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Hi all,
For those unaware of what it is really going on, I will just break it for you: Christmas is coming!!! Again... So does Winter... at least in the Northern Hemisphere!
In preparation of the coming events, here at Carcassonne Central, a lot is happening behind the scenes. The Meeple Council is in session discussing whether phantoms should be allowed to be acrobats...
This is just a smoke screen, because the real agenda for today is...
The Advent Calendar Quiz MMXXI
Stay tuned, because on December 1st you have a date... Ahem... a date with DESTINY'S CHILD!
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Bring it on!
I'm still trying to break the record for most incorrect answers, so maybe this year will be my year!
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Yeah, I hope the competition will be great :yellow-meeple:
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- Drodo: Don't care about the Advent Quiz...
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Meepledrone: Shhhhhhhh! Not yet... Play with your meeples and shut up!
- Drodo: OK....
Three CPU clock ticks later...
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Meepledrone: :o :o :o
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
- Drodo: Is the Spiel '21 tile available yet?
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Oh la la!
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we are ready !!!
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Prologue
Outskirts of Carcassonne, at a cozy tent...
(https://i.imgur.com/78nJzFc.jpg)
- Easter Bunny: I came hopping as fast as I could.
- Fortune Teller: Good! Did anybody follow you?
- Easter Bunny: Er... I don't think so.
- Fortune Teller: No trail of Easter eggs?
- Easter Bunny: No.
- Fortune Teller: No trail of Easter eggs wraps?
- Easter Bunny: No.
- Fortune Teller: Sure?
- Easter Bunny: Sure.
- Fortune Teller: (staring) ???
- Easter Bunny: Sure.
- Fortune Teller: OK... What you told me last time was quite disturbing.
- Easter Bunny: Could you find anything about its meaning?
- Fortune Teller: I checked the CAR v7.4 and WICA and there's nothing.
- Fortune Teller: Show me your paw... Let's see if I can see something.
- Fortune Teller: Ohmmmm....I see one extra tile... I see a high scoring...
- Easter Bunny: Oh, come on!
- Fortune Teller: (with grave pose) Ahem! Ahem!...
- Easter Bunny: This recurring dream is obsessing me... :-\
(https://i.imgur.com/2To1JKZ.jpg)
- Easter Bunny: The snow... The secret meeting at the remote monastery.
- Easter Bunny: The Count overlooking our secret encounter from the highest tower in the castle district...
- Easter Bunny: The Meeple Council keeping watch on the battlements...
- Fortune Teller: Ah! This is interesting!!! ???
- Easter Bunny: What?
- Fortune Teller: You are working on caramel-filled eggs for next year?
- Easter Bunny: (Angry) This is serious! >:(
- Fortune Teller: (Humbly) I know, I know... but these stains of caramel on your paw...
- Easter Bunny: Oh! NOOOOO! :o
- Fortune Teller: You left tracks on your way down here... Do you ever wash your paws?
- Easter Bunny: (in shock) :o :o :o
- Fortune Teller: Run! Act normal! Don't speak to anybody about this.
- Easter Bunny: What about the monsters?
- Fortune Teller: This is an omen! Something evil is coming upon us!
- Easter Bunny: Oh dear! I lost my lucky carrot! :'(
- Fortune Teller: Go! Go! Go! The outcome of the Advent Calendar will be decisive!
- Fortune Teller: The rules excerpt is a good mantra to calm you down... GO!!!
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Carcassonne, Council Hall balcony... (same time)
- Meepledrone: (addressing the meeple crowd below) The Meeple Council has determined that this year we will celebrate the Carcassonne Advent Quiz as usual...
- Blue Meeple: (shouting from the crowd) Again? Boo! Boo! The syndicate will sit down with the Count to discuss this abusive imposition right before Christmas!
- The Meeple Crowd: (mumbling in agreement)
- The Grinch: (whispering to Meepledrone) Hope everything is ready. No delays or issues are allowed this year. Or someone will burn like a marshmallow.
- Meepledrone: (looking back with disdain) Looking at anyone in particular?
- Meepledrone: (addressing the meeple crowd below) You may go now and get ready for the quiz starting tomorrow! THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH INDEED AND SO ON!
- The Meeple Crowd: (mumbling in agreement)
- Orange Meeple: (shouting from the crowd) We want Dorothy back!
- The Grinch: (yelling) Shoo! shoo! Go home, you disgusting minions!
- The Meeple Crowd: (mumbling while going away)
- Snowman: Please, no talk of fire... It gives me the creeps! :o
- Santa Claus: Let there be peace, fellows! Everything is fine.... (to himself) so far.
- Danisthirty: Where is the Easter Bunny?
- Gingerbread Man: He went out to buy some toilet paper. Or was it some meeple flags?
- The Grinch: (to Meepledrone) This scum should have taken care of that... You lazy piece of wood!
- Meepledrone: (sighing) Same old, same old...
- Easter Bunny: (talking to himself) Here you are a brief recap of the rules for the Carcassonne Central Advent Quiz!!! An excerpt of a summary of an excerpt...
: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 December 1st! O0
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- Meepledrone: I bow before you O Masters of the Tile!
- Meepledrone: Please allow this humble servant to let you know this is the first day of this glorious event.
- Meepledrone: How can I be of help?
- The Grinch: That's the spirit, mindless minion!
- Meepledrone: (bowing lower if even possible) Let the Wood Shredder spare my soul!
- Gingerbread Man: (whispering to Meepledrone) Why are you doing?
- Meepledrone: (whispering back) Keeping him busy so we can have a peaceful start.
- Gingerbread Man: (whispering again) Would that be possi...?
- The Grinch: Do not disturb him! Let's him start with his first question while you go on with your flattering duty... It becomes you! Let's go!
- Gingerbread Man: (winking and eye at Meepledrone) Thanks! I will proceed right now.
- Meepledrone: Thank you, Master! Let me first lie flat like a farmer for three hours in sigh of utmost respect...
Question #1: The Gingerbread Man places this tile. How many points does each player score?
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Let's get started! Good luck everyone :yellow-meeple:
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What rules will be???
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WICA is the reference :yellow-meeple:
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- Meepledrone: I can hear you... ;)
- Meepledrone: You can use C1 or C2 rules... The ones you prefer while the answer is correct.
- Decar: Why Halflings? WHY? :-\
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- Meepledrone: I can hear you... ;)
- Meepledrone: You can use C1 or C2 rules... The ones you prefer while the answer is correct.
- Decar: Why Halflings? WHY? :-\
Nice to hear it!!
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Ah, it's that time of the year again :D finally
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Poor gingerbread man must be sad with global warming and no snow....
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I forgot how it was last year, but result will be released tomorrow or after xmas?
You know, as prevention that somebody had learn rules badly, so he will have all (almost all) answers wrong :?
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- Meepledrone: The answers will be posted after Christmas...
- Red Meeple: Are you sure?
- Meepledrone: Yes, they are under lock and key until then... :P
- Red Meeple: Tamper-proof?
- Meepledrone: Yes, they are stored as an NFT part of the Ethereum blockchain. ::)
- Red Meeple: Are you trying to be left alone?
- Meepledrone: Yes.
- Red Meeple: (looking down) OK... Bye...
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- Meepledrone: Please meet our magnificent and esteemed Meeple Council. They will ask the questions, but the are not part of the scenario...
(https://i.imgur.com/hP70GAt.jpg)
- Santa Claus: We will prepare 24 questions and post one each day...
- Snowman: Each of us could be in charge of questions with different levels of difficulty
- Gingerbread Man: Oooohhhh, that sounds terrific. I will prepare questions involving figures and/or tiles of one expansion only. Let's call it level 1. ;)
- Snowman: Uhmm, I will do Level 2
- Santa Claus: Fine, I will be in charge of Level 3.
- Danisthirty: Awesome, and I will pick Level 4... Don't faint when you see my qu...
- The Grinch: Well, well, well... Even though I was not invited I will prepare my share of questions. You know I love to ruin Christmas parties so thank you for the opportunity... I will run Level 5. Devilish ones... Mwahahaha!
- Santa Claus: Oh! This sounds lovely, right?
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but the are not part of the scenario...
I see...
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- Snowman: I'm ready to release the second question. :D
- Santa Claus: That sounds terrific.
- The Grinch: Freeze! Let the contestants grow impat....
- Snowman: :D
- The Grinch: What's happened? :o
- Snowman: :D
- Snowman: :D
- Santa Claus: You reminded him of the Arctic...
- Snowman: :D
- Santa Claus: Hope he gets back to normal soon... He can get lost in his rich inner world very easily...
- Santa Claus: Well, I'm off. I have to take Rudolf to Ikebana class...
- The Grinch: What? What am I supp...
- Snowman: :D
- Santa Claus: (patting his shoulder) Sit and wait... You know: Your mess, no stress! Ciaoooooo!
- The Grinch: :o :o :o
- Snowman: :D
Question #2: After recovering, the Snowman places this tile on behalf of Red, closing a road.
1) Can Red send a meeple to the Wainwrights quarter in Leipzig? (0-1 points)
2) How many points would Red score according to your previous answer? (0-5 points)
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je n'ai pas la traduction de "Wainrights"
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- Meepledrone: Ooops! :o There was a typo: wainwright = fabricant de chariot... It refers to the quarter in Leipzig related to roads.
- The Grinch: I'm watchiiiing! >:D
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@Meepledrone, can you see my message I sent you?
I can't see anny messages in "sent items"
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@Meepledrone, can you see my message I sent you?
I can't see anny messages in "sent items"
- Meepledrone: Message received! Over and out! ;)
- Green Meeple: Who are you talking to?
- Meepledrone: A contestant beyond this celestial sphere...
- Green Meeple: Oooooooh! Is that farther than the scoreboard?
- Meepledrone: Yes!
- Green Meeple: Maybe he knows my meeple friend Lupita! I have an old picture of her with some cousins here...
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0822/2211/files/2015-01-26_22.52.55_large.jpg)
- Meepledrone: Ahhhh! I see. She looks great in that meeple dress...
- Meepledrone: I will ask him next time we talk. He sure has had tea with every single meeple. ^-^
- Green Meeple: OK. Thanks! ;D
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- Easter Bunny: I heard a meeple delegation will see the Count this afternoon.
- Santa Claus: Yep... The Syndicate asked for an audience.
- Easter Bunny: Do you think think he will listen to them?
- The Grinch: They should be punished for insubordination, petty minions.
- Easter Bunny: What are their demands?
- Gingerbread Man: They started to complain about the Advent Quiz...
- Snowman: They want Dorothy back as well :o
- Danisthirty: They also claim that they are working non-stop on BGA... They want to define some shifts so the meeples there can have weekends and vacations...
- The Grinch: (shocked) That's outrageous! Never heard anything like that. :o
- The Grinch: Dorothy is mine! MINE! >:D
- Gingerbread Man: Are you sure?... Sorry... For one moment I thought you were supporting their cause. Silly me. ???
- The Grinch: Me? Their cause? They should stop whining or I will tell KJW to create a new feature called the Dungeon, especially for them! I can be very persuasive >:D
- Santa Claus: OK, guys! I have to stop you there... Have some work to do. Let's discuss this later over a hot cocoa.
- Snowman: :o
Question #3: Santa Claus placed this tile on behalf of Blue, who decides to place a tollhouse. How many points does each player score?
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your team is going to have a bad time
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it's time for explanations
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- Meepledrone: Peasant revolts this early in the day?
- The Grinch: Yessss! So estimulating! I have riots for breakfast and mayhem during tea time...
- Meepledrone: Don't know how you can sleep at night! ???
- The Grinch: I don't sleep... I just scheme!
- Meepledrone: :o
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- Danisthirty: Is it true what I heard?
- Santa Claus: It seems so.
- Snowman: How could the Count accept those terms? :o
- Fir Tree: (the wind howls through the branches) ...
- The Grinch: Ruin and Despair will be among us... soon! >:D
- Fir Tree: (the wind howls through the branches more violently) ...
- Gingerbread Man: No words come to my mind to express my...
- The Grinch: This is gonna be reaaaaaally fun!
- Danisthirty: Yeah... why not?.. The same as last time, right? :-\
Question #4: Danisthirty places this tile on behalf of Red. How many points will score the player in this case?
Note: Please indicate if you are applying C1 or C2 rules for your scoring! I'm expecting by default C2 rules. Thank you!
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- Meepledrone: Please indicate if you are applying C1 or C2 rules for your scoring! I'm expecting by default C2 rules. Thank you!
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is there a rule for spiel tiles?
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- Meepledrone: Nope. No special rules.
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is there a rule for spiel tiles?
This tile is the first +18 Rated… so be careful with the hot rules!!! Yummy!! emoji code48]
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- Meepledrone: Please meet our magnificent and esteemed Meeple Council. They will ask the questions, but the are not part of the scenario...
(https://i.imgur.com/hP70GAt.jpg)
- Santa Claus: We will prepare 24 questions and post one each day...
- Snowman: Each of us could be in charge of questions with different levels of difficulty
- Santa Claus: Oooohhhh, that sounds terrific. I will prepare questions involving figures and/or tiles of one expansion only. Let's call it level 1. ;)
- Snowman: Uhmm, I will do Level 2
- Santa Claus: Fine, I will be in charge of Level 3.
- Danisthirty: Awesome, and I will pick Level 4... Don't faint when you see my qu...
- The Grinch: Well, well, well... Even though I was not invited I will prepare my share of questions. You know I love to ruin Christmas parties so thank you for the opportunity... I will run Level 5. Devilish ones... Mwahahaha!
- Santa Claus: Oh! This sounds lovely, right?
Santa Claus is level 1 and 3? Isn't the gingerbread man level 1? ;)
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- Gingerbread Man: Hey! I'm doing Level 1... Who stole my lines?
- Santa Claus: What? How? Er.... :o
- The Grinch: Mwahahaha! Somebody needs therapy right away! >:D
- Meepledrone: (whispering) Thanks for the heads-up, KBellon! These guys seem to be going crazy by the minute...
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- The Grinch: I'm ready!
- Santa Claus: For today's question?
- The Grinch: YES! >:D
- Gingerbread Man: Try to behave... Better, try not to be yourself. Will you?
- The Grinch: Why should I?
- Santa Claus: The supervisor is about to show up and we don't want to draw any attention, right?
- The Grinch: I'll try... Maybe not! ???
- All: (at once) GRIIIIINCH!!!
- The Grinch: OK, OK!... Don't want to lose my cool when I need to show a drop of my evilness! 8)
- Meepledrone: If you behave I'll let you gnaw on a yummy Halfling tile.
- The Grinch: Oooooooohhhhh.... Deal!... Gimme gimme gimme!
Question #5: The Grinch places this Halfling tile. How many points can Red score for the city? Please indicate if you apply C1 or C2 rules.
EDIT: The Grinch was here. >:D
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- Santa Claus: Is the word "score" missing in the question 5?
- Gingerbread Man: Probably the grinch trying to confuse the participants
- All: (at once) GRIIIIINCH!!!
- The Grinch: Muahahahaha >:D
- Danisthirty: How could we think he could behave himself...
- Santa Claus: Meepledrone the almighty, would you undo the grinch's trick?
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- Supervisor Nick: This is most irregular. The Count must be informed right away!
- The Grinch: Be my guest! But you will regret it sooner than later!
- Supervisor Nick: Is that a threat or a promise?
- The Grinch: Nope, a bunch of flowers. ;)
- Supervisor Nick: :o
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- Meepledrone: Are you sure you want to do this?
- The Grinch: 110% >:D
- Meepledrone: Why? Don't mess up with the contestants... or my points tracking system! :o
- The Grinch: Shut up you lazy good-for-nothing...
- Santa Claus: Ahhhh! He feels inspired by Saint Nicholas! I envy him... ;D
- The Grinch: (clicking "post") Yep! Totally!... Done!
- The Grinch: (to himself) 1, 2, 3, 4...
- Supevisor Nick: Mr. Grinch, can you stop by my office?
- The Grinch: Comiiiiiiing! >:D
Question #5B: The Grinch feels generous today :o ...and wants to give away some extra points with two additional questions about yesterday's case. Are you ready for them?
1) How many points does Yellow score? (0-1 points)
2) If not choosing to score for the city, how many points would Red have scored ? (0-1 points)
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- Meepledrone: Are you sure you want to do this?
- The Grinch: 110% >:D
- Meepledrone: Why? Don't mess up with the contestants... or my points tracking system! :o
- The Grinch: Shut up you lazy good-for-nothing...
- Santa Claus: Ahhhh! He feels inspired by Saint Nicholas! I envy him... ;D
- The Grinch: (clicking "post") Yep! Totally!... Done!
- The Grinch: (to himself) 1, 2, 3, 4...
- Supevisor Nick: Mr. Grinch, can you stop by my office?
- The Grinch: Comiiiiiiing! >:D
Question 5B: The Grinch feels generous today :o ...and wants to give away some extra points with two additional questions about yesterday's case. Are you ready for them?
1) How many points does Yellow score? (0-1 points)
2) If not choosing to score for the city, how many points would have scored Red? (0-1 points)
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Why does this question is so easy?
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- Meepledrone: Ask The Grinch! Maybe he is in love! ;)
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- Danisthirty: Oh oh! I smell trouble!
- Santa Claus: Indeed... The Grinch broke the rules.
- Snowman: Posting a question on someone else's day is not allowed.
- Fir Tree: (a bird chirps shyly) :'(
- Gingerbread Man: I never imagined you would be so worried about him...
- Santa Claus: It's normal... The Grinch could be banned.
- Gingerbread Man: Banned from Carcassonne... That's terrible. :o
- Fir Tree: (a twig cracks) :-\
- Snowman: He should update his CV on MeepledIn!
- Santa Claus: Do you think anyone will hire him after this?
- Danisthirty: Hey! There are open positions for Monopoly pawns...
- Fir Tree: (an egg falls from its nest) :o
- Snowman: (fainting) Really???
- Gingerbread Man: ARRGGHHH!
- Santa Claus: (gasping for air) :o
- Gingerbread Man: He will bite all the bank notes... I know it. NOOOOOOO! :o
- Danisthirty: OK... Let everyone relax and take a deep breath...
15 minutes pass.
- Danisthirty: Let everyone relax and take a deep breath once more...
- Snowman: This is our 1000 deep breath... I feel fully oxygenated. ^-^
- Santa Claus: So good you didn't melt :(y)
- Snowman: ;D
- Gingerbread Man: Let's see what Supervisor Nick has to say...
Question #6: The Gingerbread Man placed this tile completing the road. It's Yellow's turn. How many points will each player score?
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- Snowman: What are you doing here? :o
- The Grinch: Oppressing the masses... as usual! >:D
- Snowman: What? :o
- The Grinch: (sighing) Never mind...
- Danisthirty: What did Supervisor Nick tell you?
- The Grinch: Nothing!
- Santa Claus: How so?
- The Grinch: He is still waiting for me?
- Gingerbread Man: WHAAAT?
- Santa Claus: :o
- Fir Tree: I'm GROOOT!
- The Grinch: (a fir tree cone hits The Grinch) OUCH!
- Danisthirty: And what are you waiting for?
- The Grinch: Nothing at all! 8)
- Meepledrone: I'm sorry to say he trapped Supervisor Nick in a bathhouse!
- Santa Claus: A fake message scoring? :o
- The Grinch: ;D
- The Grinch: (a fir tree cone hits The Grinch again) OOOUCH!
- Gingerbread Man: When will he be back?
- The Grinch: Don't know... Some glue spilled accidentally on the tile... So maybe it will take a while.
- The Grinch: (another fir tree cone hits The Grinch) OOOOOUCH!... Will you stop it?
- Fir Tree: I'm Goot! I'm GROOOOOOT!
- The Grinch: Why do you care? What if I let the dragon loose on a nearby tile? >:D
- The Grinch: Don't you all have something to do? >:(
- Blue Meeple: Your Highness! The catapult is ready!
- The Grinch: Thank you, pitiful blue scum!... Time to try the Knockout token...
- Snowman: Oh dear!
Question #7: How many points will Yellow score in this scenario? Please indicate which set of rules you are applying: C1 or C2.
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- Santa Claus: Is everybody sleeping?
- Meepledrone: Yep... Except those meeples working at BGA...
- Santa Claus: What about Supervisor Nick?
- Meepledrone: He's is doing fine... Well, he could be doing better... :-\
- Santa Claus: What now? ::)
- Meepledrone: We're having an incident with the Russian delegation...
- Santa Claus: (facepalming) Not again...
- Meepledrone: Well... Vodyanoy's tile is now adjacent to the bathhouse where Supervisor Nick was trapped.
- Santa Claus: And? ???
- Meepledrone: Supervisor Nick is still glued to the bathhouse...
- Meepledrone: If he doesn't move to Vodyanoy's tile to pay his respects, there will be "consequences"...
- Santa Claus: Extra negative points?
- Meepledrone: That's the least evil of all... It turns out that Baba Yaga is looking for a new husband...
- Santa Claus: Oh my! Oh MY! :o
- Meepledrone: If he doesn't act quickly, you know who will be her next groom.
- Santa Claus: (thinking out loud) This looks reaaaaally bad.
- Santa Claus: Does he know who is behind all this?
- Meepledrone: What do you think?
Question #8: How many points would each player score in this after-the-game scenario Santa Claus prepared for you?
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should we consider that the city is finished?
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- Meepledrone: Well, this is an uncompleted city at the end of the game.
- Red Meeple: We all know this is terrible news. :'(
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What about purple "player" ? :D
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- Meepledrone: The one with the pointy hat?
- Meepledrone: Forget it! He is coming back from a cosplay party.
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- Supervisor Nick: Well, finally you are here! >:(
- The Grinch: I didn't know you were looking for me...
- Supervisor Nick: Yes, of course...
- The Grinch: If you had called me sooner... O:-)
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- Supervisor Nick: LOOK! I know what you've been doing behind my back...
- The Grinch: I don't know how that can be possible... (shrugging) when you have the same print on both sides...
- Supervisor Nick: Don't try to get smart with me. >:(
- The Grinch: :o
- Supervisor Nick: I sent a full report to the Count. You will be expelled from the Meeple Council immediately. You'll see.
- Supervisor Nick: Having you around is a disgrace!
- Supervisor Nick: Cheating all the time! Oozing bad temper! Pushing everyone around! Mixing tons of expansions!
- Supervisor Nick: You are IMPOSSIBLE to deal with! >:( >:( >:(
- Supervisor Nick: Just go away... AND NEVER COME BACK!
- The Grinch: Holy scorings! What am I gonna do? :o
- The Grinch: I will have to be evil elsewhere... and spread my mean ways to others... >:D
- Supervisor Nick: Yes, it's a real pity! What a waste of talent!
- The Grinch: Reaaaaally? ???
- Supervisor Nick: NOOOOO! Are you kidding?
- The Grinch: :o
- The Grinch: (begging) Will you at least allow me to post my next question...?
- Supervisor Nick: It depends on the ruling of the Count of Carcassonne himself.
- The Grinch: Come on!... We are old pals since Meeple School.
- Supervisor Nick: Ah yes! Your bullying practices were already notorious back then.
- The Grinch: You see... Everyone thinks highly of me...
- The Grinch: Everyone always envied me for my innate capacity for negative empathy... (sighing deeply)
- Supervisor Nick: (to himself) Certainly... ::)
- The Grinch: Please don't stop flattering me... You know... I'm so needy...
- Supervisor Nick: :o
- The Grinch: (to the Blue Meeple) How long have you been there? I didn't see you.
- The Grinch: (to the Blue Meeple) Stop pretending you are scrubbing that glorious mural painting and go elsewhere to score some points... Filthy vermin!
- Blue Meeple: (bowing) Thank you, Your Highness, for these inspiring words... I will go somewhere else away from your blinding presence.
- Supervisor Nick: :o
- Blue Meeple: (bowing even lower) You didn't dismiss me earlier.
- Blue Meeple: (falling flat on the floor and crawling away) I have to practice my crawling away more often... Excuse me.
- The Grinch: (to the Blue Meeple) That's the spirit! You may go.
- The Grinch: You were saying... (to himself) These meeples are just rumormongers... Everyone will know in two scorings what happened here. :(
- The Grinch: I like it! >:D
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- Meepledrone: To all the participants! Please review your responses and check you didn't skip any questions...
- Meepledrone: One are one third through already :o... But it is never too late to join.
- Meepledrone: Hope you are having fun... if possible... in spite of The Grinch and his evil manners!
- Santa Claus: Any news yet?
- Meepledrone: Besides Supervisor Nick getting engaged? Nope. Zip. Zero!
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: And the Spiel '21 tile is safe, right? We shouldn't be losing this part of our prize again...
- Meepledrone: Yes, Supervisor Nick is keeping his 8 eyes on it!
- Santa Claus: You give the creeps when you talk like that! You make him look like a spider...
- Meepledrone: We Drones are not that judgemental...
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: (shuddering) :o
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- Meepledrone: To all the participants! Please review your responses and check you didn't skip any questions...
- Meepledrone: One are one third through already :o... But it is never too late to join.
- Meepledrone: Hope you are having fun... if possible... in spite of The Grinch and his evil manners!
- Santa Claus: Any news yet?
- Meepledrone: Besides Supervisor Nick getting engaged? Nope. Zip. Zero!
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: And the Spiel '21 tile is safe, right? We shouldn't be losing this part of our prize again...
- Meepledrone: Yes, Supervisor Nick is keeping his 8 eyes on it!
- Santa Claus: You give the creeps when you talk like that! You make him look like a spider...
- Meepledrone: We Drones are not that judgemental...
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: (shuddering) :o
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- Danisthirty: Thank you, DrMeeple!
- Danisthirty: If we have any crisis, now we know who to call to keep our cool!
- DrMeeple: Any time!
- Danisthirty: Let's start early today! I have things to build...ahem... to do!
- DrMeeple: ???
- Danisthirty: Shall we proceed? ^-^
Question #9: It's Blue's turn. Before placing this tile, the player opens a Synod gift card and places the Blue Abbot on this monastery. After placing the tile, Blue decides to remove the abbot right away. Three questions:
1) How many points will each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Who will receive gold ingots? (0-1 points)
3) Can Blue receive a gift for extending this road? (0-1 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16324)
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we don't all have the gift rule
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https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Gifts (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Gifts)
:yellow-meeple:
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- Meepledrone: To all the participants! Please review your responses and check you didn't skip any questions...
- Meepledrone: One are one third through already :o... But it is never too late to join.
- Meepledrone: Hope you are having fun... if possible... in spite of The Grinch and his evil manners!
- Santa Claus: Any news yet?
- Meepledrone: Besides Supervisor Nick getting engaged? Nope. Zip. Zero!
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: And the Spiel '21 tile is safe, right? We shouldn't be losing this part of our prize again...
- Meepledrone: Yes, Supervisor Nick is keeping his 8 eyes on it!
- Santa Claus: You give the creeps when you talk like that! You make him look like a spider...
- Meepledrone: We Drones are not that judgemental...
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: (shuddering) :o
How can we review this if we cannot see our sent messages? :P
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- Danisthirty: Thank you, DrMeeple!
- Danisthirty: If we have any crisis, now we know who to call to keep our cool!
- DrMeeple: Any time!
- Danisthirty: Let's start early today! I have things to build...ahem... to do!
- DrMeeple: ???
- Danisthirty: Shall we proceed? ^-^
Question #9: It's Blue's turn. Before placing this tile, the player opens a Synod gift card and places the Blue Abbot on this monastery. After placing the tile, Blue decides to remove the abbot right away. Three questions:
1) How many points will each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Who will receive gold ingots? (0-1 points)
3) Can Blue receive a gift for extending this road? (0-1 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16324)
On what feature does the normal yellow meeple stand?
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How can we review this if we cannot see our sent messages? :P
Make sure you have the box ticked when sending a message to save a copy in your sent items.
You can find your sent items if you look at the drop-down menu under Messages (within My Messages)
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- Meepledrone: To all the participants! Please review your responses and check you didn't skip any questions...
- Meepledrone: One are one third through already :o... But it is never too late to join.
- Meepledrone: Hope you are having fun... if possible... in spite of The Grinch and his evil manners!
- Santa Claus: Any news yet?
- Meepledrone: Besides Supervisor Nick getting engaged? Nope. Zip. Zero!
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: And the Spiel '21 tile is safe, right? We shouldn't be losing this part of our prize again...
- Meepledrone: Yes, Supervisor Nick is keeping his 8 eyes on it!
- Santa Claus: You give the creeps when you talk like that! You make him look like a spider...
- Meepledrone: We Drones are not that judgemental...
- Santa Claus: OK...
- Santa Claus: (shuddering) :o
How can we review this if we cannot see our sent messages? :P
- Meepledrone: OK. You didn't check "Save a copy in my outbox" under the message box...
- Dainsthirty: Well, you have responded to all the questions so far fo what it is worth... but now you won't be able to double check your answers.
- Meepledrone: :(
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- Danisthirty: Thank you, DrMeeple!
- Danisthirty: If we have any crisis, now we know who to call to keep our cool!
- DrMeeple: Any time!
- Danisthirty: Let's start early today! I have things to build...ahem... to do!
- DrMeeple: ???
- Danisthirty: Shall we proceed? ^-^
Question #9: It's Blue's turn. Before placing this tile, the player opens a Synod gift card and places the Blue Abbot on this monastery. After placing the tile, Blue decides to remove the abbot right away. Three questions:
1) How many points will each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Who will receive gold ingots? (0-1 points)
3) Can Blue receive a gift for extending this road? (0-1 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16324)
On what feature does the normal yellow meeple stand?
- Meepledrone: All the meeples are celebreting a synod at the monastery... :P
- Meepledrone: Plenty of room for 100 monks, as you can see. 8)
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Okey, thank you. I did not know of the existence of such button :P
And indeed, after reading the rules for Synod, I noticed they were all on the same monastery ;D
I have the gifts myself, but did not read the rules yet ::)
Have read the signposts now as well to be up to date with everything :P
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- Meepledrone: After The Grinch has been banned, we will have to skip his questions. So it is your turn! Nervous?
- Gingerbread Man: Absolutely... You know that I like predictability...
- Supervisor Nick: You are all doing okay. Now we will be able to proceed normally.
- Meepledrone: Do you know where he went?
- Supervisor Nick: No idea... He stormed out as soon as made the Count's decision public.
- Supervisor Nick: He didn't take it very well... Couldn't understand much once his mouth got full of foam.
- Meepledrone: Didn't he kick anything?
- Supervisor Nick: That poor Blue Meeple he treats like garbage.
- Gingerbread Man: Didn't he harass anybody?
- Supervisor Nick: That poor Blue Meeple he treats like garbage.
- Meepledrone: Didn't he bite anything?
- Supervisor Nick: That poor Blue Meeple he treats like garbage.
- Gingerbread Man: Didn't he bre... (stops abruptly)
- Meepledrone: Enough of this! >:( ... Let's move on.
- Gingerbread Man: OK... (pushing a button) Here we go!
- Supervisor Nick: But, what's this? We've been hacked! GRIIIIIINCHHH!!! >:( >:( >:(
- Gingerbread Man: (faints and falls flat to the ground) :o
Question #10: The Grinch places this tile on behalf of Yellow, who wants to score this road network right away. The Grinch has two questions for you:
1) Which ferry position should Yellow choose to close the road and prevent any player from extending and scoring it in the future? (0-1 points)
a) "/" to connect the top and left road ends.
b) "\" to connect the top and right road ends.
2) How many points would each player score in this case? (0-5 points)
Notes:
* Please apply the Advanced Variant rules for the Labyrinth tile.
* We are not considering a game with The Tunnel mini expansion.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16326)
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Nice PnP added. It will be also any fan expansion?
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It's been a long time since I passed the highway code, where are the rules of conduct?
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Question #10: Another too easy question.
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It's been a long time since I passed the highway code, where are the rules of conduct?
- Mepledrone: WICA may help you: ;D
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Signposts/fr (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Signposts/fr)
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Nice PnP added. It will be also any fan expansion?
- Meepledrone: This was a surprise to all of us... The Grinch caught us off-guard!
- Supervisor Nick: (shouting in the distance) I hate this guy! Even gone his means trouble!
- Baba Yaga: Hello, my Little Rasputin! Are you buuuuusy?
- Supervisor Nick: Er.... Not at all! Comiiiiing! :o
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I believe that with this question I am having a stroke
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Really ? ? ?
I mean, REALLY ? ? ? Meepledrone :o
So does this mean in 5 days I will get brain electrocuted because I have to read the whole Wicarpedia back and forth again and again when you will mix 15 expansions ? ? ?
There is only one thing left to say: "You can combine with other expansions - but at YOUR own risk" ... >:D
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I believe that with this question I am having a stroke
- Meepledrone: You have to be strong! Don't let The Grinch beat you!
- oldbonz: I brought a rifle with me just in case I meet him... >:(
- Meepledrone: Extreme measure never lead to any good.
- oldbonz: I don't care... I don't how Batman and Spiderman haven't apprehended him yet... ???
- Meepledrone: He is a sneaky guy... and a survivor...
- oldbonz: Well... I'll finish my aspirin shake... my head is still spinning. :(
- Meepledrone: Good luck with that. :o
(https://i.imgur.com/ESqLyz1.jpg)
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Really ? ? ?
I mean, REALLY ? ? ? Meepledrone :o
So does this mean in 5 days I will get brain electrocuted because I have to read the whole Wicarpedia back and forth again and again when you will mix 15 expansions ? ? ?
There is only one thing left to say: "You can combine with other expansions - but at YOUR own risk" ... >:D
- Meepledrone: ...and Challa007 doesn't know this question had two more expansions and The Grinch changed this mind in the last minute.
- Danisthirty: A hint of mercy?
- Meepledrone: Nope... He was hungry those tiles became his afternoon snack...
- Danisthirty: If he continues like this he will turn into a Large Grinch Meeple.
- Meepledrone: Holy Scorings! Hope I wouldn't be around long enough to see that happen.
- Danisthirty: Checking for that open position in Carcassonne: South Seas too, huh?
- Meepledrone: You bet!
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Really ? ? ?
I mean, REALLY ? ? ? Meepledrone :o
So does this mean in 5 days I will get brain electrocuted because I have to read the whole Wicarpedia back and forth again and again when you will mix 15 expansions ? ? ?
There is only one thing left to say: "You can combine with other expansions - but at YOUR own risk" ... >:D
Study Carcassonneology for almost 2 years (like me) and you will no longer have problems.
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- Gingerbread Man: Thank you for your hospitality!
- Yellow Meeple 1: Any time, cousin!
- Yellow Meeple 2: You shouldn't let The Grinch get on your nerves.
- Gingerbread Man: I know. I know... But I can't help it.
- Gingerbread Man: But here in Taiwan I can enjoy the sea breeze, the ocean, the lavish landscape...
- Yellow Meeple 1: We just wanted the best for you... We know you would appreciate some 20th Anniversary tiles.
- Yellow Meeple 2: Relax for a few more rounds and you'll feel renewed when you get back.
- Yellow Meeple 1: Don't forget the sunscreen or you'll smell like a laser-cut Meeple Flag... :-\
- Gingerbread Man: Ahhhh! This is the life... I'm gonna go for a swim ;D
Question #11: The Gingerbread Man placed this tile on Yellow's behalf. How many points does the player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16330)
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this is the map of which country?
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- Gingerbread Man: Ahhhh! It is so relaxing to be in Taiwan! ;D
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- Snowman: Listen! No discussions, just the wind...
- Danisthirty: Yep. It seems so odd.
- Santa Claus: This is just a phase, in a few rounds you'll be missing him.
- Snowman: I'm oozing inner peace... ;D
- Danisthirty: Keep it that way! ;)
Question #12: The Snowman places this tile completing the city. It's Yellow's turn. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
* The fairy is assigned to the Blue Meeple.
* We are assuming Yellow does not move the fairy. If you consider it, no problem.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16345)
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- Santa Claus: Everything under control. :(y) :(y)
- Danisthirty: Ooooh! I see the Russian delegation collaborated in their question.
- Santa Claus: Yep... It seems Supervisor Nick has made friends with them after all.
- Danisthirty: Yes, he is a lucky meeple. :)
- Gingerbread Man: I'm interested in the outcome of this question... Let's see, let's see... ???
Question #13: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf, who immediately places the black tunnel token close to the tile just placed. This means the road is completed when the second tunnel token is placed. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
* The fairy is assigned to the Blue Meeple.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16355)
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- Baba Yaga: Ahhh... I'm delighted you like the country side as much as I do.
- Baba Yaga: (with dreamy eyes) This is where I spent my childhood.
- Baba Yaga: My hut with it beautiful chicken legs.
- Suvervisor Nick: Looks really cozy. :(y) :(y)
- Baba Yaga: My cousin Solovei's fort in the tree... I loved to play there trapping innocent meeples as a child.
- Baba Yaga: I drove my mom crazy with my tangled hair back then.
- Suvervisor Nick: (with love in his eyes) How could you do that? Such a beautiful beautiful hair!
- Baba Yaga: My uncle Vodyanoy's stenchy swamp is over there...
- Suvervisor Nick: I see... So enticing for a swim with its skeletons and all... even in Winter. ;D
- Baba Yaga: I'm going to stop by the church to see when we can book it.
- Suvervisor Nick: (trying to make a heart with his stiff arms) Yes, run, my dear... I'll miss you. ;)
- Suvervisor Nick: I'll have a look around...
- Baba Yaga: I know how this works... Don't let my uncle fool you for too long... >:(
- Baba Yaga: I was always receiving bills for lost points... My already 3 late husbands couldn't stay at home... No! Poor meeples! ::)
- Suvervisor Nick: :o
(https://i.imgur.com/hchlTUy.jpg)
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- Danisthirty: Am I late?
- Santa Claus: Nope... There is still time.
- Danisthirty: I spent the whole afternoon Japanese buildings in zen mode.
- Danisthirty: You know... Meditation. No Grinch around shrieking and shouting.
- Santa Claus: You shouldn't be so hard on the guy... Life is so dull without him around
- Danisthirty: Now you will tell me you miss him. ::)
- Santa Claus: You are not allowed to record this conversation... You know it!
- Danisthirty: >:D
Question #14: Danisthirty would like you to score this scenario once the game has ended. How many points does each player receive? Please indicate if you are using C1 rules of C2 rules for this scoring.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16371)
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- The Grinch: YES, I'm back! >:D
- The Grinch: Missed me? ???
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Santa Claus: Yeah! I did...
- Danisthity: (whispering) Don't encourage him...
- Snowman: Did you beg for forgiveness?
- The Grinch: No!
- Snowman: Did you do the "paw" thing you loved from Toto?
- The Grinch: No! ???
- Snowman: Did you feel any regret?
- The Grinch: (looking back in awe) What's that?
- The Grinch: Don't use any technicalities with me.
- The Grinch: I will just post the question I wanted to share first... an easy one. I want to make amendments... for the WORSE >:D
- Snowman: OK... You bribed someone... ^-^
- Danisthity: :o
- The Grinch: Not a chance!
- The Grinch: I've been invited back by Count Meepula!
- All: (all at once) NO WAY!
- Gingerbread Man: Oh dear... I need a real vacation!
- Blue Meeple: Your new whip, Your Highness!
Question #15: The Grinch demands that you score this scenario for him. The game has already finished, so this is a scoring after the game. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16379)
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- The Grinch: YES, I'm back! >:D
- The Grinch: Missed me? ???
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Santa Claus: Yeah! I did...
- Danisthity: (whispering) Don't encourage him...
- Snowman: Did you beg for forgiveness?
- The Grinch: No!
- Snowman: Did you do the "paw" thing you loved from Toto?
- The Grinch: No! ???
- Snowman: Did you feel any regret?
- The Grinch: (looking back in awe) What's that?
- The Grinch: Don't use any technicalities with me.
- The Grinch: I will just post the question I wanted to share first... an easy one. I want to make amendments... for the WORSE >:D
- Snowman: OK... You bribed someone... ^-^
- Danisthity: :o
- The Grinch: Not a chance!
- The Grinch: I've been invited back by Count Meepula!
- All: (all at once) NO WAY!
- Gingerbread Man: Oh dear... I need a real vacation!
- Blue Meeple: You new whip, Your Highness!
Question #15: The Grinch demands that you score this scenario for him. The game has already finished, so this is a scoring after the game. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16379)
A harder question on 24?
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(https://i.imgur.com/NzBsuXh.jpg)
- Count Meepula: And well, what do you have to say?
- Orange Builder: Where is my supporting knight? I have to go to my supply if he's not around!
- Count Meepula: You shut up! Anybody ordered you to speak? >:(
- Supervisor Nick: This is most irregular! I'm going to file a formal complaint...!
- Count Meepula: To whom? To the Count of Carcassonne?
- Count Meepula: That felon is already in jail! I took over the city by surprise and I'm the new Count in town!
- Supervisor Nick: WHAT? WHY? :o
- Count Meepula: He has been accused of being too lax.
- Supervisor Nick: He got rid of that insidious Grinch.
- Count Meepula: Wrong answer! >:(
- Count Meepula: The Grinch was the only one doing his job!... YOU are the one to blame! C:-)
- Supervisor Nick: Me? WHAAAT?
- Count Meepula: You and your soft manners ???... Sending away the only righteous meeple here.
- Count Meepula: You almost got all the meeples on strike...
- Supervisor Nick: They had some fair demands... We were handling the situation pretty well...
- Count Meepula: (sharply) EXCUSES! I won't hear anything else from your foul mouth! >:(
- Count Meepula: The leaders of this revolt will taste the rigors of The Ultimate Punishment >:D
- Blue Mayor: (horrified) The Ultimate Punishment? :o
- Red Abbot: (Squealing) I want to go back to my box!!!
- Count Meepula: Stop babbling... Don't want to hear anything about your gardens... You are a disgrace to the Carcassonne Classic and Only True Edition (COTETM)!
- Yellow Meeple: You interrupted my scoring... My player has one less meeple right now!
- Count Meepula: YOU ALL SHUT UP! >:( >:( >:(
- Yellow Meeple: :o :o :o
- Count Meepula: You'll be questions and tortured until you reveal the truth behind your actions!
- Supervisor Nick: What truth? What are you talking about!
- Count Meepula: I will only repeat it once more: "Why are you replacing the Classic Edition Spiel tiles with fake New Edition ones? Where are the others?"
- All the prisoners: WHAAAAT?
- Count Meepula: I will burn New Edition Knock-Off right away! Behold the Original Spiel '21 tile!
- Supervisor Nick: But...
- Blue Mayor: You must be mistak... (interrupted abruptly)
- Count Meepula: What part of The Ultimate Punishment don't you understand?
- Blue Mayor: :o
- Count Meepula: Just something to soften you up: Guards! Take this insurgent to Torture Area 1...
- Grey Meeple: Yes, Your Grace! The board game with no pennants!
- Blue Mayor: (dragging his wooden feet while taken away) NOOOOOOOO!
- Count Meepula: Insolent! 300 games for starters!
- Blue Mayor: (in the distance) NOOOOOOOO! Release meeeeeeee.....
- Count Meepula: Any clues about the missing tiles?
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- Gingerbread Man: I hope everything is back to normal when I get back...
- Gingerbread Man Neutral Figure: I'm glad you stopped by.
- Gingerbread Man: Family gatherings are a great excuse to relax :))
- Gingerbread Man: Things have gone crazy in Carcassonne.
- Gingerbread Man Neutral Figure: I heard... The big city can be overwhelming...
- Gingerbread Man Neutral Figure: Life is much easier in the Winter Edition.
- Gingerbread Man: You cannot complain. Now you even have a river...
- Gingerbread Man Neutral Figure: Yeah! That's awesome... but we still have no rules for the extra animal tiles.
- Gingerbread Man: Yeah! That's a bummer... :'(
- Gingerbread Man Neutral Figure: Come on! Cheer up and let's have some fun!
Question #16: The Gingerbread Man places this tile and has two questions for you:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Where does the Gingerbread Man neutral figure on the tile goes to after the scoring? (0-1 points)
a) It stays where it is.
b) It moves to the city segment on the tile just placed because it is a gingerbread man tile.
c) It moves to the city segment on the tile just placed because it is an uncompleted city.
d) It is removed from the board until the next gingerbread man tile is placed.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16409)
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- The Grinch: YES, I'm back! >:D
- The Grinch: Missed me? ???
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Santa Claus: Yeah! I did...
- Danisthity: (whispering) Don't encourage him...
- Snowman: Did you beg for forgiveness?
- The Grinch: No!
- Snowman: Did you do the "paw" thing you loved from Toto?
- The Grinch: No! ???
- Snowman: Did you feel any regret?
- The Grinch: (looking back in awe) What's that?
- The Grinch: Don't use any technicalities with me.
- The Grinch: I will just post the question I wanted to share first... an easy one. I want to make amendments... for the WORSE >:D
- Snowman: OK... You bribed someone... ^-^
- Danisthity: :o
- The Grinch: Not a chance!
- The Grinch: I've been invited back by Count Meepula!
- All: (all at once) NO WAY!
- Gingerbread Man: Oh dear... I need a real vacation!
- Blue Meeple: You new whip, Your Highness!
Question #15: The Grinch demands that you score this scenario for him. The game has already finished, so this is a scoring after the game. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16379)
A harder question on 24?
- The Grinch: Are you trying to bully the bully? >:D
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I knew it!, that someday there must come a question with Gingerbread Man :D
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- Snowman: I've been hearing screams all day long...
- The Grinch: Yes! ;D
- Snowman: ...And it wasn't you...
- Snowman: How can you be so calm?
- The Grinch: You know... It's like listening to music...
- Snowman: :o
- Snowman: But there are meeples suffering in there...
- The Grinch: They had it coming it... Hidding C1 tiles... Complaining about my silky manners...
- Snowman: WHAT? :o
- The Grinch: I knew you'd be shocked too..
- Snowman: What tiles? WHAT TILES?
- The Grinch: The C1 Spiel tiles... you know...
- Snowman: Holy scorings!!! We are doomed! :o :o :o
Question #17: The Snowman places this tile on Yellow's behalf. Yellow completed the acrobat pyramid in a previous turn and the player wants to score it now. The big top has to be scored before moving to the tile just placed too. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
- This is a scoring during the game and the game goes on. There is no after-the-game scoring involved.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16411)
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do you want to kill us?
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do you want to kill us?
- The Grinch: Mwahahaha! You can feel my influence... >:D
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do you want to kill us?
The question itself is not hard, but it takes some time to write the answer.
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- Santa Claus: How is that possible?
- Snowman: I have no idea... We'll have to talk to the Guardian.
- Easter Bunny: Will he be willing to speak?
- Santa Claus: At least he should be properly informed.
- Snowman: Do you think we should let Count Meep...
- The others: (abruptly) Shhhhhhhh!
- Snowman: Sorry, :-\... the Unmentionable first?
- Danisthirty: No way... There are no messengers left after the bad news about the C1 Spiel tiles.
- Santa Claus: (with an empty stare) Yep... All gone... (slowly) one by one...
- Easter Bunny: And The Grinch, what does he have to say about all this?
- The Grinch: (showing up all of a sudden) NOTHING!
- The others: ARGGGH! :o
- Snowman: (his carrot nose falls down to the floor) :o
- The Grinch: I hope were talking about how much you all missed me...
- Snowman: (kneeling down while looking for this nose) :o
- Easter Bunny: (grinning) Sure! Sure!... Gotta go... some eggs to paint! You know... :o
- Santa Claus: Where did you go? We were worried about you...
- The Grinch: Why would you like to know? Eh? Who cares! It is a secret! Nobody will ever know.
- Danisthirty: Hey, Fir Tree, he took you with you right?
- Fir Tree: (a bird whistles)... ::)
- The Grinch: (nervously) His lips are sealed... wooden... Ehr... He has no lips...
- The Grinch: (clearing his throat) Our lips are sealed. :-X
- Danisthirty: I see, I see...
- Danisthirty: Donc, quelle heure est-il ?
- Fir Tree: (bending a twig) Omelette au fromage!!!
- Danisthirty: HA! I KNEW IT... The inn by the river near Carcassonne!
- The Grinch: :o
- Fir Tree: :o
- Snowman: (still looking for this nose) :o
- The others: :o
- The Grinch: How did you...?
- The Grinch: (regaining control) Ahem, Santa Claus, I'm waiting for your question! >:D
Question #18: Santa Claus wants you to relax today, so he placed this tile completing a city. He has several questions for you:
1) How many points does Red score? (0-5 points)
2) Where does the Red Meeple go after scoring? (0-1 points)
a) Red removes the meeple as usual, since the scoring involves two figures.
b) The Red Meeple goes to the bathhouse, since the Witch is not taken into consideration.
3) Where does the Witch go after scoring? (0-1 points)
a) The Witch is removed from the board and put aside until the next tile with a magic symbol is placed.
b) The Witch stays where it is until the next tile with a magic symbol is placed.
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- Santa Claus: Where is Danisthirty?
- The Grinch: He had to run an errand... A book signing or something... So today I'm filling in...
- The Grinch: He's indulging Count Meepula...
- Santa Claus: Ah yes... I heard he is crazy about C1...
- Snowman: Is it true he will ban the C2 edition?
- The Grinch: Since he saw the C1 Spiel '21 tile... He is not speaking about anything else.
- The Grinch: He just gave me all the C2 Spiel tiles in appreciation for my services... I used them for this scenario.
- Snowman: I only see 3 of them...
- The Grinch: Well... I couldn't help but eat the other 5 with a nice hot cocoa...
- Santa Claus: WHAT?
- The Grinch: Stop it there... They are worthless. Nobody would like them! So I put them to a good use. Admit it. >:D
- Santa Claus: :o
- Snowman: Does he know about the Download Version of the Winter Edition.
- Santa Claus: I wouldn't advise you to go down that path... ???
- Santa Claus: Let's keep it cool... Huh?
- Snowman: :o
- The Grinch: On the contrary... Tell me more, tell me moooore! >:D
Question #19: The Grinch places this abbey tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score in this case?
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- Meepledrone: No animal tokens were harmed suring this quiz.
- Meepledrone: No phantoms were allowed to be acrobats either.
- Meepledrone: Finally, no large meeples were used in this quiz.
- Blue Meeple: Why not? I think that is a total discrimination! >:(
- Meepledrone: (sighing) ::)
- Meepledrone: If Count Meepula hears about this... It will be your doom!
- Blue Meeple: OK. :'(
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What’s wrong Grinch? Are you ok? Count Meepula seems is the strongest now… emoji code23]
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concerning siel 19, is the city connected by the bridge?
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concerning siel 19, is the city connected by the bridge?
Wikicarpedia is your friend ;)
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concerning siel 19, is the city connected by the bridge?
Wikicarpedia is your friend ;)
I think he doesn’t read WICA because the lenguage but I don’t know…
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yes, I consult wica but I did not find the spiel tiles, and then we'll see when you're my old age
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yes, I consult wica but I did not find the spiel tiles, and then we'll see when you're my old age
Don't worry sent PM to not give help to younger players :D
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concerning small buildings there are 2 ways of evaluating them, an egalitarian way and a differentiated way.
I have chosen the egalitarian method
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- Meepledrone: Perfect! Both methods are okay in this case. :(y)
- The Grinch: Never reveal they lead to the same result in this question.
- Meepledrone: Me? Never!... Look at the camera! >:D
- The Grinch: :o
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(https://i.imgur.com/avyb1wJ.jpg)
- Easter Bunny: I just came to warn you...
- Gingerbread Man: Thank you for considering my delicate state.
- Gingerbread Man: However...This remote monastery gives me the creeps...
- Easter Bunny: The farther, the better...
- Easter Bunny: All precaution is too little.
- Easter Bunny: The Unmentionable is on the rampage.
- Easter Bunny: You've been off the board for a few rounds and things may have changed a bit.
- Easter Bunny: He wants to ban anything C2...
- Gingerbread Man: (indifferent) Ah! OK.
- Easter Bunny: :o
- Easter Bunny: ...and the Winter Edition has been declared a Forbidden Spin-Off...
- Gingerbread Man: No! NO! NOOOO! NOT OK! NOT OK!!! >:(
- Easter Bunny: You should flee Carcassonne ASAP!
- Easter Bunny: I've been having bad dreams about this...
- Gingerbread Man: Does anyone know? Did you talk to her?
- Easter Bunny: I tried but...
(https://i.imgur.com/skYSmPW.jpg)
- The Grinch: (shouting from above) Interesting choice for a secret meeting...
- The Grinch: Don't move a crumble...
- Gingerbread Man: :o
- Easter Bunny: :o
- The Grinch: Guards! Apprehend this unspeakable heretic figure!
- Guard: (gagging the Gingerbread Man) Yes, Your Highness!
- Gingerbread Man: :'(
- The Grinch: Anything in your defense?
- Gingerbread Man: :-X
- The Grinch: Why are you so quiet now? Confess!! You coward!
- Easter Bunny: You can't do this!
- The Grinch: Who are you to judge? >:(
- The Grinch: This is an official arrest...
- Easter Bunny: I protest!
- The Grinch: Do you want your Easter Eggs impounded?
- Easter Bunny: (looking up and watching Count Meepula laugh in the distance) Never mind... :-[
(https://i.imgur.com/iCrgZfV.jpg)
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- Snowman: You know we'll be the next ones, right?
- Santa Claus: We still stand a chance... We need a Christmas miracle!
- Snowman: The Unmentionable hasn't started yet to check fan-made expansions. :-\
- Easter Bunny: (dropping an Easter egg) :o
- Santa Claus: Let's hope for the best! :D
- Easter Bunny: Don't know how you can be so positive in a moment like this.
- Santa Claus: I do what I can... I will stay strong no matter what! I will fight till the very end!
- Snowman: What flight did you book?
- Santa Claus: (automatically) Meeple Airlines 70er.
- Easter Bunny: :o
- Santa Claus: (gasping) :o
- Fir Tree: (fainting) Omelette au fromage!
- Danisthirty: You are right, we should honor him with his last question...
Question #20: The Gingerbread Man places this tile. How many points does each player score?
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yes, I consult wica but I did not find the spiel tiles, and then we'll see when you're my old age
Oh I am sorry. However, I did add the answer to your question in my post (see the picture in my previous reply ;) ).
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- Danisthirty: Hi there! Everything in order!
- Danisthirty: What is all this outside the Vault? >:(
- Decar: Just trying to make some room. Cundco requested a lot of stuff stored at the very bottom for the Advent Campaign 2021.
- Decar: Every year the same story... :(
- Decar: On top of that, The Grinch stopped by and ordered me to start the spring cleaning right now. Three months earlier! >:(
- The Grinch: (in the distance): I'm hearing you. Shut up and do your job!
- Decar: :o
- The Grinch: (in the distance) Always whining... Always complaining! Don't make me come down!
- Decar: (dusting a nearby tile) >:(
- Danisthirty: Aaaah! The Vault of the Unlikely...
- Decar: Don't know why we keep all this stuff HiG will never release or license... :(
- Danisthirty: Why? I love to come down from time to time and check the stuff that could had been...
- Danisthirty: Remember all the hype about RGG and Corn Circles, Plague and Tunnels...
- Decar: Aha!... :-\
- Danisthirty: ... or Devir and the Monasteries in Spain... They look so nice from here! ^-^
- Decar: Aha!... :-\
- Danisthirty: ... or the official La Porxada designed by KJW...
- Decar: :o ... That's BS... >:(
- Danisthirty: I was checking if your were paying attention. ;D
- Decar: Yep, but there is no use to keep all this around anymore.
- Danisthirty: The Unmentionable wants to review each item, so they'd better be spotless by tea time.
- Danisthirty: He's actually very interested in SUPARAR tiles... Why all the fuzz around the C1 Spiel Tiles?
- Decar: He'd ordered to take the Spiel'21 to his office...
- Danisthirty: So he knew they were here all the time? :o
- Decar: Yep! :-\
- Decar: (to himself) I don't know how I'm still alive...
- Danisthirty: He... he.... >:(
- Decar: (to himself) And... I will have to get rid of all the WE and C2 stuff...
- Decar: (to himself) ...the ice figures, the WE Fortune Teller and even the C2 Catapult prototype... ::)
- Danisthirty: :o
- Decar: (sighing) A large part of our non-story will be gone.
- Danisthirty: I think he will order some conversions to C1 ASAP.
- Danisthirty: By the way, I had never seen these odd bridges before...
- Decar: Ah, yes! These are part of a Exp. 8.5 - More Bridges, Castles & no Bazaars.
- Decar: They will have a second life as part of the prize for the winner this year...
- Danisthirty: Awesome... (sighing) Field wars will be never the same...
- Decar: Indeed. ^-^
- Decar: Will you help me with the cleaning?
- Danisthirty: Ehhhh! :o... So sorry! I have an something with my the barber later. Ciaoooo. :)
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- Snowman: Your Grace!
- The Count of Carcassonne: Greetings Snowman!
- Snowman: What are you doing in the market district?
- The Count of Carcassonne: What do you think? >:(
- Snowman: Having fun in that cage? :-\
- The Count of Carcassonne: You tell me how! >:(
- Snowman: Okay, okay... Just wanted to be polite...
- Snowman: We are all having such a hard time!
- The Count of Carcassonne: I've been here on display for several games...
- Snowman: Did you have the Walk of Shame? It is very popular... :))
- The Count of Carcassonne: :o
- The Count of Carcassonne: Will you please proceed with your question?... I'm not in the mood today... :(
- Snowman: OK... :'(
- The Count of Carcassonne: No, wait!
- The Count of Carcassonne: Tell Danisthirty that Leipzig can help.
Question #21: The Snowman prepared this scenario for you. Red has the King tile and Blue has the Robber Baron tile. How many points does each player score after the game?
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- Easter Bunny: Ah! There you are!
- Pink Meeple: Shhhhh!
- Easter Bunny: What are you doing there?
- Pink Meeple: (through its teeth) Leave me... alone!
- Easter Bunny: Why did you leave your tent?
- Pink Meeple: (through its teeth) I'm a farmer now. Can't you see?
- Easter Bunny: You owe me an answer... The Unmenti... (interrupted abruptly)
- Pink Meeple: (through its teeth) I can't... I signed an NDA.
- Easter Bunny: :o
- Pink Meeple: (through its teeth) Will you go away? Please! >:(
- Blue Meeple: (storming in) Guards! Here is the Fortune Teller! Seize her!
- Blue Meeple: Thank you for your service, Easter Bunny!
- Easter Bunny: :o
- Easter Bunny: This must be an error...! >:(
- Pink Meeple: I'm a farmer! I'm a peaceful farmeeeeer!
- Blue Meeple: We saw you lead a peasant revolt! Innocent meeples were removed and it was your fault!
- Pink Meeple: I was young and reckless!
- Blue Meeple: Yadda yadda yadaa... ::)
- Pink Meeple: (resisting) The expansion made me do it! I'm innoceeeeent!
- Pink Meeple: (grabbing Easter Bunny's arm): Help me! Help meeee! :'(
- Blue Meeple: Don't put up a show!
- Blue Meeple: You'll be judged in two days. C:-)
- Easter Bunny: You are crossing the line!
- Blue Meeple: (with absolute indifference) What line?
- Easter Bunny: I will talk to you master! >:(
- Blue Meeple: Don't bother. He sent me. >:D
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- Santa Claus: The Unmentionable did it again as far as I know.
- Baba Yaga: Will you help me in the trial? :'(
- Baba Yaga: I'm fearing the worst! My dear, dear Supervisor Nick!
- Snowman: We'll do our best!
- Fir Tree: (whispering) Omelette au fromage!
- Danisthirty: I understand! Poor Gingerbread Man!
- The Grinch: Shoo! Shoo! Go away!
- The Grinch: Hey, sweetheart! Your green looks fantastic!
- Baba Yaga: I get that a lot! Thank you, Your Highness! ^-^
- Baba Yaga: May I ask how my Supervisor Nick is doing?
- The Grinch: No!
- Baba Yaga: :o
- The Grinch: Doing quite badly... actually!
- The Grinch: Just the thought of it makes me shiver! It is so comforting! >:D
- Baba Yaga: I'll give 2 victory points if he receives this message here! ;)
- The Grinch: The whole tile?...
- Baba Yaga: Yes, honey! The whole tile!
- The Grinch: I wonder how you you know he landed on a dark space... ???
- Baba Yaga: ...And this other one for you, little rascal! ;)
- The Grinch: You are such a Russian femme fatale! GRRRR!
- The Grinch: OK. I'm leaving...Ciao! :-*
- Baba Yaga: (kissing him away) Ciao!!! :-*
- Danisthirty: :o
- Snowman: :o
- Santa Claus: :o
- Baba Yaga: Arghh! One more minute and he would have tasted my broomstick!
- Santa Claus: Are you always so deceitful?
- Baba Yaga: Evil makes me tender! >:(
- Santa Claus: OK :o
Question #22: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. He has two questions for you:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Which player collects all the trade goods? (0-1 points)
a) Blue, because the player completed the city.
b) Red, because the player has the majority.
c) Yellow, because the player has the only meeple on a trade goods tile.
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- Danisthirty: I've been summoned tomorrow for the trial.
- Santa Claus: Mee too.
- Danisthirty: I'm intrigued... These trials have become a random thing...
- Santa Claus: We all know what to do.
- Danisthirty: Lay low?
- Santa Claus: More or less...
- Fir Tree: Omelette AU Fromage!
- Danisthirty: I know it is much to ask in your case...
- Santa Claus: :o
- Danisthirty: Hope everything goes fine...
- Danisthirty: Here is my final question.
Question #23: Danisthirty completes this city on Yellow's behalf. The player performs the following actions in 1. Placing a tile:
- Opening a Road Sweeper gift card on the occupied road
- Activating an "Add Meeple" symbol with the tile placement
The player decides to add a second Yellow Meeple to the city segment, and Danisthirty would like you to answer these two questions:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Instead of adding a second meeple to the city, could Yellow have added a second meeple to the road the player occupies? (0-1 points)
a) Yes, you can add a meeple to the road.
b) No, you cannot add a meeple to the road.
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should we consider that the road is finished?
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- Meepledrone: The road is not completed...
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Aah december went fast, already the last one ;D
Well anyways, it was a lot of fun, thank you for the effort. +1 merit from me!
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- The Grinch: Hey... The last question is tomorrow... Don't even think you will get rid of me so easily. >:(
- Meepledrone: Take it easy, or you will burst like a pinata!
- The Grinch: With fart-flavored candies? ;D
- Meepledrone: (grinning) Yes... yes... :o
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Ah good news to start the holidays ;D
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Wow meeple council is back again. So many great question to see them only now. Nice story and happy Christmas for you allm
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He he he!
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The Trial - Part 1
The day of the trial has arrived...
- Meepledrone: (pounding the floor with a staff) Quiet! The session begins.
- Meepledrone: All rise! Injustice Count Meepula presides!
- Count Meepula: (sitting down gravely) Well! What cases do we have today?
- Meepledrone: You Honor, Carcassonne vs. Gingerbread Man!
(https://i.imgur.com/LBf8u2B.jpg)
- Gingerbread Man: I thank you for this audien... (abruptly interrupted)
- Count Meepula: I declare the defendant guilty of heresy... My sentence is The Ultimate Punishment.
- Count Meepula: Take him away!
- Gingerbread Man: Nooooooo! I'm innoceeeeeeent! :o
- Meeple Mob: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
- Count Meepula: Next case!
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 2 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- Meepledrone: Carcassonne vs. Supervisor Nick!
(https://i.imgur.com/DaayL5T.jpg)
- Count Meepula: Well, well!
- Count Meepula: A lot to talk here... I see your fiancée around.
- Baba Yaga: (smiling) Good morning, Your Grace!
- Count Meepula: I see we have a corruption case at hand.
- Count Meepula: Let the Plaintiff begin.
- The Grinch: Your Glorious Honor, we've been informed that Supervisor Nick tried to corrupt our population with wretched rulings.
- The Grinch: He also tried to banish me from Carcassonne with tricks and subterfuges.
- Count Meepula: Has the second Plaintiff anything to add?
- Danisthirty: Yes! He also tried to prevent us from converting Markets of Leipzig to C1.
- Danisthirty: I wouldn't recommend the Defendant to participate in this process.
- Santa Claus: Objection! There is no evidence about that accusation!
- Danisthirty: No problem, we'll make it up in a jiffy!
- Count Meepula: (to Santa Claus) Overruled!
- Count Meepula: I remind the Defendant that this kind of light contempt will not be tolerated in this court. You have to try much harder.
- Count Meepula: Last warning! My patience is running short today.
- Santa Claus: :o
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 3 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- Count Meepula: Let the first witness take the stand.
(https://i.imgur.com/vlJwEVp.jpg)
- Baba Yaga: (smiling) Thank you! That gown becomes your, Your Honor!
- Count Meepula: Thank you! I see you are taking things very well, even if you are becoming a widow for the 4th time even before getting married.
- Baba Yaga: Yes, Your Honor!
- Supevisor Nick: :o
- Baba Yaga: I do what I can given the circumstances...
- Baba Yaga: Injustice shall prevail!!!
- Meeple Mob: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
- Count Meepula: Not so fast! I'm enjoying this... >:D
- Meeple Mob: More! More! More! More!
- Count Meepula: The charges presented by the the first plaintiff are firm and clear.
- Count Meepula: I see no conflict although there crossed interests in the accusation.
- The Grinch: Thank you, Your Magnificent Honor!
- Count Meepula: The defendant is clearly guilty!
- Meeple Mob: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
- Supevisor Nick: I... I...
- Baba Yaga: (to Supervisor Nick) Oh, dear! Be strong! ^-^
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 4 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- Count Meepula: Regarding the second Plaintiff, have you tampered the existing evidence to support this tribunal as requested?
- Danisthirty: Yes, Your Honor! Here is exhibit #1:
https://cundco.de/en/mini-expansions/carcassonne/217/carcassonne-the-markets-of-leipzig-mini-exp.-cc-amazonas-ger/en?c=35 (https://cundco.de/en/mini-expansions/carcassonne/217/carcassonne-the-markets-of-leipzig-mini-exp.-cc-amazonas-ger/en?c=35)
- Count Meepula: What's that?
- Danisthirty: The URL to the Markets of Leipzig page available on the HiG website.
- Count Meepula: And?
- Danisthirty: When you try to go to that page you get a foul message: "Unfortunately, this product is no longer available"
(https://i.imgur.com/1AtY2A8.jpg)
- Danisthirty: This clearlt is a sabotage. We needed the rules on that page for the expansion conversion to C1.
- Meeple Mob: Oooooooooooooooooh!
- Count Meepula: I see that Supervisor Nick is an expert hacker!
- Supevisor Nick: Whaaat? :o
- Danisthirty: Don't perjure yourself like that! Trying to get extra points, huh?
- Supervisor Nick: How? What? I... :o
- Danisthirty: We have needed to verify how the rules for the conversion of the expansion to C1.
- Danisthirty: Let me show... (interrupted)
- The Grinch: Your Divine Honor, I must interrupt my hideous colleague.
- Count Meepula: Proceed bluntly.
- Danisthirty: :o
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 5 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- The Grinch: It's been brought to our attention a new key witness to this case.
- The Grinch: (approaching the bench) I also present exhibit #2 in possession of the witness.
- Count Meepula: Bring the Easter Bunny to the stand.
(https://i.imgur.com/QP9omVA.jpg)
- Easter Bunny: Good morning!
- Count Meepula: Never! What's this note?
- Easter Bunny: :o
- Easter Bunny: It seems an encripted message... Some kind of code.
- Easter Bunny: The former Fortune Teller gave it to me when she was aprehended.
- Count Meepula: What does it say?
- Easter Bunny: It says "Markets of Leipzig..." and some symbols scribbled below...
- Easter Bunny: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png)
- Count Meepula: What's this?
- Meepledrone: It seems something written in the sacred runic language, Your Honor!
- Danisthirty: Ohhh! Only the players using expansions may have access to this obscure knowledge.
- Count Meepula: (to Meepledrone) Can you dechypher it for the audience?
- Meepledrone: Right away, Your Honor!
- Meepledrone: (eyes going blank) Setting oracle mode!
- Count Meepula: (to Danisthirty) Counsellor, hand me the list of rules issues...
- The Grinch: (punching in the runes on Meepledrone's chest) Aha...!
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 6 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- Meepledrone: (connecting the holospeaker) Bzzz Bzzzz Bzzz!
(https://i.imgur.com/HeI6ISx.jpg)
- Oracle of Carcassonne: (after a clicking sound) Who dares invoke us?
- Count Meepula: This is Count Meepula!
- Oracle of Carcassonne: O Mighty Ruler of Carcassonne! What does your heart desire to know?
- Count Meepula: We are judging a rebel follower...
- Oracle of Carcassonne: We know!
- Count Meepula: :o
- Oracle of Carcassonne: ...and we needed to disclose some information about The Markets of Leipzig!
- Oracle of Carcassonne: Yes, we know! You have 3 questions for us!
- Count Meepula: Ehrrr... Yes! Yes!
- Count Meepula: Shall I read them or you already know?
- Oracle of Carcassonne: We were handed the script, but we forgot to bring our glasses. Please read them!
- Oracle of Carcassonne: What is your second question?
- Count Meepula: :o
- Count Meepula: What the h... (interrupted abruptly)
- The Grinch: Ahem!... Please, Your Highness... Don't let the Oracle deprive you of one more question...
- Count Meepula: >:(
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 7 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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- Count Meepula: Yes, of course... (clearing his throat) "When combining Markets of Leipzig with the C1 base game, can you send a follower to Leipzig if the follower is on a road connected to Leipzig through a junction with trees?"
- Oracle of Carcassonne: We cannot provide the requested information!
- Count Meepula: Unbelieveable, you are the Oracle! >:(
- Oracle of Carcassonne: Last question! Use it wisely!
- Count Meepula: "When combining Markets of Leipzig with the C1 base game, how can you score the Tanners quarter bonus?"
- Oracle of Carcassonne: This expansion has been developed for the Carcassonne C2 basic game. All the basic game rules still apply in addition to the expansion rules. You can combine it with other expansions - but at your own risk – that is, there will be no official rules for these combinations.
- Count Meepula: (twisting an turning) Ahhhhh!!!! The Prime Directive Curse.... Noooooo.....
- Count Meepula: (transforming into a dust bunny) NOOOOOOOO!
(https://i.imgur.com/b8izD95.jpg)
- Count Meepula: (squealing) You... ungrateful minions! My merciless revenge will... (smashing sound)
- Count Meepula: (dead) :(n)
- Baba Yaga: Hope you enjoyed my lethal broomstick blow! Dust to dust!
- Meeple Mob: Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood!
- Baba Yaga: No blood today! Do you want to taste it?
- Baba Yaga: The trial is over... for good. C:-)
- Meeple Mob: (totally disappointed) Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh! :'(
- Baba Yaga: Go away and score something useful for Meeple's sake! NOW!
- Meeple Mob: (murmuring while leaving) :'(
- Baba Yaga: Now you can remove this meeple debris from the game once and for all! O0
- Oracle of Carcassonne: (going on) ...Thank for reaching out to us!
- Oracle of Carcassonne: Please complete a satisfaction survey and win a Spiel '21 tile...
- Oracle of Carcassonne: Say 1 if you... (cut off)
- Meepledrone: (eyes back to normal) ...I will spare you from this part.
- Supervisor Nick: What now?
- Baba Yaga: You are free to go, my hideous love!
- Supervisor Nick: I loved your message! :-*
- Baba Yaga: I know! My sweet collateral damage! :-*
- Supervisor Nick: I'll go release the others... :))
(to be continued...)
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The Trial - Part 8 (This episode starts here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860))
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Epilogue
(https://i.imgur.com/KVyGoah.jpg)
- The Count of Carcassonne: Thank you all for saving Carcassonne.
- Santa Claus: Phew! And we also saved Christmas... ;D
- Snowman: It was a team effort against absolute evil.
- The Grinch: Perfect timing, huh?
- Baba Yaga: Indeed!
- Baba Yaga: It's been great working with you, Grinch!
- Baba Yaga: Sorry we had to put you through all these ordeal... Banning you was a great move.
- Danisthirty: We couldn't let Count Meepula to take over permanently.
- Danisthirty: We needed to be ready to counterattack from the inside...
- The Grinch: I know... You adore my evilness and no other can compare, huh? I'm a natural >:D
- The Grinch: He wasn't a pro after all... (grin)
- The Grinch: (to himself) I have to put in practice a bunch of lessons learned...
- Danisthirty: :o
- Baba Yaga: Loved to play the Blue Meeple under cover! You are so disdainful!
- The Grinch: Ha ha ha! It was so much fun! I was picturing you as a contestant
- Baba Yaga: :o
- Danisthirty: We almost don't make it.
- Danisthirty: It was great you intercepted the Fortune Teller's message, Grinch!
- Decar: Hey! You never told me you were MI8.
- Danisthirty: Extreme situations require extreme measures...
- Decar: Meeple Intelligence... WOW!
- Fir Tree: Omelette au FROMAGE!
- Decar: So he spotted you at the inn... Aha!
- Decar: And are you KGB for real, Baba Yaga?
- Baba Yaga: Sure!
- Gingerbread Man: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security, former USSR)?
- Baba Yaga: Nope!
- Snowman: Knowledge Generation Bureau?
- Fir Tree: Omelette au FROMAGE!
- Baba Yaga: Nope!
- Easter Bunny: Knights Guild Battalion?
- Baba Yaga: Nope!
- Santa Claus: Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Bailey's Irish Cream?
- Baba Yaga: Nope!
- Baba Yaga: Kühles Gefolgsleute Büro (Bureau of Cool Followers)
- Supervisor Nick: You are amazing! (love)
- All: Oooooooohhhhhhh!
- The Grinch: I will just post the final question. Let's go celebrate!
- Santa Claus: Merry Christmas everyone! HO HO HO! ;D
The End.... for now ;)
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Ooooohhhhhh, noooooooo :'( :'( :'(
now I have to wait one year to see such a nice storytelling again.... :( sniff
I love your creativity around this story, Meepledrone, its amazing! +1 merit from me for the storytelling and the lovely settings :(y)
and
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you, too, and of course to everybody else here!! :)
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- Meepledrone: Many thanks, @Challa007!... Don't tell The Grinch.
- The Grinch: (in the distance) I heard my name over there...
- Meepledrone: (shouting) I heard nothing.
- The Grinch: (in the distance) Ah... OK!
- Meepledrone: (whispering) You can also check the Advent Quizzes from 2019 and 2020 if you crave for more: >:D
- Advent Quiz 2019:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4427.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4427.0)
- Advent Quiz 2020:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4911.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4911.0)
- Meepledrone: Merry Christmaaaaaas! :))
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- Meepledrone: Awesome! I'm coming to the celebration with you...
- The Grinch: Read my lips... (mouthing) "NO"...
- The Grinch: Have you done anything to earn it? You lazy vermin! >:D
- The Grinch: You still have to work to do... Ehhh.... Post my last question! Yes, that's it.
- The Grinch: And then count all the little cottages on C1 tiles for me... Will you?
- The Grinch: And feed the animals in the C2 sheds...
- The Grinch: (walking away) You see? A lot to do... You better get cracking!
- Meepledrone: (sobbing) What did I do to deserve this? :'(
Question #24: The Grinch places this tile on Yellow's behalf. This is the last tile of the game. He would like you to answer the following questions:
1) How many points does each player score due to the tile placement? (0-5 points)
2) How many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
3) If you understood the secret code of the Oracle of Carcassonne, what is the result of this expression? (0-1 points)((https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) + (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) ) * (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png)
a) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png)
b) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/6/65/Symbol_Catapult_C1.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png)
c) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
4) Where is the Oracle of Carcassonne contacted during the trial? (0-1 points)
a) The Mayor's Office in Carcassonne, France
b) The Spiel Main Office in Essen, Germany
c) CundCo in Munich, Germany
d) Hans im Glück's HQ in Munich, Germany
Note:
- The Oracle of Carcassonne is mentioned in the dialogs starting here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16443)
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Thanks for this awesome quizz and all the time spent to create it and bring us some fun and hard thinking Meepledrone, looking forward for the answers ! :yellow-meeple:
Too sad I can't give more than one merit at once :o
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... interim remark: its killing me! Brain electrocution is going on .... I don't know if I will be ready anytime soon or survive... :o
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- The Grinch: I'm so angry, your neurons didn't melt yet...
- The Grinch: How can you still make any discernible noises when trying to speak? >:D
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(https://i.imgur.com/5bJGEkx.jpg)
- Supervisor Nick: We have an announcement to make! ;D
- Santa Claus: Are you getting married?
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Working on it... ;)
- Santa Claus: We would be all delighted having full sets of mini meeples scoring around... ^-^
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: :o
- Supervisor Nick: Let's not rush things through...
- Santa Claus: By the way, Baba Yaga, this new you looks great!
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Don't mention it... I went just for a hairdo and they made a total makeover.
- Santa Claus: Now you actually look like twin souls.
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Yeah! I get that a lot know... :-\
- Supervisor Nick: Ha ha ha!... My little Halloween pumpkin!
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Well, in a couple of rounds, my hair will go back to its normal greasy look..
- Supervisor Baba Yaga:... And all the makeup will go away and my natural swampy green skin will be everyone's envy again.
- Supervisor Nick: Oh... You will look like an abandoned graveyard again. :-*
- Santa Claus: Sure! Sure! ::)
- Santa Claus: Ahem, ahem! What was the announcement.
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Ah, yes! Meepledrone will be closing the Advent Quiz on December 29th.
- Supervisor Nick: You all can still participate or review your answers.
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: You may even submit corrections if you feel like it.
- Santa Claus: Why is not making the announcement himself...
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Well... he ran into a bit of a pickle.
- Supervisor Nick: He got trapped by Vodyanoy and fell into the lake.
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: He is having som glitches at the moment.
- Supervisor Nick: We hope he resets by then and gets back to normal
- The Grinch: Look at you! Any excuse is good to stop doing your chores, you slug!
- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34281: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34282: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34283: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- Santa Claus: What's that?
- Supervisor Nick: It's a a long story...
- Supervisor Baba Yaga: Tell me, tell me... My tainted horcrux! :-*
- Supervisor Nick: Are you sure, my rotten sweetpea? :-*
- Santa Claus: Well... Before I forget, only one thing left to say...
(https://i.imgur.com/KYIyzm0.jpg)
:black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: MERRY CHRISTMAS :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
- The Grinch: Who placed that abbey tile? :o
- The Grinch: My eyes hurt! >:(
- The Grinch: Sacrilege!!!! SACRILEGE!!!!
- Fir Tree: Omelette au FROMAGE! O0
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>:D >:D >:D >:D Hahahahahaha so funny >:D >:D >:D I think I'll use moving messages from now on I like it ;D ;D ;D ;D +100000000000 merit for :blue-meeple: DRONE
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Thanks for this nice event. +zilion for me. Very nice questions and I saw, that I have to learn a lot. I was not always 100% of my answer, so I'm waiting for final result, how WiCa helped me :D
Merry Christmas all of you
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Thanks for this wonderful Advent Quiz, Meepledrone and all the work and heart you put into it! I am German and have seen many advent calendars but this was one of the best ever! :D :(y)
+1 merit from me
Made the days til Christmas go by in a blink ... (because - obviously - I spent most of the time studying the WikiCarpedia ;))
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Thanks, Meepledrone for this Advent Calendar Quiz. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and lucky new year!
:yellow-meeple:
:green-meeple: :green-meeple:
:green-meeple: :green-meeple: :green-meeple:
:neutral-meeple:
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thank you Meepledrone for this magnificent quiz, it will have forced me to review the rules of the game (and yet I am sure I have lots of errors)
Will you help me with the one with the giant meeple, I can't find the solution
friendly
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- Meepledrone: Don't thank me... The Meeple Council did all the heavy lifting.
- The Grinch: It's wonderful to celebrate Christmas with Meeplezilla!
- The Grinch: Come on! Let's go and smash some sheds!
- Meeplezilla: Smash sheds! Yeah! :))
- Fir Tree: OMELETTE au fromage!!! >:D
- Santa Claus: I have the feeling The Grinch is always a bad influence.
- Snowman: How can you tell? :-\
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- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34281: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34282: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- Meepledrone: (short-circuited) Round 34283: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
Love the reference ;D
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- Meepledrone: He he he! Mrs. Meepledrone and I are re-watching the show... Even if you remember the general lines, all the details and the storytelling keep surprising us... So cool!
- Mrs. Meepledrone: Don't keep me waiting... I want to see if they play backgammon again... >:D
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- Santa Claus: I dying to know who won the quiz. :o
- Meepledrone: Tomorrow I will start posting the answers and the ranking.
- Meepledrone: Just a little patience so any late participants and those who want to review their answers have some time to do it.
- The Grinch: Patience is overrated! >:(
- The Grinch: I want answers!
- Meepledrone: (nonchalantly) Then all you need is this: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
- The Grinch: :o
- Santa Claus: ???
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Did you see this? ;) no comment...
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- Meepledrone: "The meaning of life, the universe, and everything"
- Meepledrone: How could it be otherwise? ;)
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Oh nooooooooo, Meepledrone, you did a new posting.... :o
Now its gone :'( :'( :'(
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- Meepledrone: But you have that cute snapshot!
- The Grinch: You posts are soooo boring!
- Meepledrone: I know! I'm not always yelling or ranting... ;)
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- Meepledrone: Here you are the answers and the ranking...
- Santa Claus: So cool! ^-^
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Question #1: The Gingerbread Man places this tile. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16249)
Answer #1: The tile just placed completed the city occupied by Yellow. The city occupied by Red is still incomplete due to the triangular gap.
Therefore, only Yellow will score 8 points for the completed city ( (3 tiles + 1 coat of arms) x 2 points = 4 x 2 points)
This result is the same for C1 and C2.
Bottomline:
- Yellow will score 8 points
- Red will score no points
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Question #2: After recovering, the Snowman places this tile on behalf of Red, closing a road.
1) Can Red send a meeple to the Wainwrights quarter in Leipzig? (0-1 points)
2) How many points would Red score according to your previous answer? (0-5 points)
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16258)
Answer #2: Red completes a road connected to Leipzig through two villages. This allows Red to send a meeple to the Wainwrights quater in Leipzig. The Yellow Meeple in that quarter is irrelevant.
Since Red has two meeples on the completed road, the player can send a meeple to Leipzig and score points for the road. Additionally the player will receive the Wainwrights bonus for the meeple just sent to Leipzig.
If Red had only one meeple on the road, the player would neither score points for the road nor receive the Wainwrights quarter bonus.
Red would score two separate scoring events:
- 8 points for the road (4 tiles x (1 road point + 1 point for the inn) = 4 x 2 points)
- 4 points for the Wainwrights quarter bonus (4 tiles x 1 point/tile = 4 points)
Yellow would score no points.
Bottomline:
1) Yes, Red can send one on the meeples on the road to Leipzig.
2) The scoring goes as follows:
- Red will score 8 + 4 = 12 points
- Yellow will not score points
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Question #3: Santa Claus placed this tile on behalf of Blue, who decides to place a tollhouse. How many points does each player score?
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16264)
Answer #3: Blue closes two roads and placed a tollhouse token.
Let's score both roads...
1) Scoring the road occupied by Red:
The road occupied by Red has 5 tiles, 1 inn, 1 garden, 1 pigsty, 1 cowshed.
- Blue will score 3 points for the tollhouse (1 point for the garden + 1 point for the pigsty + 1 points for the cowshed)
- Red will score 10 points for the road ( 5 tiles x (1 road point + 1 point for the inn) = 5 x 2 points)
2) Scoring the road occupied by Yellow:
The road occupied by Yellow has 5 tiles, 1 garden, 1 highwaymen symbol and 1 traveler group. The garden and the inn under the bridge do not affect this road.
- Blue will score 5 points for the tollhouse (1 point for the garden + 1 point for the highwaymen + 3 points for the traveler group)
- Yellow will score 5 points for the road (5 tiles x 1 point/tile)
Once the scoring is finished, the tollhouse would be flipped to show the high toll side with a 2 on top, since the tollhouse scoring included a group of travelers.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 3 + 5 = 8 points as two separate scoring events for the tollhouse
- Red will score 10 points for their road
- Yellow will score 5 points for their road.
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Question #4: Danisthirty places this tile on behalf of Red. How many points will score the player in this case?
Note: Please indicate if you are applying C1 or C2 rules for your scoring! I'm expecting by default C2 rules. Thank you!
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16286)
Answer #4: This question will have two different answers depending on the edition used:
>> C1 rules
The road occupied by Red has an inn and 6 tiles but:
- One of the tiles is a German cathedral with 2 segments connected to the same road (each road segment has to be counted separately).
- One German castle double-sized tile with both halves connected to the same road (the tile is counted once).
Red will score 24 points for the road (21 points for the road + 3 points for the German castle):
- 21 points for the basic road scoing: (2 road segments on the German cathedral + 4 regular tiles + 1 German castle tile) x (1 point for the road + 1 point for the German cathedral + 1 point for the inn ) = 7 x 3 points = 21 points
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (bonus only considered once)
Bottomline:
- Red will score 27 points for the road
>> C2 rules
The road occupied by Red has an inn and 6 tiles but:
- One of the tiles is a German cathedral with 2 segments connected to the same road (each road segment has to be counted separately).
- One German castle double-sized tile with both halves connected to the same road (each half is counted separately).
Red will score 27 points for the road (24 points for the road + 3 points for the German castle):
- 24 points for the basic road scoring: (2 road segments on the German cathedral + 4 regular tiles + 2 halves of the German castle tile) x (1 point for the road + 1 point for the German cathedral + 1 point for the inn ) = 8 x 3 points = 24 points
- 3 bonus points for the German castle (bonus only considered once)
Bottomline:
- Red will score 27 points for the road
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Question #5: The Grinch places this Halfling tile. How many points can Red
score for the city? Please indicate if you apply C1 or C2 rules.
EDIT: The Grinch was here. >:D
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16294)
Answer #5: Since no additional information was provided in the question, 3 possible scenarios may happen regarding the fairy:
A) It is Red's turn and the fairy does not move, the one assumed by default for this question
B) It is Red's turn and the fairy is assigned to the castle lord
C) It is Yellow's turn, so the fairy does not move.
Depending on the scenario, the outcome may differ.
Additionally, this question would have two potentially different answers depending on the edition used, but the outcome happens to be the same in this case.
>> C1 rules
Red will score points for the completed city overlapping the castle fief. The German castle occupies two of the spaces in the vicinity of the castle, so the city segment on it will trigger the scoring of the castle. The Bad Neighborhood scoring tile will affect the tile count of the city (its semicircular segments) but it will not affect any figures, bonuses or other mechanics involved in the scoring.
The city just completed has Halfling and double-sized tiles. It has 8 tiles, where:
- The two triangular tiles are counted individually
- The triangular tile closing the city is counted as 1 tile
- The double-sized tile is counted as 1 tile
Additionally, the Bad Neighborhood scoring tile will alter the tile count to consider when scoring the city. In this case, we will have to discard all those tiles only contributing with semicircular city segments only (those valid to build a castle). This means we will subtract 4 tiles from the tile count:
- The CRRR tile on top only contributing its semicircular city segment
- The German castle as it is only contributing its semicircular city segment
- The two Halfling tiles only contributing with a semicircular city segment
All in all, we will score the city as it had 4 tiles only, so it is worth 11 points (8 points for the city + 3 points for the German castle):
- 8 points for the city (4 tiles x 2 points/tile)
- 3 bonus points for the German castle contributing to the city
The Red Castle Lord will score the same points the city is worth in this case, that is, 11 points.
Scenarios A) and C) do not affect the Red's scoring, but scenario B) will grant Red the 3-point fairy scoring bonus.
Bottomline:
- Scenario A: Red will score 11 points for the castle
- Scenario B: Red might score 14 points (11 points for the castle + 3 bonus points for the fairy, if assigned to the castle lord)
- Scenario C: Red will score 11 points for the castle
>> C2 rules
Red will score points for the completed city overlapping the castle fief. The German castle occupies two of the spaces in the vicinity of the castle, so the city segment on it will trigger the scoring of the castle. The Bad Neighborhood scoring tile will affect the tile count of the city (its semicircular segments) but it will not affect any figures, bonuses or other mechanics involved in the scoring.
The city just completed has Halfling and double-sized tiles. It occupies 7 square spaces: - The two triangular tiles in the same space are considered like 1 tile
- The triangular tile closing the city is also considered as occupied by 1 tile
- The double-sized tile only contributes to the city with one half, so it is counted as one occupied space (one square tile).
Additionally, the Bad Neighborhood scoring tile will alter the tile count to consider when scoring the city. In this case, we will have to discard all those tiles only contributing with semicircular city segments (those valid to build a castle). This means we will subtract 3 tiles from the tile count:
- The CRRR tile on top only contributing its semicircular city segment
- The German castle half only contributing its semicircular city segment
- The Halfling tile bottom right only contributing its semicircular city segment.
However, we will still consider the space with the two triangular tiles, since they are considered as one tile and one of the halves contributes with a non-semicircular segment to the city.
All in all, we will score the city as it had 4 tiles only, so it is worth 11 points (8 points for the city + 3 points for the German castle):
- 8 points for the city (4 tiles x 2 points/tile)
- 3 bonus points for the German castle contributing to the city
The Red Castle Lord will score the same points the city is worth in this case, that is, 11 points.
Scenarios A) and C) do not affect the Red's scoring, but scenario B) will grant Red the 3-point fairy scoring bonus.
Bottomline:
- Scenario A: Red will score 11 points for the castle
- Scenario B: Red might score 14 points (11 points for the castle + 3 bonus points for the fairy, if assigned to the castle lord)
- Scenario C: Red will score 11 points for the castle
Notes:
* The tile placement also completes an unoccupied road, so Red Castle Lord could have chosen to score this road instead.
* A castle scores the points a completed neighboring feature is worth no matter it is occupied or not, no matter if the meeples occupying it can score points for the city or not. Even if Yellow receives points for the fairy, this will not affect Red's scoring for the castle.
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Question #5B: The Grinch feels generous today :o ...and wants to give away some extra points with two additional questions about yesterday's case. Are you ready for them?
1) How many points does Yellow score? (0-1 points)
2) If not choosing to score for the city, how many points would have scored Red? (0-1 points)
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Answer #5B: This question covers additional scorings happening in Question 5.
Since no additional information was provided in the question, 3 possible scenarios may happen regarding the fairy assigned to the Yellow Mayor:
A) It is Red's turn and the fairy does not move, the one assumed by default for this question
B) It is Red's turn and the fairy is assigned to the castle lord
C) It is Yellow's turn, so the fairy does not move.
Depending on the scenario, the outcome may differ.
Let's see how these scenarios affect the answer.
1) The scoring of the Yellow Mayor:
The Yellow Mayor occupied a city with no coats of arms, so it will score 0 points for the city, even if its worth 11 points as we saw earlier.
Based on the scenarios, Yellow will score the 1-point fairy bonus at the beginning of the player's turn in scenario C. This will not happen in scenarios A and B.
Additionally, the scoring of the city triggers the scoring of the fairy assigned to the mayor in scenarios A and C. So Yellow would score 3 points for the fairy even if the mayor cannot score points for the city. In scenario B, Yellow would score 0 points.
2) The castle scoring for the unoccupied road:
Instead of scoring for the city, Red could have also chosen to score the 2-tile road just completed.
This road is worth 5 points (2 points for the road + 3 points for the German castle)
- 2 points for the road (2 tiles x 1 point/tile)
- 2 bonus points for the German castle at the end of the road.
The Red Castle Lord would score the same points the road is worth in this case, that is, 5 points.
Scenarios A and C do not affect the Red's scoring, but scenario B will grant Red the 3-point fairy scoring bonus.
Bottomline:
1) The scoring of the city occupied by the Yellow Mayor would be as follows:
- Scenario A: Yellow will score 3 points for the fairy
- Scenario B: Yellow will score 0 points
- Scenario C: Yellow will score 4 points for the fairy (1 point at the beginning of the player's turn + 3 points when scoring the city)
2) The castle scoring for the road would be as follows:
- Scenario A: Red would score 5 points for the castle if choosing the road
- Scenario B: Red might score 8 points (5 points for the castle + 3 bonus points for the fairy, if assigned to the castle lord)
- Scenario C: Red would score 5 points for the castle if choosing the road
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Question #6: The Gingerbread Man placed this tile completing the road. It's Yellow's turn. How many points will each player score?
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Answer #6: Yellow places a tile completing the road and closing the field with the two shepherds. Since it is Yellow's turn, no flock action will be triggered for Blue or Red. However, since the field with the shepherds is completely surrounded, action '''Guide the flock to the stable''' will be automatically triggered before scoring the road.
1) Scoring the shepherds and their flock:
Note that even if the Red Shepherd is placed on a hill tile, hills do not affect shepherds. Hills only affect meeples. Therefore, Blue and Red will score the total points for the shared flock of 4 sheep total, that is, both players score 4 points each (4 sheep x 1 point/sheep).
After this, the shepherds will return to their owners's supply and the sheep tokens will return to the bag for future draws.
2) Scoring the road:
Blue and Yellow share the road, however the Blue Meeple is placed on a hill tile, so Blue has the majority in the road. As a result, only Blue will score 8 points for the road (8 tiles x 1 point/tile).
Note:
- Vineyards do not affect roads.
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 4 points for the sheep + 8 points for the road = 12 points (as two separate scoring events)
- Red scores 4 points for the sheep
- Yellow scores 0 points
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Question #7: How many points will Yellow score in this scenario? Please indicate which set of rules you are applying: C1 or C2.
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Answer #7: This tile placement completed the monastery occupied by Yellow. Depending of the rules applied, the result may differ:
>> C1 rules
The first edition considers that monasteries are scored considering each tile individually. So we have to consider all the tiles occupying or overlapping the space with the monastery and the 8 adjacent spaces. In this case we have 8 tiles:
- 2 square tiles
- 4 Halfling tiles
- 2 double-sized tiles
We should also consider any vineyards on those tiles too. In this case there is a vineyard on the Halfling tile sharing the space with the monastery tile itself.
Therefore, Yellow will score 11 points for the monastery (8 points for the monastery + 3 points for the vineyard):
- 8 points for the monastery (8 tiles x 1 point/tile)
- 3 bonus points for the vineyard (1 vineyard x 3 points)
Bottomline:
- Yellow scores 11 points
>> C2 rules
The second edition considers that monasteries are scored considering the spaces occupied by the monastery and any tiles on the 8 adjacent spaces. A space can be occupied by:
- 1 square tile
- 1 Halfling tile
- 2 Halfling tiles sharing the same space
- 1 half of a double-sized tile.
In this case, the monastery is completed and its 8 adjacent spaces are occupied, so it is worth 9 points, no matter the types of tiles occupying the space of the monastery or the 8 spaces surrounding it.
We should also consider any vineyards on those tiles too. In this case there is a vineyard on the Halfling tile sharing the space with the monastery tile itself.
Therefore, Yellow will score 12 points for the monastery (9 points for the monastery + 3 points for the vineyard):
- 9 points for the monastery (9 occupied spaces x 1 point/space)
- 3 bonus points for the vineyard (1 vineyard x 3 points)
Bottomline:
- Yellow scores 12 points
Notes:
* Monasteries do not score bonus points for neighboring German castles. German castles only provides bonus points to roads and cities.
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Question #8: How many points would each player score in this after-the-game scenario Santa Claus prepared for you?
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Answer #8: This uncompleted city has a cathedral. This means each tile is worth 0 points at the end of the game. However, the Mage bonus is applied after the cathedral, so the city will be worth 5 points (0 points for the city + 5 points for the Mage):
- 0 points for the city (5 tiles x 0 points/tile for the cathedral)
- 5 bonus points for the Mage (5 tiles x 1 point/tile)
The city is occupied by a Yellow Mayor and a Red Meeple. Since the city has no coats of arms, the mayor has 0 majority votes and cannot score points for the city. So Red has the majority and will score 5 points for the city.
Bottomline:
- Red will score 5 points.
- Yellow will score 0 points
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Question #9: It's Blue's turn. Before placing this tile, the player opens a Synod gift card and places the Blue Abbot on this monastery. After placing the tile, Blue decides to remove the abbot right away. Three questions:
1) How many points will each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Who will receive gold ingots? (0-1 points)
3) Can Blue receive a gift for extending this road? (0-1 points)
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Answer #9: These are the answers to the questions:
1) When removing an abbot we are scoring a figure, not the feature the abbot is placed on. This means that no majority applies in this case even if Yellow would have the majority in the monastery. Since the monastery is not scored, Yellow does not get any points.
For the same reason, this scoring does not trigger the scoring of the castle. So Red does not score any points either.
So only Blue will score 7 points for the abbot (7 tiles x 1 point/tile).
2) No player will receive gold ingots, since no feature was completed and scored.
3) No, Blue cannot receive a gift. The tile placed extends a road but is not occupied by any player. If the road was occupied by Red or Yellow, Blue would be able to receive a gift.
Bottomline:
1) Only Blue scores:
- Blue will score 7 points for the abbot.
- Red will score no points.
- Yellow will score no points
2) No one will receive gold ingots when the abbot is scored.
3) Blue cannot receive a gift in this case.
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Question #10: The Grinch places this tile on behalf of Yellow, who wants to score this road network right away. The Grinch has two questions for you:
1) Which ferry position should Yellow choose to close the road and prevent any player from extending and scoring it in the future? (0-1 points)
a) "/" to connect the top and left road ends.
b) "\" to connect the top and right road ends.
2) How many points would each player score in this case? (0-5 points)
Notes:
* Please apply the Advanced Variant rules for the Labyrinth tile.
* We are not considering a game with The Tunnel mini expansion.
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Answer #10: When the tile is placed, the road is still uncompleted. However, Yellow can move the ferry on the lake because the player just extended a road connected to the ferry. This allows Yellow to close the road and trigger its scoring.
1) Choosing a ferry position:
Option a) would complete the road network in a way that the ferry would not be connected to the right road end, making it impossible for any player to move the ferry by extending the road occupied by Blue.
Option b) would complete the road network in a away that the ferry would be connected to the right road end, making it possible for any player to move the ferry by extending the road occupied by Blue and reopening the road network, allowing the players to extend the road network and score it again.
So option a) would be the right one in this case, since Yellow would not allow other players to score the road network again.
2) Scoring the road:
This road has 11 tiles and a number of features to be taken into account:
- The road ends at a watchtower, which will be scored first. Red has a meeple on this tile, so this player will score points for it.
- The road also has a tunnel going through a city gates tile, which counts as a straight road segment in this case (no tunnel tokens involved in this scenario).
- Two tiles of the road feature farmhouses. These tiles will not be considered for the tile count due to the Peasant Uprising scoring tile.
- Some tiles have signpost symbols that will have to be evaluated. There are only 3 correct signposts, belonging to two types (straight and left). Using a [X,Y] coordinate system with [1,1] representing the tile bottom left, we have the following cases:
- Tile [1,1]: 2 correct signposts
- The black arrow is correct (straight ahead through the tunnel)
- The blue arrow is correct (turning left on the roundabout tile)
- Tile [2,1]: 0 correct signposts
- The black arrow is wrong (the road turns right)
- The red arrow is wrong (the road goes straight under the bridge)
- Tile [2,3]: 0 correct signposts
- The black arrow is wrong (the road ends on the next tile)
- The blue arrow is wrong (the road goes straight under the bridge)
- Tile [3,3]: 1 correct signpost
- The black arrow is correct (the road continues straight ahead through the labyrinth)
- The read arrow is wrong (the road seems to turn right but it ends half way on the adjacent tile)
- The tile with the bridge contributes twice to the road but is only counted once.
- The ferry is assumed to in the "/" position.
- The completed road has 1 Blue Meeple, 2 Red Meeples and 2 Yellow Meeples, but the Yellow Meeple top left is placed on a hill tile, so Yellow has the majority. The second Blue Meeple will not be on the road network once the ferry is moved.
The scoring of the road will be as follows:
- Red will score 4 points for the watchtower (4 tiles with roads x 1 point/tile)
- Yellow will score 25 points for the road (9 points for the road + 6 points for the correct signposts + 10 points for the labyrinth):
- 9 points for the road ( (11 tiles - 2 tiles with farmhouses) x 1 point/tile = 9 x 1 points)
- 6 points for the correct signposts (3 correct signposts x 2 points for two correct signpost types)
- 10 points for the labyrinth (5 meeples x 2 points/meeple)
- Blue and Red score no points for the road.
Bottomline:
1) The correct position for the ferry "/", that is, option a).
2) The scoring will be as follows:
- The watchtower:
- Red scores 4 points for the watchtower
- The road itself:
- Yellow scores 25 points for the road
- Blue and Red score no points for the road.
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Question #11: The Gingerbread Man placed this tile on Yellow's behalf. How many points does the player score?
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Answer #11: This tile is placed on a island square with 2 coats of arms. This means that the player scores points for the tile placement. Additionally the tile completes two features: a monastery and a road.
1) Points for the tile placement:
Yellow will score 4 points for the tile placement (2 coats of arms x 2 points)
2) Points for the monastery:
Yellow will score 1 point for the monastery and 1 point for each adjacent tile. When playing with a Carcassonne Map, monasteries take into consideration regular land tiles, and pre-printed large city tiles, so no printed ferry routes or printed road or city segments abroad are considered.
In this case, the monastery is placed on a border with no adjacent tiles. The ferry route is not considered as an adjacent tile. So the player scores 1 point for the monastery (1 tile x 1 point).
3) Points for the road:
The road has several elements:
- 4 tiles (including the one with the monastery)
- 1 ferry route, counted like one additional tile.
- 1 road segment on the border, counted as one additional road tile.
- 2 coats of arms worth 2 points each.
The road is the worth 10 points ( (6 tiles x 1 point/tile) + (2 coats of arms x 2 points) = 6 + 4 points)
So Yellow will score 10 points for the road.
Bottomline:
- Yellow will score 15 points (4 points for the tile placement + 1 point for the monastery + 10 points for the road)
Notes:
- No Carcassonne Maps rules variants were considered for this scenario, just the basic rules.
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Question #12: The Snowman places this tile completing the city. It's Yellow's turn. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
* The fairy is assigned to the Blue Meeple.
* We are assuming Yellow does not move the fairy. If you consider it, no problem.
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Answer #12: This question may lead to two different results depending on the fairy:
A) The fairy does not move, which would be the default option in this case.
B) Yellow assigns the fairy to their meeple.
The completed city is occupied by Yellow alone, so this player will score 8 points for it (4 tiles x 2 points/tile) (Scenario A and B).
Yellow could receive 3 extra points if the player moved to fairy next to their meeple (Scenario B).
Blue has a meeple on a tower which foundation is within the city, but it is not part of the city. So this player will not participate in the scoring and the Blue Meeple will stay put. The fairy assigned to the Blue Meeple on top of the tower will not provide any bonus points either.
Notes:
- It is Yellow's turn so Blue cannot receive the fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of this turn.
Bottomline:
- Scenario A: Yellow does not move the fairy
- Yellow will score 8 points for the city
- Blue scores no points.
- Scenario B: Yellow moves the fairy
- Yellow will score 11 points (8 points for the city + 3 points for the fairy)
- Blue scores no points.
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Thanks Meepledrone for this first batch of answers! :yellow-meeple:
Those questions were great and fun to solve (or to try solving). Despite Carcassonne93's sayings : Question #10: Another too easy question.
Question 10 was a really complicated one, not hard in rulings, but difficult to count everything without missing anything :o
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For question 5, WICA's order of play makes clear that the "bad neighborhood" tile afects tile count only and not bonuses (too sad I missed that :-\ ).
But the expansion's page states: Bad Neighborhood | During the scoring of a city, these completing city segments are not part of the scoring and do not get you any points
"are not part of the scoring" makes it ambiguous... A link to the "other expansions" section should be added there.
And in the "other expansions" section, I think a phrase saying that bonuses not involving tile count are not affected should be added to remove any ambiguity (or the list of unaffected bonuses be completed), don't you think? :yellow-meeple:
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Thanks Meepledrone for these first answers and all the detailed explanations. :(y)
Its so sad, half of my answers up to here were wrong and mostly due to silly mistakes: overlooked the inn, overlooked the vineyard, took a red shepherd for a yellow one, missed the +1 fairy bonus at the beginning of a turn, .... :'( :'(
With this kind of sillyness, even the deepest study of the WikiCarpedia obviously does not help ... ;)
haha, at least I got question 10 right. The bigger the difficulty the bigger the attention .... ;D
Very wicked indeed, Meepledrone, very well done! :(y)
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Thanks Meepledrone for this first batch of answers! :yellow-meeple:
Those questions were great and fun to solve (or to try solving). Despite Carcassonne93's sayings : Question #10: Another too easy question.
Question 10 was a really complicated one, not hard in rulings, but difficult to count everything without missing anything :o
My pleasure. I love this question... It took me a while to put it together in order to exploit many nuances especially related to The Signposts. I went through several iterations (and simplifications >:D) until I was happy.... You cannot imagine how much I enjoyed it.
For question 5, WICA's order of play makes clear that the "bad neighborhood" tile afects tile count only and not bonuses (too sad I missed that :-\ ).
But the expansion's page states: Bad Neighborhood | During the scoring of a city, these completing city segments are not part of the scoring and do not get you any points
"are not part of the scoring" makes it ambiguous... A link to the "other expansions" section should be added there.
And in the "other expansions" section, I think a phrase saying that bonuses not involving tile count are not affected should be added to remove any ambiguity (or the list of unaffected bonuses be completed), don't you think? :yellow-meeple:
I will review the wording. It mainly deals with tile count for the basic scoring per tile, but the rest of the scoring stays intact. If those tiles were eliminated in full, that also would affect meeples placed on them, and this doesn't happen, as you can see on the Peasant Uprising example, were the meeple occupying the road is on a tile with a farmhouse that does is not considered for the scoring.
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Land_Surveyors_C2_Scoring_Example_04.png)
Example 4: Due to the Peasant Uprising Red only scores 4 points for their road. All road tiles marked with X do not score any points.
If you check the Reference Scoring Pages you can see the scoring tiles are applied in detail in each case:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Scoring_During_the_Game (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Scoring_During_the_Game)
Since the scoring tiles are defined with the rules of the basic game in mind, they are applied affecting elements found there:
- Majority
- Tile count and points per tile when scoring the core part of the feature, that is, tile count x point per tile
- Value per coat of arms
And then you add some feature-level bonuses added once the core feature scoring is calculated.
No other bonuses or mechanics are affected during scoring:
- Meeples or other figures considered in the scoring: Fairy, Mage, Witch...
- Bonuses affecting any tiles: Bathhouses, Little buildings, German castles...
- Dependencies with other features: Castles...
This way, we stick to the expansion layering approach where dependencies between expansions are kept minimized within the base game boundaries when possible (majority and core feature scoring is the minimum overlap possible in this case). This was discussed some time ago, of you remember when discussing the tile count affecting:
- German cathedrals
- Mage
- Markets of Leipzig
We agreed that the additional "tile count" due to multiple road segments on a German cathedral tile would affect the basic scoring of roads but not the tile count used for bonuses such as the Mage or the Wainwrights quarter bonus which would only count actual tiles.
Check the scoring examples in this and subsequent messages to see what I mean:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4356.msg64547#msg64547 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4356.msg64547#msg64547)
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Thanks Meepledrone for these first answers and all the detailed explanations. :(y)
Its so sad, half of my answers up to here were wrong and mostly due to silly mistakes: overlooked the inn, overlooked the vineyard, took a red shepherd for a yellow one, missed the +1 fairy bonus at the beginning of a turn, .... :'( :'(
With this kind of sillyness, even the deepest study of the WikiCarpedia obviously does not help ... ;)
haha, at least I got question 10 right. The bigger the difficulty the bigger the attention .... ;D
Very wicked indeed, Meepledrone, very well done! :(y)
Ha ha ha!
The devil is in the small details! >:D
I just hope you enjoyed the answers so far.
Beyond nailing the answer, the ultimate goal is to understand the rules while having fun. And there is no better way to do it than by practicing and exploiting the nuances scattered all over. ;D
The quizzes highlight things that caught my eye or interactions that seemed interesting while working on WICA. :o
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Question #10: The Grinch places this tile on behalf of Yellow, who wants to score this road network right away. The Grinch has two questions for you:
1) Which ferry position should Yellow choose to close the road and prevent any player from extending and scoring it in the future? (0-1 points)
a) "/" to connect the top and left road ends.
b) "\" to connect the top and right road ends.
2) How many points would each player score in this case? (0-5 points)
Notes:
* Please apply the Advanced Variant rules for the Labyrinth tile.
* We are not considering a game with The Tunnel mini expansion.
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Answer #10: When the tile is placed, the road is still uncompleted. However, Yellow can move the ferry on the lake because the player just extended a road connected to the ferry. This allows Yellow to close the road and trigger its scoring.
1) Choosing a ferry position:
Option a) would complete the road network in a way that the ferry would not be connected to the right road end, making it impossible for any player to move the ferry by extending the road occupied by Blue.
Option b) would complete the road network in a away that the ferry would be connected to the right road end, making it possible for any player to move the ferry by extending the road occupied by Blue and reopening the road network, allowing the players to extend the road network and score it again.
So option a) would be the right one in this case, since Yellow would not allow other players to score the road network again.
2) Scoring the road:
This road has 11 tiles and a number of features to be taken into account:
- The road ends at a watchtower, which will be scored first. Red has a meeple on this tile, so this player will score points for it.
- The road also has a tunnel going through a city gates tile, which counts as a straight road segment in this case (no tunnel tokens involved in this scenario).
- Two tiles of the road feature farmhouses. These tiles will not be considered for the tile count due to the Peasant Uprising scoring tile.
- Some tiles have signpost symbols that will have to be evaluated. There are only 3 correct signposts, belonging to two types (straight and left). Using a [X,Y] coordinate system with [1,1] representing the tile bottom left, we have the following cases:
- Tile [1,1]: 2 correct signposts
- The black arrow is correct (straight ahead through the tunnel)
- The blue arrow is correct (turning left on the roundabout tile)
- Tile [2,1]: 0 correct signposts
- The black arrow is wrong (the road turns right)
- The red arrow is wrong (the road goes straight under the bridge)
- Tile [2,3]: 0 correct signposts
- The black arrow is wrong (the road ends on the next tile)
- The blue arrow is wrong (the road goes straight under the bridge)
- Tile [3,3]: 1 correct signpost
- The black arrow is correct (the road continues straight ahead through the labyrinth)
- The read arrow is wrong (the road seems to turn right but it ends half way on the adjacent tile)
- The tile with the bridge contributes twice to the road but is only counted once.
- The ferry is assumed to in the "/" position.
- The completed road has 1 Blue Meeple, 2 Red Meeples and 2 Yellow Meeples, but the Yellow Meeple top left is placed on a hill tile, so Yellow has the majority. The second Blue Meeple will not be on the road network once the ferry is moved.
The scoring of the road will be as follows:
- Red will score 4 points for the watchtower (4 tiles with roads x 1 point/tile)
- Yellow will score 25 points for the road (9 points for the road + 6 points for the correct signposts + 10 points for the labyrinth):
- 9 points for the road ( (11 tiles - 2 tiles with farmhouses) x 1 point/tile = 9 x 1 points)
- 6 points for the correct signposts (3 correct signposts x 2 points for two correct signpost types)
- 10 points for the labyrinth (5 meeples x 2 points/meeple)
- Blue and Red score no points for the road.
Bottomline:
1) The correct position for the ferry "/", that is, option a).
2) The scoring will be as follows:
- The watchtower:
- Red scores 4 points for the watchtower
- The road itself:
- Yellow scores 25 points for the road
- Blue and Red score no points for the road.
I ignored the land surveyors...
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Me too, I ignored the hill and land surveyors, then I corrected my answer to include the hill but still forgot the land surveyors :yellow-meeple:
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Me too, I ignored the hill and land surveyors, then I corrected my answer to include the hill but still forgot the land surveyors :yellow-meeple:
Without Land Surveyors:
1. Road
1. 1. Prolog
1. 1. 1. Watchtower
Red receives 4 points.
1. 2. Feature itself
1. 2. 1. Road
Yellow receives 27 points (11+2x5+2x3).
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For me, The Land Surveyors cannot be a part of a true official game (as it is a PnP). When I see it, I have to remind to take it into consideration.
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I failed the quiz with the shepherd and the hill… the silly one… that happens by not revisiting the answers… seeing a special figure but in my mind thinking like a normal meeple… hahahaha
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Question #13: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf, who immediately places the black tunnel token close to the tile just placed. This means the road is completed when the second tunnel token is placed. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
* The fairy is assigned to the Blue Meeple.
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Answer #13: Since it is Blue Meeple's turn, the player will score the fairy 1-point bonus at the beginning of their turn.
The placement of the tunnel token completes the road by adding a road segment occupied by the Blue to the road going through the Solovei Razboynik tile. This action triggers the capture of the closest meeple to the tree:
- The Blue Meeple is 3 tiles away from the tree.
- The Red Meeple is 4 tiles away from the tree.
So, Solovei Razboynik will capture the The Blue Meeple, which will move to the tree tile along with the Yellow Meeple. The fairy will stay where it is, undisturbed.
Red will then score 9 points for the completed road (9 tiles x 1 point/tile), and Blue and Yellow will score no points for the road.
Note:
- Trapped meeples do not participate in the road scoring.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 1 point for the fairy.
- Red will score 9 points.
- Yellow will score no points.
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Question #14: Danisthirty would like you to score this scenario once the game has ended. How many points does each player receive? Please indicate if you are using C1 rules of C2 rules for this scoring.
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Answer #14: Both meeples are placed on a Japanese building:
- The Blue Abbot placed as a monk will score it as regular uncompleted monastery at the end of the game.
- The Yellow Meeple placed as an abbot will score it as a special monastery.
This scenario has two different outcomes depending on the rules applied:
>> C1 rules
Blue will score 8 points for the Japanese building (8 tiles x 1 point), since it is worth one point for the Japanese building tile and one point per adjacent tile:
- 4 square tiles, including the one with the Japanese building
- 4 Halfling tiles (two of them sharing the same space)
Yellow will score 10 points for the Japanese building (1 + 0 + 5 + 2 + 2 points):
- 1 point for the Japanese building tile
- 0 points for no tiles in the column above
- 5 points for the 5 tiles in the row to the left (4 Halfling tiles sharing two spaces each and 1 German castle tile.
- 2 points for the 2 tiles in the row to the right (1 Halfling tile and 1 German castle tile)
- 2 points for the 2 tiles in the column below (1 Halfling tile and 1 German castle tile)
Note:
- The vineyard adjacent to the Japanese building does not have any effect on monastic buildings scored after the game, so neither player will receive points for it.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 8 points.
- Yellow will score 10 points.
>> C2 rules
Blue will score 7 points for the Japanese building (7 occupied spaces x 1 point), since it is worth one point per space occupied by the Japanese building and any adjacent tiles:
- 4 spaces occupied by square tiles, including the one with the Japanese building
- 2 spaces occupied by 1 Halfling tile
- 1 space occupied by 2 Hafling tiles
Yellow will score 9 points for the Japanese building (1 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 2 points):
- 1 point for space occupied by Japanese building tile
- 0 points for no spaces occupied by tiles in the column above
- 3 points for the 3 occupied spaces in the row to the left (2 spaces occupied by 2 Halflings each and 1 space occupied by 1 half of a German castle tile.
- 3 points for the 3 occupied spaces in the row to the right (1 space occupied by 1 Halfling and 2 spaces occupied by a German castle tile)
- 2 points for the 2 occupied spaces in the column below (1 space occupied by a Halfling tile and 1 space occupied by 1 half of a German castle tile)
Note:
- The vineyard adjacent to the Japanese building does not have any effect on monastic buildings scored after the game, so neither player will receive points for it.
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 7 points.
- Yellow will score 9 points.
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Question #15: The Grinch demands that you score this scenario for him. The game has already finished, so this is a scoring after the game. How many points does each player score?
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Answer #15: This scenario requires to score one incomplete road and two uncompleted German cathedrals. Only one half of the German castle is connected to the road with the roundabout, so the outcome will be the same when applying C1 or C2 rules in this case.
When scoring German cathedrals, both during the game and after the game, archbishops only care for tiles and inns on them. No other bonuses that would apply to a normal road, would affect the value of a road for them (neither the bathhouse nor the German castle in this case).
Blue will score 0 points for the incomplete road due to the inn (3 tiles x 0 points/tile for the inn).
The Yellow Archbishop will score 13 points for the roads connected to its German cathedral (1 + 0 + 12 points):
- 1 point for the incomplete road to the left of the German cathedral (1 tile x 1 point/tile). This road segment on the German cathedral tile is counted as a separate road.
- 0 points for the road occupied by Blue ( 3 tiles x 0 points/tile for the inn)
- 12 point for the completed road to the right of the German cathedral (6 tiles x 2 point/tile for the inn).
The Red Archbishop will score 16 points for the roads connected to its German cathedral (2 + 1 + 1 + 12 points):
- 2 points for the completed road to the top of the German cathedral (2 tiles x 1 point/tile).
- 1 point for the incomplete road to the right of the German cathedral (1 tile x 1 point/tile). This road segment on the German cathedral tile is counted as a separate road.
- 1 point for the incomplete road to the bottom of the German cathedral (1 tile x 1 point/tile). This road segment on the German cathedral tile is counted as a separate road.
- 12 point for the completed road to the left of the German cathedral (6 tiles x 2 point/tile for the inn).
Bottomline:
- Blue will score 0 points.
- Red will score 16 points.
- Yellow will score 13 points.
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Question #16: The Gingerbread Man places this tile and has two questions for you:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Where does the Gingerbread Man neutral figure on the tile goes to after the scoring? (0-1 points)
a) It stays where it is.
b) It moves to the city segment on the tile just placed because it is a gingerbread man tile.
c) It moves to the city segment on the tile just placed because it is an uncompleted city.
d) It is removed from the board until the next gingerbread man tile is placed.
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Answer #16: Let's answer both questions:
1) The tile just placed completes a city with the Gingerbread Man neutral figure, so the players occupying the city receive the Gingerbread Man bonus before the city is scored. The bonus is based in the number of tiles and meeples in the city (knights):
- Red will receive 6 points (6 tiles x 1 point/knight)
- Yellow will receive 12 points (6 tiles x 2 point/knight)
The city is worth 16 points ( (6 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points = 8 x 2 points). Yellow has the majority, so he or she is the only player scoring 16 points for the city.
Bottomline:
- Red scores 6 points for the Gingerbread Man.
- Yellow scores 28 points (12 points for the Gingerbread Man + 16 points for the city)
2) The Gingerbread Man neutral figure will have to go to an uncompleted city. The only one available is the city segment on the Gingerbread Man tile just placed, so the answer is option c).
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Question #17: The Snowman places this tile on Yellow's behalf. Yellow completed the acrobat pyramid in a previous turn and the player wants to score it now. The big top has to be scored before moving to the tile just placed too. How many points does each player score?
Notes:
- This is a scoring during the game and the game goes on. There is no after-the-game scoring involved.
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Answer #17: In this scenario we have the following sequence of events:
1) The acrobat pyramid is scored and its meeples are removed. This scoring does not trigger the scoring of the adjacent castle occupied by Blue.
2) The completed features are scored and the meeples on them removed:
- The road occupied by Red
- The city occupied by Yellow
- The castle occupied by Black, triggered by the completion of the adjacent city occupied by Yellow.
3) The big top is scored before moving. It will only take into consideration the Black Farmer and Blue Castle Lord. Their owners will receive 3 points per meeple as indicated on the token under the big top. All the other meeples have been removed before this scoring takes place, so they are not considered.
Let's proceed...
1) Scoring the acrobat pyramid:
Red scores 5 points (1 acrobat x 5 points/acrobat).
Yellow scores 10 points (2 acrobat x 5 points/acrobat).
2) Scoring the features:
The Red Ringmaster receives 14 points (4 points for the road + 10 points for the ringmaster bonus):
- 4 points for the road (4 tiles x 1 point/tile)
- 10 points for the ringmaster bonus ( (1 adjacent acrobat pace + 4 neighboring circus spaces) x 2 points = 5 x 2 points)
The Yellow Ringmaster scores 16 points (6 points for the city + 10 points for the ringmaster bonus):
- 6 points for the city (3 tiles x 2 points/tile)
- 10 points for the ringmaster bonus ( (1 adjacent acrobat space + 4 neighboring circus spaces) x 2 points = 5 x 2 points)
The Black Ringmaster scores the same points as the city occupied by the Yellow Ringmaster is worth. The ringmaster bonus is not part of the city scoring and it is not considered. Therefore:
The Black Ringmaster scores 6 points for the city.
Note that Black does not receive any bonus for the Black Ringmaster, since it is placed in a castle. The rules indicate that the ringmaster bonus can only be received if the ringmaster is on a basic feature: road, city, monastery or field.
3) Scoring the big top:
After removing all the meeples in the completed features, the only players receiving points for the big top are the following:
- Black scores 3 points (1 meeple x 3 points/meeple) for the Black Farmer
- Blue scores 3 points (1 meeple x 3 points/meeple) for the Blue Castle Lord.
Bottomline:
- Black scores 9 points (6 points for the castle + 3 points for the big top).
- Blue scores 3 points for the big top points.
- Red will score 19 points (5 points for the acrobat pyramid + 4 points for the road + 10 points for the ringmaster bonus).
- Yellow will score 26 points (10 points for the acrobat pyramid + 6 points for the city + 10 points for the ringmaster bonus).
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Wow, the competition is harder than last year, I might not renew my achievement :yellow-meeple:
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Question #18: Santa Claus wants you to relax today, so he placed this tile completing a city. He has several questions for you:
1) How many points does Red score? (0-5 points)
2) Where does the Red Meeple go after scoring? (0-1 points)
a) Red removes the meeple as usual, since the scoring involves two figures.
b) The Red Meeple goes to the bathhouse, since the Witch is not taken into consideration.
3) Where does the Witch go after scoring? (0-1 points)
a) The Witch is removed from the board and put aside until the next tile with a magic symbol is placed.
b) The Witch stays where it is until the next tile with a magic symbol is placed.
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Answer #18: The tiles placed completes a city occupied by Red with the following elements:
- The Witch
- A German castle
- A bathhouse
Let's answer each question in turn...
1) Red will score 10 points for the city (3 for the city with the Witch + 3 for the German castle + 4 points for the bathhouse):
- 3 points for the city and the Witch ( (3 tiles x 2 points/tile) / 2 for the Witch = 6 / 2 points)
- 3 points for the German castle tile contributing to the city
- 4 points for the bathhouse with value 4 in the city.
Note the Witch is applied after the value of the city associated to its tiles (and coats of arms) is calculated, but before other feature-level bonuses are applied (i.e. the German castle and the bathhouse in this case).
2) The Red Meeple will go to the bathhouse, since this scoring only involved one meeple. The Witch is not considered for this decision. Therefore, the answer is b).
3) The Witch will be removed from the feature after the scoring and will be put aside until the next tile with a magic symbol is placed. So the answer is a).
Bottomline:
1) Red will score 10 points
2) Option b): the Red goes to the bathhouse
3) Option a): the Witch is removed
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Wow, the competition is harder than last year, I might not renew my achievement :yellow-meeple:
What will happen after this questioooooon? >:D
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Many good competitors here :yellow-meeple:
Too sad Vital Pluymers missed most questions, he'd have been another great contestant too :o
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Question #19: The Grinch places this abbey tile on Blue's behalf. How many points does each player score in this case?
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Answer #19: This abbey occupied by the Blue Abbot fills a gap completely surrounded by tiles (one of them with a little building). This completes the abbey right away and also completes 3 cities around it:
- The city with the cathedral and the 3 Spiel tiles occupied by Red and Yellow. Note that the bridge on the Spiel '19 tile connects both city segments. This city also benefits from 1 little building.
- The unoccupied 1-tile city with a little building above the abbey. This completed city triggers the scoring of the castle occupied by Red.
- The unoccupied 1-tile city to the right of the abbey. No players will score points for this city.
Notes:
- The abbey tile fills the CCCC gap but it is not part of the city, and it actually closes 3 different cities as explained above.
- The little buildings in this scenario are 1-point sheds, no matter the rules applied: basic rules or variant rules.
- Little buildings affect all the features on the tile, so the little building on the left affects the city, the road and both fields on the tile it is placed. In this case, we are scoring the city.
- The castle will not get extra points for the little building in its fief, since the castle is not on a particular tile that can be affected.
Let's score each occupied feature...
1) The abbey:
Blue Abbot will score 10 points for the abbey (9 points for the abbey + 1 point for the little building):
- 9 points for the abbey (9 tiles x 1 point/tile)
- 1 point for the little building on an adjacent tile (1 little building x 1 point)
2) The city with the cathedral:
Red and Yellow share the majority of this city, so both of them will score 28 points (27 points for the city + 1 point for the little building):
- 27 points for the city (9 tiles x (2 points/tile + 1 point for the cathedral) = 9 x 3 points)
- 1 point for the little building on the same tile (1 little building x 1 point)
3) The castle:
Red will score the same points the city is worth, that is, 3 points (2 points for the city + 1 point for the little building):
- 2 points for the city (1 tile x 2 points/tile)
- 1 point for the little building (1 little building x 1 point)
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 10 points for the abbey.
- Red scores 31 points (28 points for the city + 3 points for the castle).
- Yellow will score 28 points fo the city.
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Question #20: The Gingerbread Man places this tile. How many points does each player score?
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Answer #20: The tile completes the city occupied by Yellow. This completed city will trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Blue, since it overlaps its castle fief. In turn, this castle will trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Red and this one will also trigger the scoring of the castle occupied by Yellow.
You may see the dependencies here. Pay special attention to the mutual dependencies between castles due to how two neighboring castles overlap each other's fief:
* Yellow City --> Blue Castle
* Blue Castle <--> Red Castle
* Red Castle <--> Yellow Castle
The three castles will score the same points the city is worth due to these dependencies.
Therefore, Yellow will score 10 points for the city ( (4 tiles + 1 coat of arms) x 2 points = 5 x 2 points)
As a result, Blue, Red and Yellow will also score 10 points for the city.
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 10 points for the castle.
- Red scores 10 points for the castle
- Yellow will score 20 points (10 points for the city + 10 points for the castle).
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Question #21: The Snowman prepared this scenario for you. Red has the King tile and Blue has the Robber Baron tile. How many points does each player score after the game?
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Answer #21: This scenario includes several features to be scored:
- An uncompleted road occupied by Blue
- A field occupied by Red
- An uncompleted castle occupied by Yellow
Blue will score 3 points for the road (3 tiles x 1 point/tile).
Red will score 6 points for the field (2 completed cities x 3 points/city). Note that the city of Carcassonne is considered as a completed city when scoring fields.
Yellow scores no points for the uncompleted castle.
Besides, we will score the King and Robber Baron tiles as follows:
- Blue will score 2 points for the Robber Baron tile (2 completed roads x 1 point/road).
- Red will score 2 points for the King tile (2 completed cities x 1 point/city). Note that the city of Carcassonne is considered as a completed city when scoring the King tile. Castles are not considered when scoring the King tile.
Bottomline:
- Blue scores 5 points (3 points for the road + 2 points for the Robber Baron tile).
- Red scores 8 points (6 points for the field + 2 points for the King tile).
- Yellow scores no points for the castle.
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Question #22: Santa Claus places this tile on Blue's behalf. He has two questions for you:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Which player collects all the trade goods? (0-1 points)
a) Blue, because the player completed the city.
b) Red, because the player has the majority.
c) Yellow, because the player has the only meeple on a trade goods tile.
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Answer #22: The tile just placed completes a city occupied by the Red Mayor and a Yellow Meeple. The city has two coats of arms and two trade goods symbols.
Let's answer both questions...
1) Scoring the city:
Red has 2 majority votes due to the mayor and the 2 coats of arms in the city. Yellow has only one majority vote.
Therefore, Red will score 14 points for the city ( (5 tiles + 2 coats of arms) x 2 points = 7 x 2 points).
Moreover, three players have a meeple in the Coiners quarter in Leipzig. Only Red and Yellow occupy the completed city (no matter who has the majority). So both players will receive 6 bonus points (2 coats of arms x 3 points/coat of arms)
2) Collecting the trade goods.
Blue is the one receiving the trade goods tokens for completing the city. So the answer is option a)
Bottomline:
1) Red will score 20 points (14 points for the city + 6 points for the Coiners quarter bonus). Yellow will score 6 points for the Coiners quarter bonus
2) Option a): Blue blue receives the trade goods tokens for completing the city.
Note: In a real game, Blue would not be interested in completing this city (giving away so many points) unless the player was really interested in the trade goods.
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After a poor start, seems that the later questions have been better for me.
Although I don't think I'll be able to manage to get to the podium this year
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Hahahaha this picture of quiz 22 clearly has a little bit bad intention because the position of the meeples and the position of the lights… emoji code23]
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at the question nr 21,on the farm, red score only one complete city.why score two city?
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at the question nr 21,on the farm, red score only one complete city.why score two city?
Meepledrone already mentioned it in his explanation:
Note that the city of Carcassonne is considered as a completed city when scoring fields.
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eheh I just finish read the rule of city,eheh I didn't know,so today I know a lot of rules!!
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Question #23: Danisthirty completes this city on Yellow's behalf. The player performs the following actions in 1. Placing a tile:
- Opening a Road Sweeper gift card on the occupied road
- Activating an "Add Meeple" symbol with the tile placement
The player decides to add a second Yellow Meeple to the city segment, and Danisthirty would like you to answer these two questions:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Instead of adding a second meeple to the city, could Yellow have added a second meeple to the road the player occupies? (0-1 points)
a) Yes, you can add a meeple to the road.
b) No, you cannot add a meeple to the road.
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Answer #23: Let's answer each question...
1) Scoring the scenario:
Before placing the tile, the Road Sweeper card will trigger the scoring of the incomplete road occupied by Yellow. The player will score 2 points for it (2 tiles x 1 point/tile), and remove their meeple from the road. Note that the road is scored as if at the end of the game, so it receives no points for the German castle.
The tile completes a city occupied by Red and Yellow. Each player has two meeples in the city. Since both of them have meeples on hill tiles, the tie is not broken, no matter the number of meeples on hill tiles. Therefore, both players will score 15 points for the city (12 points for the city itself + 3 points for the German castle):
- 12 points for the city (6 tiles x 2 points/tile)
- 3 points for the German castle tile contributing to the city
2) Adding a meeple to the road:
Gift cards are opened before the tile is placed. So, the Road Sweeper gift card would remove the meeple on the road before the tile is placed. As a result, the "Add Meeple" action will not find a meeple on the road when activated in order to add a meeple next to it. Therefore, the answer is option b)
Bottomline:
1) Red will score 15 points
Yellow will score 17 points (2 points for the Road Sweeper gift card + 15 points for the city)
2) Option b): Yellow cannot use the "Add Meeple" action to add a meeple to the road, since it will be unoccupied when placing the tile.
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Question #24: The Grinch places this tile on Yellow's behalf. This is the last tile of the game. He would like you to answer the following questions:
1) How many points does each player score due to the tile placement? (0-5 points)
2) How many points does each player score after the game? (0-5 points)
3) If you understood the secret code of the Oracle of Carcassonne, what is the result of this expression? (0-1 points)((https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) + (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) ) * (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png)
a) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png)
b) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/6/65/Symbol_Catapult_C1.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png)
c) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png)
4) Where is the Oracle of Carcassonne contacted during the trial? (0-1 points)
a) The Mayor's Office in Carcassonne, France
b) The Spiel Main Office in Essen, Germany
c) CundCo in Munich, Germany
d) Hans im Glück's HQ in Munich, Germany
Note:
- The Oracle of Carcassonne is mentioned in the dialogs starting here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5565.msg81860#msg81860)
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Answer #24: Let's answer each question...
1) Scoring during the game:
The tile placed with the bridge connects a field occupied by Yellow with a farmer and a pig (just added on the connecting tile) to another field with the player's barn.
The resulting field has the following elements:
- A completed small city by the river lake.
- A completed city closed by the abbey tile.
- A completed besieged city connected to the field by a city bridge.
- A castle occupied by Red (the besieged city segment has no effect on the castle when scoring it or on any field scoring).
- A castle occupied by Blue.
- 2 tiles with little buildings (even if one of them seems to be on the other side of the road).
- A FFFF tile from the Games Quarterly #11 mini expansion that does not count as a pig-herd as per the clarifications provided by the authors.
- Yellow's farmer and pig.
- Yellow's barn triggering the scoring of the resulting field and the removal of the farmer and the pig on it.
Yellow will score 16 points for the resulting field:
- 4 points for the two completed regular cities (2 cities x (1 point for the city + 1 point for the pig) = 2 x 2 points)
- 4 points for the completed besieged city (1 city x ( ( 1 point for the city + 1 point for the pig) x 2 for the siege ) = 1 x (2 x 2) points = 1 x 4 points)
- 6 points for the castles (2 castles x (2 points for the castle + 1 point for the pig) = 2 x 3 points)
- 2 points for the little building sheds (their value is 1 point each no matter the rules applied: basic rules or variant rules)
Red and Blue will score no points for their castles, since no feature triggered their scorings.
2) Scoring after the game:
Yellow has will score points for the barn in the previous resulting field.
Additionally, Red will score points for the field occupied by the player's farmer, which has the following elements:
- A completed small city by the river lake.
- A completed besieged city.
Yellow will score 28 points for the barn:
- 8 points for the two completed regular cities (2 cities x 4 points for the city)
- 8 points for the completed besieged city (1 city x (4 points for the city x 2 for the siege) = 1 x 8 points)
- 10 points for the castles (2 castles x 5 points for the castle)
- 2 points for the little building sheds (their value is 1 point each no matter the rules applied: basic rules or variant rules)
Red will score 9 points for their farmer:
- 3 points for the completed regular city (1 city x 3 point for the city = 1 x 3 points)
- 6 points for the completed besieged city (1 city x 3 points for the city x 2 for the siege = 1 x 3 x 2 points)
Red and Blue score no points for their uncompleted castles.
3) The expansion symbols map to the expansion numbers and the C symbol to 0 in this case.
0: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png) / 1: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) / 2: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) / 3: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) / 4: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) / 5: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) / 6: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/92/Symbol_CountKingRobber_C1C2.png) / 7: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/6/65/Symbol_Catapult_C1.png) / 8: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) / 9: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png) / 10: (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png)
So, ((https://wikicarpedia.com/images/2/23/Symbol_TradersBuilders_C2.png) + (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) ) * (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/17/Symbol_UnderTheBigTop_C2.png) maps to (2 + 5) * 10 = 70. The answer is Option b) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/6/65/Symbol_Catapult_C1.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png)
4) The secret message was:
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/7a/Symbol_BridgesCastlesBazaars_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/9/9b/Symbol_PrincessDragon_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/15/Symbol_CarcassonneC.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/1/12/Symbol_AbbeyMayor_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/3a/Symbol_Tower_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/5/5c/Symbol_InnsCathedrals_C1C2.png) (https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/ec/Symbol_HillsSheep_C1C2.png)
It maps to 49893005419 that is HiG's phone number (+49 89 3005419), as you can see here:
https://www.hans-im-glueck.de/impressum.html (https://www.hans-im-glueck.de/impressum.html)
Bottomline:
1) Scoring during the game:
Blue scores no points
Red scores no points
Yellow scores 16 points
2) Scoring after the game:
Blue scores no points
Red will score 9 points for the field top right
Yellow will score 28 points
3) Option b)
4) Option d)
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(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16516)
- Meeple Council: Congratulations, corinthiens13!!! You are the winner of the Advent Calendar Quiz MMXXI. ;D
- The Grinch: This can be right! Again?
- Santa Claus: Yes! Isn't awesome?
- The Grinch: (to himself) Roasted meeples! Were my questions too easy!?
- Meepledrone: I would also like to thank all the participants, who worked so hard answering all the questions.
- The Grinch: (to Meepledrone) What's your part in this, you tin vermin?
- Meepledrone: (grinning) I was just passing by!
- Santa Claus: Come on, Leave the poor thing alone.
- The Grinch: Well... Only the day he earns it!
- The Grinch: Hard work and commitment is what we need here.
- The Grinch: He spent the whole month doing nothing... as always!
- Meepledrone: (shocked)
- The Grinch: (to Meepledrone) At least you could do something. (angry)
- Meepledrone: What is it?
- The Grinch: What do you think?
- Meepledrone: Playing Catan for a change?
- The Grinch: WHAT?
- Meepledrone: Ha ha ha!
- The Grinch: Sending the prize, you silly meeple.
- Meepledrone: But for that I would need the winner to confirm his address by PM...
- The Grinch: Do you want me to do it for you?
- Meepledrone: Oh no! That be so nasty of you...
- Meepledrone: You could break a fingernail or something.
- The Grinch: (shocked)
- Meepledrone: Before I go back to sweeping the back sides of all the tiles in the Big Box 2021,...
- The Grinch: (with a killing stare) ...And...?
- Meepledrone: And sharpening their corners too,...
- The Grinch: ... good meeple...
- Meepledrone: Please, corinthiens13...
- The Grinch: Ahem!
- Meepledrone: ...and the rest of the participants,...
- The Grinch: (smiling)
- Meepledrone: ...confirm your address by PM if you want to receive a small token of the Meeple Council's appreciation for participating.
- Snowman: That sounds good!
- Fir Tree: (a branch bends in the winds) :o
- Santa Claus: Indeed.
- Danisthirty: What about the Spiel'21 tile and the bridges?
- The Grinch: Bah! Decar can help!
- Decar: (to himself) I should have gone home earlier. (angry)
- Easter Bunny: OK. I'm have an appointment with the Fortune Teller?
- Santa Claus: Is she back?
- Easter Bunny: She told me she had a vision about Expansion 11...
- Santa Claus: Does it have tunnels?
- The Grinch: Does it have a catapult? (devil)
- Snowman: Does it use the water tower?
- Fir Tree: Omelette au fromage?
- Danisthirty: Does it include Russian Promo tiles?
- Gingerbread Man: Does it brigde winter and regular tiles?
- Meepledrone: Does it...? (interrupted abruptly)
- The Grinch: Shhhhh! Enough questions!
- The Grinch: Meepledrone's questions are unbearable!
- Easter Bunny: I have no idea... She said it was important.
- Easter Bunny: Let's go see here!
- Easter Bunny: Happy 2022 to everybody!
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Congrats Corinthiens13! Really impressive score, yet again!
As I thought, I wasn't able to make it to the podium, but looks like I did finally get better at answering the questions later on hahaha
Thanks Meepledrone for organising, and happy 2022 to all!
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Congratulations corinthiens13!
Thank you Meepledrone for hosting the quiz!
Not only was I able to learn more about the rules of the expansions I haven't played yet (like Big Top or Gingerbread Man) by analyzing why I answered the questions wrong, it also confirmed that rushing doesn't always pay off :D
In my case, questions: #3 counting the garden for a road with a bridge, #6 taking the blue shepherd as a normal meeple on the road #11 not including points for roads printed on the map #19 not adding one point for the blue abbot from the small building.
Small mistakes, but they significantly affected my score.
bonusDucks congratulations for answering question #24 fully correct :)
Meepledrone, would you prepare a table of who answered the questions correctly/incorrectly and the scores not including points for speed? Simply 1 point for the correct one.
And for question #5 was all thre scenarios required?
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thank you for this Meepledrone quiz, definitely I worked better at school
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Thank you Meepledrone, good quiz, quite hard this year, isn't it?
Congratulations cotinthiens13 and all other participants! 8)
Best wishes to all
:red-meeple:
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Wow, good start, but then after half the answers I thought I'd be out of 1st place :o Looks like going through WICA again and again to keep my French order of play up to date (next update coming soon) is paying :yellow-meeple:
Merit again for you Meepledrone for organizing this awesome quizz!!!
And congratulations everyone for your participation and progress into knowing the game's mechanics, it's great to see so many participants :)
And don't forget to PM your address to Meepledrone, he's got something for every participant :yellow-meeple:
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Oh, and I'm also interested in a ranking 1 point per question, without the time being taken into account :yellow-meeple:
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Congratulations Corinthiens13, very well done, indeed!
And thank you Meepledrone for this playful education in Carcassonne rules and big reality test of the WICA ;) Well deserved merit from me.
All my best wishes to everybody here for a very happy new year 2022!!
:blue-meeple: :gray-meeple: :red-meeple: :orange-meeple: :yellow-meeple:!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :neutral-meeple: :blue-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :violet-meeple: :brown-meeple: :white-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :orange-meeple: :black1-meeple: :pink-meeple: :violet-meeple: :red-meeple: :green-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :violet-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :white-meeple: :violet-meeple: :green-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :red-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :green-meeple: :yellow-meeple::black1-meeple: :red-meeple: :orange-meeple: :yellow-meeple:!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :neutral-meeple: :blue-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :violet-meeple: :brown-meeple: :white-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :orange-meeple: :black1-meeple: :pink-meeple: :violet-meeple: :red-meeple: :green-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :violet-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :white-meeple: :violet-meeple: :green-meeple: !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! :red-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :green-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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:yellow-meeple: H :black1-meeple:
:neutral-meeple: A :blue-meeple:
:brown-meeple: P :green-meeple:
:white-meeple: P :red-meeple:
:orange-meeple: Y :gray-meeple:
:pink-meeple: N :violet-meeple:
:violet-meeple: E :pink-meeple:
:gray-meeple: W :orange-meeple:
:red-meeple: Y :white-meeple:
:green-meeple: E :brown-meeple:
:blue-meeple: A :neutral-meeple:
:black1-meeple: R :yellow-meeple:
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Thank you guys for sharing this experience!
It's been lots of fun running the show...
Oh, and I'm also interested in a ranking 1 point per question, without the time being taken into account :yellow-meeple:
Here you are the ranking considering only 1 point per question. We had 25 full questions (1 per day and 2 on Dec 24th) and 13 extra questions.
The pole position in this ranking belongs to @DrMeeple with 34/38 correct answers :o
You took some extra time to reply, but you got the highest mark. Congrats! :(y) :(y)
:yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple:
:yellow-meeple: Happy New Year everyone! :black1-meeple:
:yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple:
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Congratulation DrMeeple, +1 merit for you ;)
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Congrats DrMeeple, well done!! :(y)
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Wow unbelievable! Thank you all and happy new year to everyone!!
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thanks Meepledrone for the adwent quiz !!I need to study better this rules! congratulation corinthien 13 to winner!!happy new year everibody!!!
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You are welcome! Hope you had a great time, in spite of the tricky questions and all... O:-)
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Question #23: Danisthirty completes this city on Yellow's behalf. The player performs the following actions in 1. Placing a tile:
- Opening a Road Sweeper gift card on the occupied road
- Activating an "Add Meeple" symbol with the tile placement
The player decides to add a second Yellow Meeple to the city segment, and Danisthirty would like you to answer these two questions:
1) How many points does each player score? (0-5 points)
2) Instead of adding a second meeple to the city, could Yellow have added a second meeple to the road the player occupies? (0-1 points)
a) Yes, you can add a meeple to the road.
b) No, you cannot add a meeple to the road.
(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5565.0;attach=16436)
Answer #23: Let's answer each question...
1) Scoring the scenario:
Before placing the tile, the Road Sweeper card will trigger the scoring of the incomplete road occupied by Yellow. The player will score 2 points for it (2 tiles x 1 point/tile), and remove their meeple from the road. Note that the road is scored as if at the end of the game, so it receives no points for the German castle.
The tile completes a city occupied by Red and Yellow. Each player has two meeples in the city. Since both of them have meeples on hill tiles, the tie is not broken, no matter the number of meeples on hill tiles. Therefore, both players will score 15 points for the city (12 points for the city itself + 3 points for the German castle):
- 12 points for the city (6 tiles x 2 points/tile)
- 3 points for the German castle tile contributing to the city
2) Adding a meeple to the road:
Gift cards are opened before the tile is placed. So, the Road Sweeper gift card would remove the meeple on the road before the tile is placed. As a result, the "Add Meeple" action will not find a meeple on the road when activated in order to add a meeple next to it. Therefore, the answer is option b)
Bottomline:
1) Red will score 15 points
Yellow will score 17 points (2 points for the Road Sweeper gift card + 15 points for the city)
2) Option b): Yellow cannot use the "Add Meeple" action to add a meeple to the road, since it will be unoccupied when placing the tile.
I did not see red was on a hill as well, it was my chance to score 6 points.... :P
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Thank you guys for sharing this experience!
It's been lots of fun running the show...
Oh, and I'm also interested in a ranking 1 point per question, without the time being taken into account :yellow-meeple:
Here you are the ranking considering only 1 point per question. We had 25 full questions (1 per day and 2 on Dec 24th) and 13 extra questions.
The pole position in this ranking belongs to @DrMeeple with 34/38 correct answers :o
You took some extra time to reply, but you got the highest mark. Congrats! :(y) :(y)
:yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple:
:yellow-meeple: Happy New Year everyone! :black1-meeple:
:yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple:
Now I feel like I could have ended muh higher :o But anyways, does not matter as I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for all the effort Meepledrone ;D
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You are welcome!
Glad to hear you had some fun! Let's see what The Grinch devises for the next quiz! ;)
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Thanks for the quiz, although I didn't made it all the way. Awesome job, will keep the leftovers for later O0. Congratz at DrMeeple for that awesome score O:-)
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I see you still want to enjoy the challenge! Great! >:D
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I see you still want to enjoy the challenge! Great! >:D
Yes we do! What about Easter Quizz?
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Hi all!
After two crazy months, I finally managed to drop in the mail a first batch of prizes and little somethings from Advent Quiz 2021.
Next week I'll send the rest. Sorry for the delay. :'(
Hope you like it... ;D
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wow, thank you @Meepledrone! :(y)
This is so very kind of you - no way you need to be sorry! :) +1 merit from me
Now I am very curious what it will be :)
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Ooooh! Thanks!
Let's see if you like it. ;)
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Don't worry about it, and thanks a lot :yellow-meeple:
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Oh man, I totally forgot to respond! University is really stressful...
Thank you Meepledrone for putting this together, it was really fun and relaxing to do each day :)
Congratulations to corinthiens13 for winning and DrMeeple for most correct answers!
As for me, I'm really happy with 5th, I even got #24 right! Many mistakes were made with castles though...
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and I who am last noted on the 25 questions answered I make the happiness of the penultimate
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The surprise has arrived today ;D
Thank you very much @Meepledrone :(y)
VERY nice idea!! All the meeples are happy to try new things ... !! :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
(I will not spoil the surprise) >:D
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Hi hi hi!
Glad you received it ;D
Hope you like it.
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Got it yesterday!
thank you @meepledrone ;D
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Hope you liked it! ;D
I little something to spice up your games. ^-^
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Got it on Thursday, thanks a lot Meepledrone, it's gonna be fun to try these awesome new things :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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Glad to hear you got it already... And congrats again! :(y) :(y)
Have fun! ;D
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thank's you very much Meepledrone,today while retourned from my work back, and found a good surprise!!! I appreciate very much!!
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You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it... ;D
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Yes I do. Thanks @Meepledrone
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