Quantcast
Channel: The Castles of Burgundy | BoardGameGeek
Browsing all 11912 articles
Browse latest View live
↧

Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Different setup for beginners?

by Mike_Bonn Hi all.Today is our gaming day and I'm going to take The Castles of Burgundy - that I just got from my Secret Santa - to our gathering. There's a good chance that it will hit the table but...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by xjohncandyx The knowledge/building tiles will always show up at the beginning of the round so just take the time then and explain each one. It doesn't take very long and after one game the...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by falluper I got this over Christmas and have successfully introduced it to my friends. Here are two things that, for me, really helped things go smoothly.1. The setup. Forget baggies. Use the...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Re: Tiebreaker in different language...

by LuschX WOOHOO! I "tied" in my very first game and was disappointed to find out I lost. Internally I called it a victory as I was playing with far more experienced players, but this thread gives me...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by Robman The player aids are an awesome asset in this game due to the constant references back to the knowledge tiles. Definitely makes it easier!I personally use...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Burgundy or Loire Valley

by Geek Scribe I think since Portland seems to be represented the most in this thread we should officially petition to change the name of the game to "Large Houses of the Willamette."

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Burgundy or Loire Valley

by arkaynGeek Scribe wrote:I think since Portland seems to be represented the most in this thread we should officially petition to change the name of the game to "Large Houses of the...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by cymricMike_Bonn wrote:My question is: should we change anything in the setup/rules to make it easier for us ? I was kind of overwhelmed by the knowledge tiles specifically. It seems that we will...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by stev4uth Setup should not be too hard. The one area that does cause some confusion is the player order that is determined by where their colored disc is on the player order track. You are supposed...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Different setup for beginners?

by olavf I strongly advice to play a 2 player to start with. 1. the playing time with 4 new players can be too much (at least 3+ hours)2. in a 2 player game you don't have to bother too much with the...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: What are you using to store...

by banzai123DrPink wrote:For any UK folks interested in getting colour coded bags, I've just received a set of 10cm x 13cm drawstring bags from http://thecleverbaggers.co.uk which were very reasonably...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Now playable online!

by CarlG Thanks for this! I have been having tons of fun on that site already! I think I even prefer it to yucata! If anyone wants a game of CoB or Trajan I'd love to play with some of you BGGers! My...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New Video for The Castles of Burgundy

by JoystickZ

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: So what makes this game so great?

by Piazza2425 Hi everyone. I've been eyeing this game to get for the wife and I to play, however, I haven't been able to quite pull the trigger. So I have to ask, what makes this game so great? And...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by louper Here's what I like about it:1) It involves die rolling.2) The die rolling is mitigated through the use of workers - you're bound to a degree by what you roll, but you can control it. It's a...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by DoomTurtle And to expand on the die-rolling aspect: there is no better value to any of the rolls. Rolling lots of 5's and 6's is no better than rolling lots of 1's and 2's. All the values are...

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by ThunkdDoomTurtle wrote:there is no better value to any of the rolls. Rolling lots of 5's and 6's is no better than rolling lots of 1's and 2's.Well... that's not strictly true. Any given number in...

View Article


Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by witt My wife and I play this game regularly, and while the dice rolling element that others commented on is a neat feature of this game, there are 4 others that I would highlight as well.1....

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by bkunes What these guys all said, and for me... the wife loves it!

View Article

Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: So what makes this game so great?

by mrblueesq I agree with much of what has been said before, and I especially agree that stringing together great combos is a very fun and satisfying part of CoB gameplay. I think this game has a good...

View Article
Browsing all 11912 articles
Browse latest View live


<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>