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Carcassonne
Draw a tile, place it, build a medieval countryside one road at a time. Then steal someone’s city with a cleverly parked meeple.
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The facts
- Players
- 2–5
- Play time
- 30–45 minutes
- Age
- 7+
- Style
- Competitive
- Publisher
- Z-Man Games
- First published
- 2000
Facts checked against zmangames.com. Editions vary, so check the box. Complexity and “best for” are our opinion.
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