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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1845 on: March 28, 2017, 09:21:42 AM »
Uh oh.  This order has really gone wrong.   So I ordered a bunch of stuff from Spielmaterial to trick out my Carcassonne and Colt Express games.  While I was looking at the site Big Boss posted that they had the Windroses with the East and West directions on them.  I also noticed that they had the Stone Age gambling expansion.  My wife loves Stone Age, so I ordered that.  That expansion comes with something for Russian Railroads, which isn't something we have ever played. 

Then the box came and it was much larger than I expected.  Notice the contents (See photo).  What should I do?  Them shipping it here probably cost more than what I paid. 

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1846 on: March 28, 2017, 09:56:18 AM »
Oei!
BigBoss and i both emailed them for confirmation, and both got a reply saying it was the 2013 spielbox version. I believe they changed it on their website now, but obviously it was too late for your order...
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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1847 on: March 28, 2017, 10:03:53 AM »
Oei!
BigBoss and i both emailed them for confirmation, and both got a reply saying it was the 2013 spielbox version. I believe they changed it on their website now, but obviously it was too late for your order...

It still shows the version with East and West, but now says N,S.  Very unfortunate!  Ohh well. 

https://www.spielematerial.de/en/spezielles/carcassonne/original-carcassonne-tiles.html

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1848 on: March 28, 2017, 11:27:30 AM »
Sorry to hear you didn't get quite what you needed, but it still looks like a great haul!

Looking forward to your opinions on Russian Rail roads....It's been on my "...maybe....looks good...but will I have time to play it "list for a while!!

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1849 on: March 28, 2017, 11:01:51 PM »
Russian Railroads is possibly the best worker placement released in years (maybe the very best since Caylus). Enjoy it and then proceed to buy the great expansions

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1850 on: March 29, 2017, 02:49:28 AM »
Only 4 days from Cundco. Most impressed!

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1851 on: March 29, 2017, 04:07:45 AM »
Russian Railroads is possibly the best worker placement released in years (maybe the very best since Caylus). Enjoy it and then proceed to buy the great expansions

Good to know.  I watched the Dice Tower and some of Rahdo's reviews and I got lost in how it gets played.  I am not opening it for a while in case the company wants it back (doubtful because of shipping).

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1852 on: March 29, 2017, 06:41:03 AM »
Kickstarter arrival one full month before the initial fullfilment date.  :(y) :(y) :(y)

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1853 on: March 29, 2017, 09:45:47 AM »
I've got a special little order in today from a befriended woodworker.
We were thinking of a different version of the catapult. The wooden catapult that is included in the expansion when it came out is very simple and difficult to use. We thought that is probably to save costs, but also to make it more of a comedic addition to the game.
Nevertheless we wanted to try something new, so this came to my doorstep today:


It works a bit better (i think at least) than the original. We were working on more of a Trebuchet version, but that didnt work well, so this was the end result.
Its about as long as the original, but a bit wider and higher.



And its easier to aim and decide on how fast you want to shoot it :)



Now we'll have to try it out soon :D
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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1854 on: April 01, 2017, 06:27:01 AM »
That's quite an improvement on the catapult design!

Today a mischievous wooden hatted man arrived through my door.  He brought some other goodies too.  I hope I can trust him with the rest of my collection!


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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1855 on: April 01, 2017, 06:32:44 AM »
2 Copies?  Already planning on playing Mega-Carcacircus? :(y)

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« Reply #1856 on: April 01, 2017, 07:18:03 AM »
That mischievous wretch, I turn my back and now there's two of them...!


No actually the 2nd is for DanisThirty (we saved a bit on postage) - but will need to pick up a 2nd copy for another project at some point.... ::) ::) ::) :(y)

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1857 on: April 01, 2017, 09:13:08 AM »
I have every Isle of Skye tile now.  The only thing I am missing is the 2015 advent calender promo.

This is the tile given out at events after they won the Kennerspiel de Jahres.

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #1858 on: April 01, 2017, 12:30:16 PM »
Finally, another building block in my Carcassonne 2.0 collection!

I only got into the game after Carcassonne 2.0 was released, so decided to restrict my completionism urge to that ;)

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« Reply #1859 on: April 01, 2017, 12:46:25 PM »
Very sensible reddarlek! Good luck with your hunt!


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