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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #780 on: December 29, 2015, 01:44:27 PM »
I am still interested in a copy when they arrive.

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #781 on: December 29, 2015, 01:46:27 PM »
At last I have received the package from Basically Wooden, what I ordered at 4th of December!
Awesome items! Ferries definitely is more natural, when original ones, but meeples perfectly fit inside score tokens!
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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #782 on: December 29, 2015, 01:55:51 PM »
@whaleyland - you should ask for a copy of Crop Circles, if they didn't specify  ;) Glad to hear it's on target.

@Mr Numbers - great photos, I love the tokens and ferries are very nice!

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #783 on: December 29, 2015, 05:15:51 PM »
I am still interested in a copy when they arrive.
Noted. Once I get the package, I'll figure out what domestic New Zealand prices should be based on what I paid. I won't charge you any more than what the converted price should be + shipping. The other three I'll probably try to sell on TradeMe for a tinsy profit.

@whaleyland - you should ask for a copy of Crop Circles, if they didn't specify  ;) Glad to hear it's on target.
Funny you say that, because I totally asked for the Winter-Edition Crop Circles. I did not, however, ask for Crop Circles I because I actually nabbed that back when the Müller Edition was still circulating. I think the six tiles cost me somewhere around €20.00, which is cheaper than what I paid for Kathars (€26.00). Granted, now I have a second Kathars from when Spielbox "found" a missing box of them, but I digress.

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #784 on: December 31, 2015, 08:55:39 AM »
Thanks to Decar, Kettle, Basically Wooden and anyone else who contributed to this haul.
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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #785 on: January 01, 2016, 06:08:43 AM »


Decar - those tiles look totally professional!

 Thank you!
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« Reply #786 on: January 03, 2016, 08:53:57 AM »
Thanks Rosco, I'm glad you liked them.  I was very happy with the results. But it is a process of constant refinement for me.  Improvements can still be made.  Interestingly, I have 8 tiles here with your name against them....so that means someone might be missing theirs...

For those wondering,  this is Astronomers 2.0 - the expansion we first played on the UK Meetup 2015 -  There are now two constellations.  The stars are yellow (4-sided) or blue (5-sided).  The two constellations don't interfere with each other (unless you want).  I wanted to make sure players could quickly distinguish the constellations; hence the blue and yellow.  But I also wanted to make sure colour-blind players could differentiate the constellations too; hence the change in the number of sides.  On a side note the the blue and yellow are apparently easily differentiable for the 3-most-common forms of colour-blindness.

The tiles are intended to be high-value, so players are forced to decide whether to use them traditionally, or place them within a constellation.

The bags are from artscow.  I have quite a few on the way, so no doubt, if you've not got one, you'll be getting one soon :)

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #787 on: January 03, 2016, 12:19:26 PM »
We received a lovely fan expansion from Decar a few days ago (I didn't want to post a screenshot too soon just in case others hadn't received theirs yet). This is a slightly tweaked version of The Astronomers fan expansion that he brought to the UK meet up in Rugby, presented in a lovely bag. The quality of the tile printing is really impressive - you'd think that it was professionally done! Thanks very much Decar. In fact we liked it so much that Lukey-Dukey and I had a game that day (and added a couple of other mini expansions into the mix).

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« Reply #788 on: January 03, 2016, 01:00:55 PM »
Great Photo Rich (+1 for that)!  I can't take all the credit for the printing - Quevy's advice has been invaluable; we see further standing on the shoulders of giants etc :)

It's nice seeing my green matches better than the Monasteries!

It's great seeing how you've used the Astronomer tiles, I bet you were checking how to use them to the greatest effect.  I bet they worked really well with the monasteries - 2 geometric expansions :D

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #789 on: January 03, 2016, 03:06:13 PM »
Today, My postman (eg: me in the back of the car) delivered a rather elegant blanket box, the intention was to house my ever expanding game collection.  Specially, as I know I have quite a few more on the way.



Here's my problem though:



Not much room left for expansion :(

Interestingly enough:  The width of the trunk is exactly 2 HiG boxes wide; and the Height is also 4 HiG Boxes + A Travel Edition.

My mistake was buying all these other non-HiG Games - Now I have some odd holes to fill.

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #790 on: January 04, 2016, 04:47:58 AM »
Cool idea! A 'treasure' chest full of board games would be great, but I guess it depends on whether you want to display them or not.

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #791 on: January 04, 2016, 08:09:21 AM »
We received a lovely fan expansion from Decar a few days ago (I didn't want to post a screenshot too soon just in case others hadn't received theirs yet). This is a slightly tweaked version of The Astronomers fan expansion that he brought to the UK meet up in Rugby, presented in a lovely bag. The quality of the tile printing is really impressive - you'd think that it was professionally done! Thanks very much Decar. In fact we liked it so much that Lukey-Dukey and I had a game that day (and added a couple of other mini expansions into the mix).

This could be the first image to participate in the photo contest :)
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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #792 on: January 04, 2016, 10:14:03 AM »
I haven't posted here in a while. I've gotten a few orders in and more are on the way.

Isle of Skye arrived today and I unboxed it minutes after I got home. I haven't felt excited about a board game since my first Big Box (Carcassonne)!  :yellow-meeple:

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #793 on: January 06, 2016, 07:44:37 AM »
Today the postman brought me Alhambra!



.... but no where to keep it!

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Re: I love the postman...
« Reply #794 on: January 06, 2016, 10:15:49 AM »
Today the postman brought me Alhambra!

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it once you get to play it. A couple of reviews I've seen have said that the base game is good but not great, but adding the expansions to it really brings it up another level.


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