Carcassonne

Setup

1

Grab the starting tile with the dark back and place it in the center of the table

2

Form a few face-down draw piles with the other cards

Or just make a pile out of them!

3

Place the scoring board on the table

4

Each player chooses a favorite color

5

and places a game piece in their color on the starting space 0 of the scoring board

6

Each player receives 7 game pieces

Goal

1

The winner is the player whose piece on the scoring board is at the front at the end

2

Place your game pieces smartly on the laid tiles to score as many points as possible

In the city, if it's still free

On a road, that is not yet occupied

Or on a monastery

3

Figures on roads, cities, and monasteries can be reused

Once the area is complete

4

Figures on meadows remain lying down and are only scored at the end of the game

Gameplay

1

Draw a landscape tile

2

Rotate it as you wish and add it to the existing tiles

at least one side must adjoin

3

The adjoining sides must match the existing ones

Road sections, city parts, meadows must be continued

4

If the tile doesn't fit at all, put it back in the box and try a new one

5

You may place a figure on your placed tile, if there's no other figure in that area.

6

Here come the areas into play:

Road

City

Meadow -- separated by cities, roads, and rivers

Monastery

7

Points are scored when an area is complete

Road ...

If both ends are complete and a figure stands on it

then the figure returns to the owner

and they score one point per tile of the road

City ...

If the city is complete and a figure stands on it

then the figure returns to the owner

The owner scores 2 points per city tile

Additionally, there are 2 points for each coat of arms on the city

Monastery...

If a monastery is fully surrounded by 8 tiles and a figure stands on it

then the figure returns to the owner

and they bag 9 points

8

The game ends when the last tile is placed

9

Then comes the scoring of farmers on the meadows

The player with the most figures on a connected meadow scores

3 points for each adjacent and completed city

10

If there are multiple game pieces in an area

e.g., when a city grows together

If there are equal numbers of figures, each player scores points

If one player has more figures, only they score points