Thread: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Are Building Advantages forced...
by mfaulk80 When placing a Building Tile, must the player take the associated advantage? In our game, one player wants to place a building tile which allows her to pick up either an animal or boat...
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by freddieyu Just looked at rhe rulebook. It's optional since the word in the rules is "may" instead of "must".
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by mfaulk80freddieyu wrote:Just looked at rhe rulebook. It's optional since the word in the rules is "may" instead of "must".Got it. Thank you. I was looking the general section on building Buildings...
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by lindyhopper My wife and I finally got Castles of Burgundy to the table tonight and we were rather underwhelmed. What are we missing?We went into it with the following contributing factors to our...
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by DaviddesJlindyhopper wrote:- Note that I hate, hate, hated Hansa TeutonicaMe too! But do the two games have anything in common?
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by MajorOracle I think you should give it another play or two. It is definitely rewarding to figure out how to "combo" the tiles to get extra actions, buildings, etc. At least that is a lot of the fun...
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by Great Danelindyhopper wrote:I wanted to give a Feld game a go, to see what the big deal was all about. But perhaps I'm just more of a Uwe Rosenberg, Andreas Seyfarth, Vlaada Chvatil, Friedemann...
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by Glad8r Most of what you've heard is true, except this:-More thematic than (most) other Feld games.I'd say it's the opposite. CoB is one of the least thematic games of Feld (who of course isn't...
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by Chrysmlindyhopper wrote:Seems like everything we did rained down a few points. It was hard to tell whether you were making good choices because the points just kept piling up like sand.This. With...
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by doctoryes0 I think it's a great 2p game. Out of curiosity, were you looking at your opponent's board at all? If points are raining down on your opponent that's kind of on you; no offense...
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by cymriclindyhopper wrote:- There sure were a lot of points. Seems like everything we did rained down a few points. It was hard to tell whether you were making good choices because the points just...
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by DaviddesJcymric wrote:Can you honestly say that you have given the game an unprejudiced chance? 'Seeing what the big deal was all about' doesn't radiate enthusiasm, after all... :meeple:Why do you...
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by olavfGlad8r wrote:Most of what you've heard is true, except this:-More thematic than (most) other Feld games.I'd say it's the opposite. CoB is one of the least thematic games of Feld (who of course...
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by cymricDaviddesJ wrote:Why do you have to be enthusiastic to be unprejudiced? If anything, enthusiasm would be a form of prejudice.Sheesh. 'Genuine interest' then perchance a better choice of words?...
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by Benjow I'm in the same boat you are with this one. I've played it twice, and the first time I thought it was fun, but the second play it was seeming a bit tactical and tedious for my taste. Just...
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by rahdo Sorry to hear that Greg. I hope I didn't steer you wrong with my vid. Out of curiosity, what range of scores did you guys get on your plays. We seem to average around the 200 mark (not sure if...
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by freddieyuDaviddesJ wrote:lindyhopper wrote:- Note that I hate, hate, hated Hansa TeutonicaMe too! But do the two games have anything in common?:cry:That's sad to hear...I think it's a well designed...
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by Tony Boydell My mate Carl was recently worrying – via Facebook - the flares of his trousers what with being unable to get 6 players around the table so it was Sod’s Law that that was the exact...
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by bkuneslindyhopper wrote:Right now, I'd rather play:- Santiago de Cuba for a quick, limited options, shipping goods euro- Puerto Rico for a longer form shipping goods and building buildings for...
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by HokieGeek I love CoB but I found both Agricola and last year's darling Lords of Waterdeep to be quite meh. YMMV certainly applies!
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