by Susie_Cat
Whaleyland wrote:
Depending on how much you want the special "Celebration" expansion included in the 10th Anniversary Edition, this is what I'd suggest:
Buy 10th Anniversary Edition AND Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
Wait for the Carcassonne Big Box 4 to come out next year
Buy Big Box 4 and gift the 10th Anniversary Edition, minus Celebration, to some friend
That is pretty much what I did. I took the sheets of bonus tiles and gifted the rest as a wedding door prize. That way, you get normal meeples (from Wheel), the extra tiles (from Anniversary Edition), and eventually, a normal edition of the base game (from Big Box). And until then, you still have the wonderful Wheel spin-off that acts as a good base game but also includes a fun expansion.
Buy 10th Anniversary Edition AND Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
Wait for the Carcassonne Big Box 4 to come out next year
Buy Big Box 4 and gift the 10th Anniversary Edition, minus Celebration, to some friend
That is pretty much what I did. I took the sheets of bonus tiles and gifted the rest as a wedding door prize. That way, you get normal meeples (from Wheel), the extra tiles (from Anniversary Edition), and eventually, a normal edition of the base game (from Big Box). And until then, you still have the wonderful Wheel spin-off that acts as a good base game but also includes a fun expansion.
More or less what I did too. We have to do a 24hr shift once for work, so I left it for the long dark nights (and others to play as well).
Susie_Cat.