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Carcassonne
- Players
- 2–6
- Listed play time
- 30–45 min
- Age
- 7+
- Published
- 2000
- Category
- German-style board game
What this is
Shape the medieval French landscape, claiming cities, monasteries, roads, and farms. The game is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. It is designed for 2–6 players.
At a glance
- Players
- 2–6
- Listed play time
- 30–45 minutes
- Minimum age
- 7 and up
- First published
- 2000
- Category
- German-style board game
- Designer
- Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
- Publisher
- Hans im Glück
- Mechanisms
- area majority
- Box size
- 19 × 27.4 × 6.8 cm
- Photographs
- 12
Publisher
- Hans im GlückOfficial site
How players rate Carcassonne
Every dimension is rated on its own. The left column judges the game and higher is better; the right column describes it, where neither end of the scale is the good end.
Player-count fit
How well it plays at each count. Best at 4.
- 2p6.764 ratings
- 3p7.264 ratings
- 4p7.763 ratings
- 5p7.263 ratings
- 6p6.763 ratings
Every dimension
15 measures. Some judge the game; the rest simply describe it.
How good it is
Judgements, rated out of 10. Higher is better.
- Longevity and replayability6.9/10
- Ease of teach5.1/10
- Gateway friendliness5.4/10
- Component quality6.4/10
- Table presence7.4/10
- Travel friendliness5.7/10
What it's like
Descriptions, not verdicts. Neither end is better.
- Player interactionHigh7.5SolitaireConstant
- CutthroatnessSharp7.2FriendlyRuthless
- Role of luckBalanced4.9Chance-drivenPlayer-driven
- Theme integrationPresent5.5Pasted onWoven in
- Rules complexityHeavy3.5LightHeavy
- Decision complexityDemanding3.5SimpleDemanding
- Language dependencySome2.6No textText-heavy
- Table spaceKitchen table5.6Lap trayTwo tables
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Gallery
11 further photographs · select one to enlargeRules & files
Rulebooks, FAQs and reference sheets- rulebookCarcassonne Current Z-Man v3 Main RulesEN · 6 pagesAwaiting publisher permission
- referenceCarcassonne Current Z-Man v3 Farmers, River, and Abbot SupplementEN · 2 pagesAwaiting publisher permission
- referenceCarcassonne Official Solo Variant and Cooperative ChallengeEN · 3 pagesAwaiting publisher permission
Box & shelf
19 × 27.4 × 6.8 cm
- Shelf volume
- 3.5 L
- Shelf width used
- 6.8 cm
- Per Kallax cube
- 4
Source: measured
