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Promotional mini game version of Carcassonne contained in the 999 games 25th anniversary box. The game is only playable with two players and contains 20 smaller tiles and 8 smaller meeples in red and blue. No score track is provided, and all base game rules apply, except farmers. | |||
== Limited Editions == | == Limited Editions == |
Revision as of 01:37, 3 November 2018
Introduction
Variants are different versions of Carcassonne game that share the same set of rules.
Promos
Various promotional editions.
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Carc Demo-Spiel
Promotional mini game version of Carcassonne contained in the 999 games 25th anniversary box. The game is only playable with two players and contains 20 smaller tiles and 8 smaller meeples in red and blue. No score track is provided, and all base game rules apply, except farmers.
Limited Editions
Limited Edition 2003
The Limited Edition was released in 2003, and is considered by some as Big Box 0 or, at least, the precursor to the Big Box series.
Contents:
10th Anniversary
Hans im Glück released the 10th Anniversary Edition of the game in 2011 packaged in a giant blue meeple-shaped case to mark the 10th Anniversary of Carcassonne.
- Base game
- The Festival
- a meeple-shaped scoreboard
- 5 sets of colored, translucent meeples
Müller Exklusiv-Edition
This was sold exclusively by the German trade company Müller from 2013. It was packaged in a metal box.
Contents;
Big Boxes
Carcassonne Big Boxes are a good (and usually cheaper) way for players wanting to get started with the game of Carcassonne as they typically contain a copy of the base game and a number of major, and sometimes minor, expansions. These have been released every few years, with a slightly different set of expansions each time. The following Big Boxes have been released.
Big Box
The first Big Box was released in 2006.
Contents:
- Base game
- River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- The Princess and the Dragon
- The Tower
- other?
The German edition of Big Box did not include The River (thanks to kettlefish)
Big Box 2
Big Box 2 was released in 2008.
Contents:
- Base game
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- The Princess and the Dragon
- Abbey and the Mayor
- Count, King and Robber (†)
- other?
Notes:
(†) Box lid lists this expansion as "River, Count, King and Cult" - need to clarify what actual contents were ...
Big Box 3
Big Box 3 was released in 2010.
Contents:
- Base game
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- The Princess and the Dragon
- Abbey and the Mayor
- Bridges, Castles and Bazaars
- other?
Big Box 4
Big Box 4 was released in 2012.
Contents:
- Base game
- River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- Crop Circles
- Ferries, The
- Flier, The (Flying Machines)
- Goldmines, The
- Mage and Witch
- Messages, The (Dispatches)
- Robbers, The
- Other?
Big Box 5
Big Box 5 was released in 2014.
Contents:
- Base game
- River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- Hills & Sheep
- The Wheel of Fortune
- set each of pink and purple meeples for 7th/8th players
- other?
Big Box 6
Big Box 6 was released in 2017.
Contents:
- Base game
- Abbot, The
- River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- Crop Circles
- Ferries, The
- Flier, The (Flying Machines)
- Goldmines, The
- Mage and Witch
- Messages, The (Dispatches)
- Robbers, The
- other?
Other
Carcassonne Travel Edition
The Travel Edition was released in 2007.
The tile size of the Travel Edition is smaller than the regular game, so it is not possible to add any expansion for the regular game, except The Phantom expansion. Meeples, too, are smaller than normal.
The game includes a bag for the tiles that is printed with a scoring table.
Carcassonne for 2
Carcassonne for 2 was released by Hans im Glück in 2017.
It is a two-player version of Carcassonne that comes in a small metal box.
Contents:
- 48 landscape tiles (subset of the standard base game)
- 12 meeples in two colours - 6 each in red and blue
Spin-offs
Various variants for Carcassonne spin-offs.