The Tower rules

The Tower is an expansion for Carcassonne.

How The Tower changes play

Setup: shuffle the 18 tower-foundation tiles in. Tower floors each: 10 with 2 players, 9 with 3, 7 with 4, 6 with 5, 5 with 6; box the rest.
Build: instead of a meeple, add one of your floors to any foundation or open tower. You may then capture one meeple (even your own, which returns to you) in reach: its own tile and as many tiles in each straight line as it is tall, over gaps and towers.
Close: instead of a floor, place a meeple on top of an open tower to close it.
Prisoners: two players holding each other's prisoners swap at once. Otherwise, on your turn, pay a captor 3 points (you need them) to buy one of yours back.

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