Carcassonne : the Discovery

Theme : Carcassonne the Discovery has the inhabitants of Carcassonne having discovered a new region far away from their homeland - one that consists of meadows, mountains and seas. Now the inhabitants are out to explore this new region. Carcassonne the Discovery has simplified the rules but not the strategy of the original Carcassonne game, adding new mountain passes and land tiles to the game.

This is a stand-alone game and not an expansion of Carcassonne

Gameplay : In Carcassonne the Discovery tiles may only be placed so that identical landscape types match up. A follower, of which a player has only 4 to use, may only be placed when no other follower has been placed there yet. When the follower is removed, however, then the size of the region in which the follower is located brings points - regardless of whether the region has been closed off or not, although closed off regions score considerably more points. There's also an additional rule that lets mountainous regions increase in value, even if they've already been completed.