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« on: December 20, 2015, 09:30:29 AM »
Who exactly made them for you? I may wish to contact them.....
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« on: December 20, 2015, 07:30:35 AM »
My German's not great but I think Gefolgsfrau is a feudal word for liege-woman.
Traditionally a henchman is someone who looks after their retainer's horse.
So they're sort of similar enough to mean: a messenger.
Later Henchman came to mean a criminal follower.
Very interesting, especially since we teach children that henchmen and highwaymen are both criminals (and everyone's thoughts of these somehow go back to Robin Hood!)
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« on: December 20, 2015, 07:07:15 AM »
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« on: December 20, 2015, 06:45:24 AM »
Hello all!
My wife and I love playing Carcassonne and quite like the look of new Carcassonne abbot pieces.
In order for us to get these abbot pieces (not to be confused with the abbots that meeples can become from the German & Belgian/Dutch Monasteries expansions), we would have to not only spend more money on a game that we already own (we have every expansion available), but we would have to do so twice (since we have 8 full sets of meeples, including all of the special ones).
We therefore refuse to buy these newer expansions solely for gaining a few wooden pieces and to have some sets of tiles which don't really work well with the older ones (opinions may differ)!
As such, I was wondering if any of you know where I can get my hands on some abbot pieces? Before any of you say 'Go to Cundco', it seems that they don't offer the spare parts service anymore since their website overhaul (some rarer, mini expansions are also no longer in print, which is sad news for the collector). Also, if any of you say 'Buy the new expansions', you clearly haven't followed my trail of thought and the entire purpose of this post!
Any guesses where we could get these then?
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« on: October 24, 2015, 05:54:59 AM »
I'm not sure if anyone has already mentioned this but I have seen that Cundco are now officially selling the mini expansion 'German Castles'. They did showcase this beforehand at events but now the general public can buy it! These tiles are given to each player and, just like with Halflings, you can choose to use them whenever you want to during the game instead of drawing another tile from the general stack. Just incase you don't know, these are the size of two tiles! I'm not associated with Cundco, but thought I would share the news! Now, may the completionist in you go forth onto your next purchase..... http://cundco.de/mini-erweiterungen/carcassonne/69/carcassonne-burgen-in-deutschland
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« on: October 08, 2015, 02:10:29 PM »
In the final picture, what is the other version of Carcassonne with the yellow backs?
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« on: October 08, 2015, 02:04:16 PM »
Going by this logic then, I would assume that if two people complete the largest city together, then they would both get the King tile, since the tile now applies to this new, larger city (albeit a shared one)
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« on: October 08, 2015, 02:01:39 PM »
What about purchasing a jigsaw mat? Some of them for 1000 pieces could be useful for small to medium sized games. Try to go for those with smaller mats inside too so that you could extend your Carcassonne game. A company called Jumbo make some amazing puzzle boards which could fit your size criteria and include two smaller boards inside (meant for an extra 500 puzzle pieces each but can be used to extend your board in any direction)
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« on: October 01, 2015, 08:09:45 AM »
Here's a description for The Wind Roses:
Before your very eyes, the entire Carcassonne board becomes a giant compass! Know your North from your South, or your East from your West? With The Wind Roses, the race is on to match up special tiles with their correct compass points.
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« on: August 20, 2015, 07:35:55 AM »
The main roadblock with using fan expansions is getting the spare tiles to stick them on. I prefer expansions that have new concepts for reusing the existing tile sets. Problem here is coming up with game play ideas that are different and interesting without getting too complex.
For me the official mini expansions are mostly too convoluted and more trouble than they are worth. I was really disappointed with messengers because I could not even reuse the tiles as they have different backs. The ferries was about the best of them, different twist on the game play that was easily understood.
I keep meaning to print and mount the wells expansion but have never gotten around to it.
Of my own stuff the ones I have enjoyed playing are the reeve and quartermaster as it reuses all parts of the the Tower and one called Chatelaines which reuse the Princess tiles along with the trade goods from Traders.
Biggest problem is getting enough game play to ensure that the scoring is right, too easy to under or over score the points, getting a balance that adds enough points incentive to use the expansion without swamping the other features of the game.
What about ordering blank tiles from cundco? I get what you are saying but these tiles are very easy and cheap to pick up!
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« 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!
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« on: August 18, 2015, 09:58:27 AM »
In your opinion (I stress this word as many of you will differ, hopefully not resulting in arguments!), which tile do you think is probably one of the best? This could be one that always scores big points, is the best 'space filler', is one that you always love having or is the best for some other reason(s).
For me , it would have to be the Halfling monastery as this can be used in so many places to not only open up fields, but also to score an easy 9 points without anyone really predicting your move!
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« on: August 17, 2015, 03:13:39 PM »
I agree with danisthirsty in that there are too many variables. If you add many of the expansions, not to mention those that remove followers such as The Plague, Dragon & Princess, The Tower and Crop Circles, you may get 0 for that tile. Then think about many other expansions and, as others as already stated, it's too hard to calculate what a tile could potentially be worth
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« on: August 17, 2015, 01:44:17 AM »
Interesting game here. Me and my wife had considered doing a similar game, but the base game comes with so many roads and essential pieces that the game wouldn't be as easy to win. A good test of wits though!
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« on: August 14, 2015, 01:33:16 PM »
How about 140?
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). Maybe someone else can confirm this, but I wouldn't hold out for the Abbot pieces when looking to expand your range of playing colours if I were you.