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Carcassonne is a simple, clever tile laying game that brings new challenges with every turn. Players develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, cloisters, and in the fields. Includes free river expansion!

CARCASSONNE

The sourthern French city of Carcassonne was founded on 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 its 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 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 players only have a few followers, the wise player will plan his moves carefully and only deploy followers when and where he can earn the most points. The skill of the players to develop the area will determine who is victorious.

Special rules for the 12 river tiles:
Remove the special starting tile from the game. Instead, begin the game by laying the spring that starts the river. Set aside the lake tile and schuffle the remaining 10 river tiles face down and draw from these before drawing from the tiles from the normal game. These tiles are played and followers may be played as in the normal game with one exception: a river tile may not be placed so that the river makes a "U" turn. Followers may not be placed on rivers. Once these 10 river tiles have been played, the next player plays the lake and then play continues with the normal tiles.

Length: 60 minutes