I've orderd BC&B from a supplier and it's being pretty delayed. I did get the below from them though:(My bold)QuoteWe do now have a reason for the delay though – they recently updated the main Carcassonne game and it’s tiles, so are updating the tiles in the expansions too. (The old tiles will still be on the back of the new ones so everything remains compatible)This sounds like they're doing double-faced tiles, with no grey side to them?!
We do now have a reason for the delay though – they recently updated the main Carcassonne game and it’s tiles, so are updating the tiles in the expansions too. (The old tiles will still be on the back of the new ones so everything remains compatible)
No no they mean that the old back is still the same on the new tiles.. so The grey side is still there
Quote from: SRBO on February 02, 2015, 01:42:04 AMNo no they mean that the old back is still the same on the new tiles.. so The grey side is still thereI'm not sure that's the case as the backs haven't changed between versions so the only "old" and "new" is the front.This is only one reseller, and they might have got their wires crossed, but doesn't seem like a great idea. Would mean accidental glimpses of tiles in the bag would be quite easy, and the tile-hiding in Sheep & Hills becomes redundant.
The very premise of the game depends on hidden backs, so there's just no way they'll print the tiles on both sides. The tile bag doesn't even come with the base game. In the original you're supposed to draw from face down stacks. I'm sure this is just poor phrasing.That said, it's beginning to sound like they're definitely switching to new art across the board if your reseller is to be believed, instead of 2.0 being a one-off. In that case, sounds like my collection is nearing completion, because there's no way I'm buying anything with that cartoony art. I've got enough of an OCD problem that it would drive me crazy to have mismatched fronts and I'm just not going to own two copies of everything. My money can be better spent. Not sure why they feel the need to alienate their biggest fans by blowing up their collections like this. How many new people are really gonna be drawn to the game because of a redesign? Sigh...
QuoteWe do now have a reason for the delay though – they recently updated the main Carcassonne game and it’s tiles, so are updating the tiles in the expansions too. (The old tiles will still be on the back of the new ones so everything remains compatible)This sounds like they're doing double-faced tiles, with no grey side to them?!
Quote from: Durbs on February 02, 2015, 01:09:58 AMQuoteWe do now have a reason for the delay though – they recently updated the main Carcassonne game and it’s tiles, so are updating the tiles in the expansions too. (The old tiles will still be on the back of the new ones so everything remains compatible)This sounds like they're doing double-faced tiles, with no grey side to them?!Sounds like the guy misspoke, and was trying to say the new tiles will still have the grey backing with the letter C: "The old tiles..." equals "The old tile backs...". That would be in keeping with HiG's and Z-Man's claim that the new and old tiles are "compatible" just because they have the same back. If only the game were played upside down...What is interesting is that he claims they are updating the expansions. As far as I know there has been no official statement to that effect. So either he is in the know much more deeply than we are, or he is generalizing and not correct.
I've read a lot of the discussions regarding the clash between the new and old artwork, but have to say I really don't mind the difference when playing games. I don't think it impacts the game at all, and I think there has been an over-reaction on here about how much of an issue this is.
Quote from: Murno on February 07, 2015, 08:26:20 AMI've read a lot of the discussions regarding the clash between the new and old artwork, but have to say I really don't mind the difference when playing games. I don't think it impacts the game at all, and I think there has been an over-reaction on here about how much of an issue this is.Hi Murno, welcome to the forums and thanks for your input on old v new artwork. To be honest, I think it depends on what kind of person you are. I don't own v2.0 and so I've only seen pictures of the tiles mixed together, but personally, I would never mix them because it would just bother me too much. Even little art differences in the colours of the old artwork annoy me (e.g. the colouring of the Cathars, the darker fields of Plague/Festival etc). Of course, I realise that not everyone is this pedantic and I'm sure there are plenty of players who don't mind mixing tiles. But I think it might be fair to say in general that the game tends to attract people who are drawn to the neatness of the landscape and the way it all fits together - and mixing tiles does affect this visualisation (though not the gameplay itself).Maybe one conclusion might be that the ratio of pedantic people is higher in Carcassonne fandom than in the real world.
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