Comments on: A New Favorite Game http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/ Let's make happy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alt.ayu http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-725 alt.ayu Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:24:35 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-725 hi there!! I chanced upon your site because of the knitting patterns (too cute!) and I LOVE Carcasonne! Check out the naughty litte pawns of mine here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennairda/480832395/ lol :) hi there!!

I chanced upon your site because of the knitting patterns (too cute!) and I LOVE Carcasonne! Check out the naughty litte pawns of mine here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennairda/480832395/
lol :)

]]> By: Anna http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-724 Anna Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:05:43 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-724 Hi Katey, The Meeple People are awesome! Thanks for the link. I asked Bonney to check on the Noro, but unfortunately she doesn't have that particular color. Sorry! There's got to be some somewhere out there, so best of luck. Hi Katey,

The Meeple People are awesome! Thanks for the link.

I asked Bonney to check on the Noro, but unfortunately she doesn’t have that particular color. Sorry! There’s got to be some somewhere out there, so best of luck.

]]> By: Katey http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-723 Katey Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:30:59 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-723 Hey there, I am also involved with a board game geek. We play Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Acquire, Shadows over Camelot and pretty much every game that was mentioned above. I love me some meeples though. Go to http://www.meeplepeople.com/ and you can get some really cool meeple stuff. (Not my website, so not a plug! :-) ) Also, I was wondering about your mother-in-law's stash (I know, we need to let it go already, right?) My future mother-in-law is also a knitter and is looking for two skeins of discontinued Noro Kureyon in color #65. Any chance that she might have it and be willing to part with it? (Obviously, I'd pay for it.) I'd just love to be able to get this for her, as it's a good way to stay her favorite! If you don't mind asking, I will be eternally grateful. thanks! Hey there,

I am also involved with a board game geek. We play Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Acquire, Shadows over Camelot and pretty much every game that was mentioned above.

I love me some meeples though. Go to http://www.meeplepeople.com/ and you can get some really cool meeple stuff. (Not my website, so not a plug! :-) )

Also, I was wondering about your mother-in-law’s stash (I know, we need to let it go already, right?)

My future mother-in-law is also a knitter and is looking for two skeins of discontinued Noro Kureyon in color #65. Any chance that she might have it and be willing to part with it? (Obviously, I’d pay for it.) I’d just love to be able to get this for her, as it’s a good way to stay her favorite!

If you don’t mind asking, I will be eternally grateful.

thanks!

]]> By: HibiscuitsGirl http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-722 HibiscuitsGirl Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:06:56 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-722 My husband is a video game/board game/rpg/etc fanatic, and one of our local game stores looks pretty similar to yours. I'm willing to bet my new Addi Turbos they have that game. I'll have to check it out! We love playing board games. We're also eyeing "Mystery of the Abbey" which is a board game pretty much directly inspired by Umberto Eco's "Name of the Rose" (if you dig that sort of thing). My husband is a video game/board game/rpg/etc fanatic, and one of our local game stores looks pretty similar to yours. I’m willing to bet my new Addi Turbos they have that game. I’ll have to check it out! We love playing board games. We’re also eyeing “Mystery of the Abbey” which is a board game pretty much directly inspired by Umberto Eco’s “Name of the Rose” (if you dig that sort of thing).

]]> By: John http://mochimochiland.com/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-721 John Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:45:15 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-721 You all would like my friend Hank, who introduced me to Carcassonne. He is a big board-game nerd who has also taught me about Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, etc. After I played Carcassonne with Hank, I thought Anna might like it, so I picked it up and taught it to her. She caught on quick. Her favorite strategies are to grab a big farm and to make my cities difficult to complete. Whenever she picks up a piece, she always first checks to see if it can somehow make my life harder before seeing how it might benefit her. What a loving wife. So far her predilection for sabotage has not served her well, as she still hasn't beaten me (despite tying me TWICE). However, a friend edged me tonight by three points in a three-way match. I can tell from her previous comment re: a "butt-kicking" that she took some vicarious pleasure from that! Re: expansions, we play with the Inns & Cathedral expansion, because it's the most accessible for a new player and it makes the game more balanced. (We also use The River, which comes with the main game now.) I didn't buy the Big Box, which includes all the major expansions, because it's a little pricey. I wasn't sure if Anna would like the game, so I didn't want to make that investment. Now she keeps asking, "Why didn't you get the BIG BOX?" Never underestimate Anna! You all would like my friend Hank, who introduced me to Carcassonne. He is a big board-game nerd who has also taught me about Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, etc.

After I played Carcassonne with Hank, I thought Anna might like it, so I picked it up and taught it to her. She caught on quick. Her favorite strategies are to grab a big farm and to make my cities difficult to complete. Whenever she picks up a piece, she always first checks to see if it can somehow make my life harder before seeing how it might benefit her. What a loving wife.

So far her predilection for sabotage has not served her well, as she still hasn’t beaten me (despite tying me TWICE). However, a friend edged me tonight by three points in a three-way match. I can tell from her previous comment re: a “butt-kicking” that she took some vicarious pleasure from that!

Re: expansions, we play with the Inns & Cathedral expansion, because it’s the most accessible for a new player and it makes the game more balanced. (We also use The River, which comes with the main game now.) I didn’t buy the Big Box, which includes all the major expansions, because it’s a little pricey. I wasn’t sure if Anna would like the game, so I didn’t want to make that investment. Now she keeps asking, “Why didn’t you get the BIG BOX?” Never underestimate Anna!

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