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Carc Central Community => General => Topic started by: Sinscerly on March 03, 2020, 06:42:05 AM
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Someone asked me about how the tiles were and more, so here a what more in depth review of my experience with the printed version of the Falcon expansion for The Castle from Print and Play Games. This was a community asked assignment for a small group, I don't know if they still make it on order or have some left over. Nor do I want to advertise for Print and Play Games. Just my experience with this assignment and how it has been made. Also the vector files would probably be not 100% correct, but I wasn't involved in the making of those or the contact to create them.
Have fun with my little story to read and more important how it looks. :)
PnP files are available for free: https://www.knizia.de/more/
The review
TLDR; A bunch of people wanted to have the falcon expansion printed by a company, because they couldn't do it themself and arranged it :)
So it all started on BGG(BoardGameGeek) here https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2328952/producing-copy-vector-files-needed (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2328952/producing-copy-vector-files-needed) as someone tried to find vector files for the falcon expansion to let it print by a company. So later on they found someone who did it for them and arranged a print by a company to order for a small amount of I think it was 30 euro's with shipping in the USA. So I jumped in with some others from here to.
To say before my criticism. They did a way better job then I would have done it.
So little then a week ago I received the tiles and gates in a small padded envelope.
(https://t0odwa.am.files.1drv.com/y4mL4_x7b3oWXt8OIOGa_hYQYUAhq_vQGG5l4e43IsMHhEOsT-jkj6vFNn0pEE4sxfdjv3ATaVT_QBPv5GfixPhbT6qPxo0xt0kJaNR5nsDRMZhctl7ELGmfUzQi04oCx_tX3nvgymeXDUHXNOnyfwvWsUp3KaHNH70zl8ZHACf9632x_EeqhJjcWJiXGsbIhCzgQlcavEyjqPMxaH0IO3nRQ?width=256&height=192&cropmode=none)(https://6r6qpg.am.files.1drv.com/y4m-fcdY8UjiiP3kuk7iHJFzXSPGeZEr12qCrC_iBHCLOS1CH3hBzqesgjI5mxoFfKAuM9KKUToQ3gDfQKh-suvGO_cvgeSAYd5Ja_tiqB9WKwe0EZ9NtZg0n2rWcQOMGmXXimA4w69i_BG-9TZJxNd2hIkal2QDv1Q8XCF5v0qorfukeWSlq1C3x8d0mwHdY7SFX5tDXMswdIR50wcviP6xA?width=192&height=256&cropmode=none)
In the envelope I found all the components and tiles.
(https://tnvbtq.am.files.1drv.com/y4m3SybeFli1DaUzQM9QP_wQ2b-xsvDwLgojyHYDIT21Ah7u2RJwI5ou93wvF0yJGJ33BtSrGU-1SdOUJmCXFJ7ZunhRy84j-k-JO7UYo0e09mkURDH2V5IVXlkp7FGp2p2crj8Ko51OYTiET8_DH-9c5lEvZeFKNBzFGOgJzU4OcOFcw6yBN0ABuvcomUTm47yqXDnOjzqxN9Td2phbUpwgw?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)
The tiles are a bit thinner then normal Carcassonne tiles and that is maybe not for everyone a good thing. :o as we all know by heart how a normal Carc tile feels like. Also on BGG Gillum described all in full details https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2375543/production-print-and-play-games-photos (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2375543/production-print-and-play-games-photos). To see it for yourself.
I think they could have printed the tiles different, but they look good for me. Maybe I will try those sleevy things on these. As they are not as robust as Carc tiles feel. Also on the backside of the tiles is a pressed square, where the press pressed on to the tile to compress the tiles. This square is really notable and can be seen by any trained eye. [see next picture]
(https://gwg0eg.am.files.1drv.com/y4mg9G2aNJkfJ-kce51ouUfykwhf8aWWLahSeA2AWmKCNEofYx4yS1k_8YaGtDaXjFpNehSFls7J9UZKwNlPH1ynoIbGtLHs2dpLXeEO-rtS56l-uEIIlL39YhLf1a6hX1ZxhRuNVF_Ae04Fdu5wNy51_28JaFtRKvdE8R3hGx2V30zz6XSlz7vHklwfdGyuqwMa1MxOJ8JOCgFpmvGWCuTEg?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)
Then the gates. The gates look good on first side when I saw the back. Till I turned them and saw that they were cut on the other side. Leaving a non smooth side. As those will always be pointed to our beloved eyes, they will always be in the spotlight. [see next picture]
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The gates fit good enough and I'm happy they fit :)
After all I wouldn't say they did a good job, but I'm happy with it. After all I can play with the Falcon Expansion and have fun instead of trying to cut it myself. I thank Print and Play Games that they were able to create it for us and the good customer service. They were fast with mailing and pricing for shipping.
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Hi Sinscerly!
Thank you for this great review!
In my case, the gates fit quite loose in one case and two tight in the other. In the latter case, after a couple of tries, the original castle pieces started to peel a bit in the back.
Will you try the expabsion any soon? I'd like to hear about it from you too.
+1 merit from me.
Cheers!
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I agree with you Sincerely... I'm very sad about the results... The tiles are very diferent and the gates soo wrong... Could be worse, yes but I was expecting more of that sincerely ..
Enviado desde St. Meeple Hospital
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Yes, I hope so when I have time to play.
As for the results, I don't know where the problem about the quality lays. A bit by the producer, who has no expertises on Carcassonne related content. And maybe another part, but it's al speculation as I already said maybe at the transfer to vector files.
I'm gratefull that I can play with it. But further responses will probably be after the first plays