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Official Rules / Over Hill and Dale - question regarding hiking

« on: June 23, 2024, 02:55:49 PM »

So, last night I played a game of Over Hill and Dale for the first time. The rules were in German (not our first language) but I think we muddled through pretty well. Just to confirm though: when you extend your road and you choose to have your wanderer take a hike, you can choose which way you let your wanderer hike; it doesn't have to be a hike to the newly-placed tile.

So, if you take the example given in the rules in 3b, if red were to extend the road again in a subsequent turn, it can choose to hike to the newly placed tile, scoring just 1 point, or it can choose to hike to the starting point of the road, scoring 3 points. So, if you're lucky enough to be able to make a long road, you could potentially score this road a bunch of times by choosing to hike this road whenever you extend it.

Is this correct?

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General / Cundco refers to WICA

« on: February 12, 2024, 02:44:10 AM »

Not sure if this has happened before but I just noticed that for the English version of some rules, Cundco refers to the WICA pages! Apparently they've been adding the Rules online for some of the older (C1) mini-expansions. The German versions of the rules are there, but for the English rules of Windroses, Besiegers, and (Little) Houses, you end up on the relevant WICA page. So, to everyone who has worked and is still working on WICA: your work is definitely appreciated!

Rules old mini expansions on Cundco

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Official Rules / Barns and The Gifts - Changing Position

« on: October 27, 2023, 10:17:01 AM »

Hi,

So, last week I've managed to play a game of Carcassonne with some friends and we played with both the barns and the gifts for the first time. We ran into the following issue:

If there is a barn in a field, it may not be occupied by a farmer. ("A field occupied by a barn may NOT be occupied by farmers.") So that means you can't put a farmer into a field where there's already a barn, right?

In The Gifts, there's the card for 'Changing Position' (or 'Change on the Lie') where you can change the position of the meeple to lying down in the field.
However, if it's not allowed to place a farmer in a field with a barn already present, doesn't that also mean you can't use this Gift-card to change the position of the meeple into a farmer in that field?

Am I correct in this reasoning or are you allowed to place a meeple into a field where there's already a barn, and it just means you score for the farmer right away and get your meeple back after scoring for the field?

Hope this makes sense!