Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
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Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune 2009 is a tile-based
German-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.
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.
Tile-based game
A tile-based game is a game that uses tiles as one of the fundamental elements of play. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for gambling or entertainment games...
German-style board game
German-style board game
German-style board games, frequently referred to in gaming circles as Euro Games or Euro-style, are a broad class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction and abstract physical components...
developed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede is a German board game creator, the creator of the best-selling Carcassonne and Downfall of Pompeii....
and distributed by Hans im Glück
Hans im Glück
Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH is a German board and card game publisher. Though many of their own games are language-independent they themselves publish only printings for the domestic market which include only German-language rules; English-language printings of their games have been published...
in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Rio Grande Games
Rio Grande Games
Rio Grande Games is a board game publisher based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The company primarily imports and localizes foreign language German-style board games.-History:...
in English. It is considered a game in the Carcassonne
Carcassonne (board game)
Carcassonne is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and Rio Grande Games in English....
series, and is considered both as a standalone game as well as an expansion set to Carcassonne.
Gameplay
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.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.
External links
- Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune at Rio Grande GamesRio Grande GamesRio Grande Games is a board game publisher based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The company primarily imports and localizes foreign language German-style board games.-History:...