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« on: September 25, 2014, 07:09:46 PM »
I have been playing lots. Sorry, I have not been posting to this thread... ...I had the impression that nobody looked at it. 
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« on: July 26, 2014, 03:57:28 PM »
I HIGHLY recommend this file that is hosted on BoardGameGeek. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/68071/carcassonne-expansion-selector-cardsWe printed all of these cards and use them to select which expansions (or parts of expansions) are in play. It is a great visual summary. They can be used to randomly generate expansion sets for play too if you want. Very handy.
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« on: June 07, 2014, 12:33:58 PM »
Added. Thank you. Sorry for the delay. (I was traveling).
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« on: May 09, 2014, 07:39:15 AM »
We often play Mega-Carcassonne and here is our Meeple Manifest:
1 Mega Meeple
1 Mayor Meeple
5 Meeples
1 Meeple for score track
1 Builder
1 Pig
1 Wagon
1 Phantom
We really like this mix. We did not want too many Meeples as that seems to remove some of the decision tension. "Do I really play another Meeple now? I may not get it back soon and I do not want to run out? Hmmmm"
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« on: March 30, 2014, 05:43:13 PM »
Are there any Canadian events that includes Carcassonne?
Where are you located? We routinely have Carcassonne at our public game events in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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« on: March 01, 2014, 12:58:17 PM »
Brilliant!!!
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« on: March 01, 2014, 12:51:40 PM »
I've got the February newsletter.
Thanks Bixby and also to all the people who helped with reports and reviews....
The newsletter is great with much information...
Thanks. It sure is getting a lot of support from various corners of the world. I am humbled.
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« on: March 01, 2014, 12:51:01 PM »
Hmm... I subscribed but didn't get the February newsletter.
When you subscribe, the mailer DB sends a confirmation email requiring activation. Perhaps you need to activate. Try subscribing again Scott, if you do not have the confirmation email.
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« on: February 21, 2014, 02:13:56 PM »
February newsletter was emailed to subscribers today. 31 pages this time. I am humbled that so many people want to contribute content.
The invitation is still out there if anyone would like to contribute a regular Carcassonne article.
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« on: February 11, 2014, 08:18:41 AM »
Here area couple of recent plays:
Tammany Hall
Five of us all played our first game of Tammany Hall a week or so ago. I like the concept of the game and it has lots of player interaction. The early game was relatively gentle, but as the years rolled by, the game got more vicious. I really felt like I was doing poorly, but ended up with a surprise victory at the end. With our concentration on the points leader(s) in the mid-game, it made it so I was able to sneak in from behind. I doubt the group will allow that to happen again. I cannot say I even saw it myself. The game is light on rules and heavy on strategy. A perfect combo. It will see repeated plays at my game table.
Eclipse
Last night I played a three player game of eclipse. We have almost all of the promos and expansions. I played Eridani, and the other two players were Planta and Orion Hegemony. I was worried about the Orion player at the start of the game and was keeping a cautious eye in his direction. In the meantime, the Planta expanded quickly and got a strong resource engine going. My own resource engine was coming a long, but not fast enough. Unfortunately, the Orion player got boxed in behind a bunch of bad tile draws with kickin' ancients on them. My plan was to build tiles to prevent Orion from getting me and having them attack the Planta. That never happened and by the time the two of them clashed, the Planta had a very strong force to be reckoned with. Orion was almost obliterated. We conceded the game to Planta at Turn 6. I really like this game and want to play more this year. My concern is that with fewer than four players, it may be best to play symmetrical races, (Terran or Magellan). With 2-3 players, the racial powers combines with tile draws can create an imbalance. Not sure how others feel about this. Not to take anything away from Planta, they played a very strong game. Looking back at last night's game, Orion and I should have made a move earlier, but hindsight offers more clarity than was evident at the time. Look to see more entries about this game in 2014. PS. The Ship Pack #1 sculpts are awesome!!!
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« on: February 09, 2014, 04:23:37 PM »
We have ALL Of our tiles mixed together. I have multiple sets of Carcassonne and multiples of almost all of the expansions. We leave the tiles all together and vary the game length by number of tiles pulled or we play for a set amount of time. The nice thing about leaving all of the tiles in, is you never know if any or many of the expansion tiles for a particular expansion will show up. It creates a tension by making the tile distribution an unknown.
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« on: January 18, 2014, 11:52:03 AM »
Congrats and Best Wishes!!!
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« on: January 15, 2014, 05:57:41 PM »
Hi Bixby, I subscribed on your website. Please also send me the January edition.
Sounds like good reading!
I emailed you the January edition. I think you need to confirm your subscription to get future ones though. Status shows "Confirmation Pending".
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« on: January 15, 2014, 01:16:07 PM »
I am starting up a monthly PDF Newsletter and we just emailed out our first issue. I am very pleased with how it turned out. Here is a link to if you would like to subscribe to the monthly publication. http://forums.saskgames.com/index.php?topic=3301.0Also, if anyone would like to contribute Carcassonne related articles, I would be pleased to publish them in the newsletter. This could generate additional exposure and interest in CarcassonneCentral. The January issue is 2mb in size so I could not attach to this posting. If you would like a copy of the January issue, pm me your email address and I can email you a copy. When you subscribe with the link above, you will receive all of the future newsletter. "Life is Short; Play Games!"
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