Guest post by Christi K.
Carcassonne (n.) – a French city built during the Antiquity
and the Middle Ages; a really fun game that is fairly easy to play.
This is a tile-laying game for 2-8 players. Each player
starts out with eight follower pieces. One piece is used for keeping score and
the other 7 pieces are used in the game.
Follower Pieces
The tiles are put face-down on the playing table and a
starter tile (always the same one) is placed face-up in the middle of the
table.
On each player’s turn, a tile is picked from the draw pile
and placed next to a tile that has already been played. The tiles are played
one turn at a time. The tricky part is that you might choose a road or part of
a city or a monastery and each piece must be placed next to a tile that
coordinates. For example, if a player picks a piece with a road on it, they
have to line up the road with an existing road. The player claims a road, city,
land or monastery by placing one of the follower pieces on the played tile.
When a city or road have been completed or a monastery
completely surrounded by tiles, the follower piece is removed and points are
awarded. Those followers claiming land will get points for completed cities in
their field at the end of the game. The player with the most points wins.
Examples of city tile, road tile, monastery tile
Completed City
As you might imagine, this game looks different every time
it’s played.
The box says for ages 13 and up but our youngest is 7 and he
plays with us all the time and actually wins quite often.
*Our family's variation: To make the game a little easier
for our young children, we have each player pick a “bank” piece at the
beginning of the game. That way each player has a little flexibility where and
what they play.
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