This week we ask you to vote for your favourite Big Box. Rather than just voting for the one you bought, or bought first, I'm asking to to review the contents of each big box and determine which you should had the best distributions of expansions.
Here's a quick run down:
Before any Big Boxes were released there was the Limited Edition from 2003, considered by some as Big Box 0:
Along with the Base game it contained:
- The River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
Next up was Big Box 1, from 2006.
Along with the Base game it contained:
- The River
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- The Tower
- Princess & Dragon
The German Edition had no River!
Big Box 2 was released in 2008.
Along with the Base game it contained:
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- Princess & Dragon
- Abbey & Mayor
- River II, The Count, King & Cult
Next Up is Big Box 3 2010:
Along with the Base game it contained:
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- Princess & Dragon
- Abbey & Mayor
- Bridges, Castles & Bazaars
Next Up is Big Box 4 2012:
Along with the Base game it contained:
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- The Flying Machines
- The Messengers
- The Gold Mines
- Mage and Witch
- The Robbers
Last up we have Big Box 5, from 2014:
Along with the Base game it contained:
- Inns and Cathedrals
- Traders and Builders
- 7th & 8th Player Colours
- The River (considered by some River 3)
- Hill and Sheep
- The Wheel of Fortune
That's the line-up. There are some other box sets like the Mueller Exclusive, the Russian boxes, and metal boxed Traders and Builders - but these are considered smaller boxed sets of the base game.
So, over to you: What's you're favourite Carcassonne Big Box?
We've come to the end of this road of my Favouritism journey. But who knows what's beyond that next junction - perhaps an Inn, or a Labyrinth, or maybe just a dead-end waiting for that non-existent tile; but who knows perhaps an Abbey will save us.
I'll leave by saying, Many thanks for all of your thoughts and inputs over the last few weeks!
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