🏰 Carcassonne

Carcassonne is a tile-placement board game where players draw and place tiles to build a medieval landscape of cities, roads, monasteries, and fields. By placing meeples on these features, players claim them for points. Simple to learn but deeply strategic, Carcassonne won the Spiel des Jahres in 2001 and remains one of the most popular gateway board games worldwide.

Players: 2–5
Play Time: 30–45 minutes
Complexity: Light-Medium