Carcassonne: The City

by Rio Grande Games

Product Features

• Author: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede & Reiner Knizia
• Number of players: 2 - 4
• Age of players: 12+
• Length: 60 minutes

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 3.8 x 11 inches ; 15.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• ASIN: B000KIANGI
• Item model number: RGG250a
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,553 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

The impressive city of Carcassonne was a magnet for tourists from all lands even in the middle ages. Its large markets, grandiose homes and buys streets made the whole city a popular attraction. Here is your chance to build the city of Carcassonne! Players build walls, build towers, found markets, and place followers in the normal way. At the end, you will all enjoy looking at the beautiful 3-D city you have built! The game comes in a beautiful wooden box that is as beautiful as the game is fun to play. This popular family board game is for 2 to 4 players and takes about 45 minutes to play.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luck and Stratagy, May 6, 2007

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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Carcassonne: The City (Toy)

This game is a stand alone (and not an expansion) in the same line as the other Carcassonne games. The tile laying is easier in that you only have to match roads. There are more ways to score however. At a certain point in the game you start building a wall with towers around the city using wooden pieces that come with the game. This adds a new dimension and makes the finished game fun to look at. The wooden box and cloth sacks for storage are very nice. I only wish there were expansions for this version of the game.

Scoring: Meeples are placed as merchants, citizens, stewards, and guards. Markets are scored by multiplying the number of different market types in the area by the number of tiles. Guards score points for every public building or landmark in their row. Stewards score like farmers with markets in place of cities. Citizens score points for roads built.