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As suggested, I am adding my questions from the Wheel of Fate expansion:

1. Three roads venture behind the wheel: Are they ended or do they connect?
2. Since the tiles are clearly outlined on the Wheel tile, can Magic Portals transport followers to a Wheel tile?
3. Can the Dragon cross the visible wheel tiles?
4. Does the Wheel count for any points as a landscape feature?
5. Are the three fields on the Wheel tile connected or separate?

I'm curious what HiG has to say about using Wheel of Fate with Count and/or River.

Good question.  It got me thinking, so I compaired the city to the wheel because I thought it might just match up, but it doesn't.  It seems like it would have been a smart thing to do to match the two squarely, but I suppose it could be done by simply matching up the roads somewhere.  This could be done in a couple of places, but the two wouldn't be square with each other. 

That's probably a good thing though.  Would anyone really want to start the game with a giant 4x7 block of tiles already on the board?

Bring on the River I and II tiles (plus the two GQ11 tiles)! I want me a butt-load of start tiles. Half-way through the game, you think to yourself: How much of this board was already assembled when I began? And then the dragon comes and consumes everything. Ah...Carc. Mega-Games are getting kinda ridiculous, aren't they?

In an attempt to have some division of labour concerning the new expansion I'd like to suggest the following:

• General discussion (RGG, the book and so on) should take place in the original thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=983.0).
• Suggestions for FAQ should be posted in this very thread
• Discussion of the translation of the rules themselves should take place here (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=1005.0).

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So, having gone through the rules more carefully now, I have a couple of questions.

• Can the mayor, big follower and wagon be placed on crown spots, or only the original followers?
• Do abbots and heretics also receive the 2 points from the inquisition?
• Do mayors and big followers count as knights as far as taxes are concerned?
• If a city is besieged (The Cathars) does that affect either taxes or famine?
• Can followers be removed from the City of Carcassonne during the plague? Or is it out of bounds, like followers on crown spots?
• During stormy weather, what counts as a follower (what scores a point)? Original followers only? Big followers, mayors, wagons? Builders and pigs?
• Towers can capture followers over gaps in the playing field. Even if the Wheel of Fate and the City of Carcassonne are out of bounds, could a big enough tower capture followers 'over' them?

That's it for now, I think...

My questions:

• Can followers on the crown spot be captured by the tower?
• Is the wheel part of the tiles that it is on, i.e. what happens when the dragon moves to the tile with a follower on a crown spot?  Can the dragon move onto a tile completely occupied by the wheel (not the edges)?
• Is the wheel tile considered to be one tile or a 4x4 tile?  (For Tower capture purpose and for dragon movement purpose).
• Can the wagon move onto the wheel/crown spot if a road leading to the wheel is completed?