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« on: December 19, 2016, 07:15:15 AM »
The GQ expansion is readily available in the US for around $10 USD. Amazon/ebay. A seller on US ebay has it for $10.99 or best offer. He will take $9 USD free shipping (I've done it in the past). I'm not sure about its availability in other parts of the world.
Tunnels are a bit harder to come by.
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« on: December 04, 2016, 10:03:42 AM »
I played a hell of a game last night against Joe. I felt I was in trouble the entire game and Joe played so well. The final score (211-183 in my favor) does not give you the whole portrait of the match... with 3 tiles to play, if I remember well, score was 98-97 for Joe. Although Joe is a newcomer and started in the Welcome Tournament this year, in my opinion he was a good candidate to repeat Merlin's achievement and win this World Cup. He was constantly making good decisions, he was certainly not there to be a tourist! 
Early in the game, Joe occupied a german monastery which I tried to capture the whole game but failed so at the end it was a very good investment for him (30 pts, the highest amount of points for a single feature in this game, including fields). I was more agressive than him to capture meeples with towers but at some point I had only one tower piece left and Joe had still 6 or 7... I was really worried about that because I had made that mistake before in the tower league to spend all my tower pieces too early in the game... I felt that most of the game it was difficult to get some results, not complaining about being unlucky, but from the start of the game I had the feeling that "Oh shit, nothing really works" but that's the way it is with the tower, you make plans only to see everything colapse right before your eyes. That feeling is generally shared by both players anyway, but perhaps it was emphasised when I saw Joe collecting more gold and getting the 2 cathedrals. Nobody scored cathedral cities during the game and I managed to escape from one (or both, can't recall) that we couldn't complete (although I wasn't so sure about that!) using the festival. Speaking of I&C, our big meeples didn't play a big role: Joe tried to steal a field on the right side but I blocked him so we both scored 12 pts for separate fields. I stole a road with inn towards the end with mine, which was a risky move because my big meeple was the last meeple in my supply.
Towards the end, I got good tiles. I managed to place a guy on a german monastery with the flier for 16 pts! It was of course a bit lucky but the tile (ffff) wasn't so useful elsewhere and I had nothing to lose so I did it! Also was very pleased to get the tile to claim an unoccupied road with inn for an additional 10 pts. All this with the last tiles of the game and while I had meeple shortage! Meanwhile, Joe had quite a few followers left and was trying to claim as many unoccupied (small) fields as possible. He got a good tower tile to remove my big meeple from the (not-so-big-but-interesting-enough) main field and soon after I had my revenge and also removed his farmer from there using my very last tower piece that I had kept for a long time, leaving only one of mine to win the field (21 pts). That was possibly the killer move, as Joe did not recover from that. All in all, it has been a VERY TENSE and exhausting game (I think about 2 hours and a half!!). Thanks Joe for the game. You played extremely well and would have deserved a better fate... and yes, I had trouble to sleep after the game. 
Thanks for a great game Jéré and an excellent write-up! The game definitely took a toll on us both, very intense as well as fun. Good luck to you Jéré in your final against Leven. ) 
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« on: November 28, 2016, 03:51:15 PM »
It seems like this tournament is over. I have made various attempts to reach out to my remaining opponents but I have been unsuccessful. Is there some way that we can wrap up this tournament soon?
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« on: November 27, 2016, 11:45:16 AM »
What is Joe's timezone? I'm in Sweden now, same timezone as the Netherlands.
I'm in Eastern Standard Time in US right now, UCT -5.
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« on: November 24, 2016, 09:17:15 AM »
Thanks for the excellent write-up Dan!! It was an incredibly exciting game for me, and a nail-biter until the last tile. Dan, you played an excellent game!!! It just came down to who got the right tiles at the right time. Lots of trapping on both sides. I was able to use the crop circle to my advantage although I am pretty unfamiliar with them.
Thank you so much Dan for a great game!!!!
Here are the final screenshots.
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« on: November 22, 2016, 10:50:57 AM »
Apologies for any delay I've caused Joe.
No problem Dan. I am not in any sort of hurry... I just get excited when new tiles are on their way.  I look forward to our World Cup match tomorrow.
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« on: November 22, 2016, 07:26:16 AM »
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« on: November 17, 2016, 07:15:14 AM »
Just a point though, I remember seeing a post from someone playing in the welcome tournament that they'd spotted a bug with Wind Roses in that the bonus wasn't awarded if the tile is placed, undone and then placed again. I may be wrong and I can't vouch for this as I haven't tested it yet, but if someone could confirm if this works properly that would be great!
Think I may need to practice with little buildings too. I've never used them!
Yes Dan, there is a bug with Wind Roses. You can get unlimited points by placing the WR tile in the correct region, CTRL-Z undoing, re-placing the tile, repeating this process.  Also, I believe there is a bug with the little buildings making them very difficult to both Select and See on playing area. Other people have noted this issue as well. This bug seems to only affect the latest version of JCZ as I have used the little buildings in previous versions without problems. I need to practice with the Tower. I've only played 2 games with it and I found it very hard to get used to.
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« on: November 11, 2016, 03:41:22 PM »
Anyone?!? I'm in chatroom. 
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« on: November 05, 2016, 05:26:12 PM »
Just finished a game with daliles. The tiles and dice rolls were in my favor. I closed daliles' big city at the end to equalize the trade goods. I succeeded in meeple-trapping and it often left daliles with no followers to place. The fairy (hada) earned me a lot of points. Overall good game. JoeSesquipedalian 342 daliles  149
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« on: October 20, 2016, 05:50:24 PM »
My list would be very short, and somewhat archaic, if I only included the games that I've played the actual board game. Of the modern "European style games" I own very few other than Carcassonne. I have however, like Hounk, been playing a lot of different games on Yucata.de, some of which I would like to purchase the 'cardboard' versions. Also, I own almost all of the Carc spinoffs, so they should probably be on a separate list.
So, for games that I actually own (considering all the versions of Carc to be just one game) my list would be as follows:
1. Carcassonne
2. Catan
3. Spades (card game)
4. Briscas (a Puerto Rican card game that I believe originated in Italy... known as Briscola in Italy)
5. Cribbage
6. Struggle for Catan
7. Poker (most varieties)
8. Phase 10
9. Cards Against Humanity
10. 10,000 (Dice game)
There are probably others that I have that I haven't played in a while or even forgot about.
Of the Carcassonne games, this is my top 10:
1. Carcassonne base game + expansions
2. Carcassonne The City
Carcassonne Gold Rush
Carcassonne New World
Carcassonne Discovery
6. Carcassonne The Castle
Carcassonne South Seas
Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers
Carcassonne Star Wars
Carcassonne Ark of Covenant
The only Carc game so far that I haven't liked is Hill and Dale. I'm looking forward to Amazonas.
Of games I currently play on Yucata.de, I like the following:
Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers
Carcassonne South Seas
Castles of Burgundy (just learned this a few weeks ago and it has become one of my favorites. I am looking to buy this one.)
Nations the Dice Game (would like to own but it seems rare and very expensive)
Roll Through the Ages
To Court the King
Jaipur
Call to Glory
Cacao
Automobiles
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« on: October 19, 2016, 12:21:27 PM »
Is anyone available on Friday evening or on Saturday to get some more Welcome Tournament games completed? It seems as if this tournament has been forgotten. Joe
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« on: October 16, 2016, 06:20:39 PM »
Good game between AndrewtheAmbo and I. I managed to draw the tiles I need to prevent AndrewtheAmbo from sabotaging the big cathedral city, ensuring my victory. Using my megameeple to equalize the large farm at the end just added padding to the win. Thanks for the great game AndrewtheAmbo, and thanks for hosting!!!! JoeSesquipedalian 295 AndrewtheAmbo  228
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« on: October 14, 2016, 02:08:17 PM »
I must learn how to complete cities!
You already know how to complete them, you completed most of mine for the trade goods!! 
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« on: October 14, 2016, 01:17:50 PM »
I got wiped out on the trade goods but I managed to trap enough meeples and share the larger farm with my meeple to eek out the victory. It was an intense game and very fun. Thank you Halfling! Well played! JoeSesquipedalian 248 Halfling  219
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