Q 01/05

Who designed Carcassonne?

A) Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

B) Klaus Teuber

C) Reiner Knizia

D) Wolfgang Kramer

Answer · why

A) Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, then a Cologne music and religion teacher, rated another of his prototypes more highly and was surprised that this one was accepte...

Q 02/05

Which German publisher first released Carcassonne?

A) Ravensburger

B) Hans im Glück

C) Schmidt Spiele

D) Pegasus Spiele

Answer · why

B) Hans im Glück

Hans im Glück's co-founder Bernd Brunnhofer designed the game's little wooden follower himself, the figure that players soon nicknamed the meeple.

Q 03/05

Who first published Carcassonne in English?

A) Mayfair Games

B) Rio Grande Games

C) Z-Man Games

D) Fantasy Flight

Answer · why

B) Rio Grande Games

Rio Grande Games kept the original farmer scoring in its English rulebooks for years after the German rules had changed, before the licence passed to ...

Q 04/05

Which two major awards did Carcassonne win in 2001?

A) Kinderspiel des Jahres and Essen Feather

B) Kennerspiel des Jahres and As d'Or

C) Golden Geek and Origins Award

D) Spiel des Jahres and Deutscher Spiele Preis

Answer · why

D) Spiel des Jahres and Deutscher Spiele Preis

Spiel des Jahres and Deutscher Spiele Preis are decided differently, the first by a critics' jury and the second by a wide poll of players, shops and ...

Q 05/05

Carcassonne takes its name from a fortified town in which country?

A) Spain

B) Italy

C) Germany

D) France

Answer · why

D) France

France nearly lost the real Carcassonne: its abandoned walls were being quarried for stone and were due to come down before a 19th-century campaign wo...