Peanut Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I know the game has been around forever but I finally picked up a copy. I'm hooked. I got two games last night. I almost bought "the big box" with all the expansions, but went with the little box for half the price. It came with The River and The Abbot, which are nice. What expansions do you like? I read a few lists online and it didn't seem like there was much consensus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 We've played Carcassonne and River. Also the Wild West one. I like that they are sufficiently different between Old West and Normal to make it worth getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I hope you got the second edition version... just came out a month or three ago. Dont know how different it is but I expect they changed up a few tiles if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmitty Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Traders and Builders is a good one. So is Inns and Cathedrals. Definitely where I would start. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I hope you got the second edition version... just came out a month or three ago. Dont know how different it is but I expect they changed up a few tiles if nothing else. Hmm. Didn't know there was a second edition. I've had mine for a year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Hmm. Didn't know there was a second edition. I've had mine for a year or two. It has not been out very long. There is also a winter edition main boxed set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Carcassonne is my wife's favorite 'board' game, she isolated I pick up every expansion I could, so we bought the big box set and everything since. The only expansion we're not sold on is The Wheel. If you want to add some competitive depth, I recommend The Tower expansion. It really helped balance run away early leaders, but also tempers long term farmer placement really early on. Hills and Sheep is nice, but isn't our favorite. Traders and Builders is another good one though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 We've played our last few games without farmers as they seem a little crazy powerful. Maybe we haven't been doing a good job of breaking up farmland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Warwick Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 This game has been a pretty great bridge between me and my fiancée's board game preferences. Farmers are rather strong but stealing the fields can be satisfying. To be fair that tactic is quite an investment to pull off, but usually worthwhile in our games. I'll have to give more of the expansions a go, is there a limit to how many you can/should use? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 This game has been a pretty great bridge between me and my fiancée's board game preferences. Farmers are rather strong but stealing the fields can be satisfying. To be fair that tactic is quite an investment to pull off, but usually worthwhile in our games. I'll have to give more of the expansions a go, is there a limit to how many you can/should use? I think there are two things to consider with the expansions: 1) Time. Each tile added adds basically a player turn to the game length. 10 tiles doesn't add much but 100 tiles adds quite a while (especially if you have some slower players). If you pile in a bunch of expansions at once you'll have a much longer game. 2) Some expansions are better than others... and exactly which ones those are varies between players. I for instance really dislike the princess and the dragon, but like Inns and Cathedrals quite a bit. I have heard that the catapult and tower are kinda terrible, but some one in this thread said they liked the tower. So anyway, you might want to read up on what the different expansions do and pick and choose your style before just going hog wild on purchases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Oh and you can always change out expansions for a variety of game play each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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