Drought and Pestilence (fan expansion for Carcassonne)

Description

This Carcassonne rules expansion introduces Rat Infestation and Drought tiles, altering follower deployment and imposing farmer scoring penalties on affected farms. Key mechanics include: - *Tile placement*: Tiles feature Rat Infestation (rats in city with skull-and-crossbones icon) or Drought (cracked land with crossed water-droplet icon), placed per standard rules. - *Follower deployment*: Knights deploy to rat-infested cities following usual rules; no deployment directly to drought areas, though surrounding farms allow standard placement. - *Farmer scoring modification*: Barn placement on drought-icon farms, or joining farms with barn/farmer resulting in drought icons, reduces farmers' points by 1 per city before removal. These rules for a Carcassonne variant add Rat Infestation and Drought to tiles, placed normally. Rat-infested cities accept knight deployments as usual, while drought areas block direct follower placement but permit farm surroundings. Drought icons penalize farmers by deducting 1 point per city when barns are played on affected farms or when drought-carrying farms merge with barned/farmed ones, prior to farmer removal. Rules approved by Carcassonne Central and forum.