Comments on: A New Favorite Game http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/ Let's knit toys Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: alt.ayu http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-961 alt.ayu Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:24:35 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-961 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/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-947 Anna Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:05:43 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-947 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/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-945 Katey Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:30:59 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-945 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/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-938 HibiscuitsGirl Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:06:56 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-938 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/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-934 John Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:45:15 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-934 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!

]]> By: IamSusie http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-933 IamSusie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:10:06 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-933 Carcassone is a fantastic game. It's even better with the expansion packs. I can beat my husband and even my Carcassonne obsessed brother. We always have discussions about whether it's good strategy to go after the "Big Meadow", or to try to claim smaller areas toward the end of play. I think Settlers of Catan is a bit complicated. Give Ticket to Ride a try. It's all about claiming train routes Carcassone is a fantastic game. It’s even better with the expansion packs. I can beat my husband and even my Carcassonne obsessed brother. We always have discussions about whether it’s good strategy to go after the “Big Meadow”, or to try to claim smaller areas toward the end of play.

I think Settlers of Catan is a bit complicated. Give Ticket to Ride a try. It’s all about claiming train routes

]]> By: Anna http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-932 Anna Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:56:58 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-932 Hi Penelope - glad to have you out of hiding! We actually just this evening had a friend over and invited (forced) him to play with us. And he kicked our butts! But yeah, definitely a different dynamic with more than two players. Hi Penelope - glad to have you out of hiding!

We actually just this evening had a friend over and invited (forced) him to play with us. And he kicked our butts! But yeah, definitely a different dynamic with more than two players.

]]> By: Penelope http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-931 Penelope Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:51:07 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-931 Hi! I've been lurking on your splendidly charming blog, but am emerging to say that I love Carcasonne, too! Have you played with more than two people, because the feel of the game is really different (not better, not worse, just totally different). I love the game with 2, 3, and we've palyed with as many as 4 people. I second the funness of Puerto Rico and Settlers of Catan. Hi! I’ve been lurking on your splendidly charming blog, but am emerging to say that I love Carcasonne, too! Have you played with more than two people, because the feel of the game is really different (not better, not worse, just totally different). I love the game with 2, 3, and we’ve palyed with as many as 4 people.

I second the funness of Puerto Rico and Settlers of Catan.

]]> By: Anna http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-930 Anna Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:33:48 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-930 Yay it's great to hear there are other women who enjoy this game. Thanks for the recommendations too—I'm totally going to check those out! And I LOVE it as a wedding gift! The couple who plays together, stays together, right? Yay it’s great to hear there are other women who enjoy this game. Thanks for the recommendations too—I’m totally going to check those out!

And I LOVE it as a wedding gift! The couple who plays together, stays together, right?

]]> By: Emily http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2007/08/a-new-favorite-game/#comment-929 Emily Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:39:09 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=143#comment-929 We went to a rather nerdy wedding this past weekend and our gift to the happy couple was the Carcassonne Big Box - hee hee! My boyfriend introduced me to it a few months ago and I've yet to beat him either...what is it with boyfriends winning this game anyway? We went to a rather nerdy wedding this past weekend and our gift to the happy couple was the Carcassonne Big Box - hee hee! My boyfriend introduced me to it a few months ago and I’ve yet to beat him either…what is it with boyfriends winning this game anyway?

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