"Inaccurate but Fun!"

The Carcassonne games are some of our favorites! We had Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers on hand, and the game had to be played.

Jake, Manny, Danielle, and Chris played the game.

We played with the "Scout" expansion pack, half of the King and Scout expansion. - Danielle picked the scout. Jake picked the boatman. Chris had the farmer. Manny had the hunter on the bridge. Everyone but Manny managed to play his or her bonus piece.

Here's a chart of what happened during the game. The numbers indicate chronology, but they are grouped according to who scored what...

JAKE	MANNY	DANIELLE	CHRIS
(4) 10 pt. forest + 4 pt. forest (7b) 2 pt. bonus from his boatman (14) 6 pt. forest (16) 4 pt. river [+2 for boatman] (17) 6 pt. forest (20) 4 pt. river (24) 4 pt. river [+2 for boatman] (26) 4 pt. river [+2 for boatman] (30) 6 pt. river	(7) 6 pt. river (11) 4 pt. river (22) 7 pt. river (24) 7 pt. river (29) 6 pt. forest	(1) 4 pt. river (3) 4 pt. forest (6) 4 pt. forest (8) 4 pt. forest (10) 5 pt. river (12) 5 pt. river (15) 4 pt. river (18) 8 pt. forest (19) 4 pt. forest (21) 4 pt. forest (23) 4 pt. forest (25) 7 pt. river (27) 4 pt. forest (28) 4 pt. river	(2) 5 pt. river (5) 6 pt. river (9) 4 pt. river (13) 8 pt. forest
TOTALS BEFORE ENDGAME SCORING
54	30	65	23
TOTALS AFTER ENDGAME SCORING
88	31	84	71

Jake wins!

Chris noticed that if he had played his last tile differently, he would have completed a large forest that potentially could have won him the game.

Also, as we were counting the final points, we noticed that Manny had played an illegal tile that we didn't notice until it was way too late.

This was Danielle's first time playing, and she remarked that she didn't believe prehistoric hunters and gatherers worked in this fashion, but agreed that the game was still enjoyable.