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Amazon.com Search | |  | Strategy Games | Home » » Carcassonne: Catapult | | | | | | | Description: | | Its fair time in Carcassonne. A traveling salesman arrives and brings his newest invention: a wonderous catapult!
His demonstrations amaze the crowds and inspire the creative to find many uses for this new contraption. Of course, not every planned use is well thought out or successful... | | | Features: | |
• This is an expansion that requires Carcassonne to play
• Adds depth and complexity
• Fun addition to the Carcassonne family of games
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.79 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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55 of 56 found the following review helpful:
 The Fair Comes to Town and Disappoints EveryoneDec 21, 2008
By M. DiGioia
I've played with all of the various large and small expansions for Carcassonne and The Catapult is far and away my least favorite.
The premise is that a fair has come to the town of Carcassonne and with it some exciting games of skill and chance. The set comes with about a dozen new tiles, four types of catapult tiles and the catapult itself.
The playing rules are fairly straightforward. Whenever a fair piece comes out, it's time to use the catapult to launch one of the four catapult tiles into the board. Each tile has a different effect.
Knock out: Removes from play any playing piece it touches, including those of the firing player.
Seduction: Offers the firing player the opportunity to replace the closest opposing piece with one of their own.
Target: Five points for whoever can get the piece closest to the fair tile that was just placed.
Catch: Various point awards when an opposing player can/cannot catch a piece catapulted in their direction.
The whole thing plays a little gimmicky and really wasn't that much fun. The catapult is too big and will generally only shoot the pieces straight up in the air making any kind targeting effort practically worthless. It seemed to us that the game designers were out of expansion ideas when they came up with this one.
There are a number of very worthwhile expansions to Carcassonne but this is not one of them. If you absolutely must have every expansion, go ahead and pick The Catapult up. Maybe you'll enjoy it. The art on the new tiles is really nice and since we can't return the set we'll probably continue to use them and come up with some expansion rules (sans catapult) on our own.
But generally speaking, I'd suggest you save your money and skip Carcassonne: The Catapult.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Not So BadJan 03, 2010
By Kevin Buckner
"Fornaxx"
The Catapult does certainly prevent a challenge in its use. To simplify production, the company glued pieces of wood together, relying on the natural springy nature of the wood to fling the pieces, rather than devising a counterweight projectile system, which ultimately would have made targeting easier. My friends, family, and I all enjoy using the catapult as a means of some silly fun. We really get into the game and sometimes get a little bitter toward each other when someone has done a particularly nasty move. The catapult is like the comic relief of the game. We have played around with it and figured that the best way to keep the pieces from being thrown straight up in the air is to only pull down a little on the catapult before releasing. We have actually gotten pretty good at aiming the thing. Is it the best expansion for the game? no, but it is fun, and I think it's worth it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 DissapointedMay 18, 2011
By took2long
I love the game of Carcassonne and have enjoyed almost all of the expansions, and the idea of this one was intriguing. The problem was in its hardware. Simply put, the catapult is a piece of junk. It simply shoots the pieces straight up in the air and can't be aimed. Also, the way that the rules are setup is also very disruptive of the flow of the game. With a dozen other expansions out there this is definitely one you should pass over.
4 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 We Enjoy This ExpansionDec 18, 2009
By K. Row
"Bibliophile"
I agree with the previous reviewer in every way except the enjoyability bit. Our eight-year-old twins absolutely delight in trying to shoot me or their father off a farm or out of a city, and they compete to see who gets to be the one to try to catch a token when that option is chosen. Even we adults dig on it when we're playing without the kids. Perhaps we're a little too easily amused, I dunno, but my recommendation is to go ahead and get this expansion.
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