<p>Short and simple answer: The mayor <strong>cannot</strong> be placed in a castle.<br>
(From footnote 161 in the <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/87531/carcassonne-standard-complete-annotated-rules">Carcassonne Complete Annotated Rules</a>)</p>

<p>If the mayor is in a city that is turned into a castle, you won't get any points from the mayor as there are no banners in a castle. In that case, the mayor will not be returned to you until the castle is scored (that is to say, an adjacent structure is completed).</p>

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Thanks - I missed that footnote!  Was looking more under the castles section.  May be worth mentioning that this footnote takes the form of an official clarification.
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<p>We combined Abbey &amp; Mayor with Bridges, Castles &amp; Bazaars for the first time last night, and one situation cropped up for which I want to clarify the rules.</p>

<p>I created a small city (with no banners), as defined for the Castle requirements, but only had a Mayor to hand.  The Mayor rules state:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>When a city containing a mayor is scored, ...</p>
</blockquote>

<p>IE the banner / number of followers rule doesn't come into play here as the city -> castle is specifically not a scoring event.</p>

<p>The Castle rules state:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>... the owner of the city chooses whether to score 4 points, as normal, or to make it into a castle.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The CAR changes "owner" to "occupier", but otherwise is more or less the same.  Since I'm not scoring, my reading is that the Mayor is the owner/occupier.</p>

<p>Is my interpretation correct - can a Mayor become a lord in a castle?</p>

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Can a Mayor be used to create a Castle?
James Thorpe
# Can a Mayor be used to create a Castle?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-27)

We combined Abbey & Mayor with Bridges, Castles & Bazaars for the first time last night, and one situation cropped up for which I want to clarify the rules.

I created a small city (with no banners), as defined for the Castle requirements, but only had a Mayor to hand. The Mayor rules state:

> When a city containing a mayor is scored, ...

IE the banner / number of followers rule doesn't come into play here as the city -> castle is specifically not a scoring event.

The Castle rules state:

> ... the owner of the city chooses whether to score 4 points, as normal, or to make it into a castle.

The CAR changes "owner" to "occupier", but otherwise is more or less the same. Since I'm not scoring, my reading is that the Mayor is the owner/occupier.

Is my interpretation correct - can a Mayor become a lord in a castle?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-27. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

Short and simple answer: The mayor **cannot** be placed in a castle.  
(From footnote 161 in the [Carcassonne Complete Annotated Rules](https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/87531/carcassonne-standard-complete-annotated-rules))

If the mayor is in a city that is turned into a castle, you won't get any points from the mayor as there are no banners in a castle. In that case, the mayor will not be returned to you until the castle is scored (that is to say, an adjacent structure is completed).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks - I missed that footnote!  Was looking more under the castles section.  May be worth mentioning that this footnote takes the form of an official clarification.  

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