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Originally released by [[Hans im Glück]] in {{Year|2014}}. A [[Variants#20th_Anniversary_Edition|20th Anniversary Edition]] was released in {{Year|2021}} including some celebratory elements that do not affect the rules.  

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.

 

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.

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<td>'''Changes to the 20th Anniversary Edition'''

The rules for the 20th Anniversary Edition stay the same but the roles of some meeples have been updated:

'''Note:''' We stick to the classic role convension for the sake of consistency with all the exisiting rules for the time being. [[Hans im Glück|HiG]] may decide to update the rules in the future to follow this new naming convention for new releases and reprints.

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 name="tile-in-supply">

Alternatively, if legal, the player could place the abbey tile ('''Exp. 5 - [[Abbey and the Mayor|Abbey & Mayor]]''') instead of drawing another tile. (1/2013)<br />

By extension, other tiles in the player's supply could be chosen: a German castle ('''[[Castles in Germany|Castles in Germany]]''') or a Halfling tile ('''[[Halflings|Halflings]]''').

[[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>

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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.

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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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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" />

* The players decide who starts the game by any method they choose—such as by rolling three meeples. The first player to ‘roll’ a standing meeple decides who plays first. (Thanks to Joff.)

* To determine the first player; each player draws a tile from the bag, the player that drew the tile with the most roads (0 to 4) plays first, if there is a tie for most roads, a draw-off takes place. This is repeated until someone wins. (Thanks to michael.)

* Take your next tile at the end of your turn, to give you time to think about placement and avoid analysis paralysis.

* Play with a three-tile hand. The abbey counts as part of your hand. Play your turn, including the builder, and then draw back up to three tiles. These tiles could be visible to all or hidden to the other players (Thanks to DavidP and youtch.)

* When playing with a bag for the tiles, the original starting tile may be put into the bag, and unplayable tiles can be put back into the bag rather than set to one side. (Thanks to dwhitworth.)

* Trees (bushes) on roads do not end the road—only houses do (when the road forks). This makes road building a lot more dynamic. (Thanks to Tobias.)

* When a tile is the only tile which can currently complete a structure, other players can offer to ‘buy’ it by offering points, trades counter, abbey, and so on. (Thanks to Deatheux.)

* If you place a tile that fills a hole in the playing field by touching something on all four adjacent sides, you get another turn. This helps motivate people to finish the board even if they do not get an advantage from the placement. (Does not apply to the abbey tile). (Thanks to viberunner.)

* Incomplete features at the end of the game do not score points at the end of the game. (Thanks to metoth.)

* The edge of the table limits the playing area. Thus, a player may not place a tile past the edge of the table or move the playing area to place a tile that would have been past the edge of the table. (Thanks to metoth for prompting this one, and to SkullOne for pointing out that this is an official rule from Hunters and Gatherers.)

* Table borders COMPLETE features as an abbey would. (Thanks to PreGy.)

* Use colored dice instead of meeples on the scoring track. Start out with the 6 showing on top. When the marker completes one lap, turn it to the number 1 to indicate it has completed one lap. This shows at a glance which player is on what lap and who's ahead. On the 100 space track it’s even easier to determine someone’s score at a glance. (Thanks to Carcking.)

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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;W)}}

{{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;W)}}

{{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;}}

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One of the tiles marked with "(S)" -tile number four- is the starting tile (with a dark back).

 

 

 

'''20th Anniversary Edition Base Game'''

 

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{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_B.png|&nbsp;x4<br />(F;D)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_C.png|&nbsp;x1<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_D.png|&nbsp;x4<br />(F;P) + (S)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_E.png|&nbsp;x5<br />(G;F;W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_F.png|&nbsp;x2<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_G.png|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_H.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_I.png|&nbsp;x2<br />(G)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_J.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;F;C)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_K.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;F;D)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_L.png|&nbsp;x3<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_M.png|&nbsp;x2<br />(G)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_N.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_O.png|&nbsp;x2<br />(F;C)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_P.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(H;W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_Q.png|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_R.png|&nbsp;x3<br />(G;W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_S.png|&nbsp;x2<br />(W)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_T.png|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_U.png|&nbsp;x8<br />(G;2xH;F;P)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_V.png|&nbsp;x9<br />(G;2xH;F;2xP)}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_W.png|&nbsp;x4<br />&nbsp;}}

{{Tile|20AE_Base_Game_C2_Tile_X.png|&nbsp;x1<br />&nbsp;}}

 

 

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{{Tile|Feature_Garden_C2.png|<br />G&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Garden}}

{{Tile|Feature_Farmhouse_C2.png|<br />F&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Farmhouse}}

{{Tile|Feature_Cows_C2.png|<br />C&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Cowshed}}

{{Tile|Feature_WaterTower_C2.png|<br />W&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Water&nbsp;tower}}

{{Tile|Feature_Highwayman_C2.png|<br />H&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Highwaymen}}

{{Tile|Feature_Pigsty_C2.png|<br />P&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Pigsty}}

{{Tile|Feature_Donkeys_C2.png|<br />D&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Donkey&nbsp;stable}}

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