--- product_id: 47881189 title: "Z-Man Games | Carcassonne Board Game - Build Your Medival Landscape in this Modern Masterpiece | Simple to Learn, Deep Strategy & Endless Replayability | 2–5 Players, Ages 7+, 45 MinutesPlaytime" brand: "z-man games" price: "¥13517" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Z Man Games" url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47881189-z-man-games-carcassonne-board-game-build-your-medival-landscape store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # 45 min average playtime, perfect for quick strategy sessions 2-5 players, ideal for social game nights 84 versatile tiles for endless layouts Z-Man Games | Carcassonne Board Game - Build Your Medival Landscape in this Modern Masterpiece | Simple to Learn, Deep Strategy & Endless Replayability | 2–5 Players, Ages 7+, 45 MinutesPlaytime **Brand:** z-man games **Price:** ¥13517 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🏰 Build your empire, claim your victory — don’t get left behind! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Z-Man Games | Carcassonne Board Game - Build Your Medival Landscape in this Modern Masterpiece | Simple to Learn, Deep Strategy & Endless Replayability | 2–5 Players, Ages 7+, 45 MinutesPlaytime by z-man games - **How much does it cost?** ¥13517 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47881189-z-man-games-carcassonne-board-game-build-your-medival-landscape) ## Best For - z-man games enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted z-man games brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Expand Your Kingdom:** Unlock new adventures with expansions that add fresh rules and features for endless replayability. - • **Fast-Paced Yet Deep:** Enjoy a 45-minute game that balances quick setup with rich strategic depth. - • **Versatile Meeple Roles:** Deploy knights, monks, farmers, or thieves to maximize your scoring potential. - • **Dynamic Tile-Laying Gameplay:** Each turn reshapes the board with 84 unique tiles, ensuring no two games are alike. - • **Master the Medieval Landscape:** Strategically place tiles to build cities, roads, and fields that outsmart your opponents. ## Overview Carcassonne by Z-Man Games is a modern classic tile-placement strategy game for 2-5 players aged 7 and up. Featuring 84 tiles and multiple meeple roles, it offers deep strategic gameplay in about 45 minutes. With simple rules and infinite board configurations, it’s perfect for both casual and veteran gamers seeking endless replayability and social competition. ## Description From the manufacturer Inspired by the medieval fortress city of the same name, Carcassonne is a modern classic tile-laying game with easy-to-learn rules and endless strategy. Players take turns drawing and placing tiles to lay out the landscape of Carcassonne, placing meeples on the map as the medieval countryside grows. Score points throughout the game by claiming and completing various features, including roads, cities, fields, and monasteries. Place your tiles and meeples in clever ways to outscore your opponents. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! The latest edition of Carcassonne includes 84 tiles that can be configured into countless combinations, including tiles from the original base game and The River and The Abbot expansions. With endless configurations of tiles, Carcassonne is infinitely replayable. Players can also add expansions with additional rules, new features, and different tiles to customize each game! Review: A simple & enjoyable game, even played semi-co-op. - I was introduced to this game a couple of years ago during a rare family reunion where my niece’s family played it fast & furiously competitively. As a newbie it didn’t take me too long to grasp the fundamentals and it was fun, although I had no chance against the cut-throat family. Returning home to the peace & tranquillity of Central France and my lovely wife, we decided to get the base game (which included the river expansion) and after a few play-throughs decided to get the ‘Inns and Cathedrals’ and the ‘Builders and Traders’ expansions to give it a bit more depth and extend the playing time. My wife and I usually play co-operative two-player games, of which we have a fair collection, and beyond the perennial good-natured cribbage tournament we do not compete. We play for the pleasure of playing and totting up the scores at the end is as competitive as it gets; none of the cut-throat muscling-in or sabotage of other players’ cities & roads, just amicable gameplay. We don’t bother with the farming thing as that is just another point-scoring device and adds nothing to our semi-co-op gameplay style. It may not be true to the intended spirit of the game, but it works for us. The rules are simple and easy to learn, the tiles are very well printed and surprisingly robust – after many plays there is no sign of wear and the cloth bag provided with the Inns and Cathedrals expansion (I think) keeps the game table tidy. The tiles provided with the expansion blend seamlessly with those of the base game. Being simple & quick to learn, it is a good introduction to board gaming for kids although with my niece’s boys it tended to get a bit boisterous and they tried to cheat all the time. It was very nice to see a family playing together rather than being glued to various devices. Like ‘Forbidden Island’ we often play Carcassone as a bit of light relief from our more complex grown-up two-player co-op games, but if we play it too much it can be a bit ‘samey’. The fully co-op ‘Mists over Carcassonne’ game has been ordered and some friends are bringing it over from the UK later in the month (since Brexit, delivery charges to France are crazy) and we’re greatly looking forward to its arrival. The inevitable review will follow after a few play-throughs. Rulebook: 10/10 Complexity: 2/10 Component quality: 10/10 Replayability: 8/10 Gameplay pace: 10/10 Review: A great modern classic! - An extremely easy game to pick up and learn the rules for. It's also very easy and quick to teach to other players. The game is simply to take a tile, place it down in a position where the artwork aligns, and place a meeple if you want to, provided you can. You can't place a meeple into a feature already occupied, but you can sneak more meeples into a feature but merging two existing incomplete features together - a fun bit of strategy that allows you to share or steal points from your opponent! The game stops when there are simply no more tiles to draw from, so it has a natural finishing point, and at that point, any remaining scoring is done. The game quality of the tiles feels really nice; however, a few of mine are misprinted, so the paths don't quite line up, unfortunately, but it's still clear which features are supposed to line up. There's many expansions for Carcassonne, and I will considering picking some up! Would recommend! ## Features - Warning:Not suitable for children under 36 months ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Brand | Z-Man Games | | Genre | Strategy | | Material | Cardstock | | Number of players | 5 | | Product dimensions | 27.3L x 19.1W centimetres | | Theme | Architecture | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Z-Man Games - **Genre:** Strategy - **Material:** Cardstock - **Number of players:** 5 - **Theme:** Architecture ## Images ![Z-Man Games | Carcassonne Board Game - Build Your Medival Landscape in this Modern Masterpiece | Simple to Learn, Deep Strategy & Endless Replayability | 2–5 Players, Ages 7+, 45 MinutesPlaytime - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Te8WpEJ8L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Pattern, Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A simple & enjoyable game, even played semi-co-op. *by W***E on 11 January 2025* I was introduced to this game a couple of years ago during a rare family reunion where my niece’s family played it fast & furiously competitively. As a newbie it didn’t take me too long to grasp the fundamentals and it was fun, although I had no chance against the cut-throat family. Returning home to the peace & tranquillity of Central France and my lovely wife, we decided to get the base game (which included the river expansion) and after a few play-throughs decided to get the ‘Inns and Cathedrals’ and the ‘Builders and Traders’ expansions to give it a bit more depth and extend the playing time. My wife and I usually play co-operative two-player games, of which we have a fair collection, and beyond the perennial good-natured cribbage tournament we do not compete. We play for the pleasure of playing and totting up the scores at the end is as competitive as it gets; none of the cut-throat muscling-in or sabotage of other players’ cities & roads, just amicable gameplay. We don’t bother with the farming thing as that is just another point-scoring device and adds nothing to our semi-co-op gameplay style. It may not be true to the intended spirit of the game, but it works for us. The rules are simple and easy to learn, the tiles are very well printed and surprisingly robust – after many plays there is no sign of wear and the cloth bag provided with the Inns and Cathedrals expansion (I think) keeps the game table tidy. The tiles provided with the expansion blend seamlessly with those of the base game. Being simple & quick to learn, it is a good introduction to board gaming for kids although with my niece’s boys it tended to get a bit boisterous and they tried to cheat all the time. It was very nice to see a family playing together rather than being glued to various devices. Like ‘Forbidden Island’ we often play Carcassone as a bit of light relief from our more complex grown-up two-player co-op games, but if we play it too much it can be a bit ‘samey’. The fully co-op ‘Mists over Carcassonne’ game has been ordered and some friends are bringing it over from the UK later in the month (since Brexit, delivery charges to France are crazy) and we’re greatly looking forward to its arrival. The inevitable review will follow after a few play-throughs. Rulebook: 10/10 Complexity: 2/10 Component quality: 10/10 Replayability: 8/10 Gameplay pace: 10/10 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great modern classic! *by A***N on 4 August 2025* An extremely easy game to pick up and learn the rules for. It's also very easy and quick to teach to other players. The game is simply to take a tile, place it down in a position where the artwork aligns, and place a meeple if you want to, provided you can. You can't place a meeple into a feature already occupied, but you can sneak more meeples into a feature but merging two existing incomplete features together - a fun bit of strategy that allows you to share or steal points from your opponent! The game stops when there are simply no more tiles to draw from, so it has a natural finishing point, and at that point, any remaining scoring is done. The game quality of the tiles feels really nice; however, a few of mine are misprinted, so the paths don't quite line up, unfortunately, but it's still clear which features are supposed to line up. There's many expansions for Carcassonne, and I will considering picking some up! Would recommend! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent board game, a modern classic tile laying game *by K***L on 8 July 2025* Having got back into board games this year, years after last being into them when our son was young, we've been buying some of the classics that have come about since then. This one is popular and routinely highly recommended. It's a game based around laying tiles to build a continuous connecting landscape and playing your "meeple" playing pieces to claim terrain features and score points. This comes in a nicely designed box with very solid components, made of of cardboard tiles and wooden "meeple" and feels like real quality. It feels like very good value for money. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, with good examples to get you started. We found ourselves getting out heads around it very quickly. It's a very enjoyable game, engaging yet very relaxing. The design is clever, simple yet with a decent amount of complexity within. This has become one of our most popular games, played between myself and my wife and with friends. We love it, this is one I'd recommend to anybody looking to collect modern classic board games. ## Frequently Bought Together - Carcassonne Board Game (BASE GAME) - Classic Tile-Laying Strategy for All Ages, Medieval Adventure Game for Kids and Adults, Ages 7+, 2-5 Players, 35 Minute Playtime, Made by Z-Man Games - Ticket to Ride Board Game - A Cross-Country Train Adventure for Friends and Family! 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