Carcassonne: The Castle (2003)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist	Christof Tisch
Publisher	999 Games Albi Hans im Glück Hobby World 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 (52 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (19 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (24 voters) [poll]
Honors	2004 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players 2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (49 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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Awards

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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1	Rules Some rules questions	2012-02-18	thirteent...	5
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	15
0	Rules Adding +2 Keep Wall Tile	2010-08-12	marlinhart	2
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0	Carcassonne: The Castle - Falcon General Will there be a German version?	2012-05-16	PzVIE	4
0	Carcassonne: The Castle - Falcon General Speculation & some comments	2012-01-20	cannoneer	1

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100/200 Scoring Tiles for The Castle

A double-set of 100/200 Scoring Tiles for Carcassonne: The Castle, in case you tend to score in the 300-400 point range.

vandesc

2012-02-27

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

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Board Game Rank:	242
Strategy Game Rank:	157
Family Game Rank:	35
Num Ratings:	4711
Average Rating:	7.15
Standard Deviation:	1.24
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Users Owning:	6136
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German review - Topolino	http://members.chello.at/topolino/vindex.html?/top...	2012-03-22
German review - Spielbox	http://www.spielbox.de/spielarchiv/and/carcdieburg...	2012-03-22
Review on Kulkmann's Gamebox	http://www.boardgame.de/reviews/carcburg.htm	2012-03-22
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2012-03-22
German review - Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2012-03-22
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=455	2012-03-22
German review - Spielonaut	http://www.spielonaut.de/site/kritik/start2.htm?/s...	2012-03-22
German review - Ludozine	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ludozine/...	2012-03-22
German review - Startspieler	http://www.startspieler.de/rezens/dieburg.htm	2012-03-22
German review - Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=76	2012-03-22