Obsessed with Carcassonne

[MrNumbers]

It's clear that everyone here is a fan of Carcassonne. But I am curious: what is your degree of Carcassonne obsession?
Feel free to post here some interesting life moments when you think of Carcassonne, when it is absolutely not obvious
For example, when I hear this nowadays popular song "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, and in particular "I’m too hot (hot damn), Make a dragon wanna retire man", I am thinking - how you can make Dragon to retire? Will it be a new expansion "The Princess and Bruno Mars"?

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1733.0

[danisthirty]

Great idea for a topic!

I know this isn't a competition, but sometimes I am a little bit concerned at how obsessed I am with Carcassonne. I am often playing Carcassonne in my head without even meaning to or trying to and I can't stop it. It's not full games, just imagining various setups and how I'd place certain tiles, but it's never ending and sometimes it can be going on like a video that I'm watching while I'm trying to concentrate on something else such as having a conversation with someone! It's tempting to say something like "Sorry but I'm playing Carcassonne in my head at the moment, can we have this conversation later on?" but I don't think this would be very well received...

That in itself is a big deal for me but sometimes I can't sleep for the same reason, or it might take me a long time (perhaps 3 or 4 days) to forgive myself for making a mistake that could have cost me an important game as I'll dwell on it for a long time.

Then of course there's all the various Carcassonne related projects I like to think about but most of those are more related to CarcC rather than directly to the game itself.

[Paul]

I bought 30 copies of the base game. They are still unopened.

[jungleboy]

I bought 30 copies of the base game. They are still unopened.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner already! I don't think Paul's obsession for Carcassonne can ever be matched, even by Dan and his somewhat creepy admissions. 

[jungleboy]

I think I have said this before here, but I have always loved cloisters (the English-language version - i.e. Monastery courtyards). Fortunately I travel in Europe a lot and I always say 'Nine points!' when I enter a cloister. My non-Carcassonne fan wife has even started calling cloisters nine points, as in: "This church has nine points."

[Paul]

I think I have said this before here, but I have always loved cloisters (the English-language version - i.e. Monastery courtyards). Fortunately I travel in Europe a lot and I always say 'Nine points!' when I enter a cloister. My non-Carcassonne fan wife has even started calling cloisters nine points, as in: "This church has nine points."

At which point the German (cloisters) go "nein nein nein!" 

[Paul]

Great idea for a topic!

I know this isn't a competition, but sometimes I am a little bit concerned at how obsessed I am with Carcassonne. I am often playing Carcassonne in my head without even meaning to or trying to and I can't stop it. It's not full games, just imagining various setups and how I'd place certain tiles, but it's never ending and sometimes it can be going on like a video that I'm watching while I'm trying to concentrate on something else such as having a conversation with someone! It's tempting to say something like "Sorry but I'm playing Carcassonne in my head at the moment, can we have this conversation later on?" but I don't think this would be very well received...

That in itself is a big deal for me but sometimes I can't sleep for the same reason, or it might take me a long time (perhaps 3 or 4 days) to forgive myself for making a mistake that could have cost me an important game as I'll dwell on it for a long time.

Then of course there's all the various Carcassonne related projects I like to think about but most of those are more related to CarcC rather than directly to the game itself.

That is quite a challenge. To know people with identic memory can play a full megaCarc game, 6  players, all by him or herself and keep track of it all in his or her mind is just, no pun intended, mindblowing. 

I'm gonna try it someday. Just the base game for those tiles I know, and see how many tiles I can lay without screwing it up.

[MrNumbers]

Fortunately I travel in Europe a lot and I always say 'Nine points!' when I enter a cloister.

You should say "Nine points!" when you leave a cloister, simultaneously making sure it is surrounded by 8 other objects

[danisthirty]

I think I have said this before here, but I have always loved cloisters (the English-language version - i.e. Monastery courtyards). Fortunately I travel in Europe a lot and I always say 'Nine points!' when I enter a cloister. My non-Carcassonne fan wife has even started calling cloisters nine points, as in: "This church has nine points."

What do you do if you go into a German monastery? Lie on your side and wait for the game to finish I suppose?

[jungleboy]

At which point the German (cloisters) go "nein nein nein!" 

 

What do you do if you go into a German monastery? Lie on your side and wait for the game to finish I suppose?

 

Luckily I don't go to Germany very often. But once the Spanish Monasteries come out, I'll be in a bit of trouble. Luckily I can still claim the nine points as a monk and get out of there if I want to. Besides, if I fly in sometimes they won't let me lie on my side.

[Decar]

I sigh every time I see a catapult.

[jma03]

lol

It sounds like a joke.
but from that point me to this forum and carcassonne JCZ game , sometimes when I close my eyes drawn carcassonne tiles

[jungleboy]

I sigh every time I see a catapult.

 

[Decar]

....I count the number of roads going in and out of Churches...

[Carcking]

For me it is printing and then playing all the fanspansions. I'm still working my way through but the list is getting shorter...and oh, yeah...then there's also my compulsion at being a completionist for all the official expansions...