Carcassonne rules clarification

[masonator]

Hi,

In a game of Carcassonne I am playing, one of the other players used a magic portal to transfer his meeple on to my meeple in a city which replaced my meeple. Can someone please advise if this is a legitimate move? He already had another meeple in the city as well.

Game number 571818721 move number 140 (I think)

Thanks in advance

[shadowphiar]

Indeed it wasn't. The rules (at least, in their English translation) say this shouldn't be allowed: "After placing a Magic Portal tile, you may place a meeple on that tile or on any other previous placed tile. When doing so, you must follow all other placement rules. For example, you may not place a meeple in an already occupied or completed feature."

Sadly this is a bug which has been reported a number of times over several years, I would suggest upvoting the bug reports but nobody seems to be responsible for maintenance of this game.