Meeples
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Each player has 7 meeples in their supply. After placing your tile you may put one of them on a feature of that tile only: on a road (traveller), in a city (knight), on a monastery (monk), or lying down in a field (farmer). You can't place it on a road, city or field that already has a meeple anywhere along it, whoever owns it. At most one meeple per turn.
With Hills & Sheep: You also have a shepherd, which is not a meeple: you may place it in a field instead of a meeple.
With Under the Big Top: You also have a ringmaster, which counts as a normal meeple but can't be an acrobat.
With Inns & Cathedrals: You also have a large meeple, which counts as 2.
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