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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #90 on: August 02, 2015, 08:35:46 AM »
"only" 252 points ... but had a lot of fun on this challenge !!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #91 on: August 02, 2015, 09:03:48 AM »
Nice solution! Looks like a garden.  I think everyone has been suprized how fun this challenge has been!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #92 on: August 02, 2015, 10:35:20 AM »
Not long left everyone!

Tomorrow I'll double check everyone's scores; but keep the entries coming in!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #93 on: August 02, 2015, 11:48:35 AM »
Douglas Ward -  ‏@binaryflow - 128 points

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #94 on: August 02, 2015, 12:07:17 PM »
This is my third GenCan't solo attempt and my high score so far. This is my last go, so I'm happy that I've finished with my best. My scores are: 225, 201 and finally 250 :)

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #95 on: August 02, 2015, 12:53:37 PM »
Awesome job! And with a meeple left at the end!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #96 on: August 02, 2015, 02:40:23 PM »
Since my post yesterday, I've had a further two goes at this contest making it five attempts in total. I am still yet to beat my first go, so I reckon it must have just been beginners luck! My scores (in order of playing) are 263, 215, 245, 248 and finally 251. On the last go I really thought that I'd beat my score as things were going pretty well, but then the tiles were a little cruel! The last tile to be drawn was CCCC, which had it appeared even a little earlier then not only would I have completed the city (meaning I didn't have to keep a meeple in reserve) but it would have completed an occupied nearby cloister too. This would have meant I could have placed a monk in the last cloister or a even a farmer in a spare field, resulting in a potential 12 points missed at least (that last tile freed up 2 meeples). Oh well, at least it was relatively consistent with my previous scores - I averaged just over 244 which isn't too shabby IMO!

Thanks Decar for suggesting this solo contest and well done to Jéré for a really immense score.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 02:42:08 PM by Rich_The_Fish, Reason: »

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #97 on: August 02, 2015, 03:07:02 PM »
303!!!!   :@

But I'm afraid it's just a few minutes too late, it's already Monday...
« Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 03:11:21 PM by Leven »

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #98 on: August 02, 2015, 03:17:10 PM »
Damn it, couldn't resist not having another go. Still didn't get any better though - 255 this time. At least I'm pretty consistent - think I need to change the way I play!

Congrats Leven on breaking the 300 barrier, amazing score! Great placement of city walls to create lots of fields.
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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #99 on: August 02, 2015, 03:52:45 PM »
303!!!!   :@

But I'm afraid it's just a few minutes too late, it's already Monday...

Not here it isn't!

Congratulations!  Fantastic work!

I'm on my phone at the moment. So you'll have to fill in the gaps in my textual praise below:

FIREWORKS

EXPLOSIONS

OOMP PAH PAH BAND!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #100 on: August 02, 2015, 11:01:14 PM »
Congrats Leven! Looks like it was not yet midnight in the UK. Well done!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #101 on: August 02, 2015, 11:53:00 PM »
Well done all who had a go at this.  I must have tried at least 25 attempts.  I just couldn't beat 274.  I am amazed that it was possible to get over 300.
Just lay the damn tile!

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #102 on: August 03, 2015, 12:03:44 AM »
Congratulations Leven, so glad to see that > 300 turned out to be possible after all! 8)

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #103 on: August 03, 2015, 07:46:46 AM »
Thanks you, guys!
And big thanks to Decar for the awesome idea. It was very much fun. :(y)

I had some promising attempts on Sunday evening, but until my last one (which I finished at 00:07 CET therefore I though I was too late) I've never had the perfect tile draw at the final phase of the game, considerig that it is crucial to complete all cloisters before the last couple of tiles are drawn, because you need all followers to occupy the farms. And to reach a large score for farms it is beneficial to build as many two-tile cities as possible, and to collect them in a specific area of the playing area. Therefore I decided to place (almost) all CCCF, CCCR and CCCC tiles into one large city at the right side. (Of course it was vital to complete the large city near the end of the game, so I had to do a lot of tile counting then.) And even if their segments are worth only 1 point, roads are also very important when you are fighting for every single point. There are some nice tricks that can be applied with them. (E.g. by using two RRRF/RRRC and two RRFF tiles you can gain 6 points by roads.)

So I assume we could gather quite a nice collection of tips and tricks for a strategy guide for solo games as well.  :)


« Last Edit: August 03, 2015, 09:04:41 AM by Leven »

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Re: GenCant - Carcassonne Solo Contest 2015
« Reply #104 on: August 03, 2015, 09:48:49 AM »
Any consolation prize for trying 30 Times?   :-[
World record holder for a single game of Carcassonne using 10 007 tiles!


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