{"id":503,"date":"2010-04-01T22:27:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T02:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2011-09-23T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T12:04:19","slug":"life-in-carcassonne-the-board-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/life-in-carcassonne-the-board-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Life In Carcassonne (The Board Game)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carcassonne_(board_game)\" target=\"_blank\">Carcassonne<\/a> reminds me of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, I can&#8217;t say exactly why but I think it has to do with the geometry of the pieces and how everything fits together. Maybe I should introduce my friends to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openttd.org\" target=\"_blank\">OpenTTD<\/a>&#8230;\u00a0hmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Getting back to the game, it is a cross between The Settlers of Catan and Drakon. The board unfolds with each players turn to generate scoring opportunities. You have a chance to subtly\u00a0coerce\u00a0your fellow players and interact with them to make the game more interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/04012010Carcassonne.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[503]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-504\" title=\"04012010Carcassonne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/04012010Carcassonne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We played at the T&#8217;s place, RT, CT, and AM where there.<\/p>\n<p>It is a fun game that I&#8217;d like to bring home during the holidays to play with my family. Not as intense as Risk or Monopoly but yet has a fun edge so even if you don&#8217;t try to over analyze each move you still feel like something was accomplished after each rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carcassonne reminds me of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, I can&#8217;t say exactly why but I think it has to do with the geometry of the pieces and how everything fits together. Maybe I should introduce my friends to OpenTTD&#8230;\u00a0hmmm&#8230; Getting back to the game, it is a cross between The Settlers of Catan and Drakon. 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