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Carcassonne iPhone/iTouch
- Thread starter AstroLad
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AirBrian said:
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EmptyCanO'wupass
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Just got this today. Got the boardgame last christmas and absolutely love it so I had to get this. My gamecenter ID is EmptyCanOwupass, I need some gamecenter friends so please add me!
roodiculous
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Good game Topdeck, it seems like all our matches go down to the wire.
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Gatekeeper
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Yep good game
roodiculous
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Jonnyram said:
The endgame was intense, I felt like I was playing a totally different game with us both rushing to place farmers. Although I think I would have been a little short regardless, well played.
Does anyone think Carc should have an "advanced" mode option when starting games that removes the X's and brings the game closer to the actual table top game when playing?
I played a few games of the table top game over the weekend after only playing iOS for the last couple of months. What I noticed is it is a lot harder to block / screw people because you don't know exactly how many tiles are used and it is hard to consider all possible options unless you slow the game way down by counting tiles and thinking too much. With iOS, I'm playing a game right now where we are each down to 1 guy because it is so easy to move the tile around until you see an X to block them. It doesn't really require much thought anymore.
I think a mode that eliminates the X's and only gives you the total tile count (not how many are left) would be a good option for advanced players looking for something closer to the table-top experience.
It is doubtful this would ever happen however since the developers seem to take a long time making any updates and something like this is much less important than adding expansions, but maybe I'll suggest it anyways.
I played a few games of the table top game over the weekend after only playing iOS for the last couple of months. What I noticed is it is a lot harder to block / screw people because you don't know exactly how many tiles are used and it is hard to consider all possible options unless you slow the game way down by counting tiles and thinking too much. With iOS, I'm playing a game right now where we are each down to 1 guy because it is so easy to move the tile around until you see an X to block them. It doesn't really require much thought anymore.
I think a mode that eliminates the X's and only gives you the total tile count (not how many are left) would be a good option for advanced players looking for something closer to the table-top experience.
It is doubtful this would ever happen however since the developers seem to take a long time making any updates and something like this is much less important than adding expansions, but maybe I'll suggest it anyways.
Porthos said:
Yeah, honestly I think it would be a totally different game if they removed that and the option to see what cards are left.
I had a friend at work when we were playing the tabletop game 10 yrs ago, and he was basically an expert card counter for gambling games....he used that skill to utterly demolish us with pretty high consistency. He probably had some equivalent ELO of 2500 or Carc Grandmaster level
Maybe they could just remove it for quick play mode? It wouldn't hurt to try to send e-mail to the devs, you'd be surprised how easy it is to contact people when you try.
RaySpencer
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Just added.....EVERYONE.
MORE GAMES!
MORE GAMES!
Gaspode_T said:
I fired off an email to them this morning so we will see what happens. They are going to have to add an options menu anyways once the expansions are in, so a few more options would be nice. I also sent them a link to this thread so post more suggestions... maybe they will check it out.
The game is such a different beast when you change the # of players that there should be different ELOs per # player game imo. (mainly because 4+ is kicking my ass and killing my 2-player ELO )
And the game should show your chosen color on your client, but random ones for other players. They aren't looking at your phone anyway and this would cause less confusion for games with conflicting colors.
Edit: maybe also a choice to end games later than right after scoring so you can chat after you play a couple moves at other tables... And/or let you see if the other person is still there to receive your chats. I never know if the last message I sent is received after scoring and I never know if I missed any.
)And the game should show your chosen color on your client, but random ones for other players. They aren't looking at your phone anyway and this would cause less confusion for games with conflicting colors.
Edit: maybe also a choice to end games later than right after scoring so you can chat after you play a couple moves at other tables... And/or let you see if the other person is still there to receive your chats. I never know if the last message I sent is received after scoring and I never know if I missed any.
TheMissingLink
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Just starting to really get into Carcassonne and really loving it. What a freakin' polished app, pretty awesome. I'm also really digging the solitaire mode.
Anyway! I'm having problems with tactics/strategy. I know how to play the game, I understand the rules, I just don't really have a fundamental understanding of what the best moves are. Should I be blocking players who are building massive castles, or just worry about myself? That kind of thing. And the thing is, it's probably different whether it's a two-person or four-person game, I'm assuming!
Anyone have any good resources for tactics/strategy? Or at least have any guidance for me?
Anyway! I'm having problems with tactics/strategy. I know how to play the game, I understand the rules, I just don't really have a fundamental understanding of what the best moves are. Should I be blocking players who are building massive castles, or just worry about myself? That kind of thing. And the thing is, it's probably different whether it's a two-person or four-person game, I'm assuming!
Anyone have any good resources for tactics/strategy? Or at least have any guidance for me?
bigwinnerx
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Ask after the tournament.
hahah
now i just hope they hurry up with the expansions :/
there really is no one good overall strategy since carc is such a tactical game. with 4p it's great to try to work on cities with one other person if you can. then you can try to steal late but you've certainly drawn that person's ire if so. blocking, building, joining all viable options depending on the points at stake, your meeple supply, your opponent's meeple supply, etc.TheMissingLink said:
now i just hope they hurry up with the expansions :/
bigwinnerx
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I guess, though I've been playing a lot of Ascension lately (traitor!)
bigwinnerx
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Full disclosure, I'm 33, MTG was around when I was growing up, but, I never played it or any other deck building/ccg type game. Ever. Until Ascension. So, I'm basically new to this type of game over the past 5 days. And I'm glad the iPad gives me easy and affordable access into these new game types.
The asynch multi of carc is a A+. Ascension has it too though as an A- effort (the live play is very good/perfect, though. It just takes too many button presses to get back into a game when playing asynch) The game itself is fun once you learn it. There are no boosters, there's no way for you to whip something out nobody has seen before. Everyone works off the same cards every game. And its pretty easy to pick up what seems to work well. Carc is very serene while Ascension can be exciting on a move by move basis. Not a knock on Carc, mind you.
I'd recommend it. If Carc is my #1, Ascension is now my #2. They're the only games I keep on my iPads home screen and not away in a folder.
The asynch multi of carc is a A+. Ascension has it too though as an A- effort (the live play is very good/perfect, though. It just takes too many button presses to get back into a game when playing asynch) The game itself is fun once you learn it. There are no boosters, there's no way for you to whip something out nobody has seen before. Everyone works off the same cards every game. And its pretty easy to pick up what seems to work well. Carc is very serene while Ascension can be exciting on a move by move basis. Not a knock on Carc, mind you.
I'd recommend it. If Carc is my #1, Ascension is now my #2. They're the only games I keep on my iPads home screen and not away in a folder.
RaySpencer
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AstroLad said:
Yeah, the Chat and ELO thing really brings it down. I would really like to comment on some of those amazing turns people throw down in Ascension, its a game that needs chat even more than Carc! ELO I want, not to see how I rank so much as just to see if im improving.
bigwinnerx
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Definitely the lack of chat needs to be fixed. I'm about to start talking Ascension in my Carc games if I know youre playing both.
Excited for the possibility that both get expansions, though I think Ascensions will come first.
Excited for the possibility that both get expansions, though I think Ascensions will come first.
My ELO has tanked recently and the 4/5 player games are definitely not helping. So random and they tend to go on for weeks so it's hard to keep track of everything.mercviper said:The game is such a different beast when you change the # of players that there should be different ELOs per # player game imo. (mainly because 4+ is kicking my ass and killing my 2-player ELO
And the game should show your chosen color on your client, but random ones for other players. They aren't looking at your phone anyway and this would cause less confusion for games with conflicting colors.
Edit: maybe also a choice to end games later than right after scoring so you can chat after you play a couple moves at other tables... And/or let you see if the other person is still there to receive your chats. I never know if the last message I sent is received after scoring and I never know if I missed any.
Slowly building my Quick Play ELO up as well, one more game to crack 1400.
RaySpencer
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My ELO has fallen a lot since I started all these games. I will keep that in mind for when these are done, I dont get to focus on any game.
I need to stick to 2-3 player games for a bit, much easier to figure out, and cut back to under 10 games at a time, probably closer to 5 I think.
I need to stick to 2-3 player games for a bit, much easier to figure out, and cut back to under 10 games at a time, probably closer to 5 I think.
hahah you can't worry about elo. sometimes you will soar on huge winstreaks and then 2 4-5p-game losses will bring it all crashing down. it's all good....
(i do generally not create 5p games though just because they are like 90% luck, which is a bit much even for me)
(i do generally not create 5p games though just because they are like 90% luck, which is a bit much even for me
)RaySpencer
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Im not one to worry about K/D ratio, and ELO and stuff. Its just a nice way to track the fact that im losing a lot more matches lately, haha.
Im just noticing that im not really paying much attention to any of the matches, play my piece and move on, rarely thinking too much about strategy, which is why I need to play less games, and focus on those.
Im just noticing that im not really paying much attention to any of the matches, play my piece and move on, rarely thinking too much about strategy, which is why I need to play less games, and focus on those.
bigwinnerx
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I'd rather have a ton of games with little strategy than few games with a ton of strategy. I dig waking up and seeing it's my move in 20 games.
That said, I'm running low on Carc games. I have lot of Ascension games though, probably about 15.
That said, I'm running low on Carc games. I have lot of Ascension games though, probably about 15.
I have about 10 Carc games (low for me), 5 Ascension games (very low, had to quit out of a bunch where people just weren't taking turns for 10+days, 45 games on Yucata (of varying degrees of difficulty), and 10 games on boiteajeux (Agricola, Alhambra). Think that about covers it.