Carcassonne

To set up the game of Carcassonne: 1. Place the **start tile** (which has a dark back) in the middle of the table. 2. Shuffle the remaining **land tiles** and place them facedown in several stacks so that all players can easily reach at least one stack. 3. Place the **scoreboard** near the play area. 4. Each player chooses a color and takes 7 **meeples** of that color to form their personal supply. 5. Players then place their 8th meeple on the "0" space of the scoreboard. 6. Return all meeples of unused colors and the 5 abbots (for your first game) to the box.

During your turn in Carcassonne, you must perform the following actions in order: 1. **Place a land tile** You must draw exactly 1 new land tile from a stack and place it faceup connected to a previously-placed tile. If you cannot place the tile you drew to continue the landscape, you return it to the box and draw a new one. 2. **Place a meeple** You may place 1 meeple from your supply on the tile you just placed. You can only place a meeple on the tile you just placed and not on a feature that already has another meeple on it. 3. **Score points** You must score all points from your tile placement.

The player with the most points wins the game after all final scoring has been resolved. In case of a tie, there are multiple winners.

Scoring in Carcassonne occurs both during the game as features are completed, and again at the end of the game during final scoring. **During the Game:** * **When it happens:** During step 3 of a player's turn, all features completed by that player's tile placement are scored. * **Roads:** A road is completed when both ends lead to a village, city, monastery, another feature, or the road forms a loop. Each road tile scores 1 point. * **Cities:** A city is completed when it is fully surrounded by walls and has no internal gaps. Each tile of a city and each coat of arms in that city scores 2 points. * **Monasteries:** A monastery is completed when it is surrounded by 8 tiles. A completed monastery scores 9 points (8 for the surrounding tiles and 1 for the monastery tile itself). * **Meeples:** If multiple meeples are on a single scored feature, the player with the most meeples scores the full points. If multiple players are tied, all tied players score the full points. After scoring a completed feature, meeples are removed from it and returned to the player's supply. **At the End of the Game (Final Scoring):** * **When it happens:** The game ends when all land tiles have been placed and a player is unable to draw and place a tile during their turn. Final scoring then determines the winner. * **What scores:** All remaining meeples in play are scored. Completed features have already been scored during the game, so only incomplete features are scored. * **Roads:** Each incomplete road scores 1 point per road tile, similar to a completed road. * **Cities:** Each incomplete city scores 1 point per city tile and coat of arms, which is half the points it would score during the game. * **Monasteries:** Each incomplete monastery scores 1 point and 1 point per surrounding tile, similar to a completed monastery. * **Fields:** Each field scores 3 points per adjacent, completed city. (Fields and farmers are explained in supplemental rules and can be ignored for initial games). * **Winner:** The player with the most points after all final scoring wins. In case of a tie, there are multiple winners.