Quote from: loki on June 05, 2015, 09:38:06 AMQuote from: danisthirty on June 05, 2015, 08:45:52 AM I think there could be a lot of enjoyment to be had by more casual gamers just by being exposed to some of the more commonly available expansions commonly available expansions sadly these days when you check out the stock in the local stores and online with z-man games, that is a bit of an oxymoronMaybe you've already seen it, maybe you haven't, but having cobbled this together (with help from others) over the course of the day I've been pleasantly surprised to see how much is readily available, and mostly at quite reasonable prices too.
Quote from: danisthirty on June 05, 2015, 08:45:52 AM I think there could be a lot of enjoyment to be had by more casual gamers just by being exposed to some of the more commonly available expansions commonly available expansions sadly these days when you check out the stock in the local stores and online with z-man games, that is a bit of an oxymoron
I think there could be a lot of enjoyment to be had by more casual gamers just by being exposed to some of the more commonly available expansions
Thanks for your comments asparagus, and welcome back to the forums after your break. Re: the “Mega Carcassonne” event you’d like to hold, I think there are a few fairly significant differences between this and the sort of event that I now have in mind (which has changed somewhat from the original posting due to subsequent thoughts and discussions). Obviously I can’t speak for how you’d envisioned your event being run, but despite a somewhat misleading topic heading here, I had something more fun-oriented and less serious in mind (i.e. not a formal competition, although possibly still with small spot prizes). Not that there isn’t anything fun about playing Carcassonne with all the expansions at once, but I believe there’s a lot to Carcassonne that many casual players don’t know about. And whilst playing with everything at once and remaining true to a complicated set of rules may be fine for some of them, I think there could be a lot of enjoyment to be had by more casual gamers just by being exposed to some of the more commonly available expansions (and a few of the less well-known ones too for good measure). As much as anything else it will be a relaxed way to meet other Carcassonne players at the UK Games Expo, play a few friendly games and do a bit of PR work for CarcC in the process!With this in mind, I can't see any obvious or immediate reason why both events couldn't be run independently of each other. The more Carcassonne the better!
Dear UK Games Expo team,On the carcassonnecentral.com website we have been discussing how much we enjoyed this years Expo. We have also been discussing how much we would like to create a special Carcassonne community space, preferably on the Friday to avoid conflict with the Carcassonne championships later in the convention. Ideally we are considering a room with one large table of Carcassonne with a game lasting the whole day and other tables for shorter games of Carcassonne with expansion.I appreciate that this might need to be ticketed to cover the cost of the room. We have also considered:1.) Making one of the goals to raise some money for a charity.2.) As part of the charity effort getting some corporate sponsorship.3.) As part of making it attractive to sponsors videoing the big game and publishing it on social media. (I have read http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/photos.php).4.) I also wonder about special catering arrangements.I realize it may be a while before you can start thinking about next year and that you are planning to make use of the NEC next year. However any input you could give us as we kick these ideas around would be much appreciated. You could reply to me or perhaps even better our discussion thread at http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1822.0
Do we have any idea what the proposal for the Championships are in 2016?
Do you have any idea how many copies of the game you would need for the championship to be held purely as a series of head-to-heads? I don't know how many copies of the game Udo brought with him this year, but he may be able to bring more next year and I dare say that there might even be people on these forums from the UK who wouldn't mind giving away a few spare copies of the base game if we knew what the target was. Perhaps Carcassonne Central could become the event's official sponsor?
I think in order to give the UK the best chances at Essen, we should be getting as close to that 2-player format as possible.Is the only limitation (need for a sponsor) - more copies of the game?
Quote from: Decar on December 01, 2015, 03:35:45 AMI think in order to give the UK the best chances at Essen, we should be getting as close to that 2-player format as possible.Is the only limitation (need for a sponsor) - more copies of the game?Well, the point of these tournaments is not just to select the UK champion - indeed, the more competitors the better as far as UK Games Expo is concerned. I agree that a 2-player format would be best for selecting the champion, but would it affect the popularity of the tournament? My opinion is that the Carcassonne tournament is not as large as it should be, given that we got 100 competitors for Catan this year. I believe that a 4-player event is probably going to be more popular than a 2-player event, but I don't have any evidence either way, so I could be convinced otherwise. The other potential limitations are the time - the tournament needs to finish by around 3pm - and the organisational capacity of those of us running the tournaments. If anything 2-player games would be quicker, but I don't think we'd be able to fit in more than the current 3 rounds plus semi and then final. I can't see any major problem for us in running 2-player rather than 4-player, though all of the other tournaments are 4-player (except for 7 Wonders) and having the same format for each one makes things easier for us.
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