How to Play Carcassonne: The Signposts

Game Objective

In this Carcassonne mini-expansion, you can receive extra points when scoring a road. To do this, you must direct the course of the road according to the signposts.

Preparation (Setup)

Shuffle the 12 terrain tiles from this mini-expansion together with the terrain tiles from the base game. This expansion was developed for the Carcassonne base game, and its rules still apply. You can combine "The Signposts" with other expansions; however, there will be no official rules for these combinations.

The expansion content includes 12 new terrain tiles, each representing 2 of the 3 different types of signposts: left, straight, and right.

Game Flow

The game follows the rules of the Carcassonne base game. The actions in a turn are:

1. Place a tile: Draw a terrain tile and place it according to the base game rules.
2. Place a meeple: You can place a meeple on the tile you just placed.
3. Score points: When completing a road, check for nearby signposts. If so, in addition to the points for the road, you also score points for each signpost pointing in the correct direction.

Actions and How to Play

Place a tile

Refer to the manual for details on this section.

Place a meeple

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Score points

When a road is completed, you check the adjacent signposts. For a signpost to be pointing in the correct direction, the following requirements must be met:

• The course of the road on the next tile must follow the direction indicated by the signpost (left turn, right turn, or straight).
• The roads must not end on the first tile after the signpost.

If a signpost points to one of the two directions of a roundabout, it is showing the correct course of the road.

Scoring for signposts is done as follows:

• Count the signposts that show the correct course of the road on the road you want to score.
• Now, count how many different types of signposts are pointing in the correct direction on your road.

Extra points are awarded based on the different types of correct signposts:

• Only 1 type of signpost: 1 point for each correct signpost.
• 2 different types of signposts: 2 points for each correct signpost.
• All 3 different types of signposts: 3 points for each correct signpost.

Signposts that do not show the correct course of the road do not score.

End of Game and Scoring

Refer to the manual for details on this section.

At the end of the game, you receive 1 point for each signpost on your roads that points in the correct direction. The different types of signposts do not matter at this point.

Tips for Winning

• Direct the course of the road according to the signposts to receive extra points.
• Try to include different types of signposts in your roads to maximize extra points (up to 3 points per signpost).