I just discovered Carcassonne about two years ago and it's easily in my top 5 of all time. Nice to see G&S doing some of the classics! The first two main expansions make it even better and a lot of the mini-expansions are great, too.
The green meeple in the second tile is getting the points. The two on the ends are claiming a new road each, the blue has a road beginning straight up, bottom meeple is claiming a road starting/beginning rightward. :) hope that makes sense!
Lets say that i already own a road but the road is not completed, can I when I play another road connected to the one that I already own place yet another meaple there regardless that I own it already?
I've been playing this game for years and when there's more than one meeple on a city we times the points by the amount of meeple is that in any version of the rules or just some weird thing we've done?
"Highway women bit bothered you. maybe you should just relax" Is actually super hypocritical, considering what the women movement has done when it comes to jobs that have females working in them.
...Apparently i have been playing this game wrong for quite a while... Thanks for the info! :) (I didn't catch the only placing meeples on tiles you just placed yourself thing for some reason)
I watched this because I thought we might be scoring incorrectly, because I've passed 100 points on a few occasions and it just seems odd to go around the scoring track that many times. The book says you lay your meeple down to indicate that you are on your 2nd lap (add 50 to the indicated score). I think the track should go higher since 100+ scores are easily achieved. Great game though!
Interesting, the version I have includes tiles with 50 on one side and 100 on the other, to show just this looping. I guess it's unique to the "big box" versions?
Solid game. When introducing to new gamers, consider leaving out the farmers. Their scoring tends to be the only Hangup for new players. After a game or two, you can easily introduce the farmers.
The corner damage on your starting tile would be frowned heavily upon in my house. My Carcassonne set is king, all hail and pay your respects. No drinks on the table and put your kid-gloves on, people.
why if i say that to my siblings they tell me that im a bit over reacting in playing the game but i just want to make sure that the game was not damaged so it will look nice and my money isn't wasted just so it will be destroyed😥
I have never fallen for a table top game like this. Well, maybe back when I was a kid and any new tabletop was still a potentially FUN new tabletop. I played Settlers of Catan a few years back for awhile, and both I and the group I played with hated it. That rave house I lived in for awhile had two games on constant rotation: Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity. Again, games that emphasize the failings of gaming. Color me under-enthused. And then I saw this video, watched it five times, ran out and bought mobile Carcassonne and all of its DLC. I can't even describe how appealing and fun the game is. I'm already trouncing the AI and waiting for the admins to approve my snarky user pic so I can start playing in online versus. I am SO glad I saw this video. Thank you, Becca Scott!! P.S. I went to the Game the Game and also your personal channel; didn't find any videos with a description suggesting I'd see any Carcassonne being played. I -- Christ on a fidget spinner, am I already discriminating about this game?
Those red, blue, and green pieces could not be all in a row like that. You can’t meeple a road that already has a meeple on it. They can connect later, but that can’t happen to adjacent tiles.
... literally "makes a thing about it" by changing the word "highwayman" (that exists) to "highwaywoman" (that doesn't exist, even google spellchecks it as wrong) and then complains "or highwayman if you gonna make a thing about it". But you just did, Becca. You made a thing about it for no reason at all.
Highwaymen is still the neutral form, no gender should be inferred from a word ending in "men". But if you really hate neutral words than end in "men" then just call them brigands, eh?
I did indeed finish the video. What mode of relaxation motivated you to try to frame my response as not? "Maybe you should relax" See, it doesn't really mean anything other than to be dismissive, eh?
See, the reason you would post this is A. Narcissism B. A Superiority complex making you need to prove how smart and better you are.( Aka seeking power) C. Being Misogynistic In case of C, I couldn't let it slide ( but I emplore you to keep reading) as I was raise by a strong woman and have no problem standing up for someone's freedom of speech such as your right to be a twit and respond correcting someone's use of a word on a TH-cam comments section. I also have my right to fire back in this TH-cam comments section. This type of self gratification causes people like others in this reply to feed off you and spread hatred and misogyny. That is pushing negative when we should all be more positive and kind with one another. Look I know you were just trying to be clever, and as I don't know you,couldn't say you are any of those above things. In fact I'm like 90% sure you aren't...but those kinds of actions have an heir of negativity and Superiority to them which Is exactly why people need to use phrases like highwaywomen. Our gaming hobby has Male written all over it, and that's a serious shame. As it is a great hobby with a usually great community around it that anyone should feel welcome to. This Is why I praise companies like Plaid hat Games using the term She instead of He in recent rulebooks, and Becca absolutely needing to use that term. If it makes if a single person feel less Stereotypical about this hobby, and who was to afraid to be in such an unfortunately male dominated community. You and I should be singing her praise's not correcting her use of a non-offensive word
+Casey Pierson Seriously, relax, cupcake. Don't get your panties in a wad, sweetie. See, we can be condescending and dismissive too. You cannot complain about someone else doing something, then do it yourself, and then tell anyone pointing out the hypocrisy to shut up.
Honestly don't get why gender politics was needed. Like zero problems with you calling them highwaywoman but drawing attention to that fact made you come off as a bit of an a hypocrite yourself for calling out people who do otherwise when you are literally doing the same thing in your video. Thanks for the rest of the stuff though, I now know more about this game at least.
Call the bandits whatever you want, but by repeating over and over that people will make a big thing about it and telling them to calm down, it comes across like you're the one looking for a fight.
The thing is: there is no reason to make a fuss about it. They are meeples, genderless things. What's the problem in calling it a man or woman? It's a game!
I prefer leaving jokes that don't stand the test of time: such as that highwayman bit - It just reminds us that the psycho rich are trying to brainwash and control everyone. Board games are about immersion and escapism and socializing.
I just noticed this video is 5 years old which before majority of population found out about the psycho brainwashing. Anyway, for people reading now, learn for the future!
Oh look its discount Felicia Day telling us how to play the game Wil and TableTop showed us how to play ages ago in a much better way. If TableTop isn't coming back I am just gonna unsub from Geek & Sundry
It's my favorite game too but I've always felt like the game is rather luck-based, especially if you are only playing with two people. I really like your house rule and might try it, thanks for that!
You do realise my opinion on a game doesn't prevent someone else's enjoyment of it, right, my dude? Nor did I say nobody is allowed to like it at all, my dude
Best and least confusing explanation I've seen so far!
Whow. The whole game explained in a very good way in only 4 minutes! Is there a part 2 where the extensions are explained in the same way?
Highwaymeeple
I thought she was saying meatball
@@xzclaireI think I like Highwaymeatball better, anyway
@@xzclaire same lmao
I just discovered Carcassonne about two years ago and it's easily in my top 5 of all time. Nice to see G&S doing some of the classics! The first two main expansions make it even better and a lot of the mini-expansions are great, too.
Didn't Wil Wheaton play this on TableTop?
Nujorous Macgrath yep
And cheated! ;) th-cam.com/video/OJJ9bhY7q_s/w-d-xo.html
I played Carcassonne with some friends last year. It was a lot of fun!
I'm so glad I've got most of the expansions for the old print.
Definitely prefer it over the new one.
Still a great game which gets played often here!
A classic? YES!
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Never heard of this game. Thank you for explaining the game. Looks like fun. Ordering one today.
I am relaxed 🤣
great explanation thanks!
On 1:29 why are there blue and green meeples at the end of the roads?
The green meeple in the second tile is getting the points. The two on the ends are claiming a new road each, the blue has a road beginning straight up, bottom meeple is claiming a road starting/beginning rightward. :) hope that makes sense!
By FAR the BEST LOOKING explanation I've seen so far!
Lets say that i already own a road but the road is not completed, can I when I play another road connected to the one that I already own place yet another meaple there regardless that I own it already?
I'm buying the 20th anniversary set just because of your enthusiasm for this game.
Love this review! I’m gonna head to the local game shop and see if they have it
How to Play Carcassonne:
STEP 1: Have people with whom you can play Carcassonne, or any boardgame for that matter.
STEP 2: Play Carcassonne.
Instruction unclear
dick stuck in fan
I don't own carcassonne!
Great review and sense of humor
Nice instructions.
Thank you. Just bought it after watching this :)
Best explained how to play Carcassonne. Thank you.
I've been playing this game for years and when there's more than one meeple on a city we times the points by the amount of meeple is that in any version of the rules or just some weird thing we've done?
"Highway women bit bothered you. maybe you should just relax"
Is actually super hypocritical, considering what the women movement has done when it comes to jobs that have females working in them.
My buddy has this game. Super fun.
This is a fantastic game. It is so much fun
More classics pleaseeeee
If a farmer is completely blocked off by roads, can you get them back, or are they used up no matter what?
pct87 No, you don't get them back until the end of the game, I'm afraid, which is why you should be weary when placing them.
@@Catz1987why should you be tired when placing them?
...Apparently i have been playing this game wrong for quite a while... Thanks for the info! :)
(I didn't catch the only placing meeples on tiles you just placed yourself thing for some reason)
I watched this because I thought we might be scoring incorrectly, because I've passed 100 points on a few occasions and it just seems odd to go around the scoring track that many times. The book says you lay your meeple down to indicate that you are on your 2nd lap (add 50 to the indicated score). I think the track should go higher since 100+ scores are easily achieved. Great game though!
Interesting, the version I have includes tiles with 50 on one side and 100 on the other, to show just this looping. I guess it's unique to the "big box" versions?
You could always take a different color meeple from the box, or use a penny, etc. To indicate 100 points
You could always take a different color meeple from the box, or use a penny, etc. To indicate 100 points
Solid game. When introducing to new gamers, consider leaving out the farmers. Their scoring tends to be the only Hangup for new players. After a game or two, you can easily introduce the farmers.
They highwaymeeples! Jeeze!
Poor innocent meeples being used like pawns in petty gender politics :(
I believe she referenced the correct response at 3:34 🤣
Love this game.
I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO RUN OUT AND BUY A GAME SO BAD.
0:59 place a meatball?
Tell me about it came here to try to figure out wtf meatballs was it's meeples
Maybe my favorite game ever.
HighwayPERSON.
Such a great game
You're really hanging on that highway woman part...
hey, will you cover most interesting extensions for you?
The corner damage on your starting tile would be frowned heavily upon in my house. My Carcassonne set is king, all hail and pay your respects. No drinks on the table and put your kid-gloves on, people.
why if i say that to my siblings they tell me that im a bit over reacting in playing the game but i just want to make sure that the game was not damaged so it will look nice and my money isn't wasted just so it will be destroyed😥
Can you do AVenturia and Four Against Darkness?
I have never fallen for a table top game like this. Well, maybe back when I was a kid and any new tabletop was still a potentially FUN new tabletop.
I played Settlers of Catan a few years back for awhile, and both I and the group I played with hated it. That rave house I lived in for awhile had two games on constant rotation: Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity. Again, games that emphasize the failings of gaming. Color me under-enthused.
And then I saw this video, watched it five times, ran out and bought mobile Carcassonne and all of its DLC. I can't even describe how appealing and fun the game is. I'm already trouncing the AI and waiting for the admins to approve my snarky user pic so I can start playing in online versus.
I am SO glad I saw this video. Thank you, Becca Scott!! P.S. I went to the Game the Game and also your personal channel; didn't find any videos with a description suggesting I'd see any Carcassonne being played. I -- Christ on a fidget spinner, am I already discriminating about this game?
2 days, can't wait.
Have you played 'Zombies!!!' on this channel at all?
Finally, a game that doesn’t suck from the outset...
It's Highwaymaam! 💅
Those red, blue, and green pieces could not be all in a row like that. You can’t meeple a road that already has a meeple on it. They can connect later, but that can’t happen to adjacent tiles.
They are all on different things though
I can't stop playing 2:25 over and over.
I like 3:36.
Where is table top?
Watching Weeds so I had to know what the game looked like
Im here because of Becca !!
Who’s watching this before citadels de mor to get Easter egg hints
Now do Twilight Imperium 4!
Mike MacFarlane all in four minutes, lol
... literally "makes a thing about it" by changing the word "highwayman" (that exists) to "highwaywoman" (that doesn't exist, even google spellchecks it as wrong) and then complains "or highwayman if you gonna make a thing about it".
But you just did, Becca. You made a thing about it for no reason at all.
Highwaymeeple, get it right yeesh!! It's 2024
"My name is Becca Scott, and if that highwaywoman but bothered you, maybe you should just relax! :)".
Genius hahahaha
She knows it like
Upton Orchard
Highwaymen is still the neutral form, no gender should be inferred from a word ending in "men". But if you really hate neutral words than end in "men" then just call them brigands, eh?
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Did you even finish the video..." Maybe you should relax"
I did indeed finish the video. What mode of relaxation motivated you to try to frame my response as not? "Maybe you should relax" See, it doesn't really mean anything other than to be dismissive, eh?
See, the reason you would post this is
A. Narcissism
B. A Superiority complex making you need to prove how smart and better you are.( Aka seeking power)
C. Being Misogynistic
In case of C, I couldn't let it slide ( but I emplore you to keep reading) as I was raise by a strong woman and have no problem standing up for someone's freedom of speech such as your right to be a twit and respond correcting someone's use of a word on a TH-cam comments section. I also have my right to fire back in this TH-cam comments section.
This type of self gratification causes people like others in this reply to feed off you and spread hatred and misogyny. That is pushing negative when we should all be more positive and kind with one another.
Look I know you were just trying to be clever, and as I don't know you,couldn't say you are any of those above things. In fact I'm like 90% sure you aren't...but those kinds of actions have an heir of negativity and Superiority to them which Is exactly why people need to use phrases like highwaywomen.
Our gaming hobby has Male written all over it, and that's a serious shame. As it is a great hobby with a usually great community around it that anyone should feel welcome to. This Is why I praise companies like Plaid hat Games using the term She instead of He in recent rulebooks, and Becca absolutely needing to use that term.
If it makes if a single person feel less Stereotypical about this hobby, and who was to afraid to be in such an unfortunately male dominated community. You and I should be singing her praise's not correcting her use of a non-offensive word
+Casey Pierson Seriously, relax, cupcake. Don't get your panties in a wad, sweetie. See, we can be condescending and dismissive too. You cannot complain about someone else doing something, then do it yourself, and then tell anyone pointing out the hypocrisy to shut up.
Stamm Shoals
Gaspar Sanz was Spanish. Machaut would have been nice.
just explain the game, w/o man/woman bullshit
Thanks for acknowledging the highwaywoman joke. We wouldn't want to teach people non-existing words, of course. ;)
Morissette Square
..Becca.. *sigh
Honestly don't get why gender politics was needed. Like zero problems with you calling them highwaywoman but drawing attention to that fact made you come off as a bit of an a hypocrite yourself for calling out people who do otherwise when you are literally doing the same thing in your video. Thanks for the rest of the stuff though, I now know more about this game at least.
Right. Super unnecessary
Call the bandits whatever you want, but by repeating over and over that people will make a big thing about it and telling them to calm down, it comes across like you're the one looking for a fight.
Xeriel She has a positive attitude, smiling, seems like she's joking to me!
Calm down.
The thing is: there is no reason to make a fuss about it. They are meeples, genderless things. What's the problem in calling it a man or woman? It's a game!
Then repeat to yourself, "It's just a show, I should really just relax."
Inserting this kind of thing into "just a video" makes it not "just a video". Be honest rather than being dismissive.
I can't get it
I have to say, that highway woman bit was uncalled for and totally offensive. It disrespects my French heritage
Actually the correct way is Lady Highwayman, you don't know anything about your heritage !!
Too fast and too short. I am still lost. I wanted to pull her chain down in front. Too distracting.
Highway people? - idiocy.
You’re so weirdo but talented
I keep hearing meatball!? Why do people explain things like they have a plane to catch?
Honestly the feminism is just a huge down vote.
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Becca you are so funny
more games should have highway women.
I prefer leaving jokes that don't stand the test of time: such as that highwayman bit - It just reminds us that the psycho rich are trying to brainwash and control everyone. Board games are about immersion and escapism and socializing.
I just noticed this video is 5 years old which before majority of population found out about the psycho brainwashing. Anyway, for people reading now, learn for the future!
This is a great example of a feminist looking for a fight and pushing an agenda. So sad.
I love this series. I think you high way woman bit might have angered the incells. :P thanks for another great video.
Oh look its discount Felicia Day telling us how to play the game Wil and TableTop showed us how to play ages ago in a much better way. If TableTop isn't coming back I am just gonna unsub from Geek & Sundry
Barreled Squid well, no one asked you to stay, so if you'd like to leave, no one will stop you
What a stupid, worthless comment
This isn't an airport, you don't need to announce your departure.
I'd rather just go back and watch it on Will Wheaton's TableTop!
Favourite game? Seriously? Just disappointed...
It's not bad, but it's not good enough for anyone to list it as their favourite
let people enjoy things, my dude
It's my favorite game too but I've always felt like the game is rather luck-based, especially if you are only playing with two people. I really like your house rule and might try it, thanks for that!
You do realise my opinion on a game doesn't prevent someone else's enjoyment of it, right, my dude?
Nor did I say nobody is allowed to like it at all, my dude
CrashSable my duuuuude
Please mam I have a question about this game please solve...I'm from India... give reply
What is your question?
Thanx for the detailed descriptions of the rules! And if you like t-shirts with Meeple, welcome to my store!) www.teepublic.com/user/sky-gaming-store