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A few years ago we all got hooked on this after Decar started a competition about it.

Eventually my highest score was 310, although Dan managed 312 once.


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News and Events / Re: Carcassonne Central's New Owners
« on: January 18, 2022, 04:00:51 AM »
Thanks JB, it's great to see your name here again!

Hope the last few years have been kind to you and JG?

As kind as possible given the madness!

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News and Events / Re: Carcassonne Central's New Owners
« on: January 18, 2022, 01:34:19 AM »
Huge congrats to Dan, Tom and Hector! With such upstanding and dedicated gentlemen in charge, that can only be a good thing! And now Dan won't have to write entire blog posts about how much a one-day forum outage impacted his life; he'll just have to curse repeatedly until he fixes it himself!

Well, I also became a C1-C2-C3 Carcassonne completionist due to the worst influences there, but I don't have plans for a museum or the time being. ;)

OMG, C3? The arrival of C2 was the beginning of the end for me with Carcassonne because I disliked it so much and just couldn't move past it for whatever reason. But having had a quick look around C3 looks pretty similar to C2?

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Other Games / Re: Cacao board game with similarities to Carcassonne
« on: December 12, 2020, 01:20:28 PM »
Cacao is now on Board Game Arena!

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Other Games / Re: KICKSTARTER (watch your purses)
« on: December 08, 2020, 10:33:17 AM »
Thanks Decar, I completely forgot it was on BGA - I should probably play it sometime before buying a Big Box!


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Other Games / Re: KICKSTARTER (watch your purses)
« on: December 08, 2020, 07:03:01 AM »
Hello old friends!

Just popped in because I got notification of the Alhambra Big Box 2nd Edition KS. A few years ago I was waiting for this - a better artwork version of the game in a big box with a bunch of expansions. But since I haven't bought games for a couple of years now and because we all know about Queen's reputation, I'm unlikely to back it - although I could be convinced! Anyway, thoughts from any fans of the game?

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Amazing stuff Dan! Huge congratulations!

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General / Re: Carcassonne FAQ
« on: May 02, 2020, 11:26:32 AM »
Amazing job Dan!

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News and Events / Re: Official one player rules!!
« on: April 19, 2020, 02:47:58 AM »
There are two instances where the rules say city when they should say road.




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Upcoming Scheduled Games / Re: Keep Calm and Play Carcassonne
« on: March 26, 2020, 10:39:58 AM »
Looking forward to the next time!

Should we try for this Sunday night at about the same time (8:30pm UK/Portugal)?

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Upcoming Scheduled Games / Re: Keep Calm and Play Carcassonne
« on: March 26, 2020, 01:26:53 AM »
Great game with danisthirty and Decar last night with I&C, T&B and the phantom.

Final scores:
 :green-meeple: 187
 :black1-meeple: 153
 :blue-meeple: 150

During the first half of the game, we gradually accumulated points with Dan and Decar in the lead after sharing a decent city while everyone got a feel for the game. There were a few big early moves:
- Dan trapped my big meeple and builder in a city, but I luckily drew the one CFRF tile to complete the city about halfway through the game.
- I trapped Decar's builder in another city which he couldn't recover.
- Dan played his big meeple on a farm pretty early on, with 77 tiles still remaining. I eventually did the same.

By about the halfway stage, the main narrative of the game was set, with Decar consistently in the lead by 15-20 points but Dan and I battling for the biggest farm, setting the stage for a close finish. I managed to tie the main farm with fewer than 10 tiles left (bottom left corner of the board) and that pretty much clinched the game for me as I already had a small lead over Dan and also had two eight-point cloisters on the board and outright ownership of two of the trade goods, all of which allowed me to overtake Decar too. I was a bit surprised at the final score because it felt like a much closer game throughout.

Thanks for the game, let's do it again soon!

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Upcoming Scheduled Games / Re: Keep Calm and Play Carcassonne
« on: March 24, 2020, 06:59:39 AM »
Wednesday works for me. 8:30pm UK time?

Done! Who else is keen? Anyone from the old weekly games? Rosco? MrNumbers? B1nder?

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Upcoming Scheduled Games / Re: Keep Calm and Play Carcassonne
« on: March 24, 2020, 04:34:42 AM »
Should we try to organise a game for this Wednesday evening European time?

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Upcoming Scheduled Games / Re: Keep Calm and Play Carcassonne
« on: March 23, 2020, 04:32:51 AM »
Merit for you and I'm definitely in! I'm on Portugal/UK time (CET -1) and I'm available pretty much any evening these days!

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Reviews & Session Reports / Re: Old enemies renew their fierce rivalry
« on: March 22, 2020, 05:44:20 AM »
Whaaaaaat??? Dan and expansions??? That is IMPOSSIBLE!!!! :o

As long as it's not the Count, I can usually force him into it! ;)

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