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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #62 on: October 16, 2014, 02:47:22 PM »
I have to work with my scanner...

Ha - Ratz65 did a scan...  ;D

Here is a link to CarcF:
Minis for Darmstadt
« Last Edit: October 16, 2014, 02:51:03 PM by kettlefish »

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #63 on: October 16, 2014, 03:36:20 PM »
...and more - twitter

Florianbelmonte - it looks like the Carcassonne New Edition - something to eat...

Those look amazing. I can't imagine anyone actually eating them though. Or playing with them come to think of it...

I love cookies so I would totally eat them after taking heaps of photos of them first!   ^-^
Mmmm... cookies and juice!!!!  ;D (I don't drink coffee or tea)

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #64 on: October 17, 2014, 05:28:18 AM »
Hi,

here are some impressions from the SPIEL.
Kettlefish is ill and couldn't write at the moment.

I went there yesterday and met Kettlefish, MrNumber, Ratz65, Strix and Udo (from CC-on-tour).

I met the first three mentioned above at the CundCo booth long before our meeting time. We had a short chat and MrNumbers gave Kettlefish and me a present.
A wonderful Meeple-Pictureframe with a picture of his home town Riga. Thanks a lot MrNumbers!!!
A standard meeple as a comparison.


At our meeting time we six have waited 15 minutes because a few other members had announced to come, but unfortunately they didn't come.
So we went to a nerby restaurant and in the gaming zone. Udo brought one game of Goldrush and one New Edition and some cookies to eat.
All of the cookies went quickly into our stomach ;D ... not all, because otherwise I couldn't make the following picture this morning ;-)


Than we had a look at the new edition. I must say that the details are very pretty, but the colors ... a lot of discussion takes place in both forums.

We had a test play of Goldrush. I think we (we testplayers) all could agree, that this is a good game with some interesting new mechanism.
At approx. 2 pm we separated and I went with Strix to the "Settlers of Catan" booth to get a special promo-card with an autograph of Klaus Teuber (the author of the game).
After we got one I went on a shopping tour through the halls on my own.

Now 4 pictures with impressions of the fair are following - 2 of them have nothing to do with CC ;-)

The first picture is from the booth of the scottish Lamont Brothers (Fragor Games). They are selling their new game Dragonscroll.
There was a pre-order time for 1000 games which I missed due to a vacation in Sweden. So I was lucky to get one of the approx. 250 copies they sold without pre-order.
At lunch time (2 hours from opening time) they are sold out - which means they only sell the pre-ordered games from that time on.


A giant puzzle for those who wants to do some other things than playing CC. But you need a lot of time and space (approx. 544 x 192 cm).
I think the puzzle is deliverd with a small handcart (no joke).
The puzzle is set together from the visitors of the fair.


A picture of the contents of the "Hans im Päckchen" Box


A picture of the CundCo-Shop booth.
I took the picture in the late afternoon approx. 1 hour before closing time.
During the whole day there were long waiting lines from both sides. So I think they have sold a lot yesterday.


That's it.
When I'm right, all of us 6 test-players forgot to take pictures of the meeting/test-playing  :'(
Sorry.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2014, 05:43:29 AM by Benny »

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #65 on: October 17, 2014, 05:36:32 AM »
That is fantastic. Thank you very much for such a well-written and detailed report! I really enjoyed reading it...

PS - I don't think there is anywhere in my house that I could fit that 32,000 piece puzzle!

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #66 on: October 17, 2014, 05:57:44 AM »
That is fantastic. Thank you very much for such a well-written and detailed report! I really enjoyed reading it...

PS - I don't think there is anywhere in my house that I could fit that 32,000 piece puzzle!

Probably not here either.  ;D

At least not the space to build it. But one of my bedroom walls is plain white and easily 10 meters wide, which could hold the finished puzzle.
  I like building them! I have the, back then largest puzzle, made out of 12 000+ pieces. It's a sundown painting with underwater life, beach, houses with festivities, mountains etc. This one is 3 meters wide. Built it twice!

I refrained from buying today's largest because I did not like the motif; Several framed images in orange and yellow depicting figurines.
  The one shown in the thread here, of 32 000 pieces, looks like something worth hanging up. I will definately look to see if I can get that one!

Then there is the goodie bag with Carcassonne. 20 Euro sounds reasonable and would love to have it!
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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #67 on: October 17, 2014, 06:03:20 AM »
Then there is the goodie bag with Carcassonne. 20 Euro sounds reasonable and would love to have it!

Same here. There is a lot in it that I already have but I'd be more than happy to pay 20 Euros for the rest of the stuff. Very cool indeed!  :(y)

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #68 on: October 17, 2014, 06:28:48 AM »
If all the expansions in the goodie bag will be available from Cundco on Monday, then it looks like the original River will be available again for those who don't have it yet.

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #69 on: October 17, 2014, 06:49:33 AM »
If all the expansions in the goodie bag will be available from Cundco on Monday, then it looks like the original River will be available again for those who don't have it yet.
Don't know if the River will be available in the CundCo-Shop, but could be 'cause they mentioned it in the newletter.
All the 12 River tiles in the box are on one sheet and not in the original tuckbox  :(
I'm searching for the german river tuckbox. It's one thing missing in my collection ;)

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #70 on: October 17, 2014, 06:54:47 AM »
I'm searching for the german river tuckbox. It's one thing missing in my collection ;)

I have a spare of River 2 in German tuckbox if you’re interested Benny? River 1 seems to be much harder to come by...

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #71 on: October 17, 2014, 08:54:52 AM »
I'm thinking I must have fallen asleep in some thread..

What is Carcassonne 'The Sheriff'?

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #72 on: October 17, 2014, 09:10:22 AM »
I'm thinking I must have fallen asleep in some thread..

What is Carcassonne 'The Sheriff'?
Expansion for the new Goldrush game.
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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #73 on: October 17, 2014, 10:56:04 AM »
Isn't the River I already available at cundco? What am I missing here?

http://www.cundco.de/shop/?tx_dkdshop%5Bcategory%5D=1&tx_dkdshop%5Bproduct%5D=111

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Re: Spiel 2014 at Essen
« Reply #74 on: October 17, 2014, 11:06:58 AM »

looks like a lot of fun!!! :)

Thank you for showing pictures!  ^-^ :(y)

I can't wait until Monday to shop at CundCo!!  ;D


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