Abby won her first game of Carcassonne tonight.


Abby won her first game of Carcassonne tonight.

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  1. Derek PennycuffJune 11, 2013 at 8:05 PM

    surprisingly cool game. we got a copy for christmas.

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  2. Casey G.June 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM

    "Surprisingly cool" is a good way to put it.
    "You lay down tiles and make roads and towns and farms...why are you looking at me like that? It's fun!"

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  3. Derek PennycuffJune 11, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    the first time we played i thought i had a solid strategy of snatching up all the churches i could. (cloisters or whatever they call them) not realizing how many gaps there would be in the board at game's end. i didn't get a single church "completed". my kids spend pretty much the whole game building tiny "insta-cities" and fighting over roads. they trounced me solidly. not so clever after all.

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  4. Casey G.June 11, 2013 at 8:32 PM

    I had the mobile version before we got the actual game, so I'd had some practice. We've played four or five times and she's come close before, but never won. She was pretty happy tonight.

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  5. Michael “Draco” RJune 11, 2013 at 9:17 PM

    Aww yeah. \m/

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  6. Keith HoovestolJune 12, 2013 at 7:40 AM

    stealing farms is the key to victory

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  7. Casey G.June 12, 2013 at 7:42 AM

    Farms were my strategy last night and they didn't help.

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