Carcassonne
- Carcassonne (2009 on Nintendo DS)
- Carcassonne (2010 on iPhone, iPad)
- Carcassonne (2011 on Android, BlackBerry, 2012 on Windows Phone)
- Carcassonne (2017 on Android, Windows, 2018 on Nintendo Switch...)
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Carcassonne is a turn-based strategy game for 2 to 5 players based on the German board game of the same name. By playing land tiles one by one, players build up a landscape of cities, roads, farms, and monasteries. Players compete to claim control of the features they build with a limited supply of follower pieces. Judging where to play the tiles and when to use a follower or not is a deceptively simple process - yet the depth of the game stems from judging when and where to use the followers to gain the most points.
Since the land tiles are random for each game, it has infinite replayability. Knowing which tiles are still left in the "deck" is a bit like counting cards in blackjack - the skilled player will beat the luck of the draw every time. Therefore one-to-one games play quite differently than with 4 or 5 players.
The game is playable with 4 players on the same console on one TV in roughly 15 minutes and also with 5 players via Xbox Live. Next to the base game it also includes the "The River" expansion by default. It builds a river of 12 extra tiles before each game, dividing the land in halves.
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1001 Video Games
Carcassone appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Freeware release
The game was made available for free on 15th November 2007 to all 8 million Xbox Live members to celebrate the fifth birthday of the service, except for Korea, where they received Hexic 2.
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Wikipedia: Carcassonne
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X360A achievement guide
X360A's achievement guide for Carcassonne.
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Game added by Jason Robar.
Additional contributors: Sciere, Patrick Bregger, Starbuck the Third, FatherJack, Kennyannydenny.
Game added August 3, 2007. Last modified February 22, 2023.