Pyramid Review
Carcassonne Limited Edition
Published by Rio Grande Games
Written by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Carcassonne: Full-color, 72 land tiles, 40 followers in five colors, scoring track, rules
The River: Full-color, 12 river tiles, rules
Inns & Cathedrals: Full-color, 18 land tiles, eight gray followers, six point tiles, six large followers
Traders & Builders: Full-color, 24 land tiles, 20 trade good tokens, 12 followers (pigs and builders) in six colors, cloth bagCarcassonne: King & Scout
Written by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Illustrated by Doris Matthäus & Johann Rüttinger
Full-color, 12 land tiles, rules
Have you had enough of Carcassonne yet? The publishers sure hope not. They're still cranking them out, one game or supplement after another. The good news is, if you're a newcomer to the game, they have quite a deal for you. After releasing the initial game, the company went through a series of supplemental expansions, one of which was combined into the basic game when it was reissued. Further supplements since then have been combined into Carcassonne Limited Edition, a sort of Domesday version of the game.
The set, now in a gold box, contains the basic game and the expansion The River, both of which have been detailed in their own Pyramid review. It also has the Inns & Cathedrals supplement (oddly it's called simply The Expansion in its page of rules), and Traders & Builders.
Inns & Cathedrals adds new land tiles, a set of gray "meeple" followers and counters for a sixth player, and six . . .
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Article publication date: May 21, 2004
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