Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Any idea on how to make CoB...
by GabrielGeek I like CoB. I find it one of the more enjoyable games by Stefan Feld, although the more the players the longer and tiring the game. Do you think that removing 1 round when playing 4...
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by van00uber I don't know about removing one round. One of the things that I like about the four player game, is that every hex will be played, you can keep count of certain buildings, or make sure...
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by chris1nd Have a glass of wine each time you advance on the naval track?:D
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: First play not what I expected
by Verdigris97cptcanuck wrote: I thought I knew more than I actually did and so I was trying to teach myself as we went and so while my son waited for me to figure it out, he lost interest.I have been...
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by Benjo221 CoB is one of my favorite games. It's also been a huge hit with my gaming group, and I will say that it helps a lot to have all players in the game be experienced players.Therefore, my...
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by max_s I consider myself pretty seasoned eurogamer and I disliked my first play. It's hard to remember the buildings. Second game I still didn't remember them wellbut knew everything else, after...
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by chris1nd Benjo has the right of it.Our first 3 players, looking up all buildings and knowledge tiles was 2.5 house.My preference is 3 players since usually one is newbie. With 3 experienced players...
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by eunoia CoB is already at its best with 4 players. I think more experienced player will minimize the downtime, and maximize the fun.
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Why is this Game so Highly...
by apotheosstevelabny wrote:I don't get the multiplayer solitaire complaint against this game at all. Is Ticket to Ride multiplayer solitaire? In TTR you can collect cards you suspect someone else...
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by stevelabnyapotheos wrote:stevelabny wrote:I don't get the multiplayer solitaire complaint against this game at all. Is Ticket to Ride multiplayer solitaire? In TTR you can collect cards you suspect...
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by max_s For me the biggest reason is replayability, there are 8 boards to play after learning boards, and 8 more from Spielbox (and one more coming to BGG Store soon..). 16 games with different player...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Re: 2 Player Setup Inquiry: Black...
by Tim Synge BoardGameGeek comes up trumps again! I am just laying out a two-player game and found this same contradiction between the board labelling and the English rule book. :)
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by apotheosstevelabny wrote:Please explain to me how TTR is "vicious and cutthroat"I can guess your routes, I can figure out what colors you need. I can take the two visible white cards from the...
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by porkchop_tw Hi John,I am late to the discussion but my advice is to give it another go when you have the rules down and am able to teach your son the game without going for the rule book too much to...
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Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Bonus tiles variable points
by magnitt I actually really love this game, and I like how it scales from 2 to 4 players, but to me it seems that different number of points on bonus tiles for different number of players is just a...
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by Svartisen Hmm, you're right Mikhail. It does seem odd. The difference between the first and second player is always 3 VP but the the rewards differ depending on how many players are there. I can see...
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by jaysachs But the difference between first and not obtaining a bonus tile changes depending on the number of players, and that does matter.
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Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Any idea on how to make CoB...
by buck380 Play 5 phases like normal but only have 4 rounds per phase instead of 5 Just toss the 5th goods tile of each phase back in the box. Doesn't effect the play at all IMO.
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