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Carcassonne (/ ˌ k ɑːr k ə ˈ s ɒ n /) is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) [2] in English. [3]
The company was established in 2001 in Italy and its original name is an homage to the Italian genius and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. After a strong initial success, it concluded trade agreements with a wide network of international partners, and its games, with the dV Giochi brand, have been distributed worldwide, winning great recognition in ...
[1] [2] Avalon Hill discontinued most of them, but continued to publish some until 1998, when it was sold by its parent company to Hasbro. [3] While Acquire was mildly re-themed and published by Hasbro/Avalon Hill in 2000, [ 4 ] the company has indicated that they have no plans to publish any of the 3M or Avalon Hill bookshelf games.
A game of dominoes. A tile-based game is a game that uses tiles as one of the fundamental elements of play. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for gambling or entertainment games.
The fractional values of each of the cards are as follows: Oudlers and Kings - 4 + 1 ⁄ 2, Queens - 3 + 1 ⁄ 2, Cavaliers - 2 + 1 ⁄ 2, Jacks - 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 and low cards - 1 ⁄ 2 each. The same method is used as above but counting only two cards. For example, a Queen (worth 3 1/2 points) and a low card (1/2 point) would be counted together ...