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« on: July 10, 2017, 09:47:16 AM »
So, firstly please forgive me if this is the wrong place, or there is already a thread for this -- I couldn't find it!

I've got most Carcassonne mechanics (bar Festival, Tunnels, Russian Tiles and... ofc Siege/etc) and I often find myself caught when I'm setting up a game as to what to include.

If anyone plays Dominion as well there are like, 'types of games' and you can combine certain elements from different expansions to create different types of games and people name these different combinations.

I wondered if there was anything similiar for Carcassonne, like, for a super confrontational game take: The large meep, the tower, etc etc.

For shed loads of luck introduce: the fliers, the wheel of fortune, etc.

Or even, for a watery game: both rivers, the ferries, inns and cathedrals.

Is this a thing? Is there anywhere I could look these up? If not, do people have any that they tend to play?

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 09:55:55 AM »
Welcome to the forum theaeblackthorn.

Great idea, I'm aware of some cards which describe expansions and help in the selection process, but I don't think we've got anything that measures each expansion in terms of:

complexity/meanness/number of tiles..perhaps there are some other metrics which could be used.

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2017, 10:14:14 AM »
Or even, for a watery game: both rivers, the ferries, inns and cathedrals.

Is this a thing? Is there anywhere I could look these up? If not, do people have any that they tend to play?

It is now! "I feel like a watery game of Carcassonne today - how about you?"

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2017, 10:19:45 AM »
I'm always up for a game of amazonas  or south seas for that matter. Plenty of water there!

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2017, 10:37:41 AM »
And I'm probably the one using the most differents expansions and spin-off games together to play the game  :black1-meeple:

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2017, 04:15:30 PM »
So we have the fantasy game with princes and dragon, and mage and witch.

The society game with traders and builders and abbey and mayor

The medieval game with the towers and catapult

The water game with inns and cathedrals,  rivers, ferries.

The ecclesiastical game with lots of different monasteries.

Any other ideas?

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2017, 08:31:42 PM »
You could have the Road Trip game using the Under the Big Top and Travelling Dan expansions.
Oooo, look at all the meeples

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2017, 02:42:06 AM »
We can also have:

Questionable Rule expansions:  Halflings, German Castles & Watchtowers.


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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2017, 07:16:37 AM »
Questionable Rule expansions:  Halflings, German Castles & Watchtowers.

... and Wagons 2.0.   ;)
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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2017, 07:17:06 AM »
those rules are defined at least.

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2017, 08:45:28 AM »
Haha, thank you for the warm welcome!

I wonder if there's something with:

Above and below? The tunnels, the gold miners, the hills and the tower?

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2017, 01:16:20 PM »
Near & Far:  Messengers, Castles, Bridges & Catapult

Medieval Buildings:  Little Buildings, Inns & Cathedrals, Abbeys & Mayors, Towers, Bridges & Castles

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2017, 01:18:58 PM »
Medieval Buildings:  Little Buildings, Inns & Cathedrals, Abbeys & Mayors, Towers, Bridges & Castles

You forgot the Darmstadt convention centre.

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2017, 01:33:16 PM »
Good shout!

Farming:  Crop Circles, Hills & Sheep, GQ11, Abbet & Mayor (Barn), (maybe Bridges...again).

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Re: Expansion combinations
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2017, 07:14:12 PM »
So we have the fantasy game with princes and dragon, and mage and witch.

The society game with traders and builders and abbey and mayor

The medieval game with the towers and catapult

The water game with inns and cathedrals,  rivers, ferries.

The ecclesiastical game with lots of different monasteries.

Any other ideas?

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