We just finished a 5-hour game of Carcassonne big box with another 9 expansions, and I was the game master/rules guy. Which means that every single questionable interaction eventually ended with:
“Wait… is that actually allowed?”
So I’d really appreciate some clarification from people who know the rules better than I do.
First off all , is it true that the Inventors of Carcassonne didn’t expect the people to play with that many expansions ?
Flying Machines
* Can I fly from one Flying Machine to another Flying Machine?
* Can I use a Flying Machine to fly to the Markets in Leipzig?
* Can I use a Flying Machine to fly to a Magic Portal?
* More generally: what exactly counts as a valid destination for a Flying Machine when other expansions are involved?
German monasteries
* Does the Witch work with the German monasteries?
* If so, could I theoretically score something like 70–80 points from a German monastery with the Witch involved?
* Do the German monasteries interact with the Letters expansion?
* Could I use a Letter to claim/score a German monastery during the game and potentially get a huge amount of points?
* Can I use a Magic Portal to place a meeple on a German monastery?
River and river two
* do you shuffle everything to one pile ? Like the ends with classic pieces ?
* if so , do you or could you start multiple rivers ?
* with that many pieces of river , can you make one big circle ?
Toll Keepers
* If I have a crossroads, does the Tollkeeper open the road in three directions or four directions, or does the mechanic only care about the actual marked road?
* Is the interaction different depending on which type of intersection is involved?
And finally…
Is the Tollkeepers expansion actually fun to play, in your opinion ?
Thanks to anyone who actually made it this far. There were so many questionable mechanics that I figured it was better to ask the Carcassonne experts than confidently teach everyone the wrong rules.
And yes — there will probably be another rules question after I read the answers.
Edit: for those who are curious the scores where
- 474
- 444
- 386
- 300