Cundco.de news! New expansion available - Die kloster

[kettlefish]

Yes Jputt927 is still alive.
He told me in a PM that he has many new ideas for fan-expansions.
But we still have nothing new in the workshop from our "star-author"...

[Jputt927]

Alive I am, and always very much present on here.  New official expansions, such as "Hills and Sheep", and this one always re-ignite my interest quite a bit...so I might just have to start sharing some of my ideas.... 

[Whaleyland]

Haha - there goes a Jputt sighting!   

lol. Every time I say mention JPutt at home, my wife goes "Oh! You've seen Putt Putt!" 

[wamboyil]

Here is my English translation of the rules to the new mini-expansion!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62Qt7XfvzblbFlrbXBvRnhqMTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Based on what I've read in other posts here at CarcC, I am calling this mini-expansion "The German Monasteries" in English. If anyone has other ideas or "official" information on the proper way to say it, please let me know. As always, comments and corrections are welcome!

[rfielder]

Here is my English translation of the rules to the new mini-expansion!

Very nice!

A question about the rules:  In the "Preparation" section, we are to remove the "original" cloister tiles.  By "original", I assume they mean the two that came with the base game?

In other words, you are removing two, and adding six, so you are increasing the total count of tiles.

My opinion - since there are only two "original" cloister tiles to be removed, why not leave them in?  'Specially if you have The Tower, cloisters seem to score less often.  They are a prime target for tower capture, and if possible for dragon's lunch.

My opinion #2: given the size of the boards we are building, an abbot may be worth a LOT.  On the other hand, the follower is tied up to the end of the game.  Husbanding a scare resource just got more complicated.  This will add an interesting twist to one's strategy.  However, we may be pushing to the point that seven followers plus a big follower plus a phantom is not enough. 

Funny how megaCarc means a LOT more tiles, but never more followers......

[wamboyil]

Aren't there 6 cloisters in the base game? By my count, there are 4 "ffff" and 2 "ffrf" tiles, which matches exactly with the layouts of the 6 German Monastery tiles.

[kettlefish]

Aren't there 6 cloisters in the base game? By my count, there are 4 "ffff" and 2 "ffrf" tiles, which matches exactly with the layouts of the 6 German Monastery tiles.

Yes in the base game of Carcassonne are 6 cloister tiles.

[rfielder]

Yes, there are six.   

There are two types, four of one and two of the other.  I counted types, not tiles, when looking at the CAR.

DUH!   

[Guesclin]

Here is my English translation of the rules to the new mini-expansion!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62Qt7XfvzblbFlrbXBvRnhqMTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Based on what I've read in other posts here at CarcC, I am calling this mini-expansion "The German Monasteries" in English. If anyone has other ideas or "official" information on the proper way to say it, please let me know. As always, comments and corrections are welcome!

Nice work on the translation. I would like to propose changing the name of "abbot" to "breakdancing Monk"  . Together with the vineyards expansions it looks like cloistersmare making a powerfull comeback for megacarc. Waiting for the cundco package to arrive...

[Carcking]

Here is my English translation of the rules to the new mini-expansion!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62Qt7XfvzblbFlrbXBvRnhqMTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Based on what I've read in other posts here at CarcC, I am calling this mini-expansion "The German Monasteries" in English. If anyone has other ideas or "official" information on the proper way to say it, please let me know. As always, comments and corrections are welcome!

Nice work Guesclin! 

I have one suggestion. Eliminate the word (Meeple) from the Game Rules paragraph. For consistency we use the term Follower - in keeping with the HiG standard. In any case it's at best redundant.

[wamboyil]

Thanks for the input. I have removed the word Meeple, and posted the new version here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62Qt7XfvzblbC1iUmZsMjFYZFU/edit?usp=sharing

[quevy]

I can not see it.

[Fritz_Spinne]

I have one suggestion. Eliminate the word (Meeple) from the Game Rules paragraph. For consistency we use the term Follower - in keeping with the HiG standard. In any case it's at best redundant.

The "Meeple" is in the german rules!:

Dann hat er zwei Möglichkeiten, das Kloster mit
einem Gefolgsmann (Meeple) zu besetzen

In English "meeple" should be written without capital letter.

[Carcking]

The "Meeple" is in the german rules!:

Well I'll be... I find that really amazing that HiG has adopted its use. And troubling!

...it could lead to even greater confusions since Meeple is a fairly generic term for wood play piece in general - for example - are Meeples only Followers? or are they also the Pig, the Builder, the Messenger, the Robber, the Fairy, the Count, etc.? Meeple is an open definition. 

[Fritz_Spinne]

I agree to you, Carcking. There should be the terms specifical for the game and that is a follower placed as monk or abbot.

I think there was very much to do in the last days at HiG and they didn't think much about some aparently small things.