Carcassonne: The Castle is a 2003 tile-placement game for exactly two players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and Reiner Knizia and issued by publishers including Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games, 999 Games and Albi. It takes the tile-laying system of the original Carcassonne and compresses it into a duel played inside a circular wall. Players race their followers around the perimeter of the wall to claim bonus tiles, and those tiles change final scoring by doubling one structure type or rescuing points from unfinished constructions. Placing a tile can block the opponent or claim a courtyard first, which makes the game more confrontational than larger Carcassonne sets. It plays in about 45 minutes for ages eight and up, using area majority, end game bonuses and tile placement.
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Playing Time PublisherEnigma (Bergsala Enigma) 2 Game Category Game Category Game MechanicArea Majority / Influence 2 Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player Count Sport
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1. Carcassonne: The Castle (Board Game Matcher)
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2003
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Carcassonne: The Castle is a board game for 2 players
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Carcassonne: The Castle is a board game
Derived From: Carcassonne, About, first sentence
Carcassonne: The Castle strips the original tile-placement system down to its essence for strict two-player combat.
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- Playing Time: 45
- Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
- Designer: Reiner Knizia
- Publisher: 999 Games
- Publisher: Albi
- Publisher: Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
- Publisher: Hans im Glück
- Publisher: Hobby World
- Publisher: Nasza Księgarnia
- Publisher: Rio Grande Games
- Publisher: Smart Ltd
- Game Category: City Building
- Game Category: Medieval
- Game Mechanic: Area Majority / Influence
- Game Mechanic: End Game Bonuses
- Game Mechanic: Tile Placement
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
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