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The game board of Carcassonne Series is a medieval landscape that gets
built tile by tile as the game progresses. The game begins with one
terrain tile while the other tiles are kept face down after shuffling.
Each turn allows a player to take one tile and place it next to the
already placed tiles. The catch is that the terrain must match. Roads
should connect to roads, fields to fields and walls to walls.
Placing a new tile allows a player to place a follower on that tile.
Placing a follower makes a player an owner of the tile and gets him
points.
The last tile in place brings the game to an end. The player with the
maximum number of points wins.
The rulebook specifies conditions for scoring and first time players
need to refer to the rulebook very often.
Some common game mechanics in the Carcassonne Series are conserving
followers, joining in on other players' features, avoiding sharing,
judicious farmer placement and trapping opponents' followers.
Carcassonne Series is a result of the huge popularity enjoyed by the
first Carcassonne game. Some of the games that followed are expansions
to the existing game and some are entire stand alone games, sharing only
the name. Hence the name Carcassonne Series was coined to refer to all
such games.
Carcassonne: The River; Carcassonne: Inns and Cathedral, Carcassonne:
Traders and Builders; Carcassonne: King and Scout; Carcassonne: The
Cathars; Carcassonne: The Count of Carcassonne; Carcassonne: The
Princess and the Dragon; Carcassonne: The River II; Carcassonne: The
Tower are the expansions of the game. The notable stand alone games
based on the same theme are Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers; Ark of
the Covenant; Carcassonne: The Castle; Carcassonne: The City;
Carcassonne: The Discovery.
There is an online version of Carcassonne as well. There is a record of
sorts associated with it. A German holds the distinction of having used
5517 tiles to play the Carcassonne game.
Review of Carcassonne
The actual Carcassonne in France is filled with medieval castles, moats
and winding roads. The Carcassonne Series have games that are filled
with intricate rules of game play, a lot like the winding roads of
Carcassonne. The original Carcassonne game, expansion games and
standalone games on the same theme are a part of the Carcassonne Series.
Each and every game of this genre is bound to give hours of fun to
players.
A game from the Carcassonne Series requires players to make a choice
from several possible actions. Some options to choose from are placing a
follower on the board, selling, being a steward, being a citizen and
being a guard. While an action may not bring points immediately it may
clear the way for making more points later. Players need to analyze and
recognize such situations and make the right choice. Plenty of work for
the grey cells is guaranteed by the Carcassonne Series. |
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