Hey, First name / friend. Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If you have little ones, this month is designed just for you! I'll be doing a sort of crossover event. Carcassonne is one of our favorite games and our kids love it as well. There's a kid's version that my 5-year-old loves and my 3-year-old is starting to follow, too. If you don't have little kids, you can scroll down to the next block.
In the kid's version, My First Carcassonne, you draw a tile and place it adjacent to any tile on the board. All tiles have a road connection on each side, so you can't place it incorrectly. It's played with 2-4 players. You each choose a color. When a road is completed and you have a person on it, you place your meeple on top of it. Below are a couple of examples where you can see completed roads and incomplete roads with people walking on them. Once you've used all of your meeples, you win!
This one is great for teaching young kids strategy. We talk about where his people are and how to close a road. He often ends up winning, even though I'm trying to close my roads. Highly recommend if your kids are 4-8 years old.
