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- BGG #1,593
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- 7.5
Carcassonne: Winter Edition
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Rules assistance for Carcassonne: The Flying Machines
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 8+
- Complexity 1.7/5
Rules assistant for Carcassonne: The Flying Machines
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Carcassonne: The Flying Machines is an expansion for Carcassonne released in 2012 for 2–6 players and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Area Majority / Influence, and Tile Placement.
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About the game
In Carcassonne: The Flying Machines, a small expansion for Carcassonne, eight landscape tiles showing a pair of wings are mixed with the other tiles to be used in the game. Whenever a player draws one of these tiles, he places it according to the normal rules. He then has the option of placing a follower on this tile as normal or of attempting to fly a new follower to a nearby tile. This meeple will travel in the direction determined by the wings' orientation; the distance (1-3 tiles) is determined by a die roll. If a tile exists in this location, he can place the meeple on any unfinished, non-field location, whether that feature is occupied or not; if no tile exists in this location or all the non-field features are complete, then the player places no meeple this turn. Crash! Part of the Carcassonne series.
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Publishers
- Devir
- Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
- Giochi Uniti
- 999 Games
- MINDOK
- Rio Grande Games
- Lautapelit.fi
- Filosofia Éditions
- Z-Man Games
- Hans im Glück
Questions and answers
Carcassonne: The Flying Machines supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Carcassonne: The Flying Machines for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Carcassonne: The Flying Machines has a complexity rating of 1.7 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Carcassonne: The Flying Machines belongs to these categories: Territory Building, Medieval, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Area Majority / Influence, and Tile Placement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Carcassonne: The Flying Machines are: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Carcassonne: The Flying Machines as an expansion for Carcassonne. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Carcassonne to use it. Check that your edition of Carcassonne is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.