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General / Re: What's your favourite piece of Carcassonne wood?

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:22:21 AM »

Need to include the builder...?

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Other Games / Re: I love... foreign holidays!

« on: April 09, 2016, 03:11:25 PM »

Qin was €15, Pyramidion €20 and Babel €12 I think.
And yes - White Goblin.

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Other Games / I love... foreign holidays!

« on: April 09, 2016, 02:52:05 PM »

Just got back from a week's family holiday in Zeeland in the Netherlands.  In the town of Terneuzen we came across a great little shop selling dvds, wool, stationery and. . Some games. Have bought Babel, Pyramidion and Qin. Having spotted them I researched a bit on BGG and dis-counted Packet Row and Rogue Agent. All were way cheaper than amazon uk and in euros too so a reasonably good exchange rate factor.
Have I done well or will eBay beckon in the near future folks?
Oh and before anyone asks why I didn't just go for it for the other two - wifey not allow it. These games will be my bday pressed in July...

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Anything Else / Re: Other Hobbies than board games

« on: March 17, 2016, 10:24:01 AM »

Playing one of the below and writing and singing stuff like this...

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General / Re: Completionism Poll #5: Wheel of Fortune

« on: February 13, 2016, 01:46:02 AM »

BB5 for me. WOF seems to my kids favourite expansion.

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General / Re: Carcassonne II opinion poll

« on: January 11, 2016, 02:36:25 PM »

@Endecay: Welcome to the forums! Good work on getting hold of so many classic Carc expansions so quickly!

Thanks. I bought them all from German amazon at a fraction on the English cost. And my big box 5 is German too. Handy thing being able to get all the rules in English online.

I've become such a nut that I have made myself a storage box from my old android tablet box...

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General / Re: Carcassonne II opinion poll

« on: January 11, 2016, 12:03:06 PM »

As a newcomer to Carcassonne (first game was May 2015) and utterly hooked from my first game, in all honesty it was the gameplay that got me, not the artwork.

Having said that, I got Big Box 5 for my birthday in July and have purchased the other expansions (except Tower and Catapult) - all in the old artwork and they are great to look at.  I genuinely wouldn't want the new artwork.  My wife and I spotted it for the first time in a shop in Looe, Cornwall and both thought it hideous!

A friend of mine has just bought v2.0 and I kind of pity him.  2.0 seems childish in its artwork design.