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« on: July 24, 2017, 04:07:43 AM »
..and from me too! This is a great idea.
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« on: July 24, 2017, 03:54:18 AM »
Well done for getting in touch with her Decar. And thanks to Anne Pätzke for providing you with such cool prizes to give away!
+1 merit from me
I think that I have an appropriate t-shirt for you Danisthirty. 
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« on: July 23, 2017, 01:59:28 PM »
Hello all!
I have been away due to serious tragedies in my family, now I am available anytime anyday, please let me know! Sorry for the inconvenciences.
Good to see you back What If? I am available any evening. You can always catch me in the slack channel to arrange. 
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« on: July 14, 2017, 08:41:01 AM »
Hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts!
Played one game last night with base game, river, abbots, and Under the Big Top. Usually playing just base, river, and abbots (2 player game) our scores are each between 100-150. With under the big top added in final score was 260 (me) to 246 (wife). So with just UTBT added in, an extra 120+ points each. Seems like a lot of extra points for just 20 tiles. There was only one circus where nobody scored any points because we didn't have any meeples nearby. My wife 2 different times had 2 meeples on acrobat tiles and she ran out of meeples, so she had no way to finish and score the acrobat tile right away. Both times I was nice and played my meeple on the acrobat tile so she could score and get them back. It was definitely fun getting the extra ringmaster points. We got 4 or 6 extra points each time our ringmasters scored. My wife played her ringmaster out 5 or 6 times, and I only played mine 3 times. I made the mistake of playing him on a monastery that I couldn't get completed for a long stretch in the middle, but at least he scored on 2 different circus tents while waiting. My wife kept asking the strategy on where to place tent/acrobat tiles. I said you want to play the tent close to your meeples out on the board, and the acrobats in as open an area as possible, so you have the most opportunities to play around it and build up the acrobat tower. Several times I purposely did not complete a city or road with my meeple in it because it was near the current circus tent and wanted to wait until after the tent scored to complete it. I kept thinking during the game that I was getting so many extra points from this expansion. The only expansions that I've played that give a bunch of extra points during game play are Inns and Cathedrals (from scoring the inn roads and cathedral cities) Hills and Sheep (from scoring the flock and vineyards). But I think Under the Big Top gives even more extra points than either of those expansions. The winning strategy will capitalize on all the extra points they can get from this expansion, because there are a ton of extra points available here. And points are always fun to get!!!
Nice write up. A merit from me. You might add in the Watchtowers for an even bigger points kick!  )
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« on: July 14, 2017, 03:41:26 AM »
In the end, jma03 and I did not play last night. First I thought that 30 minutes past midnight was too late, so we exchanged a few messages to try to see when we could play but after that I couldn't fall asleep so I wrote again a bit later to see if we could still play... but probably he didn't check his messages again. My fault, sorry for acting like a weathervane.
I am also unable to reach Singing Dwarf. I sent him 2-3 messages about 2 weeks ago and no replies.
This is turning out to be a very difficult tournament to arrange matches. 
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« on: July 13, 2017, 03:16:40 PM »
Have a good game guys!
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« on: July 12, 2017, 03:33:05 PM »
I am available to play next matches from Fri to Sun nearly any time. jma03 how about you? and others?
Adrornalin, if you don't manage to get a game, if you join the Slack channel and give me a mention using @TheSteveAllen then I will get back to you for a practice match ( or two ) if you feel up to it.
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« on: July 12, 2017, 10:48:07 AM »
Yes. PDQ is 'Pretty Damn Quick' - Sorry!
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« on: July 12, 2017, 10:35:43 AM »
Just to further advertise the Slack Channel, if advertising were needed, I was put off using the IRC chatroom a few nights ago, very late at night, where Jma03 and I had arranged to meet in the chatroom and we both waited for nearly an hour, only to find that we were both there, but could not see each other. I had to log out and come back in again so that we could talk to each other. It would appear that this is a common problem with IRC, I am told, and as I have not yet seen the same problem with the slack channel, I would recommend that we all switch over PDQ. I am trying to avoid starting games in the early hours of the morning, unless it is absolutely necessary.
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« on: July 12, 2017, 10:28:33 AM »
Have any of you wizards managed to arrange a match with Singing Dwarf yet? I have sent PMs, but he has not replied. It would appear that he has not been on the forum since June 24th, so I am starting to suspect that me might have a 'no show'. I hope not, as we are already one member down, albeit, temporarily.
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« on: July 11, 2017, 12:20:59 AM »
Another extraordinary game in the Wizards group of the minis league. This is really turning out to be a great championship. After a very late kick-off, we played this match well into the small hours of this morning with both players getting, in my opinion, equal shares of luck, both good and bad. The result was:- Jma03  140 v TheSteveAllen  178 The difference in the scores was largely down to me winning an unfinished city containing the mage. A new tactic for me, and a very useful one. Muchas gracias mi amigo Jma03, y buena suerte en tus otros partidos!
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« on: July 10, 2017, 05:19:01 AM »
Is this just for arranging games? Or other general Carcassone chatter?
Count me in if it is for general chatter! 
It is so general, it is nearly field marshall.
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« on: July 09, 2017, 06:19:34 AM »
Thanks for the excellent game Adror, as I said before, these games rely a bit more on luck than the base game, but I had my overdose of luck against Jere. I must admit that I nearly fainted when you turned over the CCRR tile with the cloister and the gold, but that is the way things happen. You had a very deserved win, and if you would like another bite, by way of practice, please contact me in the Slack channel some time.
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« on: July 08, 2017, 02:45:49 PM »
Mine arrived today. Just digesting the new rules.
Two pyramids of acrobats next to the circus tent, and then reveal the flea...that should keep the guys amused!! Hope that you like it as much as I do. It goes very well with the watchtowers too, as the game mechanic is similar.
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« on: July 07, 2017, 03:47:55 PM »
so my last place is becoming more cemented by the minute.
I wouldn't put too much money on that Rosco. I am hot on your heels! :-)
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