Ooooh if you never played Lanterns before I think you'll really enjoy it. I had it and the expansion I definitely enjoy both!
Our second play was much like my first - Ultimately, I can't understand how given only ~half the tiles in the deck you have any idea what colours as worth investing in. If a player is lucky, what stops them holding a monopoly of a colour and only buying thing in the last round? Mechanically, it's nice and pleasant, but I think we're looking for a little more strategy in our games. I've not tried the expansion, so hope that helps somehow!
Today BGG announced a new tile-laying game to be released at Essen that I am pretty excited about because it seems right up my alley in gameplay and theme. It's called Azul (Spanish/Portuguese for blue) and is about laying typical Portuguese tiles, called azuleijos, at the King's palace in Evora. A tile-laying game about laying tiles!! Why didn't I think of that?! There aren't any images available yet but it's from Plan B games so I have high hopes for the artwork after their first release, Century: Spice Road, which is on my wishlist.
Marram is a new game (2020) that mirrors some Carcassonne mechanics, but takes things further - reversible tiles, opponents tile visible, lay 2 out of 3 tiles etc. It is not yet out in physical form, but it can be played on Board Game Arena https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=marramA detailed review of the game is available at BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2439048/complex-game-belongs-board-game-universe-its-own-r
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