring affecting a road/city/monastery. Does this scoring cause the followers on the road/city/cloister to return to their players?
[A1] Yes, the scoring does cause the followers to return to their players.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6221.0;attach=18104)
Card symbols from left to right:
* Score an uncompleted road you control for 2x points.
* Score an uncompleted city you control for +1 points per tile.
* Score an uncompleted cloister you control for 1 point per tile (except for the cloister itself).
Bummer!
What does this mean for the answers to the Advent Quizz? At that time, the WICA said something else....
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I was as suprised as you with this clarification. :o
I will consider both options valid for Question #21:
- The meeple stays on the monastery after the scoring (the one considered at the time of the Advent Quiz)
- The meeple is removed from the monastery after the scoring (the answer provided by JEM Magazin, and final one)
... Or, in other words, I will ignore the scoring of the monastery after the game.
I consider it is the most fair thing to do in this case.
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I was as suprised as you with this clarification. :o
I will consider both options valid for Question #21:
- The meeple stays on the monastery after the scoring (the one considered at the time of the Advent Quiz)
- The meeple is removed from the monastery after the scoring (the answer provided by JEM Magazin, and final one)
... Or, in other words, I will ignore the scoring of the monastery after the game.
I consider it is the most fair thing to do in this case.
Yes, it is. :D
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[Q1] The three cards shown below cause an immediate scoring affecting a road/city/monastery. Does this scoring cause the followers on the road/city/cloister to return to their players?
[A1] Yes, the scoring does cause the followers to return to their players.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6221.0;attach=18104)
Card symbols from left to right:
* Score an uncompleted road you control for 2x points.
* Score an uncompleted city you control for +1 points per tile.
* Score an uncompleted cloister you control for 1 point per tile (except for the cloister itself).
Bummer!
What does this mean for the answers to the Advent Quizz? At that time, the WICA said something else....
When I was anwsering this question I got that doubt, and finally I decided to retire the meeple, it looked like the fairiest option for me. But the rules about it leaves to confusion, because there is no clarification about what to do with the meeple after the scoring, so nice addition to the rules.
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Question #8.5: The King's favorite tapestry has broken. Can you help Meepledrone find out which are the right pieces to place in slots A, B, C and D?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17950)
Answer #8.5: The answer is:
A - 6
B - 3
C - 2
D - 1
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Question #9: Danisthirty places this tile with a bridge on Yellow's behalf. How many points does each player score from this tile placement during the game?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17956)
Answer #9: The tile completes a city and connects the field with the Red barn to the field with Yellow's ringmaster and Blue's meeple and pig. This field connection is caused by the field segment along the city segment under the bridge.
Yellow will score 10 points for the city ( (4 tiles + 1 coat of arms) x 2 points = 5 x 2 points)
The tile placement will trigger the scoring of the connected field, which has 2 completed cities and 1 castle. Both Blue and Yellow share the majority and will score for the connected field:
- Blue will score 7 points for their farmer and pig ( (2 cities x (1 point per city + 1 point for the pig) ) + (1 castle x (2 points per castle + 1 point for the pig) ) = ( (2 x 2 points) + (1 x 3 points) = 4 + 3 points). Both figures will be removed and returned to the player.
- Yellow will score 4 points for their ringmaster ( (2 cities x 1 point per city ) + (1 castle x 2 points per castle ) = ( (2 x 1 points) + (1 x 2 points) = 2 + 2 points). Additionally, the player will receive 4 points as ringmaster bonus for to the adjacent circus and acrobat spaces ( (1 circus space + 1 acrobat space) x 2 points = 2 x 2 points). The ringmaster will be returned to its owner.
Red will not receive any points at this point for their barn, castle lord or acrobat. The barn will be scored at the end of the game, the castle scoring is not triggered by fields and the acrobat cannot be scored yet either. The completed city is not overlapping the castle fief either.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 7 points for the connected field
- Red will score no points.
- Yellow will score 18 points (10 points for the city + 4 points for the connected field + 4 points as ringmaster bonus)
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Question #10: The Grinch has come back with another question for you. How many points does each player score after this tile is placed? Take into account these scoring tiles as the active ones.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=17958)
Answer #10: The tile completes a city which will be affected by the Bad Neighborhood scoring tile. As a result, this 11-tile city will be scored as if it was a 6-tile city (the tile count will ignore those tiles only contributing with semicircular segments to the city). However, all the meeples and bonuses affecting the semicircular segments will be considered as usual, so Blue's mayor and the two German castles will be considered as usual.
Blue is the only player with the majority, since the city has 2 coats of arms. So Blue has 2 majority votes against 1 from the other players. As a result, Blue will be the player scoring for this city.
When scoring the city, we will have to consider the following:
- 6 tiles (after the effect of the Bad Neighborhood scoring tile)
- 2 coats of arms
- The Witch
- The Darmstadtium tile
- 2 German castles
The city is then worth 17 points (8 points for the city affected by the Witch + 3 points for the Darmstadtium + 6 points for the German castles)
- 8 points for the city itself affected by the Witch ( ( (6 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points ) / 2 for the Witch = (8 x 2 points / 2 ) = 8 points)
- 3 points for the Darmstadtium
- 6 points for the German castles (2 German castles x 3 points each)
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 17 points
- Red will score 0 points
- Yellow will score 0 points
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Question #11: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
b) Where will the Gingerbread Man figure move to? (0-1 point)
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Answer #11: This tile placement completes the city with a gingerbread man tile, so the Gingerbread Man figure will grant its bonus and will move to a new uncompleted city: the semicircular city segment on the left (the only option in this scenario).
Before scoring the city, the players will score the gingerbread man bonus:
- Blue will score 16 points (8 tiles x 1 points per tile x 2 meeples).
- Red will score 8 points (8 tiles x 1 points per tile x 1 meeple).
Now we score the city. Blue has the majority so this player is the only one scoring 20 points for the city ( (8 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points = 10 x 2 points)
Bottomline:
a) The scoring is as follows:
- Blue will score 36 points (16 bonus points for the Gingerbread Man figure + 20 points for the city)
- Red will score 8 points (8 bonus points for the Gingerbread Man figure)
b) The Gingerbread Man figure will move to the semicircular city segment on the left.
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Question #12: The Snowman places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Can the player use the magic portal to occupy the monastery in the city with a normal meeple? Why? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score according to the previous answer? (0-5 points)
c) What will happen to the Blue Meeple on the tower? (0-1 point)
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Answer #12: The tile placement completes the city and the unoccupied monastery in the city. A magic portal cannot send a meeple to a completed feature, even if it was completed by the tile just placed (the monastery was completed in 1. Placing a tile before the magic portal could be used in 2. Placing a meeple ). So, the scenario will be scored as it is.
Red and Yellow share the majority in the city. Both players will score 18 points for it ( (7 tiles + 2 coasts of arms) x 2 points = 9 x 2 points)
The blue meeple on the tower does not participate in the city scoring, so it does not affect the majority and will not be removed after scoring it. The meeple will stay on the tower as is. It may stay there until the end of the game or until it is captured by another tower.
Bottomline:
a) No, Red cannot deploy the normal meeple onto the monastery, since the feature was completed before the magic portal could be used.
b) The scoring will be as follows:
- Blue scores no points
- Red scores 18 points
- Yellow scores 18 points
c) The blue meeple on the tower stays there.
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Half way through it
Congratulations @corinthiens13 , you have taken off and seem unstoppable again... :D ... it looks you are unbeatable on speed!!
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Thanks :)
Having kids that still wake up during the night is of some help, couldn't miss midnight questions :yellow-meeple:
But anything may still happen !
And congratulation Snearone, very good points for those last questions !
By the way, is there a mistake with question 12's table ? I think Snearone did answer correctly (6 points), but the "OK" column is red :o
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Thanks :)
Having kids that still wake up during the night is of some help, couldn't miss midnight questions :yellow-meeple:
But anything may still happen !
And congratulation Snearone, very good points for those last questions !
By the way, is there a mistake with question 12's table ? I think Snearone did answer correctly (6 points), but the "OK" column is red :o
haha, I had a discussion with Meepledrone on this already concerning another question. I was not aware that the OK has only 1 if ALL the questions are anwered correctly. In this case 7 points were possible for the fastest, it seems he got one of the 1 point questions wrong but he still got 5+1
Right, Meepledrone?
I think now I got it :D
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Seems logical, thanks for the explanation :yellow-meeple:
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Thanks :)
Having kids that still wake up during the night is of some help, couldn't miss midnight questions :yellow-meeple:
But anything may still happen !
And congratulation Snearone, very good points for those last questions !
By the way, is there a mistake with question 12's table ? I think Snearone did answer correctly (6 points), but the "OK" column is red :o
This was the case for several answers to question 12.c), where it was stated that the meeple would stay on the tower until the end of the game (no other options where mentioned). However, it could also be captured by the adjacent tower. >:D
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Thanks :)
Having kids that still wake up during the night is of some help, couldn't miss midnight questions :yellow-meeple:
But anything may still happen !
And congratulation Snearone, very good points for those last questions !
By the way, is there a mistake with question 12's table ? I think Snearone did answer correctly (6 points), but the "OK" column is red :o
haha, I had a discussion with Meepledrone on this already concerning another question. I was not aware that the OK has only 1 if ALL the questions are anwered correctly. In this case 7 points were possible for the fastest, it seems he got one of the 1 point questions wrong but he still got 5+1
Right, Meepledrone?
I think now I got it :D
That's correct. OK = 1 means all the subquestions wre okay... So, you may have OK = 0 due to a wrong 1-point answer but you may receive several points though, like in this case.
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I continue to be shocked at how many I’ve gotten wrong.
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You missed the Advent Quizzes in previous years, so you were unaware of all the tiny traps here and there. Have fun reading the answers...
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Question #13: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score if all the players want to score the most points for their castles?
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Answer #13: The tile placement completes three features:
- The road occupied by Red worth 4 points (4 tiles x 1 points)
- An unoccupied city worth 10 points ( (4 tiles + 1 coat of arms) x 2 points = 5 x 2 points)
- An unoccupied monastery worth 9 points (9 tiles x 1 point per tile)
First off, Red will score 4 points for the road.
The road and the monastery -even if unoccupied- will trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Blue on the left, since both features overlap the castle fief. In turn, this castle will trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Red. Blue may choose to score for the road or the monastery, but we want to score the most points, so Blue will choose the monastery. As a result, both Blue and Red will score 9 points for their castles on the left.
On the other hand, the city -even if unoccupied- triggers the scoring of the castle occupied by Yellow's mayor. This castle will trigger the castle occupied by Blue on the right. Both castles are worth the same points as the city, that is 10 points, but Yellow's mayor won't be able to score points for the castle, since a castle has no coats of arms. However, Yellow will receive the 3 points for the Fairy. As a result, Yellow will score 3 points and Blue will score 10 points.
Notes:
- Yellow does not receive the Fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of this turn because the player is not the active one.
- We assume the active player does not move the Fairy from its current position in this scenario.
- Blue's castle on the right scores the same points the castle occupied by Yellow is worth, no matter the player cannot score for it. Likewise, Blue's castle on the right will not receive points for the Fairy bonus received by Yellow, since it is a bonus associated with the meeple in the feature, not with the feature itself.
- Yellow does not receive the fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of this turn because the player is not the active one.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 19 points (9 points for the left castle + 10 points for the right castle)
- Red will score 13 points (3 points for the road + 9 points for the castle)
- Yellow will score 3 points for the Fairy.
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Question #14: Blue places this abbey under Danisthirty's careful supervision. How many points does each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with Halflings and double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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Answer #14: The placement of this abbey tile completes several features:
- The abbey just placed and occupied by Blue
- The German castle also occupied by Blue
- The road occupied by Red and Yellow.
- The city occupied by Yellow
- The city occupied by Blue and Red
- The unoccupied road on the German castle tile.
Note that the Halfling tiles alone in a square are enough to occupy a square space and consider the abbey and the German monastery completely surrounded.
Depending on the ruleset used for Halflings and double-sized tiles, there will be two different outcomes.
- The C1 rules consider each tile individually no matter their shape, so two Halflings in a square count as 2 tiles, and one double-sized tile counts as 1 tile.
- The C2/C3 rules consider occupied spaces when scoring features, so two Haflings in a square count as 1 tile, and one double-sized tile counts as 2 tiles (except when scoring a long road on a Leipzig tile)
C2/C3 rules:
Let's check each completed feature in turn...
Blue will score 9 points for the abbey (9 occupied spaces x 1 point). Note that the German castle counts as 2 occupied spaces.
Blue will score 12 points for the German castle (12 occupied spaces x 1 point). Note that the 2 Halflings on the right and the 2 Halflings top left are counted as 1 occupied space (or tile) each.
Red and Yellow share the majority on the road, so both players will score 12 points (9 points for the road + 3 bonus points for the German castle):
- 9 points for the road itself (9 occupied spaces x 1 point). Note that the German castle counts as 2 occupied spaces. Additionally, the two Halflings in the space top left are counted as 1 occupied space (or tile).
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (1 German castle x 3 points). Note that even if the road ends several times at the German castle, its bonus is granted only once.
Yellow will score 2 points for the city (1 city segment x 2 points)
Blue and Red share the city, but Blue has the majority in the city (a major with two coats of arms vs. one normal meeple. So, Blue alone will score 19 points for the city (16 points for the city itself + 3 bonus points for the German castle):
- 16 points for the city itself ( (6 occupied spaces + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points) = 8 x 2 points). Note that the space occupied by the mayor has two Halflings which will be counted as 1 occupied space.
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (1 German castle x 3 points).
No players will score points for the unoccupied road on the German castle tile.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 40 points (9 points for the abbey + 12 points for the German castle + 19 points for the city)
- Red will score 12 points for the road
- Yellow will score 14 points (12 points for the road + 2 points for the city)
C1 rules:
Let's check each completed feature in turn...
Blue will score 8 points for the abbey (8 tiles x 1 point). Note that the German castle counts as 1 tile.
Blue will score 14 points for the German castle (2 points for the German castle tile + (12 adjacent tiles x 1 point) = 2 + 12 points). Note that the 2 Halflings on the right and the 2 Halflings top left are counted as individual tiles.
Red and Yellow share the majority on the road, so both players will score 11 points (8 points for the road + 3 bonus points for the German castle):
- 8 points for the road itself (8 tiles x 1 point). Note that the German castle counts as 1 tile only. Additionally, the two Halflings in the space top left are counted individualy, but only one of them contributes to the road in any case.
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (1 German castle x 3 points). Note that even if the road ends several times at the German castle, its bonus is granted only once.
Yellow will score 2 points for the city (1 city segment x 2 points)
Blue and Red share the city, but Blue has the majority in the city (a major with two coats of arms against one normal meeple. So, Blue alone will score 21 points (18 points for the city itself + 3 bonus points for the German castle):
- 18 points for the city itself ( (7 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points) = 9 x 2 points). Note that the space occupied by the mayor has two Halflings which will be counted individually.
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (1 German castle x 3 points).
No players will score points for the unoccupied road on the German castle tile.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 43 points (8 points for the abbey + 14 points for the German castle + 21 points for the city)
- Red will score 11 points for the road
- Yellow will score 13 points (11 points for the road + 2 points for the city)
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Question #15: The Grinch places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score if the player decides to score the city just completed and not build a castle?
Note:
- This tile is not the last one in the game.
- The animal token under the big top is shown face up in the picture.
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Answer #15: This tile placement has the following effects:
- It completes the city occupied by Blue. This will also trigger the scoring of the castles occupied by Yellow and, in turn, this castle will also trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Red.
- After this scoring, the big top will have to be scored and moved to the circus space on the newly placed tile, placing a new animal token face down underneath.
Let's score the city and the castles first:
- Blue will score 4 points for the small city (2 tiles x 2 points)
- Yellow will score 4 points for the completed city in its fief.
- Red will also score 4 points for the completed castle occupied by Yellow.
So all three features score the same points.
Note that Yellow will not receive any ringmaster bonus. A ringmaster placed in a castle does not provide any bonus to its owner, since it is not a feature from the base game (as clarified by HiG).
Additionally, note that the Barn is in a field that is not connected to the one with Blue's farmer and pig. So no field scoring is triggered in this scenario.
At this point the meeple in the city and the meeples in the two castles are returned to their owners. Afterwards, the big top is scored without considering these meeples just removed. Therefore, only the meeples on the board at this point are considered for the scoring of the big top. Special figures are not considered, so Red's builder and barn as well as Blue's shepherd and pig will not receive points for the big top.
The players with meeples in the vicinity of the big top will score 7 points per meeple:
- Blue will receive 7 points for their acrobat (1 meeple x 7 points).
- Red will receive 14 points for the meeples on the monastery (a phantom) and in the city (2 meeples x 7 points)
- Yellow will receive 7 points for their acrobat (1 meeple x 7 points).
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 11 points (4 points for the city + 7 points for the big top)
- Red will score 18 points (4 points for the castle + 14 points for the big top)
- Yellow will score 11 points (4 points for the castle + 7 points for the big top)
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Question #16: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Red's behalf. How many points does each player score?
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Answer #16: Once the tile is drawn and before placing it, Red will move the Big Pink Pig on the Wheel of Fortune 2 sectors in clockwise direction. It will land on the Taxes sector.
The taxes action will be performed separately per city:
- City on the left:
- Blue will score 3 points ( (1 meeple + 2 coats of arms) x 1 meeple x 1 point per meeple = 3 x 1 x 1 points)
- Yellow will score 3 points ( (1 meeple + 2 coats of arms) x 1 meeple x 1 point per meeple = 3 x 1 x 1 points)
- City at the bottom:
- Blue will score 2 points ( (1 meeple + 1 coats of arms) x 1 meeple x 1 point per meeple = 2 x 1 x 1 points)
After performing the Taxes action, Red will score 6 points for the meeple standing alone on a two-space sector of the crown. This meeple is then returned to its owner.
After placing the tile no feature is completed, so no other points are scored this turn.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 5 points (3 points + 2 points for the Taxes action)
- Red will score 6 points for the meeple on the crown space.
- Yellow will score 3 points for the Taxes action.
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Wow, congratulations to those who answered question 13 correctly, it should be worth double the points!
I thought yellow's mayor would score the city's points, since the city has coats of arms :yellow-meeple:
This was probably in my mind due to previous outdated clarifications :o
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The issue here (question #13) is that a feature is always worth a number of points no matter if those points can be scored.
Castles score the points that a completed feature in their vicinity is worth (even another castle just completed). It is irrelevant if the completed feature is occupied or not, or if the owner can score for it (e.g. a mayor cannot score points for a feature with no coats of arms).
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The worst thing is: last year I did NOT fall into this trap ... >:(
seems when you get it right the first time you do not learn from it .... :-\
But I know now how to tackle next year's quizz >:D (ahem, I mean this year's quizz ;))
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Ha ha ha!
At least in my case, you learn better when you fail. When you do it okay without noticing, you don't become that aware.
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Question #17: The Snowman has this end-game scenario. How many points does each player score?
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Answer #17: This scenario has several features to be scored:
- The (haunted) castle occupied by Red: The player will score 2 points for it as there is mist on the castle tile and one adjacent tile (2 tiles with mist x 1 point).
- The field occupied by Blue: The field has 1 completed city with a siege. The player will score 6 points for this field ( (1 city x 3 points) x 2 for the siege = 3 x 2 points).
- The field occupied by Red: The field has 0 completed cities since the mist separates the field and the completed city does not border on it. Since the farmer has 2 ghosts, the player will score -2 points for this field ( (0 cities x 3 points) - (2 ghosts x 1 point) = 0 - 2 points).
- The field occupied by Yellow: The field has 0 completed cities since the mist separates the field and the completed city does not border on it. The player will score 0 points for this field (0 cities x 3 points).
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 6 points for their field.
- Red will score 0 points (2 points for the (haunted) castle - 2 points for their field)
- Yellow will score 0 points for their field.
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Question #17.5: His Meeple Highness needs your urgent help. What is the answer to this Royal Riddle ?
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Answer #17.5: The expansion symbols map to their corresponding expansion numbers and the C symbol to 0 in this case.
0: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png)
1: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png)
2: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
3: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png)
4: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png)
5: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png)
6: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png)
7: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/6/65/Symbol_Catapult_C1.png)
8: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png)
9: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png)
10: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png)
11: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/d/df/Symbol_GhostsCastlesCemeteries_C3.png)
Note:
- One symbol may represent a number with one (0-9) or two digits (10 or 11).
- Two adjacent symbols represent the figures of a two-digit number.
By substituting the expansion symbols for their values, we have the following expressions:
a) 1 + 4 + A + 11 = 21
b) 7 - B + C + 3 = 8
c) 2 - D + 9 - 6 = 4
d) 1 + 7 + 2 = 10
e) 4 + B + D = 11
f) A + C - 9 = 0
g) 11 - 3 - 6 = 2
We need to calculate A, B, C and D. To do so, we use the following expressions to obtain their values (this is one valid sequence out of several possible ones):
a) 1 + 4 + A + 11 = 21 ==> A + (1 + 4 + 11) = 21 ==> A + 16 = 21 ==> A = 21 - 16 ==> A = 5
c) 2 - D + 9 - 6 = 4 ==> (2 + 9 - 6) - D = 4 ==> 5 - D = 4 ==> D = 5 - 4 ==> D = 1
And now we use the values obtained for A and D in the following expressions to calculate the others:
e) 4 + B + D = 11 ==> 4 + B + 1 = 11 ==> B + (4 + 1) = 11 ==> B + 5 = 11 ==> B = 11 - 5 ==> B = 6
f) A + C - 9 = 0 ==> 5 + C = 9 ==> C = 9 - 5 ==> C = 4
Therefore, A = 5, B = 6, C = 4 and D = 1
So A B - D C = 56 - 14 = 42, which is represented as (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png). So the correct answer is 3)
Bottomline:
- The answer is 3)
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Question #18: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score?
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Answer #18: The tile placement completes a city. Blue and Yellow share the majority with 2 majority votes each:
- Blue has 2 normal meeples
- Yellow has a mayor in a city with 2 coats of arms.
However, the tie is broken in Blue's favor with one meeple on a hill. Red has only one normal meeple in the city also on a hill, so the player scores nothing for the feature (not participating in the tie, the hill has no effect).
Therefore, Blue will score 22 points for the city ( (9 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points = 11 x 2 points ). Note that the tiles are counted only once, even if they contribute with more than one city segment due to city overpasses in this case.
At this point, we score he bets on the city, which has 9 tiles. Only those betting chips with values 4/7+ and 5/8+ will score points. Let's check each betting office in turn:
The betting office at the top will provide the following points:
- Blue:
- The 4/7+ chip will grant 7 points for the city.
- Red:
- The 3/6 chip will grant 0 points for city.
- Yellow:
- The 4 chip will grant 0 points for the city.
The betting office on the right will provide the following points:
- Blue:
- The 5/8+ chip will grant 8 points for the city.
- Red:
- The 4/7+ chip will grant 7 points for city.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 37 points (22 points for the city + 7 points for the betting chip at the top + 8 points for the betting chip on the right)
- Red will score 7 points for the betting chip on the right.
- Yellow will score 0 points.
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Question #19: The Grinch picked this end-game scenario for you. How many points does each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with Halflings and double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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Answer #19: This scenario includes Halflings and double-sized tiles that affect the scoring of a city and a Japanese building. Depending on the ruleset used for Halflings and double-sized tiles, there will be two different outcomes.
- The C1 rules consider each tile individually no matter their shape, so two Halflings in a square count as 2 tiles, and one double-sized tile counts as 1 tile.
- The C2/C3 rules consider occupied spaces when scoring features, so two Haflings in a square count as 1 tile, and one double-sized tile counts as 2 tiles (except when scoring a long road on a Leipzig tile)
C2/C3 rules:
Red occupies a city with 6 occupied spaces, one of them shared by two Halflings (counted as 1 regular tile), 3 coats of arms and 1 German castle. The German castle is not considered during final scoring, so the player will score 8 points for the city ( (6 occupied spaces + 3 coats of arms) x 1 point = 9 x 1 points).
Red will score 0 points for the castle occupied by the player.
Yellow will score 8 points for the Japanese building (1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 points):
- 1 point for the Japanese building
- 2 points for the 2 spaces in the column at the top (the 2 spaces occupied by the halves of a double-sized tile).
- 0 points for no tiles in the row to the right (the square gap ends the row)
- 2 points for the 2 occupied spaces in the column below (the triangular gap does not interrupt the column)
- 3 points for the 3 spaces in the row to the left (1 space occupied by two Halflings and 2 spaces occupied by the halves of a double-sized tile).
Blue occupies a field with a pig including 1 completed city and 1 castle. The German castles do not grant any points to fields (Note the field is connected between the German castle and the city segment on the double-sized tiles). The player will receive 9 points (4 + 5 points):
- 4 points for the city (1 city x (3 points per city + 1 point for the pig) = 1 x 4 points)
- 5 points for the castle (1 castle x (4 points per castle + 1 point for the pig) = 1 x 5 points)
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 9 points for the field
- Red will score 9 points for the city
- Yellow will score 8 points for the Japanese building
C1 rules:
Red occupies a city with 7 tiles, where 5 of them are Halflings (counted as individual tiles even when sharing the same space), 3 coats of arms and 1 German castle. The German castle is not considered during final scoring, so the player will score 10 points for the city ( (7 tiles + 3 coats of arms) x 1 point = 10 x 1 points).
Red will score 0 points for the castle occupied by the player.
Yellow will score 7 points for the Japanese building (1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 points):
- 1 point for the Japanese building
- 1 point for the double-sized tile in the column at the top (the double-sized tile is counted as 1 tile).
- 0 points for no tiles in the row to the right (the square gap ends the row)
- 2 points for the 2 tiles in the column below (the triangular gap does not interrupt the column)
- 3 points for the 3 tiles in the row to the left (1 space occupied by two Halflings counted individually and 1 double-sized tile counted individually as well).
Blue occupies a field with a pig including 1 completed city and 1 castle. The German castles do not grant points to fields (Note the field is connected between the German castle and the city segment on the double-sized tiles). The player will receive 9 points (4 + 5 points):
- 4 points for the city (1 city x (3 points per city + 1 point for the pig) = 1 x 4 points)
- 5 points for the castle (1 castle x (4 points per castle + 1 point for the pig) = 1 x 5 points)
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 9 points for the field
- Red will score 10 points for the city
- Yellow will score 7 points for the Japanese building
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Question #20: The Gingerbread Man places this tile on Red's behalf, completing several roads connected to the city of Leipzig. Each player wants to send a meeple each to the city but to various quarters:
- Blue and Red to the Wainwrights quarter
- Yellow to the Bookbinders quarter.
How many points will each player score?
Please indicate what set of rules you chose for your answer when dealing with the double-sized tiles (C1 or C2).
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Answer #20: This tile placement completes 3 roads and a monastery. Since the roads are connected to the city of Leipzig and their owners have the majority on those roads, we proceed first to send the meeples to Leipzig. Afterwards, we will score the features with the meeples left on them, and considering all the meeples in Leipzig at this point (those deployed previously and the new ones).
Depending on the ruleset used for double-sized tiles, the monastery scoring may vary.
- The C1 rules consider each tile individually, so one double-sized tile counts as 1 tile.
- The C2/C3 rules consider occupied spaces when scoring features, so one double-sized tile counts as 2 tiles (except when scoring a long road on a Leipzig tile).
C2/C3 rules:
Blue has a road with 2 meeples. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. So, the player may send a meeple to the Wainwights quarter in Leipzig. The road will keep one meeple and the player will be able to score points for it, and also receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus on the same turn for the meeple just sent to this quarter.
Red has a road with 1 meeple. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. So, the player may send a meeple to the Wainwights quarter in Leipzig, and the road will end up unoccupied. As a result, Red will neither score points for the road nor receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus for the meeple just sent to this quarter.
Yellow has a road with 1 meeple. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. The player may send a meeple to the Bookbinders quarter in Leipzig, and the road will end up unoccupied. As a result, Yellow will neither score points for the road nor receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus for the meeple the player had in this quarter.
At this point, we score all the completed features with meeples still on them.
Blue will score 6 points for the road with one meeple left on it (6 tiles x 1 point per tile). Note that long road on the Leipzig tile counts as 1 tile no matter it spreads across two spaces. Additionally, Blue will receive 6 points for the Wainwrights bonus (6 tiles x 1 point). Again, the Leipzig tile is counted as 1 tile.
Red will score 9 points for the monastery (9 occupied spaces x 1 point). As a result of this scoring, Blue and Yellow will score 4 points each for their meeples in the Bookbinders quarter.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 16 points (6 points for the road + 6 points for the Wainwrights quarter bonus + 4 points for the Bookbinders quarter bonus).
- Red will score 9 points for the monastery.
- Yellow will score 4 points for the Bookbinders quarter bonus.
C1 rules:
Blue has a road with 2 meeples. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. So, the player may send a meeple to the Wainwights quarter in Leipzig. The road will keep one meeple and the player will be able to score points for it, and also receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus on the same turn for the meeple just sent to this quarter.
Red has a road with 1 meeple. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. So, the player may send a meeple to the Wainwights quarter in Leipzig, and the road will end up unoccupied. As a result, Red will neither score points for the road nor receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus for the meeple just sent to this quarter.
Yellow has a road with 1 meeple. The player is alone and therefore has the majority on the road. The player may send a meeple to the Bookbinders quarter in Leipzig, and the road will end up unoccupied. As a result, Yellow will neither score points for the road nor receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus for the meeple the player had in this quarter.
At this point, we score all the completed features with meeples still on them.
Blue will score 6 points for the road with one meeple left on it (6 tiles x 1 point per tile). Additionally, Blue will receive 6 points for the Wainwrights bonus (6 tiles x 1 point). The Leipzig tile is counted as 1 tile.
Red will score 8 points for the monastery (8 tiles x 1 point). Note the adjacent double-sized tile is counted as 1 tile. As a result of this scoring, Blue and Yellow will score 4 points each for their meeples in the Bookbinders quarter.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 16 points (6 points for the road + 6 points for the Wainwrights quarter bonus + 4 points for the Bookbinders quarter bonus).
- Red will score 8 points for the monastery.
- Yellow will score 4 points for the Bookbinders quarter bonus.
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Thanks :)
And congratulation Snearone, very good points for those last questions !
Thanks, but as you can now see, it was a temporary boost before coming to an almost complete stop.
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I stopped answering about halfway through because I got sick and basically slept all day for a few days, then couldn't find the motivation to catch up. Oh well, there's always next year
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@Meepledrone Quizz #12
In Base game rules is:
Use a meeple, score a feature, and get the meeple back
You can place a meeple in a feature you just completed, immediately score it, and then return the meeple to your supply.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Place a tile, completing a feature (such as a road, city, or monastery).
2. Place a meeple as a highwayman, knight, or monk on the feature you just completed.
3. Score the completed road, city, or monastery and return the meeple to your supply.
So for this I think that Red was able to place Meeple on Monastery.
Clarification on The Princess & the Dragon page on Wica not covered this scenario. They cover scenario if feature was completed in previous turns.
Question: If there is a completed feature that no-one scored for, for example a monastery that was never occupied, or a city where the all the knights were eaten by the dragon before they would score, then can I use a magic portal to occupy it and score for it?
Answer: No. The magic portal rules state that you cannot place a meeple on a completed feature. This applies even if no-one scored for it.
Hmm?
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Answer #15: Dear, I forgot clarification I did from HiG on their own Discord channel!
Anyway, Hig closed their Discord?
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@Meepledrone Quizz #12
In Base game rules is:
Use a meeple, score a feature, and get the meeple back
You can place a meeple in a feature you just completed, immediately score it, and then return the meeple to your supply.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Place a tile, completing a feature (such as a road, city, or monastery).
2. Place a meeple as a highwayman, knight, or monk on the feature you just completed.
3. Score the completed road, city, or monastery and return the meeple to your supply.
So for this I think that Red was able to place Meeple on Monastery.
Clarification on The Princess & the Dragon page on Wica not covered this scenario. They cover scenario if feature was completed in previous turns.
Question: If there is a completed feature that no-one scored for, for example a monastery that was never occupied, or a city where the all the knights were eaten by the dragon before they would score, then can I use a magic portal to occupy it and score for it?
Answer: No. The magic portal rules state that you cannot place a meeple on a completed feature. This applies even if no-one scored for it.
Hmm?
Magic portals and flying machines have this limitation compared to placing a meeple directly. Magic portals and flying machines cannot place meeples on features just completed. You have the clarification you quoted for magic portals and this one:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Princess_and_The_Dragon#cite_note-18 (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Princess_and_The_Dragon#cite_note-18)
...and this clarification for flying machines:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#cite_note-2 (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#cite_note-2)
...plus additional clarifications with examples for flying machines here:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#Additional_clarifications (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#Additional_clarifications)
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Answer #15: Dear, I forgot clarification I did from HiG on their own Discord channel!
Anyway, Hig closed their Discord?
How could you after all the fuzz we both made? :o
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I stopped answering about halfway through because I got sick and basically slept all day for a few days, then couldn't find the motivation to catch up. Oh well, there's always next year
Sorry to hear this. Hope you are fully recovered now.
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The same happened to me! I was sick and my mind was not in the mood for those puzzles! But I enjoyed the first days! Thank you Meepledrone!
Carqui
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Answer #15: Dear, I forgot clarification I did from HiG on their own Discord channel!
Anyway, Hig closed their Discord?
How could you after all the fuzz we both made? :o
Maybe, but when you remember, they have a lot of channels and nobody answer to requests :(
I hope that their web page will be available in near future.
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@Meepledrone Quizz #12
In Base game rules is:
Use a meeple, score a feature, and get the meeple back
You can place a meeple in a feature you just completed, immediately score it, and then return the meeple to your supply.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Place a tile, completing a feature (such as a road, city, or monastery).
2. Place a meeple as a highwayman, knight, or monk on the feature you just completed.
3. Score the completed road, city, or monastery and return the meeple to your supply.
So for this I think that Red was able to place Meeple on Monastery.
Clarification on The Princess & the Dragon page on Wica not covered this scenario. They cover scenario if feature was completed in previous turns.
Question: If there is a completed feature that no-one scored for, for example a monastery that was never occupied, or a city where the all the knights were eaten by the dragon before they would score, then can I use a magic portal to occupy it and score for it?
Answer: No. The magic portal rules state that you cannot place a meeple on a completed feature. This applies even if no-one scored for it.
Hmm?
Magic portals and flying machines have this limitation compared to placing a meeple directly. Magic portals and flying machines cannot place meeples on features just completed. You have the clarification you quoted for magic portals and this one:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Princess_and_The_Dragon#cite_note-18 (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Princess_and_The_Dragon#cite_note-18)
...and this clarification for flying machines:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#cite_note-2 (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#cite_note-2)
...plus additional clarifications with examples for flying machines here:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#Additional_clarifications (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Flier#Additional_clarifications)
Who the ... is reading footnotes?!?!?!?! :D
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Who the ... is reading footnotes?!?!?!?! :D
Me :D for each and every question of the advent Quizz ;)
Meepledrone loves to use „edge“ cases which are mostly described in the footnotes…
Mean, mean Meepledrone !!!!
:o
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Question #20: The Gingerbread Man
Hi Meepledrone, just for future reference as it's not going to make much difference, but is there a reason that I only scored 1 point for question 20 even though I had the 4th quickest correct answer? Is it because of the length of time elapsed? Thanks :)
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The same happened to me! I was sick and my mind was not in the mood for those puzzles! But I enjoyed the first days! Thank you Meepledrone!
Carqui
Hi @Carqui !!!
Sorry you hear you caught ill too and missed half of the quiz because of that... Hope you are fully recovered now.
Still happy that you enjoyed even so.
Best regards!
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Who the ... is reading footnotes?!?!?!?! :D
Me :D for each and every question of the advent Quizz ;)
Meepledrone loves to use „edge“ cases which are mostly described in the footnotes…
Mean, mean Meepledrone !!!!
:o
The Grinch loves it when you don't read the footnotes... Edge cases are his favorite dish in every meal... ;)
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Question #20: The Gingerbread Man
Hi Meepledrone, just for future reference as it's not going to make much difference, but is there a reason that I only scored 1 point for question 20 even though I had the 4th quickest correct answer? Is it because of the length of time elapsed? Thanks :)
Ooooops! My bad. I skipped the 2-point score by mistake. Solved now...
Thank you for letting me know.
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Question #21: The Snowman places this tile on Blue's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Does the player draw a card from the Cloister deck (top card shown face up)? (0-1 point)
b) Does the player draw a card from the Roadside deck (top card shown face up)? (0-1 point)
c) How many points does each player score? Blue would like to activate the cards in their hand (shown left) and any card drawn on this turn? (0-5 points)
d) If the the game ends with this tile, how many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18015)
Answer #21: This tile placement causes Blue to draw a card from the Cloister deck, since the player placed a tile next to an opponent's monastery. This card will be activated immediately, as indicated by the symbol at the bottom of the card.
As a result, Blue will score 4 for the monastery occupied by the abbot (4 tiles adjacent to the monastery x 1 point). Note the monastery tile is not counted. The abbot will be removed from the monastery as clarified by the publisher, so it will not participate in the final scoring.
Since the tile just placed doesn't feature only roads, the player many not draw another card from the Roadside deck.
During this turn, the following features will be scored:
- A 3-tile city with 1 coat of arms occupied by Blue: if the player activates the card bottom left for this city, the coats of arms in this city will be worth 3 points instead of 2 points. So, Blue will score 9 points for the city ( (3 tiles x 2 points per tile) + (1 coats of arms x 3 points) = 6 + 3 points). The meeple in this city will be returned to its owner as usual.
- A 4-tile city with no coats of arms occupied by Blue: if the player activates the card top left for this city, each city tile will be worth 3 points instead of 2 points. So, Blue will score 12 points for the city (4 tiles x 3 points per tile). The meeple in this city will be returned to its owner as usual.
- A monastery in the city occupied by Red: The player will score 9 points (9 tiles x 1 point per tile). The meeple in this monastery will be returned to its owner as usual.
- A road occupied by Yellow: This road is worth 4 points. Due to the rotated meeple on it, the road will not be scored until the end of the game. The meeple will stay there until then. (Note this meeple lying down on the road is not protected from a peasant revolt - this expansion is not included in this scenario).
Bottomline:
a) Blue will draw a card from the Cloister deck.
b) Blue will not draw a card from the Roadside deck.
c) The scorings happening during this last turn are as follows:
- Blue will score 25 points (4 points for the Cloister card + 9 points for the city bottom left + 12 points for the city in the middle).
- Red will score 9 points for the monastery.
- Yellow will score no points at this point (their meeple is rotated).
d) The scorings happening after the game are as follows:
- Blue will score no points.
- Red will score no points.
- Yellow will score 4 points for the road (this scoring was deferred since the rotated meeple).
Important note: Due to the clarification received in early January 2023 for the Christmas Present, the scoring of this question will ignore the abbot on the monastery after the game. This abbot should be removed by the Cloister card drawn on this final turn, but this was not clarified until the quiz was closed. So, it will not be taken into consideration for the final scoring (question d)) whether the abbot stays on the monastery or it was removed.
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Question #22: Santa Claus places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Can Red remove the abbot before the dragon moves and receive points for it? (0-1 point)
b) The players would like to move the dragon in the following sequence: 1-2-3-4-1-2 (see the numbers on the picture). How many steps is the dragon allowed to move? (0-1 point)
c) How many points does each player score considering the scoring tiles on the right? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18021)
Answer #22: The placement of the tile triggers the movement of the dragon right before the scoring of the completed features.
The abbot cannot be removed before the dragon moves, since monastery is already completed in 1. Placing a meeple. In order to remove an abbot, its monastery should be uncompleted after placing the tile.
The movement of the dragon will only be able to move 2 steps. After 1 and 2, the dragon cannot move to tile #3 due to the presence of the fairy. So the dragon will stay on tile #2.
At this point the following scorings will take place:
- Blue and Yellow share the majority on the road, so each player will score 14 points (7 tiles x (1 point for the road + 1 point for the scoring Street Fair scoring tile) = 7 x 2 points)
- Blue will also score 3 points for the Fairy. The Fairy will stay on the tile after the scoring.
- Red will score 12 points for the monastery (9 + 3 points):
- 9 points for the monastery itself (9 tiles x 1 point per tile)
- 3 points for the Wealth scoring tile
Notes:
- Blue does not receive the Fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of this turn because the player is not the active one.
- We assume the active player does not move the Fairy from its current position in this scenario.
- This is not a realistic scenario. In a situation like this, Red would move the Fairy to protect their abbot, and the Dragon would eat some meeples during its movement as a result. But we are analyzing the impact of the Fairy in the movement of the Dragon, and the removal of an abbot in a situation like this.
Bottomline:
a) No, the the abbot cannot be removed because the monastery has been completed
b) Two steps. The dragon cannot continue to tile #3 because the Fairy is there.
c) The scoring is as follows:
- Blue will score 17 points (14 points for the road + 3 points for the Fairy)
- Red will score 12 points for the monastery
- Yellow will score 14 points for the road.
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Question #23: Danisthirty draws and places this tile on Blue's behalf. Before the tile is placed, the player has to face a peasant revolt and also decides to open this gift card to use it on the road occupied by Red and Yellow.
a) What do you perform first: the peasant revolt or the opening of the gift? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score during this turn? (0-5 points)
Note: The turn sequence is:
1. Blue
2. Red
3. Yellow
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18023)
Answer #23: First of all, this tile will trigger the peasant revolt for roads.
Blue, as the active player, will check their meeples first. With a protected meeple (lying down) on a road, the player scores 2 points (1 protected meeple x 2 points). Since the player has no unprotected meeples, the next player in turn has to check their meeples.
Red has 2 unprotected meeples on roads. Both of them will be removed at this point, and the peasant revolt stops here. As a result, Yellow will not receive points for their protected meeple.
At this point, the active player opens the gift before placing the tile with the bridge. Only Yellow's meeple stays on the road to be scored. The uncompleted road has 8 tiles and an inn (Don't be fooled by the RRRR tile next to the monastery). Since the road has an inn, it is worth 0 points when scoring as if at the end of the game. So Yellow scores 0 points for the road and their meeple is removed from the bridge.
Finally, the tile with the bridge is placed and the road is completed occupied by Blue alone. The player will score 22 points for the completed road (11 tiles x (1 point per tile + 1 point for the inn) = 11 x 2 points).
Bottomline:
a) The peasant revolt is performed before opening the gift.
b) Each player scored the following points:
- Blue will score 24 points (2 points fo the protected meeple + 22 for the road)
- Red scores no points
- Yellow scores 0 points for the road due to the gift.
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Question #24: The Grinch places this tile on Red's behalf. The player has the following questions:
a) Which meeple will be trapped by Solovei Razboynik along with Yellow's meeple when this tile is placed? (0-1 point)
b) How many points does each player score if applying the advanced variant rules for the Labyrinth? (0-5 points)
c) When distributing the gold ingots, is there any that only Red can pick? (0-1 point)
d) Which opponent's meeple can Red send to the free bathhouse? (0-1 point)
Note: The turn sequence is:
1. Blue
2. Red
3. Yellow
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18027)
Answer #24: The tile placement completes several features:
- A 1-tile City Gates city occupied by Red
- A 1-tile road occupied by Blue
- A Darmstadt church occupied by Red
- A 11-tile road network with a labyrinth, a bathhouse and an inn occupied by 2 blue meeples, 1 red meeple and 1 yellow meeple. So, Blue has the majority. Note that there is only one road on the Darmstadt church tile (it passes by the church).
- A castle occupied by Red triggered by the completion of the road network.
The Solovei Razboynik tile is part of the road network, but its effect is not triggered by the placement of the City Gates city, since it doesn't extend the road. It just completes it. So, no additional meeple will be trapped by Solovei Razboynik along with the yellow meeple.
Let's score each feature:
Red will score 4 points for the 1-tile City Gates city. This is an edge case.
Blue will score 1 point for the 1-tile road (1 tile x 1 point per tile).
Red will score 9 points for the Darmstadt church with their abbot (9 tiles x 1 point). Additionally, the Darmstadt church will grant a bonus to the players with the majority in its vicinity. Blue will receive the 3 bonus points, since the player has 3 normal meeples vs. 2 red meeples (1 normal meeple and 1 abbot) and 2 normal yellow meeples (one of them trapped by Solovei Razboinyk).
Blue will score 33 points for the road netwok (22 + 3 + 8 points):
- 22 points for the road itself (11 tiles x (1 point per tile 1 1 point for the inn) = 11 x 2 points)
- 3 bonus points for the bathhouse
- 8 points for the 4 meeples on the labyrinth road network (4 meeples x 2 points per meeple)
Red's castle lord will score the same number of points the road netwok is worth. So the player will score 33 points for the castle. Note that the Darmstadt church tile and the City-Gates 1-tile city are not in the castle fief, so they cannot trigger the castle scoring as well.
The completion of the Darmstadt church, the road network, the 1-tile road and the castle will trigger the distribution of gold ingots.
- Gold ingot A:
- Blue is entitled to it for the 1-tile road and the road network.
- Red is entitled to it for the Darmstadt church.
- Gold ingot B:
- Blue is entitled to it for the road network.
- Red is entitled to it for the Darmstadt church and the castle.
- Gold ingot C:
- No player is entitled to it.
- Gold ingot D:
- Red alone is entitled to it due to the castle. No other player can pick this one.
Bottomline:
a) No additional meeple will be trapped by Solovei Razboynik.
b) The scoring is as follows:
- Blue will score 37 points (1 point for the 1-tile road + 3 Darmstadt bonus points + 33 points for the road network)
- Red will score 46 points (4 points for the 1-tile city + 9 points for the Darmstadt church + 33 points for the castle)
- Yellow will score 0 points.
c) Gold ingot D is only entitled to Red.
d) As the active player, Red can send the blue meeple on the 1-tile road to the free bathhouse.
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- Meeple Council: Congratulations, corinthiens13!!! You are the winner of the Advent Calendar Quiz MMXXII. ;D
- Snowman: I feel a déjà vu right now...
- The Grinch: (clenching his teeth) Will you zip it?
- Meepledrone: I would also like to thank all the participants, who worked so hard answering all the questions.
- Meepledrone: I hope that everyone enjoyed it as much as I did running it. ;D
- The Grinch: (to Meepledrone) What's up with you? You love the spotlight, huh? >:(
- Meepledrone: Er... I was just...
- The Grinch: Will you shut up for once and for all?
- Santa Claus: Come on, he's been working really hard!
- The Grinch: Have any proof?
- Meepledrone: I can show you...
- The Grinch: You show me what? Shut up and do your thing... quick!
- Meepledrone: I just wanted to remind the winner to send me his address by PM so I can send him the prize...
- The Grinch: And?
- Danisthirty: (whispering something) :-[
- The Grinch: And?
- Fir Tree: (a branch bends in the winds) :o
- Snowman: (muttering) ...participants...
- Meepledrone: Ah yes... and also those participants who want a little something... please send me your address by PM too.
- The Grinch: Shoo, shoo! Go back to your box! If you send them something other than a toothpick, I will...
- His Meeple Highness: (calling from the distant) Mr. Grinch, will you feed the dragons?
- The Grinch: (pompously) Yes, Sire!!! Coming right away!!!
- Pixie: This has become a new thing!
- Flooxie: So willing to help?
- Grim Mike: He must be up to something!
- His Meeple Highness: Thank you for your prompt service...
- The Grinch: (to Meepledrone) You have work to do, lazy maggot!
- Santa Claus: (to the Grinch) Why don't you go for a change? I know this is bad news for you... We have a winner! ;)
- Meepledrone: May I... go?
- The Grinch: Why are you still here? You have some stuff to mail too >:(
- Easter Bunny: Will you shut up?
- The Grinch: (leaving) I'm just warming up for 2023...
- Danisthirty: (thinking out loud) He must be hiding new stuff in footnotes...
- Fir Tree: (making a fart) >:D
- Danisthirty: Are you implying something? :o
- Easter Bunny: (whispering) Well... This is a never ending story... ???
- Easter Bunny: Happy 2023 to everybody!
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18168)
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Congratulations @corinthiens13 ! Well done on getting so many points!
I will stand my ground on my answer for question 24, as I argued that a bunch of meeple would have already had to have been trapped on the Solovei tile in earlier turns, but I knew it probably wouldn't score me any points hahaha
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Bravo Corinthiens13
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Congratulations @corinthiens13 this is a very clear win!!! :D
As I said: you are unbeatable on speed, very well done because this means you know all the footnotes by heart and THAT is something!!!
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@Meepledrone , as every year, we would also like to have the charts without counting time ;D
would you mind showing us?
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Interesting! ^-^
@Challa007 and @KBellon would be at the top wihout the speed boost, but @Challa007 would win as she answered faster. Congrats!!!!
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6182.0;attach=18172)
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Wow, thanks :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
It's an honor to keep up! And congratulations to KBellon and Challa007 for answering the most correct answers!
Meepledrone, can you ship the "1 special tile prize" to Challa007 instead of me? She deserves it (most correct answers), and I already own it ;)
About question 22: Considering that red would move the fairy to his abbot and so that the two other meeples would be eaten by the dragon before scoring was a false answer? Wasn't it the most realistic scenario? ???
And question 24... My bad, insted of answering point C's question, I made all the ingots repartition between players... Without answering to the question ;D
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And thanks again Meepledrone for this awesome quizz, it was a lot of fun!
@Challa007, I indeed didn't read all of the footnotes, but most of them... Here's my receipe:
- Allways go to "scoring during turn sequence" to verify I'm not forgetting something
- At a single doubt, read the expansion's page and footnotes
- Have kids that still wake up at night, making occasions to answer midnight questions and save time (next quizz in 12 month, I'm sure some of the participants can manage to have this kind of little baby-helpers before that ;D )
- Miss one hill or two in the process (happened every year)
Congratulations everyone, you all did great!!! :yellow-meeple:
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Interesting! ^-^
@Challa007 and @KBellon would be at the top wihout the speed boost, but @Challa007 would win as she answered faster. Congrats!!!!
Thank you! ;D I am happy all the headaches were worthwile ;) I still cannot believe it. :pink-meeple:
But this is clearly worth a BIG thank you to all the people who work with the WICA because without that I would not have been able to do it! The WICA is an amazing knowledge-storage made with intelligence, perseverance and a lot of love. Thanks to you all who keep it running. It is the best asset (apart from the people) of this community!!
And congratulations to KBellon and Challa007 for answering the most correct answers!
Meepledrone, can you ship the "1 special tile prize" to Challa007 instead of me? She deserves it (most correct answers), and I already own it ;)
Hey, thanks a lot @corinthiens13 that is very generous of you!! ;D :(y)
@Challa007, I indeed didn't read all of the footnotes, but most of them... Here's my receipe:
- Allways go to "scoring during turn sequence" to verify I'm not forgetting something
- At a single doubt, read the expansion's page and footnotes
- Have kids that still wake up at night, making occasions to answer midnight questions and save time (next quizz in 12 month, I'm sure some of the participants can manage to have this kind of little baby-helpers before that ;D )
- Miss one hill or two in the process (happened every year)
haha, well from your list I do in order:
point 2 (read the whole WICA page including footnotes for every expansion involved)
point 1 (use the scoring tool from WICA)
point 4 *sigh* I also have some of those:
- in question 13: apply the castle rule for the monastery but not for the mayor (why???)
- in question 20: apply the rules for the red meeple but not the yellow (why???)
- in question 24 forget to score the abbot (I mean, hello!!, that was the easiest thing to do in that wicked question...)
well, you know ... *sigh*
point 3 I do not have ;D
Concerning question 10: well here I will have a "discussion" with Meepledrone >:D
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To finish:
Thank you so much @Meepledrone for organising this marvellous Advent Quizz once again!!
It is so much fun to do!! And I know you had very little time to do it and did it anyway for us!
That is very much appreciated!! :(y) :(y) :(y)
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Wow, thanks :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
It's an honor to keep up! And congratulations to KBellon and Challa007 for answering the most correct answers!
Congrats to you all! It's been a great Advent Quiz!
Hope you all enjoyed it. ;D
Meepledrone, can you ship the "1 special tile prize" to Challa007 instead of me? She deserves it (most correct answers), and I already own it ;)
So generous! ^-^ Let's see what she has to say about the Speil'22 tile...
At least you'll want the scoreboard signed by KJW, right? ;)
About question 22: Considering that red would move the fairy to his abbot and so that the two other meeples would be eaten by the dragon before scoring was a false answer? Wasn't it the most realistic scenario? ???
Of course, the scenario was most unrealistic, but I was more interested in the answers about the dragon moment. Ha ha ha!
And question 24... My bad, insted of answering point C's question, I made all the ingots repartition between players... Without answering to the question ;D
It was a pity! Question #24 seemed a tough one for everyone fo different reasons.
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To everyone who has participated in the Advent Quizz:
You know that one of the prices for the winner was a Spiel22 tile and @corinthiens13 has generously offered to give it to me because he already has one.
Same goes for me: I already have one and I believe most participants of this year's Advent Quizz already have one.
But if there are participants who do not have a Spiel 22 tile yet and would like to have it, please let me know via PM.
From all the requests, I will pick one (I already have my criteria fixed but will not tell >:D) and Meepledrone will send it to that person, agreed? :D
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Scoreboard signed by KJW ? ? ? Of course I'd want that!!! :D :D :D
And now, to all the participants, lets play Carcassonne and work on the rules to be ready for next year :yellow-meeple:
Agreed Challa007 for the spiel tile sharing. And I'm sure this wouldn't be a problem for Meepledrone, since this shouldn't increase the postage costs :yellow-meeple:
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Thank you Meepledrone for the quiz!
Congratulations on your win and for retaining your title @corinthiens13 :(y) :(y) :(y)
You have also almost equalled with @Challa007 and @KBellon in correct answers without unnecessary additional points scoring ;D :(y) :(y)
Additional congratulations to the three champions who were the only ones to answer question #17 fully correctly :(y) :(y) :(y)
If only I hadn't stopped answering as soon as possible from question 18 onwards, I would have repeated exactly same places as last year :D Still, I'm surprised I didn't fall much much lower because of it ::)
My biggest mistake was in question 18, I've got the scoring right, but done the simplest and very visible math wrong
"Blue scores 22 from a city, 8 and 7 from bets, 27 total" ouch.
But there is one thing I need to come back to O:-)
Answer #4: The tile placed completes a road with 10 tiles which features a bridge, two tunnels connected by the yellow and black tunnel tokens and an Ukranian traditional house acting as an inn by the lake. There is a regular inn in the scenario but it is not connected to the completed road network.
I've underlines crucial part that wasn't stated in the question, as CundCo (https://cundco.de/en/accessories/478/carcassonne-ukraine-tile) says:
"You can use it as a normal tile, as an additional tile for the 1st expansion Inns and Cathedrals, where it can be used as an inn, and/or as an additional tile for the mini-expansion The Crop Circles."
That tile features Ukrainian house, not an inn, it can act as one but does not need too! You can not play those two tiles with an in from exp8 and claim that they have no inns while playing also with exp1, but you can do exactly that with Ukrainian tile, so that needs clarifiyng on WICA O:-)
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Congrats winners, specially those read Wica better than we do :)
Funny think is question 24, nobody answered it correctly.
Very nice spent advent time.
Thanks @Meepledrone for it.
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Funny think is question 24, nobody answered it correctly.
Indeeed, and I'm really frustrated at answering the main question correctly, and then making a silly answer for ingots... Snearone did also answer the main question correctly, congratulations :yellow-meeple:
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Funny think is question 24, nobody answered it correctly.
Indeeed, and I'm really frustrated at answering the main question correctly, and then making a silly answer for ingots... Snearone did also answer the main question correctly, congratulations :yellow-meeple:
Congrats to you as well, and I feel you, for me it was stating that no meeple goes to bathhouse completely overlooking that 1 point road one.
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congrat!!CORINTHIENS13!!!well this year I qualificate best position ,nr 9!!!
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By the way: a very belated congratulations to @KBellon for sharing the first place in the most correct answers with me!! :(y)
Also, obviously, if you do not have the Spiel'22 tile yet and want to have it, it has to go to you before all others! Please let me know!
Sorry, I completely had a black-out on this one...
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A lot of thanks again to @Meepledrone again for the nicely and tricky constructed Advent Quiz.
And thanks to all the WICA wizards who wrote down the helpful footnotes (I needed them quite a few times this year ;D )
And my congratulations to @corinthiens13 for keeping up your winning streak and @Challa007 for also answering the most questions correctly.
Thanks for the offer of the Spiel '22 tile, but I already have 1, so it can go to one of the other participants. :D
I do have 1 question regarding question #24: is the majority of meeples in the vicinity of the Darmstadt church always decided at the beginning of scoring? Because I thought red could choose the order of scoring as active player, and thought it would be more interesting to score it as the last feature because the blue meeples in its vicinity would already be gone, thus earning the red player the 3-point bonus.
However, even if that's the case I would still have the last question wrong. Thought the inn on the Spiel 22 tile was only counted if Expansion 1 is also in play. My bad! :P
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I just analysed more in depths my answer and the correct answer to question 24 and now I also have the exact same question as KBellon :D
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thanks again to @Meepledrone for the Advent Quiz which forces us into a useful exercise even with the least played expansions, at least for me.
Congratulations to the winners too.
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I do have 1 question regarding question #24: is the majority of meeples in the vicinity of the Darmstadt church always decided at the beginning of scoring? Because I thought red could choose the order of scoring as active player, and thought it would be more interesting to score it as the last feature because the blue meeples in its vicinity would already be gone, thus earning the red player the 3-point bonus.
I just analysed more in depths my answer and the correct answer to question 24 and now I also have the exact same question as KBellon :D
There is no clarification that establishes when the majority should be calculated for the Darmstadt church bonus, but for the sake of consistency, it should happen before any feature is scored and their meeples removed. This way, no matter the order of scoring, the outcome will be the same.
This is based on the non-written principle of coherence and stability of the scoring process: no matter the order of scoring, the results should be same. This is obvious in the base game, but can this be the same when adding more and more expansions that affect the scoring sequence? Let me elaborate...
WARNING: This is a long digression about the scoring process but I think it may be interesting to discuss. Some of this ideas are important for a more general Order of Play.
The rules of Carcassonne are not very explicit about how the scoring sequence should be conducted. Players will follow an arbitrary sequence when multiple scorings are triggered by a single tile placement. But determining this sequence may be conditioned by certain expansions. Not all sequences may be valid, or some of them may produce inconsistent outcomes. And there is no arbitration role defined for the scoring sequence in case of conflict or any clarification to help resolve this (only the Barber-Surgeons attribute this role to the active player when deciding what meeples are sent to bathhouses if the decision may involve several players).
To make things worse, some expansions state that each player will score their features in their preferred order to meet certain conditions (maximazing their own gain and/or minimazing the gain of their opponents).
There are many expansions that add new constraints or dependencies to the usual scoring process but not all race conditions or side effectes are clarified:
A) The Watchtowers: A watchower bonus must be scored before the associated feature as per the rules, but watchtowers scoring for meeples may depend on unrelated features completed by the same tile placement.
B) The Toolkeepers: Tollhouses should be scored before the associated completed roads.
C) Castles triggered by multiple features or even other castles define a series of dependencies to be considered during the scoring sequence.
D) Mini #2 - The Messengers: This expansion instructs players to choose the order of scoring of their features and the scoring figue to use in order to receive messages. This expansion may be combined with Mini #6, increasing the decision factors.
E) Mini #6 - The Robbers: This expansion instructs players to choose the order of scoring of their features to control what points may be robbed by other players. This expansion may be combined with Mini #2, increasing the decision factors.
F) Darmstadt Promo: Completed Darmstadt churches grant a bonus to the players with the majority in their vicinity. This may involve meeples on other features completed by the same tile placement.
G) The School: Players may decide the order of their scorings to control what points may receive the player with the Teacher.
H) The Barber-Surgeons: The active player may decide the order of scoring in order to send one or more meeples to free bathhouses.
I) Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top: All features are scored and their meeples removed before the big top is scored.
J) Exp. 6 - Count, King & Robber: Players may deploy meeples from Cacassonne to completed features
K) Markets of Leipzig: Players may send meeples to Leipzig, affecting the scoring of roads sending meeples and the features associated with various districts in the city.
Therefore, a complex scenario may combine implicit contraints dictated by meeples redeployments (J, K), feature dependencies (A, B, C, F, I), decisions made by the owner of the features (D, E, G), and decisions made by the active player (H). If you followed an arbitrary sequence: pick a feature - score - remove meeple - repeat, you may find several issues:
- Scoring castles before some features triggering them (C)
- Side effects caused by meeples added and removed in different orders: sending meeples to Leipzig (K), deploying meeples from Carcassonne (J), watchtowers scoring for meeples (A), Darmstadt churches (F), big top scoring (I)...
Getting all this to work together may drive someone nuts. We should pursue a scoring process where all the different contraints can be combined freely and reach a consistent result: No side effects when scoring features as in the base game, while in full control of any constraints to be consider or any actions triggered.
We always try to resolve all this with one single loop. However, this may no work in complex cases. I always envision the scoring process as several loops back to back in the most complex scenarios:
1. Detecting the completed features and other features to be scored
- Small cities converted into castles do not participate in the scoring
2. Sending meeples to Leipzig
- Determining the majority in the roads connected to Leipzig
- Redeploying meeples from selected roads to Leipzig
3. Redeploying meeples from Carcassonne to features to be scored
4. Evaluating features (calculate points only)
- Evaluating the majority for all features (some may have been affected by actions in 2 and 3)
- Determining the sequence of evaluation due to dependencies (watchtowers, tollhouses, triggered castles...)
- Calculating the points each bonus and feature is worth (the points evaluation as a sequence of scoring events to be noted by each player)
5. Noting the points on the scoreboard (the actual scoring loop)
- Each player notes their scoring events according to their preferred sequence:
- Each player uses the scoring figure of their preference to note their points (one, or two if playing with Mini #2 - The Messengers)
- Robbers steal points according to the scorings performed (if playing with Mini #6 - The Robbers)
6. Sending meeples to bathhouses (with the arebitration of the active player if needed)
7. Wagons are moved and the remaining meeples invoved in the scoring are removed
8. Distributing gold ingots
9. Flipping over tollhouse tokens as needed
10. Scoring of the big top.
- Robbers steal points according to the scorings performed (if playing with Mini #6 - The Robbers)
11. Receiving messages by the active player according to the last position of their scoring figures moved during this turn.
- Robbers steal points according to the scorings performed (if playing with Mini #6 - The Robbers)
12. Sending meeples to Carcassonne
Note the following:
- Loop 4 (Evaluation) determines the majority to be considered in each scoring (including the Darmstadt bonus) using a frozen snapshot of the gam. No points are noted on the scoreboard, no meeples are removed. It also handles the sequence required for calculating points (constraints defined by feature dependencies A, B, C, and F).
- Loop 5 (Points noting) handles the decisions made by feature owners (D, E, G). The separation between Loops 4 and 5 decouples mandatory feature-contraints from player-driven decisions, avoiding race conditions and making the outcome consistent.
In simpler cases, most of these loops, if not all, can be merged into one. Only when race conditions may impact the scoring process, you may need to split the scoring loop into stages.
This way you may control situations where one meeple may affect multiple scorings (e.g. the Darmstadt church bonus or a watchtower scoring for meeples). The scoring process should rely on a snapshot of the game configuration and run away from any volatility that would require negotiations or arbitrations between the players beyond those detailed in the rules.
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We will finish by calling you Doctor Meepledrone >:D
I agree with what you say: (this is a resumee for all those who did not read Dr Meepledrones thesis)
--> take the situation at the beginning of final scoring and THAT is relevant for final scoring. The order of scoring is not.
Thanks for clarifiying!! :D
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Ha ha ha! Sorry for the long long post...
--> take the situation at the beginning of final scoring and THAT is relevant for final scoring. The order of scoring is not.
The order of scoring is not what?
I think somthing is missing here...
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relevant
The order of scoring is not relevant :D
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Today was a normal day... My first day back to work after the Christmas break... :'(
"Ding dong!" the door bell rang at lunch time... The baker's husband, stading before me, hands me a "Roscón de Reyes" cake and an envelope... No explanation given. I stare back at him:
- What's this?
- Ahhhh... I'm not at the liberty to say.
- What the heck?
- Gotta go. Byeeee!
- Thanks...! Er....
What was all this about? I knew @Challa007 was up to something, but this? I opened the envelope...
(https://i.imgur.com/8itjiRp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VLwFy3I.jpg)
No way! My wife and I cannot believe our eyes. We have a mission! But we will have to wait until the evening to get ours hands on this promising "roscón". Back to work again now... :'(
A few hours later, the Meeple Council wants to know what the "roscón" looks like... I start to unwrap it.
| (https://i.imgur.com/Zl8QC8c.jpg) | | (https://i.imgur.com/omcFC9y.jpg) |
A fluffy cake filled with whipped cream. The dough scented with orange blossom water. Candied fruit on top. All sprinkled with sugar... A full meal in every bite. We all get excited and impatient...
(https://i.imgur.com/0RyeEJn.jpg)
I cut the couple of slices... My wife begs for a smaller one.
(https://i.imgur.com/AOCQhL8.jpg)
But oooops! Her slice contains the prize hidden in the cake, as the tradition dictates. We unwrap it and another surprise: A yellow meeple!!!!
| (https://i.imgur.com/rE8d1Nt.jpg) | | (https://i.imgur.com/cE9HcNq.jpg) |
The yellow meeple joins the Meeple Council and they all watch me eat my glorious slice!!! My wife stares at me...
| (https://i.imgur.com/p4rVHkH.jpg) | | (https://i.imgur.com/TcQqMOe.jpg) |
It's delicious and we go round after round of slices trying to control ourselves... The Meeple Council commands us to stop when they see we have eaten half the cake.... Unbelievable! Tomorrow's breakfast will be our next stop...
(https://i.imgur.com/EcNWelu.jpg)
Thank you so much guys for this wonderful surprise. @Challa007 , your scheming and plotting won't go unnoticed! The Grinch will take advantage of it... No doubt!
(https://i.imgur.com/02uQLxL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3r2Svzk.jpg)
You made my day! My wife was as excited as I was.... Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts!!!
Best wishes to you all in 2023!!!
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PS: The string tied around the paper wrap can become a game too...
(https://i.imgur.com/pC88Wy3.jpg)
Cat's Cradle...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpHTPnrYLzQ
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Thank you to you, Meepledrone for all the work and dedication you put not only in the Advent Quizz but also in this community!!!
We needed to show you how much we appreciate it!!!!
Enjoy the cake !!
( not much left though… ;))
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:D
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Glad you got it and enjoyed it!
And thanks Challa007 for organizing all this :yellow-meeple:
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The morning was cloudy and quiet... I was just enjoying a break from work with two ideas in my mind:
* Have one or more nice slices of "roscón" cake. ^-^
* Checking the post about a tile tower built with LEGO by Scott :o
To my surprise, my second slice contained another prize.... A blue meeple. The yellow meeple has a friend. Yaaaay! :blue-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
The day is getting crazier by the minute!!!! ;D ;D ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/kOne6gQ.jpg)
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And this is the cake remaining for tea time... ^-^
(https://i.imgur.com/B2fmQWz.jpg)
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Now that you found everything ;) I would like to stress again that this was the making of 14 people!!
Everybody contributed / took their part in the logistics!
@Bumsakalaka
@carlium
@Carqui
@Challa007
@corinthiens13
@danisthirty
@Decar
@JohannesD
@Ker42
@kothmann
@Snearone
@Turkino1
@Willem
@6ruoge4
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To my surprise, my second slice contained another prize.... A blue meeple. The yellow meeple has a friend. Yaaaay! :blue-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
So you found only two? I though it will be more... After all when the cake is delicious, you can't not devour it ^-^
Good thing you didn't chip your tooth on it, would be very unfortunate, Roscón de Reyes traditionally have only one figurine, so the appearance of more can actually be quite a surprise.
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Thanks for fantastic quiz. It made me dig dip in the rules, especially of the expansions, which I don't have and haven't played.
I am definitely the one who took the longest, but I haven't learnt about this quiz until 12th December.
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Now that you found everything ;) I would like to stress again that this was the making of 14 people!!
Everybody contributed / took their part in the logistics!
@Bumsakalaka
@carlium
@Carqui
@Challa007
@corinthiens13
@danisthirty
@Decar
@JohannesD
@Ker42
@kothmann
@Snearone
@Turkino1
@Willem
@6ruoge4
Thank you all for your support and enthusiam...
Hope that those headaches are gone now after such a hectic December... >:D
This afternoon we found the final surprise in the second to last slice of cake... You made us very happy with all these dear surprises.
(https://i.imgur.com/siawsKx.jpg)
To my surprise, my second slice contained another prize.... A blue meeple. The yellow meeple has a friend. Yaaaay! :blue-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
So you found only two? I though it will be more... After all when the cake is delicious, you can't not devour it ^-^
Good thing you didn't chip your tooth on it, would be very unfortunate, Roscón de Reyes traditionally have only one figurine, so the appearance of more can actually be quite a surprise.
It was really a surprising surprise to find more than one prize... He he he!
No teeth were chipped during the enjoyment of the "roscón" cake... We have developed a sixth sense to detect any surprises before chewing hard. ;)
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Thanks for fantastic quiz. It made me dig dip in the rules, especially of the expansions, which I don't have and haven't played.
I am definitely the one who took the longest, but I haven't learnt about this quiz until 12th December.
Hi @Ainka-in-love !
Congrats on your first post! Hope you the questions didn't drive you crazy...
Yes! The devil is in the details. An I think this is a fun way to explore all the nuances hidden in the rules and he clarifications we have. >:D
See you around and enjoy the forum! O0
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(https://i.imgur.com/siawsKx.jpg)
ha ha ha - your wife is such a teaser ;D
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To everyone who has participated in the Advent Quizz:
You know that one of the prices for the winner was a Spiel22 tile and @corinthiens13 has generously offered to give it to me because he already has one.
Same goes for me: I already have one and I believe most participants of this year's Advent Quizz already have one.
But if there are participants who do not have a Spiel 22 tile yet and would like to have it, please let me know via PM.
From all the requests, I will pick one (I already have my criteria fixed but will not tell >:D) and Meepledrone will send it to that person, agreed? :D
Last chance: if you are a participant in this year's Advent Quizz and do not have a Spiel'22 yet and want a chance to get one, please send me a PM
by the end of this Sunday January 15th - 23.59 in your time zone is fine :)
I will announce the winner on Monday evening my time.
FYI: I have already received 4 requests.
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Congratulations @davide !! You are the winner of the Spiel'22 tile :D
Of all the participants who asked for the tile, you are the one with the best score in the Advent Quizz.
Have fun!! :D
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Congrats @davide !!!
It seems the Spiel'22 tile has a new home. ;D
Thank you @Challa007 for organizing this plot twist!!!
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tks you so much ;D ;D tks Challa07 I'm very very happy!! back from a work meeting, I see this nice surprise
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Congratz Davide, I'm glad it's going to someone who didn't already own it! :yellow-meeple:
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It seems that the plotting and scheming has no end on this forum...
I received last night a mysterious PM disclosing a custom tile where I'm standing in a field with a roscon cake from a bakery ("pasteleria" in Spanish) in the city...
I can't stop admiring all the work put in this tile. Thank you so much guys, and especially @Challa007, for leading these "terrible" initiatives. All this made me extremely happy... ;D ;D ;D
Behold and enjoy it as much as I do (you may click on the image to zoom in):
(https://i.imgur.com/b5YP0BY.png)
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Amazing ! The tile is wonderful ! Congratulations !
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Looks amazing Meepledrone! Glad you like it!
And never underestimate the power of this forum ;)
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Believe it or not, the prize and the "little something" items are on their way to you, esteemed participants...
I only spent 3h at the post office to get everything sorted out... Well, I also posted some other stuff pending to be sent... 27 items in total. Not bad for an afternoon! ;)
I will send you all your tracking numbers by PM.
So pay attention to your mailboxes!
Thank you so much for participating and thank you again for the wonderful surprises after the Advent Quiz!!!
Hope you like it!!! ^-^
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I only spent 3h at the post office to get everything sorted out... Well, I also posted some other stuff pending to be sent... 27 items in total. Not bad for an afternoon! ;)
Glad I wasn't in the queue behind you ...
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I could see dozens of people come and go while I was being served... ;)
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@Meepledrone
Not only do you spent a lot of time to run the Advent Quizz, prepare the gifts, go to the post office and send the gifts ...
but also you must be spending a fortune to send 27 envelopes with tracking around the world....
THANK YOU for everything!!!! +1 merit
Some little surprises is the least we could do. :)
I am VERY excited to find out what you have prepared for us ..... why are postal services soooooooo long? Why has nobody invented real life "beaming" yet? ;)
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Thanks!!! ;D
... But you should have waited until you see the little something. Maybe you would like to remove the merit at that point... :o
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Hmm, if there will such a great thinks like last year, then it will be AWESOME. If not, there will be also AWESOME, because I believe it will be Carcassonne related SOMETHING :D In one word, it has to AWESOME!
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Today the postman delivered another envelope wrapped in mystery. When I opened it I found this... This only meant @Challa007 and the guys' scheming wasn't finished yet... Didn't know what to expect!
(https://i.imgur.com/Rk5WcgJ.png)
This envelope contained another 2 envelopes, one in light green color and another one made out of plastic bubble wrap...
(https://i.imgur.com/0jE66Jg.png)
I was cautious this time and double checked for opening instructions...
I couldn't find any hints of them, so I proceeded to open the green envelope...
(https://i.imgur.com/0SvFMoi.png)
What wat this? This had to be a geeting card designed by @Snearone !!! What else could it be?
All the C3-style ornaments and on the paper and even in black inside the meeple! What a nice work!!!
...And the paper was also great to the touch.
What did the greeting card say?
(https://i.imgur.com/Qt6BM8d.png)
Indeed, I know who to blame now... Ha ha ha!
Thanks so much to all of you who contributed to brighten my day... ^-^
I had to read several times the card... (I was blinded by the glittery ink ;))... Glass meeples? People liking the Advent Quiz? Oh oh! The Grinch is gonna be mad....
... to be continued...
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So after opening the bubble wrap envelope, i found this velvet drawstring bag... All very classy! ^-^
(https://i.imgur.com/Wj6jEtS.png)
What did I find inside? A very compact wrapping that took me a while to open and a couple of promo cards... but I was so excited that forgot to take any pictures...
THE END
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You couldn't believe I would leave you all like this, huh?
So beside the promo cards, the bag contained these two hand-made glass meeples...
(https://i.imgur.com/LaWjRhq.png)
Here is a couple of closeups...
(https://i.imgur.com/PJ9ZXIx.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/kaiP9sT.jpg)
The one on the left has three layers in different colors:
* Frozen white
* Opaque white
* A thin layer of light blue
The one on the right also has three layers in two shades of azure blue and transparent as you can appreciate here:
(https://i.imgur.com/7BZpZDf.jpg)
You can also appreciate the bubble sinside the glass which cast different light effects depending on the side you are looking at... Amazing to say the least!!!
Wow! These two little meeples are outstanding piece of craftmanship!!! Totally impressive!!!
...to be continued?...
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So I went back to my stash and fetched the meeples included in the roscon cake to take a family picture...
Voilà!
(https://i.imgur.com/lZ40ggN.jpg)
So gorgeus together!!!
But wait... I think they want to clebrate with some acrobatics! Ahhh naughty meeples! Hop hop hop!
(https://i.imgur.com/TwAvxX3.png)
So thank you so much, guys, for this incredible string of surprises!!! Hope you enjoyed the Advent Quiz as much as I did... The roscon cake, the personal tiles, the hand-made meeples and all these tokens of appreciation. I'm really moved!
Don't let @Challa007, the Master Schemer, and @Snearone, the Master Illustrator, lure you to their evil domains!
Thank you all for enjoying the lands of Carcassonne and their richness so much!!! ;D ;D ;D
:black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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Great to see it all arrived!
All thanks to @Challa007 for organising, and of course all well deserved @Meepledrone !
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It's a pleasure to see you getting those tokens of our gratitude for everything you do for CC members and WICA :yellow-meeple:
And of course, thanks Challa007 for making this up :yellow-meeple:
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You are very welcome @Meepledrone , it's very well deserved!!!
And now we are all waiting for your "little something" to arrive..... I can't stand the wait any longer.....
:pink-meeple:
:white-meeple: :white-meeple:
:pink-meeple: :pink-meeple: :pink-meeple:
(Meepledrone loves pyramids ... >:D)
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No pyramids are involved in this wait... 8)
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Got a nice letter from Spain today, I will share photos later :yellow-meeple:
Thanks a lot Meepledrone for all those things! And thanks Challa too, who could imagine you'd participate too? :o
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Ha ha ha!
No spoilers! No spoilers!!! ;)
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Just addind some suspense :yellow-meeple:
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I got something in the mailbox from you today @Meepledrone !! :D
No spoilers, of course, so I will not go into further details... but I love it!!
Thank you soo much!! :-* That is really very kind of you!! :(y)
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Just addind some suspense :yellow-meeple:
the postman came with a nice envelope, the red box was eagerly awaited by his friends from previous years, and lots of nice things, a big thank you to you Meepledrone as well as to Challa, I can't wait to know the rest of this story.
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the postman came to us, a nice surprise for the advent at Easter, thanks to meepledrone and also to Challa007
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I got the envelope, too. Thank you so much, Meepledrone and Challa007!
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Thanks @Meepledrone and @Challa007 for Little Something. It was maybe something, but not little. I like .... and also .... and extra ..... Very nice!
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Hope everybody enjoys the little somethings already arrived... @Challa007 would be very disappoined otherwise :o
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The rest will have to wait a little longer :-\
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Is it now time to post some photos? Or should we wait a lettle more? :yellow-meeple:
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We need the people in America o receive their little somethings... And maybe some people in UK who were away in Easter... :o
It will take a little longer for the people in Mexico, USA, Canada,...
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I seem to be the only person on this side of the globe reporting to have received a package. And judging by how close I live to the regional sorting centre, I reckon it should take at least a few more days for other folks in the States to get theirs.
And just to add a data point to what kind of delay you might expect in anticipation of a mail piece...
I came home to find a slip that said the USPS had missed me and the package needed a signature. The only way for me to get it was to go to the storage unit in my city. Normally, this would do.
But... this package is registered mail, so the postmaster keeps it in the safe. And of course, the postmaster gets off of work when I get off of work ::). They allowed me to sign the slip and drop it off in my mailbox and told me that they would deliver it to the mailbox if the signed slip would be there. And I finally got it!
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Received today in British Columbia, Canada!
The joy of discovering what was inside the envelope made up for all the frustrations of finding out how many answers I got wrong.
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Happy to report that I got my mystery gift yesterday. Thank you so much Meepledrone and Challa007!. I look forward to playing with the...surprises!
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Returned from a family holiday to find a lovely package in the post - thank you Meepledrone and Challa007 for the generous and welcome gifts!
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you are all very welcome!! :D I hope you all enjoy the little extra and make gooooooood and continued use of it ;)
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@Challa007 surprised you all, huh? ;D
We both hope you all have lots of fun!
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Hope everybody enjoys the little somethings already arrived... @Challa007 would be very disappoined otherwise :o
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The rest will have to wait a little longer :-\
We are! And very! And most like is .... but .... is also great and good .... ... ... works very well :)
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We are! And very! And most like is .... but .... is also great and good .... ... ... works very well :)
I don’t understand anything… ;) …. What did you want to say? ? ?
We are most likely great and good and work very well ?
Hm…
;D
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hello Meepledrone, today I received the prize so much, thank you very much, I think I'm the last one on the list to receive the prize?I´m very happy!!!
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So happy you liked the litte surprise!!!
Have fun with it!!! ;D ;D ;D
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So now it's time to share pictures??? :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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Do you want to show what you got? ;)
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Ha ha, the two last years I didn't show anything to keep some mystery around it... But now I feel like I have to give some motivation for other participants to read WICA everyday and wake up at night during the Advent calendar >:D
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thoose are the gifts I recived
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I received those, too :) (except the Spiel 22 tile >:D ) Thanks for sharing the picture, @davide !
I would love to see pictures from @corinthiens13 , too! ;D
So, now that the secret is no secret anymore, we need to find rules for the Advent 22 tile all together..... any suggestions, anyone?
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That Spiel'22 tile was a very generous gift!!! ^-^
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Well, any comments on that wonderful Big Highwayman created by @Challa007 !!!
Perfect timing for the final version of this wonderful expansion!!!
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6205.msg91474#msg91474 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6205.msg91474#msg91474)
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That Spiel'22 tile was a very generous gift!!! ^-^
yes tks everybody !!
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Here is what Meepledrone sent me (plus the Spiel 2022 tile transferred to Davide).
The signed scoreboard is a wonderful prize! Taking me closer to the only expansion I'm missing : Saint Nicholas scoreboard :o
Thanks Meepledrone for those great prizes, always very interesting stuffs, and stuffs I'm missing (thinking about the Advent quizz everytime I play Carc für 2) :yellow-meeple:
(https://ams03pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mg0YUVNI63ftBOJnimJJT1HzY4O7q1bunoxMJ3tGocc8KTX65zD4HzqV7grxbOfGNTEaEsOLWvSVrsYWj62DKTIWsQHv1biztDYm8F6FxQLaxiUoUZyDSI_GTyujD9XXmvaw8O3-qv9oOstvO0cWA4K2rqQCh3jv3FnxUdMmYztbedfBfXgT7rHS71QZlTMKU?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)
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Such a great price for the winner ;D :(y)
Very well deserved @corinthiens13 !
Thanks again @Meepledrone for all these amazing gifts!!
And now: Lets look for rules for the Advent tile.... (I insist >:D ) ... any ideas ? ? ?
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Here is what Meepledrone sent me (plus the Spiel 2022 tile transferred to Davide).
The signed scoreboard is a wonderful prize! Taking me closer to the only expansion I'm missing : Saint Nicholas scoreboard :o
Thanks Meepledrone for those great prizes, always very interesting stuffs, and stuffs I'm missing (thinking about the Advent quizz everytime I play Carc für 2) :yellow-meeple:
(https://ams03pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mg0YUVNI63ftBOJnimJJT1HzY4O7q1bunoxMJ3tGocc8KTX65zD4HzqV7grxbOfGNTEaEsOLWvSVrsYWj62DKTIWsQHv1biztDYm8F6FxQLaxiUoUZyDSI_GTyujD9XXmvaw8O3-qv9oOstvO0cWA4K2rqQCh3jv3FnxUdMmYztbedfBfXgT7rHS71QZlTMKU?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)
Hi @corinthiens13 !!!
So happy so see you liked the prized an the little treats coming with it.
Never though you would also enjoy Carc für 2 as well...
I'm also missing the Saint Nicholas Scoreboard, so always keeping an eye on options. The Santa Claus and the Fir Tree meeples have that function too... Should we look for stickers to get a home-made replica instead of meeples to mark the spaces?
@Challa007 did a great job making her custom Big Highwayman figure a reality... Have fun with it!
Hope you keep enjoying all these little treasures!!! :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
PS: Thank you as well for sharing the happiness of the Spiel'22 tile... @davide is a lucky, happy guy!
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Such a great price for the winner ;D :(y)
Very well deserved @corinthiens13 !
Thanks again @Meepledrone for all these amazing gifts!!
And now: Lets look for rules for the Advent tile.... (I insist >:D ) ... any ideas ? ? ?
You are welcome! I created a thread to discuss all your ideas...
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6369.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6369.0)
So happy you liked the little gifts! ^-^ ^-^ ^-^