On August 03 2009 17:03 Asta wrote:
I'm playing this too, nick Asta. Very addictive. ^^
I don't understand C&K though, so I stick with the original.

I actually like cities and knights better, but it is fairly complicated to learn.

That said I've actually seen the board game of C&K, and I don't like playing it because theres too many cards to keep track of. thus, I'll only play C&K online now.

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

August 03 2009 12:20 GMT

#23

ugh plz dont tempt me

jhNz

Germany2762 Posts

August 03 2009 13:15 GMT

#24

On July 31 2009 06:18 Daigomi wrote:
Haha, when we stayed in Germany we bought this game and the seefahrer expansion pack for it. Such a fun game. It's probably one of my all time favourite board games for vacations, along with Sechs Nimmt. So much fun!

sechs nimmt ftw! :D

win8282

Korea (South)454 Posts

August 03 2009 14:19 GMT

#25

amazing game. I prefer the real life over the online version thou

ThePhan2m

Norway2750 Posts

August 11 2009 22:26 GMT

#26

more people should come play. we have had so many fun games ^^
Cube, Tehpanda, Pholon, Quicksilver, ender and me.

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

August 11 2009 23:45 GMT

#27

settles of catan to a real board game is like red alert to sc

sorry guys

MamiyaOtaru

United States1687 Posts

August 12 2009 00:24 GMT

#28

Played this when I lived there. A friend made a pirate version. He baked silly putty for the pieces.

Usually we discarded the rule about the bandit taking half your cards. It sucked to save up for two roads and a town only for them to go away. If you built the road one length at a time then the town, someone would know where you were going and take it first, which also sucked. I guess Sirlin would say we played a scrubby way.

LeperKahn

Romania1836 Posts

August 16 2009 15:05 GMT

#29

Bump for new banner and updated post a bit. We're still playing on IRC and TL vent if you wanna join in!

Argoth.

Germany1961 Posts

August 16 2009 17:55 GMT

#30

The boardgame is awesome. I frequently play it with friends or the family and it's always good stuff

aseq

Netherlands3974 Posts

August 16 2009 19:27 GMT

#31

On July 31 2009 08:35 tree.hugger wrote:
This is such a great game.

I should mention that I'm the undisputed champion within my town limits. We held a tournament. I won.

I should mention that it's a luck game. There's dice in it. I once won a game even though i only got income from the number 4. Making 36 notes with all dice combinations on it evens it out a little bit, but the game is still carp compared to some other board games...

Polyphasic

United States841 Posts

August 16 2009 19:36 GMT

#32

a lot of this game is based on luck...

the decision making process is usually pretty simple.

ThePhan2m

Norway2750 Posts

August 16 2009 20:15 GMT

#33

Whoever says this game is based on luck is ignorant. After you played it a while, you learn alot more and the games never last more than 30mins. The postioning of the towns are the most important thing. Numbers 6 & 8 will clearly come most often, and if you then rely on bad numbers to win it is your own fault! You make your luck in this game. With 7's at top on rolls, followed by 5 / 9, then 4/10 and much less 3/11 & 2/12. Rolls will be in the order they are supposed to in most games, and atleast on asobrain, it will even out to be as it it suposed to be if you get unlucky in the begining with one number. This way you can control your play. Aswell as position houses in places where for instance Lumber and Brick are on the same number, witch makes roads much easier to build. Also Ore and Wheat, so Cities so much easier to uppgrade. And Sheep / Ore / Wheat for longer games, development cards will give you the game. Positioning is everything. If you say that it is only based on luck, then you havent even tried to improve. It is so much about the small things, like where you place your roads, when you build what and when you take dev cards. However the only thing thats heavily dependent on luck during some parts of the game is the development cards you take. Sometimes you might not get what you need. But there is also % chance on that, so if you need a knight to move the robber, the highest chance of the cards are a knight. You can even increase this chance, by logically thinking what has already been drawn from the cards, and the chances to get what you need.

Please dont try to reason if you have barley tried this game.

Asta

Germany3491 Posts

August 16 2009 20:39 GMT

#34

But depending on the maps the initial starting order can completely decide the game.
And I don't think the game actively balances the dice results. Pretty sure the law of large numbers does that on its own.

LeperKahn

Romania1836 Posts

August 17 2009 04:37 GMT

#35

On August 17 2009 05:39 Asta wrote:
But depending on the maps the initial starting order can completely decide the game.
And I don't think the game actively balances the dice results. Pretty sure the law of large numbers does that on its own.

asobrain balances dice results. I've decided this is a good thing though <.<.
Anyway, Phan2m is right I've been playing with him and a few other good people and there is clearly a way to win at this game based on knowing the mechanics.