Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune 2009 is a tile-basedGerman-style board game developed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and distributed by Hans im Glück in German and Rio Grande Games in English. It is considered a game in the Carcassonne series, and is considered both as a standalone game as well as an expansion set to Carcassonne.
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Carcassonne: Das Schicksalsrad (English: Wheel of Fortune) is both a full replacement for the base game of Carcassonne and an expansion to the original base game. It includes 72 tiles, consisting of 63 tiles released in the original base game, 6 from Inns & Cathedrals, 1 from Traders & Builders and 2 from King & Scout. Carcassonne King and Scout is a small expansion. It contains 12 tiles consisting of 5 playable tiles for Carcassonne and Carcassonne The Wheel of Fortune, 2 tiles to keep track of the largest city and longest road, as well as 5 tiles for Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers. The tiles contain combinations that were not included in the main game. The 'King' and 'Baron' tiles keep track of who has. The Wheel of Fortune expansion isn’t necessarily an expansion, but more of an alternative starting point for your first game of Carcassonne. It’s actually a standalone game that has everything included in the base game and the Wheel of Fortune tile which will act as the new starting tile. Wheel of Fortune (71 tiles forming an alternate base game may wish to use in place of base game, if using, Big Pink Pig figure, Wheel of Fortune starting tile, original Carcassonne starting tile) The Tunnel (4 tiles, 2 Tunnel tokens in each of 6 colors) Bridges, Castles, &.
As Wheel of Fortune is a 'standalone expansion' of Carcassonne, Wheel of Fortune plays identically to Carcassonne. Wheel of Fortune includes all of the tiles, except the starting tile, present in Carcassonne, as well as the tiles from all expansions that do not involve any new mechanics (primarily from Carcassonne: Inns and Cathedrals, Carcassonne: Traders and Builders, and Carcassonne: King and Scout). However, certain tiles have additional markings significant to this expansion.
Carcassonne; Official Game Site Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune; Rulebook See official rulebook; Price (MSRP) $29.95.
The new feature of Wheel of Fortune is the namesake wheel, which takes the place of the starting tile. The wheel consists of a number of spaces, and players, in place of placing followers on the tile they just played, may place tiles on spaces along the rim of the wheel. Each space on the wheel may have one or two spaces on the rim. In addition, a pig-shaped marker begins on the wheel, and is moved whenever a tiles with certain markings are drawn. When these tiles are drawn, the marker is advanced clockwise along the wheel the number of spaces stated on the tile. The space on the wheel is resolved, and followers on the rim of the particular space are scored, before the tile is placed. Wheel effects include scoring by all players for certain types of followers (including unplayed followers), scoring by only the player on move, or the removal of a follower on the board (except on the wheel) by all players. Followers on the wheel score three points, except when there is only one follower on a wheel space that has two spaces on the rim, in which the follower scores six points. Followers on the wheel at the end of the game are not worth any points. Once scored, followers on the wheel are returned to their owners.
Wheel of Fortune is fully compatible with Carcassonne and its expansions - when combined with Carcassonne, only one set of player pieces (provided with both games) is used. Wheel of Fortune tiles are differentiated from Carcassonne tiles with a distinct logo on every tile, as with all other Carcassonne expansions.
Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune was also packaged and released as part of Carcassonne Big Box 5 in 2014. Also included in the set were the Carcassonne expansions Inns & Cathedrals, Traders & Bulders, Hills & Sheep, and The River.
External links[edit]
- Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune at Rio Grande Games
- Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune at BoardGameGeek