Review Details

Carcassonne (New Edition)

Product Review (submitted on November 3, 2015):

I enjoy this game. My wife does too. But I don't quite get the thousands of expansions. I am starting to see more strategy as I continue to play, but I feel like there must be something else here that I'm not getting. Why would this have sold so many copies, and inspired so many spin offs and variants if it wasn't great?

I find myself looking at it as more of a puzzle than a game, most of the time. That might mean that I'm approaching it from the wrong angle. I purchased it originally to try and introduce the worker-placement mechanic to my wife. It worked, I think, but wasn't a necessary step in her learning. I just don't find us itching to have this hit the table very often. I was hoping to play it enough that our plays would get quick and fight-y. This seems to have the potential to be a quick, strategic duel. I may just not have played it enough to appreciate it yet.