Carcassonne is a modern tile-placement board game in which players draw and lay square tiles depicting roads, cities, cloisters and fields to build up a shared medieval landscape, placing follower pieces called meeples to claim features and score points as those features are completed. It was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and first published in Germany in 2000 by Hans im Glück, taking its name and visual style from the fortified French city of Carcassonne. The game won the Spiel des Jahres award in its debut year and has since been released in numerous expansions.
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Originating Region Classification
Player Count Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) in English.
Lead section, publisher
published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) in English.
Introduction
Carcassonne () is a tile-based Eurogame for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) in English.
Awards section, Spiel des Jahres
the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis awards in 2001
Lead section, designer and publication year
designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000
Lead section, awards sentence
It received the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis awards in 2001.
Gameplay section, follower placement
After placing each newly drawn tile, the placing player may opt to station a marker (called a "follower" or "meeple") on a terrain feature (i.e., a road, city, cloister, or field) of that newly placed tile to claim control of it.
Lead section, name origin
It is named after the medieval fortified town of Carcassonne in southern France, famed for its city walls.
Gameplay section, followers per player
Each player has eight followers; since one is used to keep track of the player's score, only seven can be in play at any moment.
Gameplay section, scoring of features
Points are awarded to the players with the most followers in a feature.
Lead paragraph
Carcassonne () is a tile-based Eurogame for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) in English.
Infobox, players field
2-5 (6-8 with expansion)
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Carcassonne: The Castle (Board Game Matcher)
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Carcassonne: The Castle strips the original tile-placement system down to its essence for strict two-player combat.
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