Medieval March Break
We went to the Medieval Times restaurant in Toronto…
getting ideas for my library… i like these fabric panels on the wall!
the knights costumes were so beautiful that it was hard for me to remember to watch the games.
see, I was looking at these mini banners instead of the jousting going on like everyone else.
We were seated in the Red Knights section and cheered for him all night. He was very sweet and threw a flower really far into the crowd to reach our princess. She was thrilled and waved it ceaselessly. Her effort was not in vain, for he was in the end, the victor of the tournament, defeating the evil green knight thereby freeing the captured white shining prince!
A couple of days later, we had our own medieval tournament as we challenged ourselves to play a game of all-expansion Carcassonne, one of our favourite board games. Huzzah!
First the city is placed with its enclosing wall and then the river begins…
“In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep
I must be lookin’ for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it’s too hard to cross
even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand on the shore
I try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I’ve been looking for
In the middle of the night”
Our river is finished and we have started on some large castles, even finished a few small ones…
the pieces add up fast and the kingdom grows rather large. we anticipated this by clearing everything else off the kitchen table and even adding the leaf to it. Here is where we stopped the game after several hours of play in one night.
and here is our final board! we managed to make a “pretty” one this time with very few holes. I love this game! all total it took us about seven hours to play, though in our defense it was our very first time playing with all of the add-on expansions so we had a lot of discussions about rules and what to do when.
If this looks like fun to you – SOO much fun – and you like board games, try these options…
Xbox Live Arcade has a simplified version of Carcassonne to play. That’s where I fell in love. It’s the ONLY game I have a perfect achievement score in. Darn hard work, but soooo much fun. hehe
Or, you could buy your own big box and play like us!
Toys R Us sells the basic Carcassonne and a few of the expansions. Wait, have I explained “expansion”? It means that you play it with the main game, not alone, it is only adding more pieces, rules, intrigue, strategy, FUN, you name it, to the original game.
The Big Box like we have probably would be found at your local specialty game shop. You know the one that sells all the collectible action figures and Dungeons and Dragons rule books.
Good evening to you, my lords and ladies.
ps. I wish my template were bigger to accomodate larger photos. These don’t look their best at such small size, but you can see the full images in my Picasa album if you click on any of them. 
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Holli
I’ve heard so much about this game and I’ve loved actually SEEING it being played!! It’s consistently rated the number 1 game — and yet I don’t know anyone who has it. You’re the first!
so, that begs the question: where have you seen it played?
and yes, it is an award-winning game made by an award-winning German game inventor. i never knew people were even still making new board games – rather than regurgitating the same old classics – until I met Carcassonne.