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Carcassonne Big Box 2025
Kenji's table ruling: Base plus two major and nine mini expansions.
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Carcassonne is a tile-laying game about completing cities, roads, monasteries, and fields while deciding when a meeple is worth committing. Puzzlewick separates the elegant base game from the Big Box, explains the two enduring major expansions, and gives hosts a module-by-module teaching order.
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The featured choice
Kenji's table ruling: Base plus two major and nine mini expansions.
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Kenji · The Sensei · on counter duty
Tile-laying clarity: base rules first, Inns & Cathedrals second, Traders & Builders third, and the Big Box only when the modules will be taught deliberately.
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Kenji's table ruling: Base plus two major and nine mini expansions.
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Kenji's table ruling: Best first major expansion.
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Kenji's table ruling: Best second expansion for repeat groups.
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