Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #649 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Rio Grande Games
• Model: 4098401
• Dimensions: 7.50" h x 2.75" w x 5.50" l, 1.00 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The expansion offers all fans of Carcassonne new challenges: The Cathedral triples the value of a city, and the Inn doubles the value of a road - but only when they are completed.Players may use the new large follower to double their chances of controlling a city, road, or field.Also included is all necessary material to allow a sixth player to join in the fun.Finally, there are 6 point tiles to make scoring easier when players score more than 50 points

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Customer Reviews

Greatly improves the Carcassonne experience
Inns and Cathedrals really is a superb addition to the basic Carcassonne set. It adds a lot more options for playing the game without overly complicating the rules or adding radically different elements to the game. Certainly an expansion for family play, it is a less ruthless than some of the later releases.

You have a large meeple who counts double; inn and cathedral tiles that score more points for completed roads and cities respectively, but only if they are finished before the game ends. There is also an extra set of meeples for a sixth player and tokens to denote 50 and 100 points scored.

Small additions that really add to the enjoyment of the game.

Hooked!
After playing Carcassonne once I was instantly hooked. Briefly, the game consists of the following. Players pull a tile from the deck and place it against an already present tile. If you create a new object (a city, a road, a monastery, or a farm), you can claim ownership to it. Your score depends on the items you own, whether or not they have been completed and how developed they are.

To win the game you need good strategy and luck. The rules are easy to learn, and the game can be finished within the hour so you can play it more than once in one evening.

To play the game you will need Carcassonne, the original game. There are many expansions available that can only be played with the original game. There are also variants to the original game that cannot be played with the expansions. So read the description carefully before you purchase any additional items.

When purchasing the original Carcassonne I strongly recommend that you also buy at the least the first Expansion: Inns and Cathedrals, which makes the game more challenging and with higher risks.

Expansion set increases the options and variability
The expansion set increases the game play and longevity of the game. It is a fairly cheap expansion as it doesn't really include a great deal of new pieces but it increases the strategy involved as some items will increase in points.

If you buy Carcossone, I'd suggest getting this as an add on straight away. Play the original a few times, then throw in teh expansion set.