Double Turns

On Dec 28,2022, Meepledrone posted the following reply to The 20th Anniversary mini-Expansion rules thread on Carcassonne Central:

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When the builder grants you a double turn, what you get is a single turn with two parts, so you extend your current turn and can place two tiles and go through all the steps twice, but it is a single turn. The Exp. 2 does not allow you to convert this double turn into a triple turn.

If during this double turn you receive an additional extra turn by activating an "Extra Turn" symbol from the 20th Anniversary Expansion, your will perform a new turn after the double turn is completed. This new turn can become a new double turn if you extend the feature with your builder again.

Note: Other new turns you may receive from other expansions while you are the active player may also become double turns. Check expansions such as Mini #2 - The Messengers or the Saint Nicholas Scoring Board.

But I have some major issues with his reply! Most of the second/extra turn rules are clear that you can only perform each additional move only once during a single move:

Rule quotes for each expansion

  • The Builder: The builder can only ever grant one double turn at a time (no chain reaction). If you use the second tile to expand a feature occupied by your builder, you do not get to draw and place a third tile.
  • 20th Anniversary Expansion: A maximum of 1 symbol can be activated per turn. If you could activate more than one, you may only choose one of them.
  • Messengers: You can only draw one message from a round of scoring. Even if both your meeple and your messenger land on dark spaces during one turn (by scoring two features), you will still only draw one message tile.
  • Saint Nicholas Scoring Board: There are no specific rules that say that you can’t receive the extra turns for the 6 space and the 24 space on the same turn, but each extra turn is only given once during the game.

Our house rule should be simple: When we are playing with multiple expansion that each allow for extra turns, you can only play each extra turn only one time!

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