Carcassonne: The Gold Mines

Description

--- **Carcassonne: The Gold Mines** is a Carcassonne expansion introducing gold bar tiles that players claim during feature completions for variable end-game points. Key mechanics include: - *Gold tile placement* Eight special tiles mixed in; upon drawing, place normally, add one gold bar to it and one to any adjacent tile (orthogonal or diagonal). - *Follower placement* Player may place a follower on the newly placed tile as usual. - *Gold distribution on completion* When a feature finishes, gold bars on its tiles go to players with followers; majority takes all, ties split clockwise from active player. - *End-game scoring* Unclaimed bars removed; each bar worth 1-4 points based on player's total collected. Carcassonne: The Gold Mines is a compact expansion for the Carcassonne series, incorporating eight gold bar landscape tiles shuffled into the draw pile. When drawn, a player places the tile per standard rules, positions one gold bar on it and another on any orthogonally or diagonally adjacent tile, then deploys a follower normally. Upon completing any feature—immediately or later—gold bars on its tiles distribute to involved players: a single player with majority followers claims all, while ties among two or more split bars clockwise from the active player. At game end, unclaimed bars are discarded pre-scoring, with each collected bar valuing 1-4 points depending on the player's total haul, adding strategic depth to tile placement, follower positioning, and feature completion timing. ---