The Towers of the Black Prince (fan expansion for Carcassonne)

Description

--- The Black Prince, a destructive game figure inspired by Édouard Plantagenêt's 1355 raid, is represented as a black tower that devastates the board like the dragon. Key mechanics include: - *Movement* Travels around the playing area identically to the dragon from Expansion 3 - The Princess & the Dragon. - *Tower destruction* Destroys any towers it encounters during its path. - *Follower capture* Captures all followers placed on the destroyed towers. - *Defensive immunity* Cannot be removed from the game even by the dragon. - *Tile protection* Towers cannot capture followers on the same tile as the black tower. Édouard Plantagenêt, known as the Black Prince (1330-1376), eldest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut, earned his uncertainly sourced nickname possibly from black armor or battlefield brutality. His 1355 "ride" involved a devastating raid burning Carcassonne's lower town while sparing the upper, destroying undefended Narbonne suburbs, then retracing via Chemin de Gascogne to torch Miremont, raze Carbonne and Gimont, and safely return to Bordeaux. In the game, he manifests as a wooden black tower figure (black chess rook) that prowls the board like the Expansion 3 dragon, obliterating encountered towers and seizing all followers atop them, while immune to dragon removal and preventing towers from capturing its co-located followers. ---