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999 Games · 2014

Carcassonne Big Box 5

Rating
7.9 /10
Votes
2.2k
Weight
2.2 /5
Players
2–8
Time
40 min

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Description

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 his 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 his 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. This Big Box is the same size as other Big Boxes, but with a slightly different component mix. This big box includes the basic game, Inns & Cathedrals, Traders & Builders, Wheel of Fortune, Hills & Sheep and The River. It also includes two extra sets of meeples - one pink and one purple.

Categories
City BuildingMedievalTerritory Building
Mechanics
Area Majority / InfluenceMap AdditionPattern RecognitionTile Placement
Designers
Rudolf RossKlaus-Jürgen Wrede

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