Carcassonne

I saw this game named after a town in southern France on wikipedia and it made me think of the game Zombies!!! because it also has tile laying as the way of making the map. Except it this game, there is no zombie killing. It's more of a strategic tile placing and follower placement.

The game is two to five players and you're basically trying to lay down and control as much land as you can. There are 72 tiles in total, so the games would most likely last quite awhile. At the beginning of each player's turn, they draw a tile and place it on the board. Certain tile have to connect to each other so they keep extending, like roads have to connect to roads. After the player places their tile, they can place a follower that claims land for them. However, they can't place a follower on the same tile as another player's follower although it is possible for terrain to be shared if two terrains are connected with a follower on each one that got connected. During a turn, if something is completed then the points are added to the owner's score. So if there is a town that gets finished somehow then whoever owns that turn gets points right then. Once all the tiles are laid, then the incomplete tiles are also added to the score.

This game seems really confusing at first, but I think playing it once could get me used to it. There seems to be a lot of thinking in this game because you have to think of the best place to put your tiles and followers to get the most points. Of course a lot of thinking isn't necessarily a bad thing.