Level Up Your Carcassonne Game with These Pro Tips

Carcassonne is a family favorite, not just because it's a great way to introduce friends to the hobby, but also because it can be absolutely brutal if you want it to be. These are my three top winning strategies for cutthroat Carcassonne.

Warning: Don't play like this if you're using Carcassonne as a gateway game!

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[tourguidechuck]

A great bunch of tips! Especially when you are are playing with a sister-in-law who claims, "she always wins."

[Fatpie]

Best use of roads? Sabotaging castles!

[haunt_me]

I like the outdoor backdrop. Very pretty and calming.

[philcalvanelli]

Discovered lightning and now these Carcassonne tips. Amazing. Thank you Ben Franklin!

[aboutblank]

Instructions clear: I lost my family too and I've been exiled on a desert island.

[NoHandleToSpeakOf]

Duel of the base game is the most cutthroat. Expansions make blocking harder which is a crucial mechanic. Another tip is to count tiles to accurately judge yours and opponent's chances for every given situation. Count your scored and potential points too. Adjust your risk taking decisions based on point difference.

[ljseskoolarte]

Thank you, this is very helpful to a newbie! I’m tired of being bombarded when I try to build a castle.

[bellisperennissturdivant]

thanks for the tips, i introduced my friends to carcassone and havent won since!

[christopherlawnsby]

Used this in my games class today. Thank you!

[jasonfrance]

Perfect explanation of the strategy. The game is boring without playing with these tactics.

[boynamedcate]

Great tips! Just one correction: Cathedrals are NOT double-or-nothing for castles, only for roads! For castles it's actually 150%-or-nothing (so 3 points per tile instead of 2).

[harrisonrobbins]

Thanks for the disclaimer at the beginning about the difference between it being a gateway game and cut-throat game. I hate to say, that I am going to not watch this because it is a simple hobby for me, so thank you again :)

[drzitbag]

as a new carcassonne player I really appreciate your video. Time to get my wife mad!

[yodamonkey]

UNDERRATED!!!

This is quality content at its finest!

You have gotten a subscriber because of the help this has given me because I have been getting stomped when my family plays it until now. Lots of help!

[KitJohnson]

Great video. Good ideas, well presented.

[Fatpie]

I actually find the sides of castles are better for introducing new farmers (particularly if you are adding the piece to a small castle you already claimed).

[MrGoandrush]

this is the reason I like tower expansion and princess & dragon. They remove meeples what is in "my" castle, or I can remove my own meeple what stuck there.

also you forgot to mention, after many games you will remember which type or tiles limited or not exist, so you can screw up other players easier if you see all those types already used in the game, or those tiles just not exist.
"knowing the tiles" is not nice to use against beginners as they have no idea what kind of tiles they can expect to draw.

I like to use all expansion tiles even if we not play their rules, so beginners get same chance to draw any kind tiles, and nobody use the tile counting tactic.

[Rose-the-witch]

Thank you for the great tips! Do you have any tips or video on calculating the farmers? I can never calculate them right when i play online…

[hinaka]

I play Carcassonne on BGA but I always feel I don't make the most of my farms... All tips welcome.

[please.stop.coping]

I'm getting rekt at BGA, that's why i came here. Hahaha.