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Title: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: CKorfmann on May 14, 2015, 07:19:12 PM
As far as expansions with unique features goes, I own everything except Crop Circles 1 (the new Castles is on the way).  I don't really count Cathars because I own siege and the tiles are the same.  The different iterations of Windroses, and Cult Places fall into the same category for me.  That being said, I still have not had an opportunity to play with all of them.  Below is the list that I own and have not yet played.  What's on your list?

Bridges, Castles, and Bazars (I have only played with the bridges)
Windroses
Plague
Crop Circles
Festival
Little Houses
The new Klosters/Kloosters
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: franks on May 14, 2015, 09:18:00 PM
Good question! I own all the ones below.

Princess and Dragon – wife won’t like it – at all
Messengers – doesn’t sound appealing to me
The Count – seems cumbersome
Catapult – not practical imo
Robbers – not that interested in the mechanics
The Tower – the one I would most want to play but our game is too long already, (we don’t separate our pieces – only play a mega game). If we want a shorter game we play a spin off or iPad).
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: B1nder on May 14, 2015, 09:55:04 PM
I'v had several expansions that took a while before trying, but the only one I have now that I didn't try, is the plague.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Whaleyland on May 15, 2015, 01:39:02 AM
I've played every expansion at least twice except Darmstadt and Castles. And the only reason I've only played those two once each is because those were the last two games I've played of Carcassonne and I haven't had time for more plays!

On a related note, my review of Castles should be out tomorrow sometime...if I remember to do it, that is.  ;)
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: jungleboy on May 15, 2015, 12:27:12 PM
Expansions I own that I've never played are:

Little Buildings
Windroses
School
Goldmines (although I played it on JCZ last week)
Robbers
Messages
Catapult
Festival
Wheel of Fortune

Hopefully once I get my storage box next weekend it will make everything I own more accessible and I'll get around to playing all of these (except Catapult of course).
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: jungleboy on May 15, 2015, 05:36:27 AM
I'v had several expansions that took a while before trying, but the only one I have now that I didn't try, is the plague.

My partner and I like the Plague so we've played it a few times. Most people don't seem to like it though.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: coyote on May 15, 2015, 06:50:53 AM
For me, it's been two. I got them mainly just to have the tiles.  :))

The Plague and
Catapault

Everything else we've played the rules with, at least once. :)
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Rosco on May 15, 2015, 08:20:04 AM
I have not played the ones below. 

Catapult
Plague
All 6 minis
Crop circles
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: ARabidMeerkat on August 20, 2015, 05:27:36 AM
I'm quite hesitant to play with The Plague, as it's the 'middle child' of Dragon, Tower and Crop Circles. Any suggestions? I was thinking that we shouldn't mix it with too many expansions and rules but don't know how others may have gotten around this. Also, we are yet to play with The Catapult and The Houses, but those we quite look forward to!
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: jungleboy on August 21, 2015, 04:37:32 AM
I'm quite hesitant to play with The Plague, as it's the 'middle child' of Dragon, Tower and Crop Circles. Any suggestions? I was thinking that we shouldn't mix it with too many expansions and rules but don't know how others may have gotten around this.

Personally, I like the Plague. It's not really designed to be played with a lot of other expansions, but there are some good ideas of what expansions you can use with it in this thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1527.0).
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Lord_Wishmaster on August 28, 2015, 02:14:28 AM
I have all the major expansions and a few of the the smaller ones, plus all the spin-offs. Only ones never played:
Catapult - Probably no surprise there!
Bridges Castles and Bazaars
Count King And Robber - Have played Count in mini format.
I also have Wheel of Fortune and not played.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: SRBO on August 28, 2015, 02:32:29 AM
I have all the major expansions and a few of the the smaller ones, plus all the spin-offs. Only ones never played:
Catapult - Probably no surprise there!
Bridges Castles and Bazaars
Count King And Robber - Have played Count in mini format.
I also have Wheel of Fortune and not played.

Bridges and Castles are pretty fun to do.
the only thing i dont like is that a farm continues under the bridge, creating insane big farms.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: toastytoast on August 28, 2015, 06:51:03 AM
For me, it's the Plague. Possibly the only expansion that my Wife doesn't want to play!
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: aenima on August 28, 2015, 09:54:14 AM
I can say that I have played with all!  :D
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: What If? on February 05, 2017, 01:35:50 PM
Bump!

Plague, Little Buildings and Catapult.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: chrismalenurse on February 05, 2017, 04:48:58 PM
Bridges ( have played with castles and bazaars)
Tunnels
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Willem on February 06, 2017, 02:43:32 AM
Oeh, tricky one..
I own the Tower, but have only played it once when we were in Holland and played with my brothers set
I own the Festival, but bought it via marktplaats (dutch second-hand site), and my sister collected it for me so I didnt have a go at it yet.
Travel version same; my parents have that one now
Then I have the Robbers and the King&Robber (have used the 5 extra 'normal' tiles, but not the longest/biggest road/city) but never played them.
We've only played the WoF and the Catapult once (both yesterday!) and will probably use them again :P
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: jungleboy on February 06, 2017, 03:08:37 AM
Updated with played expansions since the first post in strikethrough and expansions acquired but not played since the first post in italics.

Expansions I own that I've never played are:

Little Buildings
Windroses
School
Goldmines (although I played it on JCZ last week)
Robbers
Messages
Catapult
Festival
Wheel of Fortune
German Cathedrals
Labyrinth

Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: ahdaniels on February 06, 2017, 03:41:46 AM
I have not yet played The Catapult, nor Hills and Sheep.
I have all the minis except Mage & Witch but I have only played The Flying Machines.
Any suggestions as to what I should start with? I know everybody loves the Catapult.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: dirk2112 on February 06, 2017, 04:24:29 AM
1.  Catapult  (still in the mail)
2.  Tower (still in the mail)
3.  The plague
4.  The tunnels (still shrink wrapped)
5.  Dutch Monasteries (will probably never open)
6.  The siege.  (Played Besiegers though, if that counts)

Jungleboy,

Next time you play your wife, get out the Messengers.  Mine really likes that expansion.  Maybe it was because she was previously a math teacher and it reminded her of 3rd grade math games or maybe because she pulled the majority of the messages.  It was better than I thought it would be.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Chuck on February 06, 2017, 04:48:59 AM
Bump!

Plague, Little Buildings and Catapult.
Same here, although I used the Catapulttiles in a game without using the Catapult.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: danisthirty on February 06, 2017, 05:35:30 AM
I have all the minis except Mage & Witch but I have only played The Flying Machines.
Any suggestions as to what I should start with?

Fliers and Mage & Witch are my favourites, but I also like Goldmines. Ferries is universally well-liked but I've never played with it. And I've not played with Robbers or Messengers either.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: jungleboy on February 06, 2017, 06:34:13 AM
Jungleboy,

Next time you play your wife, get out the Messengers.

Unfortunately my wife doesn't play Carcassonne (and hates math, which is part of the reason she doesn't like Carcassonne!).

Ferries is universally well-liked but I've never played with it.

Really? That's a surprise - Ferries is great. Expansions that increase the value of roads can add so much to the game.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: dirk2112 on February 06, 2017, 10:08:05 AM

Ferries is universally well-liked but I've never played with it.

Really? That's a surprise - Ferries is great. Expansions that increase the value of roads can add so much to the game.

Ferries is the best mini IMHO.  If I could only own one mini, that would be it. 
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: ny1050220 on February 06, 2017, 11:31:40 AM
I have little house, the new cloisters from different countries, and windroses still in shrink wraps.
School houses affect only the beginning, and we play mega-carc, so it's not that interesting. I greatly appreciate the idea and effort to condense the two-tile-school-houses onto single tiles. (We are allowed to talk about those even though they are not published as fan-expansion, eh?)
Me and my friends tried messengers, ferries, robbers, the Count, bazaars, and castles (from the same big expansion as bazaars), but didn't like the mechanisms.

Seeing that I'm not the only one not getting along the count, I decided to come back and say more...
The count interrupts the game too much... When we tried that, we just put a meeple in Carcassonne, and every time some one finishes something, we have to ask everyone. To me, it's just a hassle and the worst element in the game. Other mechanisms are either not interesting or not interesting enough to us.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Chuck on February 06, 2017, 01:28:29 PM
Oh, I totally forgot about the count.... I can't convince me to play with him.
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Hounk on February 06, 2017, 02:25:39 PM
There are quite a lot, I played only on JCZ, but never at the table. Not listing these, I have yet to play but own:

The Plague
The Count
The Messengers
The Robbers
The School
Halflings I (I think at least, I only included set II in my game of H&S)

I must say, "The Plague" is probably the one, I'm most eager to try out. Unfortunately I didn't get anybody from my family yet to try it. I would also like to play more "Ferries". Only one game to date, and I liked it a lot!
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: stalcupojoy on February 06, 2017, 10:53:16 PM
Mostly because my wife and I have been playing other games (especially Clank!) lately rather than Carcassonne...
Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: Jéré on February 07, 2017, 01:14:14 AM
Thanks for this thread, this makes me realise that there are more than I thought!  :o
Will tell Grabushka we have homeworks to do!  ;D

Here's my list:








Title: Re: What expansions do you own, but have yet to play with?
Post by: thodekey on February 07, 2017, 02:27:05 AM
Lot's of stuff in collection but still to discover:
- catapult (yes, i confess)
- plague
- little buildings
- besiegers (just received yesterday)
- wind roses
- german castles
- halflings
- games quarterly expansion
- the festival
Hmmm, might need some extra time!