Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Strategy:: Re: How good are mines?
by jmanders85 Well "it depends". Obviously any mine is more valuable in phase A than E not only because of the more silverlings but because Mine spaces are usually very easy to close off for a nice...
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by jmanders85 Ha! Good to know we're all in agreement...
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by arkayn happycannibal wrote:I'll cut to the chase - Are mines good? It seems to me that there are other, more synergistic, ways to earn silverlings (like by selling goods). Spending your actions to...
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by stev4uth As noted so far, they can be pretty good. Where they really can help is generating income so that you can grab items from the center section. Nothing can mess up your strategy than a few...
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by Shmello50 One more consideration to add to what the others are saying is the timing of the income. You get the money without using any actions right at the beginning of the phase when the new tiles...
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by happycannibal Thanks so much for all the answers and advice. I think this is a strategically deep game that I am really enjoying exploring. So to summarize:Mines can be 'really' good if you have...
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by geocentrix Shmello50 wrote:... You get the money without using any actions right at the beginning of the phase when the new tiles are revealed. You are ready to scoop up any of the juicy new black...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Variants:: Re: Another 2p Variant -...
by ParkinT I agree, Steve.We found the most diversity of strategies in this game when we 'graduated' from the number 1 boards.Now, when each player has a different numbered board (and only inductees,...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: ratings tracking thread
by CarlG Castles of Burgundy is now ranked 24, with a geek rating of 7.684, an avg rating of 7.99, with 2965 ratings.In the past week it has moved up 1 rank, .012 geek rating, and 58 ratings.
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Limon vert dans les châteaux de Bourgogne (Thanks Google Translate) - 7/28/12
by Kearn Reif To quote Jimi Hendrix “Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.”This month at BLOB, I played a game I have been excited to try (The Castles of Burgandy), 2 games of...
View ArticleThread: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: 3 points per good sale...yellow...
by Nunesh Does anybody thinks that the yellow 15 tile is to strong?In our two 2 player games, this tile was bought early on the game and was just a matter of time of buying and selling the 6 types of...
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by brianmbe You should only be getting 18 (=6x3) points for that tile if you sold every type of good, not 24!
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by Nunesh brianmbe wrote:You should only be getting 18 (=6x3) points for that tile if you sold every type of good, not 24!Hello! Duhhh..of course its 18, my bad.. But i think its the easiest the 18...
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by rbynaker Every game is going to be different. I played a couple days ago at WBC and got Yellow Tile #25, 1 point per sold tile which amounted to 17 points for me at the end. I got it early enough...
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by BaSL Playing for that bonus just means you will miss points in other fields. Scoring happens in a lot of places, can you afford to miss out?
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Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: Variants:: Whatever happened to the...
by ckremer2 I just watched the *Stefan Feld presents the prototype of "Die Burgen von Burgund"* video here on BGG and wondered what happened to the expert rules he mentiones in it... For those that...
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by Great Dane The designer often has additional stuff that he wants to add to his game, but the final say is the publisher's, in this case Stefan Brück (alea).Since the rules demands new player...
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by flott The expert rules have been published in the german magazin "Spielbox", you can find the rules right here on the geek. Not need to wait for a anniversary...
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by Almecho Only a small part of them! And they are only playable with the four new maps...
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by ckremer2 flott wrote:The expert rules have been published in the german magazin "Spielbox", you can find the rules right here on the geek. Not need to wait for a anniversary...
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