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Originally released by [[Hans im Glück/de|Hans im Glück]] in {{Year|2000}}

The city of Carcassonne in southern France is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval

fortifications. The players take their chances with their followers in the cities, cloisters,

farms and on the roads around Carcassonne. The development of the land is in their

hands, and the skillful deployment of the followers as thieves, knights, monks and farmers

is the path to success.

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* '''40 followers''' in five colors<ref>{{IconWorld}} This is not mentioned in the [[Variants#Big Box|Big Box]], [[Variants#Big Box 2|Big Box 2]], [[Variants#Big Box 3|Big Box 3]], [[Variants#Big Box 4|Big Box 4]]  rules. The sixth player (gray) is listed here directly at the base game and not at [[Inns and Cathedrals (1st edition)|Inns and Cathedrals]]. This makes the rules clearer. Additionally, [[Variants#Big Box 5|Big Box 5]] adds purple and pink followers for up to 8 players. Meeples in a additional colors can be acquired online.</ref>:

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The youngest player decides who starts the game.<ref>{{IconArrow}} This paragraph represents the current [[Hans_im_Glück|'''HiG''']] rules. The [[Rio_Grande_Games|'''RGG''']]  rules state that the players decide among themselves who will be the starting player, and the [[Z Man Games|'''ZMG''']] rules mention both options.</ref>

<td valign="top">[[File:Base_Game_C1_Deploy_Farmer.png|frame|none|a '''farmer''' on on one of those two field segments. Place farmer lying down!]]</td>

[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Placing_Meeple_1.jpg|frame|none|{{ColorBlue|BLUE}} can only deploy a farmer: there is already a knight in the connecting city.]]

[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Placing_Meeple_2.jpg|frame|none|{{ColorBlue|BLUE}} can deploy the follower as a knight or a thief, or as a farmer on the small farm segment: the large farm is already occupied.]]

If you complete a previously unoccupied feature when placing a tile, you do not have to occupy it and earn the points. You can close the city or road without it being occupied and (for example) deploy a farmer as long as the farm is unoccupied. The city does not necessarily require a knight to look after it. [[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_12.jpg|frame|none|Earning points from a closed city]]

{{FAQ|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_7.jpg|frame|right|]]We have difficulty deciding when a placed tile represents a new city or belongs to one already being built.

|'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.  

{{FAQ|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_13.jpg|frame|right|]]On cloister tiles, are we allowed to deploy a follower on the surrounding field segment?

|Yes! The same rules are valid for a field surrounding a cloister as for any other field. You can also deploy a farmer next to a cloister. In this case the cloister remains unoccupied for the rest of the game.[unless the cloister is occupied via a magic portal, or from a follower in Carcassonne—ed.]  

{{FAQ|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_16.jpg|frame|rigth|]]Can a road end in nothing?|

No, like all the usual land tiles, a road segment must continue to another road segment on all edges.<br/><br/>

{{FAQ|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_17.jpg|frame|right|]]How are the road segments between T-junctions scored? Are the horizontal segments (on top of the T) also ends, or do these count as straight roads that have to be completed elsewhere?|

Every crossing (or junction) ends a road, irrespective of which direction they reach the junction from. The thieves cannot enter the small villages on the junctions either. In the example shown, every thief is on its own road.

{{FAQ|[[File:Base_Game_C1_Example_Note_14.jpg|frame|rigth|]]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 follower to a new city segment in the same turn?

|A player may only deploy one follower per turn, and that follower 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 follower to the other city segment immediately after placing the tile. The small city will then be scored and the follower 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 follower to. If the follower is deployed to the small city, it will be returned immediately and the player will earn four points, but the follower cannot be redeployed.

Several connected field segments form a farm. Farms and field segments are not scored. They serve only as places to deploy farmers; the owner of the farm only scores points at the end of the game. As such, '''farmers remain on the farm for the duration of the

Farms are separated from each other by roads, cities and the edge of the playing field – this is important during the final scoring. In determining farm size, farms can be limited by all kinds of barriers, for example, roads, cities, or rivers which cannot be circumvented, or the edge of the playing field. It can certainly happen that a farm covers almost the entire playing field, and there will likely be farms that remain open for the entire game. <ref>{{IconBook}} River segments also separate farms. (08/2014)</ref>

The game ends at the end of the turn in which the last land tile is placed.<ref>{{IconArrow}} Note that, according to the [[Rio_Grande_Games|'''RGG''']]  [[Variants#Big Box| 3Big Box 3]] rules, the last land tile placed could be an Abbey tile. According to these most recent rules, “If one or more players have not yet placed their Abbey tiles when the last landscape tile is drawn and placed, they may now do so, if possible, in clockwise order starting from the left of the person who placed the last tile. Then, the game ends.” This is a reversal of a previous FAQ, which used the statement, “The game is over when the last face-down land tile has been played.” This older statement was to specifically prevent players from placing any abbey tiles which they may still have in their hand after the last ‘normal’ land tile (from the stack, the bag, or the dispenser) had been played.</ref> Any roads, cities, and cloisters completed in this round are scored as usual. This is followed by the final scoring.

and cloister the owner scores '''1 point for every segment'''. '''Pennants also now score only 1 point'''. As soon as the feature in question has been scored, the followers involved are removed.

{{ColorGreen|BLACK}} scores nothing, since {{ColorGreen|GREEN}} has more knights in the city.]]

The player with the most points wins.<ref>{{IconArrow}} The [[Hans_im_Glück|'''HiG''']] rules do not have any instructions regarding what to do in case of a tie. The [[Rio_Grande_Games|'''RGG''']]  rules state that tied players “rejoice in their shared victory.” The [[Z Man Games|'''ZMG''']] rules state, “In case of a tie, play another game to determine the winner!”</ref>

* 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 youth.)

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