Carcassonne The Castle / Die Burg Board Game Rio Grande Games GER / ENG
Carcassonne: Die Burg / The Castle (2003). A two-player, tile playing, castle building battle. Carcassonne: the Castle takes place in the city of Carcassone itself. The theme is development of the city within the "castle walls", which might be more appropriately called the city walls, but Carcassonne: The City was apparently already in development. It is not an expansion, but a stand-alone tile-placement game with the Carcassonne mechanics adapted specially for two players. The goal is to lead the race around the castle wall, which is also the scoring track for the game.
There are bonus items on the wall for the first player to reach that point. Play is very similar to Carcassonne but all the tiles must be played within the walls, which often constrains the choices. The followers used for scoring are heralds (on paths), knights (on towers), squires (on houses) and merchants (on courtyards which are more valuable if they have a market). And, the player with the largest "keep" (largest house completed during the game) scores points for the largest contiguous undeveloped area (unplayed tile spaces) at the end of the game.
The bonus tiles collected from the walls add twists to the scoring, such as doubling one of a particular scoring structure or scoring one uncompleted structure. 2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee. 2020 Gra Roku Best Two Player Game Winner. 2020 Gra Roku Best Two Player Game Nominee.
2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommended. 2004 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players. Players: Two Player Only Games. Versions & Editions: Two-Player Versions of More-Player Games. This item is in the category "Toys & Games\Games\Board & Traditional Games\Modern Manufacture". The seller is "csyo_games" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.- condition: GERMAN
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
- Custom Bundle: No
- Min. Number of Players: 2 players
- Material: Cardboard, Paper, Wood
- Game Type: Board Game, Children's Game, Family Game, Party Game, Tile Game, 2 player game, Carcassonne
- Theme: Strategy, 2 player game, City Building, Medieval, Area Majority / Influence, Enclosure, Carcassonne, Two Player Only Games, Tile Placement
- Type: Complete Game
- Year: 2003
- Game Title: Carcassonne
- Age Level: 8-11 Years, 12-16 Years, 17 Years & Up
- Brand: Rio Grande Games / Hans Im Gluck
- Recommended Age Range: 8+