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The southern French city of Carcassonne was founded on an important trade route between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Because of its strategic location, the city was often conquered and has known many rulers. As a result of this varied history, the city is famous for it's unique mixture of Roman and Medieval fortifications.
The players develop the area around Carcassonne by placing land tiles. Each turn the area becomes larger as the players expand and add roads, fields, cities, and cloisters. The players may also deploy their followers as thieves, farmers, knights, and monks to control and score points for the roads, farms, cities and cloisters. As the players have only a few followers, the wise player will plan his moves carefully and deploy followers when and where he can earn the most points.
Carcassonne - A simple, clever tile laying game, that brings new challenges with every turn.
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If you enjoy this game, remember to check out it's expansions -Inns & Cathedrals, Traders & Builders, The Princess & the Dragon,Abbey & Mayor,The Tower, andThe Catapult.
Or get the Carcassonne Big Box (2008) which includes this base game plus all the expansions above except for The Tower and The Catapult.
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COMPONENTS
72 land tiles
1 scoring track
30 followers in
5 colors
1 rule booklet
AWARDS
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Games Magazine GAMES 100, Family Games Honoree - 2002 |
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Gamers' Choice Awards, Best Strategy Game Nominee - 2001 |
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Spiel des Jahres, Game of the Year - 2001 |
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Deutscher SpielePreis, 1st Place - 2001 |
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