The game of Carcassonne This is the thread to discuss the game of Carcassonne, any variants, likes, dislikes, etc.
DescriptionIn 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 (called Followers by the publisher and called Meeples by us) 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.
Board Game Geek Entry Click HereExpansions The Count Of CarcassonneThe Abbey & MayorThe King & ScoutThe Mini Expansion (Games Quarterly Magazine)The Princess & The DragonThe RiverThe River IIThe TowerTraders & BuildersInns & CathedralsThe Cult (Spielbox Magazine)The Cathars (Spielbox Magazine)Crop Circles (Mini Expansion)The Plague (Spielbox Expansion)The Tunnel (Spielbox Expansion)Bridges, Castles, & BazaarsCult, Siege, & CreativityWheel of FortuneThe CatapultResources Annotated Rules For All ExpansionsFan Site: Carcassonne CentralMega-Carcassonne Player AidCustomizable Turn Order Summary
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