The Teams Courtyard (fan expansion for Carcassonne)

Description

--- **The Teams Courtyard** is a commemorative Carcassonne tile symbolizing community unity, enabling shared scoring in its city for any player with at least one meeple, bypassing majority rules. Key mechanics include: - *Standard integration* Mixed with other tiles and placed per normal Carcassonne rules, featuring a city on all four sides joined at corners to unite features. - *Altered scoring* The city containing this tile disregards majority meeple ownership; any player with ≥1 meeple scores points, whether completed or not. - *Bonus deployment* The player drawing and playing the tile may place an additional farmer in the yard. The Teams Courtyard tile, created by Carcassonne.cat for the first online team world championship (WTCOC 2020) on Boardgamearena, embodies a narrative of communal realization: upon courtyard completion, players transcend individual competition, origins, beliefs, and social strata to form a unified community sharing city resources and infrastructures. Mechanically, it integrates seamlessly by shuffling with standard tiles and adhering to placement rules, but its four-sided city connects seamlessly at corners, promoting unity rather than division. Critically, any city incorporating this tile nullifies traditional majority-based scoring—players need only one meeple anywhere within to claim full points, applicable even if incomplete. Additionally, the deploying player gains the option to deploy an extra farmer in the central yard, enhancing field control without standard restrictions. ---