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Carcassonne: The Tower (2006)

Average Rating: 6.57/10
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Year Published
2006
# of Players
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players
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Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
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Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
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Mechanic
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Primary Name
Carcassonne: The Tower
Alternate Names
Carcassonne: 4. Erweiterung - Der Turm
Carcassonne: De Toren
Carcassonne: Der Turm
Carcassonne: La Torre
Carcassonne: La Tour
Carcassonne: Torni
Carcassonne: Wieża
卡卡頌 - 高塔擴充
카르카손: 타워
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The Tower is the fourth major expansion for the Carcassonne game. Tower segments are added to the game, as well as some new actions. Instead of placing a Meeple as usual on their turns, players can now either place a tower segment on a tile with a space for a tower, add a tower segment to a tower already standing, or place a Meeple on top of a tower (which "finishes" it).

Placing a tower segment allows you to capture other players' Meeples, so long as they are in view of the tower in an orthogonal direction. If the tower is 1 piece high, they can capture Meeples that are within 1 tile of the tower; if the tower is 2 pieces high, they can capture Meeples within 2 tiles of the tower; etc. Not only do players lose whatever they may have scored with that Meeple, but they also have to pay 3 victory points if they want to free their Meeple.

Part of the Carcassonne series.

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Carcassonne: Der Turm
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Hans im Glück edition 2007
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2007
Product Code: 48161 (Schmidt Spiele Artikelnum
Size: 7.48 x 4.96 x 2.64 inches
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Dutch First Edition
Publisher: 999 Games, Hans im Glück
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2006
Product Code: 999-CAR12
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Release Date:  Apr 2006
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Carcassonne: Torni
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Lautapelit.fi edition
Publisher: Lautapelit.fi
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2006
Product Code: 643001827105 (Lautapelit.fi Prod
Size: 11.02 x 4.72 x 2.76 inches
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Rio Grande Games edition
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2006
Product Code: RIO 286
Size: 11.00 x 7.50 x 2.75 inches
0.88 pounds
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Hans im Glück edition 2006
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2006
Product Code: 48161 (Schmidt Spiele Artikelnum
Size: 7.48 x 4.96 x 2.64 inches
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0 Caja para las fichas de la expansión - la torre
Caja para las 18 fichas de la expansión la torre Tuckbox in spanish for the tiles of the expansion.
2011-01-25
2 Black Tower
Here are the full rules for 'Black Tower'. When a player constructs a black tower, the towers capturing properties switch and have a diagonal capturing ability. They can be reversed, and towers can be permanently abandoned by 'capping' with a white tower piece. However, some time and investment are required to make the new tower pieces.
2010-02-02
6 tower_tuckbox.pdf
A tuckbox with room for both the tower tiles and tower pieces.
2007-08-26
6 Carc_Tower_Rules.pdf
Original RGG Tower Rules (permission granted by Rio Grande)
2007-06-23
6 TheTower.pdf
ADMIN: Remove old version. Rules, comment and tile distribution, updated from the Big Box. V1.2 (edits and new tile distribution list)
2007-03-11
4 TheTower.pdf
Rules, comment and tile distribution, updated from the Big Box. V1.3
2007-02-01
1 carca_derturm.pdf
Règle en français
2007-01-23
5 CarcassonneTheTower Dutch.doc
Rules in Dutch
2006-05-09
6 Reglas Carcassonne_La Torre.doc
Reglas en castellano de Carcassonne La Torre
2006-03-22
8 Tower Tiles.pdf
Tile Distribution (In same format those posted for other games in the series.)
2006-02-16
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