| | |  | Games | | Home » » | | | | | | | Description: | | The Carcassonne is a clever tile-laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique roman and medieval fortifications. The players develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to develop the area will determine who is victorious. The game is for ages 8 and up and 2 to 5 players. | | | Features: | |
• A simple, clever tile laying game that brings new challenges with every turn
• A classic euro-game
• Simple to learn, lots of strategy
• For 2 to 5 players
• A great game the whole family can enjoy
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.65 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.87 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.64 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.68 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.63 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 64 reviews |
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 Fun for thinkersSep 26, 2008
I bought this for the family to play and I (Dad) love to play it on a lazy/quiet day. It is not much fun for parties. My wife thinks it is tedious but she does not care for strategy games in general (she prefers Uno). My nine year old daughter plays it with me and she enjoys it. My daughter (as other parents have mentioned about their children) does not do farmers for two reasons: farmers are just complicated enough that she avoids the concept plus she is very sensitive about not running out of followers and very much understands that farmers once placed are not recoverable until the game ends. For this reason I tend to outscore her handily (fortunately for me she understands that the farmer issue is why I always win but she loves to play strategy games with Daddy and she is closing the scoring gap over time).
This game is not a "hoot" nor is it quickly paced. It is more of a moderate intensity strategy game. It is not however an overly complicated game that is hard or boringly slow to play. It is both easy enough that truly anyone could play (and enjoy) it yet engaging enough that serious thinkers can have fun with it.
This game does take up an entire dinette table to play and is not suitable for playing in the car for example. We put it in our RV and play it whenever we are camping. It is perfect for that.
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Very good gameSep 03, 2008
This is one of the best games I own, certainly in the top three (among dozens). You build the "board" by players drawing tiles and placing them (according to simple rules) next to tiles that have already been played.
It is an easy game to learn, but allows for a lot of long-term development in thinking up new stragegies for winning. The only thing that could get fuzzy was where the extent of a farm (one type of land that a player can lay claim to) extends to, though newer versions usually have the river tiles included to make this less an issue.
There are many, many expansion sets, allowing players to vary the game if they ever get bored with the original (though that's not likely). Some of the expansions are interesting, nonetheless, though others seem not to add much. (I think the Tower expansion is the best, and Inns and Cathedrals is quite strong. I like the Princess and the Dragon expansion the least.) The other good thing is that, depending on the size of your group and your attention span, using or not using various expansion sets can make the game last shorter or longer. Hence, this game has a flexibility and "playability" that few others have.
Great Game!Sep 03, 2008
This is a great game that changes every time you play it! Amazon delivered it quickly without any damage. It was well packed and reasonably priced. I would recommend this game to anyone wanting a different type of board game.
Great straegy game for young minds.Sep 03, 2008
Our 6 year old loves the game. He is understanding the basics of the game and he get a kick out of finding better ways of playing the tile. He really enjoys it.
CarcassoneAug 18, 2008
Game is worth playing. Easy enough to understand, fun to play and has many expansions that add to it, giving you many different game play experiences.
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