Carcassonne: Gold Rush

Carcassonne: Gold Rush is the second title in the “Carcassonne: Around the World” series of tile-laying games, with each game being based on the original Carcassonne design in which players slowly create a world by placing tiles on the playing area and scoring for various features in the landscape they create.

In Carcassonne: Gold Rush, players return to the 19th century in the United States when cowboys drove cattle, trappers traded with Native Americans, the first railway routes appeared, and explorers ?? that is, the players ?? sent their henchmen to gold mines to laboriously search for gold nuggets. Depending on where you place your tent, you might be able to snatch a nugget from another explorer ?? but sometimes you’ll be left holding fool’s gold while someone else uncovers a rich gold find…