Carcassonne: Expansion 8 – Bridges, Castles and Bazaars

Description

--- Bridges, Castles & Bazaars, the eighth Carcassonne expansion, introduces bridges, castle tokens, and bazaars for enhanced strategic tile placement and scoring. Key mechanics include: - *Bridges* Allow roads to continue over field tiles, enabling incomplete roads to extend into fields while scored identically to standard roads. - *Castle tokens* Placed on 2-segment cities, providing opportunities to gain points from completing adjacent features. - *Bazaars* Special tiles enabling players to auction tiles for points through bidding. Bridges, Castles & Bazaars is the eighth expansion for the Carcassonne series, offering three new gameplay options. Bridges permit continuing a road across a field tile, allowing an incomplete road to technically enter a field segment, with bridges otherwise treated and scored like regular roads. Castle tokens are positioned on 2-segment cities, granting players a chance to earn rewards upon completing the next adjacent feature. Bazaars introduce a novel tile type that facilitates auctioning tiles among players in exchange for points, adding competitive bidding dynamics to tile placement. ---