Carcassonne: The Dice Game (2011)

About this game

They said it couldn't be done – oh, wait, no one ever said that. In fact, gamers have been predicting the release of this title for at least five years, and now is the time. As part of the tenth anniversary celebrations for the Spiel des Jahres-winning Carcassonne, publisher Hans im Glück and designers Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and Olivier Lamontagne are releasing Carcassonne: The Dice Game, a quick-playing dice game that will allow players to build cities faster than ever before. The game includes nine special dice, a pencil and a block of scoresheets packaged inside a meeple-shaped metal container.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 5.
• Rules load. At 1.1/5 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.