Carcassonne details
- Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
- Artists: Anne Pätzke, Chris Quilliams, Doris Matthäus, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
- Publishers: 999 Games, Albi, Bard Centrum Gier, Bergsala Enigma, Brain Games, cutia.ro, Devir, Fantasmagoria, Filosofia Éditions, Giochi Uniti, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Hans im Glück, Hobby World, Ísöld ehf., Kaissa Chess & Games, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd., Lautapelit.fi, Midgaard Games, MINDOK, Möbius Games, Monkey Time, NeoTroy Games, Piatnik, Rio Grande Games, Schmidt Spiele, Smart Ltd, Stupor Mundi, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Venice Connection, Ventura Games, Z-Man Games, Z-Man Games, Inc.
- Release Date: 2000
- Player count : 2 - 5
- Age range : 7+
- Time range : 30 - 45 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Area Control / Area Influence, Area Majority / Influence, Map Addition, Tile Placement
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
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Carcassonne is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The tile might feature a city, a road, a cloister, grassland or some combination thereof, and it must be placed adjacent to tiles that have already been played, in such a way that cities are connected to cities, roads to roads, etcetera. Having placed a tile, the player can then decide to place one of their meeples on one of the areas on it: on the city as a knight, on the road as a robber, on a cloister as a monk, or on the grass as a farmer. When that area is complete, that meeple scores points for its owner.
During a game of Carcassonne, players are faced with decisions like: "Is it really worth putting my last meeple there?" or "Should I use this tile to expand my city, or should I place it near my opponent instead, giving him a hard time to complete their project and score points?" Since players place only one tile and have the option to place one meeple on it, turns proceed quickly even if it is a game full of options and possibilities.
First game in the Carcassonne series.
Beschreibung
Eine mittelalterliche Landschaft mit Städten und Klöstern, Straßen und Wiesen. Mit Taktik und ihren Gefolgsleuten (Meeple) dehnen die Spieler in diesem raffinierten Legespiel ihren Einfluss auf die einzelnen Bereiche ständig aus. Und das mit wachsender Begeisterung!
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