:red-meeple: Between the 1st and 24th December I will post a small Carcassonne scoring question each day (at a random time), to which the answer will be points scored by one or more players according to the question.
:yellow-meeple: When you know the answer, don't post it on this thread! :-X Because then everyone will know, and we don't want that. Instead, send Meepledrone a PM including the question number and your answer for that day. He won't respond to your PM (please don't be offended), but if you get the answer correct you will win one or more quiz points depending on how many others have answered it correctly before you:
1st correct answer 5 points 2nd correct answer 4 points 3rd correct answer 3 points 4th correct answer 2 points All subsequent correct answers 1 point
:green-meeple: There's no cut-off date for any particular questions so don't despair if you miss any. You can even answer all 24 questions on Christmas eve if you want, but don't expect to score big overall...
:blue-meeple: Once Christmas and boxing day are behind us, I will post the correct answers – one at a time – along with who won the big points (or indeed any points) and total scores per participant. This is where it gets really fun! :o :(y)
:black-meeple: The overall winner will be the person with the most points at the end of the quiz, but there is likely to be a small prize for everyone who answers all questions regardless of whether they manage to answer any of them correctly. It will be a surprise. O:-)
Any questions, please ask now. Otherwise, you can expect question 1 of 24 sometime on Saturday! O0
- Danisthirty: OK. Let's compare how many participants are right today and in your next question. If I get more right answers than you, I win, otherwise you lose...
- The Grinch: OK, sounds fair.... We've got a deal...
I've sent all my answers, a second ago. Meepledrone thank you for all the fun with the scorings!!!
Scoring 13-December
Is that scoring correct?
Following the rules you can‘t place a meeple on watchtower. For me the red meeple is placed in the city and earns 8 points for the city and 7 points for the streets (watchtower scoring) . In total 15 points for red and 8 points for yellow or did I miss something?
Best
wow 291,6794 points!
I didn't think scoring this high was possible!!! ;D
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.Maybe you shouldn't say the last sentence 'The show is over after this' because the score doesn't reflect It.... If it's not over, then it's a little cheater don't you think? emoji code12]
How many points does each player score?
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Answer #24:
* Yellow scores 32 points
* Red scores 10 points
* Blue scores 4 points
Here is an explanation of the various layers of scoring taking place in this scenario:
1. Scoring the German castle:
* Yellow scores 15 points (12 points for the German castle + 3 points for the fairy)
2. Scoring the Ringmaster points
* Yellow scores 8 points (3 adjacent circus tiles x 2 points + 1 adjacent acrobat space x 2 points)
3. Scoring the acrobats
* Red gets 5 points per acrobat (a normal meeple and a phantom), that is 10 points (2 meeples x 5 points)
* 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
* 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:
* 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.)
* Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
* 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.
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.Maybe you shouldn't say the last sentence 'The show is over after this' because the score doesn't reflect It.... If it's not over, then it's a little cheater don't you think? emoji code12]
How many points does each player score?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12160)
Answer #24:
* Yellow scores 32 points
* Red scores 10 points
* Blue scores 4 points
Here is an explanation of the various layers of scoring taking place in this scenario:
1. Scoring the German castle:
* Yellow scores 15 points (12 points for the German castle + 3 points for the fairy)
2. Scoring the Ringmaster points
* Yellow scores 8 points (3 adjacent circus tiles x 2 points + 1 adjacent acrobat space x 2 points)
3. Scoring the acrobats
* Red gets 5 points per acrobat (a normal meeple and a phantom), that is 10 points (2 meeples x 5 points)
* 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
* 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:
* 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.)
* Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
* 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.
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If you are asking about only the picture the scoring would be the same (including farming)... The next movement of the Big top it's another thing...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.Maybe you shouldn't say the last sentence 'The show is over after this' because the score doesn't reflect It.... If it's not over, then it's a little cheater don't you think? emoji code12]
How many points does each player score?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12160)
Answer #24:
* Yellow scores 32 points
* Red scores 10 points
* Blue scores 4 points
Here is an explanation of the various layers of scoring taking place in this scenario:
1. Scoring the German castle:
* Yellow scores 15 points (12 points for the German castle + 3 points for the fairy)
2. Scoring the Ringmaster points
* Yellow scores 8 points (3 adjacent circus tiles x 2 points + 1 adjacent acrobat space x 2 points)
3. Scoring the acrobats
* Red gets 5 points per acrobat (a normal meeple and a phantom), that is 10 points (2 meeples x 5 points)
* 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
* 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:
* 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.)
* Red scores 10 points for the acrobats.
* 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.
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The show would be over for the acrobats: you score them and remove them. It was just a literary license so to speak. The game cannot be finished as the big top has to be moved to the newly placed tile... before the game ends with the final big top scoring before the scoring after the end takes place.
In any case, that's why I didn't take into account any references to the scoring of the blue farmer and the blue pig.
Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
No. Only 2 points for tile (see WICA).Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
I don't think that this is correct.
Roads leading to a German Cathedral and its road segments are worth three points each when there is an inn next to the road.
So total score should be 39 points.
No. Only 2 points for tile (see WICA).Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
I don't think that this is correct.
Roads leading to a German Cathedral and its road segments are worth three points each when there is an inn next to the road.
So total score should be 39 points.
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No worries. I made some stupids mistakes for read WICA wrong or literally phantom parts... emoji code23]No. Only 2 points for tile (see WICA).Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
I don't think that this is correct.
Roads leading to a German Cathedral and its road segments are worth three points each when there is an inn next to the road.
So total score should be 39 points.
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You're right. I was scoring the road instead of the cathedral. Stupid me! ::)
No worries. I made some stupids mistakes for read WICA wrong or literally phantom parts... emoji code23]No. Only 2 points for tile (see WICA).Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
I don't think that this is correct.
Roads leading to a German Cathedral and its road segments are worth three points each when there is an inn next to the road.
So total score should be 39 points.
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You're right. I was scoring the road instead of the cathedral. Stupid me! ::)
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Me too. In my case I know the rules but in some cases find in WICA something different that really doesn't exist.... Very weird emoji code23]No worries. I made some stupids mistakes for read WICA wrong or literally phantom parts... emoji code23]No. Only 2 points for tile (see WICA).Question #23: Danisthirty wanted to confer with the Yellow archbishop before Christmas, so here we are. By placing this last tile, the German cathedral will be completed. He wants to test you so please tell him the scoring for Yellow as soon as possible. Will you?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12155)
Answer #23: Yellow scores 26 points
The road network connected to the German cathedral contains a roundabout and several tunnels that connect the three road segments on the German cathedral. Analyzing the road network, we have to take into account the following elements:
- 7 road tiles
- 3 tunnel tiles that are considered only once for the road network
- 3 road segments on the German Cathedral counted independently
- 1 inn, so each tile and road segment on the German cathedral gets 2 points
So Yellow will score 26 points (10 tiles x 2 points + 3 road segments x 2 points)
I don't think that this is correct.
Roads leading to a German Cathedral and its road segments are worth three points each when there is an inn next to the road.
So total score should be 39 points.
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You're right. I was scoring the road instead of the cathedral. Stupid me! ::)
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I made three really stupid mistakes. It's not that I didn't know the correct rules, I was just not paying enough attention....
Our brains always trick us... >:DI really enjoyed participating. It was the first thing I did every morning 8)
I hope you all enjoyed the experience.
One again, congratulations to Vital Pluymers and all the participants for their stamina. O0
Congratulations to Vital Pluymers, the other participants, and to meepledrone for running this so efficiently.
I must admit if I'd taken a little more care, and looked more carefully at the actual tiles and figures in the images, before submitting my answers, I might have got a few more correct - I now see I missed a couple of halfling tiles filling a whole tile space, and know I nearly missed a hill and besiegers tile early on. According to my notes I thought I'd got the last question scored correctly, but maybe just added the numbers up wrongly!
Actually, I'm pleased with 5th, as I don't actually play with most of the expansions included in the questions! The wiki helped quite a bit, though!
Were there any common misconceptions about the scoring in any of the questions, meepledrone?
Our brains always trick us... >:DI really enjoyed participating. It was the first thing I did every morning 8)
I hope you all enjoyed the experience.
One again, congratulations to Vital Pluymers and all the participants for their stamina. O0
One merit for you for challenging me for almost a full month! ;D
I hope this satisfies your curiosity. O0
Suffering is living, right?
I LOVE the image! How do you do?QuoteSuffering is living, right?
Hi Meepledrone - thanks for the excellent set of questions that had me putting WikiCarpedia to good use, it's a pity my powers of observation were not good enough to spot some of the subtleties in the different scenarios. At least I now know to look out for hills and halflings in future...
Best wishes for 2020
QuoteSuffering is living, right?
Hi Meepledrone - thanks for the excellent set of questions that had me putting WikiCarpedia to good use, it's a pity my powers of observation were not good enough to spot some of the subtleties in the different scenarios. At least I now know to look out for hills and halflings in future...
Best wishes for 2020
I LOVE the image! How do you do?QuoteSuffering is living, right?
Hi Meepledrone - thanks for the excellent set of questions that had me putting WikiCarpedia to good use, it's a pity my powers of observation were not good enough to spot some of the subtleties in the different scenarios. At least I now know to look out for hills and halflings in future...
Best wishes for 2020
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Important message to the participants
- Santa Claus: If you are participating in the quiz, remember you have three important missions:
1. Reply to the questions or even catch up if your duties kept you busy.
2. Please send Meepledrone a PM with your full address if you haven't done so et, so he can send by mail the prize to the winner and a little something to the rest of the participants.
- Santa Claus: ... And remember that our last quiz question will be tomorrow, December 24th.
- Snowman: Er... I just counted two missions...
- Santa Claus: Ah yes...
3. Have fun, always!!! ;D
- Snowman: Now I think we are done! O0
I don't forget about that emoji code28]I LOVE the image! How do you do?QuoteSuffering is living, right?
Hi Meepledrone - thanks for the excellent set of questions that had me putting WikiCarpedia to good use, it's a pity my powers of observation were not good enough to spot some of the subtleties in the different scenarios. At least I now know to look out for hills and halflings in future...
Best wishes for 2020
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You are in no position to ask anyone for any information until you share your sleeving techniques... >:D >:D >:D >:D
Happy New Year!!!
The Meeple Council is deliberating...
(https://i.imgur.com/yRG6YIV.jpg)
- Santa Claus: I can spend the whole day admiring it...
- Snowman: Yes it is very beautiful... Its triangular field crossed by that bridge. It was never clear to me if the bridge connected the two city segments or not...
- Danisthirty: Do you think it is a good prize for the winner of the Advent Calendar Quiz 2019?
- The Grinch: (distant voice) Will you please shut up? Some of us need a good sleep to be as mean as possible in the morning!
- Gingerbread Man: (distant voice) Stop whining and drink your glass of milk.
Earlier this afternoon...
(https://i.imgur.com/VxdVxMr.jpg)
- Santa Claus: Hey kids! What are you doing out of your box?
- Blue Mini Meeple: Hi Mr. Santa, we are just playing?
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ...
- Red Mini Meeple: OK, Ok... We were just passing the time... It is taking so long to know the winner of the quiz... :-\
- Blue Mini Meeple: Can you tell us who is winning so far?
- Santa Claus: Don't be so impatient... You will know the winner personally in due time.
- Blue Mini Meeple: But you would need the address of all the participants, right?
- Fir Tree: (a twig cracks) ... :-\
- Santa Claus: Certainly... Ahem! Ahem! Right away...
Important message to the participants
- Santa Claus: If you are participating, please send Meepledrone a PM with your full address so he can post the prize to the winner and a small something to the rest of the participants.
- Fir Tree: (a gentle breeze passes) ...
- Santa Claus: It wasn't the difficult, you see?
- Meepledrone: (form afar) I heard you... You are keeping me really busy here >:(
- Santa Claus: Did you hear anything?
- Fir Tree: (a worm crawls) ... ;)
- Santa Claus: (to himself) Always complaining... ::)
- Blue Mini Meeple: So, Mr. Santa, may I claim road?
- Santa Claus: Nope!
- Blue Mini Meeple: What about a monastery?
- Santa Claus: Nope! Get you all back to the box! It's getting late...
- Blue Mini Meeples & Red Mini Meeples: (all together) Ohhhhh! :-\
- Blue Mini Meeples: That's not fair... :-[
- Santa Claus: Tell that to Mr. Grinch. Look! He's approaching...
- Blue Mini Meeples: Guys, we'd better get going... :o
I LOVE the image! How do you do?
QuoteI LOVE the image! How do you do?
Hi Dr Meeple - thanks for your kind words, I'll PM you with the details.
Best wishes
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Hi Dr Meeple - thanks for your kind words, I'll PM you with the details.
Best wishes
If it is not an issue, I would be interested in the details too... ;D
Thanks in advance.
The prize for the winner and the little something for the participants? >:D
* The winner will get that enigmatic tile and a Demo Spiel...
* All the participants get an undisclosed little something...
This was the post about the Demo Spiel... ;)Earlier this afternoon...
(https://i.imgur.com/VxdVxMr.jpg)
- Santa Claus: Hey kids! What are you doing out of your box?
- Blue Mini Meeple: Hi Mr. Santa, we are just playing?
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps) ...
- Red Mini Meeple: OK, Ok... We were just passing the time... It is taking so long to know the winner of the quiz... :-\
- Blue Mini Meeple: Can you tell us who is winning so far?
- Santa Claus: Don't be so impatient... You will know the winner personally in due time.
- Blue Mini Meeple: But you would need the address of all the participants, right?
- Fir Tree: (a twig cracks) ... :-\
- Santa Claus: Certainly... Ahem! Ahem! Right away...
Important message to the participants
- Santa Claus: If you are participating, please send Meepledrone a PM with your full address so he can post the prize to the winner and a small something to the rest of the participants.
- Fir Tree: (a gentle breeze passes) ...
- Santa Claus: It wasn't the difficult, you see?
- Meepledrone: (form afar) I heard you... You are keeping me really busy here >:(
- Santa Claus: Did you hear anything?
- Fir Tree: (a worm crawls) ... ;)
- Santa Claus: (to himself) Always complaining... ::)
- Blue Mini Meeple: So, Mr. Santa, may I claim road?
- Santa Claus: Nope!
- Blue Mini Meeple: What about a monastery?
- Santa Claus: Nope! Get you all back to the box! It's getting late...
- Blue Mini Meeples & Red Mini Meeples: (all together) Ohhhhh! :-\
- Blue Mini Meeples: That's not fair... :-[
- Santa Claus: Tell that to Mr. Grinch. Look! He's approaching...
- Blue Mini Meeples: Guys, we'd better get going... :o
I have just received my "undisclosed little something" for participating!
Thank you very much MeepleDrone!
It is very cool and I am now thinking if I will use it in my games or keep it separate as something special ;D
Thank you again for this great quiz!
santa claus exists
Question 18: The yellow barn receives only 8 points, because the Tanners quarter applies only for farmers (http://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Markets_of_Leipzig#cite_note-14).
Question #13: Danisthirty is back with another challenge for you. He is completing a city with a watchtower. How many points are Red and Yellow scoring?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12126)
Answer #13:
So we will consider both rules versions valid, although I personally prefer the new ones that make more sense to me: every tile you place counts as 1 tile no matter it is a Halfling tile or a double-sized tile (German castle).
New Halfling rules
* Red scores 7 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 7 tiles with roads segments, including two Halflings and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 7 points (7 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
Old Halfling rules
* Red scores 6 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 6 tiles with roads segments, considering the two Halflings as one tile, and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 6 points (6 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
Question #17: Santa Claus needs your help to evaluate this German monastery with a C1 abbot. How many points would Yellow score at the end of the game?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12142)
Answer #17:
So we will consider both rules versions valid, although I personally prefer the new ones that make more sense to me: every tile you place counts as 1 tile no matter it is a Halfling tile or a double-sized tile (German castle).
New Halfling rules
Yellow scores 9 points.
Yellow would score 1 point for the German monastery tile and 1 additional point per tile in the columns and rows spanning from that tile until a empty space is found. Note that:
* Halfling tiles are counted individually.
* Triangular gaps are not considered as an empty space as there is a neighbouring Halfling tile.
* Double-sized tiles are counted as one tile (in this case we have German castle tiles.)
Bearing all this in mind, the German monastery scores 9 points as follows:
* German monastery tile: 1 point
* Column above: 2 points (2 tiles x 1 point), including one German castle
* Column below: 3 points (3 tiles x 1 point), including two Halflings in one square space
* Row to the left: 1 point (1 tile x 1 point), including one Halfling ocupying one square space. Note that the square space ends the row.
* Row to the right: 2 points (2 tiles x 1 point), including one Halfling ocupying one square space and a German castle.
Old Halfling rules
Yellow scores 8 points.
Yellow would score 1 point for the German monastery tile and 1 additional point per tile in the columns and rows spanning from that tile until a empty space is found. Note that:
* Two Halfling tiles are counted as one tile if placed on the same square.
* Triangular gaps are not considered as an empty space as there is a neighbouring Halfling tile.
* Double-sized tiles are counted as one tile (in this case we have German castle tiles.)
Bearing all this in mind, the German monastery scores 8 points as follows:
* German monastery tile: 1 point
* Column above: 2 points (2 tiles x 1 point), including one German castle
* Column below: 2 points (2 tiles x 1 point), including two Halflings in one square space considered as one tile together.
* Row to the left: 1 point (1 tile x 1 point), including one Halfling ocupying one square space. Note that the square space ends the row.
* Row to the right: 2 points (2 tiles x 1 point), including one Halfling ocupying one square space and a German castle.
Question #18: Danisthirty also wanted to pay homage to his dear friend Decar, the author of countless sketches of scenarios with German castles, Halflings and barns, all of them tagged with a recurring question: "How many farms...?
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0)
So here you are Yellow's barn placed on the intersection of two Halflings and the long side of a German castle. Danisthirty needs your help to score this barn, the field occupied by Blue and the meeples in the City of Leipzig. Will you let him down?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12144)
Answer #18:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 10 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Additionally, Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, so Yellow will get 2 bonus points (1 farmhouse in the field x 2 points). As a result, Yellow scores 10 points (8 points for the barn + 2 points for the meeple in Leipzig.)
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
No C1 cottages in the fields are considered. The house rule would affect only those standalone cottages not located at the end of a road.
Update on April 7th, 2020
To my dismay, I realized that the Tanners Quarter bonus does not affect barns but only farmers. The answer to this question would be different as shown below. As a consequence, the scoring for this question would change, but the winner of the quiz stays the same. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Answer #18 - updated:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 8 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Although Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, barns do not benefit from this bonus, so Yellow does not get any bonus points.
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
Question #18: Danisthirty also wanted to pay homage to his dear friend Decar, the author of countless sketches of scenarios with German castles, Halflings and barns, all of them tagged with a recurring question: "How many farms...?
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0)
So here you are Yellow's barn placed on the intersection of two Halflings and the long side of a German castle. Danisthirty needs your help to score this barn, the field occupied by Blue and the meeples in the City of Leipzig. Will you let him down?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12144)
Answer #18:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 10 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Additionally, Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, so Yellow will get 2 bonus points (1 farmhouse in the field x 2 points). As a result, Yellow scores 10 points (8 points for the barn + 2 points for the meeple in Leipzig.)
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
No C1 cottages in the fields are considered. The house rule would affect only those standalone cottages not located at the end of a road.
Update on April 7th, 2020
To my dismay, I realized that the Tanners Quarter bonus does not affect barns but only farmers. The answer to this question would be different as shown below. As a consequence, the scoring for this question would change, but the winner of the quiz stays the same. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Answer #18 - updated:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 8 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Although Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, barns do not benefit from this bonus, so Yellow does not get any bonus points.
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
Invalid barn placement.
Per Example 5 from https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Castles_in_Germany#Additional_clarifications.Question #13: Danisthirty is back with another challenge for you. He is completing a city with a watchtower. How many points are Red and Yellow scoring?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12126)
Answer #13:
So we will consider both rules versions valid, although I personally prefer the new ones that make more sense to me: every tile you place counts as 1 tile no matter it is a Halfling tile or a double-sized tile (German castle).
New Halfling rules
* Red scores 7 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 7 tiles with roads segments, including two Halflings and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 7 points (7 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
Old Halfling rules
* Red scores 6 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 6 tiles with roads segments, considering the two Halflings as one tile, and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 6 points (6 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
Now Red would score 2 points for the double tile and 1 point for the halflings.
Question #18: Danisthirty also wanted to pay homage to his dear friend Decar, the author of countless sketches of scenarios with German castles, Halflings and barns, all of them tagged with a recurring question: "How many farms...?Why the barn should be scored? It is the end of the game?
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0)
So here you are Yellow's barn placed on the intersection of two Halflings and the long side of a German castle. Danisthirty needs your help to score this barn, the field occupied by Blue and the meeples in the City of Leipzig. Will you let him down?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12144)
Answer #18:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 10 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Additionally, Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, so Yellow will get 2 bonus points (1 farmhouse in the field x 2 points). As a result, Yellow scores 10 points (8 points for the barn + 2 points for the meeple in Leipzig.)
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
No C1 cottages in the fields are considered. The house rule would affect only those standalone cottages not located at the end of a road.
Update on April 7th, 2020
To my dismay, I realized that the Tanners Quarter bonus does not affect barns but only farmers. The answer to this question would be different as shown below. As a consequence, the scoring for this question would change, but the winner of the quiz stays the same. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Answer #18 - updated:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 8 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Although Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, barns do not benefit from this bonus, so Yellow does not get any bonus points.
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
Question #18: Danisthirty also wanted to pay homage to his dear friend Decar, the author of countless sketches of scenarios with German castles, Halflings and barns, all of them tagged with a recurring question: "How many farms...?Why the barn should be scored? It is the end of the game?
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2649.0)
So here you are Yellow's barn placed on the intersection of two Halflings and the long side of a German castle. Danisthirty needs your help to score this barn, the field occupied by Blue and the meeples in the City of Leipzig. Will you let him down?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12144)
Answer #18:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 10 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Additionally, Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, so Yellow will get 2 bonus points (1 farmhouse in the field x 2 points). As a result, Yellow scores 10 points (8 points for the barn + 2 points for the meeple in Leipzig.)
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
No C1 cottages in the fields are considered. The house rule would affect only those standalone cottages not located at the end of a road.
Update on April 7th, 2020
To my dismay, I realized that the Tanners Quarter bonus does not affect barns but only farmers. The answer to this question would be different as shown below. As a consequence, the scoring for this question would change, but the winner of the quiz stays the same. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Answer #18 - updated:
* Blue scores 6 points
* Yellow scores 8 points
* Red scores 0 points
Blue's meeple occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Blue scores 6 points for the field (2 cities x 3 points.)
Yellow's barn occupies a field with 2 completed cities, including Leipzig. Thus Yellow scores 8 points for the field (2 cities x 4 points). Although Yellow has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in Leipzig, barns do not benefit from this bonus, so Yellow does not get any bonus points.
Red has a meeple in the Tanners Quarter in the city of Leipzig but no farmers. As a result, Red gets no points.
Question #13: Danisthirty is back with another challenge for you. He is completing a city with a watchtower. How many points are Red and Yellow scoring?
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4427.0;attach=12126)
Answer #13:
So we will consider both rules versions valid, although I personally prefer the new ones that make more sense to me: every tile you place counts as 1 tile no matter it is a Halfling tile or a double-sized tile (German castle).
C1 Halfling rules
* Red scores 7 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 7 tiles with roads segments, including two Halflings and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 7 points (7 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
C2 Halfling rules
* Red scores 6 points for the watchtower.
* Yellow scores 8 points for the city
Red's meeple is placed on the watchtower tile and get the bonus: 1 point per tile with at least one road segment. After checking the watchtower tile and the tiles in the eight adjacent spaces, we find 6 tiles with roads segments, considering the two Halflings as one tile, and one German castle tile. So the watchtower bonus is 6 points (6 tiles x 1 points per tile.)
On the other hand, Yellow's meeple placed on the hill breaks the tie for the majority so only Yellow scores the city (8 points = 3 tiles x 2 points + 1 coat of arms x 2 points.)
Edit: Updated to reflect latest rules for C2.