AB05. As indicated in the 20th Anniversary Edition rules, you remove the abbot in
2. Placing a meeple but you score it in
3. Scoring a feature. This means that, if you placed a dragon tile, you will be able to remove the abbot before the dragon moves, and you will score it afterwards. Is it correct?
Example: The placement of the dragon tile will trigger the movement of the dragon. Since the garden is not completed,
Red would be able to remove their abbot before the dragon moves, and score the points for the abbot afterwards
Notes: * Deferring the scoring of the abbot until
3. Scoring a feature represents a change from the turn sequence included in Big Box 6. ZMG explicitly indicated that the abbot was scored in
2. Placing a meeple.
* This change would also override a clarification provided by Georg Wild in 3/2015 (please ignore the references to Messages):
The scoring occurs immediately after the Abbot was taken back (move wood phase). That means, the dragon can't eat the Abbot and the Messages gets again a scoring round. After that the normal scoring phase takes place (score finished features).
* This change also overrides the turn sequence in Big Box 6:
Current understanding:* After the latest clarifications about the scoring of the abbot, we are assuming the abbot is removed in
2. Placing a meeple but its points are scored in
3. Scoring a feature.
* As a result, a player may remove the abbot before the dragon moves, and score the points for the abbot after the dragon movement has ended.
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