question 1 Do you encounter the space after defeating a dragonscale?

question 2 And If so is it only the turned face up cards that you encounter?

The rules seem to contradict themselves to me.

They say to only a dragon scale, the space or character in the space.

Then go on to say this: If a character encounters the dragon scale, he must draw one card from the deck that matches the dragon scale, even if there are already one or more cards in the space. The character must resolve all of the cards in the space following the normal rules (cards must be resolved in order of their encounter number, Enemies with the same encounter number add their Strength and Craft together, etc.).

This may result in a character resolving an Adventure Card from the main game before he resolves the newly drawn card if the Dragon Card has a higher encounter number. When a character encounters a dragon scale, all of the instructions on the space are ignored. In other words, the text on the space has no effect on the character or cards whatsoever

question 1 Do you encounter the space after defeating a dragonscale?

question 2 And If so is it only the turned face up cards that you encounter?

The rules seem to contradict themselves to me.

They say to only a dragon scale, the space or character in the space.

Then go on to say this: If a character encounters the dragon scale, he must draw one card from the deck that matches the dragon scale, even if there are already one or more cards in the space. The character must resolve all of the cards in the space following the normal rules (cards must be resolved in order of their encounter number, Enemies with the same encounter number add their Strength and Craft together, etc.).

This may result in a character resolving an Adventure Card from the main game before he resolves the newly drawn card if the Dragon Card has a higher encounter number. When a character encounters a dragon scale, all of the instructions on the space are ignored. In other words, the text on the space has no effect on the character or cards whatsoever

Dragon Expansion rules may be a bit clunky and difficult to understand at first sight, but they don't contradict themselves.

This is what you have to do:

1) When you land on a space with a dragon scale, you have the choice to encounter either the dragon scale, the space, or another character in the space. Exception: if the scale matches the current Dragon King, you're forced to encounter the dragon scale.

2) When encountering dragon scales, you draw a Dragon card of the appropriate colour. Then, you encounter all of the cards on the space (not only the card you've just drawn, but also any faceup card already there). However, you are not encountering the space so you don't follow in any way the instructions on the space.

3) When you encounter the space, you follow the normal rules of the game and faceup Dragon Cards count as Adventure cards on the space (basically you're ignoring the presence of the dragon scale).

Thanks for the reply. As a new player I was wondering about the same questions also. Many thanks!