Board game "Children of Carcassonne": rules of the game, reviews

Among the modern table games for children, the "Carcassonne Kids" strategy from Hobby World takes a prominent place. This is a children's version of the world-famous strategic and economic game "Carcassonne", extremely simplistic, but it's not boring at all. Fascinating and beautifully designed, it is able to brighten up children's and family leisure, bringing a lot of fun to the players. In this game, the hilarious unpretentious plot is perfectly combined with simple, extremely clear rules. In this version of the famous game with pleasure children play in different countries of the world.

Genre of the game

In the genre "Children of Carcassonne" - this is a strategy. To play and win, simple luck is not enough. This is a leisurely, but dynamic game that requires players to think through actions. Children have to carefully think through their moves and calculate the further actions of rivals, make informed decisions that will lead to victory.

Plot

What is the game about? The plot is quite simple and even funny. Every year in France on July 14 celebrate the holiday. And Carcassonne, one of the localities of the country, is no exception. Here, on this day, not only children have fun and frolic. In domestic animals and birds, too, a kind of "holiday". Cows, chickens, cats, pigs, sheep are allowed to fall into the wild, and the animals are running briskly in different directions. Thus, the children have fun - running around the city and its environs, to find and drive to their homes all living creatures.

For what age is it suitable?

The creators of the game indicate that "Children Carcassonne "is a board game designed for children aged 4 and older, in fact it is not only children's, but family entertainment, which every evening will make interesting.

Four-year-olds play the game with a simple plot, bright design, the ability to show logical abilities. According to the parents, this entertainment is designed for children of about 8 years old, although everything depends on the individual interests of the child.

Due to the simplicity of rules, children can play this game on their own, without the participation of parents or other adults. In children's preschool and junior school children's games can become an exciting and useful entertainment.

Equipment

In the box with the game are:

• 36 cards of plots of land, which together constitute the playing field;
• 32 figures of little men (only 4 colors - red, green, yellow and blue, 8 pieces each);
• Detailed rules of the game.

The quality of the game elements is very high. All of them are made of safe and environmentally friendly materials. Bright and colorful squares with land are made of solid strong cardboard, and figurines - made of wood. High resistance to wear and tear is one of the many advantages of the game.

rules

The rules are very simple, even for four-year-olds there will be no difficulties with their understanding. In the game "Children of Carcassonne" Take part from 2 to 4 players. To each are given figures of little men of the same color. When the participants are less than four, the figures of "extra" colors in the game do not participate, they are put aside.

Each card depicts a section of Carcassonne lands with paths that pass through the card either directly or abut the object (building, river, well). Painted and children dressed in different colors, running along the paths. Absolutely all the cards fit together. Before the game starts, cards that are turned upside down are mixed. From the general stack, players take them in turn and place them on the table or on the floor with pictures up.

The goal of the game is to put your pieces on the playing field faster than other players. The one who managed to do this is declared the winner. If the cards are over, and nobody has been able to arrange all of their figures, the one who put the most of them wins.

So, in the strategy "Children of Carcassonne" the rules of the game are as follows:

1. The first player selects a card from the stack and places it in the center.
2. The rest of the players do the same in a certain order (for example, clockwise). Thus, gradually a map of the terrain with tracks, fields, reservoirs, buildings is built.
3. Spread the card in such a way that it, at least one of the sides touched the card (cards) that were laid out earlier.
4. If the track, the parts of which are depicted on the cards, is closed (by the type of a circle, a loop or rests with both ends in an object), then the players whose little men are depicted on this path display their figurines from above.
5. To get closer to victory, you need to try to build closed paths with the men of their color, and, at the same time, prevent that the same rivals do.

On average, each batch lasts from 15 minutes to half an hour. The game does not have time to get bored. On the contrary, having hardly finished the game, children will probably want to repeat the game again and again.

Reviews

What interests all parents who are planning to buy a child game "Children of Carcassonne"? Reviews of those who happened to try it in action. In the general opinion of the parents, the game clearly deserves the right to take an honorable place in the home igraytek. Everything is good in it: fascinating plot, colorful design and sound execution. The game is moderately ambitious, requires a certain mental activity, and for many children it becomes one of the favorites.

Definitely, "Children of Carcassonne" - an educational game. It does not require a high reaction rate, but it is necessary to reflect, calculate your moves and the actions of opponents. Thanks to it, players develop such qualities as attentiveness, assiduity, logical, strategic and spatial thinking, imagination and calculating.

Having mastered the rules and cunnings, having learned to think through their own tactics and guess the enemy's intentions, children can successfully play in more complex and exciting strategic and tactical games.

Does the child ask for a new interesting board game? Need a good birthday gift for friends or relatives? Do you want to replenish the home igreteku with something exciting or to get useful fun in kindergarten? In all these cases, the game "Children of Carcassonne" - a good choice, which you will not have to regret. It will present bright emotions and new impressions to the participants.