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Carc Central Community => Official Rules => Topic started by: PapaGeek on October 22, 2021, 02:51:37 PM
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I have a question about scoring fields that are joined to a barn field. I hope my image is displayed here! This is an image of just one small section of a larger map. The barn-field on the left currently touches 6 completed cities. The open field on the top right has 1 blue farmer and 1 red farmer and touches 4 completed cities (2 are the same as the barn cities). The open field on the bottom right has 1 red farmer and 1 red pig and touched 5 completed cities (1 is the same as a barn city).
OK, if any player draws a 4 field sided Monastery and decides to place it in the open space, it will join all 3 farms! As I understand the rules: the combined fields will now touch (6 + 4 – 2 + 5 – 1 = 12) completed cities. The new combined field will be occupied by 1 blue farmer and 2 red farmers with 1 red pig. Blue will score zero points. Red will score 24 points, 2 times 12 because of the pig, and the blue and red meeples and pig will be returned to their stacks. Pink still own the barn-field which now touches 12 completed cities.
Blue gets zero because the Monastery made everything one large field. Is this correct with current rules?
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I took the liberty of uploading your image to IMGUR so it could be visible and help the discussion:
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Yes, it is correct.
Red has the majority and scores 2 points per completed city due to the pig. Blue scores nothing and the field with 12 completed cities will now be occupied by the pink barn only, entitled to 48 points (12 cities x 4 points/completed city), if not more, at the end of the game. ;D
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Thank you, our weekly CAR group will be adding barns to our standard games very soon.
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"Fun with barns!" Sounds great! ;)
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Allow me to extend this question with two additional questions!
1. I think I know the answer to this question! Assuming that the placement of the Monastery in the previous example also created a 4 field junction where another barn could be placed, my assumption is that the barn could NOT be placed there because the pink barn is already on that field as soon as the tile is placed.
2. But, after placing the tile you are still in the place a meeple phase and the scoring phase has not happened yet. If you control the connected field, can you place your pig on the monastery tile so that you will score 2 point per city instead of only 1?
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Allow me to extend this question with two additional questions!
1. I think I know the answer to this question! Assuming that the placement of the Monastery in the previous example also created a 4 field junction where another barn could be placed, my assumption is that the barn could NOT be placed there because the pink barn is already on that field as soon as the tile is placed.
2. But, after placing the tile you are still in the place a meeple phase and the scoring phase has not happened yet. If you control the connected field, can you place your pig on the monastery tile so that you will score 2 point per city instead of only 1?
For 2. see https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Abbey_and_the_Mayor#Barn_2.
"You can place your pig on a tile that connects your farmer to a barn. After scoring your pig, return it to your supply."
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Carcassonne93 pointed you in the right direction for question #2.
Regarding question #1, you are also right: barns cannot be placed in a field with one or more barns already. You can check the rules here:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Abbey_and_the_Mayor#2._Placing_a_barn (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Abbey_and_the_Mayor#2._Placing_a_barn)
You may place your barn on a field already occupied by farmers. You may not, however, place your barn on a field already occupied by another barn.