{"id":98,"date":"2004-01-09T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-09T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2011-04-16T00:27:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T04:27:54","slug":"ill-see-your-road-and-raise-you-a-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/ill-see-your-road-and-raise-you-a-city\/","title":{"rendered":"8.5 Carcasonne"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got Carcasonne for Andrea for Christmas based on three factors: it was one of the “classics” that has several expansion packs available; everyone at Games Galore recommended it; and it claimed to be a ‘great game for two players’. It was a steal, too, even with the Castles and Inns expansion pack.<\/p>\n

It’s been a lot of fun. It’s not too complicated, but there are lots of choices as you build out a map of interconnected cities, roads, and farms.<\/p>\n

I’m going to score our games as I rate them on several categories, higher always being better:<\/p>\n

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Pure strategy (no luck involved):<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player paths intertwined:<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multiple strategies available:<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complexity:<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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I got Carcasonne for Andrea for Christmas based on three factors: it was one of the “classics” that has several expansion packs available; everyone at Games Galore recommended it; and it claimed to be a ‘great game for two players’. It was a steal, too, even with the Castles and Inns expansion pack. It’s been … Continue reading 8.5 Carcasonne<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board-games","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-1A","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2005\/carcasonne-the-princess-and-the-dragon\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":0},"title":"Carcassonne: The Princess and the Dragon","author":"m","date":"December 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"dreaming-of-tiles","rel":"","context":"In "Board games"","block_context":{"text":"Board games","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/consumption\/gaming\/board-games\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1589,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2012\/happy-fathers-day-means-board-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":1},"title":"Happy Father’s Day means board games","author":"m","date":"June 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In this case, The Hobbit and Carcasonne. 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