Board Game Classic "Carcassonne" coming to XBLA this week

[Queasy]

Link - I enjoyed the demo for Catan but didn't pick it up as I am now getting extremely picky on what XBLA games I purchase.

Now another notable stategery board game is hitting XBLA this week. Carcassonne

The classic, well-known European board game ?Carcassonne? arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, June 27 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific).

Named after the medieval fortified town of Carcassonne in southern France, famed for its city walls, ?Carcassonne? for Xbox LIVE Arcade starts with an empty landscape and a single square tile. Using strategic tactics and a little luck, one to five four players take turns selecting from 72 tiles displaying various features of a city including roads, the walls of a castle or fields. The medieval countryside thrives as players and their opponents place tiles and complete towns, roads, and farms while competing to accumulate the most points.

The rules of the game are easy with no elimination and fast gameplay ? perfect for just about anyone! Although simple, devoted players will find layers of strategy that will keep them coming back for more. Combining a fresh visual experience and the opportunity to always have a playing partner, ?Carcassonne? is the future for board game fanatics.

?Carcassonne? from Sierra Online is the Xbox LIVE Arcade edition of the hit multiplayer tile-based German board game of the same name, designed by Klaus-Jurgen. Shortly after its release in Germany in 2000, the board game won Spiel des Jahres in 2001, the European equivalent of a Game of the Year Award.

?Carcassonne? will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone.

Game Features

* Special AI settings to challenge any skill level
* Challenge your friends ? Up to five players can play over Xbox LIVE or up to four players can play on the same Xbox 360
* Interact with new and old friends alike over Xbox LIVE while you play ?Carcassonne? with the Xbox LIVE Vision camera
* Helpful step-by-step tutorial to teach you the game in minutes
* Skill-based matchmaking for ranked games
* The complete ?Carcassonne? includes 72 tiles and all rule sets
* ?Carcassonne? includes the ?Rivers II? expansion set - 12 additional tiles
* Earn up to 200 Gamerscore and 12 Achievements

 

[mugs]

I'll give it a look. XBLA is one of my favorite features of the 360 (game demos as well). I'm really disappointed in Nintendo's Virtual Console when compared to XBLA.

 

[Queasy]

The one thing I like about Carcassonne so far is that the games are supposed to be 10-20 minute affairs as opposed to Catan which can last twice as long.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: Queasy
The one thing I like about Carcassonne so far is that the games are supposed to be 10-20 minute affairs as opposed to Catan which can last twice as long.

I'd take that number with a large grain of salt, unless you set the turn timer to something very short. There are a lot of folks who tend to brain freeze when presented with a particularly interesting tile and situation.

 

[lupi]

Given the number of times I've actually played both the mentioned board games, I don't think I could ever play them again 😉