Gingerbread Carcassonne

[cthulhia]

My "insane" gingerbread project finally hit BGG.

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/167163
http://boardgamegeek.com/image/167164
http://flickr.com/photos/zendonut/tags/gingerbread/
http://steak.place.org/servlets/digicam.ss?y=2006;m=12;d=3;n=6939

Yes, it all got et.

Yes, I'd do it again. If that happens, I'll likely mention it in LJ first, since, people snarkily expect a redo to have all those expansions I don't own. I'd need other people's games as reference.

Yes, I've since heard that there is currently an actual Food of Catan contest, but, let's just say I have issues with Catan. If I get better with cake decorating details, I might consider Hunters & Gatherers, which I prefer to classic Carcassonne.

Trivia:

• Total time required:
  • day 1: make first batch of dough (~30 minutes), chill overnight.
    
  • day 2: roll out + cook first batch (1 hour), dry/air out overnight (pets might may make this tricky), make second batch (~30 minutes), chill overnight, watch roommate slowly figure out what you're up to based on the shape of the cookies and the Carcassonne box next to them.
    
  • day 3: roll out + cook second batch (1 hour), dry/air out overnight
    
  • day 4: make royal icing, start decorating, get curious roommate to ice the meeples. return for assorted touch ups between TiVO'd Sci-fi friday shows. (1.5+ hours cumulative)
    
  • day 5: net surf to find out how to make a finer-point pastry bag than the one you thought would work out, but didn't, get really charitable with the piping. (i.e. "sure, that looks like a monastery")
    
  • so, about 6-7 hours, over 4-5 days.
• I bought a square cookie cutter because I didn't trust myself to get a consistent shape with just a knife. (A bigger square cookie cutter might work better.)
  
• I used Kingdom of Loathing's (Xlyinia's) recipe for Gingerbread Bugbears.

(more as I remember it, or as people ask...)