La Sagrada Familia (fan expansion for Carcassonne)

Description

--- "Sagrada Familia" is a Carcassonne fan expansion with a single tile that creates an unclosable city, introducing unique placement and scoring rules. Key mechanics include: - *Unclosable city*: After placement, the Sagrada Familia tile's city expands indefinitely but cannot close, scored as incomplete at game end. - *Placement rules*: Played normally; if it closes a city, scores 0 points with meeples returned; unplaceable tile discarded, draw another. - *Ongoing restrictions*: Later tiles that can only close it are removed, player draws new tile. - *Variant option*: City closable but scores 0, meeples trapped until end, encouraging expansion to deny opponents points. The "Sagrada Familia" fan expansion, created by Carcassonne.cat as a non-profit gift for the 2018-2019 Catalan's league, introduces one special tile. When drawn and placed normally, it integrates into a city that thereafter cannot be closed—allowing expansion with additional city tiles but prohibiting completion throughout the game. Exceptions ensure fairness: if placement closes a city, it scores 0 points and meeples return to owners; if no valid placement exists, the tile returns to the box unused for the game, with the player drawing anew. At game end, the city scores as incomplete per standard rules. During play, any subsequent tile placeable only by closing this city is discarded, prompting a redraw. A variant permits closure, but at 0 points cost with meeples locked until end, incentivizing strategic expansion to block rivals while avoiding personal losses. ---