1. Place a tile The tiles are placed in accordance to the normal rules. The tiles depict the following new element: Rat infestation The tile has rats in the city and a skull-and-crossbones icon. Drought The tile has a dried and cracked piece of land and a crossed water-droplet icon. 2. Deploy a follower Followers are deployed to the rat-infested city as a knight per the usual rules. Followers may not be deployed specifically to the drought area but may be deployed to the farm surrounding the drought area as usual. If a barn1 is played to a farm that has one or more drought icons, or if a farm with a farmer is joined to a farm with a barn and the resulting farm has a drought icon, farmers in that farm score one point less per city prior to being removed from play. Approved by carcassonnecentral and carcassonne-forum