Name: Carcassonne: Expansion 4 – The Tower
SKU: 9929
Price: 18.00 EUR
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4 out of 10
awiesendanger
Adds interesting twist, option to play a tower in order to capture a meeple, but we find we don't usually add this one when we're playing. It does make deciding where to place tiles more important, you don't want someone to capture your meeple.
6 out of 10
anttighost
If you thought the previous add on the Dragon and the princess was harsh, think again. This is as harsh as it can get playing Carcassonne. There is not a single safe spot on the game board where somebody wouldn't try to capture your followers into a tower. This add on could work best with the Count add on if asked me.
3 out of 10
addisweeps
Buy for the stacking tower shortage but ditch the actual gameplay- removing and holding opponents pieces captive goes against every aspect of the game

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The Tower is the fourth major expansion for the Carcassonne game. Tower segments are added to the game, as well as some new actions. Instead of placing a Meeple as usual on their turns, players can now either place a tower segment on a tile with a space for a tower, add a tower segment to a tower already standing, or place a Meeple on top of a tower (which "finishes" it).

Placing a tower segment allows you to capture other players’ Meeples, so long as they are in view of the tower in an orthogonal direction. If the tower is 1 piece high, they can capture Meeples that are within 1 tile of the tower; if the tower is 2 pieces high, they can capture Meeples within 2 tiles of the tower; etc. Not only do players lose whatever they may have scored with that Meeple, but they also have to pay 3 victory points if they want to free their Meeple.

Part of the Carcassonne series.

Ages	8+
Players	2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time	60m – 60m
Designer	Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Mechanics	Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement
Theme	City Building, Expansion for Base-game, Territory Building, Medieval
Publisher	999 Games, Bard Centrum Gier, Bergsala Enigma, cutia.ro, Devir, Enigma, Filosofia Éditions, Hans im Glück, Lautapelit.fi, MINDOK, Piatnik, Rio Grande Games, Schmidt Spiele, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Venice Connection, Z-Man Games, Inc., Albi, Fantasmagoria, Giochi Uniti, Hobby World