You have to play really cutthroat with 2. Blocking, stealing and fighting for cities & farms is a big part of 2 player game. I prefer to play Carcassonne The Castle with my wife and female siblings. Also try Wyatt Earp if you are into Mystery Rummy games.
John in RI On Feb 2, 8:30 am, Driver 8 <[email protected]> wrote: > Last night my girlfriend and I played Carcassonne for the first time. > I had played it several times before, but never with just 2 players. > It's supposed to be best with 2 players and highly recommended on BGG. > We even added the some expansions (the Mini Expansion and the Trader > rules, but not the Builder). We also played that farmers were only > worth 3 points per city, not 4. > > Anyway, the game ended with us feeling kind of blah. I just didn't see > the tension there. I guess there was come conflict there in that you > could lay a tile in such a way that it'd be very hard for your > opponent to complete what she was trying to build. But even that > didn't seem to matter much. I think it was a little too light for us. > > Afterwards we agreed that the next time we play we won't score > incomplete cities, roads, and cloisters, so that there's some risk > involved and some opportunities to mess with your opponent even more. > > After playing Carcassonne, we went back to our old standby, the > Mystery Rummy games, which we enjoyed much more. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
