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Carc Central Community => Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges => Topic started by: kettlefish on August 13, 2015, 09:45:21 AM
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A small contest: Meeple Tile Tower
Build a meeple tile tower - start 3 meeples - a tile - 3 meeples - a tile and so on.
Please use the standard follower and landscape tiles.
Who will build the highest tower?
This game is a part of Carcassonne-on-Tour (CoT). At the CoT events the people have 3 minutes time to build such tower. It would be nice if you tell us how long do you need for your own meeple tile tower.
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I like this one a lot! i knw what i am doing this weekend
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I've been away from the forums for a few weeks and gave just checked this amazing post! A good party trick for gamers?
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At CarcF - we run a simular contest.
One of the members said - build a tower like the tower from Pisa.
at the button 2 standard followers and one big follower, landscape tile - 3 standard followers - landscape tile - 3 standard followers... and so on...
Here is the link to CarcF:
http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810 (http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810)
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/15/e38f34d54aa139349bbd0d590211c3f9.jpg)
This one was my wife's just before it collapsed.
And this one was mine.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/15/d562d98ffec09e844da75ec0fba2685a.jpg)
(Bear in mind this was outside on a table that wasn't fully level with a fairly strong breeze. )
Another attempt later.
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That was quite high built. And outdoors, no wind? Looks like you guys are having a lovely weather. :(y)
Crazy winds here, but sunny. We're off later (5pm) to the lake for barbeque and swimming. Gonna be cold in the water so brining some alcohol.
But I will definately have a go building a tower some day soon, looks fun and definately challenging!
Edit: I can't help but notice that Dan (blue) and I (yellow) are in the background as blurry flowers. ;D
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There is a bit of wind. Enough to topple a tower.
Marias' tower was 13 tiles and mine was 23 I think.
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My first try resulted in 13 tiles before coming down. (Have no photo.)
One thing I noticed was that my meeples are different in sizes. The standard followers. They differ circa 1 mm in height. Since all my meeples are mixed together, except for the unopened boxes of course, I can't tell which is which.
Easy workaround is easy, though. Just compare and match 3 meeples before deploying them. O:-)
Note to self: Build on a larger table that is not wobbling. ;)
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Thanks Rosco for your nice photos of your towers. How much time did you need for your tower?
I like to see some more meeple tile towers.
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I ran out of meeple!
6 colours + 6 big meeple:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/fun/20150815_193118.jpg)
Sorry it looks like my cameras gone sideways again.... i feel a spiderman trick coming along now.
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Had a quick go at this earlier. Admittedly I didn't fancy the challenge of attempting it outdoors on a wonky table with it swaying in the wind (unlike Rosco and Paul), but I did have a beer earlier so my hands weren't exactly steady! Still, I managed 16 tiles but ran out of meeples in the end - think I'll have to try it again when I've got some additional ones.
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Who fancies 2-meeple per row? You could go 33% higher ;)
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Who fancies 2-meeple per row? You could go 33% higher ;)
...if only!!
I'm pleased that I took this photo when I did - the tower collapsed before I could get another layer finished! To save you counting, it was 19 tiles high with just 2 meeples per row. This method meant that the tower was a lot more wobbly than the earlier attempt, but I reckon that I could go higher. So, seeing as I still had some meeples left I'll give it another go tomorrow.
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HaHa!
A tower of farmers! ;)
Totally didnt expect that
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I was away on holiday (without Carcassonne :o) so haven't attempted this yet. I will certainly be giving it a try later on though.
Merit for everyone who has already tried this and posted photos, well done! :(y)
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some more nice meeple tile towers from CarcF:
http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=15#p33012 (http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=15#p33012)
http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=15#p33014 (http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=15#p33014)
http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=30#p33087 (http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=160&t=2810&start=30#p33087)
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A devoted bunch. the Eiffel Tower lookalike at carcF is nice. :(y)