Wheel effects include scoring by all players for certain types of followers (including unplayed followers), scoring by only the player on move, or the removal of a follower on the board (except on the wheel) by all players. The space on the wheel is resolved, and followers on the rim of the particular space are scored, before the tile is placed. When these tiles are drawn, the marker is advanced clockwise along the wheel the number of spaces stated on the tile. In addition, a pig-shaped marker begins on the wheel, and is moved whenever a tiles with certain markings are drawn. The wheel consists of 5 sections with 9 'crown spaces', and players, in place of placing followers on the tile they just played, may place tiles on 'crown spaces' of the wheel with each section having one or two 'crown spaces' along the rim.

The new feature of Wheel of Fortune is the namesake Wheel, which takes the place of the starting tile by including road, field, and city sections on its edges. The original starting tile is replaced by the large Wheel tile with the remaining 9 tiles coming from other expansions, 6 from Inns & Cathedrals, 1 from Traders & Builders and 2 from King & Scout. Wheel of Fortune includes 63 base tiles from the 2000 version of Carcassonne with certain tiles having additional markings significant to this expansion. I have always been a big fan of Ace of Base, but I've never cared much for the original version of 'Wheel of Fortune'.As Wheel of Fortune is a 'standalone expansion' of Carcassonne, Wheel of Fortune plays similarly to Carcassonne but includes new mechanics related to the included 4-tile by 4-tile 'Wheel of Fortune' (aka 'Schicksalsrad' or 'Wheel of Fate') mega-tile. 'Wheel of Fortune 2009' was a re-recorded new production of their first-ever single. This remix was my entry into Ace of Base's first remix contest.

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