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News and Events / Re: World Cup of Carcassonne Central - 2016

« on: October 03, 2016, 02:06:58 AM »

Hope I have a better showing this year than last. :-/

Of course I get placed in a group with DanIsThirty again.....  ;-)

PS -- I like the larger groups!

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The Marketplace / Re: Game mats - what size?

« on: October 01, 2016, 06:59:22 PM »

See this update if you are interested in GripMats...


http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2918.0

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The Marketplace / GripMat -- DO NOT BUY!!!

« on: October 01, 2016, 06:58:46 PM »

Last year I made a post in the Marketplace forum asking about game mats and just wanted to follow up on it with some important information about my experience with a vendor.


A short while later I ended up ordering a GripMat from "Break from Reality Games," which I learned about on their Kickstarter page. Given my experience with them I would strongly urge anyone to NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH BREAK FROM REALITY GAMES!!


Without boring everyone with all the details...my order didn't arrive for months, when it did it didn't work anything like it was advertised (it didn't grip tiles at all), AND my repeated emails to them about getting a replacement mat have gone unanswered.

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News and Events / Re: World Cup of Carcassonne Central - 2016

« on: October 01, 2016, 06:42:06 PM »

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!


Thx Dan!

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News and Events / Re: World Cup of Carcassonne Central - 2016

« on: October 01, 2016, 05:26:58 PM »

Is there still room? I'd like to participate again, if possible.


Please let me know - thanks!

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The Marketplace / Re: Game mats - what size?

« on: October 07, 2015, 09:56:20 AM »

Thx Decar! Yes, that's a bit of my concern too.

However, What I think I've come to realize is that I play a lot of games with just the basic game, basic + 1-2 expansions, or basic + a few minis and as long as I can cover that area that will make me happy. 

I guess I just have to measure the area covered after one of my next games and go with a safe margin over that.

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The Marketplace / Game mats - what size?

« on: October 07, 2015, 06:54:36 AM »

I'm thinking of ordering a game mat (like the GripMat or something similar). Does anyone have something like this? Do they work well?

Do you have any recommendations as to what size(s) to purchase to support a wide range of Carc playing options? Is it better to get one larger mat or two smaller (or two larger?)

Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated! Thx!

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World Cup of Carcassonne Central / Re: 2015 World Cup - Group H

« on: September 12, 2015, 10:00:36 AM »

Congrats on qualifying for the next round, Dan!!

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World Cup of Carcassonne Central / Re: 2015 World Cup - Group H

« on: September 08, 2015, 02:01:05 PM »

Another close one

Farin 155 - 151 CarcinFool

[Depressed sigh]

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JCloisterZone FAQ, Suggestions & Bug Reports / JCloisterZone forcing me to play my Abbey?

« on: September 05, 2015, 06:52:41 AM »

I haven't played much with Abbey & Mayor (live), but I played two games agains the AI recently and I think in both it forced me to play my Abbey tile in the middle of the game. The tile appeared at the top right as the tile that I need to place on my next turn.


Is this a rule that I've missed (I checked the CAR and didn't see anything)? I always thought the Abbey tile was used whenever you wanted? Maybe this is just a limitation of JCloisterZone at the moment?

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The Marketplace / Re: Count like the Wheel...

« on: September 04, 2015, 05:32:15 AM »

Thx!!

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World Cup of Carcassonne Central / 2015 World Cup - Group H

« on: September 04, 2015, 03:21:45 AM »

You both missed the same thing I originally missed...

I did the same calculation about the last move and figured it was either +7 for finishing my city and +6 for monwil getting the field or +6 for me getting the field and +5 for her in city points.

However I was tossing and turning most of the night because as I was laying in bed falling asleep I realized I forgot to account for the +1 for the **King bonus** I would have received for the first move that would have finished my city. That would have been +8 for me and +6 for her (field) resulting in a draw.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

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World Cup of Carcassonne Central / Re: 2015 World Cup - Group H

« on: September 03, 2015, 06:47:41 PM »

It was a good game! I found myself behind early in my second straight match needing to scratch and claw back again, but this time it was not far enough.

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The Marketplace / Count like the Wheel...

« on: September 03, 2015, 04:12:20 PM »

Have any of the game producers ever released a version of the Count of Carcassonne expansion tiles formed as a single large tile like the Wheel of Fortune?

Seems like it would be a lot easier/better to store/play with it that way, no?

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World Cup of Carcassonne Central / Re: 2015 World Cup - Group H

« on: September 03, 2015, 10:50:59 AM »

They have arranged to play at 9pm.

Thx Dan -- I had proposed a 9:15pm GMT game time tonight, but I havent heard back from Becky yet.