Board Game Series: Carcassonne
❤ Introducing Board Game Series: Carcassonne ❤
5 min readDec 20, 2023
Carcassonne
Introduction
- Carcassonne is a popular tile-placement board game designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede.
- The game is named after the fortified city of Carcassonne in southern France and is known for its simple yet strategic gameplay.
- Carcassonne combines elements of tile placement, area control, and strategic decision-making, making it an engaging and accessible game for players of all ages.
Game Setup
- Each player takes a set of colored meeples (small wooden figures) and places them in front of them.
- Shuffle the Carcassonne tiles and place them face-down to create a draw pile.
- Each player draws a meeple from their set and places it in front of them as their scoring marker.
- The starting tile, featuring a landscape with roads, cities, and fields, is placed in the center of the play area.