<p>The meeples are any of the roles in the game. Knight, thief, farmer or monk. The big one counts as two.</p>

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2018-02-11T00:38:36.930Z
Ok, this makes sense. But two questions to clarify: 1) is the wagon a meeple (it can fill almost all roles); 2) Do you have a link where this is clearly explained? In the rules we have here, this is not so clearly described...
BobMorane
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2018-02-11T02:22:01.160Z
This seems to be explained here (French): https://lecoindujeu.com/jeu-de-societe/carcassonne/
BobMorane
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2018-02-11T00:31:49.603Z
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Þórgnýr Thoroddsen
<p>A meeple is a humanoid-shaped physical object.</p>
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<p>You will find in the box 40 regular meeples, including 8 meeples in each of these colors: yellow, red, green, blue, and black.</p>
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<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vsUKY.jpg" alt="Meeples" /></p>
<p>They were called &quot;followers&quot; in earlier versions of the game/rules.</p>
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<p>&quot;Knight&quot; is one of the roles the meeple can occupy. A meeple in a city is called a knight.</p>
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<p>Placing a meeple as a knight</p>
<p>Then, you see if there is already a meeple as a knight in the city. Here, there isn’t, so you can place one of your meeples as a knight in this city.</p>
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<p>Other roles include highwayman (on a road), monk (in a monastary) and farmer (in a field).</p>

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2018-02-11T03:24:25.737Z
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ikegami
<p>What is the difference between a knight and a meeple in carcassonne? What about the big Meeple? Can he count as a knight?</p>

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Difference between a knight and a meeple
BobMorane
# Difference between a knight and a meeple

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-10)

What is the difference between a knight and a meeple in carcassonne? What about the big Meeple? Can he count as a knight?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The meeples are any of the roles in the game. Knight, thief, farmer or monk. The big one counts as two.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ok, this makes sense. But two questions to clarify: 1) is the wagon a meeple (it can fill almost all roles); 2) Do you have a link where this is clearly explained? In the rules we have here, this is not so clearly described...  
> **username_0**: This seems to be explained here (French): https://lecoindujeu.com/jeu-de-societe/carcassonne/  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-11. Score: 4

A meeple is a humanoid-shaped physical object.

> You will find in the box 40 regular meeples, including 8 meeples in each of these colors: yellow, red, green, blue, and black.

![Meeples](https://i.sstatic.net/vsUKY.jpg)

They were called "followers" in earlier versions of the game/rules.

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"Knight" is one of the roles the meeple can occupy. A meeple in a city is called a knight.

> Placing a meeple as a knight
>
> Then, you see if there is already a meeple as a knight in the city. Here, there isn’t, so you can place one of your meeples as a knight in this city.

Other roles include highwayman (on a road), monk (in a monastary) and farmer (in a field).


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