Points are awarded to the players with the most followers in a feature. At the end of the game, when there are no tiles remaining, all incomplete features are scored. contain no unfinished edges from which they may be expanded) and monasteries when they are completely surrounded by eight tiles. The player with the most points wins the game.ĭuring the players' turns, cities, monasteries (also known as cloisters) and roads (but not fields) are scored when they are 'completed' - cities and roads when they are actually completed (i.e. At that time, all features (including fields) score points for the players with the most followers on them. The game ends when the last tile has been placed. The player(s) with the most meeples in the feature score points immediately (see below). When a feature other than a field is completed, all meeples in the completed feature are returned to the players who placed them, and can be reused. If a shared feature is connected to yet another feature of the same type claimed by one of the same players, said player, now having more followers in that feature, gains full claim over the feature. For example, two field tiles, each having a follower, can become connected by another terrain tile into a single field shared by each follower's player. However, it is possible for terrain features claimed by opposing players to become 'shared' by the subsequent placement of tiles connecting them. The placing player may not use a follower to claim any features of the tile that extend or connect features already claimed by another player. The new tile must be placed in a way that extends features on the tiles it touches: roads must connect to roads, fields to fields, and cities to cities.Īfter placing each new tile, the placing player may opt to station a piece (called a 'follower' or 'meeple') on a feature of that newly placed tile. On each turn a player draws a new terrain tile and places it adjacent to tiles that are already face up.

The game starts with a single terrain tile face up and 71 others shuffled face down for the players to draw from. The game board is a medieval landscape built by the players as the game progresses.

Carcassonne rules