Author Topic: Spanish Monasteries (Read 23075 times)

Chooselife · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2015, 09:14:49 AM »

Not wanting to off-topic further our peninsular neighbours topic but for completion sake

:
Number 2:
Convento de Mafra

Number 6:
Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar

jungleboy · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2015, 09:52:17 AM »

The Mafra one looks especially nice. And it doesn't look like it's too far from Lisbon, so I will have to visit it next time

jungleboy · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2015, 04:42:58 AM »

I'm going to Madrid for a weekend in July and I'd like to visit El Escorial. Hopefully the expansion is out by then and I can buy it and take the El Escorial tile with me to the monastery.

danisthirty · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2015, 05:37:56 AM »

Quote from: jungleboy on May 06, 2015, 07:25:40 AM

Quote from: Paul on May 06, 2015, 06:37:04 AM
I bought 30 copies of the base game. They are still unopened.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner already! I don't think Paul's obsession for Carcassonne can ever be matched, even by Dan and his somewhat creepy admissions.

Quote from: jungleboy on May 07, 2015, 04:42:58 AM

I'm going to Madrid for a weekend in July and I'd like to visit El Escorial. Hopefully the expansion is out by then and I can buy it and take the El Escorial tile with me to the monastery.

Uh huh...

Paul · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2015, 05:44:35 AM »

Quote from: Chooselife on April 13, 2015, 09:14:49 AM

Not wanting to off-topic further our peninsular neighbours topic but for completion sake :
Number 2:
Convento de Mafra

Number 6:
Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar

Absolutely beautiful seeing it from this angle.

jungleboy · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2015, 06:04:52 AM »

Quote from: danisthirty on May 07, 2015, 05:37:56 AM

Uh huh...

You've got nothing! I think it would be neat to take a photo of the tile with the actual monastery in the background. That's not at all creepy; it's pretty cool actually.

You play games of Carcassonne in your head and refuse to talk to anyone when it's your turn, which is ALL THE TIME because you're playing IN YOUR HEAD!

(Edit: Just kidding, of course.)

jma03 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2015, 09:13:47 AM »

Good picture¡¡
someday I hope to visit

jungleboy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 21, 2015, 04:14:22 AM »

There hasn't been any news on the Spanish monasteries since the original selection competition in early April and Devir has removed some of the related posts from its Facebook page, which doesn't sound promising. After Carcassonne Pieza de Inicio did an analysis of the results, Devir said it would announce the results in a few days. That was over a month ago now. I asked them about it on FB two days ago but they haven't replied. So now I am worried that the expansion will not be published.

mas9dj · « **Reply #23 on:** May 21, 2015, 10:51:30 AM »

Quote from: jungleboy on May 21, 2015, 04:14:22 AM

There hasn't been any news on the Spanish monasteries since the original selection competition in early April and Devir has removed some of the related posts from its Facebook page, which doesn't sound promising. After Carcassonne Pieza de Inicio did an analysis of the results, Devir said it would announce the results in a few days. That was over a month ago now. I asked them about it on FB two days ago but they haven't replied. So now I am worried that the expansion will not be published.

They are a bit chaotic normally. They'll usually reprint expansions and release new stuff around september so I wouldn't expect too much before then.

SRBO · « **Reply #24 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:11:47 PM »

no news yet?

Safari · « **Reply #25 on:** July 01, 2015, 04:53:46 PM »

Quote from: SRBO on July 01, 2015, 01:11:47 PM

no news yet?

Oh, man. And I thought, that some news would have been released.

SRBO · « **Reply #26 on:** July 01, 2015, 10:06:46 PM »

Quote from: Safari on July 01, 2015, 04:53:46 PM

Quote from: SRBO on July 01, 2015, 01:11:47 PM
no news yet?
Oh, man. And I thought, that some news would have been released.

Haha oops , sorry for that!

jungleboy · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2015, 12:29:33 PM »

Don't get too excited, this is not an update regarding the expansion!

But I thought I'd let you know that I visited El Escorial monastery, near Madrid, on Saturday. It received the most votes in Devir's competition to see what the six Spanish monasteries would be. I'm not thrilled about this result, because it's a post-medieval monastery (built 1563-1584). But anyway, it's still an interesting place to visit (with an amazing library), and here are some pictures in case you're interested: