Carcassonne

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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 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.

Z-Man Games and Hans Im Glück joined forces and teams to bring out a new edition of Carcassonne. Our intention is to bring this fantastic game into a new era! Our wish for the new edition is that it is able to get more people into this great hobby that is board gaming, who may have been afraid to try Carcassonne because they were not drawn in by the original cover. We hope that these new players will develop a fondness for Carcassonne and join the legions of loyal fans.

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