{"product_id":"carcassonne-the-castle","title":"Carcassonne: The Castle","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"link132\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/reiner-knizia\"\u003eReiner Knizia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"link20989\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/klaus-jurgen-wrede\"\u003eKlaus-Jürgen Wrede\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/rio-grande-games\"\u003eRio Grande Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e30 \u003c\/span\u003emins\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e8 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2389194\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/12963\/2004-international-gamers-award-general-strategy-t\"\u003e2004 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"link1728085\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/8656\/2004-spiel-des-jahres-recommended\"\u003e2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommended\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e7717\/carcassonne-castle\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/2176\/carcassonne-castle\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarcassonne: the Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e takes place in the city of Carcassone itself. The theme is development of the city within the \"castle walls\", which might be more appropriately called the city walls, but \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/12902\/carcassonne-city\"\u003eCarcassonne: The City\u003c\/a\u003e was apparently already in development.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not an expansion, but a stand-alone tile-placement game with the Carcassonne mechanics adapted specially for two players. The goal is to lead the race around the castle wall, which is also the scoring track for the game. There are bonus items on the wall for the first player to reach that point.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePlay is very similar to \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/822\/carcassonne\"\u003eCarcassonne\u003c\/a\u003e but all the tiles must be played within the walls, which often constrains the choices. The followers used for scoring are heralds (on paths), knights (on towers), squires (on houses) and merchants (on courtyards which are more valuable if they have a market). And, the player with the largest \"keep\" (largest house completed during the game) scores points for the largest contiguous undeveloped area (unplayed tile spaces) at the end of the game. The bonus tiles collected from the walls add twists to the scoring, such as doubling one of a particular scoring structure or scoring one uncompleted structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rio Grande Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":965198457,"sku":"965198457","price":18.24,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Carcassonne_The_Castle.jpg?v=1578608963","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/carcassonne-the-castle","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}