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Carcassonne

Tile-laying game set in medieval southern France.

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The game is considered a foundational modern board game and an excellent "gateway game" for new players.[1][2] Klaus-Jürgen Wrede designed the tile-based Eurogame Carcassonne, which supports two to five players and was initially released in 2000.[3]

Making and release

The game was originally published in German by Hans im Glück and in English by Rio Grande Games.[3] English-language publishing moved to Z-Man Games after 2012.[3] The current scoring rules were introduced in the German version in 2004.[4] Following the game's success, numerous spin-offs have been produced, including Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers (2002) and Carcassonne: The Castle (2003).[5]

English-language editions of Carcassonne continued to package the first edition scoring rules up through 2008.[4] All current editions, including those for Xbox 360 and travel versions, now incorporate the third edition rules.[4] Since 2006, a world championship has occurred annually at SPIEL, except the 2010 and 2023 events were held in Herne, Germany, and the 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

What the cited sources add

A 2017 paper by Capaldi and Kolba counted 24 distinct tile types among the 71 non-river tiles of the starting set.[7][8] According to Mewborne and Mitchell's 2019 paper, a game without expansions typically lasts around 35 minutes.[9][10] The same 2019 paper by Mewborne and Mitchell indicates that while luck plays a significant role, employing good tactics substantially increases a player's likelihood of winning.[9][10] Mewborne and Mitchell further note that Carcassonne has been employed as an educational tool for teaching geography.[9][10]

Capaldi and Kolba gave each of the 24 tile types a distinct letter designation.[7][11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wheeler, "Carcassonne review", 19 August 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zimmerman, "Ars Technica's ultimate board game buyer's guide", Ars Technica, 8 December 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Miller, "Carcassonne Moving to Z-Man Games", The Gaming Gang, 7 June 2012; Schend, "Hobby Games: The 100 Best", Green Ronin Publishing, 2007, p. 46–48; "Carcassonne" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "There seem to be several different scoring systems for fields/cities in Carcassonne — which is correct?", 22 October 2012; "Third Edition Rules", Rio Grande Games, 13 December 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "News from Nurnberg", Rio Grande Games, 4 February 2009; "Kids of Carcassonne", Rio Grande Games; "Die Kinder von Carcassonne", BoardGameGeek; "Cardcassonne", BoardGameGeek; "Carcassonne: Winter Edition", BoardGameGeek (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Carcassonne World Championship 2006"; "Carcassonne World Championship 2020" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Mindy Capaldi, "Carcassonne in the Classroom", College Mathematics Journal (2017), doi:10.4169/college.math.j.48.4.265. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kárná, Lucie, "In honor of the 60th birthday of Michal Křížek", Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, May 2–5, 2012, p. 107–116 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Michael Mewborne, "Carcassonne: Using a Tabletop Game to Teach Geographic Concepts", The Geography Teacher (2019), doi:10.1080/19338341.2019.1579108. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mewborne, "Carcassonne: Using a Tabletop Game to Teach Geographic Concepts", The Geography Teacher, 2019-04-03, p. 57–67 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Carcassonne (board game)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Carcassonne in the Classroom", The College Mathematics Journal, September 2017, p. 265 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Carcassonne (board game) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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