Carcassonne: The Barber-Surgeons
Carcassonne: The Barber-Surgeons Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 6 new landscape tiles with bathhouses:
- 3 bathhouses in the city
- 3 bathhouses along the road
Setup
Shuffle the 6 bathhouse tiles and take as many as needed according to the number of players:
| Number of players | 2 | 3 | 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathhouses | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Shuffle the right number of bathhouse tiles with the land tiles of the basic game. Put the unneeded bathhouse tiles back into the box.
This mini-expansion was developed for the Carcassonne base game, and its rules still apply.
You can combine The Barber Surgeons with other expansions. However, there will be no official rules for these combinations.
Rules
1. Place a land tile
If you draw a bathhouse tile, you place it according to the usual rules.
2. Place a meeple
You can place one of your meeple on the bathhouse tile according to the usual rules. You may not use the meeple on the bathhouse itself.
3. Score points
A) Score points with a bathhouse
If you complete a city with a bathhouse, you score it according to the usual rules. Additionally, you receive the points shown on the flag (3, 4 or 5). If there are several bathhouses in the scored city, you score points for all bathhouses.
The same applies to completed roads where bathhouses are located.
B) Bathhouse visit after scoring
If only a single meeple is involved in one of your scorings and there is at least one tile with a free bathhouse at that time, you must immediately place your meeple sideways on a free bathhouse after scoring.
The following applies:
- A bathhouse is free if there is no meeple on it.
- If several bathhouses are free, you can choose which bathhouse you place your meeple on.
- If several meeple are involved in the same scoring, you will get all your meeple back into your supply as usual (even if all meeple come from the same person).
- If no bathhouse is free, you will also get your meeple back.
- If you trigger multiple scorings by placing a tile, consider each scoring individually. You decide the order in which the scores are triggered.
Leaving the bathhouse
You have 2 options to get your meeple from the bathhouse back into your supply.
1. Get a meeple back free of charge
If the last free space surrounding an occupied bathhouse is closed with a tile (as before a monastery scoring), the meeple from this bathhouse immediately returns to the player's supply.
You use your tile to completely surround the bathhouse. Now retrieve your meeple from the bathhouse back into your supply. You may now immediately place it on the tile you placed again.
Attention:
- If you place your meeple in a free bathhouse that is already completely surrounded, you can no longer retrieve it for free.
- If you realize too late that a meeple is still in the bathhouse, even though the bathhouse was already completely surrounded before this move, you can no longer retrieve it for free.
2. Buy back a meeple
You can also get your meeple back by paying points for it. To do this, move your counting meeple backwards on the scoring board by as many spaces backwards as the number on the bathhouse flag indicates (3, 4 or 5). You may also have minus points.
You buy back a meeple after you have placed a tile. You can now use such a meeple again immediately.
You retrieve your meeple from the bathhouse back into your supply. You pay 4 points for this: You move your counting meeple back 4 spaces on the scoring board.
If a meeple leaves a bathhouse, it is free again and can be reoccupied.