Author Topic: I Love the Landscape! (Read 11222 times)

kothmann · « **Reply #45 on:** November 30, 2023, 10:35:21 AM »

Quote from: kothmann on November 21, 2023, 11:46:44 AM

Put together a nice mix of 96 double-sided tiles ... can be used for any group I'm likely to be with over the holiday!

We managed to play 3 games, all with 5 or 6 players. We used the 13x13 Texas mat. First and last games were double-sided; second was "flower-side down". Anyway, here are the final landscapes:

Meepledrone · « **Reply #46 on:** November 30, 2023, 10:56:48 AM »

Nice!!!

SailingMeeple · « **Reply #47 on:** December 19, 2023, 02:23:59 AM »

Whoops, late reply. But thanks for your answers!

Quote from: kothmann on November 22, 2023, 07:57:48 AM

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Did you randomly choose which side you'd add a little flower or did you try and make some kind of distribution of different features?
Haha, it’s a bit embarrassing how much time and effort I put into this.

Hehehe, I'm familiar with the feeling.

Quote from: kothmann on November 22, 2023, 07:57:48 AM

Here is a spreadsheet and a couple of photos of the front and back sides:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LtpyUyRVIgKjEbS0VU3Y5bImy1RtbTi33X_qQUwvRqU/edit
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1acXhAgE-hIkgsbd3k5H4P1aUz2mov4m2/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pL7pPmN48s_TDQ1L6IE9Wy9mAklSuQD8/view?usp=drivesdk

Thanks! Loving the spreadsheet.

Quote from: kothmann on November 22, 2023, 07:57:48 AM

Meeples are numbered so we can play our Spies & Assassins variant:
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/144977/variant-36-spies-assassins-tileless-expansion

Ah, thanks! Will have to dive into that a bit more when I'm not on a time limit. It looks interesting.

Quote from: kothmann on November 22, 2023, 07:57:48 AM

I made the mat using inexpensive tyvek sheets and sharpies. See here:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5460.msg79375#msg79375

Oh, nice. Never heard of tyvek. I was thinking it looked a little like pattern paper but I figured it couldn't be that as it would probably tear too easily.

Quote from: kothmann on November 22, 2023, 07:57:48 AM

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(Sorry, many questions. )
No apologies! The whole reason I post is in the hope that someone will enjoy a shared experience! Have fun!

Thanks! Definitely having fun, even if it's just knowing there are other people enjoying Carcassonne so much.

Linkarssonne (Linksux) · « **Reply #48 on:** December 19, 2023, 07:52:30 AM »

Winter digital edition game with winter forest expansion

Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

kothmann · « **Reply #49 on:** December 19, 2023, 04:14:19 PM »

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Interesting how the forest seems to cause a somewhat fractured landscape

Meepledrone · « **Reply #50 on:** December 20, 2023, 05:36:21 AM »

So coool!

kelderek · « **Reply #51 on:** January 16, 2024, 10:50:45 AM »

From my holiday:
3 person game

Won with 363 points

Bumsakalaka · « **Reply #52 on:** January 16, 2024, 12:11:14 PM »

I like that shadow arc

kothmann · « **Reply #53 on:** January 16, 2024, 04:43:11 PM »

Quote from: kelderek on January 16, 2024, 10:50:45 AM

From my holiday:
3 person game

Beautiful! Love the large wooden table, too. I was searching for farmers in the foreground before I noticed the barns. Nice.

Thanks so much for sharing!

kelderek · « **Reply #54 on:** January 17, 2024, 12:06:34 AM »

Quote from: kothmann on January 16, 2024, 04:43:11 PM

... I was searching for farmers in the foreground before I noticed the barns. Nice.

Usually, I s*ck at playing farms: Placing my farmer = no more cities finished.
This time, I managed to wriggle my barn (black) into my daughter's farm (blue)

kothmann · « **Reply #55 on:** January 17, 2024, 04:38:23 AM »

Your daughter seems to have good farmer skills—her 2 fields at the right have 7 cities?!

Did the dragon wipe out a farmer in the field where the dragon stands now? That looks like a lot of unclaimed farm points!

Thanks again for sharing a pretty epic landscape.

wayneunit · « **Reply #56 on:** January 17, 2024, 06:14:46 PM »

Hi @Linkarssonne (Linksux) - what paper did you use to get this finish on your WD and WD Forest tiles? Regards, Wayne

PS: thanks @kothmann for picking up my extended (mis-)use of the quote feature ;-)

kothmann · « **Reply #57 on:** January 17, 2024, 08:16:02 PM »

Be careful with quotes @wayneunit ! There are some grumpy moderators on this forum.

But don’t take it too seriously.

Linkarssonne (Linksux) · « **Reply #58 on:** January 19, 2024, 06:53:08 AM »

Quote from: wayneunit on January 17, 2024, 06:14:46 PM

Hi @Linkarssonne (Linksux) - what paper did you use to get this finish on your WD and WD Forest tiles? Regards, Wayne

PS: thanks @kothmann for picking up my extended (mis-)use of the quote feature ;-)

Hello,

Thoses are printed tiles, directly on blank tiles

Regards

kothmann · « **Reply #59 on:** April 17, 2024, 11:31:16 AM »

At a board game meetup last night, we played with the 20th Anniversary set they had at the cafe. To keep the game shorter, we omitted the river and the 15 arrow expansion tiles. We included my Guesthouses expansion as a surrogate for I&C. And we omitted the Abbots because I don't like them.

The one new player picked up the game quickly and we offered occasional tips in key situations. Two pivotal moments: After a nasty FRFR placement by Red, Green got locked into an incomplete city (lower left) when the last CFRR tile was played; later, Green was blocked out of the massive 28-point city when Yellow got a lucky draw of the CCFF-S tile (top center). Red won despite having only one farmer! Here is the landscape just before final scoring:

As always, the game was fun and exciting. And I still think a 72-tile game is the right duration, especially for new players.

On a personal note, I was definitely reminded of how much I prefer the simplicity and elegance of the C1 art. But the game really is just great with any art!