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Title: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:34:36 AM
http://cundco.de/detail/index/sArticle/144/sCategory/14

Have fun dear members!

They look incredible ugly, but nevertheless.. it's a new expansion.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: kettlefish on April 18, 2016, 07:42:15 AM
The farm around the Japaneese monasteries is in the CC II - new Edition.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:44:23 AM
So it's a new edition expansion? ???
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: CKorfmann on April 18, 2016, 07:46:33 AM
Why...   ???
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:48:23 AM
i can see the review of The Barbarian already coming: Japan in france!!!  :(n) :(n)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 07:50:58 AM
One I think is Osaka Castle, but might be the modern Imperial Palace, it's hard to tell

The other may be the Buddha from Kamakura, it is hard to tell.  But it is the second largest Buddha in all Japan!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:52:00 AM
Funny to see that the link to carcassonne is to the normal edition.

I'm not going to buy it until anyone can show me how it looks with the normal edition..
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: hunnymonster on April 18, 2016, 07:55:11 AM
I'm not going to buy it until anyone can show me how it looks with the normal edition..

It can't be any more jarring to see than the German Cathedrals can it?  :o 8)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 18, 2016, 08:20:11 AM
Looks like a belated April Fools

EDIT:  ...and I don't find this is funny at all :(
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 18, 2016, 08:20:31 AM
I've bought one so i'll put some screens up on here when it arrives.

I just bought the new art Carc because i found a 1st edition box/scoreboard and the guy would only sell it to me if i replaced his box!!! (he hated the 70 point board so had made a new 50 point one anyway!)

so i bought the new art set and sent him the box as a swap!!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: jungleboy on April 18, 2016, 08:32:39 AM
Looks like a belated April Fools

EDIT:  ...and I don't find this is funny at all :(

My first two thoughts too!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 18, 2016, 08:48:16 AM
i think it looks like an art/proof pic rather than an actual real life photo of the tiles.

Will know more when they arrive.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Valheru on April 18, 2016, 08:55:19 AM
The thing is, monistaries/cathedrals or any other stuff from Germany can actually somewhat be believable in terms of building style.. This is just plain silly, to be frank.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: dirk2112 on April 18, 2016, 10:54:27 AM
Oh boy, I hope the next expansion is fast food restaurants.  My "drive thru" meeple could get me one point for every connected road and my "restaurant manager" could give me 2 points for every city within a 5 tile radius.   :(n)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: egamar on April 18, 2016, 11:03:01 AM
Well.  I thought the CarcII art was horrible in the base game - I guess we can see that the expansions will be even worse.  This is an easy pass.  I don't even want to buy a few copies to sell to the Japanese at a profit.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ny1050220 on April 18, 2016, 11:08:59 AM
Now that they are moving to cathedrals/temples outside of Europe, I'm seriously expecting more countries depicted.
It'll be a nightmare, though. Think of about the flags emoji in iPhone.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on April 18, 2016, 11:36:10 AM
I'm normally a "hooray for everything!" kind of guy. But I admit, even I think this is daft. Definitely one for the completionists as I can't imagine anyone really wanting to play with them. Will this be the first expansion where nobody can be bothered to translate the rules into English? Maybe. Especially if they're in Japanese to begin with.

I just bought the new art Carc because i found a 1st edition box/scoreboard and the guy would only sell it to me if i replaced his box!!! (he hated the 70 point board so had made a new 50 point one anyway!)

Bizarre! That was definitely a good deal for you!

Oh boy, I hope the next expansion is fast food restaurants.  My "drive thru" meeple could get me one point for every connected road and my "restaurant manager" could give me 2 points for every city within a 5 tile radius.   :(n)

Great idea. I think the restaurant manager meeple should get 2 (or more) points for every incomplete city mostly because it's usually only complete cities that win points for stuff like this. But also, because the construction workers building the incomplete city will be the ones who your restaurant manager benefits from the most.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 18, 2016, 11:58:49 AM
Do they deliver to the US, or will I need to wait a few months for them to land onto ebay?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: dirk2112 on April 18, 2016, 12:07:45 PM
Do they deliver to the US, or will I need to wait a few months for them to land onto ebay?

Yes they do.  It is less than $5 using Paypal to have Cundco ship a small order.  If you order anything large, it gets expensive fast. 



Great idea. I think the restaurant manager meeple should get 2 (or more) points for every incomplete city mostly because it's usually only complete cities that win points for stuff like this. But also, because the construction workers building the incomplete city will be the ones who your restaurant manager benefits from the most.

That makes so much sense.  I am sorry I didn't think of it. 
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Carcking on April 18, 2016, 12:09:37 PM
Now that they are moving to cathedrals/temples outside of Europe, I'm seriously expecting more countries depicted.
It'll be a nightmare, though. Think of about the flags emoji in iPhone.
As long as they are issuing them in Carc 0.2 my compulsion is not stirred. Here's hoping they continue the practice...  ::)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Halfling on April 18, 2016, 12:18:53 PM
Marvellous, just ordered mine.

 
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 18, 2016, 01:08:45 PM
Marvellous, just ordered mine.

What do you smoke? I want this stuff :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Halfling on April 18, 2016, 01:47:48 PM
Charming.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 18, 2016, 01:58:23 PM
I would love to be excited about it but really can't. I must be missing something... :-/
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 02:11:35 PM
I hope this is a just a tryout version. I mean.. where is the shade? It looks soo cartoonish..

Btw 1000th post!

Edit: and it doesnt have a watermark.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 02:13:04 PM
Well done SRBO!

I've reached out with some questions about this Expansion to some contacts.  I will let you know what I discover!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 02:15:00 PM
I must admin that i am curious though.. i still have hope. Lets wait on the contact and the real pictures
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 02:32:17 PM
Having been to more than half of the places shown on our honeymoon was a good enough reason to support it for me. Even if it's a tad funky looking.

On the plus side they're all medieval...except maybe Osaka castle....which burnt down and got rebuilt in 1932....sounds a like like the castle at carcassonne.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on April 18, 2016, 02:37:00 PM
I think the temples could be used like cult places for Carcassonne II.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Whaleyland on April 18, 2016, 02:37:50 PM
*gasp*cough*gag*uck*bleck....

Have I died? Is this Hell? Crap. Well it looks like there will be one Carcassonne expansion I won't be getting. Not only do I not want to patronise CarcII expansions, but the art on these tiles is rather subpar and I just cannot even in my wildest imagination support Japanese temples in medieval Carcassonne. Nope. Can't do it. Not going there. I already have German and Dutch Monasteries, I don't need another expansion that does the same thing, especially when that expansion is in different art and thematically wrong.

And this:
Edit: and it doesnt have a watermark.

Now that they are moving to cathedrals/temples outside of Europe, I'm seriously expecting more countries depicted.
Like France?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 18, 2016, 03:05:36 PM
Marvellous, just ordered mine.

What do you smoke? I want this stuff :)

I think it's interesting in just how glaringly out of style it is.

Besides, I collect all the Carc 2.0 expansions because I'm insane.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Halfling on April 18, 2016, 11:31:26 PM
These will take me over 500 different tiles for Carcassonne.

I enjoyed my first game of Carc II yesterday which I'll purchase when the first big box arrives.  I'll use this with the new artwork instead of the German or Dutch/Belgian versions.

There is a Japanese language version of Carcassonne I believe, this expansion may be of interest for that market.

I hope they do many more countries, UK, New Zealand, US, Russia....maybe even some French religious sites.  ;)

Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 19, 2016, 01:09:55 AM

I hope they do many more countries, UK, New Zealand, US, Russia....maybe even some French religious sites.  ;)



I'd love some UK ones. There are some beautiful buildings over here they could definitely use.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 01:26:53 AM
I did some analysis on UK Castles a while ago, one to represent each of sovereignty of the United Kingdom.  Nothing would irritate me more than 6 castles from England.

Here's the post:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1523.msg19073#msg19073

I'm not sure I understand people's disgust of the theme.  If German and Dutch components are allowed to existing in a fictional South of France why shouldn't Japanese components?  Japan holds over 35 regional events to find their nation's champion which is far more than many other countries and they have produced a World Champion.  I think a Japanese expansion is quite apt and truly represents how the game of Carcassonne has spread across the globe, joining nations together with a common sport. 

As it stands, in my opinion, the art isn't fantastic, but thematically I think it's great.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 19, 2016, 01:44:02 AM
I did some analysis on UK Castles a while ago, one to represent each of sovereignty of the United Kingdom.  Nothing would irritate me more than 6 castles from England.

Here's the post:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1523.msg19073#msg19073

these are great! However, i'd argue you're missing one of the most beautiful castles in the world. Eileen Donan. and then i'd put in conwy castle as well as it's your quintessential looking castle and also because i spend a lot fo time there it's probably my fave.

I'm not sure I understand people's disgust of the theme.  If German and Dutch components are allowed to existing in a fictional South of France why shouldn't Japanese components?  Japan holds over 35 regional events to find their nation's champion which is far more than many other countries and they have produced a World Champion.  I think a Japanese expansion is quite apt and truly represents how the game of Carcassonne has spread across the globe, joining nations together with a common sport. 

As it stands, in my opinion, the art isn't fantastic, but thematically I think it's great.


i totally agree. Carcassonne, although a French town, is a German game and a worldwide phenomenon. I'd love to see these mini expansions from all over the world echoing how global this game truly is. I mean, I travelled through South America and saw it in many hostels and bars out there!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: supertopix on April 19, 2016, 02:09:42 AM
Are they only for Carc 2.0?


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Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on April 19, 2016, 02:31:49 AM
Are they only for Carc 2.0?
You know they are completely compatible to all Carcassonne Classic editions - because of the backs!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: supertopix on April 19, 2016, 03:55:33 AM
So I have to buy them... emoji code12]
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: dirk2112 on April 19, 2016, 04:16:31 AM
I can see things have changed since this first posted.

The 3 phases of Carcassonne addiction:
1. Realizing an expansion is pointless, ridiculous, ugly, or in this case all 3.
2.  Making a few arguments as to why it isn't completely horrible.  I mean it's better than a sharp stick in the eye right?
3.  Ordering from Cundco
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ooh_jim on April 19, 2016, 04:23:58 AM
I'm not sure I understand people's disgust of the theme.  If German and Dutch components are allowed to existing in a fictional South of France why shouldn't Japanese components? ...

As it stands, in my opinion, the art isn't fantastic, but thematically I think it's great.

My sentiments exactly. That said, I'll still give it a miss if it turns out to be carc2.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 04:24:14 AM
Think that covers 90% of threads here on CarcC.
Theyll all be sobbing when they find iut it was a limited run and came with 2.0 and 1.0 artwork at the same time  ;D
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 19, 2016, 05:16:27 AM
So, looks like these were added to the website in error and will only be available at Spiel '16:

http://cundco.de/detail/index/sArticle/144/sCategory/12

Sadly there has been a misunderstanding with our partner in Japan. Due to this issue, the temples will not be availbale before fall this year, starting with "Spiel2016" in Essen. All orders already taken and beeing payed, will be shipped of course. We are very sorry for the inconvienience.

I knew i should have ordered a few of them!!!

well, at least they are honoring the orders!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 19, 2016, 05:18:44 AM
Seems you are going to be right Decar lol. I do understand it, japanese isn't a very simple language to understand :P
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 05:21:32 AM
That's jolly decent of Cundco - They could just cancel my order.

I wonder if having contacted my contact, the mistake was discovered :( I will find out later no doubt.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 19, 2016, 05:38:55 AM
That's a very good thing. I hope they will make use of this extra time to read the comments and contact Doris Matthäus!!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Hounk on April 19, 2016, 08:14:25 AM
I wonder, why HiG don't rather include such features in the "Carcassonne Around the World" line. They would make more sense there. :(
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on April 19, 2016, 08:23:01 AM
I can see things have changed since this first posted.

The 3 phases of Carcassonne addiction:
1. Realizing an expansion is pointless, ridiculous, ugly, or in this case all 3.
2.  Making a few arguments as to why it isn't completely horrible.  I mean it's better than a sharp stick in the eye right?
3.  Ordering from Cundco

Nice observations dirk!   :green-meeple:  I moved through the phases rather quickly.  I fear that I'm at stage 4 now though, 4. Regretting I didn't order more copies before they stopped selling them.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: tequila_j on April 19, 2016, 08:23:42 AM
 :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: egamar on April 19, 2016, 08:48:40 AM
I hope they will make use of this extra time to read the comments and contact Doris Matthäus!!
Those were my thoughts too, but they're already printed (else they couldn't fulfill the few orders before they withdrew them). Maybe they'll get her to do a Carclassic version.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 08:49:05 AM
Here's the Carcassonne Buyer's flow chart:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/fun/Carcassonne_Expansion_Buy_FlowChat.png)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: dirk2112 on April 19, 2016, 08:56:53 AM
Nice  :(y)

I am not buying it though.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 08:57:26 AM
It's ok, you can't now :p
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 19, 2016, 08:59:56 AM
Decar, you need a box in there for "Is it small enough to hide from my wife and avoid her condescending tone saying "ANOTHER ONE...don't you have enough already..you don't even play with all the ones you already have!"
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 09:02:19 AM
haha!  We always send those expansions to Danisthirty to collect for us :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Valheru on April 19, 2016, 09:05:34 AM
Merit for Decar haha.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Christopher on April 19, 2016, 10:13:47 AM
Am I right in thinking that the rules are the same as monasteries? I think that's what it said on the website. But does that mean we now have, in Carcassonne II, 'Abbots' (special follower) and 'Abbots' (a follower on a monastery)?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 10:25:05 AM
We'll have to wait and see the site said 'like monasteries'

And can an Abbot be placed on a Monastery - and if so can it be withdrawn early to score?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on April 19, 2016, 11:37:54 AM
Decar, you need a box in there for "Is it small enough to hide from my wife and avoid her condescending tone saying "ANOTHER ONE...don't you have enough already..you don't even play with all the ones you already have!"

So we have the same name and the same age, and now I'm secretly worried that we may be married to the same person...
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on April 19, 2016, 12:10:51 PM
Will this be the first expansion where nobody can be bothered to translate the rules into English? Maybe. Especially if they're in Japanese to begin with.

I think the rules are already in English.  The CundCo sites says it includes: Spielmaterial: 6 Landschaftsplättchen, 1 Spielregel in Englisch.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Rosco on April 19, 2016, 02:26:21 PM
haha!  We always send those expansions to Danisthirty to collect for us :)


Ha ha ha ha ha - soooo true!!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 19, 2016, 02:36:24 PM
Decar, you need a box in there for "Is it small enough to hide from my wife and avoid her condescending tone saying "ANOTHER ONE...don't you have enough already..you don't even play with all the ones you already have!"

So we have the same name and the same age, and now I'm secretly married that we may be married to the same person...

Is she short, blonde and welsh and has a disapproving look when she gets home first to find two "missed delivery" slips on the doormat?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Whaleyland on April 19, 2016, 02:49:32 PM
Decar, you need a box in there for "Is it small enough to hide from my wife and avoid her condescending tone saying "ANOTHER ONE...don't you have enough already..you don't even play with all the ones you already have!"

So we have the same name and the same age, and now I'm secretly married that we may be married to the same person...

Is she short, blonde and welsh and has a disapproving look when she gets home first to find two "missed delivery" slips on the doormat?
Mine may not be Welsh and may have a different name, but gosh she still sounds just the same.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Halfling on April 19, 2016, 11:27:45 PM
I must have married the princess then........
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on April 20, 2016, 01:44:31 AM
Decar, you need a box in there for "Is it small enough to hide from my wife and avoid her condescending tone saying "ANOTHER ONE...don't you have enough already..you don't even play with all the ones you already have!"

So we have the same name and the same age, and now I'm secretly married that we may be married to the same person...

Is she short, blonde and welsh and has a disapproving look when she gets home first to find two "missed delivery" slips on the doormat?

YES! Apart from the short, blonde, welsh part she sounds eerily similar... :o

I must have married the princess then........

So she turns up randomly and boots you out of cities unfairly? Exchange "cities" with "pubs" and I might have done the same...
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Yashin-n on April 20, 2016, 01:49:51 AM
I must have married the princess then........
maybe you should marry and then be seduced by a Princess
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 20, 2016, 08:21:12 AM
My order shipped today. "Should arrive in a few days" haha yea right. Have to cross an ocean first, not likely.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 20, 2016, 08:39:03 AM
I'll race you Ned :)

Mine only has to come over a Sea, but that means nothing!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JT Atomico on April 21, 2016, 04:58:22 AM
My Japanese buildings arrived :D

(http://s31.postimg.cc/y5p4vdm2j/IMG_0001.jpg)

The rules are the same as for German and Belgian monasteries, with a bit of confusion over calling the occupier of the building an abbot or a keeper!

(http://s31.postimg.cc/nqx7b29yz/IMG_0002.jpg)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: dirk2112 on April 21, 2016, 05:05:40 AM
Kinkakuji and GoryouKaku don't look too bad.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Christopher on April 21, 2016, 05:23:47 AM
Quote
Abbot: You place the follower onto the monastery as a keeper.

That's going to get confusing for those less familiar with the game, given that we already have an abbot meeple, but it is not the meeple depicted in the picture. Obviously the intention is that normal followers are used as keepers, not the abbot meeple, but use of the word abbot here is going to make people question. Now there's a spanner in the works.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 21, 2016, 05:46:02 AM
Here are some photos of the real temples from my holiday in 2011:

Here is Kaminarimon - The Thunder Gate:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/japan/20120218130719-febe9b75.jpg)

Here is Daibutsu Kamakura - The Great Buddha of Kamakura

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/japan/20120224131044-ea05ee59.jpg)

Here is inside the Great Buddha:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/japan/20120224131629-9afa4284.jpg)

A Buddha this size also requires large shoes!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/japan/20120221150858-328ff753.jpg)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 21, 2016, 06:14:41 AM
and a merit to JTAtomico for being first to post  :(y)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: meepleater on April 21, 2016, 11:17:36 AM
The tiles clearly look like Carcassonne 2.0 tiles- so why the rules show them in a Carcassonne 1.0 game? It makes it worse somehow...
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 21, 2016, 12:08:15 PM
so my Japanese temples arrived too. thought id do a comparison with the base sets for everyone.

to be honest they don't REALLY go with any....

see what you think:

Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: jungleboy on April 21, 2016, 12:15:49 PM
Hehe, merit for trying with the Winter Edition :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 21, 2016, 12:20:48 PM
The tiles clearly look like Carcassonne 2.0 tiles- so why the rules show them in a Carcassonne 1.0 game? It makes it worse somehow...

They actually don't really look like carcassonne 2.0 tiles, if you look at the cloister in the right upper corner. you can see that the road is the same.
The color of green also matches better to Carc 1.0.

I think i can live with it to play it with carc 1.0 better then carc 2.0 (although the buddha really looks different to me)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Clownfeet on April 21, 2016, 12:26:00 PM
Hehe, merit for trying with the Winter Edition :)

I couldn't resist. :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on April 21, 2016, 02:14:09 PM
Hehe, merit for trying with the Winter Edition :)

I couldn't resist. :)

Ha ha, great work. This tickled me too.

For me, the tiles looked much better than I was expecting. And although I agree that they certainly don't go with the Winter Edition, in my opinion they fit similarly well with either the old or new artwork which is definitely a good thing. So they're a big :(y) from me!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JT Atomico on April 21, 2016, 02:43:39 PM
I am counting them as in my Carc 2.0 collection, do we know for sure which artist illustrated these tiles?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on April 21, 2016, 02:46:38 PM
Nothing on the instruction sheet?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Safari on April 21, 2016, 03:27:17 PM
And although I agree that they certainly don't go with the Winter Edition, in my opinion they fit similarly well with either the old or new artwork which is definitely a good thing. So they're a big :(y) from me!
I'd say the fit similarly badly. At least the colour of the gras is awful. Still, they must fit the German Cathedrals well. :D

I think the tiles are designed with new artwork. At least the field is clearly Carc 2. And also the street doesn't look exactly like the Carc 1 street on the picture, but more like one of the Carc 2 streets.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JT Atomico on April 21, 2016, 03:31:07 PM
I am counting them as in my Carc 2.0 collection, do we know for sure which artist illustrated these tiles?
Nothing on the instruction sheet?

No, just checked.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: DavidY on April 21, 2016, 09:26:36 PM
Mine is on the way!  ;D
(Decar could you rely my PM :-[)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Decar on April 22, 2016, 06:24:08 AM
Sorry icydarkstary - PM's are always a bit funny - when ever I go in they all get marked as read even if I didn't read them :(

I had some small information about Japanese Temples -  The expansion was designed by someone in Japan, it was known to be coming - but the details were secret and the date unknown; so my email surprised them.

Most of you know what the Temples are, but this is some nice information from my contact:
1) kinkaku-ji in Kyoto it means "Temple of the Golden Pavilion".
2) kaminari-mon in Tokyo(near sensō-ji) it means "lightning gate".
3) gojyu-no-tō in Nara It means "Five-story pagoda".
4) Himeji castle in Hyōgo
5) goryōkaku in Hokkaidō it means "Five-sided fortification".
6) Daibutsu,kamakura
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 25, 2016, 01:25:06 PM
Mine arrived today, although I don't actually have them yet, as they got shipped to my parent's house.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 25, 2016, 03:35:17 PM
Here are the rules and the tiles next to some other tiles in a fake game.

http://imgur.com/a/BJNka

(the other two pages of the rules are just Wikipedia articles of the buildings. Literally, the source on the pages is Wikipedia)

Don't be fooled by the pictures, the grass colors don't exactly match (although it's pretty close). Also note the rules actually show the Japanese buildings in the old art style (not the tile pictures, the diagrams and examples), when these were clearly in 2.0 style.

I don't think I'll remove the old monasteries as the rules suggest. I don't really see why, unless you were short on time or something. Drawing one of these late game seems like you could easily net a ton of points, especially if the river is being used and you have a couple of long stretches of land.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Whaleyland on April 25, 2016, 05:46:11 PM
Intersting that this expansion was made for the original art but them moved to the new art. It definitely shows this expansion has been in the works for a while and that it was a conscious effort by Hans im Glück to make it the first promo expansion in new art. Kind of weird, though, and I have to question using Wikipedia for the sources. Is Wikipedia the source for the Japanese rules, too?

Doris Mathäus didn't do the feature art, did she? That would be a weird amalgam if she did.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 25, 2016, 06:53:22 PM
here are the last few pages, showing Wikipedia being used as a source for the historical context

I couldn't find anything in the directions on who did the art.


This expansion is kind of weird.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Whaleyland on April 25, 2016, 07:30:59 PM
They were so lazy that they literally copy-pasted the Wikipedia link for the final entry without first checking how stupid that link appears. Typing in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōtoku-in (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōtoku-in) is a much better and cleaner way of getting to that page, and it looks better too. Poor HiG, they don't use Apple Computers because if they did, they would know that "Option-A" + "o" makes "ō" on the International keyboard. Or they could have just copy/pasted the link from any non-Internet Explorer browser.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 25, 2016, 10:25:33 PM
Intersting that this expansion was made for the original art but them moved to the new art. It definitely shows this expansion has been in the works for a while and that it was a conscious effort by Hans im Glück to make it the first promo expansion in new art. Kind of weird, though, and I have to question using Wikipedia for the sources. Is Wikipedia the source for the Japanese rules, too?

Doris Mathäus didn't do the feature art, did she? That would be a weird amalgam if she did.

Why do you all think its new art? The grass is so much different from the carc 2.0 version.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: jungleboy on April 25, 2016, 10:33:23 PM
Why do you all think its new art?

Because nobody likes it? :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 26, 2016, 12:14:14 AM

Because nobody likes it? :)

True. But still, they made the effort to at least try to make something.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 26, 2016, 02:17:17 AM

Because nobody likes it? :)

True. But still, they made the effort to at least try to make something.

Yoda once said: "Do or do not, there is no try" :)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on April 26, 2016, 03:21:44 AM
Still I think its better then nothing.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on April 26, 2016, 04:59:00 AM
Intersting that this expansion was made for the original art but them moved to the new art. It definitely shows this expansion has been in the works for a while and that it was a conscious effort by Hans im Glück to make it the first promo expansion in new art. Kind of weird, though, and I have to question using Wikipedia for the sources. Is Wikipedia the source for the Japanese rules, too?

Doris Mathäus didn't do the feature art, did she? That would be a weird amalgam if she did.

Why do you all think its new art? The grass is so much different from the carc 2.0 version.

Other than being slightly different green colored, the grass is Carc 2 grass. The roads are also Carc 2 roads.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: Jéré on April 26, 2016, 06:15:44 AM
Still I think its better then nothing.

I guess your opinion is as good as mine,  but I prefer nothing than a botched job. And we already have 2 similar expansions in the Monasteries serie, which isn't nothing... so there is no rush to release another one. I'd buy Igloos in Greenland if it is correctly done :D
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on May 15, 2016, 03:31:05 PM
Just had a chance to play a 4 player game with these.

Uhh... they are not really balanced at all for slightly large decks. The River + Traders and Builders + Inns and Cathedrals + The Maze + the original monasteries because why not? + a second pack of 8 city tiles I bought and this thing is just broken. If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

There's is absolutely no reason to take this as an Monastery. I can't think of any situation where you'd want to give up 25+ points for a potential 9 points, unless you were down to just your Phantom or something and didn't want to bog it down all game.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: asparagus on May 15, 2016, 11:13:55 PM
Just had a chance to play a 4 player game with these.

Uhh... they are not really balanced at all for slightly large decks. The River + Traders and Builders + Inns and Cathedrals + The Maze + the original monasteries because why not? + a second pack of 8 city tiles I bought and this thing is just broken. If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

There's is absolutely no reason to take this as an Monastery. I can't think of any situation where you'd want to give up 25+ points for a potential 9 points, unless you were down to just your Phantom or something and didn't want to bog it down all game.


So everything you say applies to the German monasteries or Belgian monasteries or presumably Elbonian High Places.

First;ly it is harder with 4 players. With 2 you are likely to at least get say 2 of them. Also the more they invest into long term stuff the more you can invest into farms and cities. Also it may be possible to block the growth of monasteries influence - especially effective if they are on the same line. I'm not convinced it's unbalanced.

Also there is the choice of expansions. You had the labyrinth, right? That definitely sucks meeples out of the game. When the labyrinth comes up again it might be possible to trap the opponents meeples in the labyrinth rather compete. Sure you still losie out on points. But committing a meeple for the whole game is its own cost.

Also there are other expansions that balance things out a little. Towers allow you to capture an abbot. Very nice if done to a long-time abbot. Fliers enable you to get in on the act after the fact.

Also the original rules say the special monasteries should displace the normal ones but we have never played that.


Edit: It should have been "The Most Sacred Shrines of Elbonia that look exactly like Mens' Restrooms Expansion Including Statue to the Monkey God Oobanoobah". For reference see http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-06-18 (http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-06-18) and http://dilbert.com/strip/2010-10-17 (http://dilbert.com/strip/2010-10-17)
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on May 16, 2016, 01:55:08 AM
Just had a chance to play a 4 player game with these.

Uhh... they are not really balanced at all for slightly large decks. The River + Traders and Builders + Inns and Cathedrals + The Maze + the original monasteries because why not? + a second pack of 8 city tiles I bought and this thing is just broken. If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

There's is absolutely no reason to take this as an Monastery. I can't think of any situation where you'd want to give up 25+ points for a potential 9 points, unless you were down to just your Phantom or something and didn't want to bog it down all game.

I had a game yesterday with 42 points for a monastery.  But we couldn't take all 6 of them because of the lack of meeples.. When you draw 1 near the end of the game it's a bit harder to get more then 15 points for it. this because you need to place it on the edge of your board..
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: asparagus on May 16, 2016, 02:00:26 AM
I had a game yesterday with 42 points for a monastery.

You did  not say if you won the game.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: SRBO on May 16, 2016, 02:29:44 AM
I had a game yesterday with 42 points for a monastery.

You did  not say if you won the game.

No my girl won by winning a 156 points farm.. Long live the bridges..
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: asparagus on May 16, 2016, 02:31:49 AM
I had a game yesterday with 42 points for a monastery.

You did  not say if you won the game.

No my girl won by winning a 156 points farm.. Long live the bridges..

Long live the bridges indeed! Bridges are a tool in the conspiracy that is Big Farming.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on May 16, 2016, 12:08:41 PM
If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

Perhaps include P & D next time so that you can at least attack them with the dragon and stand a chance of re-claiming with a magic portal?
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ned_ballad on May 16, 2016, 05:38:43 PM
If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

Perhaps include P & D next time so that you can at least attack them with the dragon and stand a chance of re-claiming with a magic portal?
Don't own it. Not out in the US yet, in Carc 2 style.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: danisthirty on May 16, 2016, 11:13:44 PM
If you never draw one, you simply cannot win when people are getting 25+ points per Japanese Temple on huge, congested boards on long streaks of tiles, due to the River.

Perhaps include P & D next time so that you can at least attack them with the dragon and stand a chance of re-claiming with a magic portal?
Don't own it. Not out in the US yet, in Carc 2 style.

It's not out in the UK yet either but it's available from Cundco if you don't mind having the box and rules in German.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: TheDoctor_13 on June 18, 2016, 01:17:14 AM
Wow, I found out about this a bit late. Why though? Why Japanese temples in a game about Medieval France? Also the colors. Thought about maybe picking it up for at-least the star shaped title, but that clash man.
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: JT Atomico on July 18, 2016, 06:59:08 AM
If you missed out on these Japanese Temples the first time round and cannot wait until it is properly released after Essen, I have acquired an extra copy as a freebie with my South Seas auction tiles (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg41948#msg41948).

If you would like them then send me a PM and if you are the lucky winner we can sort something out. I am not looking for any money for them, other than postage if you live far away! :)

EDIT: These have now been claimed!
Title: Re: New Expansion: Japanese Temples!
Post by: ny1050220 on August 03, 2016, 06:52:28 AM
I'd like to say thank you to JT Atomico for his generous gift! The Japanese Temples have arrived.