Reddit reviews Rio Grande Games Carcassonne Big Box 3
We found 6 Reddit comments about Rio Grande Games Carcassonne Big Box 3. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
For 2 to 6 playersPlay time of 45 minutesContains the base game, plus the most popular of the expansions: Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, Princess and Dragon, Abbey and Mayor and Bridges, Castles and Bazaars
My girlfriend and I were really introduced to Boardgames with Carcassonne. It is a game that I think plays great with 2 players and can go up to 5. There is a ton of replay value.
Someone also suggested Arkham Horror which if you like horror movies or H.P. Lovecraft it is very fun. I know a lot of people don't like it since it is a lot of dice rolling, but I think it adds to some of the fun to see what is going to happen to your characters and pretty much taking them to hell and back to win, or almost win. Even when you lose you will still have fun.
This is the version of Carcassonne that I have and all the expansions. It is under a new publisher now so the new Big Box isn't worth it. The base came, Traders and Builders, Inns and Cathedrals, Abbey and Mayor, and the Bridges one is great. The Dragon works better with more people since it is a way to "attack" people.
I assume you know that the base game only plays 3-4 players, so you'll need the 5-6 player expansion first and foremost.
After that, I'd recommend Seafarers, as it fleshes the game out a bit with new tile layouts, boats to go across water, gold tiles that score you a resource of your choice when their number is rolled, a pirate ship (functions as the robber at sea), and objectives ("land on another island to score 1 victory point"). Of course, you'd then need the 5-6 player Seafarers expansion for that too (including the 5-6 base game expansion).
So: Base game ($34) + 5-6 player exp ($16) + Seafarers ($34) + 5-6 expansion for that ($16) = $100 (based on Amazon's prices). That's not exactly cheap (for me at least), so maybe you should just go with the base game + 5-6 player expansion at first?
I'd maybe alternately recommend the highly regarded Carcassonne Big Box, which comes with the base Carcassonne game + 5 expansions for less than $50. You can check out a review here.
Amazon has it for $53 shipped if you're in the USA: http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-435RGG-Carcassonne/dp/B004DZ8WYE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1TVYDM1PF5JXD&colid=27SIQOHQROPGF
If you don't already have normal Carcassonne, get the big box now!
Carcassonne is really fun with just 2 players as well. The gf and I play it alot! Check out Carcassonne Big Box for the game and 5(!!!) expansions for just the price of the base game alone in most gaming shops.
Orgy. Requires no pop cultural knowledge at all and suits as many people as you can fit in the playroom XD
Anyway, we often play this:
http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-435RGG-Carcassonne/dp/B004DZ8WYE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1314322123&sr=8-2
Officially it only works for up to six people but it can be easily expanded to eight players. It's quite an amount of fun, allows strategic planning and can take a few hours to complete.