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Basegame League - Round 8
« on: June 19, 2019, 07:55:18 AM »
Round 8



The full list of all fixtures for Rounds 1 to 11 (including results from previous rounds) can be found here: http://tournamentscheduler.net/schedule/NzAwODE4MjQzNg (but please don't play any of your opponents from any future rounds yet as we're going to take it one round at a time). :(y)

Please play your matches as soon as you can!

Good luck to everyone; and when you do get round to playing your match please don't forget to post the results and any screenshots you have here on this post! Thanks C:-)

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4315.0

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2019, 05:46:22 AM »
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Please play your matches as soon as you can!

Bekse and I booked to play this evening.
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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2019, 02:17:27 PM »
Bekse asked me to write the games up as he was 'otherwise engaged' oh the ignominy of it all - not only did I lose both games but I have to talk about it, in front of you all!

Bekse romped away in Game 1 - stealing my city that I had worked so hard on and then finishing a second.   He also managed to join me on an 11 point road and beat me to the 15 point farm, recycling his meeples and even having one left at the end.

Game 2 a more even battle, reminded me of the old adage "When one door closes...another one slams in your face!"

A closer game full of if's, but's, then's and maybe's for me.   I was sweating on a CCC? tile to complete my city over on the right and needed the RRRR to complete my road AND cloister, recovering two meeples to be put to good use. But...Who pulled BOTH of them? No prizes for guessing who (Hint: it wasn't me)

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2019, 02:33:21 PM »
...not only did I lose both games but I have to talk about it, in front of you all!

Admitting that you had a problem is the first step to overcoming it. Don't back away from it dronedrone, we're here to support you, not to judge you.

That aside, well done to both of you for getting your games played so quickly! :) :(y)

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2019, 02:44:58 AM »
It were great games indeed!
First game i could finish 2 big cities and overall have more meeples during the game so not much trouble there. Second game was close, i got some crucial tiles and claimed the victory.

Thanks for the games!

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2019, 02:34:20 PM »
Riker and I played our round 8 match this evening. The results:

:green-meeple: Riker vs :violet-meeple: Leven 81:86

:violet-meeple: Leven vs :green-meeple: Riker 85:85
(My second consecutive match with a tied game. :o )

Two extremely close games, could have gone either way. My overall victory was supported by some lucky tile draws on my side plus a mistake by Riker with his last tile in the second game. Can you find a better placement for that tile?

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2019, 06:46:28 AM »
Can you find a better placement for that tile?

Not an obvious choice at all, especially given the pressure of what looks like it was a very tight game! However, robbing your opponent of 3 points is as useful as generating 3 points for yourself (assuming this is the placement you were talking about and I'm not missing something?)...

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2019, 12:31:17 PM »


Can you find a better placement for that tile?

Not an obvious choice at all, especially given the pressure of what looks like it was a very tight game! However, robbing your opponent of 3 points is as useful as generating 3 points for yourself (assuming this is the placement you were talking about and I'm not missing something?)...

Yes, it is. But even without losing those 3 farm-points, I would have lost the game if Riker had deployed his last follower to the long road (worth 8 points).

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2019, 09:14:54 AM »
I will not be available to play much in August. I suggest the tournament carries on without me in the meantime and hopefully I will soon catch up in September.

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2019, 08:29:34 AM »
The tempo is horrible anyway. More than a month already for only round 8...

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2019, 06:35:35 AM »
Time has got away with us.  I will be available a little over the next week the. Not until September

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2019, 07:03:29 AM »
Everybody still here or is the tournament dead?

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2019, 12:26:23 AM »
Everybody still here or is the tournament dead?
I'm here and waiting for round 9.
It seems the tournament has an unannounced summer  break. Maybe Dan knows what happened.

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2019, 07:40:15 AM »
I'm back from my summer break and ready to play

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Re: Basegame League - Round 8
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2019, 11:26:58 AM »
Is Sinscerly still participating, if so I can play
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