Accomplished today:

[andrewducker]

Bought a copy of Carcassonne so I can stop bugging Hugh for his.
Installed a new quiet power supply in Ed's computer (that mostly just makes it obvious that his CPU fan is a tad noisy).
Connected the Tivo back up to the internet (it's now spent 30 minutes downloading programme guide information).
Ordered MediaMVP (and looked into addons to make it even cooler)

Comments

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Carcassonne, guess where I was today?

[andrewducker]

Bradford?

Near the Vatican?

Sao Paulo?

Oooh, I give up :->

Re: Carcassonne

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

What about the expansions? I've found that both 'Inns and Cathedrals' and 'Traders and Builders' really enhance the game. 'King and Scout' is amusing but some of the pieces have play-balance problems. I've not tried any of the others.

Carcassonne is probably the most popular longer game at our games night.

Re: Carcassonne

[andrewducker]

I've played the Hunters/Gatherers variant, but not any of the expansions (except The River, which comes with it).

Re: Carcassonne

[shannon_a]

I'll agree with WolfieBoy that I+C and T+B are good supplements to get for the game, though they do add to the playing time because they add to the tile count by about 50.

[terminalmalaise.livejournal.com]

What PSU did you end up going with?

[andrewducker]

A cheap one from dabs :->

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of / played Carcassonne....


And have you considered the ultimate cooling case mod? (http://www.peteredge.orcon.net.nz/casepics.htm)

Yes, I AM aware that, without a decent heatsink, it isn't actually that cooling....

[andrewducker]

Posted it on my linkblog _weeks_ ago :->

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Carcasonne rocks! We have all the expansions we're aware off. I prefer Carcassone The Castle which limits growth of your community between players within defined castle walls and makes for much more aggressive and quick games. We'll be bringing all out boardgames with us when we move. Oh yes.

Re: the castle

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Is that the expensive wood one? It looks like fun but I haven't been able to get myself to pay US$50 for it. I cheated on getting Carcassonne with the expansions I mentioned by getting a special edition with them already built in and it being on sale for US$25 when WOTC was closing their retail stores. It's also how I got Settlers/Seafarers/Knights of Catan.

Re: the castle

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

A wooden one would be really cool. I just have the one with card tiles.