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Originally released by [[Hans im Glück]] in {{Year|2014}}.

Carcassonne, the world-famous French city, is known for its imposing fortifications erected during Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This fortress, surrounded by magnificent walls, still stands today as one of the most unique French cities. In this game, players must develop the area around Carcassonne. They place their meeples onto roads and into cities, monasteries, and fields. Only those who make the most judicious placements will gain the points required to win the game.

Copies printed in the period 2014-2016 have the [[2nd Edition Dark Cities|darker city backgrounds]].

Farmers are considered a part of the base game for most Carcassonne players. They are also used in every official tournament as they are commonly not considered an expansion. In the new edition of Carcassonne farmers were separated as a supplement to ease access to the game for new players and smooth learning curve. WikiCarpedia follows this streamlined approach. For the sake of other expansions and the rest of the WikiCarpedia, farmers are considered a part of the base game. You can find farmers rules '''[[The Farmers|here]]'''.

They have no impact considering the base rules. Some of them are used in some expansions, such as [[The Markets of Leipzig|The Markets of Leipzig]] or [[The Tollkeepers|The Tollkeepers]].

The [[Variants#Big Box 6|Big Box 6]] includes the sixth player, in {{ColorPink|pink}} color, as part of the base game and not at [[Inns and Cathedrals|Exp. 1 - Inns and Cathedrals]]. This makes the rules clearer.

</ref> In addition, there are also 5 abbots. Usage of abbots is described in [[The Abbot|The Abbot]] mini expansion page, including 1 in each of the same colors. Abbots are not important from base game point of view.  

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Start by distributing 7 meeples of the color of their choice to each player. These meeples constitute each player’s personal supply. Each player takes seven meeples of their chosen color to form their supply. Place each player's eighth meeple on the 0 space on the scoreboard. These will be used to track each player's score throughout the game. If you are not playing with [[The Abbot]], put those unique meeples back into the box.

{{FAQ|Too few followers—are we playing wrong or are there really too few?|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Meeples_Footer_Note_2.jpg|frameless|right|]] This is the number intended by designers. A certain shortage of followers is entirely intentional. An important element of the game is precisely learning to be economical with one's followers.

In Carcassonne, players take turns placing tiles and expanding the landscape of roads, cities, monasteries and fields, one tile at a time. Players may place their meeples on the individual features of tiles as well (roads, cities, monasteries, and fields), where they will become highwaymen, knights and monks. Points are earned throughout the game, and the player with the highest score at the end is the winner!

The [[Z Man Games|ZMG]] rules of the base game mention the "first player" without explaining how it is decided. However, the [[Variants#Big_Box_6|'''Big Box 6''']] rules are re-aligned with the [[Hans im Glück|HiG]] rules and indicate the first player is the youngest one.

It is common practice to choose starting player at random. More on this in house rules section.

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3=You draw the depicted tile with three road segments starting from a village. You must place it in such a way that it continues the existing landscape (the tiles already in play). In the rare case that a tile cannot legally be placed anywhere, and all players agree, it is removed from the game, and the player draws another. <ref>{{IconHouse}}

[[File:New_rules_road_a.png|none|frame|'''Example 1a:''' You place the tile here. The road and fields continue the existing landscape.]]

{{RulesPlacingMeeple|1=====|2=2. Placing a meeple as highwayman|

3=After placing the tile, you may place a meeple as a highwayman on one of that tile’s road segments, but only if the road is unoccupied by another highwayman.

{{RulesScoring|1=====|2=3. Scoring a road|

3=When both ends of a road are closed, that road is completed and scored. The end of a road is closed when it meets a village, <ref>

{{FAQ|1=Can a road end in nothing?

|2=[[File:PnP_Demo_C2_Clarification_02.png|frameless|right|]] No, like all the usual land tiles, a road segment '''must''' continue to another road segment on all edges. <br clear="all" />

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3=As usual, you draw a tile that you use to continue the landscape. Of course, the illustration must be continued as well. For example, a city segment must be connected to an open city.

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3=Then, you see if there is already a meeple as a knight in the city. Here, there isn’t, so you can place one of your meeples as a knight in this city.

{{FAQ|1=We have difficulty deciding when a placed tile represents a new city or belongs to one already being built.

|2=[[File:PnP_Demo_C2_Clarification_01.png|frameless|right|]] 'Corner to corner' is not a connection. Segments can only be connected on the edges. In the example shown there are two cities at the moment. <br clear="all" />}}

{{RulesScoring|1=====|2=3. Scoring a city|

3=Let’s continue our example and assume that a few turns have passed. You now draw this tile that you place to continue your city. Since the tile you’ve placed completes a feature (here, the city), it must now be scored. A city is completed when it is surrounded by walls and there are no gaps inside the city. Since you have a meeple in the completed city, you are the player to score it.

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3=Once more, you draw a tile to continue the landscape. Monasteries are always depicted in the center of a tile. <ref>

This may be true for the base game but some expansions include tiles with monasteries in various configurations not always complying with this statement. Monasteries tend to be in the center of a tile unless other features sharing the tile compete for the same space. Likewise, monasteries tend to be surrounded by fields but, in a few cases, we can find monasteries within cities.

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3=You can place a meeple on a monastery as a monk. Of course, that meeple must come from your supply.

{{RulesScoring|1=====|2=3. Scoring a monastery|

3=A monastery is completed when it is surrounded by tiles. During scoring, the monastery is worth '''1 point''' per tile that completes it (including the monastery itself).

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3=* You must place your drawn tile in such a way that it continues the landscape and the illustration.

* In some very rare cases, it may be impossible to place the tile. In those cases, simply return the tile to the box and draw a new one.

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3=* You may place a meeple on the tile you’ve just placed.

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3=* A road is completed when both ends lead to a village, a city, a monastery, or the road forms a loop. Each tile in a completed road is worth 1 point.

When two meeples of one color are occupying the same road, city, or field, you '''do not''' score double in these cases. The number of meeples (or in [[Inns and Cathedrals|Exp. 1 - Inns and Cathedrals]] the size of the meeples) has no effect on the points that a player earns from a road, city, monastery, or field. Two knights do not double the points. The number of meeples is only important in establishing who has the majority.</ref>

The game ends immediately after the turn of the player who placed the last tile. Then, players proceed to a final scoring, after which the winner will be known.

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[[File:New_rules_multiple_c.png|none|frame|'''Example 5a:''' {{ColorRed|You}} wish to take control of the city away from {{ColorYellow|yellow}} and place your tile as pictured with a knight on it. {{ColorRed|you}} are allowed to place a knight there because the city segment is not connected to another city segment with a knight on it. If you succeed in linking your two city segments, your two knights will allow you to take the city from {{ColorYellow|yellow}}.]]

Note that features are considered to be complete as soon as the tile is placed, although meeple placement and scoring only occur afterwards. This is important when playing with magic portals ([[The Princess and The Dragon|Exp. 3 - The Princess and the Dragon]]) or flying machines ([[The Flier|Mini #1 - The Flier (Flying Machines)]]).

{{FAQ|1=There is a situation that puzzles us. If a player draws a tile with two city segments and completes a small city, earning 4 points, can he or she then deploy a meeple to a new city segment in the same turn?

|2=[[File:PnP_Demo_C2_Clarification_03.png|frameless|right|]] A player may only deploy one meeple per turn, and that meeple may be deployed only once, and it must be before any scoring. If the player already occupies the small, now-completed city, he or she may deploy a second meeple to the other city segment immediately after placing the tile. The small city will then be scored and the meeple involved returned to the player. If the player does not yet occupy this city, he or she can decide which of the two city segments to deploy a meeple to. If the meeple is deployed to the small city (1), it will be returned immediately (2) and the player will earn four points, but the meeple cannot be redeployed (3). <br clear="all" />

== Tile reference ==

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{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_A.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(H)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_B.jpg|&nbsp;x4<br />(F;D)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_C.jpg|&nbsp;x1<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_D.jpg|&nbsp;x4<br />(F;P) + (S)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_E.jpg|&nbsp;x5<br />(G;F)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_F.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_G.jpg|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_H.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;H)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_I.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(G)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_J.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;F;C)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_K.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;F;D)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_L.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_M.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(G)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_N.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_O.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(F;C)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_P.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_Q.jpg|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_R.jpg|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_S.jpg|&nbsp;x2<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_T.jpg|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_U.jpg|&nbsp;x8<br />(G;2xH;F;P)}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_V.jpg|&nbsp;x9<br />(G;2xH;F;2xP)}}{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_W.jpg|&nbsp;x4<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Tile_X.jpg|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:

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{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Garden.jpg|<br />G&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Garden}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Farmhouse.jpg|<br />F&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Farmhouse}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Cows.jpg|<br />C&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Cowshed}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Water_Tower.jpg|<br />W&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Water&nbsp;tower}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Highwayman.jpg|<br />H&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Highwaymen}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Pigs.jpg|<br />P&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Pigsty}}

{{Tile|Base_Game_C2_Feature_Donkeys.jpg|<br />D&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Donkey&nbsp;stable}}

'''Note:''' The small illustrations of a '''cowshed''', a '''pigsty''' and a '''donkey stable''' are collectively referred to as '''sheds''' or '''stables'''.

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