"may take a follower from their supply deploy it next to another of their followers which is already in play, or" — First, there should be an "and" after "supply" and the "which is" seems unnecessary.
Corrected.
Second, you say "may take" but I had previously understood there to be no option (i.e. "must take") since all players are affected by that player's decision. In other words, IF a player has a follower on the appropriate feature and a follower in their supply, they MUST place a second follower beside one of their already deployed followers.
This caught me out to begin with, but they seem to be two different things.
The active player must make a decision about whether to use option A) or B). That's straightforward.
With option B), all players must remove one follower from play, if they have a follower of the appropriate type. The German is
müssen (must).
With option A) all players may add a follower next to one of the appropriate type. The German is
dürfen (may).
Like you, this struck me as odd, so I checked and double checked. But it's actually confirmed in the examples. The example scenario for B) again says
muss, and the example scenario for A) says
darf. Unfortunately, the example doesn't show us someone choosing not to deploy the bonus follower, but from those two uses of
darf I can only conclude that once the active player has chosen A), the other players can choose whether to deploy or not.
That all being said, I just reread the whole thing and you actually say "must" in the introduction line which is repetetive with the "must"s that are used later. Perhaps just stating "After that, he or she decides whether all players:".
That's what I wrote to begin with, until I realized the rules were using
muss and
darf and each case needed to be clearer...
As an FAQ question, the rules don't actually address what happens if you DO have a follower on the appropriate feature but DON'T have an available follower to double-up on that tile. Do you just not do anything or do you have to move a follower from another feature?
I guess this is clearer if A) is 'may' rather than 'must', if only because a player would be 'forced' into 'choosing' not to deploy a second follower.
From your first example: "She could have also deployed her follower to next to the knight on the top left tile." Probably should read: "She could have also deployed her follower beside the knight on the top left tile." It sounds kind of wordy otherwise.
Changed to "She could also have deployed her follower beside the knight on the top left tile."
Didn't see any other problems with it and thanks for some clarification on play-order. Totally forgot that the turn finishes first then the extra add or remove rounds commences. So many nuances to remember! Hopefully my tips help.
Glad it's clearer, and thanks for the tips. I'm also thinking that this may/must business should be clarified in a footnote.
EDIT:
Edit: Random aside, I totally think you should put the Plague Doctor picture I have on the Plague Rules page with the Plague expansion. Just like Cathars, the plague is a historically-based expansion and should have some extra theming with it.
That's a good idea
- I've just added it. Do you have a link for the source?
