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Carcassonne - The Castle

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A very entertaining variation of the Carcassonne series, Carcassonne - The Castle is a stand alone game, designed exclusively for two player use. There are elements to this game that differ from the original game, however, the basic theme is still the same. The game occurs inside of a castle (supposedly one that was built during a regular Carcassonne game) that is surrounded by a perimeter wall that fits together in a jigsaw fashion. This wall serves as a border for the castle as well as a score tracker. The game is played within this wall, where the players will form the fortress from within. Wooden meeples (also called markers or followers) represent merchants, heralds, and knights and score points when strategically placed within areas of intended control. Just as in the original game, the markers earn the points only after various land tiles have been joined and completed. The game ends when there are no more tiles and the person with the most points (some points are scored during the game, while other points are determined at the end) wins the game!

Carcassonne - The Castle Contents:

• 1 Castle Wall
• 60 Castle Tiles
• 18 Wall Tiles
• 14 Followers
• 2 Keeps
• Rule Booklet

Submited By: Robert Dobie on 02/28/2007 This is a very good version of the Carcassonne family of games specifically designed for two players. In this sense, it is a welcome addition, since the oringal version of Carcassonne works best when you have three or more players. In the original version of Carcassonne, when you are only playing with one other person, it simply becomes too easy to complete landscape features. Scoring then starts to become unwieldy. This version of the game (by a different designer) avoids many of these problems. The wall tiles also add an element of surpise and interest to the game. Nevertheless, it is not as good as the original Carcassonne game when played with three or more players. The scope is both literally and figuratively more limited (your tiles are confined to an enclosed space behind castle "walls") and tile laying in this version is still not as challenging as in the orginal version (again, with 3+), since, unlike in the original version, the only landscape feature you have to match is the road. The upshot is that this is better than original Carcassonne if you are only two, but, all in all, the original Carcassonne is a better "play" when you're lucky enough to have three or more players at hand. Still, a must for any hard-core Carcassonne fan!

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