Description Includes the mini expansions The River and The Abbot. Carcassonne is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The tile might feature a city, a road, a cloister, grassland or some combination thereof, and it must be placed adjacent to tiles that have already been played, in such a way that cities are connected to cities, roads to roads. Having placed a tile, the player can then decide to place one of their meeples on one of the areas on it: on the city as a knight, on the road as a robber, on a cloister as a monk, or on the grass as a farmer. When that area is complete, that meeple scores points for its owner.Carcassonne is the perfect introduction to the modern world of board games. With its simple rules (place a tile, place a meeple, score points), beautifully illustrated tiles, and iconic components, this modern classic should be part of everyone's collection. 2-5 Players Ages 7+ 35 Minutes Playtime Details Contents: 72 Land tiles 12 River tiles 1 Score board 40 Meeples in 5 colors 5 Abbots in 5 colors 1 Rule book 1 Supplementary sheet Game Design: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Artists: Anne Pätzke, Chris Quilliams UPC: 681706781006 Dimensions: 7.5" x 10.8" x 2.7" Weight: 1.7 lbs Publisher: Z-Man Games