Carcassonne is a classic and highly accessible tile-placement game where players collectively build a medieval landscape, strategically claiming features to score points. Each turn, a player draws and places a new land tile (depicting roads, cities, monasteries, or fields) adjacent to existing ones, expanding the shared map. After placing a tile, the player can choose to deploy one of their “meeples” (wooden followers) onto a feature on that newly placed tile, claiming it as their own. Points are scored when a feature (like a road or city) is completed, with meeples returning to the player for future turns, leading to a delightful balance of tactical tile placement, opportunistic meeple deployment, and a growing, vibrant landscape that constantly shifts the opportunities for scoring.