Carcassonne (Big Box with 11 expansions)

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=> Official Website
=> Rule Book
=> VERY detailed rules (339pgs)
=> Scoring Small Cities & Farms (small cities get 4 points plus 2 extra points for each shield / farms are scored on the basis of fields, one field at a time (thus a city can be counted towards two or more fields)
=> Detailed Info and how to use: River / Phantom / Flying Machines / Abbot
=> Carcassonne Rules Wiki (use first to fine rules explained)

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NOTE: most expansion just add complexity (not fun) so choose carefully! Probably only choose 2 or at most 3 expansions because as you keep adding more and more tiles, they get diluted and you rarely see the new expansion tiles! PLUS with too many expansions, the game takes A REALLY LONG TIME TO PLAY!

***See bottom of this page for the expansions that I have (many with links)

Analysis Paralysis and Play Time => the FIX: Draw tile at end of turn instead of start of turn

How To Play in 3 Minutes (Rules Girl):

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November 25, 2021 0

Roll Player

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=> Roll Player Solo Rules Summary
=> Background Music while playing

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How To Play:

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November 9, 2021 0

Roll Player Adventures

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=> Kickstarter
=> Official Webpage
=> Rule Book (PDF) // Expansion Rules (PDF)
=> Background Music while playing (designed for Roll Player)
=> Solo Playthrough (SMGSLT)
=> Multiplayer Playthrough (SlickerDrips)

=> Video Playlist

Learn To Play – Jon Gets Games:

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November 9, 2021 0

EXIT: Nightfall Manor (4 mini-games)

A “play once” puzzle game

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November 1, 2021 0

Unlock: Escape Adventure: Island of Doctor Goorse

Escape Room / Puzzle Solving “game”

NOTE: This specific “game” has you split into two groups, so 4 players would be best.

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A kind of scatter discussion:

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November 1, 2021 0

Unlock: Star Wars

An Escape Room / Puzzle Solving game

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=> Overview of the “game”

Kim Tolson talks about it:

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November 1, 2021 0

Genotype

I just ordered this game – it is PERFECT if you know about Gregor Mendel and his experiments in the 1800’s with peas … and heredity! You likely know some of this … like for a child to have red hair both parents need to have red hair (I think… might have to research this … and that is what this game is all about … LEARNING)

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October 29, 2021 0

Showdown Yahtzee

You likely already know how to play Yahtzee … so you then are ready for the super fun board and dice version, Showdown Yahtzee (one of the favorites for our Game Days).

For 2-4 players (best with 4). Instead of each player having their own Yahtzee score pad, there is just ONE and it is not a pad of paper, but individual large tiles that represent all the typical line items in the normal game of Yahtzee. Each player moves around a board and if you land on an empty square, you can try to get any of the available tiles and if you get it you take that tile and place it on the board on the square where your pawn is along with the stated amount of your chips. If your pawn lands on a square that already has a tile, if you can roll that, the tile becomes yours and you put your chips on it (if it was already yours, you just get a free turn to continue moving your pawn till you get to a spot that is wild or has a tile owned by another player). If you land on WILD, you can treat it as a blank square (try for any available tile) or as an occupied square (try to get it for your own).

I have FOUR boxes of this game (it really is that good). Someday it would be fun to have 16 people over for a Showdown Yahtzee tournament … 4 players at a table … the winner from each of the four tables then have a Showdown Showdown!

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Review and examples: