Carcassonne: Winter Edition (2012)

About this game

Carcassonne: Winter Edition brings snow to the familiar Carcassonne setting, with knights still patrolling the cities, farmers still trying to feed the nation, and highwaymen who even travel on roads behind the city walls. Carcassonne: Winter Edition, which plays the same as the Carcassonne base game, includes the same 72 tiles as Carcassonne in addition to twelve new basic tiles. The Z-Man English edition includes the Gingerbread Man Expansion for the first print run only. The new print run of Carcassonne: Winter Edition from Hans im Glück (2020, germany only) includes now the expansion The River, which is not separately available .

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 5.
• Rules load. At 1.8/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.