Found a strategy guide

[Tobias]

What do you think about this: http://www.snigel.nu/?p=701 ?

Personally I found it worth a read.

Funny how I've never really thought about the relative scoring in C, I do it all the time in other games ...

[Scott]

I skimmed through it quickly, and I agree with most of what I saw, but it seemed really wordy.

[Joff]

I have seen this before... it's on my hard drive... somewhere

It's well worth a read, as Tobias said, but I like David Peterson's guide.

[richardbrand]

Good read, thank you. Mainly reinforced my own findings, but gave me a few new things to consider too.

[Gantry]

I talked to Olle (the author of that document), he said we could link to it for the moment and possibly put it on the site.  I'll have it up just as soon as I get the go-ahead, or at least a link to it in our Articles section.

[Jambo]

That's a good guide, particularly with respect to games where there are more than 2 players!  Up to this point, I'd always played offensively, and the notion of sharing projects was interesting.

[Novelty]

I wonder if the author has any plans to update this for the newer expansions... does anyone know?

[koolkat]

Dunno, but that would be great. I think we should be opening some new topics on that matter.

[Novelty]

koolkat, you can always start a thread in this forum for any strategy that you would like to share.  This thread though is about the strategy guide linked to in the first post by Tobias.  (To get back on the topic) My question still stands - does anyone know if the author has plans to update it?

[Gantry]

I'll contact him and find out

[Novelty]

Thanks Gantry!

[Gantry]

I wonder if the author has any plans to update this for the newer expansions... does anyone know?

Response:

Hello!

Nice to hear from you and nice that you found my guide
useful/interesting. However, an expanded version is not a priority
right now, simply because I do not play Carcassonne. The reason is not
that I have abandoned the game because I think it is not interesting,
but because I have moved to Taiwan recently and have no one to play
with. I know there are placed to play online, such as Asobrain, but I
have so far found these online services insufficient.

That being said, I still like the game and I inspired, I can probably
produce more writings of interest. However, an advanced guide would be
impossible to write, simply because it would be too big. As you know,
the guide I have already written covered quite a few pages and I only
consider it the basics. If I just expanded on the same subject, the
project would spin out of control very fast.What I can do is to expand
on certain issues or discuss certain elements of the game. For
instance, somebody would post questions or comments on my guide, I
would probably be able to find the time and inspiration to answer. The
questions may of course involve requests to expand on a specific
topic.

As for updating the guide, I am not sure what you mean. As far as I am
concerned, it contains what a basic guide should contain. I know there
are some spelling and grammar mistakes in there (bear with me, English
is not my native language), but I suppose that is not what you mean.

Conclusion: Expansion in general is not likely, but elaboration on
specific topics or clarification, examples or suchlike is not
impossible.

I hope this answers your questions. Again, thank you for your
interest. Even though I wrote the guide mainly for my own sake, it
still feels good to know that others benefit from it. Please give my
thanks to your fellow Carcassonne players!

Best regards,

Olle

[Novelty]

I wonder if he would allow us to host the article here as well...

[Gantry]

asked; awaiting response

[Novelty]

Thanks Gantry