Author Topic: One of our craziest openings ever  (Read 1119 times)

Offline Green Builder

  • Villein
  • ***
  • Posts: 40
  • Merit: 2
  • I haven't updated my profile yet!
    • View Profile
One of our craziest openings ever
« on: March 18, 2023, 04:30:05 PM »
Game started and a huge, stubborn war for a road immediately broke out, helped by bridges and flying machines.





In the end, Red :red-meeple: and Black :black1-meeple: tied, 15 points each so there were no winners and no losers, and the battle moved to the nearest growing city...

On a serious note, happenings like this increasingly convince me that street segments should be counted, not tiles.

This was also the first time we tried out a new way to manage baazars in 2-players game:
  • Player A draws a bazaar tile, he completes his turn normally, then draws another tile keeping it face down
  • Player B also draws a tile, also keeping it face down
  • Player A can either play the newly drawn tile or decide to switch tiles with Player B
  • Player B has the ability to block the switch by paying 4 points
It worked well, way better than our previous method, involving a Whatsapp chat, well timed bidding and convoluted subrules in case of identical offers ;D

In the end, a very funny game. Final result: Black :black1-meeple: 144 - 114 :red-meeple: Red





Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6324.0

Offline kothmann

  • Viscount
  • ****
  • Posts: 804
  • Merit: 92
  • Oh! That’s interesting...
    • View Profile
Re: One of our craziest openings ever
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2023, 05:36:11 PM »
Nice!  +1 from me.

Photo of final landscape?

Offline Green Builder

  • Villein
  • ***
  • Posts: 40
  • Merit: 2
  • I haven't updated my profile yet!
    • View Profile
Re: One of our craziest openings ever
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2023, 03:26:43 AM »
Photo of final landscape?

Here it is:



The completion of the big city was ruined by red :red-meeple: by placing the CCFF on the right. At the time only one CCCF tile was remaining in the game. When Black :black1-meeple: - who was open to a friendly 3-3 tie for the city but was absolutely NOT open to keep fighting for it - drew it, he placed it somewhere else, dooming the city to an everlasting uncomplete status.

Offline Meepledrone

  • Owner
  • Chatelain Grand Officier
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6292
  • Merit: 456
  • It is full of... Meeples!!!
    • View Profile
Re: One of our craziest openings ever
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2023, 05:52:14 AM »
Nice review! Great crazy bridges! ;)

+1 merit from me.
Questions about rules? Check WICA: wikicarpedia.com

Offline kothmann

  • Viscount
  • ****
  • Posts: 804
  • Merit: 92
  • Oh! That’s interesting...
    • View Profile
Re: One of our craziest openings ever
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2023, 08:22:08 AM »
…we tried out a new way to manage baazars in 2-players game…
This is great.  Simple and fun.  Could it work in a multi-player game if every player drew a tile, and then you just go around, with each player able to play the tile they got or swap with the player who comes next, unless that player pays 4 points to keep their tile?  Maybe if a player pays, the next player would have to swap or pay?  Anyway I like it.

Quote
Here it is:
Great landscape!  No farmers?  Seems like a sensible choice with the crazy bridges—otherwise, the 10-city farm dominates the whole game.

Thanks again for sharing.

Offline Decar

  • Owner
  • Chatelain Grand Officier
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6719
  • Merit: 317
  • Shut up and take my money!
    • View Profile
    • tehill.net
Re: One of our craziest openings ever
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2023, 07:50:09 AM »
Nice report - thanks for sharing your game!


Share via delicious Share via digg Share via facebook Share via furl Share via linkedin Share via myspace Share via reddit Share via stumble Share via technorati Share via twitter

  Subject / Started by Replies / Views Last post
clip
Craziest game I ever played (and won!)

Started by CraftyRaf

3 Replies
3749 Views
Last post November 28, 2021, 09:31:18 AM
by CraftyRaf
xx
A farewell to one of the greatest digital apps to ever exist

Started by DaFees

5 Replies
2425 Views
Last post April 02, 2020, 02:04:10 AM
by danisthirty
xx
Twenty-four Spiel Tiles, one Darmstadt, one Tunnels, and two River II - on offer

Started by egamar

20 Replies
2953 Views
Last post December 01, 2022, 02:54:59 PM
by egamar
xx
Abbey & Mayor (old edition) in our FLGS

Started by MrNumbers

0 Replies
1345 Views
Last post January 15, 2018, 01:29:59 PM
by MrNumbers
xx
Need help with creating our wedding guest book

Started by zatchstar

4 Replies
3253 Views
Last post May 14, 2018, 08:10:58 AM
by zatchstar