Author Topic: When can I place a Tower Floor (Read 1075 times)

PapaGeek · « **on:** February 21, 2022, 01:44:36 AM »

There were four players in our first game with Towers, so we each started the game with 7 Tower Floors. There are 18 Tower Tiles, so on average each player should drew 4 or 5 tiles.

Before playing our first game with The Tower, my understanding of the rules was based on the WikiCarPedia and Zman PDF wording:

Which says "After placing your tile, you you now have 4 actions to choose from:"

28 floors on 18 towers, so I was expecting some of the towers to get relatively high!

Then, we read the printed rules that came with the expansion:

Which says "After placing a tile that has a tower foundation, you may perform one of the four following actions:"

So, what are the correct rules? Is the game limited to 18 OR LESS tower floors which can only be placed one at a time only when placing a tower floor tile? We played two games with Towers and only one of those towers had two floors on it!

OR, are we allowed to place all 28 floors wherever we want, creating multiple towers with 3 or 4 floors?

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Snearone · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2022, 03:10:35 AM »

WICA rules are based on official HiG rules, there is a footnote [1] that states Z-Man printed rules are not correct.
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Tower#cite_note-1

Meepledrone · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2022, 03:52:29 AM »

Below you can see a snapshot of the latest rules in PDF format by ZMG, updated in 2016.

The rulebooks are avialable in various languages here on CarcF:
https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=3501

OneEyedOwl · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2022, 04:35:20 AM »

I have the german rules from HiG here and it says that INSTEAD of placing a meeple, you may deploy a tower piece. Doesn't mention a need for the tower tile to just have been drawn.

Let's say the Rules in the english rulebook were correct, then there wouldn't be a need for the range clarification, would there?