Mega-Carcassonne game 16.02.2012

[Carcking]

CK, I think Green already has the farm you are referring to on the east side. I do see a castle farm on the west side though that he could have taken. 

[CKorfmann]

Whoops, you're right.  I got excited and missed that the road was a roundabout.  I'm not sure by looking at it, but I think if the farm you're referring to is in the northwest corner, that it might also be already owned by green as well.  Looks like the abbey play is still best.

[MrNumbers]

Yes, in both cases green already owns the farm. About Abbey tile: I should to agree that it was the better option to score maximum amount of points with the very last move.
One note: if black places his Abbey tile to an only available hole with ALL surrounding tiles, that will give red and yellow (as they share barns) one more city, so +4 points each. In this case it would be better to place it into another hole and score only 8 points, but not to give 4 points to two other opponents.

[CKorfmann]

I should not try to make such observations several hours after my bedtime.  I was wrong again and you are correct.  There is only one hole that is completely surrounded.  I'm just going to stop now...  :