Question about the pest (order of play)

[Death Meeple]

Hi,

I have a few questions about the Pest expansion:

-can the action "flee the pest" happen whenever the player want during ones turn (so it's similar to placing a flea token)?
-can a player place a meeple and flee the pest on a same turn, or does the "flee the pest" action forbid the placement of a meeple?
-can a player place a meeple, than move that particular meeple to flee the pest? Would be a nice move to control a feature by entering a risky area (due to the pest, or just because a tower is close to it) and moving to a safer place!

Best regards,

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6781.0

[Meepledrone]

Hi,

Hi there! 

I have a few questions about the Pest expansion:

-can the action "flee the pest" happen whenever the player want during ones turn (so it's similar to placing a flea token)?

Fleeing the pst can only happen once during a normal or a double turn, but you may choose any moment. Spreading the plague (placing or moving flea tokens) may happens only after you placed a tile and it wasn't a new oubreak source.

Check this post for a visual representation of the actions affecting The Plague:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5432.msg87346#msg87346

-can a player place a meeple and flee the pest on a same turn, or does the "flee the pest" action forbid the placement of a meeple?

The rules do not include limitation. You may place it and then flee th plague with that figure.

-can a player place a meeple, than move that particular meeple to flee the pest? Would be a nice move to control a feature by entering a risky area (due to the pest, or just because a tower is close to it) and moving to a safer place!

Placing a meeple and fleing the plague are two separate independent features. Placing a meeple happens at a particular phase of your turn, but fleeing the plague can happen at any desired moment, for example:
* Before drawing a tile
* After drawing a tile but before placing it
* After placing a tile but before placing a meeple
* After placing a meeple but before scoring
* During scoring
* After scoring
* ...you name it...

Best regards,

For more details, you can check the clarifications from the author of The Plague on this CarcC topic:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5432.msg79021#msg79021

This info is also available on WICA:

https://wikicarpedia.com/car/The_Plague_(1st_edition)#Explanatory_diagrams

Have fun!