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Carcassonne
Star Wars Edition
In a Galaxy far, far away … Carcassonne! Duels over asteroid fields or planets in the Star Wars universe, Carcassonne as we know and love it and yet very different.
76 tiles show trade routes, asteroid fields or planets. There are character cards for Yoda and Lude Skywalker with the symbol of the Rebel Alliance, Boba Fett with the Bounty Hunter symbol and Stormtrooper and Darth Vader with the Empire Symbol, plus five small and one big meeple for each character. You choose a character, place a tile per turn as usual and can place meeples for traders, explorers or conquerors. When I place my tile next to an already occupied planet, I can place my meeple there, too. When areas are joint and have several meeples, each of them fights with one die per meeple + one die for their own faction symbols in the area, up to a maximum of three dice. For each player the highest result is considered, the highest result of all wins the confrontation. The loser gets one victory point per die he used and the winner takes the area. In case of a tie, all those involved score one point and roll again, all others are out. Includes a team version for four players.
The dice fights do not really profoundly change Carcassonne, it remains a rather chance-driven game, that has an additional element of chance now, albeit one that brings a wind of change, but with loss of tactics. The missing meadow mechanism is very much absent, and a lost fight for a big asteroid field does really hurt. All in all the game provides a nice trip to the stars for anyone who likes dice; in any case, a good introduction to Carcassonne.
Players: 2-5
Age: 7+
Time: 35+
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist: Christoph Tisch, Lucasfilm
Price: ca. 24 Euro
Publisher: Hans im Glück 2015
Genre: Tile placement, dice
Users: For families
Version: multi
Rules: de en fr it
In-game text: no
Comments:
Even more chance-driven than Carcassonne
Easier to play due to missing meadows
Well suited as an introduction to Carcassonne
Compares to:
All other editions of Carcassonne
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 2
Tactic (turquoise): 1
Strategy (blue): 1
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 0
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 3
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0