How to play Carcassonne - pt 1 of 2 - base set

This video is intended to teach the table top game Carcassonne to someone brand new to the game.

Both parts combined total about 27 minutes of video. It doesn't really take that long to teach someone the game! It is the nature of video instruction to include repetition, answer imagined questions, and try to look at various contingencies. The game is very simple, and new players pick it up (and enjoy it) very quickly.

This is not a review of the game, nor is it a strategy guide. It is meant to be a video version of the printed instructions.

I only cover the original/base/vanilla set here. There are a variety of expansions to the game that are not mentioned--maybe a future upload...?

Link to part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYsA6rIjjw

Carcassonne at:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)

Publisher Rio Grande Games (w/link to pdf of instructions):
http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=48

BoardGameGeek.com:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-4098395-Carcassonne/dp/B00005UNAX/

Official Carcassonne for iPhone:
http://carcassonneapp.com/

Category:

Gaming

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• carcassonne
• board
• game
• table
• top
• rio
• grande
• games
• tutorial
• instructions

[noHyable]

Best Carcassonne guide ever! I had tried to start playing Carcassonne three times on my iPad last year until I found that tutorial. I understood the idea using the built-in tutorial, but just could not figure "the big picture", why the game was such a fun to play. Then I watched both parts of this review, played a couple of times and realized how great Carcassonne is. Now I am a big fan :) Thanks a lot, I wish there were more people like you making really excellent video tutorials.

[mmillss]

@noHyable Glad it helped win you over to this cool game!

[romevi]

Best instructional video I've found on this game. I just got the Big Box 3, but never actually played the game before. I purchased it because of all the hype, but when I tried to teach myself, I was a little intimidated (I'm a slow learner).

With your review, however, I was able to play a game, understand everything, and now I can't wait to play again!

Thanks!

[mmillss]

@romevi Glad to hear it! I find that other people take to it quickly and enjoy it too. Teaching it to others can be just as fun as playing.

[KillCloud9]

GREAT TUTORIAL!!

[PatriotsComing]

Spectacular job, and thanks so much.

[liebowij]

Excellent tutorial!

[TheSeeker18161]

GREAT great great great work man. I have only been through 10 mins of this video and I have decided to order the game from amazon. I am usualy so bad at reading game tutorial but this video makes it soooo easy. you should be a teacher. every aspect about your video is perfect to simply make me understand carcassone

[SGAK]

Very very good tutorial!

[theedwardcunningham]

great tutorial indeed

[Betha783]

I thought this was a german game O.O

[kjell1979]

Whenever I play Carcassonne with someone new, I just have them watch this video. Neither the instructions or my own explanation can illustrate the game better than you in as short a period of time. My only wish is that you could combine the two parts into one.

[Mercury2wo]

What a beautifully done and patiently explained tutorial! Thank you so much!

I have been fascinated by this game after hearing about the iPad version if the game, but wasn't sure if I would understand it.

This is a great video! Thanks!!