Author Topic: Weekly Online Game (Read 242812 times)

danisthirty · « **Reply #150 on:** November 27, 2014, 02:08:28 PM »

Fantastic game guys, I really enjoyed it. Despite having my barn in a good place and a valuable farm with pig too, the last few tiles really changed things and I didn't think I was going to win at all. So close!

Best game yet I'd say!

MrNumbers · « **Reply #151 on:** November 28, 2014, 12:21:13 AM »

Great game, guys! I'm so jelauos I couldn't participate!
I bet right Abbey was placed by Dan!

And it's a little bit crowdy near Dan's pig

danisthirty · « **Reply #152 on:** November 28, 2014, 01:03:58 AM »

Looking over it now, it really was anyone's game and there were so many opportunities for things to have gone differently. As delighted as I was to win, I don't think I deserved it as I wasn't involved in the scoring of any of the big cities but got outcompeted at almost every opportunity!

I think the inclusion of the Abbeys had the biggest overall effect on the game, and I played mine when a good opportunity arose (it completed a nearby cloister, and a short road which my phantom had been sitting on for too long, and it trapped JB's farmer for just 3 points) rather than waiting for the perfect opportunity to come along. So, yes, it was the one on the right!

If B1nder had played his last tile in a different place he could have tied JB for second, or if there had been anywhere for him to place his Abbey after the last tile had gone down JB would almost certainly have ended up in third. Or if he had one more barrel he would have tied me for first! I was lucky to steal the 24-point farm from JB as I drew the straight road needed to connect my second farmer and add my pig immediately after JB placed the tile that made this my only option (and also gave him the option to play his Abbey to block me off and avenge the farmer of his that I'd trapped earlier).

Anyway, lots of options for all of us. Great game! Well played everyone.

jungleboy · « **Reply #153 on:** December 04, 2014, 05:58:53 AM »

Hi guys, I can't make it tonight because I have a real-life game with two opponents. I am going to try to convince them to play the combination I suggested in another thread a few days ago: Count, Traders and Builders, King and Robber Baron, and Crop Circles (II).

Have fun in the online game!

danisthirty · « **Reply #154 on:** December 04, 2014, 06:02:42 AM »

Quote from: jungleboy on December 04, 2014, 05:58:53 AM

Hi guys, I can't make it tonight because I have a real-life game with two opponents. I am going to try to convince them to play the combination I suggested in another thread a few days ago: Count, Traders and Builders, King and Robber Baron, and Crop Circles (II).

Have fun in the online game!

Can't you just tell them to bring their laptops round and then all three of you could take part in the online game? You could all sit around the same table if it doesn't feel authentic enough...

jungleboy · « **Reply #155 on:** December 04, 2014, 06:23:42 AM »

Somehow I don't think they want all their meeples trapped five minutes into the game...

danisthirty · « **Reply #156 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:22:42 PM »

Quote from: jungleboy on December 04, 2014, 06:23:42 AM

Somehow I don't think they want all their meeples trapped five minutes into the game...

It's the only way they'll learn...

Hope you all have a great game anyway. Don't go too easy on them!

Is anyone else still playing or is it literally just going to be me? I'll be in the chat room until 8:45pm if anyone else is around: http://sydby.com/carcassonne/irc/index.html

kettlefish · « **Reply #157 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:39:18 PM »

That chatroom doesn't work for me.
I can't post there.

danisthirty · « **Reply #158 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:41:48 PM »

That is very odd. I've not known anyone have problems with it before. Maybe MrNumbers will have some ideas?

Did you want to join the game?

MrNumbers · « **Reply #159 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:44:01 PM »

Quote from: kettlefish on December 04, 2014, 12:39:18 PM

That chatroom doesn't work for me.
I can't post there.

You just need to type something at the bottom line and hit enter. Nothing special.

danisthirty · « **Reply #160 on:** December 04, 2014, 01:33:38 PM »

It was just MrNumbers and I this evening and we started late as we were hanging around in the chat room waiting to see if anyone else was going to play. Then we were chatting with "kettle" (who didn't play) for a while. So in the end we only played the base game:

Predictably enough, it became a battle for the main farm in the end. I won it with 5 farmers against MrNumbers 4. This was the most either of us could manage though as we both had 2 knights each in or around a city that never got completed. The key moment of the game for me was trapping MrNumber's final meeple on a road for just 2 points as he needed the rrrr tile to complete it, but this had already been placed elsewhere.

The last 25 tiles or so were played almost instantly as neither of us could do anything, and my victory was pretty much guaranteed!

jungleboy · « **Reply #161 on:** December 05, 2014, 09:02:03 AM »

Well done Dan! It looks like the Pepsi Max worked a treat for you last night

danisthirty · « **Reply #162 on:** December 05, 2014, 02:33:32 PM »

Thanks. It was a strange one, but I definitely only won because MrNumbers had a meeple trapped. With 19 tiles left in the bag I got my fifth farmer onto the main farm and MrNumbers sent me a message saying "ok, this game is over" but we played them anyway even though neither of us could do anything much with any of them.

I've been reveling in that "I've just won a game of Carcassonne" feeling ever since! Got to make the most of it while it lasts!

PS - well done on your victory against real opponents too! It sounds like the set of expansions you selected worked very well together.

jungleboy · « **Reply #163 on:** December 10, 2014, 04:11:16 AM »

I'm going to have to skip the game again this week, because I'll be on a plane tomorrow night. Have a good game everyone!

danisthirty · « **Reply #164 on:** December 11, 2014, 03:09:14 AM »

Quote from: jungleboy on December 10, 2014, 04:11:16 AM

I'm going to have to skip the game again this week, because I'll be on a plane tomorrow night. Have a good game everyone!

Going anywhere exciting?

I will be around if anyone else is playing.

Numbers have definitely dwindled somewhat lately so let's turn things around with our first 5-player game!