8875 - Carcassonne

[scottobear]

Carcassone (Hunter and Gatherers) is more fun than I'd thought it would be. BHK and I played last night, and we were neck and neck throughout. I suspect that there will be some good tactics developed over the next two or three plays - especially on land development. It's not complicated at all, and the play is fast. (Not as uncomplicated as blink, which we also played... which might be better suited to play with kids aged 12 and under.)

I wonder how good the other games in the series are? More of the same, but with different art? I'll be investigating. We'll certainly be playing at least one game with Danny when he's up for a visit from 6/20-6/27

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[constance1010.livejournal.com]

Carcassone rocks. We played it and have meant to play it again, just havent yet. No time.

Its loads of fun. :)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

are you playing the city game, hunter gatherers, or some other variant?

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

I couldn't get into Carcassone myself. Just not an attention filler for me.

One that I did enjoy and you might like is Settlers of the Stone Age. A very clever management game that was a massive improvement over the original Settlers.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

very good to know! what changes made it better?

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

Everyone starts in Africa but as time goes by and the world warms up it becomes desert so you have keep on the move. Like our ancestors you have to spread out from Africa into Europe then over the land bridge to North America and down to South America.
The game keeps you moving in addition to resource management and two enemies (Neandathal and Sabretooth instead of the Bandit).

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

sounds like a hoot! Maybe we can play if we manage to sneak you over from the UK, or if we get to visit your neck of the woods!

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan! :)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

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