Author Topic: One of our craziest openings ever (Read 3877 times)

Green Builder · « **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

and Black

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

In the end, a very funny game. Final result: Black

144 - 114

Red

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

kothmann · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2023, 05:36:11 PM »

Nice! +1 from me.

Photo of final landscape?

Green Builder · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2023, 03:26:43 AM »

Quote from: kothmann on March 18, 2023, 05:36:11 PM

Photo of final landscape?

Here it is:

The completion of the big city was ruined by red

by placing the CCFF on the right. At the time only one CCCF tile was remaining in the game. When Black

- 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.

Meepledrone · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2023, 05:52:14 AM »

Nice review! Great crazy bridges!

+1 merit from me.

kothmann · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2023, 08:22:08 AM »

Quote from: Green Builder on March 18, 2023, 04:30:05 PM

…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.

Decar · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2023, 07:50:09 AM »

Nice report - thanks for sharing your game!

Lucianoplomeno · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2024, 04:49:11 PM »

Hi,

Did you design the 3D printed bridges yourself? Or is there a thingyverse (or similar site) link for the 3D models? I'd love to have those printed for my collection!