He lives in Vancouver, Canada these days, which has probably increased his sun exposure... slightly.

@@Electroporcupine I've lived in both places, the weather is only marginally better in Vancouver. It's quite impressive he got sunburnt in Raincouver.

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I feel that dominion is better, and has more variety, but it comes at a cost. carcassonne is ridiculously simple and easy to pick up. It's gameplay to complexity ratio is fantastic.

Yes to all of those except Catan. For some reason, I never cared for it.

littleratblue I don't really even see how you can compare those games. They scratch completely different itches. I also don't see why I've couldn't have all of them; they're all basic staples.

I agree Dominion is better. But it is just really my kind of game, I love deck building. Carcassonne is good too

people are always so down on Catan. i think its great. there is an element of luck and randomness to it that seems to put people off but to me it means that it levels out. i like a game that a beginner can win.

"Traders and Builders" is critical. never play without it. "the river" is a small expansion that people want to use every time The best expansion for flavor to use just sometimes, and not with new players, is "Princess and the Dragon".

One thing not mentioned in the review (or at least I did not hear it), is that you can play with multiple expansions together and the game works, as they are compatible. Note that adding multiple expansions can make the game last very very long (more than 3 hours even). As per the expansions: The Princess and the Dragon is my favourite. Inns and Cathedrals is a must have. Traders and Builders also is very good. The Tower is nice, however (personal choice) I would play it only with the base game and not adding other expansions. The Abbey and the Mayor (personal taste) is a bit of a hit and miss, still good but to me only a part of the expansion is actually very good. Bridges, Castles and Bazaars I've never played, so cannot give any suggestion. Better to avoid: The Catapult, a completely different type of expansion that does not capture the spirit of the game (throwing tokens at Meeples... why?). Wheel of Fortune, to me it's just a no. I don't like it, but cannot explain exactly why. Cheers!

Best expansion is the Princess and the Dragon, kids love the Dragon and makes the game more dynamic. I personally don't like Traders and Builders and the other ones are pretty irrelevant and complicate rules. I would at least play with one expansion since the original game was pretty limited in terms of tile variety so after playing a few times you know what to expect.

We never play without Inns & Cathedrals, and Traders and Builders. The Princess and the Dragon changes the game a lot. We play with it time to time, but not everybody likes it because the game changes considerably.

Actually "Inns & Cathedrals" is critical. Even though it doesn't seem to add much at first, it actually invigorates the game in subtle and deep ways, especially if you like to play more aggressively (kids especially tend to enjoy pulling off a "hostile takeover" with a giant meeple). I personally dislike "Traders and Builders" since it tends to draw out the game. Builder is especially harmful since its "double turn" power means the next player cannot draw a tile in advance and start planning, and this usually doubles the gameplay time.

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yes it is!!! looks like a buff orpington! lololol

Kyle Jones Wait you mean you went to the city? cus the city has massive stone walls, and cus it's France you can piss about on them with was awsome as a kid

How did it go? I've only ever played the Android version but I got quite addicted!

that seems a bit of a stretch, but i haven't played enough Carcassonne to say if you're wrong

Nope. On each turn you place a tile, optionally place a follower, and then score any completed features, in that order. Since the follower returns to you as part of the scoring step, it's too late at that point to place it back on the map.

Carcassonne had around a dozen expansions and derivations before Dominion even came out.

That is what they are called in the old rulebooks.

CastelDawn British Columbia, Canada. You can tell Because of all the apartment blocks in the background.

correct! no u-turns.

Since they switched to KZfaq from Vimeo, they've been reposting some of the classics. It's been great!