Question #24:
The Grinch completed the German castle with a circus space tile. So, in this case, you will have to score not only the German castle but also the big top. The token under the big top shows the number 4. The acrobats also want to be scored so the show is over after this.
How many points does each player score?
Answer #24:
Real game situationNote: This is the correct answer if this scenario would be part of a real game, since figures are removed during scoring. Figure removal affects big top scoring.
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Yellow scores 20 points (28 points before 1/2021)
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Red scores 10 points
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Blue scores 4 points
Here is an explanation of the various layers of scoring taking place in this scenario:
1. Scoring the German castle:
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Yellow scores 15 points (12 points for the German castle + 3 points for the fairy)
2. Scoring the Ringmaster points (not applicable to German castles after clarification from 1/2021)
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Yellow scores 8 points (3 adjacent circus tiles x 2 points + 1 adjacent acrobat space x 2 points)
Action: The ringmaster is removed from the board.
3. Scoring the acrobats
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Red gets 5 points per acrobat (a normal meeple and a phantom), that is 10 points (2 meeples x 5 points)
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Yellow gets 5 points per acrobat (a phantom in this case), that is 5 points (1 meeple x 2 points.)
Action: The acrobats are removed from the board.
4. Scoring the big top
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Blue's farmer gets 4 points for the big top. Note that
Yellow's ringmaster is not on the board at this point and the other figures in adjacent tiles cannot get points for the big top: the witch, the fairy, or
Blue's pig are not followers so they are not elegible for the big top scoring.
The bottomline (after 1/2021):
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Yellow scores 20 points (15 points for the German castle and the fairy + 0 for the ringmaster bonus + 5 for the acrobat.)
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Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
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Blue scores 4 points for the big top.
The bottomline (before 1/2021):
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Yellow scores 28 points (15 points for the German castle and the fairy + 8 for the ringmaster bonus + 5 for the acrobat.)
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Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
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Blue scores 4 points for the big top.
Alternate evaluation not taking into account figure removal during scoringNote: This is another valid answer for this limited scenario but it would be incorrect in a real game situation. Figure removal affects big top scoring.
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Yellow scores 24 points (32 points before 1/2021)
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Red scores 10 points
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Blue scores 4 points
Here is an explanation of the various layers of scoring taking place in this scenario:
1. Scoring the German castle:
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Yellow scores 15 points (12 points for the German castle + 3 points for the fairy)
2. Scoring the Ringmaster points (not applicable to German castles after clarification from 1/2021)
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Yellow scores 8 points (3 adjacent circus tiles x 2 points + 1 adjacent acrobat space x 2 points)
3. Scoring the acrobats
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Red gets 5 points per acrobat (a normal meeple and a phantom), that is 10 points (2 meeples x 5 points)
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Yellow gets 5 points per acrobat (a phantom in this case), that is 5 points (1 meeple x 2 points.)
4. Scoring the big top
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Yellow's ringmaster and
Blue's farmer get 4 points each for the big top. Note that other figures in adjacent tiles cannot get points for the big top: the witch, the fairy, or
Blue's pig are not followers so they are not elegible for the big top scoring.
The bottomline (after 1/2021):
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Yellow scores 24 points (15 points for the German castle and the fairy + 0 for the ringmaster bonus + 5 for the acrobat + 4 for the big top.)
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Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
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Blue scores 4 points for the big top.
The bottomline (before 1/2021):
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Yellow scores 32 points (15 points for the German castle and the fairy + 8 for the ringmaster bonus + 5 for the acrobat + 4 for the big top.)
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Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
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Blue scores 4 points for the big top.
Note: This scenario cannot happen at the end of the game as the Big Top has to move to the a new location with a new animal token underneath. If that tile is the last one in the game, the Big Top should be scored before the field with the
blue farmer and the
blue pig is scored.
Note 2: After the clarifications from 6/2021, phantoms cannot be acrobats, so this scenario is not completely valid anymore. Moreover, the ringmaster should not provide the ringmaster bonus when placed on the German castle (as per the clarifications from 1/2021), but we keep both scorings for the time being until HiG confirms the rules of the ringmaster bonus. They seem to be under review.
Edit: Included note related to latest clarifications for C2.