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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #150 on: March 08, 2017, 11:43:09 PM »
I will buy it, but I like what Safari said on CarcF about something more medieval, may be like my lady carcas expansion, something more fantasy and epic.  :black1-meeple:

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #151 on: March 09, 2017, 08:57:48 AM »
I will buy it, but I like what Safari said on CarcF about something more medieval, may be like my lady carcas expansion, something more fantasy and epic.  :black1-meeple:
Well, I said the same here, just a bit shorter:  ;D
However, I'd have preferred something like "Troubadour & Jester". Circuses are just so NOT medieval. I truly believe that there would have been plenty of potential in Jesters, Minstrels and Troubadours, acrobats, jugglers, conjurers, feasts and fairs. Wouldn't it have been lovely to see our princess playing with her jester and troubadours trying to appease the dragon?

I probably won't buy it unless they sell it in a Big Box together with at least the base game, the abbots and the new river for a very good price (I think of something like the 26–29 euros I paid for BB 4 back then). :D
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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #153 on: March 17, 2017, 08:49:03 PM »
Done...
Your order has not been processed yet.  :black1-meeple:

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #155 on: March 27, 2017, 08:35:00 AM »
Thanks for this link BigBoss. I have sent this off to a friend of a friend for translation into English in the hope that it is done before my order gets here, (currently on its way from Germany).  :(y)

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #156 on: March 28, 2017, 10:59:51 AM »
So, what is the current official stance on redrawing the tiles in the old-artwork style? Is a remake of this planned?

I mean, I'm going to buy it either way – for the box and the figures – but I'd like to know if I'll be able to use this in my games with all the old expansions as well (would like to try some interactions), due to the fact I lack the skills to remake it myself and combining the two is... eh... no, thanks.

Also, does anyone understand the purpose of the tent, other than making the tile in question easier to spot at first glance? I mean, there is always only one token in the game at any given time, isn't there? No reason to mark the place with an additional figure other than improving the readability and aesthetic value. I find it kind of interesting. I don't remember ever seeing an essentially "pointless" piece of wood in the game before.
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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #157 on: March 28, 2017, 11:25:09 AM »
Given the current status of fan-expansions here at CarcC, I highly doubt you'll find an old-style remake here I'm afraid.  Even before we get into the legals.  If we hosted the artwork, I suspect it would be seen as a way for people to NOT buy the new expansion; and that would make us liable for loss of earnings from HiG & all the other publishers.

I can't stop you doing them yourself though.

As far as my German goes: like this:

You draw a tile that needs a hut.  You hide an animal marker under it - then put you hut on top of it.  You may then play a meeple like normal.  When a new tile is draw you move the hut (then the hidden marker is scored).  Each Meeple (in the surrounding 9) scores the points on the animal marker.

So the tent just marks (and hides) the current circus, which moves around the map.  I guess you could do it without the tent, and just flip the markers.

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #158 on: March 28, 2017, 12:43:57 PM »
Ok, thank You for Your answer. I fully understand how this might be problematic, so I won't hold my breath for it.

I mean, I know I would buy the expansion anyway – the game is an intellectual property and I would feel like a thief if I just simply printed it at home without paying a cent to the publisher. But I understand this would not be true for all.

Perhaps I'll try to make some for my own personal use, although I don't consider myself a good artist at all and would probably rather go with an unfitting professional design than an unfitting homemade one.

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #159 on: March 28, 2017, 12:52:04 PM »
It's a rock and a hard place I'm afraid - thankfully I've come to terms with the new artwork and quite happily play with a mish-mash of artwork so long as the game functions (and space/time is preserved).

Welcome to the forum by the way - I didn't notice it was your first post  :(y)

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #160 on: March 28, 2017, 01:34:53 PM »
So, what is the current official stance on redrawing the tiles in the old-artwork style? Is a remake of this planned?

I mean, I'm going to buy it either way – for the box and the figures – but I'd like to know if I'll be able to use this in my games with all the old expansions as well (would like to try some interactions), due to the fact I lack the skills to remake it myself and combining the two is... eh... no, thanks.
Until someone creates an old artwork variant (I assume it will rather happen at the German forum) you can try this expansion with the Catapult tiles by slightly modified rules. Of course the tile configurations are different but still it's lot of fun.

Also, does anyone understand the purpose of the tent, other than making the tile in question easier to spot at first glance? I mean, there is always only one token in the game at any given time, isn't there? No reason to mark the place with an additional figure other than improving the readability and aesthetic value. I find it kind of interesting. I don't remember ever seeing an essentially "pointless" piece of wood in the game before.
Indeed, the rules say that the animal tokens should be removed from the game after circus scoring ("Nach der Wertung nimmst du das Tierplättchen aus dem Spiel und legst es offen neben die Auslage") though I was a bit surprised by reading that.
But there is something in the rules that surprised me even more: at the end of the game the artists gain the 5 points even if the pyramid isn't complete.
("Am Ende des Spieles erhältst du für jeden Artisten-Meeple ebenfalls 5 Punkte, egal wie weit die Pyramide gebaut wurde.")
I thought artists should present some spectacular performance to get points, but what is the spectacle if the meeple is standing alone?

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #161 on: March 28, 2017, 01:58:38 PM »
Perhaps they're a tumbler- a solo act?

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #162 on: March 30, 2017, 06:33:02 AM »
Question for those of you with a copy:  did they fix the terrible watermarks?

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #163 on: March 30, 2017, 06:48:36 AM »
My watermarks appear to be sound. Will attach a photo when I get home.

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Re: Carcassonne: Expansion N°10 Under the Big Top / Manege frei
« Reply #164 on: March 30, 2017, 09:34:15 AM »
It's a rock and a hard place I'm afraid - thankfully I've come to terms with the new artwork and quite happily play with a mish-mash of artwork so long as the game functions (and space/time is preserved).

Welcome to the forum by the way - I didn't notice it was your first post  :(y)

Oh, thank you.  :)

I used to lurk a lot on this forum, so I didn't realize it was my first post either.  :D We have just finished our collection so I'm kind of enthusiastic now.


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