<p><strong>No points are scored.</strong></p>

<p>From the <a href="http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=587.0">Carcassonne Annotated Rules</a> p58 (note 161)</p>

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  <p><strong>Question</strong>: Blue has a mayor in a city with no pennants. Does the city count as occupied? And if
  so, when the city is scored, will blue score points? Answer: The city is occupied. The mayor has no
  ‘strength’, so he counts as if there is no follower, and scores no points.</p>
</blockquote>

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2012-02-15T13:14:59.117Z
Good, that's how we played it.
Kristo
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Pat Ludwig
<p>We played our first games with the Abbey &amp; Mayor expansion tonight, and ran across a scoring question that's not precisely covered by the rules.  The rules are pretty simple:</p>

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<li>The Mayor counts as a meeple, so you can't play him where another meeple is already present.</li>
<li>The Mayor counts as one follower for each pennant in the city.</li>
</ol>

<p>What happens if a city with no pennants is closed (or the game ends) and the only meeple in the city is a Mayor?  Does that player score zero points for the city?</p>

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How do you score the Mayor in a city with no pennants?
Kristo
# How do you score the Mayor in a city with no pennants?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-15)

We played our first games with the Abbey & Mayor expansion tonight, and ran across a scoring question that's not precisely covered by the rules. The rules are pretty simple:

1. The Mayor counts as a meeple, so you can't play him where another meeple is already present.
2. The Mayor counts as one follower for each pennant in the city.

What happens if a city with no pennants is closed (or the game ends) and the only meeple in the city is a Mayor? Does that player score zero points for the city?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-02-15. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

**No points are scored.**

From the [Carcassonne Annotated Rules](http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=587.0) p58 (note 161)

> **Question**: Blue has a mayor in a city with no pennants. Does the city count as occupied? And if
> so, when the city is scored, will blue score points? Answer: The city is occupied. The mayor has no
> ‘strength’, so he counts as if there is no follower, and scores no points.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Good, that's how we played it.  

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