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WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Description:
In this fairly light tile-laying offering, players pull a tile from the pool and place it against one of the previously played tiles. If you start a new object (city, road, farm or monastery), you can place one of your control markers on the tile to denote your control. Markers cannot directly compete when placed, so to achieve some gains you must place your marker and use later tiles to connect up to it. As subsequent tiles are arrayed on the board, objects get bigger or even merge. When roads or cities are completed, or a monastery is surrounded, the control marker is returned to you and you score the points. However, farmers are not returned and will score points at the game end (there are several rules variations for the farmer scoring). Therefore, it's possible to have all of your control markers locked on the board on incomplete objects, and not be able to convert them into farmers later in the game. You must balance the need to score points during the game, and the need to score farmer points at game end. The goal is to have the most points at the end, which can be tricky to control considering your choice for each turn isn't the tile itself, but rather the placement of the tile that you drew.
Features:
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A simple, clever tile laying game, that brings new challenges with every turn. Klaus-Juergen Wrede created Carcassonne.
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Contents: 84 land tiles, 1 scoring track, 40 followers in 5 colors, and 1 rule booklet. We trust that you value our use of natural products, which may have small imperfections, making each game unique.
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It is for 2-5 players aged 10 and up and takes about 60 minutes to play.
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Great GameAug 31, 2010 I looked online to purchase a new game to play, as Scrabble was running its course, and came across Carcassonne. Although the game carries stellar reviews, I was skeptical about how entertaining and involved the game would be. It only took one round to dispel my reservations about Carcassonne, and it has become a nightly fixture. The game is fun with 2 people, and maintains the same levels of enjoyment and strategy with additional players.
The game is played with durable, well made tiles, and in a small box which has smart storage for all of the pieces. Carcassonne does not take much time to set up and break-down after rounds, and can be completed start to finish in under an hour.
Although the rules are very simple, the game is complex, as the great number of various tiles allows for iteration upon iteration of potential outcomes, which cause for very strategic rounds. Although there is some luck involved, strategy prevails, unlike Risk which is decided by lucky dice rolling.
I cannot speak to whether the game is appealing to children, but think it is certainly worth checking for people in the market for new games to add to their collection.
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One of the best board games ever!Aug 25, 2010 I was introduced to Carcassonne after moving to Germany over a year ago and have been hooked ever since. Within a month of purchasing the base game I went ahead and treated myself to the Carcassonne Big Box #2, which I would suggest anyone interesting in purchasing the game to also do. I must say that Carcassonne, as well as some of the other games available from Rio Grande (Hans Im Glück in Germany), are a refreshing alternative to the more well known Milton Bradley variety of games that I had grown up playing. I can't imagine that anyone, especially board game enthusiasts, would be disappointed with this game. I particularly like the fact that Carcassonne, thanks to the introduction of the numerous expansions, can be made to be much more interesting and complex. So if you are looking for something different in a board game, then I highly recommend that you purchase Carcassonne as well as an expansion or two if you're not ready to take on the Big Box.
Excellent gameAug 19, 2010 Easy to understand, great family game and works well with 2 players as well. Involves strategy and a bit of luck. Each time the game is different since you set tiles adjacent to one another to make up the board.
If you like Settlers of Catan you will enjoy this game too.
Best for two players, but excellent all aroundAug 09, 2010 I first played this game on the iPhone, and liked it so much I quickly went out and bought it so I could play with friends.
The first thing I can say is that it's a very different game playing with two people, vs. playing with three or more. With two people, it's almost chess-like -- a strong strategy game where you try to out-maneuver your opponent and manage your scarce resources. (Though unlike chess, there is definitely luck involved, as you draw a tile randomly each turn.) When playing with more players, it can become much more of a "screw your neighbor" game -- which may turn people off. For example, there are times with three players where you make a move that helps you AND one other player equally -- thus the advantage of the move is not that you advance against all others so much as you set one player back.
It's also a good game because fairly young people can play it -- I played it quite successfully with my nephews as young as 7 and 9 (well... okay, I beat them, but it was their first game!)
It's one of those games that is very easy to learn, but has a lot of depth to the strategy as you become more experienced.
game nightAug 01, 2010 This game was fun. Our 7 & 9 year old granddaughter & grandson really enjoyed it as much as we did. Even our 4year old grandson could play with our help. It is a fun game for the whole family. It also plays fast enough to keep everyone interested. As soon as we finished one game the kids would want to play it again.
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