I don't know where to even start!
I had a fantastic time yesterday - my only intention was to ride on from the success of our preliminary Meetup at the UK Games Expo. I think it's safe to say we managed it!
DanielRF, great to meet you both; I hope you enjoyed Inns & Cathedrals when you got home!
I think most of us thought that a Carcassonne: Star Wars would lead to more Star Wars fans playing Carcassonne. However, based on this photo I think we may have a new Star Wars fan in the making
Having recounted that enormous Asteroid field (34 points), I can only assume that , due to an unforeseen clerical error, perhaps we were actually 41 point ahead of you by the end of the game rather than 9 points behind. However such is life during galactic times of strife - I suspect we'll have a rematch soon enough.
We all loved the dice rolling elements; though we forgot one rule about scoring points for losing battles (it was winner takes all at our table!). Carcassonne: Star Wars was great fun as a 4-player team game, I'm looking forward to the Dream Team Tournament -
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2129.0
The enormous game of Carcassonne (described above) was great fun. I love the way the sink-hole sits in the middle of the board too. Rich & Piklach both deserve merits for this expansion (+2 from me). The rules were intuitive and easy to pick up. I love game elements that can be used to remove meeple from the board; it's good fun deciding whether to sinkhole your own meeple or one of your opponent's.
Over the next couple of days, I'll be releasing the mini-expansions we made use of during the game - Watch this space!
Yesterday, was the first time I had played South-Seas (thank you Dan); there were some really interesting decisions to be made there too.
Here's a photo of something Basically Wooden had been working on, definitely a surreal Meeple Temple of some description:
In hindsight - I wish I had turned it upside down, filled it with meeple and offered them as treats to any trick-or-treaters that knocked at the door. There's always next year!
A tremendous event all in all. I forgot a big thank you to Niell from Shadow Games & Andrew/Sue from Basically Wooden.
Just one last photo from me: a nice close up of that commemorative Dragon & Rugby 2015 tile.
Thank you so much to everyone who could find the time to make it!
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