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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I played a few hours of an ongoing Carcassonne game. Currently fighting over a massive field and losing...

[–] dpunked@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it lasting so long? We used to play speed-Carcassonne were you only had seconds to place the tile. A game took 15 minutes but was a lot of fun

We've added almost every expansion, so we have 457 tiles to draw and place. As the board grows, so does the number of legal tile placements, so turns take longer. Expansion tiles frequently trigger additional actions, which require further decisions... great fun though!