Carcassonne: The Castle (2003)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist	Christof Tisch
Publisher	999 Games Albi Hans im Glück Rio Grande Games Smart Ltd Show More »
Year Published	2003
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (49 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (18 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (23 voters) [poll]
Honors	2004 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players 2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (48 voters) [vote]
Category	City Building Medieval
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Tile Placement
Expansion	Carcassonne: The Castle - Falcon
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Family	Carcassonne
Primary Name	Carcassonne: The Castle
Alternate Names	Carcassonne: De Burcht Carcassonne: Die Burg Carcassonne: Hrad Каркассон. Крепость
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Carcassonne: the Castle takes place in one of the many cities you have built during a game of Carcassonne. It is not an expansion, but a stand-alone tile-placement game with the Carcassonne mechanics adapted specially for two players.

Carcassonne: the Castle is one of the games in the broader Carcassonne series.

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2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

Components:

1 sheet of rules divided into 6 pages
2 keep tokens (1 of each color)
10 castle wall jigsaw-style boundary pieces
14 follower tokens (7 in each color)
18 small wall tiles (2 each of nine different types)
60 castle tiles

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Каркассон. Крепость

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Russian first edition

Publisher: Smart Ltd

Artist: Christof Tisch

Year: 2009

Size: 12.40 x 10.70 x 2.20 inches

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Publisher: 999 Games, Hans im Glück

Artist: Christof Tisch

Year: 2003

Product Code: 999-CAR06

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English First Edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Christof Tisch

Year: 2003

Product Code: 48137

Size: 10.83 x 7.68 x 2.76 inches

1.54 pounds

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German first edition

Publisher: Hans im Glück

Artist: Christof Tisch

Year: 2003

Product Code: 48137

Size: 10.79 x 7.48 x 2.64 inches

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10	Reviews You got your strategery in my Carcassonne	2011-10-24	GibbRS	7
11	Sessions Back and forth, a 32 point castle and a very, very close finish	2011-06-10	bnordeng	6
1	Variants Carcassonne: The Castle for 3 players.	2011-04-05	beatrix	6
0	Rules Courtyard scoring	2011-02-26	sniderman89	2
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8	Reviews GFBR Review: A two player version really wasn't necessary	2010-12-17	MyParadox	8
10	News Carcassonne: The Castle – Falcon Expansion	2010-11-20	sylvain M	13
0	Rules Adding +2 Keep Wall Tile	2010-08-12	marlinhart	2
19	Reviews TOWERing over the other titles this Carcassonne is too good of a secret to KEEP.	2010-04-17	Dimmthewi...	2
1	Rules Scoring a keep or tower	2010-02-22	ethim	6

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Carcassonne: The Castle rules summary

Carcassonne: The Castle rules summary that I use to teach the game and to refresh my memory. Incorporates any clarifications from the BGG Rules Forum.

Grimnir

2009-09-19

Wall tiles em português

descrição dos marcadores "wall tiles" em português para ajudar aos novatos e não falantes de inglês.

sonny

2009-03-29

Reglas en Castellano

Reglas en castellano. NO SON MIAS, pero no están colgadas y no aparece el nombre del traductor, así que las cuelgo para al que le pueda interesar

mymenda

2008-12-13

Carc_Castle_Rules.pdf

Original RGG The Castle Rules (permission granted by Rio Grande)

ColtsFan76

2007-06-23

Carcassonne Die Burg.pdf

Carcassonne Die Burg chuleta en PDF con permiso de JESSONSO/Carcassonne Die Burg rules summary in PDF with permission of JESSONSO

Kiko_Senda

2006-08-23

CarcassonneTheCastle Dutch.doc

Rules in Dutch

LordT

2006-05-17

carcassonne-castle-sum-1.0.pdf

Carcassonne the Castle setup and play summary

kentreuber

2006-05-04

Carcassonne - El Castillo (Die Burg) - Reglas.jpg

Spanish rules - REGLAS (en resumen)

JESSONSO

2006-01-15

CarcCastleTokens.doc

Summary of blue wall tokens - for use with simplified rules

cktjharris

2005-07-26

CarcCastleSimplifiedRules.doc

Simplified rules (no fancy terms) for players who are learning the game

cktjharris

2005-07-26

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Carcassone: The Castle English rules from Rio Grande (PDF)	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_54...	2011-10-25
Rio Grande Carcassone The Castle game page	http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=54	2011-10-25
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Carcassonn...	2011-09-21
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/carcassonnedieburg.html	2011-03-05
A Giant Fire Breathing Robot Review	http://gfbrobot.com/?p=9895	2010-12-17
Russian rules	http://www.igroved.ru/games/carcasson/carcasson-ca...	2010-11-11
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/carcass...	2010-09-07
Strategy guide Carcassonne: The castle	http://sites.google.com/site/daggerheartscrib/home...	2010-07-29
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/c.html#car...	2010-03-05
Polish review at www.gamesfanatic.pl (originaly posted at gry-planszowe.pl)	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2005/04/21/carcassonne-...	2010-01-07