Carcassonne (Xbox 360)

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Description

Carcassonne is a turn-based strategy game for 2 to 5 players based on the German board game of the same name. By playing land tiles one by one, players build up a landscape of cities, roads, farms, and monasteries. Players compete to claim control of the features they build with a limited supply of follower pieces. Judging where to play the tiles and when to use a follower or not is a deceptively simple process - yet the depth of the game stems from judging when and where to use the followers to gain the most points.

Since the land tiles are random for each game, it has infinite replayability. Knowing which tiles are still left in the "deck" is a bit like counting cards in blackjack - the skilled player will beat the luck of the draw every time. Therefore one-to-one games play quite differently than with 4 or 5 players.

The game is playable with 4 players on the same console on one TV in roughly 15 minutes and also with 5 players via Xbox Live. Next to the base game it also includes the "The River" expansion by default. It builds a river of 12 extra tiles before each game, dividing the land in halves.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Board game translations
• Carcassonne licensees

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The Press Says

FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	Sep 04, 2007	94 out of 100	94
TeamXbox	Jun 26, 2007	8.9 out of 10	89
VGcore	Aug 08, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
Deaf Gamers	Aug 01, 2007	8.4 out of 10	84
IGN	Jun 28, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Game Over Online	Jul 23, 2007	80 out of 100	80
GamesFirst!	Jul 11, 2007		80
TalkXbox	Jul 08, 2007	73 out of 100	73
HonestGamers	Jul 05, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jul 08, 2007	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Carcassone appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Freeware release

The game was made available for free on 15th November 2007 to all 8 million Xbox Live members to celebrate the fifth birthday of the service, except for Korea, where they received Hexic 2.

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Carcassonne.)