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Dear all,Welcome to this new installment of Controversial interactions... Let's have some fun.Controversial Interactions #02 - Castles and fairiesSome of you may know the fairy was not always welcome in castles. Big Box 3 stated “A player can place the fairy in a castle. If it is there during the castle scoring, it scores 3 points for the player.” However, according to some official clarifications later, that rule is incorrect. The fairy could be placed in a castle, as it should only be placed on features on a discrete tile. Then C2 reverted this ruling and now allows you to place the fairy next to a meeple in a castle. So fairies are welcome in castles again. Fine!And you will ask at this point, what is this guy trying to sell us with all this preamble?Well, here is the point. Check the following scenario:1. places a semi-circular city and deploys a meeple2. In a later turn, completes the small city...3. ...and assigns the fairy to their meeple. At this point, decides to convert the small city into a castle. Which is the right action?4a. The fairy stays on the tile and only the meeple moves to the castle4b. The fairy moves along with the meeple to the castleI haven't found any clarifications about this case yet. But we know for certain that the fairy can be placed on a castle in C2 (this is the reason for my ramblings above ).Any thoughts? What would you do and why?
This is a interesting interaction! It’s a tough scenario because there are arguments either way. I’d look at each of the three fairy’s benefits in turn
For the purpose of the bonus 1 point or the bonus 3, it makes no difference which of 4a or 4b you use does it not? Am I correct in saying that, even though the fairy protects other meeple on a tile, the bonus points are only scored by the meeple it is “assigned” to? (With the exception of the bonus 1!point for acrobats?). So whether or not it is moved is irrelevant here.
The fairy would provide points to the meeple it is assigned to. The previous two options work differently in this case:4a. If the fairy stays on the tile, it would be "detached" from the the meeple in the castle, so no bonus points for the meeple.4b. If the fairy moves along with the meeple into the castle, the meeple would get the bonus points as usual when scoring the castle.EDIT: Added explicit reference to the given example.
Protection from the dragon is where it gets interesting I suppose... the meeple in the castle is already protected from the dragon by dint of it being in the castle. However does the fairy being “in” the castle prevent the dragon from entering either of the two tiles involved? (E.g. to protect a phantom or wagon or other figure placed on another feature by portal or flier). Thematically I suppose the answer to this would be no. (The fairy is assigned to the follower, who then becomes a lord/ lady and it follow them there. The dragon cannot penetrate the castle walls but equally the fairy’s magic cannot either?).
I’d lean towards the fairy moving with the lord in the scenario you describe as that’s where it would be if you’d assigned the fairy after placing your castle?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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