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Title: Thanksgiving Five-Player Base Game+IC+TB+PD
Post by: kothmann on November 28, 2021, 09:07:21 AM
Here's the image at the end of the game, before final scoring (the tiles got jostled setting up the photo; we don't play with such a messy landscape!):
(https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=1-sKGzrdstp_7hsFO4Pal36Qrq35CAcdP&sz=w600)
Five players with 144 tiles:
   72 = Base
   24 = I&C (6 extra Inns)
   24 = T&B
   30 = P&D

House rules:

Comments:
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Five-Player Base Game+IC+TB+PD
Post by: KBellon on November 28, 2021, 11:41:03 AM
I like the proportional farm scoring as well. I never play certain sets of the river because they create a large central field and you can almost win the game if you own it.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Five-Player Base Game+IC+TB+PD
Post by: unclewill on November 28, 2021, 11:56:01 AM
Hi kothmann, it looks and sounds like a great game!

I like it how you have tailored the experience so it is the most fun for everyone by picking the elements of the expansions that you want to use. Great for players of varying age/ interest/ experience.

I am interested in trying out some of the scoring variations you discuss, particularly proportionality. For big games we tend to dispense with farmers and either just use shepherds or ignore the green spaces so this is an approach we might try.

I guess proportional scoring still gives an incentive to dominate but I presume the winner still has to be at least competitive in most aspects of the game to get a winning score? A broad approach is required and swing is reduced so the better player is likely to score higher (all other aspects being equal). Does that fit with your experience?

Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Thanksgiving Five-Player Base Game+IC+TB+PD
Post by: Challa007 on November 28, 2021, 08:43:50 PM
Hi kothmann,
happy to see that you had great fun with Carcassonne at Thanksgiving!  :)

Thanks for sharing your game! Proportionally scoring sounds like a nice variant to me (I had not heard of before). We will definitely try!!  ;D

Keep up the fun!  :pink-meeple: