Comments on: Carcassonne – a fun time in the countryside

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:16:39 +0000

In reply to Johanna.

Johanna – That’s great to hear! It’s so fun to find games that you love to play over and over.
And thanks for the kudos about our site and reviews.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:11:24 +0000

This game is awesome !! Received it on Monday and we already played it 6 times!! We are quite new to the board-gaming world and this was the most highly recommend game to start with. Goodbye monopoly and scrabble !!

Ps your site is awesome!

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 20:37:00 +0000

In reply to Trent. Thank you sir. I made my mind and got south seas. I am not disapointed at all. It is every bit as fun as Carcassonne and our kids love to have a supply of wooden bananas, fishes and seashells. I appreciate what you do, keep up the good work. Thank you! Vincent

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:51:15 +0000

In reply to Vincent.

Vincent – we haven’t played South Seas before, but we’ve heard from others as well that it’s a fun game.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:39:17 +0000

Thanks or the great website. Have you ever tried Carcassonne: South Seas? I don’t own any Carcassonne game, but my wife loves it and I want to buy it for her birthday. I was wondering if south seas was worth it since it looks beautiful and seems less competitive (which is better for her taste). Anyway, keep up the good work.

By: Trent

Trent — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:44:51 +0000

In reply to Sylvain Lacroix.

Sylvain – that’s why we didn’t jump on getting the other expansions as well. Even though we like competitive positioning for points, we don’t like the idea of destructive attacks.

By: Sylvain Lacroix

Sylvain Lacroix — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:05:41 +0000

I would also agree on the expansions to choose. I actually play with the same expansions as you. Inns & Cathedrals (also provides the BIG guy and the 50/100 Pts tile) and Traders & Builders (provides Cloth Bag). The River II is also a must, as it helps staring the game and getting more options. The other expansions are also more “attack” oriented and this is the the goal of the game (ok, except if someone steals my field with a BIG guy, now it’s war) 😉 I always play with all the tiles as well.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:52:58 +0000

In reply to Scott.

Scott, we have only 2 of the Carcassonne expansions – the first 2: Inns & Cathedrals and Traders & Builders. We like these because they add elements to the game that give additional scoring options. We haven’t tried The Princess & the Dragon and it didn’t appeal to us because it’s more about attacking others and decreasing scoring opportunities. For a game when we want to go after each other, we’ll play something besides Carcassonne. The Tower also seems like more of an attack style. We have considered Abbey & Mayor, but haven’t tried yet.

For most plays we use all the tiles from the 3 games we have (plus River tiles) but only go with the scoring for original and Inns & Cathedrals. Occasionally we’ll add in the scoring options for Traders & Builders.