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Carcassonne: The Messengers

Carcassonne: The Messengers

999 Games · 2012Expansion
2–60 min8+ yrs1.8/5 complexity6.4 BGG5,9 KCouplesFamily
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How do you play Carcassonne: The Messengers?

In Carcassonne: The Messengers, a small expansion for Carcassonne, players place a second meeple (included in this expansion) on the score board at the start of the game.

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Carcassonne: The Messengers box art
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In Carcassonne: The Messengers, a small expansion for Carcassonne, players place a second meeple (included in this expansion) on the score board at the start of the game. Whenever they score points during the game, they decide which scoring meeple to advance; if a meeple lands on one of the dark spaces on the score track (0, 5, 10, etc.) and the owner of that meeple is the active player, then that player draws the top message tile from the track and either scores two points for it or takes the action shown on the tile. The possibilities are:

Score that player's smallest road, city or cloister as if it were the end of the game, but leave the meeple in place.
Score two points for each banner in a city that player occupies or two points for each of that player's knights.
Score three points for each of that player's farmers.
Draw and play an additional tile.
Score one follower and return it to that player's supply.

Whichever option the player chooses, he then places that tile on the bottom of the message stack.

At the end of the game, players add the scores represented by their two scoring meeples, place one meeple on that sum, then figure out their final scoring, earning no more messages. Part of the Carcassonne series.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.8 / 5
BGG rating6.4 / 10
Vibe
CouplesFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
0 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Carcassonne: The Messengers?
Carcassonne: The Messengers is a expansion for base-game game, for 2–6 players, taking ~0 minutes, featuring area majority / influence. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Carcassonne: The Messengers — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Carcassonne: The Messengers support?
Carcassonne: The Messengers is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Carcassonne: The Messengers take?
A game of Carcassonne: The Messengers takes about 0 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Carcassonne: The Messengers for?
Carcassonne: The Messengers is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Carcassonne: The Messengers?
Carcassonne: The Messengers has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.8 out of 5.
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