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Title: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 30, 2014, 06:22:00 AM
...just look what he brought me today:  ;D

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/newgames.jpg)

unfortunately I can't play with either of them at the moment as I'm supposed to be on my lunch break and am already late getting back to work.

I just wanted to share my excitement though, I may not be around much for the next week/ month/ year or so...  8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on October 30, 2014, 06:45:01 AM
I love my post(wo)man too, every day im waiting on her. Today im looking out of my window every 15 min.  :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 30, 2014, 06:48:48 AM
I love my post(wo)man too, every day im waiting on her. Today im looking out of my window every 15 min.  :-[

What are you waiting for?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on October 30, 2014, 06:54:02 AM
I have a 50 euro order from cundco:$ miniexpansions meeples,

Your order looks nice too :$
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on October 30, 2014, 07:04:29 AM
The cover for Carcassonne II:

Man: "Stop him!"
Woman: Looks at the camera with a wry smile* as she had the hots for whomever is fleeing.

*known as the 4th dimension, when actors looks into the camera as directly talking to the audience.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 30, 2014, 07:10:51 AM
Man: "Hey, I recognise this place! But what's with the blue roofs?"
Woman: (perhaps if I just smile and look away we can avoid having this conversation yet again)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on October 30, 2014, 07:35:09 AM
In the right corner below you can see the phantom
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Guesclin on October 30, 2014, 04:07:12 PM
Like, is it me or are a lot of boxes adorned with slightly amorous looking women? Like new And old basegame, winter carcassonne, southseas....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on October 30, 2014, 05:52:49 PM
I love the postman today because he brought me some small surprises from kettlefish :) Thank you!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on October 30, 2014, 11:03:02 PM
Double doozy today! I got my Halflings from Cundco (along with a second set of 50/100 tiles) and also got kettlefish's special items. She hooked me up with a bunch of things including The Besiegers, the Spiel2014 tile, a very odd sticker signed by Klaus, a postcard, and a special punch-out version of Bohnanza. Very cool. With the Cundco package, I also got a pink Meeple-on-Board sticker as a bonus present from them. All I'm waiting for now is the Darmstadt expansion!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 31, 2014, 03:10:48 AM
Like, is it me or are a lot of boxes adorned with slightly amorous looking women? Like new And old basegame, winter carcassonne, southseas....

Yes that's definitely a thing. Maybe we should have some sort of photo competition for forum members attempting to copy this look? Or maybe not...

Double doozy today! I got my Halflings from Cundco (along with a second set of 50/100 tiles) and also got kettlefish's special items. She hooked me up with a bunch of things including The Besiegers, the Spiel2014 tile, a very odd sticker signed by Klaus, a postcard, and a special punch-out version of Bohnanza. Very cool. With the Cundco package, I also got a pink Meeple-on-Board sticker as a bonus present from them. All I'm waiting for now is the Darmstadt expansion!

Excellent, so it's a good day in New Zealand! I love the bonus presents that Cundco give people, they always seem to be very generous to me with stickers (I now have both the blue and the pink meeple on board stickers), little bags of sweets and even one of their stronger game carrying bags with my latest order. I'm never disappointed when I receive post from them.

I think the special sticker may be the CarcF sticker based on some sort of logo. We don't really have anything similar here, but it would be good if we did...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on October 31, 2014, 03:17:45 AM
So, what's the verdict on the artwork in the new edition?

From the pictures I've seen, my biggest issue has been the contrast in colour between the city walls and the city interior, although the level of contrast has varied in the pictures. I know that HIG explained on CarcF that introducing this contrast was important to them to make the city walls clearer, but it seems artificial to me. So, what do you think of the contrast? And what about the rest of the artwork - cloisters, the river, the infamous blue roofs etc?
 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on October 31, 2014, 03:27:15 AM
I ran the tile by my partner and she liked the detail of the tiles and thought the features do stand out more, but she also feels that the increased level of detail will introduce problems that have mostly been left out of the game. Considering she is a gender studies academic, those issues mostly have to do with sexism. On the new Spiel 2014 tile, you can look and see that there are actual people at the Spielfest booths visible on the tile. It's actually a good mix of male and female but it gets away from the cartoonish meeple-centered Carcassonne we've all been used to and brings it closer to the human figures represented by the Spielbox stickers released in 2012 or the "romance" tokens included in The Catapult. The new Meeple on Board stickers for cars also suggest a sexualization of Carcassonne that wasn't present before 2008.

In other words, the art itself looks pretty good and the reasons behind the change are all legitimate. But the increased detail means that the old concepts that went alongside Carcassonne as a "meeple universe" are falling to the wayside in favor of a human-based game with all the gender implications that brings with it.

Oh, and there are 10 extant large expansions and around 25 small expansions using the old artwork. I don't want to mix-and-match and I don't want to rebuy all the stuff. So there's that, too...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on October 31, 2014, 03:30:17 AM
I've sent to some members surprisings on Wednesday - 22 10 2014:
- quevy / Italy (arrived Friday 24 10 2014)
- danisthirty / UK (arrived Friday 24 10 2014)
- obervet / USA (arrived Wednesday 29 10 2014)
- whaleyland / New Zealand (arrived Friday 31 10 2014)
- Scott / Canada (arrived Wednesday 05 11 2014)

These package were all different but in each mail was "the Spiel 2014" landscape tile...
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I've sent to some members surprisings on Tuesday - 28 10 2014:
- JT Atomico / UK (arrived Thursday 30 10 2014)
- Guesclin  / NL (arrived Saturday 01 11 2014)
- meepleater / Australia (arrived Wednesday 05 11 2014)
- ChoadWolf / USA

These small surprisings: Some month ago we had the questions for the interview for Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and the thoughts about the 9th expansion...
I've sent to many members small surprisings, but I hadn't enough autograph cards and signed landscape tiles - so now this case is finished.

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JT Atomico asked me this:
Quote
I'm  looking forward to using the signed tiles in my next game. Is the standard rule to award a bonus 10 points for playing a signed tile?
Yes I think that was my idea and Klaus-Jürgen Wrede liked it too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on October 31, 2014, 04:55:14 PM
Today i recieved my cundco order.
Sadly for the first time cundco made 2 mistakes. I miss the RRRR tile from the festival. And ive ordered a female purple meeple but they send me a normal one.
So i will mail them tommorrow.

2 x  besiegers
Windroses
Das fest
Little houses.
The school
Orange and white meeples
Halfligs 2
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Robf on November 01, 2014, 05:11:24 AM
I too have had a mis-order from cundco, after numerous perfect ones. They sent me half and half instead of the beleagerers. Never mind I was going to get half and half anyway! Just waiting for my new order to come in the post!

I wonder if they are just really busy at the moment?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on November 01, 2014, 05:37:58 AM
I too have had a mis-order from cundco, after numerous perfect ones. They sent me half and half instead of the beleagerers. Never mind I was going to get half and half anyway! Just waiting for my new order to come in the post!

I wonder if they are just really busy at the moment?

Yes they are, There are so many people who want the besiegers and the half and half tiles!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coyote on November 03, 2014, 07:49:00 AM
Ooo...

Is ther a place selling Goldrausch that will ship to US? (Seeing as that's where the games *based* in..! :D)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 03, 2014, 08:00:41 AM
Yep, it’s available from cundco.de.

Cundco is great if you’re spending up to 10 Euros, but as soon as you spend more than this the cost of international postage shoots up somewhat dramatically. Unfortunately Gold Rush costs 20 Euros, and postage is a further 23.50. So unless you’re prepared to fork out the extra money for postage (or find several other interested parties who would also like a copy and are willing to split the postage between you) then it may be better to wait for Z-Man to release it locally for you.

The other thing is that if you buy from Cundco you’ll get the German edition (although translated rules are available)...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coyote on November 05, 2014, 01:18:59 PM
Yep, it’s available from cundco.de.

Cundco is great if you’re spending up to 10 Euros, but as soon as you spend more than this the cost of international postage shoots up somewhat dramatically. Unfortunately Gold Rush costs 20 Euros, and postage is a further 23.50. So unless you’re prepared to fork out the extra money for postage (or find several other interested parties who would also like a copy and are willing to split the postage between you) then it may be better to wait for Z-Man to release it locally for you.

The other thing is that if you buy from Cundco you’ll get the German edition (although translated rules are available)...
Good points.. I ordered the Sheriff from Cundco, and I don't even have the game yet. I'm anxious to play it - nnot sure I can wait until mid-December when Z-Man releases the English version. I'm going to post in Marketplace, see if anyone over in the EU could help. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 05, 2014, 02:18:43 PM
I love the postman too. He brought me a package today with a sheet of blank tiles which I have not decided what to do with yet, and a tile sheet of the River 1. Which I already have, so if there is someone UK based who is up for a swap for something let me know. I only specify UK, to save on postage, but doesn't have to be UK.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on November 05, 2014, 05:58:01 PM
Already got my Darmstadt expansion from Andrew. THANK YOU!!! Now I have to play the darn thing. Where is the translation of that expansion again? Link me! I gots me a review to write.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on November 05, 2014, 10:21:28 PM
Where is the translation of that expansion again? Link me!

Here (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1103.msg14181#msg14181) it is!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 06, 2014, 10:01:35 AM
Here's what the mailman brought to my house today.

(https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/10731184_10205315077661616_6284079600957800596_n.jpg?oh=903c885f3cce532666e2dac53097781b&oe=5520365E)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10750022_10205315077701617_7168652663319440778_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Robf on November 06, 2014, 11:12:28 AM
And this is what the postie brought me.

South seas
Hunters gatherers
Besiegers
German cloisters
And some carc sweeties!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 06, 2014, 11:18:15 AM
Here's what the mailman brought to my house today.

Is that your first copy of the City?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 06, 2014, 03:18:40 PM
And this is what the postie brought me.

South seas
Hunters gatherers
Besiegers
German cloisters
And some carc sweeties!

Where did you get H & G from Robf?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 07, 2014, 02:58:15 AM
Here's what the mailman brought to my house today.

Is that your first copy of the City?
No, i have the version whit wooden box.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Robf on November 07, 2014, 09:26:45 AM
Hi danisthirsty,

H and G was from eBay uk. It's not new but in very good condition.  Not had chance to play yet but I like the sound of some of the differences from normal carc. And I really like the theme too.

Have you played gold rush yet?

That will be my next purchase. I am into the Wild West in general and I like the art of gold rush (the scoreboard especially). I understand it will be out in the uk in December - I think.

Regards,
Robf.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcatronn on November 07, 2014, 02:44:03 PM
Gotta love the postman ;D

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10477892_10203281725907897_1987494776091392408_n.jpg?oh=8cfb22fb36e81687745715f533fcb704&oe=54E24677&__gda__=1425028449_66086f6701913151d8a8e7f7cb8434d7&dl=1)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on November 07, 2014, 04:11:35 PM
Here's what the mailman brought me today.  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on November 07, 2014, 10:30:25 PM
So Hunters and Gatherers box is orange in the netherlands? Crazy, I thought it were green all around the world!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on November 08, 2014, 02:12:50 AM
So Hunters and Gatherers box is orange in the netherlands? Crazy, I thought it were green all around the world!
999-Games use often other cover colours then the rest of the world.

And Orange is a most like colour in the Netherlands...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 08, 2014, 03:57:16 AM
Waiting for new packages. I'll be glued to the window to see when the postman arrives.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on November 08, 2014, 04:37:58 AM
Yep, it’s available from cundco.de.

Cundco is great if you’re spending up to 10 Euros.......

I wanted to place an order at CundCo which the total would be 10,47 euro and therefore 23 euro shipping cost..  :o So I contacted them by e-mail and asked if they could still give me the cheaper shipping method, and they said sure!!! :)

So now I'm gonna order my Carcassonne stuff for 10,47 euro and still get the cheaper shipping..  ^-^ I recommend everyone in the same situation to ask them about the shipping.  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 08, 2014, 10:45:22 PM
That's worth knowing, thanks for sharing BabyGamer  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 11, 2014, 01:39:07 PM
I Love my post man too, look what i got today.
http://youtu.be/Lk841qR_24I
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 13, 2014, 01:01:39 PM
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Today, dual delivery to my house.

(https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/1064599_10205365958813613_9144229335084452526_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 13, 2014, 02:57:02 PM
Today he brought me King, Count, and Consort. :-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 14, 2014, 12:51:16 AM
Lets see how long it will takes from post man to come again. i just orderet Winter edition :D This christmass i will rock the city of Carcassonne  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 14, 2014, 06:19:57 AM
Today's visit from the postman (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/14/1f38054624de66f9b87936c6f0ea72cc.jpg)

With freebies!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on November 14, 2014, 06:38:59 AM
Nice! I like that version of the Festival too...just because the tile quality is closer to original. They are thicker and of the same texture (less linen relief), than what came in the Anniversary edition.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 14, 2014, 06:47:54 AM
Nice! I like that version of the Festival too...just because the tile quality is closer to original. They are thicker and of the same texture (less linen relief), than what came in the Anniversary edition.

But unfortunately a different colour green in the fields from almost everything else (except the Plague).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 14, 2014, 06:49:53 AM
Nice! I like that version of the Festival too...just because the tile quality is closer to original. They are thicker and of the same texture (less linen relief), than what came in the Anniversary edition.

But unfortunately a different colour green in the fields from almost everything else (except the Plague).

Something which JCloisterZone has stayed true to!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 18, 2014, 09:23:53 AM
Here's what the mailman brought to my house today.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10644734_10205397770568887_470418361608387336_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 18, 2014, 09:53:15 AM
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/18/7e38d7e563eda214506263f2bcb218fc.jpg)

I know it's not Carcassonne but it's still cool!

Great fun game - I can't wait to play.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 18, 2014, 09:56:51 AM
Congratulations on your purchase quevy and Rosco!  :(y)

I hope you both enjoy them.

I've never played Munchkin but I've heard good things about it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 19, 2014, 06:43:38 AM
I got two packet today.
one from SRBO and second from Cundco.
Still waiting Winteredition to come.
(http://hovari.net/Carcassonne/Photo%2019.11.2014%2016.03.11.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 19, 2014, 11:56:29 AM
Today the postman delivered to my house 2 copies of "Darmstadt"
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 19, 2014, 12:32:47 PM
Today the postman delivered to my house 2 copies of "Darmstadt"

Where did you got them?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on November 19, 2014, 12:56:46 PM
Today the postman delivered to my house 2 copies of "Darmstadt"

How do you buy this? Is it at CundCo?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 19, 2014, 01:04:05 PM
I got another lovely surprise today - one that I can thank Carcassonne central for helping with. I will write a dedicated post for it though
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on November 19, 2014, 01:11:31 PM
I got a copy for myself and one for my cousin thanks to a user CarcF who made a great buy for users.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 19, 2014, 03:02:01 PM
I got two packet today.
one from SRBO and second from Cundco.
Still waiting Winteredition to come.

Winter edition is great. I think the tiles are so beautifully illustrated, and the Gingerbread Man expansion works really well.

I got another lovely surprise today - one that I can thank Carcassonne central for helping with. I will write a dedicated post for it though

Looking forward to reading about it!

I got a copy for myself and one for my cousin thanks to a user CarcF who made a great buy for users.

Your cousin is very lucky to have a cousin with such good connections within the Carcassonne world!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 19, 2014, 10:52:53 PM
I got a copy for myself and one for my cousin thanks to a user CarcF who made a great buy for users.

ok :) i just bought one from BBG marketplace.

So, see you soon postman <3
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 20, 2014, 11:55:25 PM
An early morning visit from the postman today!

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on November 21, 2014, 12:30:06 AM
An early morning visit from the postman today!

:D Nice. It's crazy I don't try to get this one myself. I like the yellow tiles. And it's not because of my nickname!  :@
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 21, 2014, 02:24:34 AM
An early morning visit from the postman today!

Already?! I was hoping mine would arrive first! Shame it didn't arrive yesterday so you could have played it with your real-life friends last night...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 21, 2014, 05:14:10 AM
An early morning visit from the postman today!

Already?! I was hoping mine would arrive first! Shame it didn't arrive yesterday so you could have played it with your real-life friends last night...

It looks like we have another game night next Tuesday, this time with a third player, so we'll definitely play with the Ark then!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on November 21, 2014, 05:27:10 AM
An early morning visit from the postman today!

Already?! I was hoping mine would arrive first! Shame it didn't arrive yesterday so you could have played it with your real-life friends last night...

It looks like we have another game night next Tuesday, this time with a third player, so we'll definitely play with the Ark then!

How does that work? This game night? I think I missed a lot of these game threads fill me in?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 21, 2014, 05:33:42 AM
How does that work? This game night? I think I missed a lot of these game threads fill me in?

It's a night where real people get together and play games in person, so if you want to fly to Geneva on Tuesday there will be some Carcassonne action waiting for you when you get here. We'll even let you be yellow. :)

But we also play an online game of Carcassonne every Thursday night at 21:30 CET, usually with 3-4 players. Although last night MrNumbers was forced to play by himself.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 21, 2014, 05:36:47 AM
How does that work? This game night? I think I missed a lot of these game threads fill me in?
But we also play an online game of Carcassonne every Thursday night at 21:30 CET, usually with 3-4 players. Although last night MrNumbers was forced to play by himself.

More about that here (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1041.135).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on November 21, 2014, 05:44:45 AM
How does that work? This game night? I think I missed a lot of these game threads fill me in?

It's a night where real people get together and play games in person, so if you want to fly to Geneva on Tuesday there will be some Carcassonne action waiting for you when you get here. We'll even let you be yellow. :)

But we also play an online game of Carcassonne every Thursday night at 21:30 CET, usually with 3-4 players. Although last night MrNumbers was forced to play by himself.

It's tempting. If my Carcassonne fund wasn't already engaged in other matters this month I'd probably fly over to Geneva for a game or two.  :@ As for the Thursdays, I hope to join in one night at least for a relaxing game.  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 21, 2014, 05:53:14 AM
Indeed. The Thursday night game is rarely relaxing (with the exception of last night's "game")...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: toastytoast on November 21, 2014, 04:37:04 PM
This morning the postman brought me 'The Festival', 'Little houses' and meeple stickers (all main meeples are sticker'd up now!) from Cundco and from various other sources the Spielbox Halfling tiles and magazine, the Flying Machine/Flier mini and Ferries mini as well as a bag of Agricola resource pieces (my other love!).

The postman also delivered the Dutch cloister tiles to my door earlier in the week (a big thank you to SRBO for that!). Woo, what a haul!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 21, 2014, 08:23:28 PM
...now you just need to find the chance to play with it all!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: toastytoast on November 22, 2014, 12:37:09 AM
...now you just need to find the chance to play with it all!

Yep! Luckily my other-half has stated that she wants to play this weekend  :D - although she doesn't want all the new additions in play at once  ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on November 22, 2014, 06:58:57 AM
Not exactly what I got in the mail, but what I will be shipping!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_AotC_Scandinavian_and_Finnish__IMG_0209__395x500.jpg)

 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 25, 2014, 06:07:42 AM
Oh dog.....
(http://hovari.net/Carcassonne/newstuff.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on November 25, 2014, 06:09:03 AM
Not exactly what I got in the mail, but what I will be shipping!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_AotC_Scandinavian_and_Finnish__IMG_0209__395x500.jpg)

 8)

Wow, Finnish version from Lautapelit. Epic!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 25, 2014, 06:49:46 AM
Oh dog.....

(picture)


Enjoy! Winter edition is perfect for this time of year (e.g. winter). The Gingerbread Man expansion is great fun too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on November 29, 2014, 02:06:20 AM
This is what I got in the mail today:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Order1_30xBGScand__IMG_0210__800.jpg)

 :meeple:

Shipping cost for this? Just under 5 Euro!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 29, 2014, 02:22:57 AM
2160 tiles! Sweet!  8)
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Post by: Rosco on November 29, 2014, 02:26:21 AM
Wow!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on November 29, 2014, 02:30:58 AM
Yellow,
you are really crazy...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on November 29, 2014, 09:32:28 AM
Yellow,
you are really crazy...  ;D
Yep, no doubt about it  :(y) ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 01, 2014, 05:12:03 AM
These are my latest arrivals!  8) :(y)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/spinoffs.jpg)

Hunters & Gatherers and New World are from eBay (I think my bidding war with someone over H & G may have begun a bit of a recent flood of these onto the market) whereas Ark of the Covenant came from someone on BGG who jungleboy put me in contact with. New World came quite quickly, but the other two I've been waiting for for over 2 weeks so I'm just glad they're finally here!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on December 02, 2014, 04:51:44 PM
Today I heard the postman ring, I nearly had to perish.
Yet, must be friends with Nikolaus, who wishes nows to cherish.
I didn't know when to expect, but suddenly I knew when
to realise that It was here, my "Nikolaus im Päckchen".
Oh yes, I love the postman too, he brought me joy today.
But any time to write is left, since now it’s time to play:
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Post by: coyote on December 03, 2014, 07:06:57 AM
I love the postman as well!

Thought my present wasn't Carcassone-related, it WAS game-related:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-do6yMbFqwH0/VH8mi-fYOqI/AAAAAAAAF5k/mivnQvi068A/s800/IMG_20141203_100424.jpg)
(For those who can't place it, it's a playfield for a '94 Pinball game involving Football (Soccer for us Americans..) - basically a piece of hardwood, with paint and plastic light inserts mounted in.)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on December 04, 2014, 07:59:21 AM
I got this from Yellow today  :D
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Post by: Hovari on December 08, 2014, 09:07:37 AM
I think the guys at Cundco are drunk at work...
(http://hovari.net/Carcassonne/xmass.jpg)
I got two Spiel 14 tiles. :) Good for me, now i can keep one and later sell the other.
I ordered second bag for tiles so now one is not so full.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 08, 2014, 09:12:12 AM
Maybe Father Christmas was visiting so they were feeling especially generous?  O:-)

I'm sure you won't struggle to find someone here on these forums who would be a happy recipient of your Spiel 14 tile!
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Post by: quevy on December 08, 2014, 11:57:25 AM
Soon some of you will thank the postman.

(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/10429328_10205537592264342_8928115031898419985_n.jpg?oh=c35a244bc71e7f1de2f935cfbf71cdf9&oe=54FEAE95)
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Post by: kettlefish on December 08, 2014, 12:15:22 PM
Hi quevy,
I think you make some members very happy with these packages...
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Post by: quevy on December 08, 2014, 12:17:27 PM
Unfortunately I can not afford to do more.
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Post by: danisthirty on December 10, 2014, 04:10:04 AM
The owls on your tablecloth look very familiar. We bought a huge set of stickers including owls just like those ones and other animals, trees, flowers, leaves etc so that we could use them to decorate the wall of the playroom where the kids keep their toys. The end result was quite impressive (all my wife's work) but these keep making me think about the playroom at home!
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Post by: Darwin on December 10, 2014, 09:49:55 AM
I got tree shipments from tree different vendors in Norway today. :D
The New World, The Castle and Car 2.0 are for me. The rest are Christmas presents for friends.  O:-)
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Post by: jungleboy on December 10, 2014, 10:00:55 AM
Wow, great day for you Darwin! I am waiting for a few things in the post, hopefully they'll come soon...
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Post by: Darwin on December 10, 2014, 06:07:29 PM
Wow - the Nordic ed. of the Winter ed. includes the Gingerbread man :D
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Post by: Darwin on December 10, 2014, 06:10:59 PM
Wow, great day for you Darwin! I am waiting for a few things in the post, hopefully they'll come soon...
Great day :) and I won 4 out of 5 games with The City tonight  >:D
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Post by: toastytoast on December 11, 2014, 04:11:15 AM
Yesterday the postman brought me Abbey & Mayor, the Cundco Windroses & German Monasteries as well the Spiel 2014 tile (or rather two tiles!) :)

My little collection is getting slowly bigger :D
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Post by: Paul on December 11, 2014, 09:06:09 AM
Today's delivery from the postman:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_TheCity_and_TheCastle_ENG__IMG_0004__800.jpg)
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Post by: quevy on December 11, 2014, 09:09:46 AM
It almost seems like a race to buy more :)
Good purchases yellow.
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Post by: danisthirty on December 11, 2014, 09:20:27 AM
Today's delivery from the postman:

{picture of cool stuff}

Those look very exciting!  ;D
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Post by: aenima on December 11, 2014, 11:21:07 AM
uaaaa!!!
I recive only one spiel 14 tile! :(
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Post by: Paul on December 11, 2014, 02:38:49 PM
It almost seems like a race to buy more :)
Good purchases yellow.

Thanks! They were on sale as well. 10-11 Euro. They are not for me though. Gonna contact the buyers later during the night or tomorrow.  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 11, 2014, 03:28:37 PM
They were on sale as well. 10-11 Euro. They are not for me though. Gonna contact the buyers later during the night or tomorrow.  :(y)

Ooh, am I one of them? I like it when things are on sale  :green-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 12, 2014, 12:31:23 AM
They were on sale as well. 10-11 Euro. They are not for me though. Gonna contact the buyers later during the night or tomorrow.  :(y)

Ooh, am I one of them? I like it when things are on sale  :green-meeple:

;)
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Post by: MrNumbers on December 12, 2014, 12:33:44 PM
This is what [Yellow :meeple:] postman brought me today :)

Thank you very much, Yellow! :(y)
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Post by: Darwin on December 12, 2014, 01:07:52 PM
 :meeple: is a great guy and the Ark of the Covenant is a great game - enjoy :(y) :D
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Post by: quevy on December 13, 2014, 05:55:12 AM
(https://scontent-b-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/10599613_10205569032330324_5164362095413101924_n.jpg?oh=5b22f5be3f098ff978f86ad362e1e4ac&oe=55029E17)
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Post by: BabyGamer on December 13, 2014, 06:02:22 AM
I found The Castle on sale, for 15 euro.. :)

But I dunno if I want it or not..  :-\ Isn't it a standalone game? hmm..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on December 13, 2014, 06:29:20 AM
It's a standalone game and rather rare. If you don't want it, I am sure a lot of other people her are interested, included meemoji code6]
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Post by: BabyGamer on December 13, 2014, 03:32:27 PM
It's a standalone game and rather rare. If you don't want it, I am sure a lot of other people her are interested, included meemoji code6]

Sorry.. I was a bit too late to put it here..  :-[

It has gotten sold...  :-\

For me that was OK.. I didn't really want it.. :) But for those who wanted it, sorry about not being faster to put the info here..  :(

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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on December 15, 2014, 01:19:33 AM
The postman has delivered me a few goodies as well.
Looking forward to playing them.
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Post by: kettlefish on December 15, 2014, 08:18:52 AM
I've got my surprising from quevy today.
Thank you very much.

I was one of the happy members for this small package.
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg16635#msg16635 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg16635#msg16635)
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Post by: jungleboy on December 15, 2014, 08:32:55 AM
I also received a gift from quevy. Grazie amico!
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Post by: danisthirty on December 15, 2014, 08:37:05 AM
Many thanks quevy! This made my day, week and month!  :) :(y)
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Post by: Paul on December 15, 2014, 09:00:35 AM
Thank you, Quevy!

This was really something special in my case, for I have been so busy I completely forgot all about it.  :(y)

Merit!  :meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 15, 2014, 09:03:21 AM
I love the postman as well!

Thought my present wasn't Carcassone-related, it WAS game-related:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-do6yMbFqwH0/VH8mi-fYOqI/AAAAAAAAF5k/mivnQvi068A/s800/IMG_20141203_100424.jpg)
(For those who can't place it, it's a playfield for a '94 Pinball game involving Football (Soccer for us Americans..) - basically a piece of hardwood, with paint and plastic light inserts mounted in.)

One of my project was a Carcassonne pinball machine. I was working with a software where you make your own pinball game. I had to put it on hold like many other project. I hope to some day at least share a draft here. The finished product would definately be amazing as the big empty field in the middle you build a board with tiles that you 'draw' by having the ball go up a ramp etc.

 :meeple:
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Post by: MrNumbers on December 15, 2014, 11:57:13 AM
Thank you from me too, quevy! :D
Great Christmas gift! :(y) ^-^
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Post by: quevy on December 15, 2014, 02:32:12 PM
I also received a gift from quevy. Grazie amico!
Thank you from me too, quevy! :D
Great Christmas gift! :(y) ^-^
Thank you, Quevy!

This was really something special in my case, for I have been so busy I completely forgot all about it.  :(y)

Merit!  :meeple:
Many thanks quevy! This made my day, week and month!  :) :(y)
I've got my surprising from quevy today.
Thank you very much.

I was one of the happy members for this small package.
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg16635#msg16635 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg16635#msg16635)

I am glad you liked them, but I am sorry for not being able to include more people, maybe in the next few months, someone else might be included.
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Post by: danisthirty on December 15, 2014, 03:06:46 PM
I suppose it had to happen sooner or later...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/TheCataplt.jpg)

Thanks again quevy! Something will be in the post to you and others soon!  :)
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Post by: Carcking on December 15, 2014, 06:49:11 PM
I got mine today too quevy! Thank you so much!!
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Post by: jungleboy on December 15, 2014, 11:46:32 PM
I suppose it had to happen sooner or later...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/TheCataplt.jpg)

Right back at ya!

Mine didn't come in the post, but I also got it this weekend.

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Post by: danisthirty on December 16, 2014, 01:48:07 AM
"It's beginning to feel a lot like Catapultmas..."

(we need a Santa meeple icon thing)
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Post by: Paul on December 16, 2014, 03:03:38 AM
"It's beginning to feel a lot like Catapultmas..."

(we need a Santa meeple icon thing)

I knew you guys would come around buying the Catapult.  ;D Soon you be getting four copies just like me.  >:D
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Post by: jungleboy on December 16, 2014, 03:11:06 AM
I knew you guys would come around buying the Catapult.  ;D Soon you be getting four copies just like me.  >:D

Haha, and keeping all the boxes too!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 16, 2014, 03:34:58 AM
I knew you guys would come around buying the Catapult.  ;D Soon you be getting four copies just like me.  >:D

Haha, and keeping all the boxes too!!!

This reminds me. One of the boxes (Catapult) is actually a little crushed on the bottom half's corner. I still have it, but this means my collection is not 100% pure minty. Store sold it to me for 5 Euro.
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Post by: jungleboy on December 16, 2014, 04:58:38 AM
This reminds me. One of the boxes (Catapult) is actually a little crushed on the bottom half's corner. I still have it, but this means my collection is not 100% pure minty. Store sold it to me for 5 Euro.

I'll trade you my brand new mint Catapult box straight up for Carcassonne: the Castle. Seems like a fair deal to me!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 16, 2014, 05:21:40 AM
This reminds me. One of the boxes (Catapult) is actually a little crushed on the bottom half's corner. I still have it, but this means my collection is not 100% pure minty. Store sold it to me for 5 Euro.

I can't believe how cheap and readily available everything seems to be in Sweden! If I pop into my local gaming shop I would be hard-pushed to find anything Carcassonne-related for less than around £15/ 20 Euros (with or without damage) or more exotic and hard to find than Inns & Cathedrals.  :o

With prices like the ones you're able to take advantage of I'm surprised it's taking you so long to grow your collection!  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 16, 2014, 05:30:43 AM
I can't believe how cheap and readily available everything seems to be in Sweden! If I pop into my local gaming shop I would be hard-pushed to find anything Carcassonne-related for less than around £15/ 20 Euros (with or without damage) or more exotic and hard to find than Inns & Cathedrals.  :o

Switzerland is a nightmare for Carcassonne prices too. Even the minis cost CHF9 each here (about €7.50, whereas at Cundco you can get the whole set for €19.99). Meanwhile I bought the GQ11 expansion with the magazine for €4 in Spain. With 12 tiles, I think that puts me right at Yellow's price threshold of €0.25 per tile!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 16, 2014, 06:19:57 AM
This reminds me. One of the boxes (Catapult) is actually a little crushed on the bottom half's corner. I still have it, but this means my collection is not 100% pure minty. Store sold it to me for 5 Euro.

I can't believe how cheap and readily available everything seems to be in Sweden! If I pop into my local gaming shop I would be hard-pushed to find anything Carcassonne-related for less than around £15/ 20 Euros (with or without damage) or more exotic and hard to find than Inns & Cathedrals.  :o

With prices like the ones you're able to take advantage of I'm surprised it's taking you so long to grow your collection!  ;)

Mostly I was too hesitant to order via mail. I'm more of a store visitor for I love shopping.  :@

There's still a heap of the common expansions and base game here available cheap. Base game for about 18 Euro and the expansions for 10 Euro. Some of the new stuff from Z-Man like Sleeping Pills and Don't Count the King's Robber goes for about 13 Euro.

There's still Ark (6 copies), The Discovery (1 copy) and The Castle (5 copies) available here average price of 24 Euro each, that I may still obtain.

 :meeple:
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Post by: Darwin on December 16, 2014, 09:52:24 AM
Today’s delivery ;D
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Post by: danisthirty on December 22, 2014, 05:54:40 AM
A good day for me too! Christmas has come early...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/TheCity.jpg)
(Carcassonne: The City from Sweden, thanks to Yellow!  :meeple: :(y))

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MS_KS_1.jpg)
(some of Meeplesource's latest creations; I got a full set of 8 each of their new zombie characters)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MS_KS_2.jpg)
(1 of everything from Meeplesource's Kickstarter project back in March - 150 meeples in all)
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Post by: Paul on December 22, 2014, 06:57:11 AM
A good day for me too! Christmas has come early...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/TheCity.jpg)
(Carcassonne: The City from Sweden, thanks to Yellow!  :meeple: :(y))

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MS_KS_1.jpg)
(some of Meeplesource's latest creations; I got a full set of 8 each of their new zombie characters)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MS_KS_2.jpg)
(1 of everything from Meeplesource's Kickstarter project back in March - 150 meeples in all)

Glad The City arrived before the Holiday!  :(y)
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Post by: danisthirty on December 22, 2014, 07:04:40 AM
Me too!

I was in awe of your sense of humour when it first arrived as I thought you'd written "Contents: Joy" on the outside of the box! But then my wife pointed out that it actually said "Toy". The fact of the matter is that it contained both...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 22, 2014, 07:22:26 AM
Me too!

I was in awe of your sense of humour when it first arrived as I thought you'd written "Contents: Joy" on the outside of the box! But then my wife pointed out that it actually said "Toy". The fact of the matter is that it contained both...

Your wife has a good eye.  8)

Yep, I usually write with graphical capitals when I am not writing in a hurry, or writing certain key parts of the address that may be scanned by machine.
  What can I say, I just love them curves!  ;)
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Post by: jungleboy on December 22, 2014, 09:38:27 AM
I also got an early Christmas present in the post today and it was also toy/joy! Thanks Yellow!  :meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 22, 2014, 09:41:22 AM
Glad you got a share of the joy too jungleboy.

By the way, what's the guy on that stamp trying to do? He looks like he's trying to shoot that butterfly with a gun disguised as a guitar!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 22, 2014, 09:48:36 AM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on December 22, 2014, 09:55:08 AM
I also got an early Christmas present in the post today and it was also toy/joy! Thanks Yellow!  :meeple:
Congratulation! The Castle is the best spin of game in the Car series in my opinion. Enjoy! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on December 22, 2014, 09:57:45 AM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)
Wow! Really beautifully made. I envy you.  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 22, 2014, 11:10:19 AM
Congratulation! The Castle is the best spin of game in the Car series in my opinion. Enjoy! :D

Thanks, I like the look of the artwork and the gameplay so it looks promising so far. It looks like the 'neatness' and 'squareness' of the houses and towers will make it look better when the next tile doesn't have the same feature - unlike in Carcassonne: the City, where it's a bit strange when markets don't have an adjoining market.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 22, 2014, 11:37:13 AM
Yesterday, I was about to throw away the packaging from cundco's last shipment , when suddenly another spiel '14 tile dropped out.

I thought they'd only sent me one - looks like my poem was good enough for two :D

Now if I had a camera.....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 22, 2014, 11:51:19 AM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)
:D  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 22, 2014, 12:03:00 PM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)
That looks interesting, what is it?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 22, 2014, 12:09:11 PM
Is a mini Fan-Expansion create to Aenima, Is called " The Big Black Pig Escape".
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 22, 2014, 12:11:49 PM
soon the rules here!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 23, 2014, 12:21:14 AM
Dan - I haven't recieved mine yet. :-/
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Post by: danisthirty on December 23, 2014, 01:08:50 AM
Dan - I haven't recieved mine yet. :-/

Haven't received your what?  ???

EDIT: - are you talking about your meeples from the Meeplesource Kickstarter I plugged recently? If so, neither have I! These are a few months away yet. The ones in the picture I posted are from the Kickstarter they ran back in March. I went for 1 of everything so was one of the last to get them, hence that they only arrived yesterday...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on December 23, 2014, 03:12:53 AM
Yesterday, I was about to throw away the packaging from cundco's last shipment , when suddenly another spiel '14 tile dropped out.

I thought they'd only sent me one - looks like my poem was good enough for two :D

Now if I had a camera.....

Wow! Close call. That would have been a shame. I think they passed out two to every one who wrote a poem. Glad you found your second one!

Haha - you just reminded me...that's why we don't throw out our Christmas gift wrappings till about two weeks after Christmas. We've had a few close calls too. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 23, 2014, 04:02:07 AM
It was pretty surreal, when it dropped out.  I wrote 3 Christmas/Carcassonne haikus :D

Let's hope you don't get any Carcassonne Wrapping paper from http://www.carcassonneshoppe.com/ , you'd definitely lose a few tiles in there!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: nanoanno on December 23, 2014, 08:23:59 AM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)

This is really beautiful and looks interesting to play. Are the rules linked somewhere on the forum? I'd love to read about what Aenima created.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on December 23, 2014, 09:29:07 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

This is intriguing.  I'd like to see the rules too.


I received my package from the Carcassonne Shoppe yesterday, and very quickly I might add.  Merry Christmas to me!  ;D  Thanks Ted!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 23, 2014, 09:45:39 AM
soon the rules here!  :)

I think you have to hurry up, I see a lot of requests here :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cidervampire on December 23, 2014, 11:10:36 AM
I hate the postman - They have lost my Lord of the Rings cards...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on December 23, 2014, 12:09:07 PM
Seriously. I ordered a magazine that included the Caverna Mini Expansion a month ago and still haven't received it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcatronn on December 23, 2014, 01:53:45 PM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

This is intriguing.  I'd like to see the rules too.


I received my package from the Carcassonne Shoppe yesterday, and very quickly I might add.  Merry Christmas to me!  ;D  Thanks Ted!

You bet CK, and Merry Christmas!  :red-meeple: :green-meeple:

This School/Pig hybrid looks high quality! I'm excited to see the rules as well

It was pretty surreal, when it dropped out.  I wrote 3 Christmas/Carcassonne haikus :D

Let's hope you don't get any Carcassonne Wrapping paper from http://www.carcassonneshoppe.com/ , you'd definitely lose a few tiles in there!

Haha I wish there was a like button here  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 23, 2014, 06:25:14 PM
:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on December 23, 2014, 08:16:15 PM
:D

Seriously, what is going on with those tiles?? They look factory made. Exquisite. Can't wait to know the rules!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 24, 2014, 02:23:09 AM
The postman delivered this now, my collection is complete.

(https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10841931_10205659884161563_5196187170679783127_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 24, 2014, 02:26:14 AM
The postman delivered this now, my collection is complete.

(https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10841931_10205659884161563_5196187170679783127_o.jpg)

Congratulations!  :) :(y)

Now you'll have to start collecting meeplesource stuff too to complement your collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 24, 2014, 02:35:28 AM
My next purchase will be boxes of ghosts, black and yellow, still I miss those.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 24, 2014, 03:56:54 AM
:D

Seriously, what is going on with those tiles?? They look factory made. Exquisite. Can't wait to know the rules!
I'm really sorry, but for the holiday I came back in Italy to my family... and all my carcassonne stuff and files has remained in Belgium where I live...
so I can translate the rules only after the 7 of gennuary :)
but it will be the first think I'll do!!!
and I'm really happy u like the graphic!
yes, I thake the idea from the school for the presentation of the component and also for the graphic but is really different, then I had 2 great pink pig, so I coloured 1 in black and I imagined what this pig could do in carcassonne, so... an escape from his farm (so the title: "The big black pig escape")... and who capture the pig he can bring him back to the farm to take a reward... the tiles can be played only with the river I, II or BB5 (for a total of 13 river tiles) and then... the rest after the 7 of gennuary :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on December 24, 2014, 09:05:55 AM
Wow, looks like everyone is working to complete their Carcassonne collections this Christmas! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 28, 2014, 04:59:21 AM
Today's arrival:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_TheDiscoveryFrontBack.jpg)

If interested in obtaining this: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1277.0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 28, 2014, 06:49:06 AM
I missed the postman yesterday, I'm hoping it was AoC from Mr Yellow; but  I'll have to wait until tomorrow now :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 29, 2014, 02:22:34 AM
Well I don't like the postman today - I received a lovely big parcel and as the excitement rose I ripped it open and even though the box said CATAPULT, I was still excited and eager to open the box - major disappointment!! Missing 10 tiles!  So a weak crappy expansion has become even weaker and crappier! Not happy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 29, 2014, 02:41:19 AM
Was that an eBay purchase or did the postman remove the tiles deliberately so that he could sell them on (possibly to Yellow)?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 29, 2014, 02:59:42 AM
Rosco, you should have said,  I have an unopened Catapult looking for a home; they seem hard to get hold of in the UK now :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 29, 2014, 04:38:21 AM
How much would you want for it?

Dan - eBay from Germany, listing said all there. But the photo had tiles missing. But I just assumed the other tiles were there. Seller is an arse!

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 29, 2014, 05:42:29 AM
Sounds like legitimate grounds for leaving negative feedback to me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 29, 2014, 06:07:42 AM
Rosco: just what I paid for it: which was £12 + postage.  I ordered it from Milestone games, but it looks like they don't have any left.  It's pretty steep for the expansion,  On the plus side, I don't have to buy a box to post it; just let me know if I can help.

Mr Yellow's Ark of The Covenant arrived! [Round of Applause]  Thank you very much :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 29, 2014, 07:34:06 AM
Rosco: just what I paid for it: which was £12 + postage.  I ordered it from Milestone games, but it looks like they don't have any left.  It's pretty steep for the expansion,  On the plus side, I don't have to buy a box to post it; just let me know if I can help.

Mr Yellow's Ark of The Covenant arrived! [Round of Applause]  Thank you very much :D

Awesome!  :meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on December 29, 2014, 09:00:30 AM
(https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/10557620_10205713854950799_5129628327378436266_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 29, 2014, 11:29:45 AM
That's amazing! Can the graphic be uploaded?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 29, 2014, 01:53:57 PM
Today I got this in the mail:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Collection_TAotC__IMG_0003__800.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 29, 2014, 02:06:02 PM
Outstanding!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 29, 2014, 02:27:57 PM
Wow - how much for one sent to UK?  probably can't afford it but good to know.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on December 29, 2014, 09:03:20 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What archive did you rob?!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 30, 2014, 12:57:24 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What archive did you rob?!

Did not rob anyone.  8) They begged me to take these off their hands. But I guess the price itself, low as it was, could be considered a robbery.  :@
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 30, 2014, 01:22:23 AM
I'm going to have to ask - the two in the middle are from different publishers to those on the outside.  Any interesting differences?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 30, 2014, 01:51:20 AM
I'm going to have to ask - the two in the middle are from different publishers to those on the outside.  Any interesting differences?

It's astonishing how people look for these kind of details. I usually do that myself.

You really made me check twice on this.  :)) But no, there is no difference, it's just the different sides on the boxes.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 30, 2014, 01:56:05 AM
LOL  ;D I thought the box might be upside down or something.  Thanks for checking :meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 30, 2014, 02:05:56 AM
Today I got this in the mail:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Collection_TAotC__IMG_0003__800.jpg)

Does anyone know what the current world record is for the most privately owned copies of Ark of the Covenant? A future challenge perhaps...  :meeple:

Can I just point out that this was supposed to be a joke...  ;)

EDIT: By the way, are these for the benefit of Carcassonne Central members? If so, how many have already been claimed?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 30, 2014, 04:12:54 AM
just arrived!!!  :D (see the image under all...)
now my collection is almost finished!!!
I think some of you would like to know where I buy this... so...
some days before christmas I did a long research and finally I found this...
http://shop.spiele-akademie.de/Direkt-Importe/Carcassonne-Cult-Siege-Creativity.html?listtype=search&searchparam=cult%20siege
the item is still with the green "available" simbol for the rpice of 24,99
:)

(https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/10557620_10205713854950799_5129628327378436266_o.jpg)
is incredible!!!  :o

Today I got this in the mail:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Collection_TAotC__IMG_0003__800.jpg)
Yellow, how much for a copy?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 30, 2014, 04:20:49 AM
What a find; I thought I looked everywhere for that, even a strange toy shop in China.

I got a lucky bid on ebay just before Christmas - the Count, River2 and CSnC for $24 Buy-it-Now!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 30, 2014, 04:39:00 AM
What a find; I thought I looked everywhere for that, even a strange toy shop in China.

I got a lucky bid on ebay just before Christmas - the Count, River2 and CSnC for $24 Buy-it-Now!
wow! nice price!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 30, 2014, 04:47:13 AM
some days before christmas I did a long research and finally I found this...
http://shop.spiele-akademie.de/Direkt-Importe/Carcassonne-Cult-Siege-Creativity.html?listtype=search&searchparam=cult%20siege
the item is still with the green "available" simbol for the rpice of 24,99
:)

Amazing, what a great find! But I don't have enough money in my paypal account to buy it today (and I can't use a credit card because I don't have one from one of the listed (EU) countries). So I have to wait a day or two until my paypal account is topped up, so it will be a bit of a nervous wait for me. Really I only want it for the Siege tiles, even though I already have the Cathars and the Besiegers, because this is one of my favourite concepts in the whole series.

That's an interesting/strange store. They are selling King, Count and Robber for €11.99 but the River II by itself costs €24.99! The River II is the imported RGG version but really, there's no point acquiring it and selling it for that price when you're already selling CK&R.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on December 30, 2014, 05:45:06 AM
Today I got this in the mail:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Collection_TAotC__IMG_0003__800.jpg)

These are for sale. So far none has claimed, understandable as I haven't had time to update the Ark-availability thread yet. Haven't mapped out total cost yet, but if you are willing to pay 40 Euro for it you have a rough value of the total. It will not be above that for European Union members, that's for sure.

And yes, this is 40 Euro INCLUDING shipping. Eat that Ebay sellers!  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on December 30, 2014, 06:32:13 AM
mmm... interesting...
just a question...
I see the components list on BGG and I see that there are also the prophets meeple (big follower)
are they the same of inns and cathedral?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on January 02, 2015, 07:08:10 AM
Today I got this in the mail:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_Collection_TAotC__IMG_0003__800.jpg)

One from lautapelit.fi for me?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on January 03, 2015, 04:27:52 AM
In the last few weeks was the postman more than once at my door.

Here you can see what was inside the packages:

Thanks to danisthirty, quevy, violet, Udo.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 03, 2015, 08:46:22 AM
Dan's postman came to visit me today too - I received a very cool tera-meeple! How many standard meeples is it worth in a standard game?

Thanks Dan - I love it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 06, 2015, 10:49:46 AM
Today I got a nice surprise from America. 

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/06/4962b4fa972c8d6c9aece6e26fa48746.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/06/84578f74ee36cd723c38c6a2b0933b05.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/06/91e5975cf17b4d0f5ac8d6b31b13b3f2.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/06/7405893eb27ad963dd4b2b6f39342880.jpg)

It looks like a fun game and the quality is fantastic. I look forward to playing!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Darwin on January 06, 2015, 05:44:45 PM
This arrived on Christmas evening as a little present to myself.  :D
Got I through BGG for £34.75 including postage. Maybe a little expensive, but now my collection is complete (except La Porxada which I newer expect to get hold of :'( ).

EDIT: - Sorry, but I've removed the attachment from this post as HiG don't allow us to make official Carcassonne expansions freely available  C:-)

Sorry :o I thought that the low resolution of the scan made it ok.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 06, 2015, 07:08:10 PM
Yesterday I received the new artwork version of Carcassonne. In the next few days I should receive Gold Rush as well.

Last week I received the City on the Zwin expansion for Bruges, which I've integrated into the box from the base game.

Dig Down Dwarf should be coming soon for me as well. I pledged for the fancy tin box version.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 06, 2015, 11:13:49 PM
Maybe a little expensive, but now my collection is complete (except La Porxada which I newer expect to get hold of :'( ).

Congratulations on your complete collection! Luckily for me, I have made my own definition of what is 'complete', and my own view is that if you have Crop Circles II, you don't need Crop Circles I. That makes it easier!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 07, 2015, 02:08:23 AM
Well done! :(y) 

JungleBoy, does that mean I don't need Cathars because I got Siege?

Edit: Just having a brain moment
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on January 07, 2015, 05:19:40 AM
I also pledged Dig Down Dwarf. 5 copies actually to give as Christmas presents. They arrived the day after Christmas. The good news is we had our Christmas on the 26th anyway due to family traveling in. So it worked out just fine. We have logged many many plays and are enjoying it. You have to follow on BGG to get some of the rules clarifications but other than that we're enjoying it.

Hopefully Scott can post up some pics of the tin!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 07, 2015, 08:54:43 AM
JungleBoy, does that mean I don't need Cathars because I got Siege?

Only you can decide that for yourself :)

Personally I think they are different enough so that yes, you still 'need' Cathars. The artwork is different and the Cathars expansion is legendary. But for CCI & II, the artwork is the same - just the tile configuration is different.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 07, 2015, 08:59:00 AM
Meanwhile, you don't need the postman when you're in German-speaking lands!

This was my view at DracheNäscht (http://www.fatamorgana.ch/default.asp) in Bern today:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 07, 2015, 09:01:38 AM
What's all that? I haven't the foggiest; it's all in German!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 07, 2015, 09:16:41 AM
What's all that? I haven't the foggiest; it's all in German!  :))

Well there's a game for you then. Try to figure out what everything is based on colours and word association and your knowledge of the boxes, without using a dictionary :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: obervet on January 08, 2015, 07:04:35 AM
It's kind of scary that I actually could read the various German titles. Apparently working on the CAR is educational. Who knew?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 08, 2015, 09:57:56 AM
Here's what the postie left me today  :-\

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150108_174021-1.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 08, 2015, 11:36:31 AM
It does not have to be big
It does not have to be expensive

It does not have to be from someone you care very much about
It does not have to be from someone because you earned it

All that matter is the gesture, and if truly worthy a such, you will be surprised
Amazed in awe, smiling grand, I think we both know this was one hell of a nice thing you did

Thank you, Dan!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_ILtP__IMG_0032.png)

A wooden meeple standing 7,5 cm.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 08, 2015, 12:20:52 PM
I agree, mine is standing tall on my bedside table.
I am considering some sort of fan expansion for him.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 08, 2015, 11:09:37 PM
Mine has started to claim a city in my dining room. Thanks Dan!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 08, 2015, 11:53:42 PM
I was going to say which city.  But then I decided a meeple that big could claim all the elements in the tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 09, 2015, 12:29:39 AM
I was going to say which city.  But then I decided a meeple that big could claim all the elements in the tile.

It would be a bit hard to claim the little farm between the two city segments though!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 09, 2015, 01:49:55 AM
Glad these have been so well received. Next year I'll try something really crazy like getting my Christmas cards/ gifts out before Christmas!

I sent 6 in total (would have loved to have sent more but just couldn't afford to) so 2 remain unaccounted for as yet I believe...

I was going to say which city.  But then I decided a meeple that big could claim all the elements in the tile.

It would be a bit hard to claim the little farm between the two city segments though!

Claiming that farm had never occurred to me even in a normal game! I suppose the most it's ever going to be worth is 6 points, or possibly 12 if both cities end up being besieged but that's probably quite optimistic.

Hope your head is feeling better today...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 09, 2015, 02:04:26 AM
It does not have to be big
It does not have to be expensive

It does not have to be from someone you care very much about
It does not have to be from someone because you earned it

All that matter is the gesture, and if truly worthy a such, you will be surprised
Amazed in awe, smiling grand, I think we both know this was one hell of a nice thing you did

Thank you, Dan!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_ILtP__IMG_0032.png)

A wooden meeple standing 7,5 cm.

You're welcome! I would have been tempted to have posted that photo and written "Look - Dan sent me the smallest Christmas card ever!" as a caption...  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 09, 2015, 05:22:19 AM
Here's what I grabbed from the depo this morning.  50% carcassonne not bad:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150109_131218.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 09, 2015, 05:25:26 AM
The collection's growing fast!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 09, 2015, 01:19:53 PM
One tile at a time
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 10, 2015, 05:31:51 AM
Some bits and pieces from the Cundco store that were missing from my collection arrived today:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 10, 2015, 05:41:43 AM
Or twenty if you're jungleboy!

Ive not played with houses yet. Reading the rules they feel like the bit they forgot from castles and bazaars.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 10, 2015, 07:24:06 AM
Postie brought me this today....I'd better get hold of hunters and gathers ASAP!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150110_151753.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on January 11, 2015, 02:41:34 AM
Thanks Dan  :)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10818445_10205885938692785_844417106355941918_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 12, 2015, 02:42:36 AM
Postie brought me this today....I'd better get hold of hunters and gathers ASAP!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150110_151753.jpg)

I've seen it a few times on eBay lately, mostly second-hand copies. Brand new I've seen it go for the some crazy prices!

Thanks Dan  :)

You're welcome. Just one left to find now!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 12, 2015, 02:50:44 AM
Think I hit lucky because it Looks new to me.  A little over £6 delivered from Germany; postage cost about 55%!  Didn't think it was too bad overall, it's not like it's in print!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 12, 2015, 03:29:59 AM
Think I hit lucky because it Looks new to me.  A little over £6 delivered from Germany; postage cost about 55%!  Didn't think it was too bad overall, it's not like it's in print!

Having re-read my post, it's apparent that I was expecting you to be psychic in realising that I was talking about Hunters & Gatherers (the game)! Sorry about that. This join expansion for it and Carcassonne is much easier to get hold of but it looks like you paid a fair good favourable didn't get ripped off price for it...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 12, 2015, 04:01:18 AM
LOL. Yes actually having re-read everything, your actual question probably made more sense!  Hunters and Gatherers may have been this weekend's purchase!  I probably paid over the odds for it; but it's done now.

TBH, I'm never happy getting brand new items that are out of print.  It makes me feel guilty popping the tiles and actually playing with them.  As long as it's complete and in good-nick I'm usually happier than having something pristine I feel I shouldn't play with!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 13, 2015, 05:43:01 AM
I got these today:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20150113_123809-1.jpg) (http://www.dan.tehill.net/20150113_124958-1.jpg)

The robot is about the same size as a meeple and came as a surprise gift with a new set of Monopoly Deal cards (our old ones were getting very tatty). I think he's supposed to be a replacement token for normal Monopoly but since I haven't played that for years and don't expect this to change any time soon I haven't decided what I'm going to do with him yet. I am however open to suggestions for "Carcassonne: The Robot"...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 13, 2015, 05:51:42 AM
Very nice!  Carcassonne the robot needs a godzilla to fight against  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 15, 2015, 05:07:25 AM
Two hauls great today!

First Up: delivery from Amazon.de - south sea was 10Euros which is significantly cheaper than in the UK!  I failed and succumb to the temptation of Winterfest.

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/20150115_124308.jpg)

I also managed a great ebay find. 

Which spent 8 days in a depo in Germany before being delivered to the wrong part of the City.  I ended up stalking the guys house to find where my package ended up.

Yellow, having posted the fantastic AoC to me before Christmas will vouch for my unique address.

Somehow it was delivered to the equivalent of:  London Road, rather than London.

Anyway, lots of duplicates in here for me, but check out what sits in the middle.  I'm now functionally Carcassonne-complete *YAY*. 

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/20150115_125042.jpg)

Though I need a cathars and Windrose 1 or 2 if I'm super pedantic!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 15, 2015, 05:59:49 AM
Wow, that's a good haul! I hope you have lots of fun with them...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2015, 08:30:20 AM
My World Cup prizes arrived today. Thanks Dan!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on January 19, 2015, 10:54:28 AM
Mine arrived also! Thank you very much, Dan! I was considering to buy these wooden trade goods, but now I've got them from you! :D
I took the photo together with Christmas package contents.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2015, 11:09:15 AM
I got these today:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20150113_123809-1.jpg)


Mine is stuck at a post office in France. They put the name from the billing address (i.e. mine) rather than the name from the shipping address (which was a c/o), so the friend I had it sent to is unable to pick it up for me until I sign a form permitting her to pick it up and lend her my ID - or go there myself, but it's quite far away and even more so on public transport. So, no Siege for me until next Monday at the earliest :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on January 19, 2015, 11:44:58 AM
Don't have a camera. But I got today "The Plague" from eBay. ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 19, 2015, 12:12:46 PM
My World Cup prizes arrived today. Thanks Dan!

No problem. Well done for winning them!

Mine arrived also! Thank you very much, Dan! I was considering to buy these wooden trade goods, but now I've got them from you! :D
I took the photo together with Christmas package contents.

You're welcome. Have you seen these available to buy elsewhere recently then? These were from meeplesource as part of their Kickstarter. There are some on their site at the moment but they're not the same as far as I'm aware...

Mine is stuck at a post office in France...

That sounds very annoying. At least you know what is going on with it. Sounds a bit like the hassle I had trying to get Ark of the Covenant into the country from America!

Don't have a camera. But I got today "The Plague" from eBay. ;D

Excellent stuff. Enjoy!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on January 19, 2015, 12:33:53 PM
Mine arrived also! Thank you very much, Dan! I was considering to buy these wooden trade goods, but now I've got them from you! :D
I took the photo together with Christmas package contents.

You're welcome. Have you seen these available to buy elsewhere recently then? These were from meeplesource as part of their Kickstarter. There are some on their site at the moment but they're not the same as far as I'm aware...
I see the cloth and wheat options on MeepleSource... but do you remember what you used for the wine? They look great, and I'd like to order a set for myself! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on January 19, 2015, 02:19:38 PM
Excellent stuff. Enjoy!  :(y)
It sure looks very promising from the rules. Looking forward to try it out. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 20, 2015, 06:40:25 AM
Thanks Yellow!  :) :(y)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/TheDiscovery.jpg)

Mine arrived also! Thank you very much, Dan! I was considering to buy these wooden trade goods, but now I've got them from you! :D
I took the photo together with Christmas package contents.

You're welcome. Have you seen these available to buy elsewhere recently then? These were from meeplesource as part of their Kickstarter. There are some on their site at the moment but they're not the same as far as I'm aware...
I see the cloth and wheat options on MeepleSource... but do you remember what you used for the wine? They look great, and I'd like to order a set for myself! :)

None of the tokens I sent to those who reached the knock-out stage of the World Cup are available on meeplesource as far as I can see by scanning through their "Premium Resource Bits" on the site. They were only available, as far as I was aware, via their Kickstarter campaign which they ran in February/ March last year. This is why I was interested to know where MrNumbers had seen these available to buy as I'd happily buy more if I could find any (I bought enough bits for 9 sets and gave 7 away). The barrels were simply their "Barrel" bits (Kickstarter) but I can't find these on the site either.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on January 20, 2015, 07:12:21 AM
They definitely still sell red cloth bits and wheat/grain bits. Alas, no barrels--but they do have wine:

http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth)
http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat)
http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine) (a little too cute for me!)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 20, 2015, 07:25:58 AM
http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth)
Not sure how I had missed this. Thanks! They're definitely the same.

http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat)
I did see these but wasn't sure if they're the same as the ones I got as the design looks much busier on this photo. They're certainly very similar anyway, possibly the same.

http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine) (a little too cute for me!)
Saw these too, but I'm not a fan of these either!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on January 20, 2015, 07:35:59 AM
Alohaa! :D

Look what I got in the mail today!! :D

When the mail arrived, I first thought I had received something I ordered from E-bay. :) I shop there a lot. Mostly craft stuff like stamps or pencils and stuff.. But then I opened the package and was like, huh??? What is THIS??? I had completely forgot already about the Carcassonne prices! :D hehe.. good memory I have.. :D

So yeah, it was an excellent surprise! =^_^= I have been craving those meeple bags a while now, since I saw them on this forum when someone showed them as a part of their collection to store their meeples in them, and I thought I should buy fabric and make those aswell, but since I can be lazy sometimes, I didn't do it.. :) But now I don't have to, since I got them! :D And the sticker and game tile are cool too! :D

THANK YOU! =^_^= I'm happy!  :(y)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/27b7/9iffte02ekic2ub6g.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 20, 2015, 07:55:06 AM
Not quite as exciting, the creepy postman delivered me this a few minutes ago:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150120_154931.jpg)

Unfortunately hunters and gatherers is brand new; so I'll have to pop the tiles!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on January 20, 2015, 02:39:43 PM
None of the tokens I sent to those who reached the knock-out stage of the World Cup are available on meeplesource as far as I can see by scanning through their "Premium Resource Bits" on the site. They were only available, as far as I was aware, via their Kickstarter campaign which they ran in February/ March last year. This is why I was interested to know where MrNumbers had seen these available to buy as I'd happily buy more if I could find any (I bought enough bits for 9 sets and gave 7 away). The barrels were simply their "Barrel" bits (Kickstarter) but I can't find these on the site either.

My wish to buy these wooden pieces was pure hypothetical. I just saw them somewhere on the forum and wanted to buy them someday, together with cool ferries (not interested in revised bridges - they are quite the same). So maybe when I would start to look for them, there could be surprise for me that they are not so easy to obtain.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on January 21, 2015, 12:22:59 AM
Thanks danisthirty.  These arrived today.  The Mega Meeple and sticker sheet are for being the hugest scoring looser.  Sorting the highest score in a game that I lost.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 21, 2015, 06:51:42 AM
In today's post courtesy of the Carcassonne Shoppe. This is great because now I have the best of both worlds: the full Wheel of Fortune game with the language-independent starting tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 21, 2015, 07:02:31 AM
Thanks danisthirty.  These arrived today.  The Mega Meeple and sticker sheet are for being the hugest scoring looser.  Sorting the highest score in a game that I lost.

You're welcome Andrew, I'm glad you liked your prizes! Yeah, the Mega Meeple and sticker sheet were your prizes for achieving the highest-scoring lost game at the group stage. The same prize was due for the person with the lowest-scoring win (at group stage) but unfortunately he is no longer a member of the forums.  :(

I also gave Mega Meeples to the two players who were undefeated at the group stage (Rosco and jungleboy).

Look what I got in the mail today!! :D

{...}

THANK YOU! =^_^= I'm happy!  :(y)

You're welcome. Enjoy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 21, 2015, 07:27:39 AM
They definitely still sell red cloth bits and wheat/grain bits. Alas, no barrels--but they do have wine:

http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine) (a little too cute for me!)
Saw these too, but I'm not a fan of these either!

Meeplesource have just got a load more stock in, including these: http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Barrels

They're not the same as the ones I sent out to World Cup participants (these are 3D, like little barrels rather than flat, barrel-shaped tokens), but meeplesource did give me a big bag of these for free and they're pretty neat!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on January 21, 2015, 08:02:35 AM

http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine (http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wine) (a little too cute for me!)
Saw these too, but I'm not a fan of these either!

Meeplesource have just got a load more stock in, including these: http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Barrels

They're not the same as the ones I sent out to World Cup participants (these are 3D, like little barrels rather than flat, barrel-shaped tokens), but meeplesource did give me a big bag of these for free and they're pretty neat!  :(y)

Awesome! I may just have to buy a pack. Thanks for the heads up! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coyote on January 23, 2015, 06:53:31 AM
Alas, I haven't gotten any Carc stuff recently.. However, this is really neat seeing what everyone else is getting. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 23, 2015, 07:03:24 AM
I’m not in love with the postman today because it took me nearly three hours to go to another country and pick this up from the post office, but to be fair it wasn't the postman’s fault, but the seller’s.

Anyway, now I have Siege, so I’m happy. Only the Tunnels to go!*






*As I see it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: obervet on January 26, 2015, 06:12:36 AM
Thanks Yellow!   :(y)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1ac7/5b3r79oa4rcktjz6g.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 27, 2015, 02:33:05 PM
Not a great photo but here's my latest arrivals from the cundco shop.

freitag and sheriff plus a blank tile sheet.  The optimal purchase for shipping costs.

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150127_222426.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 27, 2015, 08:43:22 PM
Gold Rush arrived a few weeks ago, which means my Carcassonne collection is temporarily complete. 8)

As requested, here are some pictures of the tin version of Dig Down Dwarf:

(http://i.imgur.com/t9pgGyl.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/01txuyR.jpg)

Yardmaster and Yardmaster Express also arrived a few weeks ago. I've been enjoying the iOS version while I waited for the physical stuff to be made.

Earlier in the month I went on a bit of an Amazon Marketplace buying spree, and I'm in the process of having all of my parcels sent to my work because the place where I used to have everything sent is up for sale and I may not be able to continue my arrangement with them after the sale is completed. My co-workers have been giving me a hard time at the number of packages they are having to deliver to my desk. For whatever reason, Amazon Canada switched from UPS to Canada Post back in December, which means my parcels get delivered with the regular mail instead of by courier. :-\

Yesterday I got some industrial paint on my pants that I know won't come out in the wash. I immediately ordered another pair on-line and received them today. ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 28, 2015, 12:24:19 AM
Yesterday I got some industrial paint on my pants that I know won't come out in the wash. I immediately ordered another pair on-line and received them today. ;D

and what no photos? ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 28, 2015, 08:02:50 PM
That begs the question of whether a picture of the pants is enough, or if I need to be wearing them in the picture...

Here's an official photo from the manufacturer's marketing materials. I buy my shirts from them too, so I was wearing the exact same shirt at the time.
(http://site.lapolicegear.com/blog3/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/l1.jpg)

I alternately wear green pants with a khaki shirt, or navy blue pants with a navy blue shirt when I want people to show me a little more respect. C:-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 29, 2015, 12:17:58 AM
Well I suppose the manufacturer's photos are close enough....this time.  But,please tell me you're not wearing the nylon belt that guy is!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 31, 2015, 10:34:47 AM
I still wear a standard 1.5" leather belt. I don't think I'll switch to a fully nylon belt, but I did back a Kickstarter campaign that was a leather/nylon hybrid. I don't like a lot of stuff in my pockets, so I carry my cell phone, multitools, and flashlight on my belt. The regular, non-reinforced leather belts you buy in a mens'-wear store aren't sturdy enough.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 01, 2015, 02:45:49 PM
In an attempt to stop thinking about Scott's clothing; I've got something very special to share from Japan:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/JAPAN.png)
Our friends at Carcassonne Lab sent three books:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/20150131_105441.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/20150131_105449.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/20150131_105500.jpg)

I've only had the briefest of flicks through them, but there are several very interesting topics such as strategies and variants.  I'll need to dig out my trusty translator and work through these slowly.  No doubt I'll share my findings in good time.

Though I'm not suppose to judge a book by its cover, the 3rd book has a glittery cover which is totally unlike anything I've ever seen.  The photo hardly begins to do it justice.  It's spectacular!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 02, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Though I'm not suppose to judge a book by its cover, the 3rd book has a glittery cover which is totally unlike anything I've ever seen.  The photo hardly begins to do it justice.  It's spectacular!

As much as anything else I just love how happy everyone looks. I'd be really annoyed if I was playing against that girl on the cover of the book in the middle though. She seems to be celebrating very prematurely considering how many tiles there are left to be played. I hope he wins.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on February 02, 2015, 01:18:21 PM
Well there are strategies detailed in the book so she might know something we don't  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on February 02, 2015, 03:50:16 PM
Did you notice that Carcassonne City in the background of the J-books has blue roofs!
Seems that the guys over there did some advanced research on the town. XD
And maybe THIS is the reason why we have that problem with Carc II at the moment.  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on February 03, 2015, 07:07:17 AM
Did you notice that Carcassonne City in the background of the J-books has blue roofs!
Seems that the guys over there did some advanced research on the town. XD
And maybe THIS is the reason why we have that problem with Carc II at the moment.  :o

Good catch! Didn't notice that. Could explain a lot maybe...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on February 03, 2015, 01:20:32 PM
Japanese Carcassonne books???  :o

NOW I have seen it all...  ;D

are they like, manga? :) Or strategy guide only?

take a pic from the inside, please!  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2015, 02:07:29 PM
I'll try and get some photos up tomorrow.  Mainly strategy, but also sections of news and tournament reviews; bits on expansions and various random articles.  The occasional bit of art too.  I particularly like: Road to Completion where the author has categorized when and where he got each expansion ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2015, 02:37:45 PM
Quote from: Carcking
Well there are strategies detailed in the book so she might know something we don't  :o

She's got plenty to be happy about,

Or maybe she just drew the CCff card to block the merging of the city.
Or maybe she's drawn a bent road to glom his road.

Or Maybe...it's because her Farmer turned into a Monk and he didn't notice.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on February 04, 2015, 07:23:40 AM
Look what I got in the mail today!!!! :D

Yellow sent me the Darmstadt tiles!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D :(y)

Yay!! Thank you so much, Yellow!!!! =^_^= They look great!! You cheered up my day!!  :D *hugzees*  :red-meeple: :meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :(y)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a35d/qk174z5ngul6ugb6g.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on February 04, 2015, 08:47:46 AM
Look what I got in the mail today!!!! :D

Yellow sent me the Darmstadt tiles!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D :(y)

Yay!! Thank you so much, Yellow!!!! =^_^= They look great!! You cheered up my day!!  :D *hugzees*  :red-meeple: :meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :(y)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a35d/qk174z5ngul6ugb6g.jpg)

Lol! Not sure if you or me is more cheering that it arrived. Had me worried there!  :@

Glad they arrived safely and that the postmen did not play Carcassone in the sauna all week!  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on February 04, 2015, 11:51:27 AM
Yeah I was worried too... :( Over one week for a 1st class letter from Sweden to arrive in Finland... CRAZY!!!  :o

Our post is seriously slow... And someone at the post office is still holding on to my Halloween SailorMoon costume from China...  >:( That one never arrived, so indeed I was worried about Darmstadt tiles..  :-\

A relief and happy joy feeling that they arrived!! =^_^=

THANK YOU YELLOW!!  ;D :(y) :(y) :(y) Merit for you!

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on February 04, 2015, 01:54:17 PM
Hi

Today i had 2 parcels - one was a very special one from Yellow - Some catapult tiles which i needed after i was soreley disappointed after i bought the catapult expansion and it was missing most of the tiles.  Yellow kindly offer some that he had and I recieved them today - thanks yellow!

The other parcel was an ebay bargain - 2 sets of phantoms, 1 set of river 1, and a set of windroses(still vac packed) - very very cheap

Unfortunately the pic wont load so you will have to take my word for it that they are all awesome!!

Thanks again yellow

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on February 04, 2015, 03:23:09 PM
Hi

Today i had 2 parcels - one was a very special one from Yellow - Some catapult tiles which i needed after i was soreley disappointed after i bought the catapult expansion and it was missing most of the tiles.  Yellow kindly offer some that he had and I recieved them today - thanks yellow!

The other parcel was an ebay bargain - 2 sets of phantoms, 1 set of river 1, and a set of windroses(still vac packed) - very very cheap

Unfortunately the pic wont load so you will have to take my word for it that they are all awesome!!

Thanks again yellow

Anytime! Glad they finally arrived.

Seems the Swedish post offering a 3 day delivery worldwide is utter bull. Or maybe it's just available to United Kingdom and USA. Those are known to get their stuff within 3-5 days, even packages.

But, as long as they arrive we shall rejoice!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 07, 2015, 04:01:59 AM
I'm running out of the door, but wanted to share these with you:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/basicallyWooden/mybox/20150207_105945.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/basicallyWooden/mybox/20150207_110054.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/basicallyWooden/mybox/20150207_110236.jpg)

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/basicallyWooden/mybox/20150207_110259.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/basicallyWooden/mybox/20150207_110444.jpg)

 :meeple: :meeple: :meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :(y) :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 07, 2015, 04:11:01 AM
Cool, you got it! How does it look in 'real life'?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 07, 2015, 06:18:26 AM
It's very pretty.  Rather than clutter this thread, I've written a preliminary review over here:

Basically Wooden Big Box (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1434.msg19342#msg19342)

I need to get some tiles in it now!   ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 10, 2015, 05:44:52 AM
Not exactly about the postman, but still I want to share my new purchase.
This was the last copy in our local board game shop and it's been there for a while, so the box was a little bit scratched from one side (everything is untouched inside), but I received a discount for this, so together for a lot of wood I paid 18.80 EUR.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 10, 2015, 05:52:08 AM
This was the last copy in our local board game shop and it's been there for a while, so the box was a little bit scratched from one side (everything is untouched inside), but I received a discount for this, so together for a lot of wood I paid 18.80 EUR.

Good deal! So is this exactly the same inside as the version that comes in the wooden box?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 10, 2015, 07:02:38 AM
This was the last copy in our local board game shop and it's been there for a while, so the box was a little bit scratched from one side (everything is untouched inside), but I received a discount for this, so together for a lot of wood I paid 18.80 EUR.

Good deal! So is this exactly the same inside as the version that comes in the wooden box?

I don't know what comes in the wooden box, but it seems it is the same as quevy received recently (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg15320#msg15320).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 11, 2015, 11:35:00 PM
I'm not really into expensive gadgets as such (hence no iPhone/ iPad etc), but Jere was so keen to play me on the Carcassonne iOS app that he sold me his old iPod Touch:  :)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/iPod_Touch.jpg)

I'm up and running with it now, as - yep, you've guessed it - danisthirty. I haven't bought any of the expansions yet but I'm open to friend requests/ challenges and the like!  :blue-meeple: :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on February 12, 2015, 08:17:06 AM
This was the last copy in our local board game shop and it's been there for a while, so the box was a little bit scratched from one side (everything is untouched inside), but I received a discount for this, so together for a lot of wood I paid 18.80 EUR.

Good deal! So is this exactly the same inside as the version that comes in the wooden box?

I own both versions and the content is the same.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 13, 2015, 11:07:32 AM
Came back to my flat today to find these
(http://i.imgur.com/GUY33Cjm.jpg/)(http://i.imgur.com/GI7aG5Rm.jpg)

That's Cathars, Cult Siege & Creativity, Crop Circles I, Pink/Purple Robbers & Messengers, and Wind Rosen I

Only the tunnels left to go now (If anyone's selling, PLEASE get in touch)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on February 13, 2015, 12:53:00 PM
oooohhh!!!
where did you buy cathars and crop circle I?!?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 13, 2015, 02:54:37 PM
That's Cathars, Cult Siege & Creativity, Crop Circles I, Pink/Purple Robbers & Messengers, and Wind Rosen I

Wow! Very impressive haul!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 14, 2015, 04:06:23 AM
oooohhh!!!
where did you buy cathars and crop circle I?!?

I snagged Cathars from the board game geek market; and an ebay seller offered me crop circles after I bought CSS from them. Slightly pricey in total, but not as bad as I was expecting. £18 for a new Cult Siege & Creativity seemed fairly low to say I couldn't see it for sale anywhere else.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murno on February 14, 2015, 04:39:50 AM
Got this yesterday  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on February 14, 2015, 09:45:29 AM
yesterday I recived this! directly from Spain where it's still cheap!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 14, 2015, 11:48:00 AM
yesterday I received this! directly from Spain where it's still cheap!

In what shop you bought this? Maybe I also can order it from there?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on February 14, 2015, 04:14:08 PM
I found it on amazon.es  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on February 14, 2015, 04:17:39 PM
oooohhh!!!
where did you buy cathars and crop circle I?!?

I snagged Cathars from the board game geek market; and an ebay seller offered me crop circles after I bought CSS from them. Slightly pricey in total, but not as bad as I was expecting. £18 for a new Cult Siege & Creativity seemed fairly low to say I couldn't see it for sale anywhere else.

And how much for the crops and cathar?
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on February 15, 2015, 09:53:33 AM
I love postman so much that I french kissed her! My girlfriend brought me this back from Russia:
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/2ce8017c765303cb699436d0cf92b631.jpg)

It has a few interesting and unique features:

- back of the tiles:  it's a K instead of a C, for "каркассон".

- city of the Count is one BIG tile

- river II has river watermark

- corn circle I is included (!)

- cult expansion has spielbox watermark (!)

- it is CHEAP!!: about 15 euros for The Tower, Princess & Dragon, Count King & Robber and Corn Circle I

- Quality of the tiles is lower: colours differ slightly, they are difficult to unpunch and I find the corners are a bit too round... But for the price it's difficult to complain

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/34ff42a69880301b2cb8e0d9b85a97b0.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/be5cc395c43c8de797835e4a689ad1b5.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/f8ea7c569fb3e244878ed1d02334ec5d.jpg)



edited: typos
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 15, 2015, 10:48:38 AM
Amazing find Jéré! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 15, 2015, 11:17:53 AM
I think, the Count tile is really nice. The lines indicate perfectly, where to lay the tiles without crossing over the city. Does if fit in size to the regular tiles in other language versions?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on February 15, 2015, 11:37:19 AM
Yes it fits.

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/f2e218356af5ea2826963809bb8f6f0a.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 15, 2015, 11:48:17 AM
It seams to be slightly, slightly, smaller, but looks real good. I'm sure, you will have fun with it, when playing the Count. :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on February 15, 2015, 01:13:07 PM
Yes it fits.

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/f2e218356af5ea2826963809bb8f6f0a.jpg)
Oh my... Great thing! I need to have it! What about thickness: Is it as thick as our standard tiles? And what does the back look like?


By the way: This weekend I received my order from Carcassonne Shoppe. Thank you Ted, I'm so happy! Now I'm proud to be able to announce that my Carcassonne collection is officially complete! Yay!
:red-meeple: :meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :black-meeple: :gray-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on February 15, 2015, 01:44:30 PM
Hounk & Safari, indeed it's possible that there is a tiny difference in size (perhaps thickness also). When I'll have time I'll try to measure and will let you know. Right now we are playing and we don't notice the difference and enjoy the game.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 16, 2015, 01:28:02 AM
The slightly smaller size might also come from the fact, that the artwork is printed in exactly the same size, but since there are no tile edges, which would also take up a little space, everything shrinks together a little bit. But like I mentioned before: I don't think, that really matters, it's negligible.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on February 16, 2015, 04:09:24 AM
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/16/3d8221f756994106f11a99f47e60558d.jpg)

Happy Rosco!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 16, 2015, 06:19:20 AM
In my pre-completionist days, I was happy with just the Ferries and Mage and Witch out of the minis. Then I decided to get the others too, but the Flier and Crop Circles II are the only other ones that I've played with so far. I'll have to try out one of the others on the next Carcassonne night.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcatronn on February 16, 2015, 11:36:59 PM
By the way: This weekend I received my order from Carcassonne Shoppe. Thank you Ted, I'm so happy! Now I'm proud to be able to announce that my Carcassonne collection is officially complete! Yay!
:red-meeple: :meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :black-meeple: :gray-meeple:

I didn't know those were the final ones, that's wonderful! Always happy to complete a collection  ;D

Btw, that gigantic city tile is a thing of beauty! I've been wanting to start collecting the Russian version, now I have a good excuse  8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on February 17, 2015, 06:27:55 AM
Gah! I already have a Russian copy of the game - but not a big box like this one. Now I NEED that one-piece Count tile!

Anyone know how to buy this set?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 17, 2015, 06:32:44 AM
I think we need a Russian forum member to get involved! Any takers?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on February 17, 2015, 06:36:05 AM
I think we need a Russian forum member to get involved! Any takers?

Well, for the right price...   :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 17, 2015, 06:55:19 AM
I have many relatives in Russia and particular in Moscow. If the interest is so big I can contact them and ask if they would be so kind to deal with it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on February 17, 2015, 06:53:49 PM
By the way: This weekend I received my order from Carcassonne Shoppe. Thank you Ted, I'm so happy! Now I'm proud to be able to announce that my Carcassonne collection is officially complete! Yay!
:red-meeple: :meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :black-meeple: :gray-meeple:

I didn't know those were the final ones, that's wonderful! Always happy to complete a collection  ;D
I'm quite sure that mine is not the only one. The other CarcF members that shared the order with me where only missing this expansion too. :D So you completed 5 collections. Great, isn't it?  ^-^

BTW: Maybe you can get some of these one tile cities? At least you are able to get such great things like the Weel of Fortune starting tile and the River III, so maybe you also might be lucky with the count. ;)
However, on CarcF they decided to ask HiG if they where able to import some of the big tiles and sell them on Cundco.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hepguy on February 18, 2015, 01:58:52 PM
Darmstadt and the festival were waiting for me when I got home.  Slowly filling in the missing pieces.  Must admit though that Russian city is niggling at me now.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on February 18, 2015, 10:14:20 PM
Must admit though that Russian city is niggling at me now.
Oh no! The virus caused an epidemy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 18, 2015, 10:57:53 PM
Must admit though that Russian city is niggling at me now.
Oh no! The virus caused an epidemic!

I also have got that disease, and I ordered a copy of it together with Russian version of Hunters and Gatherers. My wife's cousine from Moscow will spend her vacation here in the end of March :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on February 19, 2015, 08:54:18 AM
Oh geeez, I'm feeling the need to fly to Latvia now... C:-)  ( <-- airline pilot)

Do I need to roll a 1, 2 or 3 for my Flyer??
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on February 19, 2015, 11:24:26 AM
Looks what arrived for me today!
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j21/doug_lloyd1/ab713e05-9d3e-40b6-910d-1ab0f2e0a5c5_zpsglt5aafp.jpg)

That's a Belagerers (which in terms of the way I view completeness basically counts as a Cathars and a Siege for me too, though I'm sure some of you think that's sacrilege) and a Plague. Fortunately, the latter was shrink-wrapped because just about every token had popped out of the frame, hence you don't see it here.

Very much looking forward to playing with these soon. Thanks, Ted!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on February 19, 2015, 12:24:27 PM
Wow, your Plague fleas are all over the place. Mine were nice and centred. I wonder what happened.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on February 19, 2015, 12:29:40 PM
Looks what arrived for me today!
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j21/doug_lloyd1/ab713e05-9d3e-40b6-910d-1ab0f2e0a5c5_zpsglt5aafp.jpg)

That's a Belagerers (which in terms of the way I view completeness basically counts as a Cathars and a Siege for me too, though I'm sure some of you think that's sacrilege) and a Plague. Fortunately, the latter was shrink-wrapped because just about every token had popped out of the frame, hence you don't see it here.

Very much looking forward to playing with these soon. Thanks, Ted!
Hey, congrats! I'm quite fine with your definition of "complete". In my personal opinion "complete" means Belagerer + either Cathars or Siege, since C and S are (nearly) identical, but B is different. But, never ever wood I play with 10 Belagerer tiles, as this would be a point masacre without any fun! So being owner of six Belagerer tiles is absolutely complete (also, because HiG stated that this was the official reprint).  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on February 19, 2015, 05:58:19 PM
Wow, your Plague fleas are all over the place. Mine were nice and centred. I wonder what happened.

For a minute I thought you meant that I had presented them in the picture all scattered and I was like "Huh, I thought I organized everything pretty darn well..."

But now I see that you mean that the printing of the fleas is off-center. Not too big a deal, I guess. I'm just glad to have the expansion. But you're right, they're definitely not consistent from one flea to the next.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on February 19, 2015, 06:20:35 PM
That's the term I was looking for: "off-center". Yes, the fleas are off-center. I mean, sure it fits with their personality as bugs, but still, couldn't they hold still for one moment?  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 21, 2015, 03:27:31 AM
Another box arrives just before lunch:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150221_110438.jpg)

Sorry about the flash!

Here's the collection so far:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150211_083124.jpg)

excuse the unpacking rubbish on the right hand side :x
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 21, 2015, 05:23:44 AM
oooohhh!!!
where did you buy cathars and crop circle I?!?

I snagged Cathars from the board game geek market; and an ebay seller offered me crop circles after I bought CSS from them. Slightly pricey in total, but not as bad as I was expecting. £18 for a new Cult Siege & Creativity seemed fairly low to say I couldn't see it for sale anywhere else.

And how much for the crops and cathar?

Cathar was €30, and Crops I was €45.


Today I received my pimp package from spielmaterial.

(http://i.imgur.com/sn2drj4l.jpg)
From left to right: sheds, houses & towers; sheep; crops, cloth & wine; castles; Robber Baron & King pieces to mark relevant features.

Now I've made up all of my tuckboxes too, everything looks so good in my artbin ;D

(http://i.imgur.com/KEi6On9l.jpg)

Only the tunnel to go!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 21, 2015, 05:49:35 AM
Today I received my pimp package from spielmaterial.

(http://i.imgur.com/sn2drj4l.jpg)
From left to right: sheds, houses & towers; sheep; crops, cloth & wine; castles; Robber Baron & King pieces to mark relevant features.
I suppose, the castles are these (http://www.spielematerial.de/de/spielmaterial/themenwelten/mittelalter/burg-kastell.html) unpainted? Can you please make photos, how they look like on an actual "4 point city"?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 21, 2015, 06:07:13 AM
I know that not everyone gets as excited as I do about custom meeples but today the postman brought me something very special: a full set of pewter meeples made by ailurus of these forums  :gray-meeple::

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/pewter_1.jpg)
(8 standard meeples)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/pewter_2.jpg)
(shepherd, normal meeple [for comparison], large meeple, pig and builder)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/pewter_3.jpg)
(barn, mayor, wagon, messenger meeple, robber)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/pewter_4.jpg) (http://www.dan.tehill.net/pewter_5.jpg)
(and this nice little bonus: a keyring engraved with my initial on either side!)

These are incredible! Thanks so much to you ailurus, you are truly a master craftsman!  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 21, 2015, 07:31:49 AM
Today I received my pimp package from spielmaterial.

(http://i.imgur.com/sn2drj4l.jpg)
From left to right: sheds, houses & towers; sheep; crops, cloth & wine; castles; Robber Baron & King pieces to mark relevant features.
I suppose, the castles are these (http://www.spielematerial.de/de/spielmaterial/themenwelten/mittelalter/burg-kastell.html) unpainted? Can you please make photos, how they look like on an actual "4 point city"?

They are indeed; grey though, not unpainted. When I was ordering, I was worried that the castles were going to be too small, however it turns out that they're just the right size to fit within the walls of a two tile city and support a follower:
(http://i.imgur.com/dyOJAdjl.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/AiE310Tl.jpg)
Still, would be nice to have a bit more detail in the design in my opinion.

Without wanting to get too off topic, here are some photos of the others in action if they'll help anyone. I bought the pieces to stand out clearer than the tokens that come in the expansions so that they're more visible when putting together a game of megacarc.

(http://i.imgur.com/q9OEQJxl.jpg)
The Sheep look good with the shepherd.

(http://i.imgur.com/aSQ2CjVl.jpg)
The tower's design could be slightly more in-line with the game's architecture and I probably should have bought a different colour for the houses to distinguish from the sheds; but over all I'm very happy with how these look.

(http://i.imgur.com/NvvCwAJl.jpg)
The trade goods look good sitting in the cities, and match up well with the gold bars from The Goldmines.

(http://i.imgur.com/ssk26qkl.jpg)
The two big fellas here. Little bit too big for my tastes, I'd prefer them no bigger than the count. I'm using them to move around the board to mark largest city & roads whilst the king/baron tiles move between the players to show who's currently getting the points at the end.

And finally, here's a size comparison

(http://i.imgur.com/1mgeTNxl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6773b2Rl.jpg)

(Also, that pewter set looks sweet!)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 21, 2015, 07:51:10 AM
Gee, I think, they look great. Thank you very much for posting. Wish HiG would have come up with them instead of their tokens. On the other picture, the color looked different, that's why I was thinking, they are from the unpainted (or transparent painted?) batch. I'm seriously thinking of getting them, not only to "pimp up" my Carc, but with the original tokens it annoys me especially, that they seem to connect farms, what they don't.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on February 21, 2015, 08:16:16 AM
What do you do with the Wolf Jim?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 21, 2015, 09:00:47 AM
I didn't bother with the wolf as they're never really in play on the board - as soon as you draw the wolf, everything just goes back to the Hills & Sheep supply. I did check for wolf figures at the time though, and it doesn't look like they have any.

I considered getting something to replace the plague fleas (Flea figures are unlikely, so I was wondering what to get: rats? skulls? headstones?) but couldn't find anything appropriate online.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on February 21, 2015, 10:52:58 AM
Love the pewter meeples Dan.  They are exciting.  I know as soon as I buy them though, they will put out a couple more new ones!   :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on February 21, 2015, 01:24:43 PM
Dan - how on earth did you persuade him to make them. I was emailing him, trying to get some but he flat out refused. They do look simply amazing. I wonder...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 21, 2015, 01:30:41 PM
Dan - how on earth did you persuade him to make them. I was emailing him, trying to get some but he flat out refused. They do look simply amazing. I wonder...

I made him an offer he couldn't refuse...  :)

In all seriousness, it was quite an offer. I won't list everything, but I think it was the transparent phantoms that swung it for him in the end!  :gray-meeple: :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 21, 2015, 01:33:26 PM
They are certainly awesome, though I'm not sure about accidentally dropping them on the tiles.

Looks to be a great weekend from everyone with a Carcassonne stash!

BTW,  I have a very big bag of invisible phantoms if anyone wants one!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on February 21, 2015, 01:44:17 PM
Today I received my pimp package from spielmaterial.

(http://i.imgur.com/sn2drj4l.jpg)
From left to right: sheds, houses & towers; sheep; crops, cloth & wine; castles; Robber Baron & King pieces to mark relevant features.
I suppose, the castles are these (http://www.spielematerial.de/de/spielmaterial/themenwelten/mittelalter/burg-kastell.html) unpainted? Can you please make photos, how they look like on an actual "4 point city"?

They are indeed; grey though, not unpainted. When I was ordering, I was worried that the castles were going to be too small, however it turns out that they're just the right size to fit within the walls of a two tile city and support a follower:
(http://i.imgur.com/dyOJAdjl.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/AiE310Tl.jpg)
Still, would be nice to have a bit more detail in the design in my opinion.

Without wanting to get too off topic, here are some photos of the others in action if they'll help anyone. I bought the pieces to stand out clearer than the tokens that come in the expansions so that they're more visible when putting together a game of megacarc.

(http://i.imgur.com/q9OEQJxl.jpg)
The Sheep look good with the shepherd.

(http://i.imgur.com/aSQ2CjVl.jpg)
The tower's design could be slightly more in-line with the game's architecture and I probably should have bought a different colour for the houses to distinguish from the sheds; but over all I'm very happy with how these look.

(http://i.imgur.com/NvvCwAJl.jpg)
The trade goods look good sitting in the cities, and match up well with the gold bars from The Goldmines.


For the sheep i have the same ones but i have written the numbers of how many they represent on the sides put them in a bag to draw from.  what about the wolves? i hear you say, well a different shape would obviously feel different so my wolves are wolves in sheeps clothing - sheep painted black!  black sheep so to speak.  it works well and looks good and to be honest it is much easier to lift them off the board when you want to claim them back.

For my little houses set i have the same towers and the same sheds but the houses are bigger so they are easier to see.

I like the castles too although i dont have that expansion yet so i wont buy them yet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on February 21, 2015, 02:08:27 PM
BTW,  I have a very big bag of invisible phantoms if anyone wants one!
What do you meen with "invisible"? Transparent without a color? Could be great for my white set of meeples, I got from CundCo today with some other stuff.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on February 21, 2015, 02:29:55 PM
They are certainly awesome, though I'm not sure about accidentally dropping them on the tiles.

Looks to be a great weekend from everyone with a Carcassonne stash!

BTW,  I have a very big bag of invisible phantoms if anyone wants one!

As in clear & colorless?  I've been looking for a pair to use as pink & purple phantoms (use one for the grey phantom, the official gray phantom for purple, and then I guess stain the second clear one pink somehow)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 22, 2015, 03:59:48 AM
BTW,  I have a very big bag of invisible phantoms if anyone wants one!

I have a few of these going spare as well. Not sure if they're the same as the ones you have Decar, so I've taken a photo of them below:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/invisible_meeples.jpg)

 ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 22, 2015, 06:52:31 AM
Yep! The very same!

You beat me the punchline there Dan ;p
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on February 22, 2015, 07:37:10 AM
I thought you meant this guy:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Carcassonne-1-durchsichtiger-Gefolgsmann-Meeple-Kristall-klar-unbespielt-/221697558386?pt=DE_Allesf%C3%BCrsKind_Spielzeug_Gesellschaftsspiele&hash=item339e344772
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on February 24, 2015, 02:24:42 PM
Today I received a fantastic fan-made gift from Aenima. Thank you very much.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/1798669_10205644626460130_449373739472510586_n.jpg?oh=821fa52b6666e77693a9dc169a3228e9&oe=55070E84&__gda__=1429568436_1666e07fe9bf6bf947de27d1f3861c2c)

How many good things have come to you.
Sooner or later we will have to make a gift also to our postmen :)
That looks interesting, what is it?

soooo... finally here it is!!!

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=279

:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on February 25, 2015, 03:27:09 AM
First post of many on this thread I hope. ;D

My first order for cundco (Winter Edition on the bottom), on the way for my full collection, three smaller ones already on the way.
Gift bag is always welcome.  :(y)

(http://i.imgur.com/84xn9AN.jpg?1)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on February 25, 2015, 03:03:29 PM
Wow great haul! That looks like fun.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 25, 2015, 11:12:56 PM
soooo... finally here it is!!!

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=279

:D

Excellent, thanks. Looking forward to trying this out...

First post of many on this thread I hope. ;D

My first order for cundco (Winter Edition on the bottom), on the way for my full collection, three smaller ones already on the way.
Gift bag is always welcome.  :(y)

(http://i.imgur.com/84xn9AN.jpg?1)

These should make for some interesting games. But where are you going to fit the bag in your storage box?  O:-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on February 26, 2015, 01:10:08 AM
I'm guessing the storage box will fit on the bag and not the other way around    ;D O0

Other option is to (re)gift the bag to my wife in order to get her distracted from all the saw dust on the office and money spent on the collection  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on February 27, 2015, 08:21:03 AM
PresentM asked Klaus-Jürgen Wrede to autograph 12 new tiles of Porxada on adhesive paper. I am one of the lucky ones who has received one.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/11024217_10206241610664362_7045297194488963674_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 27, 2015, 08:27:05 AM
Wow! That is something very special quevy! Many congratulations!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on February 27, 2015, 02:39:12 PM
Well the three smaller orders arrived together and really fast.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ti6Bdn2l.jpg)

If any one wants to receive a Meeple Postal, nice from cundco to add a small gift, just advise and I will send it (maybe there are some stamp collectors here).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 02, 2015, 04:39:49 AM
Can't really thank the postman for this - I had to pick it up from the depot:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150302_122037.jpg)

One's mine
One's spoken for
One's looking for a good home [but it's not exactly a bargain after, postage/VAT/duty etc]  PM me if you're interested.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on March 02, 2015, 04:49:33 AM
look at this...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on March 02, 2015, 06:40:18 AM
Oooh, how much? Postage would be to the UK.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 03, 2015, 02:22:22 PM
Should just say that The Russian Count house found a home   :(y)  Plus a few alternatives, if it falls through.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on March 03, 2015, 09:25:00 PM
This just arrived by courier today.  Hope to have a game tonight.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 23, 2015, 11:37:15 AM
First arrival on what is expected to be a busy week.
(http://i.imgur.com/I1jGk71.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 24, 2015, 06:14:56 AM
Second arrival of the week:
(http://i.imgur.com/IvIxPl4.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 26, 2015, 04:57:09 AM
The third time's the charm.
(http://i.imgur.com/kRdFrBz.jpg)

The idea of this is tacking the WOF parts for my collection and donate the rest to my nephew and nieces to try and boost three new Carcassonne player.  O:-)
They were really into it after testing Junior Carcassonne.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 26, 2015, 05:00:06 AM
The idea of this is tacking the WOF parts for my collection and donate the rest to my nephew and nieces to try and boost three new Carcassonne player.  O:-)
They were really into it after testing Junior Carcassonne.

You can donate the River (III) to me if you want to :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 26, 2015, 05:13:05 AM
Sorry jungleboy   ;)
Since I'm a huge fan of the river(s) game starter dynamics and I'm robbing them already of the 4x4 WOF tile I'll keep it in. O:-)

But you just gave me the idea of taking the vineyards tiles on the river III out and put my older similar river I tiles in  >:D >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on March 26, 2015, 07:19:44 AM
Been quite a Carc-heavy week for you in the mail, chooselife!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 26, 2015, 07:35:33 AM
Been quite a Carc-heavy week for you in the mail, chooselife!
Indeed but I had even more surprises on opening the mail box.
Was expecting some of these only for the next week but you got to love the postman.

From ebay:
(http://i.imgur.com/7w966XS.jpg)
From sheepgames.be
(http://i.imgur.com/djk7VGU.jpg)
And from the usual great guys at cundco.de
(http://i.imgur.com/6ldcr8D.jpg)
Some of these castles and little buildings are in excess so if anyone is interested just advise.

Now there is not that many (affordable) stuff missing so I'll give the postman a rest, at least untill the new German Castles expansion is for sale.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DLloyd09 on March 26, 2015, 10:51:26 AM
Quote from: Chooselife
From sheepgames.be
(http://i.imgur.com/djk7VGU.jpg)
Ooh a phantom! I'm so jealous, I've been trying to get one myself. Congrats, looks like your collection's coming along quite nicely!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on March 26, 2015, 11:12:48 AM
Look what Russian postman brought me today! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 26, 2015, 11:52:26 AM
Ooh a phantom! I'm so jealous, I've been trying to get one myself. Congrats, looks like your collection's coming along quite nicely!

It was fairly cheap on sheepgames.be
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on March 26, 2015, 01:16:38 PM
But you just gave me the idea of taking the vineyards tiles on the river III out and put my older similar river I tiles in  >:D >:D
I thought, River I with River III won't mix. Aren't the rear sides of the tiles different?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 26, 2015, 03:06:45 PM
I thought, River I with River III won't mix. Aren't the rear sides of the tiles different?

This is only important in a make-believe world :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on March 26, 2015, 06:51:10 PM
Oh yeah, Chooselife, this was a very busy week for your postman! Great that you gave him a break, though. And great, that now you have all these lovely expansions.  :(y) :(y)

I'm sure that postmen all over our Carcassonne World will be busy once the new expansion is out. And then the Netherlands might follow again!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: rosstowle on March 27, 2015, 08:27:17 PM
Just ordered Carcassonne - Burgen in Deutschland and a few other things from cundco.de using the magic Easter Eggs.  Now the waiting begins.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 30, 2015, 05:44:58 AM
Look what Russian postman brought me today! :D

Congratulations MrNumbers!  :(y)

I have that Russian Carcassonne set too but have not got round to photographing it yet...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 30, 2015, 06:21:31 AM
I have that Russian Carcassonne set too but have not got round to photographing it yet...

Man, you just buy everything in sight, don't you? :) But since you hate the Count, and the main purpose of this Russian set seems to be the single Count tile, was that why you bought it or was there another reason?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 30, 2015, 06:30:04 AM
I have that Russian Carcassonne set too but have not got round to photographing it yet...

Man, you just buy everything in sight, don't you? :) But since you hate the Count, and the main purpose of this Russian set seems to be the single Count tile, was that why you bought it or was there another reason?

Well, speaking as a completionist, there are certain things that niggle me and that Count tile was one of them. Plus, I had the opportunity to get my hands on a copy of the box for a reasonable price so it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up, even though it might not see a lot of use...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ooh_jim on March 30, 2015, 10:20:51 AM
Whats the best way to get your hands on the count city tile? Is anyone importing them over to Europe/UK?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 30, 2015, 12:15:49 PM
I got mine via someone from these very forums who ordered 3 boxes via the website of the Russian distributors directly...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Khonnor on April 01, 2015, 02:28:53 AM
I would love a copy of that Russian expansion. I contacted a Russian site, but they asked for around 50 euro, inc shipping. That was a little over my budget... ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 01, 2015, 02:33:58 AM
That's why I ordered 3!

I'm still waiting for confirmation for a home for my last one - but will keep you posted.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 01, 2015, 04:39:46 AM
It's here already!!!!

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/DSC02822_2.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on April 02, 2015, 06:42:37 AM
YAY!!  ;D

Look what was in the post office for me yesterday!!!!  ;D

Wheel of Fortune that I bought from Safari!!! Yay!!!!  :D

Here are a bunch of extra tiles as well, but I have to figure out which one are part of WoF and which are not. :) Quick question, those tiles with the small ring on, like a ready sliced pizza, are they part of WoF? :) Some tiles have them, and some don't.  Also, where can I find the rules, (preferably Finnish, or English)  not the rules in Carc big book, but those "classic sheet rules" that looks like those that comes with the games in the box? :)

My little doggy Arthur was also excited, as you can see from the photo. =^_^=

THANK YOU Safari!!!!  ^-^ :(y)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7049/bsnmy8wm0y2el8u6g.jpg)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6d40/1wqei8eqgrc7bxx6g.jpg)

(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/842a/d6a29qm3m4o04n76g.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 02, 2015, 06:52:13 AM
Teehee Arthur's awesome!  Maybe we need to start a Carcassonne Pet forum post :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on April 02, 2015, 07:15:07 AM

Here are a bunch of extra tiles as well, but I have to figure out which one are part of WoF and which are not. :) Quick question, those tiles with the small ring on, like a ready sliced pizza, are they part of WoF? :) Some tiles have them, and some don't.  Also, where can I find the rules, (preferably Finnish, or English)  not the rules in Carc big book, but those "classic sheet rules" that looks like those that comes with the games in the box? :)

Looks like the base game and the Wheel of Fortune "expansion" from the last BigBox. The tiles with the wheel watermark are the expansion, without watermark are base game. If you play without the WoF ignore the wheels on the tiles.

For the rules in english look here: http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1662
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 02, 2015, 08:49:55 AM
Teehee Arthur's awesome!  Maybe we need to start a Carcassonne Pet forum post :)

"Pets of Carcassonne (Central)" could be a collaboratively made fan-based expansion featuring the various pets of anyone here who wishes them to be included!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 02, 2015, 02:07:25 PM
Ouh yeah, it's coming tommorow  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 02, 2015, 02:34:38 PM
Ouh yeah, it's coming tommorow  O0
I really hope for mine also! then i can test it directly!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on April 03, 2015, 12:51:17 AM
Teehee Arthur's awesome!  Maybe we need to start a Carcassonne Pet forum post :)

Yeshhh my little-man is awesome.. =^_^= <3

When we play Carcassonne, he likes to sit/lay next to me and follow the game. :) Sniffing the tiles that are closest to him, but never walking on them or disrupting the game.  ^-^  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on April 03, 2015, 12:53:33 AM

Here are a bunch of extra tiles as well, but I have to figure out which one are part of WoF and which are not. :) Quick question, those tiles with the small ring on, like a ready sliced pizza, are they part of WoF? :) Some tiles have them, and some don't.  Also, where can I find the rules, (preferably Finnish, or English)  not the rules in Carc big book, but those "classic sheet rules" that looks like those that comes with the games in the box? :)

Looks like the base game and the Wheel of Fortune "expansion" from the last BigBox. The tiles with the wheel watermark are the expansion, without watermark are base game. If you play without the WoF ignore the wheels on the tiles.

For the rules in english look here: http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1662

OK, so if I want to include WoF to my basegame, I add not only the tiles with a big fat number on them, but also the "pizza slice" tiles with no numbers? :)

Thank you for the rule thingy!!  ^-^ A bit big, but I can print only parts of it, with the WoF stuff on them.  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on April 03, 2015, 03:00:00 AM

Here are a bunch of extra tiles as well, but I have to figure out which one are part of WoF and which are not. :) Quick question, those tiles with the small ring on, like a ready sliced pizza, are they part of WoF? :) Some tiles have them, and some don't.  Also, where can I find the rules, (preferably Finnish, or English)  not the rules in Carc big book, but those "classic sheet rules" that looks like those that comes with the games in the box? :)

Looks like the base game and the Wheel of Fortune "expansion" from the last BigBox. The tiles with the wheel watermark are the expansion, without watermark are base game. If you play without the WoF ignore the wheels on the tiles.

For the rules in english look here: http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1662 (http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1662)

OK, so if I want to include WoF to my basegame, I add not only the tiles with a big fat number on them, but also the "pizza slice" tiles with no numbers? :)

Thank you for the rule thingy!!  ^-^ A bit big, but I can print only parts of it, with the WoF stuff on them.  :) :(y)

I think you should do it the other way: Take the base game with the WoF numbers and the WoF expansion, not another base game, and take any expansion you want, too. Only if you want to play a very big game take another base game.
Your new tiles without WoF watermark replace the regular base game tiles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 04, 2015, 05:32:50 AM
I don't love the postman since he didn't even show up at my door as stated !

Instead I have to go to a delivery shop to recover it !

Well, that'll just increase the excitation when I'll open the packet :p
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 04, 2015, 08:03:20 AM
And There it is :)

Pretty impressed by the double size of the files for this new easter expansion !

Really excited to try it out now :) And I took a fool egg, I guess the blue bag represents this purchase and I have to admit I am pleasantly surprised, do other people received the same kind of gifts ?

Happy Easter to everybody !

(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/851297P1040622.jpg) (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=851297P1040622.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on April 04, 2015, 10:31:56 AM
I got the same bag on my first CundCo order a few weeks ago. So no, it is not related to your fowl egg. But it is a great bag! :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Frommarn91 on April 05, 2015, 02:48:44 PM
I think I read somewhere on their site that if you order for a certain amount or more (think it was around 25-30€) then you get that tote-bag for free :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on April 07, 2015, 01:56:35 PM
My castles arrived!  :D I picked up some monasteries and a draw bag while I was there and a spare big yellow meeple. Love my little bonus postcard too.

I got a bit excited and already punched the tiles. I just wish I could read german to read all the descriptions of the castles and monasteries.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 07, 2015, 02:02:12 PM
Great Photo Curt! Love the yellow meeple sat there on his own.

I translated the descriptions of the castles over on the castles thread along with the rules. Check it out - it's a great read.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on April 07, 2015, 03:06:18 PM
Thanks! I'm not sure how I missed those descriptions before. Thanks for translating, a really interesting read. Really looking forward to my first game with them, interesting new rule and they must look fantastic in the landscape!

Hopefully I'll have some more to post in this thread a bit later in the week!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on April 07, 2015, 10:27:30 PM
At last Easter postman visited also me and brought German Castles! Awesome graphics! Can't wait to try them!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on April 08, 2015, 06:47:32 AM
Fresh from ebay:
(http://i.imgur.com/FU6uePb.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 08, 2015, 06:59:00 AM
Fresh from ebay:
(http://i.imgur.com/FU6uePb.jpg)

How much did you pay for it?:O
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 08, 2015, 08:06:02 AM
The Plague is still available from Spielbox (http://www.nostheide.de/webshop3/product_info.php?products_id=154), for what it's worth.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 08, 2015, 08:10:47 AM
The Plague is still available from Spielbox (http://www.nostheide.de/webshop3/product_info.php?products_id=154), for what it's worth.

Yeah, thats why i asked it:P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on April 08, 2015, 08:44:07 AM
Holy S@£§?$&%&!!!!!!!! That's how much I paid  :o
Sincerly though it was out of print, 20EUR with shipping from the UK seemed OK.............  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on April 08, 2015, 10:48:24 AM

I translated the descriptions of the castles over on the castles thread along with the rules. Check it out - it's a great read.

Are the English translated rules a cool sheet like the German one, or just plain text on the forum? :)

I would love to print out a "sheet" like the ones that comes with the tiles. =^_^= But English, of course.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 08, 2015, 10:54:44 AM
It's on my TODO list - I was just waiting for some technical input on terminology; that and another Carcassonne project I'm working on is getting in the way  :(y)  Won't be long now!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 09, 2015, 05:04:12 AM
A HAUL from the cundco shop:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/DSC02831_2.jpg)

Used all the Eggs (rotten as well): Ordered a plushie, The shepards, some stickers and 2 blank tiles.  They packed in a load of extra stickers :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wamboyil on April 09, 2015, 06:19:26 AM

I translated the descriptions of the castles over on the castles thread along with the rules. Check it out - it's a great read.

Are the English translated rules a cool sheet like the German one, or just plain text on the forum? :)

I would love to print out a "sheet" like the ones that comes with the tiles. =^_^= But English, of course.

Not to step on Decar's toes, but I haven't been able to check in here for a few days, so I'm late to the conversation. However, I have just completed my English translation of the German Castles rules sheet, and I'll post a link to it shortly.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 09, 2015, 06:46:56 AM
Consider my toes retracted.  :(y)

I thought someone with better skills in these areas would do a better job.  I'm just glad a few people got to use what I did though.

This is probably the wrong post for this chat though; so no doubt it will carry on on the Castle's thread!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on April 09, 2015, 02:49:56 PM
My collection is complete once more (until the next expansion comes out!)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on April 09, 2015, 03:36:01 PM
My collection is complete once more (until the next expansion comes out!)
Wow, this looks great together. I need that plate too! ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 10, 2015, 03:10:56 AM
My collection is complete once more (until the next expansion comes out!)

Interesting that you'd consider your collection incomplete without the 12-in-1 Count tile. Or did you not have the normal Count tiles before this?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on April 10, 2015, 04:33:10 AM
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/10/d67c9d5ad4902e673e3dc7be3fec310a.jpg)

Arrived today! Thanks Dan. This has reminded me to post my offer in the correct thread. emoji code1]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 10, 2015, 04:36:21 AM
Arrived today! Thanks Dan. This has reminded me to post my offer in the correct thread. emoji code1]

Wow. It wasn't that big when I sent it!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 10, 2015, 05:43:05 AM
Arrived today! Thanks Dan. This has reminded me to post my offer in the correct thread. emoji code1]

Wow. It wasn't that big when I sent it!  :o

Big yellow meeple. Hey! I'm working out losing weight slowly. *self-pun*
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on April 10, 2015, 07:31:48 AM
Interesting that you'd consider your collection incomplete without the 12-in-1 Count tile. Or did you not have the normal Count tiles before this?

I did have The Count before and I wouldn't consider the big tile an essential part of a complete collection. I have just personally wanted that tile since the moment I saw it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 10, 2015, 07:35:58 AM
Interesting that you'd consider your collection incomplete without the 12-in-1 Count tile. Or did you not have the normal Count tiles before this?

I did have The Count before and I wouldn't consider the big tile an essential part of a complete collection. I have just personally wanted that tile since the moment I saw it!

I know what you mean. I've had to start blindfolding myself before visiting here as it can get too expensive otherwise...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on April 10, 2015, 07:44:40 AM

I did have The Count before and I wouldn't consider the big tile an essential part of a complete collection. I have just personally wanted that tile since the moment I saw it!

I know what you mean. I've had to start blindfolding myself before visiting here as it can get too expensive otherwise...

Should I start feeling bad now for contributing to the completist syndrome...  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on April 11, 2015, 05:10:29 AM
....
This is probably the wrong post for this chat though; so no doubt it will carry on on the Castle's thread!

Ummm...  :o Where is that thread?  ;D Can't find it...  :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 11, 2015, 08:19:08 AM
Here you go:

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1480.msg21928#msg21928

 :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on April 14, 2015, 12:56:21 PM
So my most recent (slightly delayed) purchase. The postman has brought me the fabled catapult!

I said I'd never purchase this but succumbed fairly quickly. At worst it's 12 new tiles, but I think if I don't take it too seriously then it could possibly end up being, dare I say it, fun. Even if only to watch my friends try and wild the entirely unwieldily catapult!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meep on April 14, 2015, 01:17:32 PM
^ooo nice I've got to get my catapult out soon. I play with altered rules. When the carnival tile is drawn, roll the die from the Flying mini-expansion and receive that many tower pieces. At end of the game, take turns trying to catapult tower pieces into a five point cup (if you have remaining meeples in your supply, place on top of tower piece and launch them away for a better chance).

At some point I want to create a three-ringed scoring target, with the innermost ring being 10 points and outermost being 1.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2015, 03:12:20 PM
^ooo nice I've got to get my catapult out soon. I play with altered rules. When the carnival tile is drawn, roll the die from the Flying mini-expansion and receive that many tower pieces. At end of the game, take turns trying to catapult tower pieces into a five point cup (if you have remaining meeples in your supply, place on top of tower piece and launch them away for a better chance).

At some point I want to create a three-ringed scoring target, with the innermost ring being 10 points and outermost being 1.

That sounds like a very interesting and creative alternative way of using the Catapult Meep; thanks for the suggestion!

Welcome to the forums too by the way  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 15, 2015, 06:48:02 AM
I got something very exciting today  8)

More details can be found here: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=377.msg22188#msg22188

I wasn't sure whether to post the link here as I very much fell out of love with the postman whilst trying to get hold of these. A £3.67 customs fee, plus £8 handling fee from Royal Mail for doing very little. Not cool.  >:( :(n) :(n)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on April 15, 2015, 08:12:39 AM
ahahahah great! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on April 15, 2015, 02:40:27 PM
Ohh those do sound like interesting variety rules meep! May give that a go soon!

Also those meeples look great danisthirsty =P I can imagine taking things a bit more personally if someone ate one of my own meeples with the dragon though!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 15, 2015, 03:31:39 PM
Also those meeples look great danisthirsty =P I can imagine taking things a bit more personally if someone ate one of my own meeples with the dragon though!

Definitely. It would be war!  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meep on April 15, 2015, 06:31:13 PM

That sounds like a very interesting and creative alternative way of using the Catapult Meep; thanks for the suggestion!

Welcome to the forums too by the way  :) :(y)

Thanks! :red-meeple: Longtime player, short-time member.

Ohh those do sound like interesting variety rules meep! May give that a go soon!

Let me know how it goes if you do! I had a lot of fun with this variant last month. My girlfriend and I were both tied after regular end-game scoring and it was all up to the catapult. I scored on only one of my eight shots and she hadn't scored at this point but she had 6 pieces left. She managed to score on her LAST tower piece and get the tie back. Fun stuff.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 22, 2015, 04:43:44 AM
Got my copy of Castles in Germany today. Unfortunately I won't be playing it for a little while, but they look awesome!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: AlbinoAsian on April 25, 2015, 10:43:50 AM
I managed to secure a second-hand Hunters & Gatherers this week, it's now at my house in Australia. Quite happy about that =)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 27, 2015, 05:36:33 AM
Got my copy of Castles in Germany today. Unfortunately I won't be playing it for a little while, but they look awesome!

I managed to secure a second-hand Hunters & Gatherers this week, it's now at my house in Australia. Quite happy about that =)

Congratulations both. I hope you enjoy your new additions when you eventually get round to playing with them!  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on May 14, 2015, 05:12:30 AM
finally... the castle arrived yesterday!
my spinoff collection expands!  ;D
this morning I make 3 games with my girlfriend and wow! the castle is a really great game! for now it's my favourite spinoff!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on May 14, 2015, 05:13:06 AM
my spinoff collection!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on May 15, 2015, 03:31:29 PM
You're missing The City! Well, and the smaller games—Cardcassonne, Carcassonne Travel Edition, and Carcassonne Dice Game.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 16, 2015, 07:41:36 AM
Yesterday, in a very special box  ::)  ;) I received them, I finally them in all colors.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/t31.0-8/10630713_10206840192548535_6520154818984539100_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 21, 2015, 09:43:40 AM
Today is great day!!!!!!  :green-meeple: :green-meeple: :green-meeple:

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11357372_10206886506906365_2211180568198680828_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on May 21, 2015, 02:01:05 PM
I got my copy of Castles yesterday.  Thanks kettlefish!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 22, 2015, 04:09:54 AM
File this in: I hate the postman.

I just got home from work to find a note in my mailbox that I need to go to the post office to pick up a package. That's what happens here when the package is too big for the mailbox. But you can't pick up the package on the same day that you get the note - it's only available starting from the next day. But I'm going to the UK for the weekend, and it's a long weekend. So that means I won't get the package until Tuesday.

And what is this package, you ask?

THE TUNNELS!!!

So hopefully on Tuesday, I will have a complete collection.*

(*As I see it. There are still a few things missing.)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on May 26, 2015, 12:41:07 AM
Thanks to kettlefish, the German Castles arrived the other day (as I've posted elsewhere). It's been a long time since I've last played Carcassonne, but it inspired me to so much I went and bought Hills & Sheep today! Edit: And both sets of monasteries...

Very excited to try both expansions...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on May 26, 2015, 02:23:25 AM
Hey kettlefish, your gift arrived today in excellent condition. Quick delivery time! I'll save the tiles for rare games with more than eight players as I don't plan to use Klaus's tile at all. Thanks!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on May 26, 2015, 06:56:20 AM
You're missing The City! Well, and the smaller games—Cardcassonne, Carcassonne Travel Edition, and Carcassonne Dice Game.

yes, the city and the discovery too! I have the dice game but I'm not really interested in cardcassonne or the travel edition...
:)

Hey kettlefish, your gift arrived today in excellent condition. Quick delivery time! I'll save the tiles for rare games with more than eight players as I don't plan to use Klaus's tile at all. Thanks!

I want a gift tooooo  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 26, 2015, 07:56:10 AM
Better late than never!

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/26/b6d7973460f04529d755ae546b549178.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 26, 2015, 09:37:23 AM
And with the magazine too!

I hope the wait was worth it and that you enjoy this expansion as much as you've always hoped!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on May 26, 2015, 09:37:28 AM
Wow!  May I ask, was it expensive ? Recently I have seen it going for over £50
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 26, 2015, 09:46:20 AM

Wow!  May I ask, was it expensive ?

You may certainly ask :)

Recently I have seen it going for over £50

It was less than £50.

Oh, alright, fine, you talked me into it. €49.
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Post by: Rosco on May 26, 2015, 09:49:38 AM
Cheaper than some - I have stopped bidding at 35.
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Post by: yimhj on May 26, 2015, 11:23:06 AM
I received this morning 5 shirt pieces, thanks to ooh_jim. I had not told my wife and she wondered what could well be these little shirts. She doesn't find the link with Carcassonne, until I take the box to put them in.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 26, 2015, 01:37:48 PM
Cheaper than some - I have stopped bidding at 35.

I took a look on BGG and saw three copies - one for €49, one for €80 and one for €120. So I figured that €49 wasn't too bad and it coincided with my new box so I was happy to get them at the same time.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on May 26, 2015, 02:19:15 PM
I have been looking at the tunnels recently and one is going for around £40 with buy it now or best offer. Needless to say all my offers so far have been rejected...

Nice on getting it with the magazine and everything though! Looks great :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 27, 2015, 05:38:30 AM
This lot have just been dropped off at the post office so I'll be hoping to hear from you via this thread if you've taken part in one of our online leagues this year...  ;)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/packages.jpg)
(the other half of the packages are being posted today from another top-secret location)

Enjoy!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on May 27, 2015, 07:27:27 AM
Great, I'm very curious, what's inside. 8)
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Post by: yimhj on May 27, 2015, 08:12:39 AM
Great, I'm very curious, what's inside. 8)
Some danisthirty meeples ?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 27, 2015, 09:00:38 AM
Great, I'm very curious, what's inside. 8)
Some danisthirty meeples ?

I don't know about that, they're in pretty short supply after all...  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 27, 2015, 09:14:09 AM
Who knows what is the content?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 27, 2015, 09:49:57 AM
I don't know.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on May 27, 2015, 12:05:41 PM
Well one person knows for sure beside Dan, and that's quevy. :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on May 29, 2015, 10:23:51 AM
Nobody posted here yet? Well, I checked the mailbox quite late today, and was very surprised that I already got a letter from UK. Thank you very much. Looks really, really great. I'm looking really forward to have a game with them, these are really special tiles, both having rather rare configurations, and especially the I&C an extra option not possible with any other tile of that configuration, not regarding the expansion typical feature.

Have also to think up a rule for the Tea Baron or whoever that might be. :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 29, 2015, 11:09:35 AM
I'm glad you got them.
Curiosity is now bigger. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: B1nder on May 29, 2015, 02:15:16 PM
Thanks Dan!

     I've got my mail from the UK also today, and can't wait to play with my new tiles  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 29, 2015, 11:30:05 PM
I'm looking really forward to have a game with them, these are really special tiles, both having rather rare configurations, and especially the I&C an extra option not possible with any other tile of that configuration, not regarding the expansion typical feature.

Glad you like them. In case it wasn't obvious, the tiles were designed and made by quevy so I knew they were going to be of top quality before I'd even seen the first prototypes!

Have also to think up a rule for the Tea Baron or whoever that might be. :D

I do have something in mind for the "Tea Baron", but he's open to suggestions too!

I've got my mail from the UK also today, and can't wait to play with my new tiles  :D

Great stuff. Impressed by how quick the post has been!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 30, 2015, 12:57:34 AM
Since Dan said that I created the tiles, I can no longer pretend not to know, I hope they are to your taste. The result could have been better, I create again just with better graphics make it available to those who have participated in a digital version.
I hope that by now nobody publish photographs of this not to ruin the surprise of those who still has not received his package, and do all together at the end.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on May 30, 2015, 04:03:03 AM
I on purpose left my description of the tiles rather vague, to keep the surprise for everybody, who was not made happy by the postman yet. Dan on the other hand did not keep the secret, who made the tiles, so you got my merit for them already and sure will get some more for that great work. Graphic-wise they are gorgeous looking, the finishing of the surface is a little different, but this does not matter at all in my opinion. The edges are highly professional made, that's really hard to achieve as well I think.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 30, 2015, 04:19:22 AM
I haven't received mine yet and I'm going away for a month tomorrow so I won't see them until I get back. So once everyone else has received theirs, please feel free to discuss them and post photos - don't wait for me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on May 30, 2015, 04:27:07 AM
Hi quevy and danisthirty,

thank you very much for the nice surprising package.

Greetings
kettlefish
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 30, 2015, 04:42:28 AM
I on purpose left my description of the tiles rather vague, to keep the surprise for everybody, who was not made happy by the postman yet. Dan on the other hand did not keep the secret, who made the tiles, so you got my merit for them already and sure will get some more for that great work. Graphic-wise they are gorgeous looking, the finishing of the surface is a little different, but this does not matter at all in my opinion. The edges are highly professional made, that's really hard to achieve as well I think.

What I do not like is the color of the tiles.
I haven't received mine yet and I'm going away for a month tomorrow so I won't see them until I get back. So once everyone else has received theirs, please feel free to discuss them and post photos - don't wait for me.
I am very sorry that you have to wait all this time before you see your package.

Hi quevy and danisthirty,

thank you very much for the nice surprising package.

Greetings
kettlefish

This is the minimum.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: yimhj on May 30, 2015, 05:10:13 AM
I'm a little off topic but I love the postman... and I appreciate Quevy for another reason ! I just received the School Expansion with a special prize : the prototype of the tunnel chips ! I haven't noticed that I won them. It was a great surprise.
My public thanks for Quevy.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on May 30, 2015, 05:55:11 AM
Those look amazing!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 30, 2015, 11:33:33 AM
I haven't received mine yet and I'm going away for a month tomorrow so I won't see them until I get back. So once everyone else has received theirs, please feel free to discuss them and post photos - don't wait for me.

Hope you have a safe trip and that the month away goes well. Presumably you won't be a stranger to the forums while you're away?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on May 31, 2015, 08:30:04 AM
I got the nice surprise from Italy. Many thanks Quevy and Dan!! It's brilliant. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on May 31, 2015, 09:45:10 AM
I got the nice surprise from Italy. Many thanks Quevy and Dan!! It's brilliant. :)

 ;) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on May 31, 2015, 12:39:26 PM
Unexpected present today, thank you very much Dan and Maurizio!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 31, 2015, 12:53:07 PM
I also had a very unexpected present from Dan today - it was a double bonus because Dan was also the postman. But just to be clear: I'm not saying I love Dan.

Sorry Dan.

I'll need to buy some more shirts!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 31, 2015, 04:38:39 PM
I also had a very unexpected present from Dan today - it was a double bonus because Dan was also the postman. But just to be clear: I'm not saying I love Dan.

Sorry Dan.

I'll need to buy some more shirts!

Sorry if it seemed a bit random, but the cuff-links are something that I can make, they look quite good (as far as I'm concerned anyway) and the people I've sent them to previously always seemed to appreciate them! Careful with the pink ones though, you'll need a whole lot of manliness to carry those off...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 01, 2015, 03:57:24 AM
I think they're brilliant and will now be attending public functions, just so I have an opportunity to wear them (though maybe not all at once)!  It was totally unexpected!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 01, 2015, 01:20:22 PM
I got my league tiles today. Thank you!

Paul
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Post by: aenima on June 01, 2015, 01:51:21 PM
Yeeeee!!! So I!!!  ;D thaaanx!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jma03 on June 01, 2015, 02:59:07 PM
today I received in my house an envelope that looked much ilusion¡¡¡¡
my first tile carcassonne¡¡¡¡
 corresponding to the league .

you believe that I can play a game of Carcassonne with this ????

jajajaajaj

thank you very much DAN AND CENTRAL CARCASSONNE .
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on June 01, 2015, 03:03:30 PM
today I received in my house an envelope that looked much ilusion¡¡¡¡
my first tile carcassonne¡¡¡¡
 corresponding to the league .

you believe that I can play a game of Carcassonne with this ????

jajajaajaj

thank you very much DAN AND CENTRAL CARCASSONNE .

this is much more funnier that i expected..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 01, 2015, 11:23:12 PM
you believe that I can play a game of Carcassonne with this ????

We have created the right to play, but if you want to keep for not ruining okay :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 02, 2015, 12:12:26 AM
We decided to create an alternative of the tiles with a different watermark, to be shared with all users of the forum, I hope this may be acceptable.
This will happen when everyone has received their reward.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 02, 2015, 03:18:22 AM
today I received in my house an envelope that looked much ilusion¡¡¡¡
my first tile carcassonne¡¡¡¡
 corresponding to the league .

you believe that I can play a game of Carcassonne with this ????

jajajaajaj

thank you very much DAN AND CENTRAL CARCASSONNE .

(and quevy)

Ha ha, I'd forgotten that you don't own the game. Now you have a single tile and a single meeple it can be the start of your collection!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on June 02, 2015, 03:54:57 AM
Alohaaa!!! I got a package in the mail today!!!   ;D

But I'm a bit confused, because I'm not in the abbey and mayor league.. So this might be an error?  :-[ Should I send it back to someone? :)

But so cool with custom meeple!! Looks just like Dan's avatar!! :D

Oh and the feet is Arhtur's... He is very curious.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 02, 2015, 04:06:09 AM
Alohaaa!!! I got a package in the mail today!!!   ;D

But I'm a bit confused, because I'm not in the abbey and mayor league.. So this might be an error?  :-[ Should I send it back to someone? :)

But so cool with custom meeple!! Looks just like Dan's avatar!! :D

Oh and the feet is Arhtur's... He is very curious.  ;D

Hello, glad you received the tile OK! (I've removed the photo as not everyone has theirs yet and I didn't want it to spoil the surprise  ;))

Your tile is from the Inns & Cathedrals league (it says on it) which you did take part in. Nothing has gone out for the Abbey & Mayor league yet as it is still ongoing. So, no need to send anything on to anyone!

Glad you liked the meeple too!  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on June 02, 2015, 04:19:38 AM
At last I received mine package too! The winner's cup for Expansion League #1 is great! :red-meeple: So do tiles and Dan's meeple! The quality of tiles is wonderful!
Thank you very much, Quevy and Dan! :(y)

P.S. I also have confirmation from zone2 in receiving his package.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 02, 2015, 08:20:29 AM
How come no one talks about the small premium?

MrNumber you are the owner of the trophy until the next T & B League.
Since no one will receive it you can add a photo if you want.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on June 02, 2015, 12:30:05 PM
How come no one talks about the small premium?
You mean that cute barrel? ;) It is very nice :))

MrNumbers you are the owner of the trophy until the next T & B League.
Since no one will receive it you can add a photo if you want.
I will fight hard to keep it by myself during the next T&B League >:D
As for photo - I will do it, but I need to be prepared ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 02, 2015, 12:35:18 PM
I speak of small st....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on June 02, 2015, 07:41:22 PM
My treats arrived today.  So they have got around to the other side of the world.  Surely I should be one of the last to receive them.
Thanks Dan and quevy.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on June 02, 2015, 10:57:21 PM
I am still waiting
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on June 02, 2015, 11:12:36 PM
Are you saying a letter can travel around the world quicker than it can travel between two towns within the same Country. Shows how the world is being made smaller these days.
We got work at our lab from Japan because we could turn around the samples and e mail results as quick as the Japanese labs could. And that included the time the samples were in transit. That plus the fact we were so good at the testing.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 02, 2015, 11:25:31 PM
Are you saying a letter can travel around the world quicker than it can travel between two towns within the same Country. Shows how the world is being made smaller these days.

Not quite as Rosco's tiles came from Italy since quevy had something extra he was sending to Ross. I could have delivered them by hand by now if not for this!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 03, 2015, 12:55:53 AM
I do not understand why the shipments from Italy to the uk are so slow. The same thing happened to my expedition to Dan.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on June 03, 2015, 05:01:15 AM

Hello, glad you received the tile OK! (I've removed the photo as not everyone has theirs yet and I didn't want it to spoil the surprise  ;))

Your tile is from the Inns & Cathedrals league (it says on it) which you did take part in. Nothing has gone out for the Abbey & Mayor league yet as it is still ongoing. So, no need to send anything on to anyone!

Glad you liked the meeple too!  :) :(y)

Uuuups sorry!!!  :-[ Didn't mean to spoil the surprise for anyone! Sorry!  ^-^ *hugz*

Oh, so this is for the ins and cathedrals league? :) OK!  ;D But, didn't I get my surprises already?  ??? The cool meeple bags, the tile and sticker? :) So this is like an extra surprise?  ??? COOOL!!!  ;D :(y)

THANK YOU! :)

I will use the Dan meeple as the teacher. :) Like, in the mini expansion school and the mega many roads to the school.  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 03, 2015, 05:50:55 AM

Hello, glad you received the tile OK! (I've removed the photo as not everyone has theirs yet and I didn't want it to spoil the surprise  ;))

Your tile is from the Inns & Cathedrals league (it says on it) which you did take part in. Nothing has gone out for the Abbey & Mayor league yet as it is still ongoing. So, no need to send anything on to anyone!

Glad you liked the meeple too!  :) :(y)

Oh, so this is for the ins and cathedrals league? :) OK!  ;D But, didn't I get my surprises already?  ??? The cool meeple bags, the tile and sticker? :) So this is like an extra surprise?  ??? COOOL!!!  ;D :(y)

Hello again  :)

I can't be 100% certain (just 99.9%) but I'm pretty sure you've taken part in two of our online competitions. The two listed below:


The first set of prizes you received included a set of meeple bags and a tile (and sticker) with "World Cup of Carcassonne Central" written on it. You should have received these towards the end of last year. The package you received more recently was in recognition of your participation in our Inns & Cathedrals league and included a tile (and sticker) with "Inns & Cathedrals League" written on it. Hope this clears everything up, there should be plenty more competitions to enter in future!  :(y)

I will use the Dan meeple as the teacher. :) Like, in the mini expansion school and the mega many roads to the school.  ^-^

I like this idea, although would worry for my students if I was their teacher!  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BabyGamer on June 03, 2015, 12:50:23 PM
I can't be 100% certain (just 99.9%) but I'm pretty sure you've taken part in two of our online competitions. The two listed below:



Aaaaah.. yes OK!  ;D NOW I understand!!  :)) Yes, I was in both of them.. :)

Now I see...  ^-^ :(y) All clear now!

But it says "Expansion League #2" on the tile and sticker so I got confused and didn't know what league that was..  ;D Silly me.  :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on June 03, 2015, 01:06:21 PM
It might have confused you, that I&C, the first expansion was League #2, and T&B, the second, was League #1
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on June 03, 2015, 01:51:52 PM
Finally I love the postman. My package arrived today - I love all parts of said package.  Quevy - you are an artist.  Dan I still can't  believe how much Dan is meeple looks like you. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jma03 on June 03, 2015, 02:10:58 PM
quevy thanks , did not know what was his design .
congratulations
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 04, 2015, 02:29:55 AM
From CarcassonneShoppe.com I got this today. Just a "handful"  ;) under 550 tiles.

(http://www.sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/CarcassonneShoppe__GOPR0229__1024.jpg)

Original size: http://www.sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/CarcassonneShoppe__GOPR0229.jpg
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on June 04, 2015, 02:37:08 AM
Hi Paul
nice purchase,
how many tiles in total do you have now?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 04, 2015, 02:39:54 AM
Hi Paul
nice purchase,
how many tiles in total do you have now?

I'm not sure. As I've given away a few tiles and got a few, I need to do a recount. But it should be close to 4300 draw tiles. If I count in River, Starter, Abbeys etc, then it's definately over 4600 tiles.  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on June 04, 2015, 09:34:24 AM
Wow!  What do you plan to do with all of those tiles? 
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Post by: spikey_dino on June 04, 2015, 10:03:23 AM
Wow, that's a lot of tiles!  You must be able to fill a whole room with a game now!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 04, 2015, 10:29:59 AM
Wow!  What do you plan to do with all of those tiles?

Hopefully set a world record. I'm pretty sure I got the highest tile cound as a private owner by now. This is part of the 10 000 tiles game I'm working on.

-

Wow, that's a lot of tiles!  You must be able to fill a whole room with a game now!

We'll see. Next month I'll be having the house for myself so the living room will be a good opportunity to do something with all of this then.  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Leven on June 04, 2015, 03:06:32 PM
I've just returned home after spending one week abroad, and when my wife told me that I received a package from Italy I knew it would be the surprise package of Dan and Quevy. :) It included the trophy for winning the 2nd expansion league (Inns & Cathedrals), two new tiles, a little barrel piece, and a Dan meeple.  :D
Thank you guys for this wonderful surprise!

I will use the Dan meeple as the teacher. :) Like, in the mini expansion school and the mega many roads to the school.  ^-^

My idea is to use it as Smart Bob (Dan) the Meeple (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/645003/carcassonne-smart-bob-meeple-fan-expansion). Hopefully Dan doesn't mind living in small huts on farms. ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 04, 2015, 03:11:35 PM
It included the trophy for winning the 2nd expansion league (Inns & Cathedrals), two new tiles, a little barrel piece, and a Dan meeple.

Glad you liked your surprise package Leven, and well done again on winning the Inns & Cathedrals league.

Please post a picture of you with your trophy so we can add it to the hall of fame!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: spikey_dino on June 04, 2015, 06:30:43 PM
Wow!  What do you plan to do with all of those tiles?

Hopefully set a world record. I'm pretty sure I got the highest tile cound as a private owner by now. This is part of the 10 000 tiles game I'm working on.

-

Wow, that's a lot of tiles!  You must be able to fill a whole room with a game now!

We'll see. Next month I'll be having the house for myself so the living room will be a good opportunity to do something with all of this then.  :)

You should post pictures of your giant game when you set it up
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on June 05, 2015, 01:29:03 AM
My idea is to use it as Smart Bob (Dan) the Meeple (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/645003/carcassonne-smart-bob-meeple-fan-expansion). Hopefully Dan doesn't mind living in small huts on farms. ;)
Read this variant, and it sounds interesting. However, I think they left out one very important point in the rules: if you are allowed to move wood twice in a double turn with extra secret tile or not.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcatronn on June 05, 2015, 11:26:39 AM
Wow!  What do you plan to do with all of those tiles?

Hopefully set a world record. I'm pretty sure I got the highest tile cound as a private owner by now. This is part of the 10 000 tiles game I'm working on.

-

Wow, that's a lot of tiles!  You must be able to fill a whole room with a game now!

We'll see. Next month I'll be having the house for myself so the living room will be a good opportunity to do something with all of this then.  :)

You should post pictures of your giant game when you set it up

I second this!! That is one huge pile of tiles  :red-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 06, 2015, 12:01:20 AM
Finally I love the postman. My package arrived today - I love all parts of said package.  Quevy - you are an artist.  Dan I still can't  believe how much Dan is meeple looks like you.

Thanks Rosco, I had missed this message, I began to be concerned about the package.

quevy thanks , did not know what was his design .
congratulations
:)



These people have received awards in the league,
Hounk, B1nder, Kettlefish, Jeré, Decar, Paul, aenima, jma03, SRBO, BabyGamer, MrNumbers, Zone2, Andrew the Ambo, Rosco,
but me and Dan, who is missing?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: yimhj on June 06, 2015, 01:19:53 AM
I've just received, this morning, De Kloosters from Jéré. And, now, I have the Carcassonne Central.com business card ! Thank you Jéré.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on June 06, 2015, 03:02:57 AM

I've just received, this morning, De Kloosters from Jéré. And, now, I have the Carcassonne Central.com business card ! Thank you Jéré.

This expansion has crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice! (From Holland to Canada and back). Glad you received it. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 06, 2015, 11:41:25 PM
These people have received awards in the league,
Hounk, B1nder, Kettlefish, Jeré, Decar, Paul, aenima, jma03, SRBO, BabyGamer, MrNumbers, Zone2, Andrew the Ambo, Rosco,
but me and Dan, who is missing?

Off the top of my head I can think of Carcking, ny1050220, rfielder and monwil. I had a message from ny yesterday to say thanks for his tiles so I'd hope that the others will have something to report back in the near future as they're in the same part of the world (well, time zone at least). There's Leven too, but I think he has already received his package and posted about it here...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 06, 2015, 11:43:57 PM
Leven, I know, but either forgot to add to the list  ::)
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on June 07, 2015, 05:44:54 AM
There's also me :)

I will ask my wife if the package has arrived yet.

Edit: Yes it has arrived. And so has my package from the Shoppe! (Coasters and rubber scoreboard.)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 07, 2015, 11:24:46 AM
There's also me :)

Apologies JB, I could have sworn I saw you on quevy's list. Please don't think you'd been forgotten about!  :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 08, 2015, 09:50:38 AM
Monwil and rfielder, have not yet received.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: spikey_dino on June 08, 2015, 07:49:45 PM
I just got in my Russian Promo tiles from Decar!  They look amazing; they're so detailed :D  Thank you so much! 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on June 09, 2015, 02:50:52 PM
I have been on hoiday for the last two weeks and arrived back today to this little haul of Carcassonne goodies!

(http://s17.postimg.cc/tflgi7yov/IMG_0241.jpg)

That is:

I'm really pleased about the Russian tiles, I was a little uneasy about having some officially printed tiles out there that were not a part of my collection!

I'm also very excited about The Adults of Carcassonne - I've organised a game for a couple of weeks time and I'll update here afterwards :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on June 10, 2015, 12:03:31 PM
Just a small one for me but I grabbed a copy of the scout expansions after picking up Hunters and Gatherers a few weeks back. Lovely tiles, and I'm so pleased that they kept the original artwork for the re-release so I can still use this!

Loving the main game so far and the different mechanics it offers compared to the standard base set.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on June 11, 2015, 03:23:12 AM
MrNumbers you are the owner of the trophy until the next T & B League.
Since no one will receive it you can add a photo if you want.

As promised, here are photos of me with T&B trophy and trophy itself.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 11, 2015, 03:38:00 AM
I came so close. And it’s all gone downhill for me since then...  :'(

My current thinking is to not announce the next competition to anyone else. That way I’ll be the only player and am guaranteed to win (or at least tie)!

Great photos anyway! Merit for posting these.  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 11, 2015, 10:55:11 AM
Thanks MrNumbers.
I hope that the next trophy will be the most beautiful of these, as I have in the new ideas to achieve them.

Today I received some things from laser cutting, the realization is not mine but the designs of which cut the whole thing.

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11425225_10207080109386306_6093246935029615358_n.jpg?oh=c825362869d9dd932797831219337d91&oe=56036CE7)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11351246_10207082877775514_8221382658272924070_n.jpg?oh=9f83e8a122e648c5b05fd9e70dbc82d5&oe=5633A53E)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11390240_10207080109146300_4769465547394638986_n.jpg?oh=caa1b5f2b65e9db041a669bec0f16ed1&oe=562E2A94)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11392792_10207079984383181_2086106588038917685_n.jpg?oh=e2a92e0c83d02a5bde88bc4e9e1d8f00&oe=55E6FE4E)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11390169_10207082907816265_8915647388772385092_n.jpg?oh=53f85b1833c2421d0bc90d584e2930f5&oe=56314F80)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 11, 2015, 02:14:39 PM
ooooooh pretty!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on June 14, 2015, 06:40:40 AM
Both sets of monasteries arrived! I didn't realise both had the same watermark... how will I tell them apart now?!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on June 14, 2015, 06:54:52 AM
The rules that come with them, and the CAR, have a tile breakdown so you can differentiate between them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 14, 2015, 09:46:21 AM
I got my 2-tilesized monastery last Friday. Thank you Dan!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 14, 2015, 11:08:42 AM
I got my 2-tilesized monastery last Friday. Thank you Dan!  :(y)

That's weird. I could have sworn they were castles when I sent them...  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 14, 2015, 11:10:48 AM
As the images of the tiles we were made public expect of the photographs of the awards :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 14, 2015, 11:42:59 AM
I got my 2-tilesized monastery last Friday. Thank you Dan!  :(y)

That's weird. I could have sworn they were castles when I sent them...  ;)

So they are called castles. Oh. Castles acts as a variety of monastery. No wonder things gets confusing.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on June 14, 2015, 01:32:00 PM
Here is my latest package.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/14/336d0aa6466a2dd9d2132cbfab191447.jpg)

The multiple meeples are some parts for a fan expansion which I will be sending to a few Carcassonne Central members.

Once I have sent it out I will publish everything on here.

Watch this space
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on June 14, 2015, 01:35:51 PM
Great photography Rosco, I'm curious of the fan
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 16, 2015, 03:25:30 PM
Great photography Rosco, I'm curious of the fan

Same here!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 20, 2015, 01:27:33 PM
Arrived this morning:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150620_103610.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on June 21, 2015, 01:42:26 AM
Arrived this morning:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150620_103610.jpg)

Looks awesome!

Except is it me, or are there no shadow on the black and brown meeples?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 21, 2015, 02:00:30 AM
There is a slight differential - but it's not a big one.  The original art is much more noticeable, but it's lost in the printer.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on July 02, 2015, 04:44:30 PM
An evening out with a friend we went for a walk down town for little over an hour.

Then sat down in a small café for two beers enjoying the after 8pm still being warm. As they were closing up, we went to another place and had two more beers, played a little Black Jack and threw darts (I lost on both and had to spring for the bill).

So the night went on, had something to eat and we both went separate ways. I was home about fifteen minutes ago, a little over 1 am in the night. :) Not sure what else we drank for I am a little drunk atm. but, to the point for this post...

... at home waiting for me is batch #2 from CarcassonneShoppe! Yaay! Now I can't tell if I had too much to drink or I am just lousy with my phone camera, but this is the picture (see below). I am happy either way.  :(y)

EDIT: I could not upload original image at 815 kb.  :P I thought this was fixed to allow for larger images.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on July 03, 2015, 02:11:57 AM
Hi everyone,

I'm back from Azerbaijan and the postman brought me some nice things from quevy and Decar! I'm really impressed with the quality of the hand-made tiles.

I also got coasters and a rubber scoreboard from the CarcassonneShoppe.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/03/92a256efd8cb32f4d4507cf8f0cdc304.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 03, 2015, 02:21:56 AM
Great to see these arrive in one piece (or two) - they arrived pretty quickly - I got stung by the post office because I stacked the tiles and it wouldn't fit through the standard 'letter' size - I'll know for next time!

http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/Tell-me-about-size-and-weight-formats

I can only apologize for introducing at least another 2-shades of green to the deck!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on July 04, 2015, 07:35:26 AM
I think I might make a thread for what the postman stole.   ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 04, 2015, 07:42:27 AM
Don't tempt me:

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg18189#msg18189

I wonder how much of my other post ends up in a totally different location.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 04, 2015, 10:06:02 PM
I think I might make a thread for what the postman stole.   ;D

What? No photo?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on July 05, 2015, 03:31:38 AM
Kickstarter Historia Expansion

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/s526x395/10384292_10207297891430721_4622746755790643487_n.jpg?oh=2c35e0c8feb0d715353d5068b55c530c&oe=560EB99B)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 06, 2015, 11:25:30 AM
Thank you for GQ11

I can't seem to upload the photo!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 08, 2015, 02:13:00 PM
Today I love the postman, Udo , and Klaus-Jurgen Wrede! 

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/08/b07d22fd8942ef0a51f32046f2fc9e80.jpg)

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/08/15420b97c076458fd31320446270dadb.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 08, 2015, 11:01:45 PM
Very nice!  :(y) If KJW had an account here I'd give him merit for signing that box...

What's the thing between the coasters and the white meeple set? Is it a pewter meeple keyring?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 08, 2015, 11:17:15 PM
Enamel badge!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 08, 2015, 11:46:29 PM
Nice. Where did you get that from? I think MrNumbers has something similar.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on July 08, 2015, 11:53:46 PM
I think MrNumbers has something similar.

Yes, it looks like mine, although I have red one.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 09, 2015, 12:26:20 AM
I think MrNumbers has something similar.

Yes, it looks like mine, although I have red one.

I would really like one too. Maybe a blue one, but any colour would do!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on July 09, 2015, 04:38:01 AM
I have a green one.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 09, 2015, 04:49:12 AM
I have a green one.

How can I get one? I think I would wear it all the time! Especially if it was blue...  :blue-meeple: :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on July 09, 2015, 04:56:18 AM
I have a green one.

How can I get one? I think I would wear it all the time! Especially if it was blue...  :blue-meeple: :(y)
I know it - MrNumbers and Rosco also know how...  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 09, 2015, 05:26:03 AM
I have a green one.

How can I get one? I think I would wear it all the time! Especially if it was blue...  :blue-meeple: :(y)
I know it - MrNumbers and Rosco also know how...  >:D

You mean this? http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1036.msg12291#msg12291

If that's the case, I don't quite know what more I can do to prove it...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on July 09, 2015, 09:15:44 AM
I have a green one.

How can I get one? I think I would wear it all the time! Especially if it was blue...  :blue-meeple: :(y)
I know it - MrNumbers and Rosco also know how...  >:D

You mean this? http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1036.msg12291#msg12291

If that's the case, I don't quite know what more I can do to prove it...
Yes it is such thing - it comes from Udo.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on July 10, 2015, 10:29:56 PM
Finally something to report here that arrived today from the great folks at Basically Wooden :)

Look forward to adding these to the game.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on July 11, 2015, 09:56:06 AM
I am my own postman for this as I will have to take it on a plane tomorrow. But anyway, I was in a game store in Madrid today, saw this, and couldn't resist.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/11/845be004529fc8f9d7dee6e6353ad266.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on July 11, 2015, 08:26:18 PM
Well, this post has been a long time coming. I found myself with some time this evening (and remembered that I needed to do this) after a good day's work outside.

I've loved the postman over the past 8 or 9 months. That's how far back the arrival of some of these goodies goes. I separated the pics into goodies I received from CC events and goodies I received from my own purchases (Speilbox, Cundco, Darmstadt, CarcassonneShoppe, etc.)

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/de1fauk943us6ix/I%20Love%20The%20Postman%20062815%20003.JPG/?dl=1)
I have 5 Teachers, but was unaware that there was a Purple. I thought I had them all but now my completionist monkey is making me crazy ;)

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3b7duqvvsimgmm/I%20Love%20The%20Postman%20062815%20007.JPG/?dl=1)
Notice the sampling of custom artwork I got from kettlefish! I'm very honored as she is a fantasic and accomplished artist. I believe actually it is a piece of scratch paper that she used to clean her brush on...but one man's scratch is another man's Picasso :)

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/gu25wjc5rpm5eo3/I%20Love%20The%20Postman%20062815%20006.JPG/?dl=1)
In the foreground is the copy of the Cathars that danisthirty generously provided as a prize to the Carcassonne World Cup winner. It is still in the Speilbox magazine. Very awesome! And I am so appreciative of his efforts to promote the site and comaraderie in the community.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/hul338ju3f4w4pa/I%20Love%20The%20Postman%20062815%20010.JPG/?dl=1)
This pic shows a close up of the completely awesome Carcassonne World Cup trophy produced and donated by our very own quevy - another artistic gem within our community. I am sooo humbled and honored to have this in my possession. It'll be back up for grabs this season though when the CWC tournament kicks off. I am prepared to pass it on to the new victor...but my intent is to not have pass it very far...perhaps just to the other end of the mantle where it sits now  ::)






Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on July 12, 2015, 11:46:07 AM
Nice haul Carcking! Where did you get the black teacher from? Do you by any chance have a spare? I can't find one and it's the last colour I need. I was able to get a purple one from Cundco recently, so maybe they could help you.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on July 12, 2015, 01:08:26 PM
ufff I'd really like to have a tile with the autograph...  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 12, 2015, 02:50:43 PM
Wow - Carcking - that is an awesome haul of stuff! Merit for those photos...  :red-meeple: :(y)

Nice photos from franks and jungleboy too!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coyote on July 13, 2015, 08:23:25 AM
ufff I'd really like to have a tile with the autograph...  :'(
Me too. But the problem is.. I'd want to play it. And then that risks damaging the autograph! Conundrums! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on July 13, 2015, 08:47:34 AM
ufff I'd really like to have a tile with the autograph...  :'(

Me too. But the problem is.. I'd want to play it. And then that risks damaging the autograph! Conundrums! :)

I have one that I'm willing to part with if either of you give me something fun in return :) You can see it in the attachment.

 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcking on July 13, 2015, 08:52:30 AM
I'd be happy to trade an autograph tile for a Purple Teacher. Any takers?  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on July 13, 2015, 09:28:15 AM
Carcking, I have just PMed you about a purple teacher.

I would happily trade an autographed tile for a black teacher!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 13, 2015, 12:18:35 PM
I wonder what you would give for a personalised bridges castles and bazaar s box? 





It's not going to be traded anyway so it doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 13, 2015, 12:23:13 PM
I wonder what you would give for a personalised bridges castles and bazaar s box? 

You'll need to find someone else called Ross first!  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 13, 2015, 12:26:32 PM
True. That is what makes it special.  That will be in my collection forever I think
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on July 13, 2015, 01:46:45 PM
I have no purple or black teacher...
the only think I can trade is an old box of king and scout from 999 games
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 15, 2015, 09:48:12 AM
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/20150715_172209.jpg)

I love my postman :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 15, 2015, 09:54:12 AM
Great stuff Decar! Now you just need one of the "School" bags with a red meeple on it and one more purple teacher to complete the set.  :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 15, 2015, 10:15:24 AM
Damn it will this turmoil never end!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on July 15, 2015, 02:26:04 PM
Why another?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on July 15, 2015, 04:34:30 PM
they are purple teacher or phantoms?!?!?
if are teacher I want one of them!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on July 16, 2015, 11:10:01 AM
Yesterday and today the great days of Carcassonne objects.

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11032697_10207378663729978_8152949651438015267_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 16, 2015, 01:25:46 PM
Nice photo quevy!  :(y)

I like all the special figures. Are these ones you have made?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on July 16, 2015, 01:39:03 PM
I drew with CAD is done by laser cut, I have about 200 tunnel tokens, 40 figures of others.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on July 16, 2015, 03:17:53 PM
Wow, so many tunnel tokens. Great!

Are you planning a new expansion with your big women and men followers?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 19, 2015, 01:41:56 PM
I recently received a Brazilian copy of Carcassonne.  Unfortunately, this is a 2nd edition - the has a different box and is out of print.

A merit to the first person who notices what's wrong with this picture:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150719_213817.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on July 19, 2015, 02:09:52 PM
I recently received a Brazilian copy of Carcassonne.  Unfortunately, this is a 2nd edition - the has a different box and is out of print.

A merit to the first person who notices what's wrong with this picture:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150719_213817.jpg)

The C on the backside of the tiles are not completely filled.  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 19, 2015, 02:11:13 PM
That's a difference, but it's not what's wrong!  Look even closer  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on July 19, 2015, 02:20:58 PM
That's a difference, but it's not what's wrong!  Look even closer  :(y)

The lady in yellow bottom right has replaced the man standing there?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on July 19, 2015, 02:27:54 PM
At the front of the box is no "Spiel-des-Jahres" sign - only at the sides of the box.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 19, 2015, 02:28:39 PM
That's a big hint as to what's wrong!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on July 19, 2015, 02:38:55 PM
It does not say 2001 but 2006 or maybe 2008 on the red prize logo?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on July 19, 2015, 02:39:09 PM
The year it won the SdJ ? I can't see very well but it seems the year is wrong...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 19, 2015, 02:40:38 PM
It does not say 2001 but 2006 or maybe 2008 on the red prize logo?

Well Done this is the mistake (+1 Merit)!  Another HiG title won this year "Thun and Taxi".  Sorry the photo wasn't the best; didnt want to make it too easy :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 19, 2015, 02:41:45 PM
The year it won the SdJ ? I can't see very well but it seems the year is wrong...

You can have a merit too - 15s seems too close to call ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on July 19, 2015, 02:46:43 PM
*gives Jéré high-five and buys him a beer*  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on July 19, 2015, 03:14:34 PM

*gives Jéré high-five and buys him a beer*  O0

Thanks Paul. I'll be in Copenhagen in a few weeks. That's the closer I can get to drink the beer. ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jéré on July 19, 2015, 03:16:01 PM

The year it won the SdJ ? I can't see very well but it seems the year is wrong...

You can have a merit too - 15s seems too close to call ;)

I was looking for my glasses :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 19, 2015, 05:37:38 PM
Is the city scape silhouette not badly printed too ?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 20, 2015, 05:23:07 AM
Here's what I got today...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20150720_123134-1.jpg)
(except for the giant red and blue meeples)

Thanks Safari for the Russian tiles! The Fliers box is purely so that I can draw tiles for both of the forum photo games without having to mix all the tiles up between games. I already had duplicates of everything apart from this so now I'm good to go!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on July 20, 2015, 06:38:28 PM
I'm glad, that the parcel has arrived! Hav fun with your new tiles!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Halfling on July 21, 2015, 11:45:54 AM
Gutted!  My parcel from Cundco arrived today and one of the items is missing........would you believe it is the 3 sets of Halb so wild II!  How ironic.  I've sent a message to the service@ email address so I'm sure they'll sort me out as soon as possible.

My nephew and gaming buddies will just have to wait a week or so!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 24, 2015, 01:35:11 PM
Two very special gifts from Spikey_dino arrived today:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150724_211125.jpg)

2 Point Counters (and one with my name on, other other for my opponent)!

I'll be using these for every game now - fantastic!

Thank you so much :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on July 24, 2015, 02:13:21 PM
These are great, Decar! And they look so professionally made!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on July 25, 2015, 03:22:06 AM
Yesterday I received a lovely gift from Chooselife - the scout tiles from king and scout.  I don't have the base game yet but it is in transit so it is much a appreciated.  Thanks Chooselife
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: spikey_dino on July 25, 2015, 09:55:04 AM
These are great, Decar! And they look so professionally made!

They were professionally made :)  I designed them and had them printed from the game crafter.  I made some with my name, my husband's name, and my father-in-law's name (all in our favorite colors).

-Decar, I didn't ask your favorite color because I wanted them to be a surprise :) -

I have two more extra I posted in the giveaway forum!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on July 26, 2015, 03:59:56 AM
These are great, Decar! And they look so professionally made!

They were professionally made :)  I designed them and had them printed from the game crafter.  I made some with my name, my husband's name, and my father-in-law's name (all in our favorite colors).

Haha. Well, no wonder that they look so professionally made!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 30, 2015, 04:54:56 PM
Today was an awesome day! ^-^ :(y)

I got a package from Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne on Tour):

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/dans_treasure.jpg)

There are meeple pin-badges in blue and gray, a meeple-shaped keyring and a copy of the Dutch/ Belgian monasteries signed by Doris Matthäus!

Very, very happy with this little haul! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on August 03, 2015, 01:50:22 AM
Yesterday I received a lovely gift from Chooselife - the scout tiles from king and scout.  I don't have the base game yet but it is in transit so it is much a appreciated.  Thanks Chooselife

Just saw it now. No need to thank it was my pleasure. Sorry I took so long to ship it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 05, 2015, 10:49:46 AM
Today I ordered in bulk, half are looking for a good home.
 :orange-meeple:
Very impressed with overall finish on them:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20150804_190356.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on August 05, 2015, 05:35:18 PM
These are lovely, Decar. I'd be happy to offer them a warm and cosy home.  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on August 06, 2015, 06:07:03 AM
Are they a range phantoms or clear orange meeples?  Either way I would love just one to use as an orange phantom
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on August 06, 2015, 09:16:09 AM
I think one of them should have a home in my Carcassonne collection ...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on August 06, 2015, 09:23:06 AM
Decar Hello, I was wondering if you could send one to me, I obviously support the prices spent. Where did you purchase them? You can know?
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Post by: Decar on August 06, 2015, 10:07:03 AM
Well I've got 16 spare ones. Happy to split them up. Though somone might want a set ;)

They weren't expensive about £1 each. If you're interested PM me your address and I'll see how much postage is.
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Post by: lomdr on August 06, 2015, 10:41:09 AM
Could easily use one for my GingerBreadMan reimplementation idea (the noble, which I proposed in the Element of the week thread).  Especially since my phantoms are going to be glitter coated and I probably won't have Orange as a player color after I nab Big Box 5 (of course, all of this going off of the assumption that my family will like Carc)
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Post by: Safari on August 06, 2015, 08:41:01 PM
Great idea to split them up, Decar! By the way, where did you buy these (or let them produce)?
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Post by: aenima on August 09, 2015, 08:35:59 AM
What I found when I return from the first part of my holidays:
Carcassonne The Discovery from eBay
3 school with the postcard from cundco (now I have the bags for 6 colours! 1 grey and 1 black are for quevy withe a green theacher)
The promo Russian tiles with the beautiful bag from safari
A new yellow rabit for easter in Carcassonne from the italian publisher of dixit!
 :)
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Post by: Decar on August 09, 2015, 12:14:26 PM
Nice photo!
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Post by: Safari on August 09, 2015, 05:24:13 PM
Great photo! I'd like to use these bags for my meeples too. If I put all the meeples of one colour in the bag, how much space is there left for future expansions?
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Post by: Khonnor on August 10, 2015, 01:48:38 AM
Are the grey and black school bags official releases?

Anyone know where I could get the official Russion promo tiles with bag?
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Post by: aenima on August 10, 2015, 04:36:37 AM
No, they are the originale schools bags but recoloured in  :black1-meeple: and  :gray-meeple:

Great photo! I'd like to use these bags for my meeples too. If I put all the meeples of one colour in the bag, how much space is there left for future expansions?
Not really much!  ???
I think other 2 or 3 meeples
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Post by: Rosco on August 13, 2015, 03:43:42 AM
What a day!
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/13/78b52f0d2a5e5a6e9caa924c52a4262a.jpg)

Mayflower arrived today and the other 2 arrived last week and I didn't post.  The graphics on Mayflower are absolutely beautiful.
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Post by: Decar on August 13, 2015, 03:48:05 AM
Nice!

I'm hoping to play Discovery for the first time this weekend.

I love die Burg artwork; but I wasn't a fan of the scoring tokens.
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Post by: jungleboy on August 13, 2015, 04:23:20 AM
I like the scoring tokens / wall tiles in the Castle. It adds a new element to the game where you have to decide how many points and/or what features you should try to score at what time in order to maximise your chances of getting a wall tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on August 13, 2015, 04:31:40 AM
I haven't played yet so I have no idea what you are taking about but I will learn soon
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Post by: danisthirty on August 18, 2015, 02:56:50 AM
I received an awesome package from Decar last week but didn't have time to upload a photo as I was about to go on holiday. Now though, I'm pleased to present the following new additions to my Carcassonne collection:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Stuff_from_Tom1.jpg)
(tile-back cufflinks and South Seas fridge magnet from Ted's shop, orange phantoms, School expansion with purple teacher (;D) and some extra Carcassonne Central business cards)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Stuff_from_Tom2.jpg)
(a few tile-draw bags from Artscow)

Many thanks to Decar for his dedication and persistence in asking me if I want to add anything to his various orders whenever he places them, especially since I still haven't paid him for most of them! :-[

 :blue-meeple:
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Post by: Khonnor on August 19, 2015, 04:09:55 AM
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Stuff_from_Tom2.jpg)
(a few tile-draw bags from Artscow)

Oh wow...those Drawbags for the standalones are really cool.

How...where...I mean....WANTS!  O0

How many tiles do they hold?
Where could I get these/make these?  :)
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Post by: danisthirty on August 19, 2015, 04:12:40 AM
I can't take credit for any of the designs, but there's a whole load of them available from Artscow. :(y)

The thread with all the links is here: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1707

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Post by: Paul on August 21, 2015, 02:40:03 PM
This arrived in the mail today. They are so cute! The v2 demo version. The meeples are also smaller. I put a cloister tile for comparison in the picture.

Thank you kettlefish and the Carcassonne team!!
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Post by: danisthirty on August 21, 2015, 03:29:46 PM
Nice. I'm jealous! >:D

:blue-meeple:
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Post by: aenima on August 23, 2015, 05:26:21 AM
This arrived in the mail today. They are so cute! The v2 demo version. The meeples are also smaller. I put a cloister tile for comparison in the picture.

Thank you kettlefish and the Carcassonne team!!
What I have to do to have this?  :(
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Post by: Paul on August 23, 2015, 06:05:55 AM
Nice. I'm jealous! >:D

:blue-meeple:

For what it's worth I did not get a box for it. Gonna bug me forever. :-[  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: kettlefish on August 23, 2015, 06:14:51 AM
Nice. I'm jealous! >:D

:blue-meeple:

For what it's worth I did not get a box for it. Gonna bug me forever. :-[  :yellow-meeple:
Paul,
you got a box for this tiles and meeples. Perhaps you put it into a recycle bin.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on August 23, 2015, 06:44:17 AM
Nice. I'm jealous! >:D

:blue-meeple:

For what it's worth I did not get a box for it. Gonna bug me forever. :-[  :yellow-meeple:
Paul,
you got a box for this tiles and meeples. Perhaps you put it into a recycle bin.

I have to look again when I get home. But what I could find when opened the letter was tiles in a human flesh coloured paper wrap.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on August 23, 2015, 09:10:34 AM
The box was hidden in a secret compartment!  :D

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0006__outside_1024.jpg)
http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0006__outside_large.jpg (http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0006__outside_large.jpg)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0005__inside_1024.jpg)
http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0005__inside_large.jpg (http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/Carcassonne_v2_mini_demo__IMG_0005__inside_large.jpg)

Thank you once again kettlefish and the Carcassonne team!  :(y)
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Post by: aenima on August 24, 2015, 12:43:26 AM
I'd like one!  :( how? Where?
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Post by: SRBO on August 24, 2015, 02:18:49 AM
I'd like one!  :( how? Where?

I think Carcassonne on tour!
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Post by: danisthirty on August 24, 2015, 02:21:05 AM
I'd like one!  :( how? Where?

I think Carcassonne on tour!

:(y)
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Post by: danisthirty on August 25, 2015, 10:10:39 AM
I got mine today. Many thanks kettlefish! ;D

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/DemoBox.jpg)
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Post by: Ailurus on August 27, 2015, 08:13:25 AM
Received two copies of Halblinge (Spielbox) today :))
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Post by: Whaleyland on August 30, 2015, 08:39:53 PM
Man those little Carcassonne Demo editions are fun looking. I like the expandable tuckbox/rules sheet. No scoreboard, I'm guessing?
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Post by: Ailurus on September 01, 2015, 11:04:59 AM
Received the German Castles today. Cheers Dan! :gray-meeple:

This afternoon I also bought the Dutch version of Gold Rush (no postman involved :))), it actually comes with the mini-expansion the sheriff!

The publisher of the Dutch versions of Carcassonne (999 Games) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, as of last weekend everyone who buys one of their games receives a gift box with a couple of nice small games and demo games — including the Carc v2.0 demo! Very nice surprise.

Finally, just because I was taking some pictures anyway, I thought of combining some tiles from the original Carcassonne (Hills & Sheep to be exact) and those from Gold Rush. There's a slight difference in the colour of the fields (nothing we haven't seen before) but it actually seems to work! Of course, it doesn't make a lot of sense to combine a medieval setting with trains and western villages... It would also be very easy to block cities/roads/mountains/railroads/a lot of other things. But it is possible :))
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Post by: Decar on September 01, 2015, 11:18:45 AM
First one to say:  it matches better than carcassonne / carcassonne 2.0

Great post :)
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Post by: Khonnor on September 01, 2015, 12:12:52 PM
it actually comes with the mini-expansion the sheriff!

The publisher of the Dutch versions of Carcassonne (999 Games) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, as of last weekend everyone who buys one of their games receives a gift box with a couple of nice small games and demo games — including the Carc v2.0 demo! Very nice surprise.

Haha, that's funny, I'm also Dutch and received Gold Rush today as well (but English version). We just played our first game. The mining is quite interesting.

Would it be at all possible for you to type out the Dutch Sheriff rules or a photo of that section from the rules? It would be greatly appreciated.

And finally, what goodies are in the surprise box? I heard there's also a catan expansion?
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Post by: Ailurus on September 01, 2015, 12:42:18 PM
Would it be at all possible for you to type out the Dutch Sheriff rules or a photo of that section from the rules? It would be greatly appreciated.

Sure, I've attached them :gray-meeple:.

And finally, what goodies are in the surprise box? I heard there's also a catan expansion?

Quite a few things! See below.
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Post by: Whaleyland on September 01, 2015, 01:29:12 PM
I want the Qwirkle and Catan expansions! Too bad it doesn't make any sense for me to buy anything from 999 Games.
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Post by: Rosco on September 01, 2015, 01:46:47 PM
The ghost blitz extra cards and the carcassonne demo would be nice.
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Post by: franks on September 01, 2015, 07:23:17 PM
Came home to find the Vanguard Metal Meeples that I backed from the recent Indiegogo crowdfunder.

Very happy with the purchase. I chose an entry level pledge for the mixed set ($15 USD), with the Stretch goal award of the Key Chain. The quality looks to be very good with a decent amount of weight to them. The colours and sheen are nice and they seem somewhat appropriate for knights! I was very tempted to get the set of 8 ($20 ea) but thought I couldn't get away with just one set as my wife is my main gaming partner.

There was another stretch goal that wasn't meet for little flag poles. Each meeple has a hole in each arm for an accessory. I knew in advance that I had some miniature spears from my table top minis that I use for De Bellis Antiques.

Now I just need to come up with a use for these in the game. I would like each player to get one metal meeple with the Spear (or can fairly easily modded to a flag bearer). I'll give that some thought but if anyone would care to help with ideas, I would be very grateful  :yellow-meeple:

I will start another forum thread to discuss the possibilities, so this post doesn't go on too long.
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Post by: Ailurus on September 02, 2015, 01:42:38 PM
Nice meeples Franks! I like the finish of the second one on the left in the bottom picture.

As requested by Kettle, the Dutch rules for the Carc v2.0 demo.
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Post by: danisthirty on September 03, 2015, 06:29:02 AM
Something else to add to my list of most-prized Carcassonne pieces; I am now the proud owner of this little fella!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Sheriff.jpg)

He is a sheriff from the expansion for Gold Rush, but this one is made of pewter by the one and only Ailurus! :(y)

I like him so much that I’m keeping him on my desk at work, and I’ve even given him his own wagon as this seemed kind of appropriate with the Wild West connection and everything.

Thanks very much Pieter, he’s awesome! 8)
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Post by: Khonnor on September 05, 2015, 07:02:01 AM
Would it be at all possible for you to type out the Dutch Sheriff rules or a photo of that section from the rules? It would be greatly appreciated.

Sure, I've attached them :gray-meeple:.

Thank you so much for posting these.  :blue-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on September 11, 2015, 01:31:03 AM
After months of waiting, I finally received The River (III) and my purple and pink meeples from Big Box 5! My in-laws after much who-hawing got it right and punched the tiles out correctly (I was quite surprised). I'm disappointed these lovely tiles won't be made publicly available in the future since the art is being corrected across the expansions.

Anyway, yay! New tiles!
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Post by: danisthirty on September 15, 2015, 03:56:42 AM
Just as a “heads up” to everyone who took part in the Abbey & Mayor expansion league, keep a close eye on your letter box over the next week! Sorry it’s taken so long to get these out, and huge thanks to quevy for helping with the postage (and for doing the majority of the work with the actual surprising as well of course). :)

Feel free to post here when you receive yours, but please don’t spoil the surprise for anyone still waiting for theirs by posting any photos until they’ve all reached their intended recipients... C:-)

:blue-meeple:
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Post by: quevy on September 15, 2015, 08:53:11 AM
Between yesterday and today I received an order of material spielmaterial.de and a package from Aenima containing the bags custom school colors missing, has done an outstanding job, thank you very much :)


(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12027088_10207859012578399_283255085269285061_o.jpg)
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Post by: aenima on September 15, 2015, 10:11:30 AM
 :D
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Post by: Ailurus on September 15, 2015, 12:04:03 PM
Between yesterday and today I received an order of material spielmaterial.de and a package from Aenima containing the bags custom school colors missing, has done an outstanding job, thank you very much :)

[Pic]

Oh nice replacements for the wine barrels, wheat and cloth tokens! :gray-meeple:
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Post by: Chooselife on September 21, 2015, 06:06:08 AM
Just as a “heads up” to everyone who took part in the Abbey & Mayor expansion league, keep a close eye on your letter box over the next week! Sorry it’s taken so long to get these out, and huge thanks to quevy for helping with the postage (and for doing the majority of the work with the actual surprising as well of course). :)

Feel free to post here when you receive yours, but please don’t spoil the surprise for anyone still waiting for theirs by posting any photos until they’ve all reached their intended recipients... C:-)

:blue-meeple:

I've just received it every single part of it  is awesome :)) C:-)
Much appreciated to all involved.
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Post by: Jéré on September 21, 2015, 06:44:46 AM

Just as a “heads up” to everyone who took part in the Abbey & Mayor expansion league, keep a close eye on your letter box over the next week! Sorry it’s taken so long to get these out, and huge thanks to quevy for helping with the postage (and for doing the majority of the work with the actual surprising as well of course). :)

Feel free to post here when you receive yours, but please don’t spoil the surprise for anyone still waiting for theirs by posting any photos until they’ve all reached their intended recipients... C:-)

:blue-meeple:

I've just received it every single part of it  is awesome :)) C:-)
Much appreciated to all involved.

Yes, I also received a nice little package from Italy. Very impressed!! Thanks so much! :)
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Post by: quevy on September 21, 2015, 10:36:20 AM
Very happy that the content is enjoyed.
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Post by: MrNumbers on September 22, 2015, 12:30:38 AM
I also have received the package from Quevy. The content is amazing! Besides, I received the lottery (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1927.msg26806#msg26806) prize - wood pieces for fan-expansion The fence and stolen goods (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1825.0).
Thank you very much, Quevy! :(y)
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Post by: quevy on September 22, 2015, 09:25:51 AM
I also have received the package from Quevy. The content is amazing! Besides, I received the lottery (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1927.msg26806#msg26806) prize - wood pieces for fan-expansion The fence and stolen goods (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1825.0).
Thank you very much, Quevy! :(y)

Now you can try expanding the fan and give me an opinion :)
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Post by: Leven on September 22, 2015, 12:50:41 PM
quevy and Dan,

I've just received my package. It is awesome as usual, full of surprises (including my prize for winning one of the Carcassonne-mastermind contests).  :(y)

Thank you!
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Post by: danisthirty on September 22, 2015, 12:54:42 PM
quevy and Dan,

I've just received my package. It is awesome as usual, full of surprises (including my prize for winning one of the Carcassonne-mastermind contests).  :(y)

Thank you!

You're welcome. Congratulations on your prizes! :)
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Post by: Rosco on September 22, 2015, 02:07:23 PM
Thankyou Quevy and Dan!!
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Post by: Safari on September 22, 2015, 02:10:46 PM
Hi guys!

Today I want to tell you that sometimes I hate my postman. Actually I don't hate my countries postman, but the British postman. In the photo you see why. I received a completely damaged envelope, which was perfectly sealed in a British Post plastic bag. Of course the envelope was empty, because the tiles, I would have been sent to, have fallen out of the envelope when it got damaged. At least British Post said sorry on the bag.

 :(n)
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Post by: Hounk on September 22, 2015, 02:58:55 PM
I also got my A&M League present today. Thanks a lot and merit! Was a real nice surprise. Great idea, and the bag is also cute.
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Post by: danisthirty on September 22, 2015, 11:32:37 PM
I also got my A&M League present today. Thanks a lot and merit! Was a real nice surprise. Great idea, and the bag is also cute.

Bag? What bag? :-X

 ;)
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Post by: kettlefish on September 23, 2015, 02:01:53 AM
I've got also my present for the A&M league - thank you so much.
And I've got some surprisings for Udo and KJW. I will forward these to them in around 10 days.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 23, 2015, 02:16:11 AM
I've got also my present for the A&M league - thank you so much.
And I've got some surprisings for Udo and KJW. I will forward these to them in around 10 days.

 :(y)
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Post by: Rosco on September 24, 2015, 11:23:54 AM
In the last couple of days I have received the parcel from quevy - very cool. 

And something which will be my prized carcassonne possession for years to come - pewter meeple set!  Including custom meeples which complete my set.  They are outstanding.  Soo beautiful and nicely heavy. 

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/837adcfbd04d0d4fc4a2b17c51ff5351.jpg)

And thanks pieter for the key ring.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/def1f6d11c2a7041c1f1c3ccb5fc2bba.jpg)
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on September 24, 2015, 11:55:36 AM
My A&M "prizes" have arrived.  They just keep getting better each competition.
Thanks guys.
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Post by: danisthirty on September 24, 2015, 12:17:41 PM
My A&M "prizes" have arrived.  They just keep getting better each competition.
Thanks guys.

You're welcome! :)

Is anybody else still waiting for their A & M league prizes? I know that packages I sent from the UK to Canada and now New Zealand have arrived so I'm guessing most should have arrived by now...
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Post by: Carcking on September 25, 2015, 10:50:06 AM
Mine arrived yesterday!! Thank you very much Dan! And great job with the tile quevy?? It looks almost like production quality. Awesome!
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Post by: aenima on September 29, 2015, 12:34:34 AM
Mine arrived  ;D
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Post by: quevy on September 29, 2015, 10:37:29 AM
How many people have yet to receive the prize of the A&M league?
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Post by: jma03 on September 29, 2015, 04:16:56 PM
I still have not received it
 :-\
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Post by: danisthirty on September 30, 2015, 02:12:56 AM
I still have not received it
 :-\

Sorry jma03, but we felt that you didn’t deserve one as you only managed to come third... :(



EDIT: Obviously I’m only joking. >:D Hopefully you will receive yours soon but I will PM you with the address it was sent to just to make sure. Didn’t yours take quite a while to arrive last time or am I thinking of something else?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on October 01, 2015, 04:25:24 AM
I love the postman... an understatement.  :-* This is what I got delivered today!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/UberOrder_2015-10-01__IMG_0002__1024.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on October 01, 2015, 04:47:33 AM
If you keep going like this, you will need to get a bigger bathtub! Merit for you for your craziness.  :green-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on October 01, 2015, 04:56:26 AM
Paul - how many tiles?
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Post by: danisthirty on October 01, 2015, 04:58:35 AM
Paul - how many tiles?

I'm guessing... infinity billion and a half.

That is a lot. :@
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Post by: MrNumbers on October 01, 2015, 05:00:44 AM
I counted about 4800 tiles: 12*25*16.
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Post by: Whaleyland on October 01, 2015, 05:19:54 AM
Paul...I find your number of tiles disturbing...  >:D
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Post by: Paul on October 01, 2015, 05:48:24 AM
Paul...I find your number of tiles disturbing...  >:D

Made my day.  :)

Didn't realise how heavy tiles can be. They came in a pallet, in a huge truck. Felt overkill.
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Post by: kettlefish on October 01, 2015, 06:08:19 AM
Paul - you need to update your Profile - it is not actual anymore:
Quote
World Record Goal: 10 000 tiles. Current: 4300+ draw tiles.
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Post by: danisthirty on October 01, 2015, 06:11:18 AM
I’m sure he’ll get round to that in good time. He needs to count them and bath with them all first...
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Post by: kettlefish on October 01, 2015, 06:13:05 AM
I’m sure he’ll get round to that in good time. He needs to count them and bath with them all first...
a tile bath - great - but please Paul - take a photo from this tile bath...  ^-^
----------------------------------
And please tell us how much time do you need to unwrap all these new tiles.
Perhaps you can take some photos during this work.
----------------------------------
these new tiles - are they all from the base game?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on October 01, 2015, 06:22:05 AM
I’m sure he’ll get round to that in good time. He needs to count them and bath with them all first...
a tile bath - great - but please Paul - take a photo from this tile bath...  ^-^
----------------------------------
And please tell us how much time do you need to unwrap all these new tiles.
Perhaps you can take some photos during this work.
----------------------------------
these new tiles - are they all from the base game?

I'm not ready to update the amount of tiles yet, might do a contest first, with the question how many tiles I ordered. (Guess now you know why no new expansion coming out as the factory was busy with my order.)  :@

I'm confused. Some want me to take a tile bath, some don't. I guess I'll make one and see if it's viable for display!  :o

They have gone sheet and all into storage boxes for now. If I get the time and space some day, I'll start making a popping tiles video.  :yellow-meeple: My main work is, well work, and then I need to focus on my LEGO sales.

Paul
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Post by: Rosco on October 02, 2015, 02:11:21 AM
I have just recieved my zombie meeples!

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/02/f9eabca23b31a96c7cc2665d0a043e4d.jpg)

I particularly like this one

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/02/4324753569d55c0d3a5c8325f72c1248.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 02, 2015, 02:46:47 AM
Ha ha :(y)

Can't think why... ;)
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Post by: Decar on October 05, 2015, 04:26:51 AM
Zombie Dan in the next kickstarter?
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Post by: danisthirty on October 05, 2015, 09:07:20 AM
Zombie Dan in the next kickstarter?

That would be amazing, although I'd always dither over whether to play as me or zombie me and games of Carcassonne would take forever.
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Post by: franks on October 05, 2015, 05:38:21 PM
THANK YOU QUEVY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are an all star  :(y) :(y) :(y)

Today I received these lovely clear meeples from one of query's generous contests!

I love that these match my avatar and look forward to using them in a game  :white-meeple:

They are well made and the clarity is very good as well. 

Cheers!
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Post by: Decar on October 20, 2015, 05:23:46 AM
Given Paul's hoarding issues I was lucky to get hold of these in time for the UK Meetup Event on the 31st Oct:
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Post by: quevy on October 20, 2015, 09:02:28 AM
 8)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12096411_10208066816693372_5527528156404816720_n.jpg?oh=53fe111d2c0c9d2939bb1b560ffb23e3&oe=56C89D02)
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Post by: Decar on October 20, 2015, 09:05:02 AM
I'm going to be so gutted this evening when I get home and find out the Postman DID have a package for me and I DIDNT wait for him :(
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Post by: danisthirty on October 20, 2015, 09:10:03 AM
Wow! Congrats on that impressive haul quevy!

PS - We may have the same TV ;)
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Post by: SRBO on October 20, 2015, 09:14:46 AM

Where did you get that stone board?
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Post by: quevy on October 20, 2015, 09:21:17 AM
the scoreboard?
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Post by: SRBO on October 20, 2015, 11:42:27 AM
the scoreboard?
yes
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Post by: Decar on October 20, 2015, 12:00:39 PM
I'm going to be so gutted this evening when I get home and find out the Postman DID have a package for me and I DIDNT wait for him :(

For those who cared:  turns out the postman didn't leave me anything today, so I'm just gutted nothing came at all :(
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Post by: quevy on October 20, 2015, 12:15:25 PM
the scoreboard?
yes

I bought him a auction ebay.de
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Post by: meepleater on October 23, 2015, 01:36:06 AM
Just received the Carcassonne Winter edition  :) - it looks great and I can't wait to play it!

I'm a little bit disappointed though that the version I got didn't include the gingerbread man (despite the website saying it was included), so I will probably order it from cundco along with the new crop circles once it comes out.
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Post by: Decar on October 23, 2015, 01:51:43 AM
Just received the Carcassonne Winter edition  :) - it looks great and I can't wait to play it!

I'm a little bit disappointed though that the version I got didn't include the gingerbread man (despite the website saying it was included), so I will probably order it from cundco along with the new crop circles once it comes out.

don't be disappointed - any excuse to order more from cundco is a good one :)
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Post by: meepleater on October 23, 2015, 02:03:17 AM
don't be disappointed - any excuse to order more from cundco is a good one :)

I'm worried I will end up spending too much money!
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Post by: Decar on October 23, 2015, 05:37:11 AM
That never stopped me....i probably should have though  :@
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Post by: Decar on October 25, 2015, 03:56:55 AM
2001 Edition of Carcassonne:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20151025_102411-600x1067.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2015, 06:34:31 AM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/meeples1.jpg)
(lime green, sky blue and lavender)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/meeples2.jpg)
(tan, turquoise and salmon)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/meeples3.jpg)
(gold, silver and bronze)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/meeples4.jpg)
(some of the "Totoro (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1986)" meeples)

I've got 10 of each and will only keep 8 so make sure you're at the UK Carcassonne Central meetup this Saturday if you'd like some of my spares! :)
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Post by: coyote on October 26, 2015, 06:50:58 AM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

I like those colors! Where'd they come from?
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Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2015, 06:54:39 AM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

I like those colors! Where'd they come from?

From my second-favourite website: meeplesource (http://www.meeplesource.com/products.php?cat=13)! :)
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Post by: Jéré on October 26, 2015, 07:44:05 AM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

I like those colors! Where'd they come from?

From my second-favourite website: meeplesource (http://www.meeplesource.com/products.php?cat=13)! :)

They look great! It's a pity that they don't sell complete sets with builder, mayor, pig, barn, etc. (unless I missed something).
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Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2015, 08:03:39 AM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

I like those colors! Where'd they come from?

From my second-favourite website: meeplesource (http://www.meeplesource.com/products.php?cat=13)! :)

They look great! It's a pity that they don't sell complete sets with builder, mayor, pig, barn, etc. (unless I missed something).

Not yet they don't, and the sets they did sell never included the Robber or the other scoretrack meeple from The Messengers. With any luck cundco will get in on the action before long...
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on October 26, 2015, 02:04:29 PM
Hi Dan. Wow, they look great -I'd like to buy one or two from the first photo if possible. I'm thinking of trying to make a keychain, but only have the meeples that came with BB4 so no spares (or funky colours). In fact it was only last night that I was trawling through Etsy looking at things. See you on Sat then!

I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today...

I've got 10 of each and will only keep 8 so make sure you're at the UK Carcassonne Central meetup this Saturday if you'd like some of my spares! :)
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Post by: Rosco on October 26, 2015, 02:08:51 PM
i will be there in spirit!  but not in body unfortunately!
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Post by: Decar on October 26, 2015, 02:32:26 PM
You can send us spirits if you like :)
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Post by: Decar on October 27, 2015, 07:24:50 AM
Oh dear! Where am I going to hide this!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20151027_141347-1024x576.jpg)

I only wanted some of the promos, some have found homes already.  I'll be putting a post up later with what's available so keep an eye out.

I'm hoping it'll disappear before my wife sees it  :-[
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on October 27, 2015, 07:54:28 AM
I was chatting with Halfling in the chatroom about the expansions for the final round of the Welcome tournament and that I was tempted to buy the phantom expansion, when he kindly offered to sell me one he had spare. Well, look what arrived in the post yesterday. Many thanks Halfling.
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Post by: CKorfmann on October 28, 2015, 12:05:54 PM
I got some meeples in some exciting new colours today:

I like those colors! Where'd they come from?

From my second-favourite website: meeplesource (http://www.meeplesource.com/products.php?cat=13)! :)

They look great! It's a pity that they don't sell complete sets with builder, mayor, pig, barn, etc. (unless I missed something).

Not yet they don't, and the sets they did sell never included the Robber or the other scoretrack meeple from The Messengers. With any luck cundco will get in on the action before long...

When I got their email last week I corresponded with her a bit, asking about the other meeple shapes and ended up actually sending her a copy of the CAR.  We'll have to wait and see if that yields any Carc meeple fruit.  :blue-meeple:
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on October 28, 2015, 11:27:32 PM
I have received some nice gifts recently.

We have hosted for a few days Udo's daughter and her boyfriend. We had an enjoyable time, teaching them about kiwi culture and even watched the All Blacks beat the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup semi-final.
They gave us some nice gifts, some of them signed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede and Doris Matthaus.
They included a copy of Uber Stock und Stein. We had a few games of it and enjoyed it, especially the new mechanic of the jogger.

They are now tripping around our country in a camper van.
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Post by: danisthirty on October 28, 2015, 11:38:09 PM
Merit to you for your hospitality Andrew! Those are some excellent gifts, but I especially like the framed Spiel 2015 tile and the Bogatyr tile/ coaster/ something else. Congrats!
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Post by: Whaleyland on October 28, 2015, 11:49:03 PM
Definitely cool! I wonder when she plans to make her way down south. We need to plan, man! We still don't have a bed in our spare bedroom (though we plan to get one soon anyway).
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on October 29, 2015, 01:17:11 AM
Yes. I liked the framed Spiel 2015 tile as well. It looks very smart.
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Post by: Paul on October 29, 2015, 08:33:42 AM
Having bought almost the entire collection of Descent (2nd Ed) and Dungeons'n'Dragons board games, I realised afterwards I need to invest in some serious storage box for these games. Pressed for time, this is the result, and seems to work decent enough for now. Will be a dual post, one for each game.

First one is for Descent:

This is a tackle box meant to store lures for fishing. As seen in many posts on other sites, this turned out to be quite a good (and cheap) solution. 50 Euro, including shipping for this one. Although the model is a bit different than the recommended Plano, it works. I even have a fourth storage box completely free, in case further expansion arrives or I decide to go after the Lieutenant and Hero packs expansions. Although it's a nice solution, everything under one handle, it's a heavy thing to carry arround! I'd even go as far as to say over 10 kg.

Sorry about the low quality images as high quality camera is unavailable this week.

The tackle box closed
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_Descent__DSC_0076__800.JPG)

One of the four boxes. Each box contains either the base game, 1 large expansion or 2 smaller expansions
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_Descent__DSC_0077__800.JPG)

The topside storage opens up revealing a huge area perfect for the larger board tiles, all the rules and even comes with a side box for storing even more board tiles.
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_Descent__DSC_0078__800.jpg)
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Post by: Paul on October 29, 2015, 08:40:25 AM
The second box is even somewhat heavier and is a tool storage box with removable top section inside.

This is for my Dungeons'n'Dragons collection. I bought the four big game boxes. Although at first I kept each game separately using 2 boxes that fits inside the box, I decided to mix it up a bit to save space. This shrunk the boxes needed from 8 down to only 5, leaving ample room for all the miniatures.

2 boxes contains miniatures in separated sections inside the box along with box sections of their own for other markers and cards. The other 3 boxes are for board tiles and larger token tiles. The cards fits into deckboxes.

The storage box itself measuring 66 cm wide.
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_DnD__DSC_0079__800.jpg)

The top part that is removable contains deckboxes with cards and the larger miniatures.
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_DnD__DSC_0080__800.jpg)

Removing the top part reveals a huge area with 5 smaller boxes and all the rules and adventure scenarios as well as some of the even larger miniatures.
(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_DnD__DSC_0081__800.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on October 29, 2015, 08:44:18 AM
Blimey, that second one looks like it would survive a house fire!

Where did you get the first one, this looks like the sort of thing I need for another game - what the the tray heights?
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Post by: Paul on October 29, 2015, 08:58:59 AM
Blimey, that second one looks like it would survive a house fire!

Where did you get the first one, this looks like the sort of thing I need for another game - what the the tray heights?

I bought it from decathlon.se (Swedish site) but they do have stores in many other countries. http://www.decathlon.com (http://www.decathlon.com)

Each of the 4 boxes that comes with it has two fixed rows and one larger row. Comes with many walls to customize it somewhat decent.

Inner measurement is 35,6 x 22 cm. The two fixed rows are perfect for Carcassonne tiles as seen on the image below.

Inner height is 4,5 cm.

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/20151029_Storage_Carcassonne__DSC_0082__1024.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on October 30, 2015, 03:48:35 PM
Thank you HiG!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20151030_224224-800x450.jpg)
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Post by: CKorfmann on October 30, 2015, 08:16:13 PM
^What are those four bundles of tiles in the middle?  Can't quite make them out.
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Post by: Decar on October 30, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
They're tile cakes. I've not tried one yet but they look flapjack like.
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Post by: danisthirty on October 30, 2015, 11:48:43 PM
Very cool! :) :(y)
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Post by: Lobo on November 06, 2015, 09:27:59 AM
Today was a very good day :)

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/910/h3gd5Y.jpg)
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Post by: Halfling on November 06, 2015, 10:16:17 AM
Still awaiting my delivery, seems to be a delay at cundco.  :(
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Post by: Whaleyland on November 06, 2015, 12:14:20 PM
How'd you get the Winter Edition Crop Circles?
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Post by: jungleboy on November 06, 2015, 12:17:26 PM
How'd you get the Winter Edition Crop Circles?

Can we call them Grass Circles?  >:D

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Post by: Lobo on November 07, 2015, 07:21:24 AM
How'd you get the Winter Edition Crop Circles?

Some guys on BGG are selling some mini expansions from the calendar on the marketplace. I waited until the one from Carcassonne appeared :)
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Post by: Whaleyland on November 07, 2015, 12:36:57 PM
How'd you get the Winter Edition Crop Circles?

Some guys on BGG are selling some mini expansions from the calendar on the marketplace. I waited until the one from Carcassonne appeared :)
Gotcha. I was worried that I missed the tiles on Cundco or something.
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Post by: meepleater on November 10, 2015, 03:05:37 AM
Very excited about today's delivery!
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Post by: danisthirty on November 10, 2015, 04:28:39 AM
Good choices meepleater! It's always nice to have another 7 Wonders fan among us! :)
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Post by: CKorfmann on November 10, 2015, 09:59:14 PM
Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat indeed!  My birthday is also two weeks before Christmas.  I do the Christmas/gift shopping for our family, especially after my wife's first birthday gift to me was soap...  :o

I got a little silly with my game purchases this month, all of which are Christmas gifts for one person or another in my immediate family (and some for myself!).  The list includes:

Twilight Struggle, The Grizzled, Between Two Cities, Machi Koro Deluxe, Ticket to Ride Map Collection #5 (which on the PA side of the map is the little town of 3000 people that I grew up in; very exciting!), 6 Nimmt, Codenames, Dixit: Memories, Sushi Go, Loopin' Chewie, Ghost Blaster, Animal Upon Animal, Zooloretto, Pie Face, and also several little expansions or promos for several different games from BGG and Cundco.  Some of these games have arrived already.  I expect the rest to arrive soon.  I also expect (through very careful and strategically limited Christmas wishlists) to possibly get Tzolk'in and Istanbul before the season is over.  I fully admit that I am more excited about all these games than I should be. 

I also won Sheriff of Nottingham in a raffle at game night tonight.   :blue-meeple:
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Post by: danisthirty on November 10, 2015, 11:03:50 PM
That is a lot of games! If I asked for all those I'd have to ask for a bigger house to put them all in too! :)
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Post by: Paul on November 11, 2015, 02:18:53 PM
Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat indeed!  My birthday is also two weeks before Christmas.  I do the Christmas/gift shopping for our family, especially after my wife's first birthday gift to me was soap...  :o

I got a little silly with my game purchases this month, all of which are Christmas gifts for one person or another in my immediate family (and some for myself!).  The list includes:

Twilight Struggle, The Grizzled, Between Two Cities, Machi Koro Deluxe, Ticket to Ride Map Collection #5 (which on the PA side of the map is the little town of 3000 people that I grew up in; very exciting!), 6 Nimmt, Codenames, Dixit: Memories, Sushi Go, Loopin' Chewie, Ghost Blaster, Animal Upon Animal, Zooloretto, Pie Face, and also several little expansions or promos for several different games from BGG and Cundco.  Some of these games have arrived already.  I expect the rest to arrive soon.  I also expect (through very careful and strategically limited Christmas wishlists) to possibly get Tzolk'in and Istanbul before the season is over.  I fully admit that I am more excited about all these games than I should be. 

I also won Sheriff of Nottingham in a raffle at game night tonight.   :blue-meeple:

Glad to see I'm not the only one riding the crazy train when ordering.  :D

Very excited about today's delivery!

Sweet. So 7 Wonders is a good game? I saw Dan mentioned it below as well. I've been seeing it in the store and was pondering if to buy or not. I got that promo expansion (for 7 Wonders), figure I make use of it to get the base game and have a go at it.
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Post by: MrNumbers on November 12, 2015, 05:11:09 AM
Discussion about 7 Wonders was split to different thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2179.0).
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Post by: Paul on November 12, 2015, 05:23:46 AM
A little update what the postman has been up to!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20151112__IMG_0001__1024.jpg)

*Star Wars is from the local store.

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20151112__IMG_0004__1024.jpg)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20151112__IMG_0005__1024.jpg)

I can't believe The City popped up in a store like that. It's not the Wooden Box version, though.
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Post by: supertopix on November 12, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Where did you Find The City?
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Post by: Paul on November 12, 2015, 05:31:48 AM
Where did you Find The City?

From a store here in Sweden. Popped up from nowhere figure I order it. It's a good chance I'll be selling it again for anyone interested. I'll update my sale thread with the info in a bit.

Link to thread: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1417.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1417.0)
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Post by: quevy on November 12, 2015, 09:38:08 AM
 :) :) :) :)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12243543_10208195960121877_7301212600868132902_n.jpg?oh=c77d4867a7460aa67199d6d9109388c0&oe=56B4A00F)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12246992_10208195958921847_333817721689059452_n.jpg?oh=857b0832179995a33dc31a60881db769&oe=56B43A46)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12227084_10208195959081851_4852947622713602749_n.jpg?oh=1a4e8d092628e5bde472e1e099a4263f&oe=56ED79EF)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11204405_10208195959561863_7780353529258187736_n.jpg?oh=8a3d553b9fadad26661feb3da8e973f0&oe=56C38E96)

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Post by: ooh_jim on November 17, 2015, 09:54:35 AM
Had my cundco order arrive today, as well as a special package from Mitchmedia

(http://i.imgur.com/ExxjDO2l.jpg)

That's a full set of phantoms (pink/red/orange/yellow/green/blue/purple/brown/white/grey/black), a one-tile city (with Russian counterpart for comparison - spot the difference), and a lone FRRR which I've signed and plan to send off to Dan by the end of the week.
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Post by: Safari on November 19, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
Great Stuff, ooh_jim! Unfortunately I can't find out which of these cities is the russian one. BTW: Could you take another/better photo of the phantom meeples? They look great!
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Post by: meepleater on November 20, 2015, 12:24:11 AM
Had a few different deliveries this week- got Gingerbread Man and Snow Circles for the Winter Edition as well as the Leaders expansion and extra wonders for 7 wonders.
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Post by: supertopix on November 20, 2015, 03:05:25 AM
Snow circles? Where I can Find them?
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Post by: meepleater on November 20, 2015, 04:31:28 AM
Snow circles? Where I can Find them?

There is a guy selling multiple copies on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekmarket/product/822106
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Post by: supertopix on November 20, 2015, 06:26:55 AM
Thanks and... wow... more than two € for each tile!
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Post by: ooh_jim on November 20, 2015, 12:43:03 PM
Great Stuff, ooh_jim! Unfortunately I can't find out which of these cities is the russian one. BTW: Could you take another/better photo of the phantom meeples? They look great!

Here you go!
(http://imgur.com/SOVSq0zl.jpg)
Orange & Brown

(http://imgur.com/Idxlqful.jpg)
These five are all similar hues. From left to right, I'm using them as:

Oh - and the Russian tile is missing a city on the top edge.

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Post by: Safari on November 22, 2015, 02:13:10 PM
Wow, I didn't notice the missing city! So, the German city tile isn't the original one.  :@
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Post by: Rosco on November 24, 2015, 09:03:16 AM
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/24/22abbadbc810b9152b91505acda320e3.jpg)

Wow this is awesome!!!!!!
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Post by: Decar on November 24, 2015, 09:26:23 AM
Which will you play with first!
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Post by: ooh_jim on November 24, 2015, 09:46:36 AM
Update!

I came home today to find another phantom had arrived. Apparently, Michmedia wasn't a massive fan of how the original purple batch turned out, and was kind enough to recast and ship a replacement.

(http://imgur.com/yXs1m94l.jpg)

So now the official Grey is back in its original set (which kinda fits for me as I keep the min a lilac coloured draw bag)
The new purple is with the purple set
The old purple is with the white set
The old white is with the unpainted as its the only one that's totally uncoloured.

Thanks again, Michmedia
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Post by: Rosco on November 24, 2015, 09:48:47 AM
Well, my winter edition is still with Dan, so not that, I have never tried the count so probably not that, my wife doesn't like playing games so not stay wars or stock and stein.  ......

So they will probably all sit on the shelf until a friend who plays games comes round!
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on November 24, 2015, 01:24:36 PM
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/24/22abbadbc810b9152b91505acda320e3.jpg)

Wow this is awesome!!!!!!
Cundco sent to you the small winter expansion?
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Post by: danisthirty on November 24, 2015, 03:23:02 PM
Cundco sent to you the small winter expansion?

This W/E expansion is the Gingerbread Man rather than the Crop Circles.
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Post by: franks on November 25, 2015, 07:43:04 PM
This is a bit of a cross post from the Cundco order - lament posts, (sorry don't know how to add the link to the page).

Anyway,

I decided I wanted a second copy of Star Wars (and got tired of waiting for Cundco) so ordered from amazon.de. I received that today, it arrived much earlier than anticipated, about 2 weeks! Finally have one copy in hand  :white-meeple:
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Post by: Rosco on November 27, 2015, 10:56:33 AM
Today I recieved a lovely carca suprise -

The tower tiles (to go with the spare set of tower blocks I have)
The Friday expansion for South Seas
The Sheriff for Gold rush
Spiel 14 tile
The trick or treat expansion from Danisthirty
A red teacher from Dan is thirty
A very cool dragon (in fact ice cold)
A green and blue teacher from jtatomico with a meeple postcard
Another item I won't mention yet.
I am sure there is something else but not sure. 

Yesterday I recieved an awesome envelope from Kettlefish too with some signed tiles for prizes for a super mega game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2015, 02:24:15 PM
A few bits and pieces that I've been after for a while:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Postman_28nov15.jpg)

Most of this was from Benny who kindly included them along with the tiles he sent me for the 15th anniversary landscape project (City of Carcassonne tile, Spiel 15 tile, Magic Portal tile signed by KJW and KJW autographed photo). I bought the W/E Crop Circles from someone on BGG who was selling them after following a link posted by someone here...
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Post by: Paul on December 01, 2015, 04:26:06 AM
About a month ago, this board game came to my attention. Finding a sweet deal on this game I could not help but to order it. It arrived today, and let me tell you, they were not kidding about the size! (12 kg content!)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/DSC_0096__1024.jpg)
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Post by: kettlefish on December 01, 2015, 04:32:46 AM
I've got two graphics in a frame - signed by Doris Matthäus.
Udo Schmitz gave me them in Leipzig this year.

One frame is for danisthirty - which one ?
I don't know yet.

Here is a scan.
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Post by: Rosco on December 01, 2015, 07:23:56 AM
I received a parcel from Germany via Danisthirty yesterday! 

Hunters and gatherers
Winter edition

Can't wait to play them.
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Post by: quevy on December 01, 2015, 10:10:54 AM
Today I got some nice things.

6 bags from Aenima School repainted in the colors remaining.
2 Mayors to be used for the expansion of the castle falconers.
24 white tiles.
Phantoms in additional colors.

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/12341264_10208307292585119_7278698867428258993_n.jpg?oh=6122a3e7d79322beb1048c4abe9030cd&oe=56F37405)
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Post by: aenima on December 02, 2015, 12:28:46 AM
 ;D
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 04, 2015, 01:54:47 AM
Just received from kettlefish a collection of one City of Carcassonne tile (to sign and send to danisthirty) and four random blank tiles, one each from Winter Edition, South Seas, Gold Rush, and Über stock und stein. Thank you kettlefish!

Now, if only I get my Star Wars Carcassonne games sometime before the apocalypse.
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Post by: stalcupojoy on December 06, 2015, 04:32:02 PM
My first Carcassone expansion! (Well, other than The River that came with my original game.)

This is the picture I texted my wife to announce its arrival. :)

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Post by: danisthirty on December 06, 2015, 11:28:19 PM
Congrats stalcupojoy - enjoy! 8)
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Post by: franks on December 07, 2015, 04:18:14 PM
Received Over Hill and Dale today.

We are big gardeners so I think my wife will like the theme of this a little more than Gold Rush. She didn't mind the mechanics but hasn't wanted to again play since our first couple of games. Then again she really enjoys South Seas.

Cheers,
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Post by: danisthirty on December 09, 2015, 09:58:13 AM
I came home to an exciting package today. Please share my excitement via the photos below...

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/excitingbox_1.jpg)


(http://www.dan.tehill.net/excitingbox_2.jpg)


(http://www.dan.tehill.net/excitingbox_3.jpg)

I might not have got a free Spiel 15 tile, but I did get not 1, not even 2, but 3 FREE elastic bands (pictured above). I'm still deciding what I'm going to do with them at the moment, but the possibilities are unbounded! 8) :(y) :(y) :(y)

Time to update my profile... ;)
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Post by: CKorfmann on December 09, 2015, 07:35:40 PM
Is there a spot on the list for rubber bands?  Sorry, elastic bands!  ;D
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Post by: Fallred on December 09, 2015, 10:43:26 PM
My first Carcassone expansion! (Well, other than The River that came with my original game.)

This is the picture I texted my wife to announce its arrival. :)


I saw you were deciding between new and old art.  Did you go with the old art then?  I prefer old style much more,  but it's so expensive,  and no expansions reprinted in the old style.   How did you choose?
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Post by: franks on December 11, 2015, 02:25:14 PM
More of my own early Xmas presents  ;D

This was a very quick delivery by Amazon, (about one week).

The last couple of weeks have also brought The Star Wars edition and Hill and Dale to their new home.

I continue to wait for my Cundco order placed on Oct. 16th and yet to arrive! (Order is supposedly on its way.)
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Post by: danisthirty on December 11, 2015, 02:57:05 PM
This was a very quick delivery by Amazon, (about one week).

What?! Where's mine? The tracking thing says it's still on the way, and estimates the 22nd December. I'm a bit confused as to how this can have happened since I ordered mine the day before you and am also in the UK! :o
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Post by: franks on December 11, 2015, 03:31:04 PM
This was a very quick delivery by Amazon, (about one week).

What?! Where's mine? The tracking thing says it's still on the way, and estimates the 22nd December. I'm a bit confused as to how this can have happened since I ordered mine the day before you and am also in the UK! :o

Well, sometimes I wish I was in the UK but I'm in Canada.  :D

I assumed the Amazon seller was in the U.S. but considering how quickly it arrived, I'm thinking the seller might have actually been in Canada.

Hey not complaining and its nice to have more vintage tiles from this set ;D
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 11, 2015, 05:31:49 PM
I continue to wait for my Cundco order placed on Oct. 16th and yet to arrive! (Order is supposedly on its way.)
That actually gives me some comfort. I ordered mine on the 23rd, I think, and it's been on its way since November 13rd or so.
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Post by: danisthirty on December 11, 2015, 11:23:13 PM
This was a very quick delivery by Amazon, (about one week).

What?! Where's mine? The tracking thing says it's still on the way, and estimates the 22nd December. I'm a bit confused as to how this can have happened since I ordered mine the day before you and am also in the UK! :o

Well, sometimes I wish I was in the UK but I'm in Canada.  :D

I don't know why I assumed you were in the UK, I must be confusing you with someone else. In any case, I don't feel quite so hard done-by now. Hope you enjoy it! :) :(y)
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Post by: stalcupojoy on December 12, 2015, 03:27:32 PM
My first Carcassone expansion! (Well, other than The River that came with my original game.)

This is the picture I texted my wife to announce its arrival. :)


I saw you were deciding between new and old art.  Did you go with the old art then?  I prefer old style much more,  but it's so expensive,  and no expansions reprinted in the old style.   How did you choose?

Hi Fallred,

I decided to go with the old art because...

1. I want to enjoy this game now, including the expansions, rather wait for who-knows-how-many years for all of them to be re-released with the new art. (Knowing how my wife and I play games, Carcassonne will only stay our favorite game for a while, before we move on to something else, although it will stay in rotation for a long time. I want to enjoy it while we're really into it.)

2. I don't expect some of the old expansions will ever be reprinted in the new art, especially some of the smaller promos that I have my eye on like Castles in Germany and Halflings. I want to pick them up while there's still a chance to get them for decent prices (see below).

3. I like the old art better.

As for how to buy them, I'm just taking my time and looking out for deals. There are still a LOT of old-art expansions floating around for sale, but I expect that to become less and less so. Look on BoardGameGeek's marketplace, eBay, used sales on Amazon, and stores like Cundco and Boardgameshop.eu. The shipping from these last two can be terrible, but it can also be quite reasonable if you're shipping small stuff (e.g. 4 euros from Cundco for three small expansions) or ordering enough at once to make the shipping costs worth it. Also see CarcC's Recommended Supplier List for more places to shop -- http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=30.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=30.0).

Hope that helps!

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Post by: quevy on December 13, 2015, 03:36:14 AM
Yesterday I received this.
(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12366222_10208378705290392_8395196117538569211_n.jpg?oh=777ecc9e8f2c7b0b3460ce426722f394&oe=56E09E9B)
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Post by: egamar on December 13, 2015, 06:40:01 AM
Now I know why you wanted the 'Judge' tile :)
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Post by: quevy on December 13, 2015, 11:41:39 AM
 O0
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Post by: franks on December 14, 2015, 03:50:32 PM
Finally received my Cundco order placed on Oct. 16th, almost 2 months to the day! When I reached them by email (about a month ago) they were apologetic and blamed the problems on the website change over.

It contained the Star Wars edition, Start tableau and a few odds and ends. Sadly no little extras for the trouble that others received.
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Post by: danisthirty on December 16, 2015, 06:17:40 AM
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/WoF_quevy.jpg)

I don't believe it! >:( Amazon.com have delivered this almost a week earlier than expected, but they've completely mucked up the delivery address! As is obvious from the picture above, they've clearly delivered it to quevy by mistake! ::)

Topic Split into: 
I Love Owls (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2252.0)
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Post by: SRBO on December 16, 2015, 02:31:30 PM
Im wondering.. will a topic ever be full? lol..
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Post by: danisthirty on December 17, 2015, 12:10:19 AM
Im wondering.. will a topic ever be full? lol..

Never! :D

This topic is by far the biggest on the forums in terms of posts and views:

Posts:
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Postman_Replies.png)

Views:
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Postman_Views.png)
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Post by: Decar on December 17, 2015, 12:17:32 AM
Certainly not when I keep finding stuff to buy....
Now do I want Cracassonne dish-cloths or curtains this month  :@ ::)
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Post by: stalcupojoy on December 18, 2015, 09:20:20 AM
Some early Christmas presents from my parents (including a very injured & discounted box of San Juan 2nd edition).

My little one and two year old daughters love playing with The Phantom case/meeples. :)
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Post by: Decar on December 19, 2015, 12:31:54 PM
Great picture @stalcupojoy - Thanks for sharing with us. Goldmines and Ferries are probably my favourite minis, hope you enjoy them  :(y)
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Post by: Decar on December 20, 2015, 08:39:47 AM
My Christmas gift from Rosco arrived a few days ago.  A fantastic suprize and high level of workmanship. Thanks you very much!

12 is my house number, if anyone was wondering.  Now my postman will know exactly what to do with any meeple shaped packages :D

I have posted a link to a photo (http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20151220_162559-600x1067.jpg) (with another of my wife's owls) in case others have not received theirs yet and want to keep the worthwhile suprize!

Merry Christmas Rosco & family! May you always draw fortuitous cloisters :)

My Christmas project is somewhat delayed, hopefully it'll be out of the door early next week; but probably a little late for Christmas morning now :(
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Post by: Rosco on December 20, 2015, 09:28:46 AM
I haven't sent them to everyone I planned to but I will try to make some more soon.  I have a limited supply of slate and the slate is re - purposed roof slates from the quarries in the Lake District.

The ones sent so far are from a 300 year old house.  The slates will be only about half that age though.
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Post by: Decar on December 20, 2015, 09:40:42 AM
If I place it carefully hopefully it will still be here in 150yrs :)

That 300yr house must have had a damp top floor if it took them that long to put roof tiles on it :D  :@ :@
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Post by: kettlefish on December 20, 2015, 11:33:34 AM
I've got from HiG / CundCo this - a Merry Christmas card

postcards and 1st + 2nd expansion for the CC II
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Post by: Decar on December 20, 2015, 11:53:14 AM
Very nice card kettle.  This gives me an idea: perhaps we could have a small game to make Christmas pictures with coloured meeple.
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 20, 2015, 11:59:15 AM
I've got from HiG / CundCo this - a Merry Christmas card postcards and 1st + 2nd expansion for the CC II
We all knew you'd end up with those expansions someday. You can't get away from Carc2.0. It is your...destiny...
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Post by: kettlefish on December 20, 2015, 12:07:58 PM
I've got from HiG / CundCo this - a Merry Christmas card postcards and 1st + 2nd expansion for the CC II
We all knew you'd end up with those expansions someday. You can't get away from Carc2.0. It is your...destiny...
Yes - I've got the two expansions because I did the correction reading for the German rules. I still haven't the base game CC II.
I need the rule books - for the clarification of rules. The wooden figures will land into my supply of Carcassonne figures - sorted by colours.
The tiles: I need more "blanc" tiles - that means I remove the graphics from the new edition - and then I have 42 new blanc tiles.
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 20, 2015, 12:44:06 PM
The tiles: I need more "blanc" tiles - that means I remove the graphics from the new edition - and then I have 42 new blanc tiles.
This is awesome. About as vindictive as you can be without actually burning a copy. Love it!
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Post by: kettlefish on December 20, 2015, 12:53:00 PM
The tiles: I need more "blanc" tiles - that means I remove the graphics from the new edition - and then I have 42 new blanc tiles.
This is awesome. About as vindictive as you can be without actually burning a copy. Love it!
HiG, KJW and Udo know what I like to do with the tiles and they know that I really do this.
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Post by: jungleboy on December 21, 2015, 03:57:58 AM
My winter edition crop circles arrived today, just in time for a game this afternoon. Although I've said before that I didn't think crop circles was a great choice (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1983.msg29549#msg29549), it's still nice to have some new winter tiles as I love the winter edition artwork in general. For this mini-expansion, I really like the cloister tile with the pitchfork and deer.

Game report to come :)
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Post by: Guy on December 21, 2015, 05:03:58 AM
My winter edition crop circles arrived today, just in time for a game this afternoon...

I can't wait until the spoiler removed when the brettspiel advent calendar finally confirms the name of this expansion because they're not crop circles as there's only grass underneath. A more accurate name would be the melted snow expansion...
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Post by: Rosco on December 22, 2015, 05:58:15 AM
Wow I love the postman sooo much!!

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/22/ea71e964813c238424d509c000a20be0.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on December 22, 2015, 06:02:49 AM
Pretty crafty of the postman to sneak a copy of the Catapult in there too, just because he/ she couldn't get rid of it elsewhere... ;)
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Post by: quevy on December 22, 2015, 08:13:28 AM
Wow I love the postman sooo much!!

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/22/ea71e964813c238424d509c000a20be0.jpg)

Hello Rosco, we have participated in the same auction on ebay on ebay.de, I've been tempted until the last minute to raise the offer, if I had known it was you I would not have participated, maybe you could save money.
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Post by: Rosco on December 22, 2015, 11:04:16 AM
Ah.  Never mind. Was there anything you wanted particularly?
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Post by: quevy on December 22, 2015, 11:10:39 AM
I attended only to have another copy of the tunnel.
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Post by: jungleboy on December 22, 2015, 11:13:28 AM
Rosco are you looking to on-sell any of this (especially from the Big Box)? I'm going to get my Basically Wooden travel box in early Feb when I'm next in the UK. I haven't fully decided what expansions I want to put in it yet but for starters I'd need another copy of the base game, and you have a lot of other potentially interesting stuff in here that I assume are duplicates.
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Post by: Rosco on December 22, 2015, 03:26:43 PM
Yes I am selling almost everything on.  I really bought it for the tunnels.

However,  I need to make back what I spent and I don't want to charge my CC friends as much as I need so please don't be annoyed if my prices are a bit high.

The best thing would be to send me a PM with an offer and I will let you know.  Some items are already promised out so be quick.
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 22, 2015, 04:24:45 PM
Just realised that that is the Big Box 1. Very nice find!
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Post by: Rosco on December 23, 2015, 09:38:43 AM
Thankyou
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 23, 2015, 10:06:06 PM
Well, it's official: I hate somebody. The postal worker, DHL, Cundco, someone. I ordered my 5 boxes of Star Wars Carcassonne (and assorted other items) on October 23rd, I got an email that they had shipped on November 11th or so. I haven't heard anything since. I've emailed CundCo twice to get some form of update but they've never responded. Now it is Christmas Eve before a three-day holiday weekend. Even if I get it, it won't be until Monday now. .:.sigh.:. And I could have gotten Star Wars Carcassonne for much cheaper from German Amazon had I just waited a week........  :'(
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Post by: danisthirty on December 24, 2015, 03:06:38 AM
Really sorry to hear that whaleyland :( Hopefully it will have been worth the wait when it does eventually arrive...
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 29, 2015, 12:53:50 PM
At last I have an answer from CundCo! As expected, they sent the package to the wrong address—a domestic address—so they got it returned at some point over the past two months and for some reason never contacted me (thanks CundCo!). They got back to me with 12 hours this time, though, and said they would resend it and said I could add three mini expansions for the trouble. So it looks like I'll get something out of this after all, yay! Still, what a pain. I'm just glad they are friendly and helpful once the email gets through to them. I'll give another update when I finally receive this sucker.
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on December 29, 2015, 01:44:27 PM
I am still interested in a copy when they arrive.
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Post by: MrNumbers 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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Post by: Decar 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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Post by: Whaleyland 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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Post by: Halfling 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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Post by: Rosco on January 01, 2016, 06:08:43 AM
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/01/c5c7df497eacf820e460bcd8637cd653.jpg)

Decar - those tiles look totally professional!

 Thank you!
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Post by: Decar 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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Post by: Rich_The_Fish 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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Post by: Decar 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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Post by: Decar 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.

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160103_223917.jpg)

Here's my problem though:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160103_224232.jpg)

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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Post by: jungleboy 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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Post by: quevy 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 :)
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2292.msg32351#msg32351 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2292.msg32351#msg32351)
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Post by: Paul 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:

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160104__DSC_0106__1024.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on January 06, 2016, 07:44:37 AM
Today the postman brought me Alhambra!

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160106_145200.jpg)

.... but no where to keep it!
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Post by: jungleboy 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.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 06, 2016, 02:36:20 PM
That's interesting - I thought the total opposite!  A lot of the reviews I've seen say that some of the expansions weren't well conceived.  Though there are 24 to chose from now!  Each expansion seemed to have a particular player-count in mind, so some are suitable some not so much, I think some can drastically change tactics.  The Falconer's expansion looks awesome however and probably the best expansion box to get

As for the core-game, I started playing the Android Application (it's only 1.50) last week.  That was enough to convince me to try a Big Box.  I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I have done.  I understand why it won the SdJ now.  The game is quite casual, but there are some fiddly choices to make, and often you realize you made the wrong choice. Games can be played within 10-15minutes against the AI, I suspect seasoned players could knock a few games out very quickly.

When I've played a few of the expansions, I'll add a thread to the Other Games.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 07, 2016, 01:11:27 PM
I've played the Alhambra Big Box a lot over the years and must say that it is really hit-and-miss. I've played probably 10 of the modules, some in combination with each other, and we found early on that some combinations actually break the game. If you play with too many tile-based modules or too many card-based modules at the same time, the game breaks. I mean, it actually breaks. The victory conditions get triggered before the game has properly progressed. I believe with too many cards, we ended up running out of tiles before we had even gotten to the second scoring round. That's definitely a problem. We've since adopted the policy that for every tile- or card-based module we include over the first one, we must also include a module of the opposite type. We have yet to play any of the modules in expansions 4-7, surprisingly, and even a few of the modules in the first three expansions have only been tested once, or maybe not even at all (we didn't bring Alhambra with us to New Zealand unfortunately...).


In other news, CundCo FINALLY got back to me and confirmed that my order has been sent to the proper address this time, meaning if it comes quickly, I may get it before the THREE MONTH mark of when I ordered it. Definitely not one of CundCo's better moments. Also, they said that they currently do not have any Brettspiel Adventkalendar Winter Edition Crop Circles in stock so are not able to give me one of those as a "we're sorry" bonus. Sad times. I will, at least, be getting a Spiel '15 tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 07, 2016, 01:15:52 PM
Thanks for your thoughts whaleyland. I'm beginning to get the feeling that I want to like Alhambra more than I will actually like it, but we'll see :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 07, 2016, 01:20:38 PM
Oh, I should add that I received Decar's gift yesterday. THANK YOU DECAR! The tiles look amazing and my partner loved the bag they were in. We actually needed a meeple bag, so good call. I'm not sure when we'll get to try out the expansion, but it looks much more riveting than Wind Roses, which I imagine was similarly conceived.

Thanks for your thoughts whaleyland. I'm beginning to get the feeling that I want to like Alhambra more than I will actually like it, but we'll see :)
It is definitely a take it or leave it game. My partner loved it when she first played it, but I was more so-so. Over time, I think I began to like it much more than her...probably because I kept beating her.  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 07, 2016, 03:28:45 PM
Happy thanks whaleyland - im sorry it was a little late for Christmas. I'm glad you both liked the gifts :)

Yes you're right, I actually came up with the job title (astronomers) before conceiving the mehanics, but when it clicked it felt very similar to Windrose, accept it's a little tricker to get everything to line up.  The prototype we tried at the meetup was great fun. But in smaller games I was finding the 6tiles per constellation too powerful and easy to line up. I Hope you get time to give it a go soon!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: AlbinoAsian on January 08, 2016, 12:13:19 AM
This arrived as a Christmas present.
Wow I wasn't disappointed at all. Really liked the artwork, and the variation in the rules.
I need to play it some more for sure, but already this is up there with Hunter & Gatherers as my favorite variants.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on January 08, 2016, 03:03:16 AM
My gift also arrived from Decar thanks. It is late and I have an early start, hence the brevity of this post.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 08, 2016, 04:27:51 AM

This arrived as a Christmas present.
Wow I wasn't disappointed at all. Really liked the artwork, and the variation in the rules.
I need to play it some more for sure, but already this is up there with Hunter & Gatherers as my favorite variants.

Glad you like it! I prefer it to H&G personally, so Ark is actually my favourite 'quick game' out of vanilla Carcassonne or any spin-offs similar to vanilla Carcassonne.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 08, 2016, 08:23:15 AM
Today's arrival...

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160108__DSC_0101__1024.jpg)

... +2 more Descent expansions not seen here.

Weekend fun here I come!  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on January 08, 2016, 02:09:28 PM
Starting a new collection Paul? :D looks great!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 08, 2016, 02:18:01 PM
Starting a new collection Paul? :D looks great!

Almost completed!  :(y) The complete Descent 2nd edition. 12 more to get hold of (expansions) but some of them are becoming harder to get hold of. Don't worry, there will be game plays of some of these games this year!  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on January 08, 2016, 06:10:31 PM
Here is what I received for Christmas. I didn't expect anything, and then that! Wow, thanks guys!

The tiles of the Astronomers II are perfect. Nothing else, but perfect! Great work, Decar. And I love my new giant stone meeple. I already tested his new home in front of the house and will post a photo of it out there soon.  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on January 09, 2016, 08:09:19 AM
Here is the promised photo of the stone meeple in front of my house.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ailurus on January 11, 2016, 11:31:36 AM
I just stumbled upon a very favourably priced Carcassonne Winter Edition (€ 20) including those 12 additional tiles with (mythical) animals on them :)). I was quite surprised to find out that it also included the small Gingerbread Man Expansion (although the rules for this expansion weren't included — luckily I already bought the mini expansion from CundCo some time ago, so I have the rules in German) :gray-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on January 12, 2016, 12:46:01 PM
Nice find Ailurus! I have been tempted by the winter edition a few times. the gingerbread man is good fun and it's got some lovely artwork!

Here's my most recent arrivals. Haven't been about much so this is a round up of things over the last few months including the discovery from Decar, a few presents for people and the fantastic Astronomers expansion Decar has made. I can't believe how wonderful the tiles are and my regular care group had a lot of fun okaying with the expansion   :D

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 13, 2016, 06:03:36 AM
Today's delivery!

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection_20160113__DSC_0105__1024.jpg)

Just got back from down town and got to go back out again. :D I can never catch a break to play instantly.  :@
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 13, 2016, 06:06:19 AM
www.descentcentral.com - coming to an internet near you! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 13, 2016, 06:22:41 AM
www.descentcentral.com - coming to an internet near you! ;)

It's tempting to hit that link but I will be strong! 11 more expansions to go...  8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on January 14, 2016, 03:16:01 AM

including those 12 additional tiles with (mythical) animals on them...
WTF are those tiles?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 14, 2016, 03:20:53 AM
Der Turm has landed from Germany. One parcel down, seven in flight to go :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ailurus on January 14, 2016, 02:52:05 PM

including those 12 additional tiles with (mythical) animals on them...
WTF are those tiles?

These ones — https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1816730/carcassonne-winter-edition?size=medium
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Khonnor on January 15, 2016, 05:13:57 AM

including those 12 additional tiles with (mythical) animals on them...
WTF are those tiles?

Those are included in every copy, just part of the artwork.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 15, 2016, 05:20:03 AM
Der Turm has landed from Germany. One parcel down, seven in flight to go :o

Another one today - a pile of ziplock bags for meeple management (it's ok folks, I'll make sure they can breathe in there).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 15, 2016, 05:49:00 AM
Der Turm has landed from Germany. One parcel down, seven in flight to go :o

Another one today - a pile of ziplock bags for meeple management (it's ok folks, I'll make sure they can breathe in there).

 :D I do everything I can to avoid zip bags. Not really a fan storing anything in them, except when shipping out LEGO. But it's sure a very cheap way to store loose parts and that's great. Every penny saved on storage is more to spend on games themselves.  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 15, 2016, 05:50:35 AM
Well here there are usually 2 (max 3) players always using the same colours so keeping the setup time down means longer to play too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 15, 2016, 06:03:29 AM
I too had a lovely Friday "receival" from the postal office.  :)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160115__DSC_0104__1024.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 15, 2016, 06:24:00 AM
Postman has been friendly for me as well! My order from Cundco arrived today:
-De Kloosters
-Half as wild I and II
-Burgen in Deutschland
-Printed Carcassonne storage bag
-Some extra scoring tiles

Now waiting on my order from Meeplesource (extra mayor, barn, wagon) and for some books. Today is a good day  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on January 16, 2016, 03:39:56 AM
Yesterday I received these things, some in exchange, other gift :)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlt1/t31.0-8/12513778_10208623703975206_6771603050163098022_o.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on January 16, 2016, 02:30:14 PM
No photo, but I just received Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Twilight Struggle, Tokenoko, and an old music trivia game called Encore.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 18, 2016, 03:07:16 AM
Last Week's Cundco order has landed - many new toys to play with now :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 18, 2016, 05:40:38 AM
Last Week's Cundco order has landed - many new toys to play with now :)

Good good. Any photos/ eye-candy for the rest of us?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 18, 2016, 05:45:12 AM
Nothing exciting Mr Thirsty (sic) sir. Just hoovering up what I can in the "heritage" artwork before prices go silly :)
<huuuuuuuuuuuge pictures deleted>

Oh jeez! That was a bit of an error in sizing :s

Spielbox: HiG Almanach (with Kultstätte)
Abbey & Mayor / Abtei & Burgermeister
Count, King & Robber / Graf, König und Konsorten
Minis 1-6
De Kloosters
Die Windrosen
Halb so Wild II
Klöster in Deutschland
Count single tile/ Starttableau
Castles in Germany / Burgen in Deutschland

More bits still flying through the postal system :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 18, 2016, 06:02:34 AM
Nothing exciting Mr Thirsty (sic) sir. Just hoovering up what I can in the "heritage" artwork before prices go silly :)
<huuuuuuuuuuuge pictures deleted>

Oh jeez! That was a bit of an error in sizing :s

Spielbox: HiG Almanach (with Kultstätte)
Abbey & Mayor / Abtei & Burgermeister
Count, King & Robber / Graf, König und Konsorten
Minis 1-6
De Kloosters
Die Windrosen
Halb so Wild II
Klöster in Deutschland
Count single tile/ Starttableau
Castles in Germany / Burgen in Deutschland

More bits still flying through the postal system :)

You've certainly made short work of catching up on the classic Carc stuff. Well played sir! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 18, 2016, 11:25:12 AM
I recieved my wooden box version of The City, 2 copies of tunnels and 1 Copy of cathars.  I also recieved a kickstarter game I backed a year ago. 

TRAINMAKER
It is designed by Jason Glover
We have had a quick play through and it is a very straight forward dice and cards game.  It is good fun and I think it will have a lot of use.

I thoroughly recommend Jason Glover's games.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 18, 2016, 11:48:10 AM
I recieved my wooden box version of The City, 2 copies of tunnels and 1 Copy of cathars.  I also recieved a kickstarter game I backed a year ago.

Congratulations on your lottery win! ;) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 18, 2016, 12:29:00 PM
Ha ha ha
The city was €20, and the others were almost free when you consider selling the other bits I got with them
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on January 18, 2016, 12:56:41 PM

...The city was €20...
Where?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 18, 2016, 01:01:24 PM

...The city was €20...
Where?

Yeah, €20 for the City with the wooden box is a steal. Meanwhile I'm still waiting for the City 2.0; maybe it will come out now just after you got the original.  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 19, 2016, 02:47:04 AM
Die Pest / The Plague just arrived...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 19, 2016, 03:10:55 AM
Die Pest / The Plague just arrived...

I'm wondering about that small expansion. Is it worth it?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 19, 2016, 03:12:06 AM
I don't know yet - not played with it, but given it only cost me €7 delivered its a shot to very little.

edit: I see it has changed at Nostheide from 5 copies per order allowed to 1 copy. Perhaps they are running really short now? (This isn't me trying to pretend it is about to be "unavailable")
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2016, 03:27:35 AM
Die Pest / The Plague just arrived...

I'm wondering about that small expansion. Is it worth it?

The Plague has received its fair share of criticism, so certainly there are quite a few people who don't like it. Although I must say that I'm not one of them: I think it's pretty cool. Reading the Plague thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1527) in the Element of the Week series should give you a better idea of whether you think you'll like it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 19, 2016, 04:41:10 AM
Like the Catapult, it is an expansion for special occasions and doesn't really play well with others.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 19, 2016, 06:32:11 AM
Die Pest / The Plague just arrived...

I'm wondering about that small expansion. Is it worth it?

The Plague has received its fair share of criticism, so certainly there are quite a few people who don't like it. Although I must say that I'm not one of them: I think it's pretty cool. Reading the Plague thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1527) in the Element of the Week series should give you a better idea of whether you think you'll like it.

Thanks Jungleboy, the theme itself speaks to me, so I just ordered it anyway. I like a bit of chaos  >:D and I'm always positive when looking at mixed reviews.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2016, 06:38:03 AM
Thanks Jungleboy, the theme itself speaks to me, so I just ordered it anyway. I like a bit of chaos  >:D and I'm always positive when looking at mixed reviews.

Cool, I hope you like it! I've played it a couple of times by itself and enjoyed it. Maybe now it's time to add a few expansions/elements that look like they could complement it such as magic portals, fliers, tunnels and little buildings. Maybe even Wheel of Fortune could work with it?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 19, 2016, 10:54:07 AM
Photos or it doesn't count :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 20, 2016, 02:28:47 AM
I finally got my package from CundCo. No kidding, I ordered this on October 23rd and received it on January 20th (19th German time). That's just shy of three months! And just as a kicker, they forgot to give me my three Robber figures from the Carcassonne Mini. .:.sigh.:. Here I go again... I also apparently got as a freebie a Brown meeple pack, not realising I had ordered a Brown meeple pack already, so now the only "colour" I'm missing is Nude/Unpainted. I'm happy to have received the Star Wars Carcassonne finally, although my Star Wars fever has largely dissipated now. Andrew can finally get his copy.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on January 20, 2016, 07:43:20 AM
You got your Essen Tile at least emoji code3]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 20, 2016, 07:48:55 AM
Plus you can make dragon cocktails!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 20, 2016, 07:49:03 AM
Photos or it doesn't count :)

No photos, since you all know exactly what they look like - but my School (yellow bag, green teacher) arrived today along with a Princess & Dragon and a Bridges, Castles & Bazaars. Two more items to land (both in the post - GQ11 & Phantom) and I'm done. If any rarities (or re-issues in old artwork) fall into my lap, I'll take them but I won't go specially hunting them now (Cathar/Siege/Besiegers; Tunnel)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 20, 2016, 08:00:40 AM
That GQ expansion. Is it still easy to find or will I have to pay 'top dollar'?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 20, 2016, 08:07:52 AM
That GQ expansion. Is it still easy to find or will I have to pay 'top dollar'?

Well mine is coming to me via a circuitous route for $10
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 20, 2016, 10:41:39 PM
So pleased to see that your package finally arrived whaleyland! After 3 months though, I'm surprised they didn't offer more by way of a freebie as a gesture of goodwill. A large voucher for your next order might have been more appropriate.

Anyway, hopefully Star Wars Carc will have been worth the wait. Enjoy! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 04:24:44 AM
 :)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160121__IMG_0001__1024.jpg) (http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160121__IMG_0001__2048.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jma03 on January 21, 2016, 04:30:01 AM

incredible paul¡¡¡¡¡
You need a giant mansion to store your big collection.
are all the same or different expannsiones??????
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 21, 2016, 04:47:57 AM
I broke into Paul's house at the weekend, and took this photo of his loft:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/400.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 21, 2016, 04:52:36 AM
That might be the loft at his house... he has off-site storage too (I heard from a contact in the Swedish Navy that they rent part of it to store spare warships)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 21, 2016, 04:55:03 AM
I think it was battleships, not warships
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hounk on January 21, 2016, 05:01:22 AM
How many copies of "Ark of the Covenant" does Paul own? He mentioned once, they are quite a lot.

EDIT: Ouppsy. Picture of Pauls photo had not been loaded before.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 05:10:20 AM

incredible paul¡¡¡¡¡
You need a giant mansion to store your big collection.
are all the same or different expannsiones??????

It doesn't take up that much space, really. Got plenty of cardboard boxes that are designed specifically for Carcassonne boxes, easy stackable tucked in the corner of the office.  :(y)

The other games, that I intend to play, I've removed the content from the boxes and store them in tackle boxes, workshop cases and various small (and stackable) storage boxes. The boards and instructions as well as any extra materials such as stickers and cloth bags are kept in portable filing organizers.

All the empty boxes, inlays and cardboard sheets are kept in large cardboard boxes in the basement. Drawback is don't get the beautiful sight of the board game collection. But that's the cost for saving on storage (and not money).  :@
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 05:11:31 AM
I broke into Paul's house at the weekend, and took this photo of his loft:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/400.jpg)

Lovely pun. I get it now. Ark of the Covenant stored there.  ;D  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 05:14:13 AM
How many copies of "Ark of the Covenant" does Paul own? He mentioned once, they are quite a lot.

EDIT: Ouppsy. Picture of Pauls photo had not been loaded before.

I got more copies than depicted, yes.  :)

Let's hope I can sell these and help others around the world get a copy at a reasonable price. Downside is, these are the Scandinavian edition, but the rules are available in English online which is a comfort.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 21, 2016, 05:18:24 AM
Downside is, these are the Scandinavian edition, but the rules are available in English online which is a comfort.

Eivätkö kaikki osaa suomea?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 21, 2016, 05:18:36 AM
IF your world record attempt fails - at least you've got a back up plan.  Most concurrent games of Ark of the Covenant  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 05:20:34 AM
Downside is, these are the Scandinavian edition, but the rules are available in English online which is a comfort.

Eivätkö kaikki osaa suomea?

Yep! Finnish rules included as well as Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2016, 05:22:14 AM
IF your world record attempt fails - at least you've got a back up plan.  Most concurrent games of Ark of the Covenant  :(y)

Tempting! :)

I only ordered from that store that little Descent expansion but didn't want to pay for shipping (free shipping at a certain order value) and so I thought (or didn't think  ^-^ ) to order extra.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 22, 2016, 12:41:26 AM
 CundCo says the three Räubers are on their way! Also, finally got Brew Crafters! I just finished punching out 20 sheets of cardboard. And boy it has a lot of cardboard... I won't be able to play it for three more weeks, but I may give the rules a perusal. Anyone play Brew Crafters before? Any tips?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 22, 2016, 05:37:50 AM
The Plague arrived today, hurray!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 22, 2016, 05:42:12 AM
The Plague arrived today, hurray!

Words rarely uttered outside this forum :D

My Phantoms landed too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 22, 2016, 09:07:35 AM
And my final package this January 2016.  :(y)

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160122__IMG_0004__1024.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on January 22, 2016, 09:20:03 AM
And my final package this January 2016.  :(y)

Where did you find The Tunnel? :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on January 22, 2016, 09:42:07 AM
And my final package this January 2016.  :(y)

Where did you find The Tunnel? :'(

Boardgamegeek.com members store. Was after The Volcanoes for Cacao and then found Lord of the Rings: The Search. Both so cheap my twisted logic engulfed me to buy The Tunnel as well.  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on January 22, 2016, 09:43:23 AM
And my final package this January 2016.  :(y)

Where did you find The Tunnel? :'(

Boardgamegeek.com members store. Was after The Volcanoes for Cacao and then found Lord of the Rings: The Search. Both so cheap my twisted logic engulfed me to buy The Tunnel as well.  :(y)
Thought the tunnel to be long sold out. Need to check asap.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on January 22, 2016, 09:20:41 PM


Anyone play Brew Crafters before? Any tips?

I have a copy and really enjoy it. It is pretty simple. Do note that each player except the start player get a bonus resource.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 22, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
Noted! Ever play 2-player? If so, does it scale to 2 players well? I rarely get a chance to get these longer games out with my game group.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on January 22, 2016, 10:58:21 PM
No. Only played 3 and 4 player.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ARabidMeerkat on January 23, 2016, 03:47:12 AM
Finally manged to get and play Wheel Of Fortune. My collection is so nearly complete (ordered GQ11 from this forum).

Maybe then I could dive into the world of custom tile creations?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 23, 2016, 06:57:14 AM
Woot! GQ11 landed from the US (I love the APO and my pal in the USAF who has the APO box)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 27, 2016, 03:01:44 AM
Some Besiegers arrived :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 27, 2016, 04:03:00 AM
Some Besiegers arrived :)

Congrats! Although, according to your profile you don't own the base game yet... ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on January 27, 2016, 04:08:30 AM
Big Box 5...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 27, 2016, 04:09:20 AM
Big Box 5...

I'll let you off then :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 27, 2016, 04:09:43 AM
Some Besiegers arrived :)

Congrats! Although, according to your profile you don't own the base game yet... ???

Who needs the base game? With the besiegers tiles alone in the same alignment as the photo and an unlimited supply of meeples, I count 53 points to be had. Poor city though :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on January 27, 2016, 10:09:14 AM
65 points with unlimited meeples.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 27, 2016, 11:24:35 AM
I have 1 6-point besieged city, 5 points from roads, and 7 6-point farms for 42 points. What am I missing?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on January 27, 2016, 11:37:01 AM
I have 1 6-point besieged city, 5 points from roads, and 7 6-point farms for 42 points. What am I missing?

I see 6 points for the city, 5 points for the roads, 6 farms for 6 points, and 1 for 8 with the pig =  65.  62 is possible with a standard set of followers (seven standard followers, Big follower, Phantom, cart, pig).

The only way I can think of to add points without changing the tiles is to add the shepherd and some sheep. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 27, 2016, 12:56:41 PM
I have 1 6-point besieged city, 5 points from roads, and 7 6-point farms for 42 points. What am I missing?

I see 6 points for the city, 5 points for the roads, 6 farms for 6 points, and 1 for 8 with the pig =  65.  62 is possible with a standard set of followers (seven standard followers, Big follower, Phantom, cart, pig).

But 6 + 5 + (6 x 6) + 8 = 55, not 65. ???

Without pig, 53 is the most points I can find...
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Post by: Whaleyland on January 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
I have 1 6-point besieged city, 5 points from roads, and 7 6-point farms for 42 points. What am I missing?

I see 6 points for the city, 5 points for the roads, 6 farms for 6 points, and 1 for 8 with the pig =  65.  62 is possible with a standard set of followers (seven standard followers, Big follower, Phantom, cart, pig).
But 6 + 5 + (6 x 6) + 8 = 55, not 65. ???

Without pig, 53 is the most points I can find...
I second 53.
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Post by: kettlefish on January 27, 2016, 01:21:39 PM
Perhaps we should splitt this with the score of the tiles from one expansion.
I like to know what all the other expansions could get points if playing only this expansion without base game or without another expansion...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Leven on January 27, 2016, 01:56:27 PM
Perhaps we should splitt this with the score of the tiles from one expansion.
I like to know what all the other expansions could get points if playing only this expansion without base game or without another expansion...

Perhaps we could ask farin to allow us playing JCloisterZone without the base game (leaving only the starting tile). I assume that wouldn't be so difficult to develop.
Then we could announce further solo contests (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1976.0) for the expansions.
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Post by: ARabidMeerkat on January 27, 2016, 02:01:56 PM
Perhaps we should splitt this with the score of the tiles from one expansion.
I like to know what all the other expansions could get points if playing only this expansion without base game or without another expansion...

Perhaps we could ask farin to allow us playing JCloisterZone without the base game (leaving only the starting tile). I assume that wouldn't be so difficult to develop.
Then we could announce further solo contests (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1976.0) for the expansions.

I wonder if anyone could be clever enough to venture a guess into what the maximum number of potential points you could get from each expansion and when adding all of the together
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Post by: Rosco on January 27, 2016, 04:45:34 PM
My mistake.   I counted 8 farms
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Post by: CKorfmann on January 27, 2016, 07:26:34 PM
I have 1 6-point besieged city, 5 points from roads, and 7 6-point farms for 42 points. What am I missing?

I see 6 points for the city, 5 points for the roads, 6 farms for 6 points, and 1 for 8 with the pig =  65.  62 is possible with a standard set of followers (seven standard followers, Big follower, Phantom, cart, pig).

But 6 + 5 + (6 x 6) + 8 = 55, not 65. ???

Without pig, 53 is the most points I can find...

Apparently, I can't add...
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Post by: Hepguy on January 29, 2016, 01:45:54 PM
I just received my big box 5. So I can tick off the variant wof start tile, the alternative river tiles, the hills and sheep, and the extra colors for my meeple families.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 30, 2016, 12:46:50 AM
The Cacao volcano mini expansion arrived today. I don't even own the base game yet! This is the first time I have seen Cacao tiles in person and they look great!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160130/8b83fbdb1c056ec544d8c553af7d2d71.jpg)
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Post by: Paul on January 30, 2016, 01:08:55 AM
Saweet. Cacao tiles look great, don't they. I ordered from a member and did not realize bgg themselves had Volcanoes for sale.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 01, 2016, 01:31:08 PM
Not had much in the post recently, so thought I would include all the items I brought back from my trip to the USA in September with today's delivery!

Many thanks to the CarcassonneShoppe for MFC & Travel Edition :)

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160201_211711.jpg)
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Post by: Christopher on February 03, 2016, 12:19:32 AM
My Big Box 5 arrived yesterday! Ha-zah!

Most importantly, this gives me the River III, which I decided I needed as a result of the Completion posts. Darn those posts. No doubt I'll end up trying to get the Spielbox Cult tiles, too. It also has, I believe (although I haven't checked) the hill tile from Hills and Sheep sans the missing watermark. Very exciting. Plus the language independent Wheel of Fortune, which is good. Purple meeples too, though I already have pink. I should have bought orange before. More score tiles, and duplicates of other expansions. All good though! Upon a quick look, it seemed to me that the trade tokens were bigger than my other set from the original Traders and Builders. I'll have a good look tonight.

Most interestingly, this Big Box gives me a storage dilemma. Do I continue to keep my collection in an original game box and a Wheel of Fortune box, or move it all into the big box? I'll probably keep with the two boxes as I'm close to adding a third (Winter Edition!) box!
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Post by: Decar on February 03, 2016, 12:23:53 AM
Photos or it didnt happen :p
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Post by: jungleboy on February 03, 2016, 04:58:07 AM
Another mini expansion for a game I still don't have yet!! I believe I'll get the base game at the end of the month...

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160203/0ca22b5b48533fb37623616e03d98fc8.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on February 03, 2016, 06:04:14 AM
Nice photos jungleboy - Photo so it happened  ^-^
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Post by: Paul on February 03, 2016, 06:25:21 AM
I had completely forgotten I had ordered these magazines (from England). Winter Edition Corn Circles from another other figure I include these as they only had one copy and it was barely 4 Euro.

Pardon the image quality but I'm sick (got a cold) too lazy to work on the image.

(http://sydby.com/carcassonne/screenshots/collection/MyCollection20160203__DSC_0183__1024.jpg)

Spielbox Half and Half, and Windrosen.
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Post by: Decar on February 03, 2016, 10:18:03 AM
I received a first class delivery from Danisthirty today:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160203_175448_e.jpg)

Many thanks for posting the tile Dan (& Kettlefish for holding KJW to ransome)!
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Post by: jungleboy on February 03, 2016, 10:37:06 AM
Oh cool, you finally got it! Now all you need is that weird River with coding on the back and you're good to go.  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2016, 11:21:54 AM
patience is a virtue...apparently!
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Post by: franks on February 03, 2016, 03:34:56 PM
I also received my BGG delivery of Volcanos!

A sneaky way to include a photo  ;D

The Cacao volcano mini expansion arrived today. I don't even own the base game yet! This is the first time I have seen Cacao tiles in person and they look great!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160130/8b83fbdb1c056ec544d8c553af7d2d71.jpg)
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 05, 2016, 10:21:47 AM
My Big Carcassonne Box arrived from BW - if I could convince Tapatalk to post it at a sensible size a photo would be forthcoming... But I doubt anyone wants a 3000x2000 pixel image :)
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 05, 2016, 01:36:01 PM
Managed to earn a little bit of extra cash the other week so thought a little treat was in order (something the boys and I have wanted since we started playing the digital version a few months ago). Postie delivered it today which is great timing as we've got a family games night planned for tomorrow. Happy days!
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Post by: franks on February 05, 2016, 03:55:06 PM
I received a couple of little items today.

One from our pal, Decar. Thanks for the Brettspiel Adventskalender, Targi promo!

I also got the Ticket to Ride Europe - Orient Express promo from the Days of Wonders website, (free with paid shipping).
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 06, 2016, 08:34:27 AM
A visit from the Postie today... Where a parcel posted in Germany has landed here, the alert from DHL/DeutschePost has told me it is delivered and 8 hours later ParcelForce still don't know its delivered (it was a ParcelForce employee that handed it to me and his PDA I signed...)

Carcassonne : Die Stadt (Im Holzkoffer)

Man, I'm a happy bunny right now.
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Post by: Fritz_Spinne on February 06, 2016, 10:10:08 AM

Carcassonne : Die Stadt (Im Holzkoffer)

Man, I'm a happy bunny right now.

Something learned again: happy bunny is a new phrase for me, it's "Glückspilz" in german (which literally translates into luck mushroom).
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 06, 2016, 10:17:40 AM

Carcassonne : Die Stadt (Im Holzkoffer)

Man, I'm a happy bunny right now.

Something learned again: happy bunny is a new phrase for me, it's "Glückspilz" in german (which literally translates into luck mushroom).
http://dict.cc ?
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Post by: Decar on February 11, 2016, 12:12:47 AM
Funky River tiles & Cathars:
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Post by: Rosco on February 11, 2016, 07:16:23 AM
Decar - What are they??????
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Post by: Decar on February 11, 2016, 07:18:12 AM
River Tiles from the PC game.  It's a copy protection mechanic.  Game shows you a tile and a letter and you have to enter the code on the back of the tile!?!?!  Crazy right?!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on February 12, 2016, 02:21:50 AM
A bit ashamed but it was the last one I needed from the basic expansions. :)  :red-meeple:
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Post by: danisthirty on February 12, 2016, 02:51:39 AM
A bit ashamed but it was the last one I needed from the basic expansions. :)  :red-meeple:

Nothing to be ashamed of. Some people don't like and others do. That's fine. If you like it then great! If you don't like it but bought it anyway for reasons of completion then that's cool too. Somebody on these forums was kind enough to send me The Catapult as a gift and whilst I haven't played it yet, I certainly wouldn't hesitate to if I was playing Carc and others were keen to try it out. Even if you don't use the catapult itself, the tiles are quite cool and can add a lot of interest to the game...
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Post by: totor66 on February 12, 2016, 03:27:57 AM
Yep I plan to use it mainly for the tile without the catapult itself, but i'm sure I will try it properly when I play with kids, looking forward actually :)

PS: they have a lot of stocks on amazon.de for 15 € and since it's unlikely to get reprinted even in new art, might be time to grab some ;)

[Edit]: 13 € now actually, grrrr

totor66
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Post by: danisthirty on February 13, 2016, 04:48:15 AM
My latest arrivals:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/newstuff_13feb16.jpg)

Many thanks to JT Atomico for the Wheel of Fortune book (I still owe you for this, I will contact you for details of how best to pay) and also to a kind lady on eBay who sold me a first edition of Carcassonne (look - no Spiel des Jahres logo! :D)

It's been a good day! :(y)
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 13, 2016, 06:28:38 AM


to a kind lady on eBay who sold me a first edition of Carcassonne (look - no Spiel des Jahres logo! :D)

It's been a good day! :(y)

I wondered who the person was that had the bids cancelled and a new BiN setup... I was planning to snipe on that... Glad it has gone to an appreciative home.
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Post by: danisthirty on February 13, 2016, 06:44:21 AM
to a kind lady on eBay who sold me a first edition of Carcassonne (look - no Spiel des Jahres logo! :D)

It's been a good day! :(y)

I wondered who the person was that had the bids cancelled and a new BiN setup... I was planning to snipe on that... Glad it has gone to an appreciative home.

I didn't cancel anything, but I offered a price that she was happy with so she set up a Buy it Now and I bought it. Definitely an appreciative home! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 13, 2016, 06:45:46 AM
You know what I mean :) Bugs me when it happens and I really wanted it... I was mostly watching it to see what it went for
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 13, 2016, 07:12:42 AM
My usual policy is to be upfront about how much I'm prepared to pay. I offered a price that was in keeping with how rarely seen these are, and how much I could afford to pay (or how little I couldn't afford to pay as the case may be! :) )

I know that waiting until the dying seconds before placing a bid is pretty much common practice, but if people were prepared to bid with their best price beforehand it might ensure that the seller has a good idea of the kind of price their item might fetch and would be less inclined to sell directly. It had reached £21 with 4 days to go and there had only been 3 bids. I realise that this isn't for everyone, but I think it makes eBay a fairer place to buy and sell if people avoid bid-sniping on principle.

I could also point out that I bought it via a Buy it Now which wasn't restricted in terms of who it was available to. Technically anyone could have bought it! :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on February 13, 2016, 09:05:34 AM
and also to a kind lady on eBay who sold me a first edition of Carcassonne (look - no Spiel des Jahres logo! :D)

It's been a good day! :(y)

How much does a first edition Carcassonne like that usually fetch anyway?  I've never tried to hunt one down, thinking that it'd be price way beyond what I'd be willing to spend.  Also not so sure I'd recognize one immediately.
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Post by: JT Atomico on February 13, 2016, 11:04:02 AM
Argh, that was you Dan! I was watching that listing as well, I had put in an original £20 bid with the intention of going much higher and checked back later in the week to see that the listing had been cancelled :(

I even tried to offer the seller more than your £75 "Buy It Now" price, but I never heard back from them.

Oh well, I'm glad it went to someone who will appreciate it at least and glad that you got the Wheel Of Fortune book as well.
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Post by: jungleboy on February 13, 2016, 01:37:55 PM
You guys are nuts :)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 13, 2016, 11:22:22 PM
You guys are nuts :)

No. We're awesome! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 14, 2016, 01:05:59 AM
Welcome to the club Dan. You now get access to the secret 70-point forum ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 15, 2016, 02:15:36 AM
More postmanly delights:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160212_173114.jpg)
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 15, 2016, 03:11:21 AM
A Carcassonne Müller Metallbox
Carcassonne: Winter Edition
Gingerbread Man
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Post by: danisthirty on February 15, 2016, 03:16:14 AM
A Carcassonne Müller Metallbox
Carcassonne: Winter Edition
Gingerbread Man

Did you get it from Cundco? I saw a couple of those go for over £100 on eBay (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=435) when they first came out a few years ago because:

1) There were apparently only 1000 boxes (don't know how true this was)
2) They contained an "exclusive" expansion (die Belagerer - later available via Cundco directly)
3) They were only available in Germany and couldn't be bought online

HiG made a lot of German folk very rich with that one! ::)

Good buys by the way! :(y)
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 15, 2016, 03:18:50 AM
Yep - straight from Cundco - I posted in the Cathar/Siege/Besiegers thread... bizarrely in this case I was more interested in the box than the content (since I already have the expansions and the base game) - but since I became interested, I've acquired a BW box anyway...

Hello. My name is hunnymonster and I'm a Carcassonne-o-holic.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 15, 2016, 09:20:53 AM
Even better - as I was decanting Winter Edition into the BW box, I appear to have received a faulty packing of the game with 96 cards (instead of 84) - didn't notice as I pressed the tiles out - rather when the "84" tiles  wouldn't fit in the tray... Obviously I've kept the 12 extra tiles out (Mrs hunnymonster decried me instantly as a "purist")
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Post by: franks on February 15, 2016, 09:27:39 PM
Today brought La Strada into the mail box.

This Martin Wallace design has some mechanics that would be familiar to Carc players and is easy to learn and quick to play.

Action Point Allowance System
Area Control / Area Influence
Area Enclosure
Hand Management
Modular Board
Route/Network Building
Tile Placement

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9675/la-strada (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9675/la-strada)

I found a good price on this and thought I would give it a chance.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on February 16, 2016, 07:21:15 PM
Happy days!!!

Decar is the man of the hour - once again  :D

Such a great collection of goodies to receive that it feels better than Christmas!

Thank you Decar I'm very grateful for the whole package.
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Post by: Decar on February 16, 2016, 11:42:02 PM
Glad to see it all finally arrived!

Did I forget to pack an Astronomers rule sheet? I'll send you a pdf if you need it.

Merry Christmas  ???

Hope you enjoy them all!
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Post by: yimhj on February 17, 2016, 02:03:51 AM
I love the postman... and my brother too ! He is a new Carcassonne fan ; we played some games on Christmas and I gave him the virus.
He made me some barrels to pimp "Traders & Builders". I've got already cloth chips from ooh_jim. I need to get some wheat.

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Post by: danisthirty on February 17, 2016, 02:06:47 AM
Neat barrels! Well done for sharing your love of the game with someone else! :) :(y)
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Post by: Decar on February 17, 2016, 02:09:56 AM
Very cool - I've seen quite a bit of wheat around.  Meeplesource have some in their recent KS.  HiG use Wheat in some of their games too, so you might be able to order them as spare parts.

HTH
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Post by: yimhj on February 17, 2016, 02:28:50 AM
I've seen this : http://www.spielematerial.de/de/spielmaterial/spielsteine/waren/weizen-getreide-pflanze.html

I must order some things in few days.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 17, 2016, 03:55:20 AM
*Love* the barrels. I'm a big barrel fan, with some decorative barrels scattered throughout my apartment.

They also look great out on the board too. Do other people do that with trade goods? I just keep them aside and distribute them once cities are closed, but if you have nice goods, adding them to the landscape is a great idea. I had literally never thought of that until seeing your picture.
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Post by: yimhj on February 17, 2016, 04:59:23 AM
I've seen months ago, a similar picture (BGG ?). I thought it was a good idea for not forget the distribution of goods when the city is completed. Almost, a player can't put his meeple on the tile to hide the trade !
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Post by: ARabidMeerkat on February 17, 2016, 12:44:31 PM
Thanks to danisthirsty and Board Game Extras
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Post by: franks on February 17, 2016, 03:36:27 PM
Glad to see it all finally arrived!

Did I forget to pack an Astronomers rule sheet? I'll send you a pdf if you need it.

Merry Christmas  ???

Hope you enjoy them all!

Decar, the rule sheet was there it just didn't make the photo shoot for some reason!
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Post by: Whaleyland on February 17, 2016, 05:17:22 PM
A consternated comment from my partner implies that I received the Winter Edition – Kornkriese expansion at my Arizona house today. That means I once again have all the expansions to all the official Carcassonne games (except for Carc2 expansions). Yay! No photo, obviously, but it should be there in twoish years when I get back.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 18, 2016, 01:37:32 AM
I rather impulsively bought three games yesterday that I hadn't even heard of 24 hours earlier. Hopefully a photo will be coming to this thread soon!
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Post by: Decar on February 18, 2016, 01:45:38 AM
I rather impulsively bought three games yesterday that I hadn't even heard of 24 hours earlier. Hopefully a photo will be coming to this thread soon!

I'm guessing it wasn't Carcassonne 2.0?
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Post by: Karcalijn on February 18, 2016, 02:21:10 AM
Thanks to danisthirsty and Board Game Extras

Ah, you've got the abbots! No yellow?
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Post by: jungleboy on February 18, 2016, 03:54:08 AM
I rather impulsively bought three games yesterday that I hadn't even heard of 24 hours earlier. Hopefully a photo will be coming to this thread soon!

I'm guessing it wasn't Carcassonne 2.0?

Oh how I wish I hadn't heard of Carcassonne 2.0 until two days ago. Actually I don't wish that, because then I'd be angry right now!  >:D

The three games are all by the same designer, and at least one of them is quite difficult to come by. The designer himself gives a discount if you buy two of them in combination, so I did that and added a third game just for fun :)
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Post by: ARabidMeerkat on February 18, 2016, 04:57:07 AM
Thanks to danisthirsty and Board Game Extras

Ah, you've got the abbots! No yellow?

Not yet, since BGE ran out of yellow ones. Will still keep on searching! I was determined to get hold of these without succumbing to peer pressure and buying Carc 2 (although I may be tempted.....) in order to get the Abbots which I think are a great piece and addition to Carcassonne
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Karcalijn on February 18, 2016, 05:09:58 AM
Thanks to danisthirsty and Board Game Extras

Ah, you've got the abbots! No yellow?

Not yet, since BGE ran out of yellow ones.

Oh boy, now a feel a bit guilty... I ordered an extra yellow one to paint grey, sorry!  :-\

But, when i contacted BGE to thank them for selling when i asked them for the abbots, they told me that their gonna have a few sets soon. But after that batch, it may take a while. So i would email them to ask if they can keep you posted, if i were you. They were very nice and had a great service with me  ;)
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on February 18, 2016, 10:13:06 AM
I rather impulsively bought three games yesterday that I hadn't even heard of 24 hours earlier. Hopefully a photo will be coming to this thread soon!

I'm guessing it wasn't Carcassonne 2.0?

Oh how I wish I hadn't heard of Carcassonne 2.0 until two days ago. Actually I don't wish that, because then I'd be angry right now!  >:D

The three games are all by the same designer, and at least one of them is quite difficult to come by. The designer himself gives a discount if you buy two of them in combination, so I did that and added a third game just for fun :)
Tim Fowers?
Paperback, Burgle Bros?
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Post by: Decar on February 18, 2016, 10:32:52 AM
Amazing that was my first guess too. I really liked Burgle Bros.
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Post by: jungleboy on February 18, 2016, 10:57:49 AM
The three games are all by the same designer, and at least one of them is quite difficult to come by. The designer himself gives a discount if you buy two of them in combination, so I did that and added a third game just for fun :)
Tim Fowers?
Paperback, Burgle Bros?

Nope, but good guess!

Some more clues: one of the games is the most famous of his and fairly mainstream, the second one is a spin-off of the first with the same theme but different mechanics, and the third one is not the same theme but has some similar features. They all involve dice in some way or another.
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on February 18, 2016, 05:10:05 PM
Scott Aimes Tiny Epic series?
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Post by: jungleboy on February 18, 2016, 10:13:49 PM
Keep trying! Two of the games have a medieval monastery/manuscripts theme.
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Post by: Decar on February 19, 2016, 01:18:23 AM
Biblios + The Dice Game
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Post by: jungleboy on February 19, 2016, 02:06:04 AM

Biblios + The Dice Game

Ding, ding, ding!

I am a pseudo manuscript scholar in my spare time so I couldn't pass these up!
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 19, 2016, 02:54:52 AM
I love the postie and 3dhubs.com :)

For those that get irritated by the tiles becoming misaligned, in association with thingiverse.com (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:958020) & 3dhubs.com (http://3dhubs.refr.cc/GX2LDGT) - 20 of these just landed on my doorstep...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 19, 2016, 05:04:48 AM

I love the postie and 3dhubs.com :)

For those that get irritated by the tiles becoming misaligned, in association with thingiverse.com (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:958020) & 3dhubs.com (http://3dhubs.refr.cc/GX2LDGT) - 20 of these just landed on my doorstep...

These are really intriguing, nice purchase! I assume you can see the black borders between tiles after you lay them?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 19, 2016, 05:07:23 AM

I love the postie and 3dhubs.com :)

For those that get irritated by the tiles becoming misaligned, in association with thingiverse.com (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:958020) & 3dhubs.com (http://3dhubs.refr.cc/GX2LDGT) - 20 of these just landed on my doorstep...

These are really intriguing, nice purchase! I assume you can see the black borders between tiles after you lay them?

Yes - exactly - given the colour options of the materials available it was the least obtrusive option... I'll post a picture of them "in action" when I'm not at work :)
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Post by: ARabidMeerkat on February 19, 2016, 05:36:33 AM
I love the postie and 3dhubs.com :)

For those that get irritated by the tiles becoming misaligned, in association with thingiverse.com (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:958020) & 3dhubs.com (http://3dhubs.refr.cc/GX2LDGT) - 20 of these just landed on my doorstep...

Merit for your amazing find. I'm slightly in want myself.....
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 19, 2016, 07:11:11 AM
Here you go - a very quick shot of the tiles in action - with Carcassonne: die Stadt (because that was the first to hand)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 19, 2016, 08:48:03 AM
Really interesting, thanks for the photos!
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Post by: SRBO on February 19, 2016, 10:14:11 AM
Finally my time to post something in this topic.

Last valentine my girlfriend asked here on this forum, right under my nose, to get help for creating her own meeples and tiles: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2381.0
Funny 'cause I was considering to reply on that post without knowing it was her.

With special thanks to Decar who made this possible, I recieved personalized followers based on a picture of us.

It took a while before all the stickers were on the meeples, but I'm very glad with the outcome,
(http://i66.tinypic.com/wqq7pf.jpg)

Nice tiles, drawbag and meeples from Decar,
And ofcourse It_sme,

Merit for both of you!


P.S. my first fan-expansion!
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Post by: Decar on February 19, 2016, 10:40:51 AM
So happy to help you both out. Those meeple stickers look fantastic :)  Thanks for sharing a photo. Feel free to suggest some better Valentine's rules!

Don't forget, now you have a fan expansion you can join Quevy's competion:

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2292.0
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Post by: danisthirty on February 19, 2016, 10:37:04 PM
Last valentine my girlfriend asked here on this forum, right under my nose, to get help for creating her own meeples and tiles: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2381.0
Funny 'cause I was considering to reply on that post without knowing it was her.

:D

With special thanks to Decar who made this possible, I recieved personalized followers based on a picture of us.

It took a while before all the stickers were on the meeples, but I'm very glad with the outcome,

Congrats! I hope it made it a truly special Valentine's day for you. Well done Decar on those awesome meeple stickers... :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 22, 2016, 03:33:55 AM
The pimped "goods" for Traders & Builders arrived from BGE...(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160222/db70219fca03a86959ea037d7287856a.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 22, 2016, 05:16:23 AM
Nice. :(y) What sort of size are they?
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Post by: Valheru on February 22, 2016, 05:16:29 AM
These look fantastic!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 22, 2016, 05:20:14 AM
Biggest of them is approximately the size of a €urocent coin (or an old ½p if you remember those Dan)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 22, 2016, 05:33:47 AM
I think they look really cool too. BGE - board game extras? I looked briefly and couldn't find them. Interesting how they gave you an extra wheat and silk but not an extra barrel. It also would have been better if the silk was red to match the depiction on the tiles, but overall these are very cool and a definite upgrade over not only the tokens but also the other sets I've seen.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 22, 2016, 05:35:24 AM
I think they look really cool too. BGE - board game extras? I looked briefly and couldn't find them. Interesting how they gave you an extra wheat and silk but not an extra barrel. It also would have been better if the silk was red to match the depiction on the tiles, but overall these are very cool and a definite upgrade over not only the tokens but also the other sets I've seen.
http://www.boardgameextras.co.uk/index.php?cat=314&category=Realistic+Resource+Tokens#.VssOkPnhDIU

Here you go, mate.
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Post by: jungleboy on February 22, 2016, 05:44:07 AM
I think they look really cool too. BGE - board game extras? I looked briefly and couldn't find them. Interesting how they gave you an extra wheat and silk but not an extra barrel. It also would have been better if the silk was red to match the depiction on the tiles, but overall these are very cool and a definite upgrade over not only the tokens but also the other sets I've seen.
http://www.boardgameextras.co.uk/index.php?cat=314&category=Realistic+Resource+Tokens#.VssOkPnhDIU

Here you go, mate.

Great, thanks. I was looking under Carcassonne but now I see they're not game-specific, which is why the cloth/silk is not red. I see they also have gold bars which could be better than the existing ones for the Goldmines.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 22, 2016, 05:45:35 AM
I think they look really cool too. BGE - board game extras? I looked briefly and couldn't find them. Interesting how they gave you an extra wheat and silk but not an extra barrel. It also would have been better if the silk was red to match the depiction on the tiles, but overall these are very cool and a definite upgrade over not only the tokens but also the other sets I've seen.

Actually that's down to what I ordered :) There is another barrel too - I ordered a spare of each...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on February 22, 2016, 08:03:59 PM
I ordered this from a fellow Canadian user on BGG at a reasonable price, ($20 + shipping). I've been keeping an eye out for 'original editions'.

I had to ask this seller what edition, (who responded how he could identify that?), he's abviously is not a connoisseur  ;)

I don't mean to sound denigrating at all, this fellow had good communication and has a very large collection with great taste in games.

He did confirm it was a RGG version that he had for a long time and said it was in VG condition. I was hopeful it was an older set and having just received this it seem to have confirmed to be an older edition. From the BGG listing this looks to be the 2002 - RGG with stamped mark, 'Includes the River expansion'.

There is some box wear on the back of the box but the tiles, (punched), look unused. This looks to be the oldest version I now own.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Fritz_Spinne on February 22, 2016, 10:36:07 PM
Most interesting question for many of us: does ist have a 70 point scoreboard?
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Post by: Whaleyland on February 22, 2016, 10:47:10 PM
Most interesting question for many of us: does ist have a 70 point scoreboard?
Yeah. The back of the box shows one.
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Post by: danisthirty on February 22, 2016, 10:53:35 PM
Most interesting question for many of us: does ist have a 70 point scoreboard?
Yeah. The back of the box shows one.

Whether the back of the box shows one is no indicator of whether it actually includes one. I think this box includes the old-style (grey) 50-point score track. Still a great find, and can't fault the price. Nice find! :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on February 23, 2016, 01:57:13 AM
Not delivered by the postie, but this turned up just now... The glue around part of the box lid has failed - but that is easily repairable.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160223/39bb59f35c76a4e9e80abc9a50282d3f.jpg)
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Post by: franks on February 23, 2016, 06:06:28 AM
Most interesting question for many of us: does ist have a 70 point scoreboard?
Yeah. The back of the box shows one.

Whether the back of the box shows one is no indicator of whether it actually includes one. I think this box includes the old-style (grey) 50-point score track. Still a great find, and can't fault the price. Nice find! :(y)

I should have clarified that it was the 50 point track  :)
It was the first thing I checked and would have mentioned it in the post if it was.  :)
The 50 point track is printed in colour so not sure if that changes the vintage. Only the box cover suggests the 2002 edition.
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Post by: JT Atomico on February 24, 2016, 09:17:24 AM
After much searching, I found myself a 70-point scoreboard! It was delivered today (though not actually by the postman).

(http://s15.postimg.cc/ok7sbfy97/70_scoreboard.jpg)  (http://s24.postimg.cc/4i1osq2yd/green_70.jpg)

Oh my goodness, this was hard to track down! About on par with finding a black teacher. I have contacted so many sellers (UK and international) on BoardGameGeek, Amazon, eBay, etc. (including the eBay listing that Dan sniped ;)).

I eventually found it by posting in a Facebook group called Roleplaying and Board Games for Sale UK & EU ONLY! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/RpgUK/) which I found out about on some old Reddit thread about second hand board games in the UK.

Good luck to anyone else looking for it. I now consider my collection "complete" again. At least until I find out about some other must-have rare item via the completionism polls!
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Post by: Decar on February 24, 2016, 09:19:46 AM
Well done JT Atomico!!!

We'll have to give you access to the secret forum as well now  ::) ::)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 24, 2016, 10:08:36 AM
Congrats Jamie! :) :(y)

Oh my goodness, this was hard to track down! About on par with finding a black teacher. I have contacted so many sellers (UK and international) on BoardGameGeek, Amazon, eBay, etc. (including the eBay listing that Dan sniped ;)).

:'( Not so. I just made the seller an offer she couldn't refuse (before anyone else)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 24, 2016, 10:17:37 AM
In your secret forum do you talk about how useless this scoreboard actually is?  >:D
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Post by: Leven on February 24, 2016, 11:06:37 AM
In your secret forum do you talk about how useless this scoreboard actually is?  >:D

I disagree. It can be useful for various purposes like: tracking the size of the largest / longest city / road when playing with King & Robber Baron, or you can use it for the Census (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1021.0) expansion as well.  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 25, 2016, 01:14:48 AM
In your secret forum do you talk about how useless this scoreboard actually is?  >:D

Pretty much...and gloating.... :p
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Post by: toastytoast on February 25, 2016, 02:06:40 PM
I was away on a holiday last week and most of this week, though came home to find this little surprise in my letterbox  - thanks Decar!
 :D
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Post by: Decar on February 25, 2016, 02:08:13 PM
Sorry it took so long. Hope you're holiday was good :)
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Post by: Decar on February 26, 2016, 09:21:19 AM
A super haul from Cundco today.

A copy of Schweinebande with lovey Dorris Mathaus artwork.  A lot of blank tiles. Two large bags of meeple. A copy of hills and sheep. Some cooking utensils. 3 meeple bag set from Rosco and I also decided to order a Grey Abbot:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160226_171152-1024x576.jpg)
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Post by: Rosco on February 26, 2016, 11:42:26 AM
That is a lot of blank tiles
 
Thanks for ordering my bags!
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Post by: Decar on February 26, 2016, 01:36:34 PM
It's only the second biggest order of tiles I've made.  Alas they are all of the new gloss-stock.  You should have seen the box my order came in.  It was the box they get their blank tiles from, a box of 210 I believe!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on February 27, 2016, 01:29:54 AM
Found the Grey scoreboard (2000 edition), along with kathars, river 2 and some other expansions that i had to buy with it. so soon the postman will bring me some new additions to my collection.. (although its only for the scoreboard and kathars..)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 27, 2016, 01:48:36 AM
Nice one SRBO!  :)
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Post by: SRBO on February 27, 2016, 02:00:55 AM
Nice one SRBO!  :)
Yeah, im really glad. One thing though, is that I need to buy an extra storage box to contain all the stuff xd
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Post by: quevy on February 27, 2016, 03:39:04 AM
Arrive this week from BGG store, I buy the first promo of having the games :)

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-0/p280x280/12798887_10208931665314047_1782842707419703819_n.jpg?oh=ddc3548a9eb13945c8972fdc3e804884&oe=5757DEAA)
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Post by: Decar on February 27, 2016, 04:08:21 AM
is the second Petersburg - I don't recognize it.
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Post by: quevy on February 27, 2016, 04:15:17 AM
is the second Petersburg - I don't recognize it.

The Voyages of Marco Polo  (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171623/voyages-marco-polo)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 27, 2016, 08:18:59 AM
Ah yes, that makes more sense - I've not had the opportunity to play this yet; it seems well received though + HiG had a camel at Essen last year!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 29, 2016, 03:31:06 AM
When it rains, it pours. I've almost doubled my small game collection in the last three days!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160229/04155680cd97d1d8b09f5d7f23798f01.jpg)
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Post by: totor66 on February 29, 2016, 09:15:42 AM
29/02 will be forever engraved in my mind :)
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Post by: hunnymonster on February 29, 2016, 09:35:56 AM
Well the postman will be bringing me a Carcassonne: South Seas soon, I know this because I just shipped a 10kg box of stuff to myself from Ireland and that was in it.... Beats carrying around 2 airports and paying for the hold baggage :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on March 01, 2016, 12:20:42 AM
While I was away though he did bring me Carcassonne: Die Burg...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 01, 2016, 03:38:21 AM
While I was away though he did bring me Carcassonne: Die Burg...

Great, it's my favourite spin-off by a fair margin so I hope you like it. And I'm continuing to enjoy it more and more with each play as I get better at the nuances of it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 04:40:04 AM
Glad to here you've been getting packages!  We always like seeing a photo though ;)  If for no other reason we can check your decor out and sometime we see accidental variations that those pesky completionists need :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 04:40:15 AM
Post #1000 I'm sorry it's not Carcassonne, In fact it's not even close!  Yesterday this giant box from CoolMiniOrNot arrived.  The game reviews haven't been great but the developer has provided some small fixes. I think I'll be waiting a little loner before I break this solo/coop Tower Defense game open:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160301_123111-1280x720.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 01, 2016, 05:00:29 AM
Glad to here you've been getting packages!  We always like seeing a photo though ;)  If for no other reason we can check your decor out and sometime we see accidental variations that those pesky completionists need :(

We especially like owls.
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 01, 2016, 05:37:43 AM
Great Scott! 
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Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 05:41:26 AM
That's great - but I thought it was Dan :(
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 01, 2016, 05:49:01 AM
Great Scott!

dirk2112, what game is that from? I am a huge Back To The Future fan :)
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 01, 2016, 05:49:31 AM
That's great - but I thought it was Dan :(

Sorry, I was quoting Back to the Future for my picture.

I am unfamiliar with B-Sieged so I will have to check out the reviews.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 01, 2016, 05:49:47 AM
Great Scott!

Oh cool, I've ordered the Delorean but it hasn't arrived yet. Plus I don't own the actual game yet.  ???

dirk2112, what game is that from? I am a huge Back To The Future fan :)

Colt Express (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2461.msg35071#msg35071).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 01, 2016, 06:07:43 AM
Great Scott!

dirk2112, what game is that from? I am a huge Back To The Future fan :)

JungleBoy already answered you, but I was just going to say check out the reviews on YouTube to see if Colt Express is right for you.  It is pseudo programmatic and that turns some people off.  Any strategy you have can quickly go out the window.  We really enjoy it.  I will say that the game plays ok with 3 people, but it definitely gets better the more people you add.  Its one of the few games where no one seems to mind finishing in last place. 
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Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 06:15:46 AM
I am unfamiliar with B-Sieged so I will have to check out the reviews.

The game was presented as a strategic tower defence game, played over a certain number of rounds.  The first reviews suggested the game was punishing and certain monsters were hard to beat, and impossible to beat if certain other events occurred.  The suggestion was it's very hard to plan ahead.

I've not read the rules in great detail, but most CMON games are very simple.  I've not read the FAQ that has 'nerfed' the baddies to make the game easier.  It has also introduced a difficulty setting too, so the game is meant to be more flexible.

I liked the look of the scalable solo mechanics. Even if the game is terrible...I got a lot of minis  :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 01, 2016, 06:24:45 AM
So pleased to see this becoming the first post at Carcassonne Central to receive more than 1000 replies! I hadn’t intended it to become what it quickly turned into after I posted my image of Gold Rush and Carc 2.0 back in October 2014. But I’m so glad that it has done as it’s included so many fantastic photos of bits and pieces that have been delivered to members all over the world, and has provided so many of us with the opportunity to share, show off and get excited about our latest arrivals!

Great work guys; now let’s push for 2000! :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on March 01, 2016, 06:52:48 AM
So pleased to see this becoming the first post at Carcassonne Central to receive more than 1000 replies! I hadn’t intended it to become what it quickly turned into after I posted my image of Gold Rush and Carc 2.0 back in October 2014. But I’m so glad that it has done as it’s included so many fantastic photos of bits and pieces that have been delivered to members all over the world, and has provided so many of us with the opportunity to share, show off and get excited about our latest arrivals!

Great work guys; now let’s push for 2000! :) :(y)

So many puns... Like this gone "post"-al. And that has been post-punned for a long time. But now it's post-tense.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on March 01, 2016, 07:07:54 AM
Glad to here you've been getting packages!  We always like seeing a photo though ;)  If for no other reason we can check your decor out and sometime we see accidental variations that those pesky completionists need :(
Well critiques of décor won't happen because it rarely features in any photos I take (mostly I don't do it because I usually post with Tapatalk and I see it often leaves the photo in raw origin size huge x huger... And nobody needs to see that)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 07:26:55 AM
Aww, but we'd love to see your trippy 1970s carpets!  I use an application called Image Resizer (android), which quickly lets you scale photos you've taken, it automatically saves it as a new file too, without overwriting the old one. Extremely easy to use.  You can also add a width= parameter to the img tags.  I usually try 500.  Makes my massive 5MB photos -- 500kb instead.
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Post by: quevy on March 01, 2016, 09:13:08 AM
Today it was this.



(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12814472_10208957467439084_3469088769184774912_n.jpg?oh=40c6e9aee6539b9912c4f267e055d5fb&oe=574F5825)
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Post by: Decar on March 01, 2016, 09:23:29 AM
Enjoy Quevy!
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 02, 2016, 12:56:23 AM
Recently I decided that the next thing that I "needed" for my collection was to find all of the tiles which have had changes in watermarks (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2476.0) over different releases.

I already had a few bits, but the big thing that I needed to track down were old copies of the first four major expansions before they were watermarked. I thought that this would be a fun challenge which might take me a few weeks of browsing around, contacting sellers, etc.

So it was with a mix of pleasure and a small twinge of disappointment that I found them all in the first BoardGameGeek listing that I looked at! Someone was selling their old collection and had all four of those expansions in their unwatermarked form. More than that, because they were unboxed, without rules and being sold in a bundle it was all very reasonably priced!

Here is the haul of tiles (which also included King & Robber Baron):

(http://s15.postimg.cc/az88yq36z/no_watermarks.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on March 02, 2016, 01:08:18 AM
I think you just out-completionisted me!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 02, 2016, 01:35:11 AM
Nice photo - I managed to pick these up by accident  :(y) :(y) - have fun putting them back in your boxes though :(
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2016, 03:21:55 AM
88 miles an hour!!!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160303/c0c585848a0bfc4b81051d2a000d83f7.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2016, 03:27:23 AM
I got mine tomorrow.
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2016, 03:42:57 AM

I got mine tomorrow.

This is heavy.
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 03, 2016, 04:36:32 AM
I got mine tomorrow.

 ;D :(y)

I had to read that twice.
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 03, 2016, 05:09:48 AM
;D :(y)

I had to read that twice.

Dirk, you're not thinking fourth dimensionally!
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2016, 05:17:17 AM
;D :(y)

I had to read that twice.

Dirk, you're not thinking fourth dimensionally!

I know. He has a real problem with that...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 03, 2016, 05:48:21 AM
It's probably due to that head injury I sustained in 1955.  I don't recommend hanging a clock while standing on a toilet.
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2016, 06:13:45 AM
Haha, I can't believe it's taken us this whole time to start talking about BTTF!
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 03, 2016, 09:11:13 AM
Well the postman will be bringing me a Carcassonne: South Seas soon, I know this because I just shipped a 10kg box of stuff to myself from Ireland and that was in it.... Beats carrying around 2 airports and paying for the hold baggage :)

And the box arrived - what a fabulous idea to use Taytos as packaging material :)
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 03, 2016, 10:07:56 AM
These arrived for me today:

(http://s16.postimg.cc/rtkvjcuc5/IMG_0672.jpg) (http://s9.postimg.cc/p7pj2x80v/IMG_0671.jpg)

They are the weird river tiles with number codes on the back of them that come from a version of the Carcassonne PC game. :green-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 03, 2016, 10:27:50 AM
You should alter that image so no one knows how to break the copy protect!!!   C:-) C:-) C:-) C:-) Jumble the tiles up!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on March 03, 2016, 10:33:59 AM
You should alter that image so no one knows how to break the copy protect!!!   C:-) C:-) C:-) C:-) Jumble the tiles up!!!

The tiles are jumbled :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 03, 2016, 10:36:14 AM
I have a feeling these were the first editions of the River Tiles, which were given away with the PC game when it was released.  It was only later that the River was available in a little blue box.  Does anyone know?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on March 03, 2016, 11:06:25 AM
 :D

http://www.ebay.de/itm/131742350388?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.de/itm/131742350388?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
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Post by: SRBO on March 03, 2016, 01:31:45 PM
Sadly the grey board that i ordered was a normal brown board..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on March 03, 2016, 04:28:31 PM
These arrived for me today:

(http://s16.postimg.cc/rtkvjcuc5/IMG_0672.jpg) (http://s9.postimg.cc/p7pj2x80v/IMG_0671.jpg)

They are the weird river tiles with number codes on the back of them that come from a version of the Carcassonne PC game. :green-meeple:

Came across these today as well. Might be interested in buying them and trading/sending if someone is interested?
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Post by: Valheru on March 03, 2016, 05:48:47 PM
Sadly the grey board that i ordered was a normal brown board..

http://www.ebay.de/itm/SUPERRAR-CARCASSONNE-SUPERRAR-FRUHE-AUFLAGE-OHNE-SPIEL-DES-JAHRES-AUFDRUCK-/161996265018?hash=item25b7bad63a:g:pHcAAOSw9N1Vg-tJ

Here's one with a grey one.
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2016, 10:39:56 PM
Sadly the grey board that i ordered was a normal brown board..

:(

Came across these today as well. Might be interested in buying them and trading/sending if someone is interested?

Since all the cool kids are getting these at the moment I guess I probably should do too. If they're still available could you PM me about them Valheru? I'll be your best friend forever and call you Val-Hero for a month if you do. Those are my conditions.
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 04, 2016, 03:33:34 AM
In the post from CundCo today:

Pink & Purple "completion" meeples (the ones for all of the expansions that didn't come with meeples in the extended colours) arrived - wagons, femeeples, barns, mayors & robbers.
Das Fest (hat tip to @JoeSesquipedalian for the heads up - merit already given at point of ordering)
South Seas - Friday (I didn't own the game at the point I ordered them)
GoldRush - Sheriff (I don't even own the base game yet  O0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on March 04, 2016, 04:19:10 AM
Sadly the grey board that i ordered was a normal brown board..

:(

Came across these today as well. Might be interested in buying them and trading/sending if someone is interested?

Since all the cool kids are getting these at the moment I guess I probably should do too. If they're still available could you PM me about them Valheru? I'll be your best friend forever and call you Val-Hero for a month if you do. Those are my conditions.

I've contacted the seller and I'm waiting on his response. If/when I hear something from him and finish the deal, they're yours! ;)

I'll wait a bit with sending my signed tiles so I can include them.


My order from Cundco arrived as well today! The fest and a pink/purple robber are mine!

Also, might have finished a deal on Cathars and Fliers. Good tidings!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 04, 2016, 05:50:34 AM
Came across these today as well. Might be interested in buying them and trading/sending if someone is interested?

Since all the cool kids are getting these at the moment I guess I probably should do too. If they're still available could you PM me about them Valheru? I'll be your best friend forever and call you Val-Hero for a month if you do. Those are my conditions.

I've contacted the seller and I'm waiting on his response. If/when I hear something from him and finish the deal, they're yours! ;)

I'll wait a bit with sending my signed tiles so I can include them.

Thanks very much Valhero. :) :(y)

Meanwhile, in Dan land, these two arrived today:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Carc2XPs1and2.jpg)

With any luck, they should be seeing some table action before the end of next week. Photos to follow...
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Post by: franks on March 04, 2016, 01:52:23 PM
I'm excited by this arrival!

Tuscany expands Viticulture. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128621/viticulture (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128621/viticulture)

This series has quickly becoming our new favourite worker placement game. We actually own the updated Viticulture: Essential Edition (2015), which has, a very few, elements of Tuscany already included. Regardless there are many more mini expansion in Tuscany that further expands the game. I also understand by posts from the designer / publisher, Jamey Stegmaier, there are 5 mini expansions in this set that will not get a future reprinted.

First attached photo is the Tuscany expansion box that just arrived and the second was our first game of V:EE.

Highly recommend the series, especially if you like Stone Age or Agricola / Agricola: all creatures ...
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Post by: quevy on March 06, 2016, 03:44:01 AM
These arrived for me today:

(http://s16.postimg.cc/rtkvjcuc5/IMG_0672.jpg) (http://s9.postimg.cc/p7pj2x80v/IMG_0671.jpg)

They are the weird river tiles with number codes on the back of them that come from a version of the Carcassonne PC game. :green-meeple:

They can not be played without a bag because the numbers can be stored, however, they must be safe included in Completionism Poll
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 07, 2016, 04:14:48 PM
My first Rio Grande made expansion arrived today  :D
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 08, 2016, 03:28:24 AM
My second non-German Carcassonne game...(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160308/4dfbccd90b50f35c7275961a269129c8.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 08, 2016, 07:03:30 AM
Apparently, "The Complete Carcassonne Collection" has been available for a long time, I should have just ordered this  :(y) :(y) :(y)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160308_130824.jpg)

Edit: whoot 1700 posts
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on March 08, 2016, 07:19:47 AM
Apparently, "The Complete Carcassonne Collection" has been available for a long time, I should have just ordered this  :(y) :(y) :(y)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160308_130824.jpg)

How does the inside look? Is it devided in certain parts?
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 08, 2016, 08:03:51 AM
Apparently, "The Complete Carcassonne Collection" has been available for a long time, I should have just ordered this  :(y) :(y) :(y)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160308_130824.jpg)

Cool find Decar! Anything exciting about the tiles or components inside?
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Post by: Decar on March 08, 2016, 08:10:53 AM
I'll let you know tonight - I only had time for a quick snap while I was at home for lunch!
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Post by: Decar on March 08, 2016, 10:12:08 AM
Nothing overly special about it the printing.  The box is the most interesting bit.  I especially like the Blue Carcassonne Logo, I've never see this before.   

The inside is just like a regular Carcassonne box, except it's much bigger.  I've not looked at all the tiles, but they look regular.  The Inns and Cathedrals CRCr tile is without bushes.

The rules are all distributed as separate sheets dated 2000, 2002 and 2003.  Inns and Cathedrals is listed as 'The Expansion'.  I'll need to check which edition of the base game rules are printed, but shows tall meeple.
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 08, 2016, 10:57:08 AM
Nothing overly special about it the printing.  The box is the most interesting bit.  I especially like the Blue Carcassonne Logo, I've never see this before.   

The inside is just like a regular Carcassonne box, except it's much bigger.  I've not looked at all the tiles, but they look regular.  The Inns and Cathedrals CRCr tile is without bushes.

The rules are all distributed as separate sheets dated 2000, 2002 and 2003.  Inns and Cathedrals is listed as 'The Expansion'.  I'll need to check which edition of the base game rules are printed, but shows tall meeple.

Very cool. I might try and pick one of these up if I see it anywhere, but at least the lack of unique components means I won't have the full completionist itch for it!

One thing about the I&C CRCR tile, did this gain bushes and a watermark at the same time? Or does there exist a tile out there with the bushes but not the watermark or vice versa? From what research I have done I think that they both appeared together on the Big Box 1 version of I&C and have existed on all editions since, but that could be wrong.
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Post by: franks on March 09, 2016, 07:47:04 AM
Decar, that set looks nice, will have to keep my eye out. I can't image they are easy to find.

I've been away for the last few days in the National capital (Ottawa) for industry / Government meetings. Came home to this lot and am especially excited about Walnut Grove. It looks to be a very good blend of Worker placement and Tile laying with a Rondel system to boot. In the BGG blurb it is self described as, "Walnut Grove could be described as a light mashup between Carcassonne and Agricola." Two of my favourite games! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103185/walnut-grove (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103185/walnut-grove)

I will leave this blatant commercial with a quote from Purge reviews, (who has experience with the game and can say it better than I can);

"The real brilliance of Walnut Grove is found in the meshing together of the tile laying to get provide the main resources you need with the rondel movement to either get what you need that you couldn't by using the farms or by attempting to score as many Victory Points as possible. While these two mechanics do not occur at the same time, your planning must incorporate both to have an effective strategy."

Second image is from the Purge review.

Ooh I'm also excited about the rest of the lot as well  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 09, 2016, 08:02:24 AM
I've seen Walnut Grove, I was quite intrigued by it but couldn't find it cheap.  Did you order form publisher?

Let us know how good it is :)
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Post by: quevy on March 09, 2016, 08:31:01 AM
(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-0/p280x280/12814509_10209024364991481_175229233240459764_n.jpg?oh=8154897db8d4af244a6463d92fda490a&oe=5763A8EF)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Merlin_89 on March 09, 2016, 10:46:15 AM
Look, who's come by...
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Post by: danisthirty on March 09, 2016, 10:50:29 AM
Congratulations Merlin. Well deserved! :(y)
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Post by: quevy on March 09, 2016, 11:02:17 AM
Look, who's come by...

I'd seen that somewhere :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on March 09, 2016, 05:10:57 PM
I've seen Walnut Grove, I was quite intrigued by it but couldn't find it cheap.  Did you order form publisher?

Let us know how good it is :)

I hope to get it to the table soon! Though I can't overwhelm my wife with learning too many new games at once  >:D

The title seems to have had a recent printing, it is readily available at on-line markets here. It was available at a couple at a reasonable price, ($44 CA - £23). If you can't find it let me know if I can help get you one from here, if the freight doesn't kill it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 09, 2016, 05:16:56 PM
I ordered Das Fest and the German Castles from Cundco.de.  They sent me "the River" with the castles :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on March 09, 2016, 09:32:49 PM
I ordered Das Fest and the German Castles from Cundco.de.  They sent me "the River" with the castles :-[
Whah-whaaaaah...

I'd contact them. They'll let you keep them and send you what you ordered.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 09, 2016, 11:06:01 PM
Look, who's come by...

I'd seen that somewhere :)

Can't think where? ???

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/quevy_with_WCTrophy.jpg) (http://www.dan.tehill.net/dan_with_WCTtophy.jpg) (http://www.dan.tehill.net/Chuck_WC2014.jpg)

Time to get your camera out and practice your smile Merlin! :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 09, 2016, 11:59:36 PM
Great post everyone!

Quevy let us know how Marco Polo plays & Imperial Assault - I here it's 'Star Wars Descent'.
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Post by: Valheru on March 10, 2016, 07:27:22 AM
These arrived today, along with the flying machines. If anyone is interested in Cathars, look at the following topic:

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2522.new#new
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on March 10, 2016, 08:56:50 AM
Today I received this package.
The first version of GM with two identical tiles.
I&C  and Tower have no watermark, I own already P & D without them. T & B also well only serves to have the shingles without.
They are for a friend but I think I will keep for me.


(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12802829_10209034453403685_6366886938415550343_n.jpg?oh=4237936bd38d87cfbe5169410f76badc&oe=575D6970)
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 11, 2016, 03:14:01 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160311/074e460c92253ad3b0eb9965d117e108.jpg)

Sadly not all "echt" tiles - but a very well-made Porxada. Since it's for use "in game" and not completionism that's fine by me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Khonnor on March 11, 2016, 08:33:04 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160311/074e460c92253ad3b0eb9965d117e108.jpg)

Sadly not all "echt" tiles - but a very well-made Porxada. Since it's for use "in game" and not completionism that's fine by me.

Those look really nice...

What kind of paper/sticker did you use? And where did you find the full-tile image for these or did you make them yourself?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on March 11, 2016, 08:34:41 AM
The Porxada came from BGG Market - Baba Yaga came through internal mail at work (from Moscow) :)
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Post by: Valheru on March 11, 2016, 08:41:28 AM
Those Russians look less rounded off at the edges then I'm used to when seeing these. Or is it just a matter of perception?
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 11, 2016, 09:03:07 AM
They're more rounded in real life for sure. The corner radius is between 2 & 3x the 'normal' tiles.
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Post by: yimhj on March 11, 2016, 12:02:31 PM
I've just received my order from Spielmaterial. I've bought Princess and Dragon just before it goes out of stock. (A few days ago, I've seen Mini 5 that I miss but when I was ready to order, it was out !), a black ghost and some meeple to score King and Robber Baron.
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Post by: danisthirty on March 11, 2016, 04:02:20 PM
Congrats yimhj, enjoy! :)
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Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on March 15, 2016, 05:50:38 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/d132fec47212e524ad33e60cee7c5883.jpg)
The postman arrived today, with a full phantom collection! emoji code4]
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Post by: Whaleyland on March 17, 2016, 05:31:08 PM
I rather suddenly received in the mail today a large package that just said "game" on the customs slip. I was quite confused and my partner was probably justifiably annoyed at me for apparently purchasing a game without telling her (again). I had an inkling what it could be, but I hadn't received an email about my Scoville game in months and I felt that there was still another month until I received it, so here I was, scratching my head and getting angry glances from stage left. Sure enough, it was that game, but just the base game, not the expansion. Oddly, the game looked so colourful and awesome that she let her anger drop a bit, especially when she realised that I paid for this last August as my bonus for selling 200 copies of my book. Gotta love the Kickstarter delay. At this point I remembered vaguely that the base game and expansion were being shipped separately, with the latter coming in April. I had simply forgot that the base game was supposed to be delivered earlier.

Long story short, I got the base game, it looks awesome, and the partner is not nearly as angry as she initially was, especially after hearing how fun the game sounds. Win!
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Post by: Paul on March 19, 2016, 05:49:18 AM
I got my Mayflower Carcassonne a few days ago that I ordered from BGG.com. Love the tiles. :)
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Post by: Chooselife on March 19, 2016, 06:28:55 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160319/74df72bf62e44c03047500ba841817e7.jpg)
Thanks Andrew The Ambo
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Post by: ooh_jim on March 19, 2016, 07:07:08 AM
Came today!

(http://i.imgur.com/tVnDybYl.jpg)
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Post by: Valheru on March 19, 2016, 07:14:59 AM
Left is new artwork, right old?
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 19, 2016, 09:04:33 AM
Mine just arrived as well, I won't bother adding pictures as lots of us will be getting them.

Left is new artwork, right old?

I actually think it's the other way round! Left (with the houses) is the old art, right is the new art. I had to compare them to the other tiles in the games to be sure.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hovari on March 19, 2016, 09:17:09 AM
Cant wait mine maze to come  :'( >:D
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Post by: Valheru on March 19, 2016, 09:33:54 AM
Mine just arrived as well, I won't bother adding pictures as lots of us will be getting them.

Left is new artwork, right old?

I actually think it's the other way round! Left (with the houses) is the old art, right is the new art. I had to compare them to the other tiles in the games to be sure.

It seems to me these can be pretty much combined in an old artwork game. Blasphemy, I know.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 19, 2016, 09:39:11 AM
Left with the houses is Doris Matthäus's design.  The Right with no houses Anne Pätzke's.

No Post Today :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuGWNshGM64
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on March 19, 2016, 09:47:40 AM
Left with the houses is Doris Matthäus's design.  The Right with no houses Anne Pätzke's.

No Post Today :(

This is uncanny. I sing "no mail today" as well.
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Post by: hunnymonster on March 19, 2016, 12:25:14 PM
Came today!

(http://i.imgur.com/tVnDybYl.jpg)
Mine too!
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Post by: kistgeit on March 19, 2016, 01:23:25 PM
Mine came in as well! Really
Like the old artwork tile!
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Post by: Decar on March 19, 2016, 01:59:25 PM
The SD 'Spiel Doch' watermark was a tad unimaginative.  I better ask Basically Wooden to knock another divider up!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on March 19, 2016, 02:13:46 PM
Wow. Didn't even see the watermark. I wish they had kept them the same semi-obaque darkness and not made one letter white.

Also, interesting that the left one is from Doris. I can definitely see it now up close, but from the front of the magazine, I was certain the right one was for Carcassonne 1.0. I'm not sure if that's a good thing that I couldn't really tell the difference. Hmm..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 19, 2016, 02:23:38 PM
Someone shared this photo on twitter last week - I'm not sure where it originally came from.  But in certain lighting conditions, they can look similar.

All this artwork banter does make me think I should start playing micropul (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10660/micropul)!
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Post by: wamboyil on March 19, 2016, 02:25:21 PM
So, for those of us who haven't received our Spiel Doch magazine(s) yet, what are the rules for this tile?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 19, 2016, 02:29:19 PM
Kettlefish kindly shared a link from Carcassonne-Forum a few days ago: http://carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=235&t=3170&sid=e954079f5c5590fddbd7bdb902ed75fa

It's basically a tile with one road with 4 exits to complete on it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on March 19, 2016, 03:09:43 PM
Someone shared this photo on twitter last week - I'm not sure where it originally came from.  But in certain lighting conditions, they can look similar.

All this artwork banter does make me think I should start playing micropul (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10660/micropul)!

I really find it visually appaling.. Don't even know why, it just seems wrong. But I am curious how both of the maze tiles will fit in the old artwork..
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Post by: Decar on March 22, 2016, 05:45:27 AM
Yay!

It arrived, that was super quick, I ordered it 6pm on Saturday!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160322_123921-800x450.jpg)
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Post by: Rosco on March 22, 2016, 04:23:16 PM
I got my Labyrinth tiles today! 

Now waiting for some other carcassonne goodies!
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Post by: JT Atomico on March 22, 2016, 05:07:34 PM
These came for me recently:

(http://s28.postimg.cc/l2hc858v1/image.jpg)

The German and English versions of the Carcassonne promo cards for Dominion.

I don't actually play Dominion very often, but it's a nice little collectible anyway!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 23, 2016, 02:31:36 AM
A post from whaeyland who edited my post:  ::)

Quote
Nice. You got the promo card. They were already sold out online when I tried to get it. It is currently the only 7 Wonders-related promo I don't have.

Edit from Whaleyland: Sorry about that! I must have replied on my phone and I sometimes hit the "Modify" button instead. The results look identical!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 23, 2016, 03:05:17 AM
There are some on BGG for $$$ - The shop I ordered from, gave a copy with every purchase of the game.  It looks like the German Edition (there are apparently too), from Essen.  It says 'Messe' not 'The Messe'.  You could ask if you can order the card separately?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 23, 2016, 05:04:57 AM
Today the postman brought me the most anticipated gift of the year so far: the Falcon Expansion for Carcassonne: the Castle!!!

I am so excited to have it and so grateful to quevy for making it. The quality of all the components is absolutely superb! Thank you quevy!!!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160323/d8158eb28088c4ded7eb0f14fc7e48e0.jpg)

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160323/7359f4ba772fd4ab60c6a52b1cd0a0e3.jpg)

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160323/fffc42ab26b8000211dddd1db8684b2a.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on March 23, 2016, 05:20:11 AM
There are some on BGG for $$$ - The shop I ordered from, gave a copy with every purchase of the game.  It looks like the German Edition (there are apparently too), from Essen.  It says 'Messe' not 'The Messe'.  You could ask if you can order the card separately?
That's what is out of stock. The company sells the expansion separately, just not currently. They'll get it back in, though. They have all the other expansion cards available.
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Post by: aenima on March 23, 2016, 06:44:44 AM
Today the postman brought me the most anticipated gift of the year so far: the Falcon Expansion for Carcassonne: the Castle!!!

I am so excited to have it and so grateful to quevy for making it. The quality of all the components is absolutely superb! Thank you quevy!!!



great work!!! merit for u quevy!
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Post by: Decar on March 23, 2016, 11:47:00 AM
A post from whaeyland who edited my post:  ::)

Quote
Nice. You got the promo card. They were already sold out online when I tried to get it. It is currently the only 7 Wonders-related promo I don't have.

Edit from Whaleyland: Sorry about that! I must have replied on my phone and I sometimes hit the "Modify" button instead. The results look identical!

Done this a few times myself :)
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 23, 2016, 07:22:14 PM
My wife bought me this cool wooden box for anniversary.  It didn't come with dividers, but it's still pretty sweet.
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Post by: Decar on March 23, 2016, 11:27:31 PM
Happy Anniversary Dirk!
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 24, 2016, 04:03:34 AM
Thanks.

I am going to measure later and maybe buy some dividers from basically wooden.  I have no idea what they charge to ship to the States, but dividers are necessary.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 24, 2016, 04:38:49 AM
I am going to measure later and maybe buy some dividers from basically wooden.  I have no idea what they charge to ship to the States, but dividers are necessary.

I don't think that will work. Basically Wooden dividers are specifically made to fit the notches that are in the Basically Wooden trays, and your trays don't have notches. As an alternative, some people here have designed divider cards to be printed on cardboard (maybe JT Atomico?) that look quite good.
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 24, 2016, 05:06:19 AM
Thanks!  I will look for those.

Also, Das Fest arrived! :)

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Post by: Decar on March 24, 2016, 09:19:12 AM
I am going to measure later and maybe buy some dividers from basically wooden.  I have no idea what they charge to ship to the States, but dividers are necessary.

I don't think that will work. Basically Wooden dividers are specifically made to fit the notches that are in the Basically Wooden trays, and your trays don't have notches. As an alternative, some people here have designed divider cards to be printed on cardboard (maybe JT Atomico?) that look quite good.

Send Basically Wooden and email - I'm sure they would cut you some to the right size if you sent them the measurements!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: quevy on March 25, 2016, 12:06:26 PM
German Cathedrals arrived today at my house :)
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Post by: Decar on March 25, 2016, 12:13:19 PM
Mine is not shipped yet - plus it is Good Friday.  No Post Today :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 25, 2016, 12:16:06 PM
German Cathedrals arrived today at my house :)

Wow, that was fast! They said 10-25 working days. Plus they emailed me yesterday to say my transfer hadn't arrived yet (even though I sent it on Monday night), so I'm pretty amazed that you have your copy already!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on March 25, 2016, 12:44:47 PM
We did got the message the first time jungleboy! Hahaha
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 25, 2016, 12:46:11 PM
No idea what you're talking about SRBO ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on March 25, 2016, 12:50:27 PM
Was it my internet or did you changed it? ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 25, 2016, 01:05:07 PM
Yeah, just messing with you :)

I removed two of the 3 repeats  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 25, 2016, 03:21:08 PM
Sorry guys, I had posting errors the first couple of times so I didn't think it had worked.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on March 29, 2016, 10:44:04 AM
My German Cathedrals arrived today! :)

I have just added a new tuck box for it as well: JT Atomico's tuck boxes  (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=320.msg37537;topicseen#new)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 29, 2016, 11:48:55 AM
Still no post for me :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on March 29, 2016, 12:47:10 PM
I've got the mini-expansion "Cathedrals in Germany" today.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on March 29, 2016, 05:35:55 PM
Got the Labyrinth tiles today and some (very appreciated) tidbits from quevy! These are for the Tunnel expansion that I don't actually have but will try to proxy somehow.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Halfling on March 30, 2016, 03:32:36 AM
I received the Kathedralen in Deutschland, Man Friday and Sheriff expansions today.  Thank you Cundco.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on March 30, 2016, 04:57:12 AM
I managed to track down the cool wooden ark piece for Ark of the Covenant:

(http://s16.postimg.cc/9v1sj1gk5/IMG_0736.jpg)

I think I really am at the point now that there are no more rare bits that I want to find! I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing :green-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 30, 2016, 07:16:04 AM
I received the Kathedralen in Deutschland, Man Friday and Sheriff expansions today.  Thank you Cundco.

After seeing all the posts about this, I was sitting here wondering when mine was going to arrive. Then I remembered that I haven't ordered it yet. Doh.

I think I really am at the point now that there are no more rare bits that I want to find! I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing :green-meeple:

Well done JT.

I think I've felt that way several times, but then discover more stuff that I need to get! There's always more stuff to get, it's just a case of finding out what it is... :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on March 30, 2016, 01:53:45 PM
Postman came yesterday. And, for once, I've remembered to take a photo!

The postman was kind enough to bring me my pieces to scale up for ten players. German Castles, more tower pieces, bridges, castle tokens, abbeys, catapult tokens and more meeples; white, orange, and the additional pieces for my purple and pink sets. Also, I didn't realise that they are including Abbots in the full meeple sets. Which means I have two orange and two white Abbots, but there we go.

He also brought me Cathedrals! And they are quite lovely. Beautiful artwork and an expansion for roads, it must be my birthday. Two sets, because a quiet (but apparently influential) part of my brain pointed out that I have twelve monasteries so should have twelve Cathedrals.

I also got a lovely meeple sticker, just for fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Guy on March 30, 2016, 02:36:50 PM
Nice haul. I've been looking for some replacement catapult tokens as cundco told me they had none. where did you find yours if you don't mind me asking?

Also, I love that cundco throw in those fun little freebies! Such a nice touch.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on March 30, 2016, 02:46:07 PM
I've been looking for some replacement catapult tokens as cundco told me they had none. where did you find yours if you don't mind me asking?

I'm sure that 99% of the people who ever bought this expansion could help you with replacement tokens :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: BugginOut on March 30, 2016, 09:26:38 PM
Postman came yesterday. And, for once, I've remembered to take a photo!

The postman was kind enough to bring me my pieces to scale up for ten players. German Castles, more tower pieces, bridges, castle tokens, abbeys, catapult tokens and more meeples; white, orange, and the additional pieces for my purple and pink sets. Also, I didn't realise that they are including Abbots in the full meeple sets. Which means I have two orange and two white Abbots, but there we go.

He also brought me Cathedrals! And they are quite lovely. Beautiful artwork and an expansion for roads, it must be my birthday. Two sets, because a quiet (but apparently influential) part of my brain pointed out that I have twelve monasteries so should have twelve Cathedrals.

I also got a lovely meeple sticker, just for fun!

I would like to order extra castle tokens, bridges, and abbots in purple/orange/white/brown/natural (gray would be nice too but I don't think they make them).  I couldn't figure out how to buy them on the cundco.de site though.  How did you order them?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on March 30, 2016, 11:15:46 PM
Postman came yesterday. And, for once, I've remembered to take a photo!

The postman was kind enough to bring me my pieces to scale up for ten players. German Castles, more tower pieces, bridges, castle tokens, abbeys, catapult tokens and more meeples; white, orange, and the additional pieces for my purple and pink sets. Also, I didn't realise that they are including Abbots in the full meeple sets. Which means I have two orange and two white Abbots, but there we go.

He also brought me Cathedrals! And they are quite lovely. Beautiful artwork and an expansion for roads, it must be my birthday. Two sets, because a quiet (but apparently influential) part of my brain pointed out that I have twelve monasteries so should have twelve Cathedrals.

I also got a lovely meeple sticker, just for fun!

I would like to order extra castle tokens, bridges, and abbots in purple/orange/white/brown/natural (gray would be nice too but I don't think they make them).  I couldn't figure out how to buy them on the cundco.de site though.  How did you order them?

There is a tab labelled 'Spare Parts' after 'Merchandise.' On there, there are several items, which are spare tile, spare wooden piece and spare card. You add however many you want of each then write in the special instructions. For example, add five spare wooden pieces and write purple/orange/white/brown/natural abbot. You can do this for everything.

They do make a grey abbot, but I believe it comes in Carcassonne II: Inns and Cathedrals, so they probably won't give it to you spare.

http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/ (http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/)

Nice haul. I've been looking for some replacement catapult tokens as cundco told me they had none. where did you find yours if you don't mind me asking?

Also, I love that cundco throw in those fun little freebies! Such a nice touch.

I did get mine from Cundco. Perhaps they found some?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 12:02:53 AM
They do make a grey abbot, but I believe it comes in Carcassonne II: Inns and Cathedrals, so they probably won't give it to you spare.

http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/ (http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/)

Sorry have to nip this one in the bud.  They are not producing geey abbots. There are no grey meeple in carcassonne 2.0. The 6th player colour is pink in inns and cathedrals.  Please dont rush to order spare grey abbots. I tried it in my last order and got a written note saying i wouls have to paint it myself.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on March 31, 2016, 12:06:27 AM
Finally received the German Cathedrals today. Good presentation with an extra plastic band wrapped around the tiles  to keep them in place during transit and the rules in both English and German. Very nice. Still waiting for Labyrinth (which I ordered before German Cathedrals).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kistgeit on March 31, 2016, 12:31:43 AM
They do make a grey abbot, but I believe it comes in Carcassonne II: Inns and Cathedrals, so they probably won't give it to you spare.

http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/ (http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/)

Sorry have to nip this one in the bud.  They are not producing geey abbots. There are no grey meeple in carcassonne 2.0. The 6th player colour is pink in inns and cathedrals.  Please dont rush to order spare grey abbots. I tried it in my last order and got a written note saying i wouls have to paint it myself.

Grey (and other colored) abbots can be ordered via spielmaterial.de Unfortunately, they don't sell the black ones...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on March 31, 2016, 01:08:13 AM
Anyone know if Spielmaterial have some issues? Their webshop doesn't appear to be loading for me (and I'm waiting for an order for 2 weeks now...)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 02:44:21 AM
Seems to be dead,

I think the Abts are from another game called Visby and they're actually Knights (from Die Burg) - but will have to wait for the site to come up to verify.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on March 31, 2016, 03:10:41 AM
My order just arrived.... Many sets of abts/knights have arrived... Some of which I will offer for sale here at cost + postage.
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on March 31, 2016, 06:32:11 AM
Cundco hates me! How do you manage to receive the parcel in so few days?

Edit: they love me! The Cathedrals are on my table. On cundco website my order is still in process... Anyway emoji code3]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 31, 2016, 07:43:22 AM
I finally received one of my packages.  Woo hoo
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 07:45:31 AM
Merit to you for sharing your photo and fibrous carpet!  :(y) :(y)  Still no post for me :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 31, 2016, 08:01:15 AM
Merit to you for sharing your photo and fibrous carpet!  :(y) :(y)  Still no post for me :(

Thanks.  My son is having lunch on the dining room/gaming table.  Wouldn't want him to spill milk on the extra tiles. 

Hopefully your packages arrive soon.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Yashin-n on March 31, 2016, 09:15:52 AM
I finally received one of my packages.  Woo hoo
How (where) can you bought these two mini expansions separately (from big box)?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on March 31, 2016, 09:22:20 AM
I finally received one of my packages.  Woo hoo

How (where) can you bought these two mini expansions separately (from big box)?


There are resellers on Ebay that take the Big Boxes and sell pieces individually.  I didn't get the meeple or the corn circles with this purchase, but I already had them and just wanted the extra tiles.  In the US, the mini expansions sell for $15, but just the tiles can be had for $7 or so. 

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on March 31, 2016, 10:53:27 AM
They do make a grey abbot, but I believe it comes in Carcassonne II: Inns and Cathedrals, so they probably won't give it to you spare.

http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/ (http://cundco.de/en/spare-parts/)

Sorry have to nip this one in the bud.  They are not producing geey abbots. There are no grey meeple in carcassonne 2.0. The 6th player colour is pink in inns and cathedrals.  Please dont rush to order spare grey abbots. I tried it in my last order and got a written note saying i wouls have to paint it myself.

...
...
...

How dare they! What was wrong with grey?! I love grey! Sorry to be posting false information, I thought they had made a grey abbot. This has thrown me entirely. I don't know what to do any more...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 11:38:52 AM
It's probably another good reason to buy Carcassonne II before they see the error of their ways and replace them with :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on March 31, 2016, 11:52:11 AM
It's probably another good reason to buy Carcassonne II before they see the error of their ways and replace them with :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple: :gray-meeple:

About that...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 12:13:20 PM
+1 for this :)  You caved in !!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on March 31, 2016, 12:20:15 PM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on March 31, 2016, 12:38:02 PM
+1 for this :)  You caved in !!

I did. I don't feel good about it. That chattering part of me finally won. And, moments later, I learn there's no grey abbot! How will I complete my collection?

It's nice to have abbots in the other colours though. Plus I got the extras from Cundco :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2016, 12:40:36 PM
This should help you
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 01, 2016, 10:42:22 AM
Postman came!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160401_183632-1024x576.jpg)

And some stuff for Dan too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curt194 on April 01, 2016, 01:07:53 PM
Nice haul Decar. I'm excited for the cacao expansion, but holding off on a UK release for now!

Recently my copy of the German Monastries came along with a white set of meeples and my first abbot! Yay for the postman.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 01, 2016, 01:28:07 PM
Nice haul Decar. I'm excited for the cacao expansion, but holding off on a UK release for now!

I forgot to order the Cacao expansion in the end. I'd also prefer a non-German version, so I guess I'll wait a bit too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 01, 2016, 01:39:33 PM
Thanks guys, actually the box says: contains English rules. With a little union jack next to it. So i guess they're realising they can sell to more people if they include both sets of rules.  I had a german base game, and the rule are simple enough to follow.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: yimhj on April 02, 2016, 05:37:50 AM
Two packages arrived in two days. The first one came from my brother ; after the wood barrels for T&B, he made for me wheat. I asked him to do two sets, in anticipation of future exchanges (like Dan's spare gives away ! ;)

The second one came from Cundco. I bought "German Cathedrals", "Windroses", "Spielbox Halb so wild I", "Labyrinth tiles" with the magazine (but I'm not german speaker !), a white set of meeples to play at 7, an Abbey tile to complete and a few others spare. Cundco forget to put in the package the big bag. I emailed them this morning to tell us my problem.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chuck on April 02, 2016, 06:15:19 AM
Got a package from CundCo today, too.
German Cathedrals, the Spiel doch magazine and some additions in pink and purple, as well as some bridges and so on for up to 8 players, according to the last Big Box.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 04, 2016, 02:02:46 AM
I love the postman … but I hate import fees.

Those who follow the Kickstarter thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2363.msg37108#msg37108) may have seen that I have posted about the game Colosseum a few times, which is being reprinted by Tasty Minstrel Games and is on KS right now. The original Days of Wonder edition is much loved but out of print. Though the TMG KS has been a success, it seems that most people prefer the DOW edition. For example, a few months ago, TMG showed the picture of the cover art which was almost universally panned as being cartoonish and terrible. Instead of changing it after this reaction, they included a box sleeve in the KS to cover it up (KS exclusive!!).

I backed the KS at $80 including shipping, but just for fun I started looking around to see if I could find the DOW edition. And I found an excellent condition French version at
Ludikbazar (https://www.ludikbazar.com) for just €25 (€37 including shipping), which was a steal compared with the other prices that are out there (on the BGG marketplace, for example). So I dropped my KS pledge and today the DOW version arrived. So I was super happy, except it seems that the Swiss border control also thought the price was too good to be true. Although the value of the package was marked at €20, they decided to change that to €80 so they could charge me CHF38 (about €35) in fees, more than the price of the product! So now I have to make annoying phone calls in French trying to get my money back.

In summary, I'm very happy to have received the game but very annoyed at the fees.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160404/b1c5f02c2ccfe53b4fa61e823ef81f65.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 04, 2016, 06:47:43 AM
In summary, I'm very happy to have received the game but very annoyed at the fees.

Feeling your pain! :( Paying extortionate import duty (or disproportionate post office "handling fees" for doing literally nothing) is one of my pet hates...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 04, 2016, 10:10:44 AM
@jungleboy - this sounds as bad as the time a postman (from DHL) decided to cross out my postcode and write another one on it.  Obviously they knew better the intended address for posting Carcassonne: Tunnels, as opposed to the one i supplied  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 04, 2016, 10:17:08 AM
These last few stories sound like they belong in the "I hate the postman thread."   ;)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 04, 2016, 10:18:01 AM
No, it's just like restaurants - you never complain until the end in case they spit in your food!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 04, 2016, 02:42:35 PM
I am loving the postman today.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 04, 2016, 02:50:21 PM
Urgh, still waiting on mine.. Hope they'll arrive tomorrow (it has been sent, so...)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on April 04, 2016, 08:58:06 PM
Does anyone know if the new green color set of meeples comes, or will be available, in the whole set, or just the standard meeples shown in the photo?

I am loving the postman today.

Where did you get the Splendor tiles, where they from Cundco too?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 05, 2016, 04:51:57 AM
Where did you get the Splendor tiles, where they from Cundco too?

The only place I have found them is on Ebay.  I wasn't willing to pay $10 for them, but luckily I won an auction for less than $6. 

There is one additional noble that I don't have, but people want $20 for him.  No way.

I contacted Asmodee in the US to see if these were available some other way, but they never got back to me. :-\  I have read they are being given away at tournaments and some Barnes and Noble stores, but not any near me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 05, 2016, 06:30:19 AM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)

Ok, so not sure if I did anything special but my order from Cundco arrived today. The haul:

Corn Circles I and II
2 abbeys
Die schule (yellow bag, blue teacher)
Kathedrals
Besiegers (sadly punched during postage)

When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were. I tried my luck and ordered it completely, considering it was a mistake on their behalf. But apparently it wasn't! I actually received them today and couldn't be more happy with them, especially considering the prices they go for on ebay and all... Anyone else of you ordered them this way?

Anyway, so for any of you still looking for Corn Circles I, you could try it directly via Cundco..

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 05, 2016, 06:59:54 AM
Merit for the cheeky idea :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 05, 2016, 07:47:36 AM
Wow great deal.  If I was ordering anything soon, I'd give it a go.  I'm not a completionist, so I really don't need them. 

Oddly enough the River 2 isn't crossed out, but I swore it was the last time I checked.  Same with Cathedrals from Inns and Cathedrals.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 05, 2016, 11:40:11 AM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)
When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were. I tried my luck and ordered it completely, considering it was a mistake on their behalf. But apparently it wasn't! I actually received them today and couldn't be more happy with them, especially considering the prices they go for on ebay and all... Anyone else of you ordered them this way?

Anyway, so for any of you still looking for Corn Circles I, you could try it directly via Cundco..

I really want to do this, but for some reason I can't get the spare parts form on cundco to work (it keeps telling me to fill out both fields even though I already have). I really don't want to miss out on Corn Circles 1 again.

Is there someone who could order this for me and I could pay them back (and maybe a bit extra)?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 05, 2016, 12:07:31 PM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)
When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were. I tried my luck and ordered it completely, considering it was a mistake on their behalf. But apparently it wasn't! I actually received them today and couldn't be more happy with them, especially considering the prices they go for on ebay and all... Anyone else of you ordered them this way?

Anyway, so for any of you still looking for Corn Circles I, you could try it directly via Cundco..

I really want to do this, but for some reason I can't get the spare parts form on cundco to work (it keeps telling me to fill out both fields even though I already have). I really don't want to miss out on Corn Circles 1 again.

Is there someone who could order this for me and I could pay them back (and maybe a bit extra)?

Try it with a computer
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Yashin-n on April 05, 2016, 12:42:59 PM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)

Ok, so not sure if I did anything special but my order from Cundco arrived today. The haul:



When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were.
What is your oppinion: Is it possible to order in this way (as spare parts) the whole set of mini-expansions (minis 1-6 + crop circle II) from Cundco?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 05, 2016, 01:20:29 PM
My order from Cundco has been sent, it seems. Hopefully, it worked what I ordered because I might have cheated a bit  O0 (not as in 'not paying for something, just to be clear!)

Ok, so not sure if I did anything special but my order from Cundco arrived today. The haul:



When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were.
What is your oppinion: Is it possible to order in this way (as spare parts) the whole set of mini-expansions (minis 1-6 + crop circle II) from Cundco?

Hello, No I don't think that's possible and to be honest, isn't the best way to get it, because you get multiple different colors of green and who knows what else.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 05, 2016, 01:56:28 PM
When looking at the document for ordering spare tiles, I noticed that Corn Circles I wasn't crossed out while other rare mini-expansions were. I tried my luck and ordered it completely, considering it was a mistake on their behalf. But apparently it wasn't! I actually received them today and couldn't be more happy with them, especially considering the prices they go for on ebay and all... Anyone else of you ordered them this way?

Anyway, so for any of you still looking for Corn Circles I, you could try it directly via Cundco..

Great tip! Merit for you. I just made an order of a few different spare parts including CCI (which I don't have), so let's see how it goes. Although since they haven't processed my German Cathedrals order yet from two weeks ago, I'm not that confident...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 05, 2016, 01:57:44 PM
the spare parts section at CundCo shop is for spare parts and not for the whole sets or whole expansions.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 05, 2016, 04:27:48 PM
Yeah I can't get the spare tiles form to work, I've tried two different internet browsers on my computer and my phone but it keeps telling me I haven't filled in both fields...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 05, 2016, 04:30:19 PM
Received German Cathedral in Canada. This was one of the quickest deliveries from Cundco!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 05, 2016, 04:59:02 PM
the spare parts section at CundCo shop is for spare parts and not for the whole sets or whole expansions.

I know, Kettlefish, that's why I said I 'cheated' a bit. If they didn't want to send me those tiles because it was a complete expansion, they should have said so in a mail or something. I know I made a bit of over-use of the current spare-tiles system but seriously, can you blame me for trying? We're talking about Corn Circles I here..  :) An expansion that is nearly untrackable and way overprized (although open for debate, I know..)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wamboyil on April 05, 2016, 05:22:56 PM
I hate to ask this, because I know I have done so before, but does anyone have ANY solid information about how cundco.de handles their order shipment procedure? I placed an order over 2 weeks ago for the German Cathedrals and Dynasties. I made the payment at PayPal (using the "bank transfer" option), but the status still says the order has not yet been processed. This has me so frustrated because people (from all different areas) are reporting that they are receiving their orders, and even commenting on how fast they are receiving them. I have emailed cundco directly about this, but I get no response. Also, when I looked at the mini-expansion section of the website today, the German Cathedrals were not even listed anymore. Does this mean they are sold out? I will be seriously pissed if that is the case, and people who placed orders after me are receiving them and I miss out on the opportunity due to incompetence at cundco.

I have been a customer of cundco for a long time and have placed many orders, but ever since they switched to the new website, the ordering procedure is absolutely horrible, and their communication (or lack of) is even worse.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 05, 2016, 05:33:39 PM
It took 7 days for Cundco to respond to me after they messed up my order.   I only received an order shipped confirmation once and I have had 3 things delivered. 

Hopefully your stuff arrives soon.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 05, 2016, 05:35:29 PM
the spare parts section at CundCo shop is for spare parts and not for the whole sets or whole expansions.

I know, Kettlefish, that's why I said I 'cheated' a bit. If they didn't want to send me those tiles because it was a complete expansion, they should have said so in a mail or something. I know I made a bit of over-use of the current spare-tiles system but seriously, can you blame me for trying? We're talking about Corn Circles I here..  :) An expansion that is nearly untrackable and way overprized (although open for debate, I know..)
Valheru - it was not you why I said this it was about this question:

What is your oppinion: Is it possible to order in this way (as spare parts) the whole set of mini-expansions (minis 1-6 + crop circle II) from Cundco?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 05, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
the spare parts section at CundCo shop is for spare parts and not for the whole sets or whole expansions.

I know, Kettlefish, that's why I said I 'cheated' a bit. If they didn't want to send me those tiles because it was a complete expansion, they should have said so in a mail or something. I know I made a bit of over-use of the current spare-tiles system but seriously, can you blame me for trying? We're talking about Corn Circles I here..  :) An expansion that is nearly untrackable and way overprized (although open for debate, I know..)
Valheru - it was not you why I said this it was about this question:

What is your oppinion: Is it possible to order in this way (as spare parts) the whole set of mini-expansions (minis 1-6 + crop circle II) from Cundco?

My sincere apologies!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 06, 2016, 11:19:39 AM
Postman!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160406_185837-1024x576.jpg)

Yeah!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 06, 2016, 03:03:49 PM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 06, 2016, 03:23:28 PM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..

Im wondering what i will get then. Because i did pay for it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wamboyil on April 06, 2016, 04:26:49 PM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..

Im wondering what i will get then. Because i did pay for it.

So did I. They better honor my order. Really getting annoyed with cundco.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 06, 2016, 10:06:58 PM
wamboyil,
the CundCo shop has this information at their homepage:
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Brand new mini-expansion "Kathedralen in Deutschland", just available during the easter action (21.03.-03.04.), regularly again from October..

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 06, 2016, 10:19:21 PM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..

Im wondering what i will get then. Because i did pay for it.

So did I. They better honor my order. Really getting annoyed with cundco.

The document still said they were available when I placed my order (I had to use an iPad)- hopefully I made it in time...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 06, 2016, 10:28:39 PM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..

Im wondering what i will get then. Because i did pay for it.

So did I. They better honor my order. Really getting annoyed with cundco.

The document still said they were available when I placed my order (I had to use an iPad)- hopefully I made it in time...

I did it in time too but now I don't have any expectation that I will get CC1, especially given Cundco's history with all of my orders since the new site redesign. SRBO, they say they will refund you if they can't fulfil your order.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 06, 2016, 10:38:31 PM
wamboyil,
the CundCo shop has this information at their homepage:
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Brand new mini-expansion "Kathedralen in Deutschland", just available during the easter action (21.03.-03.04.), regularly again from October..

I ordered it on the 21st like all of you, and even wrote them a message to let them know to look out for my wife's name and not mine on the bank transfer, because last time I ordered with them they didn't process my order for about 7 weeks because they apparently only look at names and no other details (e.g. amount, sale number). They wrote back fairly quickly to say they were on top of it. Meanwhile some of you received German Cathedrals in about 4 days.

Now the 'easter action' is over and my order hasn't been processed yet. I wrote to them two days ago with no reply yet.

Now with mowboa saying that his order arrived but without German Cathedrals (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2573.msg38079#msg38079), it's pretty obvious that I won't get mine either if/when my order is finally processed.

Last time I declined to criticise Cundco even though others did. This time I think I have a right to be upset if I miss out on German Cathedrals for 6 months because of randomness or incompetence on Cundco's part.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 07, 2016, 12:33:46 AM
Apparently, Cundco changed their document. Corn Circles I isn't available anymore. I must have been VERY lucky..

Im wondering what i will get then. Because i did pay for it.

So did I. They better honor my order. Really getting annoyed with cundco.

The document still said they were available when I placed my order (I had to use an iPad)- hopefully I made it in time...

Let's just be clear here - your argument is because Cundco keep a static PDF that said some tiles were available you should be entitled to order an infinite number of tiles because the PDF said they were available?

Cundco are kind enough to offer a service to share spare tiles with their customers.  Some of you noticed that some tiles were available and ordered them; subsequently, after everyone here and on Carc-F and that Czech site realized they were available I suspect  Cundco's inbox looks like this:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/fun/overflowing-mailbox.gif)

No doubt Cundco will process the orders as they received them, and when the tiles are no longer available they will inform you and as kettlefish has said refund the money.  But either way, 6-tiles for 1.20Euro doesn't seem too much to get angry about.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 07, 2016, 12:49:22 AM
Let's just be clear here - your argument is because Cundco keep a static PDF that said some tiles were available you should be entitled to order an infinite number of tiles because the PDF said they were available?

Cundco are kind enough to offer a service to share spare tiles with their customers.  Some of you noticed that some tiles were available and ordered them; subsequently, after everyone here and on Carc-F and that Czech site realized they were available I suspect  Cundco's inbox looks like this:

No doubt Cundco will process the orders as they received them, and when the tiles are no longer available they will inform you and as kettlefish has said refund the money.  But either way, 6-tiles for 1.20Euro doesn't seem too much to get angry about.

I definitely understand that- I did say "hopefully"
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 07, 2016, 12:56:11 AM
Let's just be clear here - your argument is because Cundco keep a static PDF that said some tiles were available you should be entitled to order an infinite number of tiles because the PDF said they were available?

Cundco are kind enough to offer a service to share spare tiles with their customers.  Some of you noticed that some tiles were available and ordered them; subsequently, after everyone here and on Carc-F and that Czech site realized they were available I suspect  Cundco's inbox looks like this:

No doubt Cundco will process the orders as they received them, and when the tiles are no longer available they will inform you and as kettlefish has said refund the money.  But either way, 6-tiles for 1.20Euro doesn't seem too much to get angry about.

I definitely understand that- I did say "hopefully"

It was a lucky shot nevertheless, if some of us are able to get it, it would be nice. I'll just wait for it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 07, 2016, 03:54:28 AM
I got German castles and German cathedrals today, but I cannot seem to update my profile for the latter.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 07, 2016, 01:26:58 PM
I have a feeling I've put you girls and guys and/or Cundco in a difficult situation.  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 07, 2016, 01:29:10 PM
Best make sure your doors are all double locked now ;)  Once those completionists hear Cundco are out of stock, I know where they'll be heading  >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 07, 2016, 01:49:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzk91QqbEA

Who are the trolls on this forum? ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 07, 2016, 01:49:40 PM
I have a feeling I've put you girls and guys and/or Cundco in a difficult situation.  :o

Yes, perhaps you did :)

I'll have no problem at all if they tell me that they won't send me the CCI tiles. In fact, I expect that. My order is apparently in progress, so perhaps I'll hear from them soon if they don't want to send me the tiles.

My problem is with my German Cathedrals order, which still hasn't been processed yet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 07, 2016, 01:51:39 PM
I have a feeling I've put you girls and guys and/or Cundco in a difficult situation.  :o

Yes, perhaps you did :)

I'll have no problem at all if they tell me that they won't send me the CCI tiles. In fact, I expect that. My order is apparently in progress, so perhaps I'll hear from them soon if they don't want to send me the tiles.

My problem is with my German Cathedrals order, which still hasn't been processed yet.

To be honest, I quite expected the same to happen for me and with 1,20 euro invested, I found it a worthy gamble. But I understand your predicament.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 07, 2016, 01:59:00 PM
For a second I thought it was going to start this video:

https://youtu.be/kKJRPPA6NBQ
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 09, 2016, 04:11:14 AM
I've got labyrinth now, so I guess I'm lost.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 09, 2016, 04:13:27 AM
Got a message they partly refunded my order of Korn.
But it seems 1 is still on its way. So, I'm waiting.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 09, 2016, 04:36:32 AM
Got a message they partly refunded my order of Korn.
But it seems 1 is still on its way. So, I'm waiting.

I didn't get a message but on the site it says my order has been shipped. So who knows if I will get CCI or not?

Meanwhile my previous order for German Cathedrals + Besiegers still hasn't been processed.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 09, 2016, 06:11:51 AM
I joked about this yesterday: That's what I'd do if I was Cundco:  split up all the boxes and share them out evenly and fairly, so no one got a full set..haha  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on April 09, 2016, 09:35:33 AM
My order has shipped as well.

I also noticed that Cundco has now made their English spare-tile ordering statement a lot more explicit:

Please use the link to "Liste" below. We do not deliver complete sets but only REPLACEMENT tiles!!! RED CROSSED tiles are NOT available.

Before it was only in German and google didn't provide the best translation for it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 09, 2016, 09:45:36 AM
My order has shipped as well.

I also noticed that Cundco has now made their English spare-tile ordering statement a lot more explicit:

Please use the link to "Liste" below. We do not deliver complete sets but only REPLACEMENT tiles!!! RED CROSSED tiles are NOT available.

Before it was only in German and google didn't provide the best translation for it.

They also crossed out the scoreboards and added some missing expansions
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 09, 2016, 11:16:56 PM
I didn't get a message but on the site it says my order has been shipped. So who knows if I will get CCI or not?

Same here. So some here have got emails saying their order was incomplete? I don't often get the email responses from cundco though, so I am wondering how many or what tiles I have been sent..

Due to my technical issues I imagine I was one of the later ones to get through.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 09, 2016, 11:37:59 PM
Please use the link to "Liste" below. We do not deliver complete sets but only REPLACEMENT tiles!!! RED CROSSED tiles are NOT available.

So I guess the next step is to acquire CCI over the course of a year or two by ordering one tile at a time with each of your orders...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 10, 2016, 07:34:04 AM
Interesting to see Inns and Cathedral tiles are not available.  I think this confirms that the expansions are now out of print.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 10, 2016, 08:15:13 AM
I dont think they want to open entire boxes just for one replacement tile. Those are the only tiles they have available for replacements..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Guy on April 10, 2016, 09:48:20 AM
So the postman delivered me my tunnels from spielbox! Now the question is does anyone know the best way to change the colour of the tokens to match the additional player colours I have?  :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 10, 2016, 10:06:09 AM
Best to talk to Quevy or Safari - He made me some excellent tokens for Christmas - I have no idea how though!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 11, 2016, 04:16:23 AM
A surprise gift in the mail today!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 11, 2016, 04:25:00 AM
Congrats Paul!  That was nice of them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 11, 2016, 05:18:30 AM
The Plague arrived in my house today, so you'd better hope it doesn't spread through the internet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 11, 2016, 05:30:41 AM
A surprise gift in the mail today!
Hi Paul,
you are one of the winners for this mini-expansion:
http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=155&t=3009&sid=d3363a8ec584c78087388c852e71041b&start=120#p39692 (http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=155&t=3009&sid=d3363a8ec584c78087388c852e71041b&start=120#p39692)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 11, 2016, 05:58:14 AM
A surprise gift in the mail today!
Hi Paul,
you are one of the winners for this mini-expansion:
http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=155&t=3009&sid=d3363a8ec584c78087388c852e71041b&start=120#p39692 (http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=155&t=3009&sid=d3363a8ec584c78087388c852e71041b&start=120#p39692)

I knew that you were somehow behind this. Thank you! :) I've barely won anything in my life so this is really awesome!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on April 11, 2016, 06:14:35 AM
Just received the magazine with The Tunnels expansion.  emoji code3] emoji code3] emoji code3]
Ordered on the 6th received on the 11th.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160411/a7a7e758ca48177ae48291b21baa75b1.jpg)

Unfortunately the German Cathedrals and the Magazine with the Labyrinths ordered from cundco on the last 24th are still pending delivery.



Enviado do meu GT-I9082 através de Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 11, 2016, 06:34:56 AM
Just received the magazine with The Tunnels expansion.  emoji code3] emoji code3] emoji code3]
Ordered on the 6th received on the 11th.

Boo! Hiss! I ordered on the 5th and not here yet :( In fact mine were just shipped today!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 11, 2016, 06:41:59 AM
It's got less far to go though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 11, 2016, 06:43:52 AM
Anxiously waiting on my copy as well. It got shipped on friday so I guess it should arrive tomorrow! Excited!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 11, 2016, 06:54:53 AM
It's got less far to go though.

But why would mine ship later than his, if my order was placed before his??? There's only one explanation, it's a conspiracy! ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 11, 2016, 08:31:01 AM
It's got less far to go though.

But why would mine ship later than his, if my order was placed before his??? There's only one explanation, it's a conspiracy! ;D

Its not about the moment its placed. Its about the moment its payed I guess. But cundco can do it different ofcourse
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 11, 2016, 08:46:00 AM
It's got less far to go though.

But why would mine ship later than his, if my order was placed before his??? There's only one explanation, it's a conspiracy! ;D

Its not about the moment its placed. Its about the moment its payed I guess. But cundco can do it different ofcourse
Paid on 5th too...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 11, 2016, 09:41:26 AM
It's got less far to go though.

But why would mine ship later than his, if my order was placed before his??? There's only one explanation, it's a conspiracy! ;D

Its not about the moment its placed. Its about the moment its payed I guess. But cundco can do it different ofcourse
Paid on 5th too...

Okay then I dont know..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 11, 2016, 09:43:02 AM
Not the first time it's happened, certainly won't be the last. As long as I get it, it's not really that important (sobs quietly in the corner about the conspiracy)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 11, 2016, 10:42:26 AM
Kinda sucks for me. Waited several years and then I bought the Tunnel for a high price and barely a month later, they issue a resale for it. Really bummed.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 11, 2016, 10:51:18 AM
Kinda sucks for me. Waited several years and then I bought the Tunnel for a high price and barely a month later, they issue a resale for it. Really bummed.
I always say - don't buy  at ebay for an expensive prise. Wait until the publisher (HiG/CundCo and spielbox) will sell again such mini-expansions for a human small prise...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 11, 2016, 02:02:52 PM
Kinda sucks for me. Waited several years and then I bought the Tunnel for a high price and barely a month later, they issue a resale for it. Really bummed.
I always say - don't buy  at ebay for an expensive prise. Wait until the publisher (HiG/CundCo and spielbox) will sell again such mini-expansions for a human small prise...

Yes you do. But as much as I resent paying over the odds, and knowing that I am doing so, waiting for years for something to be re-released at a reasonable price just isn't worth the wait as far as I'm concerned. I don't consider myself to be an especially impatient person, but if it's a case of "pay 40 Euros and get it now" or "spend two years hoping that it will be re-released and then pay 4 Euros if you're lucky enough that it eventually is" then I think I'd rather just fork out the extra money now and make the most of the two years I have my expansion for while everyone else is waiting... :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 11, 2016, 02:08:55 PM
Well said Dan. That's my view too.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 11, 2016, 02:24:11 PM
It's certainly not predictable. I'm glad spielbox has decided to print some more things. But will a 70point score track be released, will Cult Seige and Creative be rereleased? Theres plenty of unavailable stuff and it seems unpredictable. Given the introduction of the new art work I think publishers will spend time supporting this, I suspect to be waiting a while for expansions in the old artwork if I've not got them already!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 11, 2016, 03:17:00 PM
It's certainly not predictable. I'm glad spielbox has decided to print some more things. But will a 70point score track be released, will Cult Seige and Creative be rereleased? Theres plenty of unavailable stuff and it seems unpredictable. Given the introduction of the new art work I think publishers will spend time supporting this, I suspect to be waiting a while for expansions in the old artwork if I've not got them already!
Cult, Siege & Creativity was never released by Hans im Glück, only Rio Grande Games, which no longer has the license. So no, it won't ever be released again. Neither will the Games Quarterly Expansion or the unproduced Tunnels, Crop Circles & Plague expansion. Z-Man may be able to release its own version, but I'm not sure if that's allowed in their contract.

Kinda sucks for me. Waited several years and then I bought the Tunnel for a high price and barely a month later, they issue a resale for it. Really bummed.
I always say - don't buy  at ebay for an expensive prise. Wait until the publisher (HiG/CundCo and spielbox) will sell again such mini-expansions for a human small prise...
Had I waited for Crop Circles I, I still would be waiting today. With the new artwork their primary focus, I don't see the reprinting of long out-of-print expansions something that is going to happen unless they find spare boxes of old sets, as Spielbox seems to have done a few times.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 11, 2016, 06:10:39 PM
A couple of goodies in the mail today:

The 10 years score board (eBay) is just for novelty and was inexpensive.

La Porxada from BBG market place is a very good hand made tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wamboyil on April 11, 2016, 08:24:38 PM
Over three weeks now (March 21) since I placed my order for German Cathedrals, Dynasties, and some Corn Circle I tiles, and the order STILL says "not processed yet" at the cundco.de site. I'm just about done with cundco, hiG, and Carcassonne in general if they can't get their shit together. This is too much aggravation for what is supposed to be a nice, friendly hobby. Why advertise on your website that you have things available to order if it is going to be nearly impossible for you to actually fulfill an order?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 11, 2016, 11:45:28 PM
I'm sorry you feel this way wamboyil, I had to wait several weeks for an order after Essen last year, mine said it was shipped but DHL didnt have a record of it.  I recently placed an order with another German retailer who lost my payment.  Thankfully they were both sorted out eventually, I think there may be some odd processing in the EU that sometimes delays payments and this might make it difficult.  Such safe guards are trying to prevent fraud, but end up being a pain for the consumer.  I'm guessing you've tried to contact Cundco.  It's got to be pretty hard, HiG is only a handful of people and from what I understand they don't actually run the shop everyday. I very much doubt this has happened because they are targetting you specifically.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 12, 2016, 12:14:53 AM
Just to confirm: spielbox hasnt printed new copies of the tunnels, their site says the following:
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While the spring cleaning in March in our warehouse we found some copies of issue 6/2009 (incl. the tunnel for Carcassonne) and 6/2010 (incl. the plague for Carcassonne).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 12, 2016, 01:10:58 AM
Received labyrinth and little buildings from spielbox today (as well as halflings and german cathedrals from cundco last week), making a nice little haul of new expansions to try...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 12, 2016, 01:57:04 AM
This is too much aggravation for what is supposed to be a nice, friendly hobby.

As far as I’m concerned, the niceness or friendliness of the hobby isn’t impacted by your experience of good or bad service offered by certain providers. If you want a reason to give up Carcassonne, do it because of how annoying it is when your opponents draw all the best tiles and you KEEP drawing roads, or because you went last and had one less turn than everyone else, and lost by one point with a meeple in hand. That’s usually why I give it up. But after a few days I’ll give it another chance, have a much better experience and all is forgiven...

Not to undermine your inevitable frustration, but I honestly can’t see how the friendliness of the hobby is being called into question over this. Unless they’re deliberately delaying your order because they don’t like you. I doubt this is the case.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 12, 2016, 02:27:51 AM
I believe Cundco's workload has been blooming as of late, and thus it takes longer for many orders. From what I understand, they are only 4 people handling the entire business of Cundco, which includes 2 interns.

http://cundco.de/en/about-us (http://cundco.de/en/about-us)

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 12, 2016, 03:20:33 AM
Windroses I arrived...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 12, 2016, 03:29:43 AM
Possibly my favourite mini-expansion; not because of the mechanics, but the spacial boundaries it broke, it feels very different to any other expansion and generally simple to implement. I always thought the Blue Rose should have been the start tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 12, 2016, 03:32:58 AM
Over three weeks now (March 21) since I placed my order for German Cathedrals, Dynasties, and some Corn Circle I tiles, and the order STILL says "not processed yet" at the cundco.de site. I'm just about done with cundco, hiG, and Carcassonne in general if they can't get their shit together. This is too much aggravation for what is supposed to be a nice, friendly hobby. Why advertise on your website that you have things available to order if it is going to be nearly impossible for you to actually fulfill an order?

Quote from: wamboyil
when I clicked on the "pay with PayPal" option, it would not let me do that (something about their website not being able to accept PayPal from other countries?). I changed my payment method to "bank transfer", and the order seemed to go through, but I have no idea how I am supposed to make the payment to them. I never received an order confirmation e-mail from them, and my e-mail to them has not been answered yet, after 5 days.

At the end of the day, you didn't pay for it, you didn't receive a confirmation email - so not a surprise it hasn't shipped. Frustrating that they haven't replied though.

Also - http://cundco.de/en/payment

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If there are problems with the PayPal-form, you can send your payment alternatively to: service@cundco.de
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 12, 2016, 03:34:37 AM
Possibly my favourite mini-expansion; not because of the mechanics, but the spacial boundaries it broke, it feels very different to any other expansion and generally simple to implement. I always thought the Blue Rose should have been the start tile.

"I made a huge city, scoring big."
"I made a long road, got me a fair decent of points."
"I placed a tile with directions of wind, scoring points for a major fart."

:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 12, 2016, 03:51:33 AM
I ordered from gameguard but it's broken. I've sent them an email too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on April 12, 2016, 04:40:10 AM
Wamboyil, if you don't have any luck in the next few days, drop me a pm.
I got given a few copies of the Cathedrals by someone I met recently, and could send one on to you.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 12, 2016, 06:19:50 AM
More like a good purchase story

I saw on german small adds somebody selling 3 spin offs: hunters and gatherers used for 2 €, Neues land for 8 € (almost new) and Die Burg for 4 €. It was explicitely written that they don't send the stuff, just for pick up

After a month and seeing that they still had those 3 games, I kindly asked if they would be willing to ship all 3 games, I was really happy when the person said yes and even made me a discount, I paid 18 € for all 3 games + shipping.

After receiving it, Neues land was unpunched, Bug was complet and almost new, and hunters and gatherers just the box was a bit damaged, but it was also  WITH 2 EXTRA SETS OF THE SCOUT EXPANSION

So reallllyyyyyy happy, there is just a missing tile "shaman" so it's just 9 extra free tiles, have to ask cundco if they have this tile.

 O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on April 12, 2016, 06:59:21 AM
Packages shipped today, shipping cost over 60 Euro. It's really insane how high the shipping cost can be when you're not sending one or two packages. ;)

But, I also got this to pick up from the postman, that is going to be a gift for a friend's birthday coming in a few weeks. This was the last (sealed) copy that I could find here in Sweden.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 12, 2016, 07:02:47 AM
Packages shipped today, shipping cost over 60 Euro. It's really insane how high the shipping cost can be when you're not sending one or two packages. ;)

Tell me about it! I've regularly spent £15 - £20 on postage alone when sending stuff out to CarcC member for competition or tournament prizes/ mementos...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 12, 2016, 07:06:27 AM
Packages shipped today, shipping cost over 60 Euro. It's really insane how high the shipping cost can be when you're not sending one or two packages. ;)

I only posted one thing today - postage cost more than the item originally did  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 12, 2016, 07:15:01 AM

Tell me about it! I've regularly spent £15 - £20 on postage alone when sending stuff out to CarcC member for competition or tournament prizes/ mementos...

+1 Dan!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 12, 2016, 08:20:50 AM
I ordered from gameguard but it's broken. I've sent them an email too.

You might want to add a photo on the Storage Thread  (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2279.msg37474#msg37474)to let others know of your problems.

@totor66 - sounds like you've had a good haul!

@Andrew +1 for being a considerate of your fellow board members!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 12, 2016, 08:29:19 AM
Wamboyil, if you don't have any luck in the next few days, drop me a pm.
I got given a few copies of the Cathedrals by someone I met recently, and could send one on to you.

I might be interested too if you still have spares, because my order also hasn't been processed.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on April 12, 2016, 12:13:18 PM
Check back in a few days and we can discuss.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: toastytoast on April 12, 2016, 12:20:03 PM
I ordered from gameguard but it's broken. I've sent them an email too.

Ah, that's sad to see.

I was just going to order one of those!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 12, 2016, 10:15:06 PM
I ordered from gameguard but it's broken. I've sent them an email too.

Ah, that's sad to see.

I was just going to order one of those!

They were quite quick about promising to send a replacement part. Overall I am reasonably satisfied. Obviously part of me would prefer one of the solid wooden boxes but they look impossibly heavy and bulky and not to mention expensive.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 13, 2016, 04:30:36 AM
Obviously part of me would prefer one of the solid wooden boxes but they look impossibly heavy and bulky and not to mention expensive.

Not for everyone - but I bought mine via eBay using Nectar points :)

In other news - Cornwall just arrived (well, it arrived a couple of hours ago)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 13, 2016, 06:20:22 AM
Something else for you jungleboy!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/new_package_for_nick.jpg)

This one was left in our bin store on bin day! Fortunately I'd put the bins out the night before, otherwise I wouldn't have put it past myself to accidentally have put this out for collection along with our recycling... :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 13, 2016, 06:24:21 AM
Something else for you jungleboy!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/new_package_for_nick.jpg)

This one was left in our bin store on bin day! Fortunately I'd put the bins out the night before, otherwise I wouldn't have put it past myself to accidentally have put this out for collection along with our recycling... :o

Lucky for you (and me)! That's my copy of Citrus. So, 3 down and 1 (from the US) to go. I hope I can fit all this stuff in my pack!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 13, 2016, 06:53:08 AM
Look what just came in:

Shall I unpunch them or just leave them like this   >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 13, 2016, 06:54:34 AM
Look what just came in:

Shall I unpunch them or just leave them like this   >:D

I heard they were highly radioactive and toxic and that you should send them to me for safe handling  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 13, 2016, 07:03:14 AM
Question about the rules. Did you order them or just got them with your order? But very happy for you SRBO!

EDIT: Mine were punched in the mail. Shame on the one hand but I'm planning on playing them anyway so it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 13, 2016, 07:03:51 AM
I heard they were highly radioactive and toxic and that you should send them to me for safe handling  :black1-meeple:

Haha good one, well, sadly i know how to handle that!

Question about the rules. Did you order them or just got them with your order? But very happy for you SRBO!
They came with them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 13, 2016, 07:05:04 AM
Oh, great! It didn't in mine but luckily we have a CAR! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 13, 2016, 07:05:16 AM
No, really - it's much better to handle them on an inconsequential offshore island - above sea level  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 13, 2016, 07:05:29 AM
I ordered a replacement Blue Teacher Meeple from Cundco too.

They also sent me 2 school tiles and a Blue teacher meeple bag - I wasn't expecting that at all!

Thank you very much Cundco!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 13, 2016, 07:20:21 AM
I was very surprised, because I was expecting the Tunnel earlier then this package.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 13, 2016, 07:21:07 AM
My tunnel hasn't arrived either. Expected it today at the latest but hey, the happier I will be when it arrives :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 13, 2016, 07:29:09 AM
I was expecting it yesterday.. sadly it didn't so that it wasnt here today was quite a surprise.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 13, 2016, 07:31:35 AM
Crop Circle 1 is the only raritie expansion that cundco should be able to reprint at some point.

No rush for my side, especially since it's at least 50 € on Ebay and such
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Elfew on April 13, 2016, 03:51:04 PM
4 copies of CC1 arrived today! Miracle.

2 go directly to new owners to the Czech republic, one is for me and one is free. I will sell it here in CF
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on April 13, 2016, 05:34:03 PM
4 copies of CC1 arrived today! Miracle.

2 go directly to new owners to the Czech republic, one is for me and one is free. I will sell it here in CF

4 copies!!! WOW!!!!   I thought I was pushing my luck trying to order one set!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 13, 2016, 11:03:52 PM
4 copies of CC1 arrived today!

Congrats! But this makes no sense to me. How would you need more than one copy of anything that was supposed to be a replacement?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 13, 2016, 11:06:22 PM
And they refunded 1 of my corn, because it wasnt supposed to order entire expansions...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 13, 2016, 11:17:52 PM
Let's just hope those people who ordered one copy but have yet to receive it and those people that were refused a copy get a copy too. It would be a bit rubbish otherwise.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Elfew on April 14, 2016, 12:44:04 AM
I made a bigger order for my friends for over 100 euro, I tried and it was accepted. Thats all :) dont be bad, it is just a boardgame and six tiles
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2016, 12:47:51 AM
...it is just a boardgame and six tiles

I assume you'll be selling for the price you paid then?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Elfew on April 14, 2016, 12:49:58 AM
Price will start at 2€, I will create a new topic here at your forum.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2016, 12:53:06 AM
Good good. It would be nice if they ended there too. ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on April 14, 2016, 01:55:10 AM
I will take it Elfew!

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Elfew on April 14, 2016, 01:56:23 AM
No PMs, everybody will have same chance to get it
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on April 14, 2016, 02:02:56 AM
Let the bidding begin >:D ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 14, 2016, 02:12:47 AM
Let the bidding begin >:D ^-^

Hopefully not before my copy arrives! I don't know if I am receiving all 6 tiles...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 14, 2016, 02:13:56 AM
Please don't bid here :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2016, 02:16:09 AM
Please don't bid here :P

+1 to this
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 14, 2016, 03:41:30 AM
I got Crop Circles I (with rules) in the post from Cundco today!! Even as others started receiving it, I was still doubtful that I would get it. More details on today's package coming tonight (in multiple threads!) when I have more time.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160414/2ba2fc893cee52761548190974b01784.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 14, 2016, 04:05:22 AM
I got Crop Circles I (with rules) in the post from Cundco today!! Even as others started receiving it, I was still doubtful that I would get it.

You & me both. Glad it's here... one more step to completion (well the pseudocompletion of having all of the expansions apart from Cathars)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 14, 2016, 04:08:41 AM
Damn holidays on 07/04 :)

Normally would have seen the opportunity for CC1 if I would have been following the forum as usual :p

Well, next time !
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 14, 2016, 04:15:07 AM
Damn holidays on 07/04 :)

I think that was already 2 days late ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2016, 05:06:22 AM
It seems strange that they apparently had so many of these in stock and yet didn't think to offer them for sale as an expansion in the normal way on the website.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 14, 2016, 05:11:04 AM
It seems strange that they apparently had so many of these in stock and yet didn't think to offer them for sale as an expansion in the normal way on the website.
My thoughts exactly. With that in mind, as a gesture for them allowing my creative use of the spares service, I have sent them the cost difference between a set of spare tiles and a normal expansion to do with as they please.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 05:22:50 AM
Yes they could have said: 100 copies remaining.  1 per household.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 14, 2016, 05:29:26 AM
They probably reprinted them (found them in the basement) and were going to save them for a Halloween treat, but then you guys went ahead and spoiled the surprise. 

I have 3 hours until the postman comes today.  Hopefully he brings me some old German magazines.   
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 05:57:07 AM
Sorry to spoil Christmas Dirk :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 14, 2016, 05:57:57 AM
It seems I should be drowning in merit by now :p

Glad (some of) you guys and girls were able to get CC1. Bit bummed out I didn't get the rules haha.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 06:00:32 AM
You know there's someone somewhere, that used the replacement service to get a new set of rules  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 14, 2016, 06:07:45 AM
You know there's someone somewhere, that used the replacement service to get a new set of rules  :(y)

I know but I'll probably wait with doing that when I have something else to order at Cundco.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on April 14, 2016, 06:26:55 AM
Haaaahhahahaahhaha :'( :'( :'( :'( I want a copy!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: toastytoast on April 14, 2016, 07:12:48 AM
Haaaahhahahaahhaha :'( :'( :'( :'( I want a copy!!!

I echo that sentiment!

Just to be clear-  people ordered via the tile replacement, the whole of the Corn Circle I expansion and didn't just get individual tiles, but a whole unpunched sheet with rules? Is that correct?

Bit of a shame that these weren't available openly (on limited run) on the Cundco rather than via tile replacement. Fair play to those managed to bag one! (not so much to those that ordered lots though  ;) )

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 14, 2016, 07:45:25 AM
Sorry to spoil Christmas Dirk :(

Christmas is only there to be ruined. I've now crossed more people off my Christmas card list than were ever on it in the first place...

Bit of a shame that these weren't available openly (on limited run) on the Cundco rather than via tile replacement. Fair play to those managed to bag one! (not so much to those that ordered lots though  ;) )

+1 to this (even though you said the same thing as me O:-))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 07:48:11 AM
Yes they could have said: 100 copies remaining.  1 per household.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 14, 2016, 07:57:27 AM
Paydirt!

The only small problem is spielbox sent me a German copy of 2015/5 instead of English, but I really wanted the expansions so I am happy.  I can at least read the one The plague came in.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 14, 2016, 08:14:59 AM


Haaaahhahahaahhaha :'( :'( :'( :'( I want a copy!!!

I echo that sentiment!

Just to be clear-  people ordered via the tile replacement, the whole of the Corn Circle I expansion and didn't just get individual tiles, but a whole unpunched sheet with rules? Is that correct?


Certainly what landed here.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 14, 2016, 08:45:21 AM


Haaaahhahahaahhaha :'( :'( :'( :'( I want a copy!!!

I echo that sentiment!

Just to be clear-  people ordered via the tile replacement, the whole of the Corn Circle I expansion and didn't just get individual tiles, but a whole unpunched sheet with rules? Is that correct?


Certainly what landed here.

FOr me it was a punched sheet without the rules. But I really can't complain :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 10:35:44 AM
Postman came today with a spielbox just for me!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160414_183320-600x1067.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 14, 2016, 02:49:31 PM
I finally received yesterday my SPIEL DOCH! magazine with the two Labyrinth tiles. Such a hassle for two tiles. I pre-ordered them but Spielbox sent the magazine to my US billing address. They sent a second copy to me in New Zealand but it has been a month now since the magazine released. Ugh. I hope they start printing SPIEL DOCH! in English soon. It seems far more interesting than Spielbox, to be honest. Spielbox is just about reviewing games, many of which I have little interest in. SPIEL DOCH! is about the hobby itself and that seems much more interesting.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 14, 2016, 03:37:32 PM
SPIEL DOCH! is about the hobby itself and that seems much more interesting.

I couldn't agree more.  The one English Spielbox that I received was terrible.  The reviews all sound the same and they don't make a good argument either way as whether a game should be purchased or avoided. 

The Spiel DOCH looked much better.  Decar was nice enough to give me some highlights in the thread about the new tiles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 14, 2016, 03:43:17 PM
I mangled my way through the 7wonders duel review and Im not sure. I got the feeling it was all geared up to sell games rather than provide critical reviews.  They didnt seem to have anything bad to say about Duel. It's a great game but it has some flawls for some gamers.  I think if you were on a fence about a game they covered it would be interesting to see pictures and some analysis.

The other articles about game designers did look good though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 15, 2016, 03:15:59 AM
A nice little haul to greet me at work this morning!

not sure what to do with the new art Labyrinth though as i'm an old schooler.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 15, 2016, 03:35:27 AM
A nice little haul to greet me at work this morning!

not sure what to do with the new art Labyrinth though as i'm an old schooler.

What about the Spiel '15 tile?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 15, 2016, 03:43:34 AM
What about the Spiel '15 tile?

i guess here starts my collection of the new art style....jesus...my wife's gonna kill me. I'm running out of hiding spaces on my gaming shelves...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 15, 2016, 03:57:38 AM
Tiles fit nicely into books.  Maybe you can hollow few books out too ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 15, 2016, 03:59:31 AM

jesus...my wife

Now that's an unexpected bride! ;D but should be forgiving...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: asparagus on April 15, 2016, 04:03:14 AM
What about the Spiel '15 tile?

i guess here starts my collection of the new art style....jesus...my wife's gonna kill me. I'm running out of hiding spaces on my gaming shelves...

May be someone could come up with some clever house rules for those tiles.

Tiles fit nicely into books.  Maybe you can hollow few books out too ;)
That would be considered sacrilege in my family.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 15, 2016, 04:09:42 AM
Tiles fit nicely into books.  Maybe you can hollow few books out too ;)

or i could get some of those fake VHS cases and cover up boxes with them!


jesus...my wife

Now that's an unexpected bride! ;D but should be forgiving...

she's a feisty Welsh girl...not so forgiving!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 15, 2016, 04:14:49 AM
Tiles fit nicely into books.  Maybe you can hollow few books out too ;)

Better still is when the game box looks like a book so you can hide it on the bookshelf (e.g. Biblios, or Ravingspire which is on KS right now).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on April 15, 2016, 06:05:41 AM
A nice little haul to greet me at work this morning!

not sure what to do with the new art Labyrinth though as i'm an old schooler.
Where did you get the '15 Essen tile?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 15, 2016, 06:17:32 AM

Where did you get the '15 Essen tile?

I managed to barter with a guy i know on BGG and got the Labyrinth tiles and Spiel '15 tile for EUR 20 for the lot. Was happy with that so went for it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 15, 2016, 06:37:02 AM
Damn. Nostheide shipped my magazine the 7th. And it still hasnt arrived at my home.. it never takes that long for a package out of germany to arrive that late.. even cundo managed to be quicker which arrived 2 days ago
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 15, 2016, 06:57:48 AM
Damn. Nostheide shipped my magazine the 7th. And it still hasnt arrived at my home.. it never takes that long for a package out of germany to arrive that late.. even cundo managed to be quicker which arrived 2 days ago

To be honest, I'm happy I'm not the only one in that situation. My magazine to Belgium hasn't arrived either.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 15, 2016, 07:08:01 AM
That makes me feel better also. I was scared somehow it got lost..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 15, 2016, 07:14:36 AM
I know you've got a shifty postman though SRBO  >:( >:(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 15, 2016, 07:20:50 AM
Where did you get the '15 Essen tile?

Supertopix...there's an auction for a Spiel '15 tile on german ebay right now:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Carcassonne-Mini-Erweiterung-Spiel-2015-neu-Promo-Spieletage-Messe-Essen-/291731873727?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 16, 2016, 10:09:49 AM
My Tunnels arrived and so did a package from Sweden containing Darmstadt.

Woo hoo!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 16, 2016, 10:14:28 AM
Photos or it didn't happen!   :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 16, 2016, 10:35:29 AM
I know you've got a shifty postman though SRBO  >:( >:(

Hahah true that! Shes a collector herself
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 16, 2016, 01:57:04 PM
Missed a delivery yesterday and made the stop to a local postal pick up point today for the items below.

I wanted to secure a second copy of Travel Carc. There are a few still around with a local on-line seller and Amazon but they are getting scarce. Our original copy has seen a lot of summer play, so now we can have a mini-mega game  :o

Finally decided to give Jaipur a try, I think it will work with the Mrs.

Then a couple of mini expansions: First, Moor Expansion, which are extra cards co-designed by Ewe Rosenberg for Viticulture (which we greatly enjoy).

Finally a mini expansion for Citrus that preceded the base game delivery, expected in a couple of days.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 16, 2016, 02:36:17 PM
Missed a delivery yesterday and made the stop to a local postal pick up point today for the items below.

Nice haul!

Finally decided to give Jaipur a try, I think it will work with the Mrs.

I played it with my Mrs (who dislikes most games) this afternoon and she liked it, and she beat me! She likes camels so simple things like that can get her into an occasional game. So hopefully you and your wife like it too.

Finally a mini expansion for Citrus that preceded the base game delivery, expected in a couple of days.

My copy of the Citrus is currently fighting some zombie war at danisthirty's house. Once I pick it up, I'll probably get the expansion too. But there's no shame in getting an expansion before the game! My Delorean for Colt Express is just kind of hanging out in a drawer at the moment with no one to play with.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 16, 2016, 02:59:12 PM
Jaipur is great..the only downside is the reset time, stacking all those coins in number order can be a right pain!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 17, 2016, 11:01:14 PM
Received two deliveries today- a copy of Tunnels from Speilbox and CC1 from cundco (unpunched sheet, although no shrink wrap or rules) - very happy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 17, 2016, 11:16:51 PM
Received two deliveries today- a copy of Tunnels from Speilbox and CC1 from cundco (unpunched sheet, although no shrink wrap or rules) - very happy!
I hope mine arrives too, congratz on these expansions.
My CC1 wasnt shrink wrapped too
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 12:33:43 AM
I recieved almost 1000 transparent meeple and components for all the major expansions today, enough to make about 12 complete sets.




Photos or it didnt happen   >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 18, 2016, 01:09:36 AM
I hope mine arrives too, congratz on these expansions.
My CC1 wasnt shrink wrapped too

I didn't mind about the lack of shrink wrap- I was ecstatic just to finally have CC1!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 18, 2016, 04:17:46 AM
Still nothing on The Tunnels. I have a feeling our postman placed it completely wrong into another mailbox so my copy is lost. Going to the post office later today but it'll probably turn out negative  :-\
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 18, 2016, 04:20:14 AM
Still nothing on The Tunnels. I have a feeling our postman placed it completely wrong into another mailbox so my copy is lost. Going to the post office later today but it'll probably turn out negative  :-\

I haven't got mine yet either.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 18, 2016, 04:35:00 AM
Still nothing on The Tunnels. I have a feeling our postman placed it completely wrong into another mailbox so my copy is lost. Going to the post office later today but it'll probably turn out negative  :-\

I haven't got mine yet either.

I can't imagine Spielbox making the fault here, because they wouldn't have changed the status otherwise..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:24:26 AM
I've looked at the shipping adress, there is no number of my house on it..
I've contacted the post office. but they couldnt do anything
So I guess mine will be lost..
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 07:25:28 AM
That shifty postman of yours probably took a liking to it like those Valentine Tiles  :-\
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:26:40 AM
this really sucks :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 07:27:45 AM
If you find our her collection is complete you know why....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:33:05 AM
I swear, then I will go into her house while she delivers her post :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 07:43:17 AM
You can leave her a hama-bead warning on her pillow :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 18, 2016, 07:50:08 AM
 8)  :(y) nice one :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 18, 2016, 11:38:37 AM
I'll try to make a horse's head out of Hama beads especially for you to do with as you wish SRBO...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 02:08:18 PM
I can't have been the only one surely!

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160418_220622-600x1067.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 18, 2016, 02:40:51 PM
I received a second copy of Scoville in the mail yesterday. Very strange. I ordered the game via the recent Kickstarter and I received my first copy early in March and it was shipped from China. This one came from Australia. I think somebody got their distribution addresses mixed up. I've contacted them to figure out what they want me to do with #2.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 18, 2016, 02:49:10 PM
My son will be very happy.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2016, 02:53:38 PM
For a second I thought he was a starwars fan too :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 18, 2016, 03:15:57 PM
My son will be very happy.
Ooo, King of the Beast edition. I wish there were a way for previous owners of Zooloretto to get the Lions. Like a replacement service option like CundCo. In fact, I would want enough to work with the expansions, too (although getting one with an [X] back for Boss would be impossible, I imagine).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 18, 2016, 03:26:50 PM
My son will be very happy.
Ooo, King of the Beast edition. I wish there were a way for previous owners of Zooloretto to get the Lions. Like a replacement service option like CundCo. In fact, I would want enough to work with the expansions, too (although getting one with an [X] back for Boss would be impossible, I imagine).

I tried to do what you said in the Zooloretto thread, but the Exotic expansion is almost impossible to find here. 

Also I am giving you a merit for the print a play work you have done on BGG.  It was cool seeing your guide linked to from the game creator's website.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 18, 2016, 03:57:26 PM
Happy day!

Finally a copy of Tunnels and a new game.

Well, slight used game of Citrus from the BGG market place. The previous owner was the prolific BGG blogger Milena, not sure if anyone has seen her stuff. She is known for long thorough reports with loads of great - game photos.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 18, 2016, 05:11:28 PM
Also I am giving you a merit for the print a play work you have done on BGG.  It was cool seeing your guide linked to from the game creator's website.
No problem. I saw a need and filled it. Oddly, I ended up sending my copy of Zooloretto home with my in-laws. My partner just couldn't win at the game and was growing tired of losing. Michael Schacht is awesome. I've emailed back and forth with him for a few years now and I'm on his holiday postcard mailing list. Apparently if you play against him on his website, he will reward you with a rare Zooloretto expansion tile. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to sometime soon.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on April 18, 2016, 08:43:10 PM
Saturday, tunnels!!  Sunday!?!?!?,CCI!!!!!  Not sure how the CundCo package envelope arrived to my door (and not my mailbox) on a Sunday!  Maybe one of my neighbors got it by accident and was nice enough to put it at my door.  Anyway thank you whoever it was!! 

Merit to Valheru for the CCI info!!!!      and merit to Kettlefish for the Tunnels info!!!

Two expansions that I honestly thought I'd never ever buy because of the going rates, and I was ok with that.  But...... thanks to Valheru and Kettlefish I got them both in one weekend for a fraction of the cost!!!!  :green-meeple: :(y)  Big thanks to you guys!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 18, 2016, 10:07:56 PM
Could somebody who received the Corn Circles I expansion compare the size of the Corn watermark to that of Corn Circles II's watermark? I have an original CCI expansion and the icons are quite a bit larger than the CCII icons (about twice the size). Is that still the case? If not, then these CCI tiles represent a reprint with some improvements. In the image you posted, JoeSesquipedalian, they look smaller.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 18, 2016, 10:28:32 PM
Could somebody who received the Corn Circles I expansion compare the size of the Corn watermark to that of Corn Circles II's watermark? I have an original CCI expansion and the icons are quite a bit larger than the CCII icons (about twice the size). Is that still the case? If not, then these CCI tiles represent a reprint with some improvements. In the image you posted, JoeSesquipedalian, they look smaller.

In my copy of CC1 the watermarks were still larger than those in CC2.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 01:29:03 AM
Great photos everyone, Thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 19, 2016, 02:01:16 AM
Could somebody who received the Corn Circles I expansion compare the size of the Corn watermark to that of Corn Circles II's watermark? I have an original CCI expansion and the icons are quite a bit larger than the CCII icons (about twice the size). Is that still the case? If not, then these CCI tiles represent a reprint with some improvements. In the image you posted, JoeSesquipedalian, they look smaller.

In my copy of CC1 the watermarks were still larger than those in CC2.
Thanks for checking, I just wanted to make sure.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Yashin-n on April 19, 2016, 12:42:46 PM
Two orders have been delivered today! So 12,5 expasions have been added to my CARcollection. Special thanks for Paul whose letter with Besiegers, Cloisters, La Porxada and 15-Essen card was first: the letter was delivered from Sweden to Russia in 6 (!) days only and all tiles were gently packed.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 19, 2016, 12:50:37 PM
Awesome photo well done!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 19, 2016, 01:29:31 PM
12,5 expansions?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Yashin-n on April 19, 2016, 01:40:00 PM
12,5 expansions?
I mean Essen-15 is quasi expansion.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: CKorfmann on April 19, 2016, 10:53:20 PM
Got my bag order from Artscow today.  I was really looking forward to those.  I did get a second draw bag for Carcassonne, but the order was primarily for a set of draw bags for Castles of Burgundy.  I also got one for Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Patchwork, and the metal coins that I ordered from KS. 

Still no Cundco order.  Somehow I missed out on the CC1 being available.  That's a serious bummer...  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Smooth on April 20, 2016, 04:52:11 AM
Today. Delivery from Basically Wooden - finally!

I just received a Big Box for my collection - I must say it looks good, and smells all new.

I had them make custom dividers for the German Cathedrals and the Labyrinth. Since there were no watermark for the labyrinth they made one from the outline of the labyrinth tile. I think it turned out great.

Now I have to start sorting everything :D  :(y)  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 20, 2016, 07:34:46 AM
I love my wooden box, but when I see the insides of those Basically Wooden boxes I drool.  Enjoy it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 20, 2016, 08:06:47 AM
My dad called and he said that 2 things arrived today: one from Germany and one from Sweden.

So my Tunnels arrived after all, woop woop! And also a Swedish edition of The Tower. Courtesy of Paul. Excited to check it out later tonight when I arrive at home!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 20, 2016, 08:19:40 AM
This arrived for me today. Very very pleased that i finally found an original edition. Found a guy in Scotland willing to sell it to me. He said that he never even thought it was anything special but he's played it for years and looked after it very well. Originally i just wanted the board off him and he was happy to sell as he said he hated the 70 point board because it was such an annoying number! he printed out a 50 pointer and they used that. Eventually he agreed to sell me the box as well but only on the condition that i send him a new box as a replacement for him to keep his set in!!

So i posted him a new box and threw in a proper 50 point scoreboard for him and his wife and this arrived back today!!

Such a nice guy, said he's going to donate the money i gave him to charity.

(http://)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 20, 2016, 08:27:40 AM
Welcome to the club Clownfeet!

@Valheru - I wonder if Paul included a Dan Chard signed Tile in your shipment too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 20, 2016, 08:32:59 AM
Brilliant Clownfeet! Merit for the find! You've made quite a lot people jealous indeed!

Welcome to the club Clownfeet!

@Valheru - I wonder if Paul included a Dan Chard signed Tile in your shipment too!

If so, it will be my most prized possesion and I'll put it into a shrine!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 21, 2016, 03:39:34 AM
Japanese Temples landed...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 21, 2016, 03:43:02 AM
The only time you could share a photo and you didnt :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 21, 2016, 03:45:16 AM
The only time you should share a photo and you didnt :(

Fixed ;)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 21, 2016, 03:46:37 AM
You're easily pleased if that's a fix!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on April 21, 2016, 03:50:55 AM
You're easily pleased if that's a fix!

I am actually. My Tunnels and Tower expansion arrived yesterday. I am a happy man. The world is a beautiful place.  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 21, 2016, 03:52:12 AM
I still don't see any photos :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: hunnymonster on April 21, 2016, 05:36:53 AM
The only time you could share a photo and you didnt :(
That's because I'm currently around 80km from where the tiles are (verbal report only that they've landed)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on April 23, 2016, 02:50:37 AM
I have joined the dark side.

Have made a few purchases recently, and also hosted Udo when he was here, and got some things from him.

The insert is from Broken Token before any one asks.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on April 23, 2016, 03:28:56 AM
I have joined the dark side.

Have made a few purchases recently, and also hosted Udo when he was here, and got some things from him.

The insert is from Broken Token before any one asks.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

I thought about getting a Broken Token organiser. The problem is that the shipping to the UK is expensive. What's it like?

Kudos on joining the dark side!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christopher on April 23, 2016, 03:39:00 AM
Thanks Postie! Thanks Cundco!

(I've recently admitted to myself that I only post about a quarter of Carcassonne things I receive on this thread. Mostly because I'm on a bit of a Carcassonne spree at the moment, and posting everything the postman delivers might make me realise. I think I've made about three Cundco orders in as many weeks)

(It's also partly because I'm too lazy to take photos most of the time, and, as Decar is always quick to remind me, without photos, it didn't happen!)

(I'm still lying, it's about three orders in the last week alone)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on April 23, 2016, 04:07:21 AM
Hi AndrewTheAmbo,
did you give us a report or a rewiev of your meeting with Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne-on-Tour)?  C:-)

You are on the best way to collect the comeplete Carcassonne II New Edition.  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 23, 2016, 04:58:31 AM
Well my tunnels arrived. Not in the usual way though, after my girlfriend learned my package would never arrive. She bought one from a dealer for a reasonable price. So well..I guess im pretty lucky:) will post a picture as proof soon
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 23, 2016, 06:14:18 AM
I have joined the dark side.

Have made a few purchases recently, and also hosted Udo when he was here, and got some things from him.

The insert is from Broken Token before any one asks.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

Good haul Andrew!!

I also ordered a Carc insert / organizer that I hope will arrive soon.

Added congrats for Viticulture. It's a recent favourite in our home!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Vasek on April 23, 2016, 08:43:01 AM
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.
Toshihiko Ishibashi as per Cundco web shop.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 23, 2016, 11:55:31 PM
Some great hauls everyone! Thanks for sharing :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 24, 2016, 02:13:11 AM
As promised the picture of The Tunnel my girlfriend gave me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lomdr on April 24, 2016, 03:30:36 AM
Umm, yeah, I still live.  I recently picked up the Carc 2 base game set and then went and ordered the first 2 expansions (C2) and the Broken Token Insert.  After assembling it I put the expansions in the box with the whole hand painted Phantoms thing I did ages ago.  I stuck the Traders tokens and the phantoms in a baggie and I put them in a 6 tile big compartment in the insert, leaving room for other expansions when they get reprinted.  Will take a photo later
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 24, 2016, 11:17:41 AM
There are some on BGG for $$$ - The shop I ordered from, gave a copy with every purchase of the game.  It looks like the German Edition (there are apparently too), from Essen.  It says 'Messe' not 'The Messe'.  You could ask if you can order the card separately?
That's what is out of stock. The company sells the expansion separately, just not currently. They'll get it back in, though. They have all the other expansion cards available.

@Whaleyland - They're back in stock
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 24, 2016, 05:49:00 PM
Thanks Decar. I heard they were back, but I have to somehow justify spending €10 on one card since purchases must be a minimum of €10. Such a pain.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 24, 2016, 11:28:55 PM
Umm, yeah, I still live.

Good to know. Welcome back lomdr! :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 25, 2016, 03:31:00 AM
Thanks Decar. I heard they were back, but I have to somehow justify spending €10 on one card since purchases must be a minimum of €10. Such a pain.

I ordered 2 sets of the 5 promos the other week to make it 10€.  Totor66 just started a thread, he's after 2 of them - perhaps you can work together?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 25, 2016, 03:46:39 AM
Thanks Decar. I heard they were back, but I have to somehow justify spending €10 on one card since purchases must be a minimum of €10. Such a pain.

I ordered 2 sets of the 5 promos the other week to make it 10€.  Totor66 just started a thread, he's after 2 of them - perhaps you can work together?
Unlikely since I'm in New Zealand and shipping out of here is really expensive, even just for an envelope. I'm thinking of ordering the five promos, the Messe Essen, and the Catan board and selling the entire set on the local ebay wannabe site. That would be retail €8.00 plus shipping. I am hoping that they re-release the higher-quality military counter, though, as I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 25, 2016, 04:14:45 AM
Which store is that BTW ? I couldn't find it on BGG
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 25, 2016, 06:31:15 AM
The publisher's shop  - repros production : www.rprod.com
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on April 25, 2016, 07:04:02 AM
Thanks Decar. I heard they were back, but I have to somehow justify spending €10 on one card since purchases must be a minimum of €10. Such a pain.

I ordered 2 sets of the 5 promos the other week to make it 10€.  Totor66 just started a thread, he's after 2 of them - perhaps you can work together?
Unlikely since I'm in New Zealand and shipping out of here is really expensive, even just for an envelope. I'm thinking of ordering the five promos, the Messe Essen, and the Catan board and selling the entire set on the local ebay wannabe site. That would be retail €8.00 plus shipping. I am hoping that they re-release the higher-quality military counter, though, as I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

The wonder Catan is unfortunately out of order :(

I went a bit crazy and bought a signed version of it (by the guy from Catan) for a bit more expensive.

Guess I'll buy 2 of each stuff, but I checked and shipment to NZ should cost 3,40 € for signed sending and just 0,90 € for standard letter from Germany

let me know if you don't prefer that option, I will order in the next days ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 25, 2016, 07:05:37 AM
1.90€ doesn't sound bad - good luck!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 25, 2016, 05:11:17 PM
Edited a poor post that didn't describe this is a custom cup with the artwork from Glory to Rome board game:  ::)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19857/glory-rome (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19857/glory-rome)

I was going to post this in the, 'I hate the postman', thread but that has been locked  ;D

Received this unfortunate delivery today. It was poorly packaged but stuff happens. I'm sure it will be taken care of.

I'm just happy to have a copy of the elusive Black Box Glory to Rome, so I'm not complaining too much  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 26, 2016, 12:25:30 AM
That's a sad sight to see franks. That mug looked pretty cool, are you getting a replacement?

 Sorry i closed the other thread. I decided there was already too much hate in the world and it seemed to shift to impatient people receiving artwork they didn't like a few days later than somone else.  There seemed to a few double posts appearing too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 26, 2016, 04:50:33 PM
That's a sad sight to see franks. That mug looked pretty cool, are you getting a replacement?

 Sorry i closed the other thread. I decided there was already too much hate in the world and it seemed to shift to impatient people receiving artwork they didn't like a few days later than somone else.  There seemed to a few double posts appearing too.

Thanks Decar, yes I had a speedy reply from the UK company and they will get a replacement out this week!

In regards to the thread, I couldn't agree more. Didn't much like the title, with all due respect to the creator  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on April 26, 2016, 05:08:26 PM
Another nice delivery today!

I've mentioned in previous posts elsewhere my love of painting miniatures and proper tabletop mini games. Well I've become a big fan of Osprey's Frostgrave. It is a very approachable game with an interesting theme built around magic and fantasy. It has a relatively easy rule set and can be used with only a few models. One can use any fantasy based miniatures they have around, though they do offer their own dedicated range. 

Anyway this comes in a lovely case from Reaper that included a complimentary primer paint that I wasn't expecting. Well impressed.

If anyone is curious, here is a link and a video of game play that features this same mini set. 

https://ospreypublishing.com/frostgrave (https://ospreypublishing.com/frostgrave)

https://youtu.be/LgHc7wfTCNM
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on April 28, 2016, 12:34:46 AM
I missed today's delivery and had to go pick it up.

...I think it was worth it! (game components not included)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 28, 2016, 07:38:07 AM

Every time we get a new game, I check the BGG store and see promos for them.  It is rather addictive.

I missed today's delivery and had to go pick it up.

...I think it was worth it! (game components not included)

Looks nice!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on April 28, 2016, 07:40:34 AM
soy sauce is great!!!

sushi go is in my backpack right now for my holiday to Iceland!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 28, 2016, 07:46:31 AM
soy sauce is great!!!

sushi go is in my backpack right now for my holiday to Iceland!

Sushi Go and Splendor are our favorite quick games.  Glad to hear the expansion is good.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lomdr on April 28, 2016, 02:30:33 PM
It really is, Dirk.  The day I ordered the Carc2 versions of the first 2 expansions and the Broken Token insert, I caught wind of the CON tiles for Suburbia being released, so I ordered that and the Promo roles for Pandemic.  At the very least, the Con tiles don't add any new rules to the game, just a new Synergy.  I'm doing a variant of Pandemic Promo roles where it applies to EVERY PLAYER in the game instead of just the promo role, just like how it is set up in Forbidden Desert.  The only change I have to make for a normal role is the Quarantine Specialist: She still takes a wound if she's in the same situation that everyone else is in (Infection card gets drawn during the infect phase of a turn or during an epidemic), but everything else applies to her (No cube is added to her city and if there's a quarantine marker there it doesn't get reduced or removed).  I will say that the promo role cards for Pandemic is much bigger than I anticipated, MUCH larger than a Tarot card (most of the cards in Elder Sign, for instance)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on April 28, 2016, 04:17:52 PM
I almost ordered the Pandemic promo roles.   Since I got Pandemic Legacy for my wife as a birthday present, I didn't. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 29, 2016, 02:10:03 AM
My girlfriend found the catapult and ordered it. It was still unpunched, although I'm not really interested in it. I think it belongs in my collection. Very close to total completion now... still missing 5 -6 pieces.. (3 schoolbags and teachers, cult siege and creativity and the grey scoreboard and maybe windroses II) Not the most difficult pieces, but the postman comes at my house too much now.. I let her rest for a while.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 29, 2016, 04:37:21 AM
Another package came in today. (logically 2 different postman..)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 29, 2016, 06:12:06 AM
I hope they don't find out about each other - they might get upset
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on April 29, 2016, 06:34:18 AM
I hope they don't find out about each other - they might get upset

They will steal from each other then xd
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 02, 2016, 02:06:10 AM
The mystery of my Oxford packages is finally revealed!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160502/17ae72ac2056bffe6b20ef4ac73ae83c.jpg)

And for those who aren't following the Thirsty Meeples thread, these were hand-delivered to me by danispostman!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160502/20111d7bc783efdf660e5d64bbe9d6ef.jpg)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JoeSesquipedalian on May 02, 2016, 10:13:37 AM
Look what arrived from Germany (possibly Japan) on Friday!   :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :orange-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on May 02, 2016, 03:42:21 PM
Finally something to get tiles organized. Look forward to trying these out.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on May 04, 2016, 10:26:11 PM
Look what I recieved yesterday.  Photo is a bit dark sorry.  Made a silly offer on ebay and won it. everything is still sealed and wrapped inside.  A good find.  Now the question is; should I open it for the phantoms? Or should I keep it as is? Or should I sell it as is?

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on May 04, 2016, 11:30:48 PM
This Is the festival included, not the phantoms ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 04, 2016, 11:35:52 PM
The meeple inside are equivalent to phantoms. There are only 5 colours and the dye is very slightly different. But there's 40 coloured phantoms inside that box.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on May 04, 2016, 11:58:48 PM
This Is the festival included, not the phantoms ;)
No, there are eight sets (minus purple) of the Phantom included, as well as the Festival.  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on May 05, 2016, 01:34:06 AM
Exactly whaleyland and decar.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on May 05, 2016, 02:58:13 AM
And I thought I knew a lot ... shame on me  :-[
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 05, 2016, 04:46:14 AM
And I thought I knew a lot ... shame on me  :-[

I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Technically you're right as the 10-year edition does include The Festival. And whilst the meeples that come with it are translucent and very similar to phantoms, it doesn't claim that they actually are phantoms anywhere to the best of my knowledge.

I'd say the best thing about this edition is the score track. Mine isn't to hand at the moment, but I believe the tiles are slightly thinner than regular Carcassonne tiles too?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on May 05, 2016, 04:47:53 AM
The box is pretty cool too.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on May 06, 2016, 03:35:08 AM
I've got a very special delivery yesterday: Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne-on-Tour) brought me these latest expansions that I didn't have in my collection till the moment!
Also yesterday in the airport I said hello to Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, which will be today on the special Carcassonne game night.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 06, 2016, 04:59:44 AM
I've got a very special delivery yesterday: Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne-on-Tour) brought me these latest expansions that I didn't have in my collection till the moment!

Congrats MrNumbers. Those are some nice gifts! :) :(y)

I've been meaning to get all of the following things together for a while, purely so that I could take a photo. I finally managed it this morning:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Postman_06May16.jpg)

There are a few things here including: Spiel Doch + Labyrinth tiles, spare copy of The Tower, Japanese Monasteries, German Cathedrals, River 1 tiles (with special backgrounds for copy protection purposes of the PC game), custom Meeples from our CarcC UK meetup last Saturday and a number of signed tiles from Curt194, Safari, Valheru, Andrew the Ambo and CARfirst. I have Decar to thank for much of this, especially the awesome meeples, and Valheru for the River tiles. Many thanks guys! :D

I'm thinking about contacting the Guinness book of records about the possibility of my collection of signed tiles being the largest privately owned collection of signed Carcassonne tiles since I have well over 100 now! 8)

PS - and underneath it all is one of the playmats that jungleboy and I ordered! Thanks to him for spotting these; very cool!
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Post by: jungleboy on May 06, 2016, 05:40:46 AM
PS - and underneath it all is one of the playmats that jungleboy and I ordered! Thanks to him for spotting these; very cool!

They're really nice, aren't they? I've been playing solo games on them this week (Limes/Castellion), and I even managed a surprise 4-player game of Biblios yesterday which we also played on the (blue) mat. Definitely glad I got them.
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Post by: Decar on May 06, 2016, 07:55:35 AM
How you finding Castellion - Have you beaten the big boss yet?  :(y)
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Post by: jungleboy on May 06, 2016, 08:20:02 AM
How you finding Castellion - Have you beaten the big boss yet?  :(y)

So far I've only played the lowest level. It took me a couple of games to figure out what I was doing, then I beat it twice in a row fairly easily so I think I'm 'ready' for the base level and looking forward to it - might have a go tonight. Still haven't played Sylvion yet. But I love Limes, so that's what I'm playing mostly so far.
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Post by: Decar on May 06, 2016, 08:23:07 AM
I was the other way round.  I won my first game easily and then lost the next 4 games :(
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Post by: Valheru on May 06, 2016, 04:42:22 PM
Wow, what a haul Danisthirty! Great picture!
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Post by: karkids on May 06, 2016, 07:06:07 PM
Just ordered 3 mini expansions and some blank tiles from Cundco, hopefully it comes without a problem! If it does, I will have half and half 1, windroses, and the school. Also 12 tiles to make someone's fan expansion and if I like it, a tuckbox. Now I just have to wait 10-25 business days. Let's hope it's closer to ten!  ;D
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Post by: totor66 on May 09, 2016, 02:09:30 AM
Sometimes, you just have to be lucky, page 4 on amazon.de, a single copy of carcassonne inkl Die Kornkreise neu and unopened.

40 € but still, I can say I got this expansion without any trick !

http://www.amazon.de/Carcassonne-Jahres-Erweiterung-Kornkreise-SCHMIDT/dp/B0038P3COA/ref=sr_1_78?s=toys&ie=UTF8&qid=1462784836&sr=1-78&keywords=carcassonne
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Post by: Valheru on May 09, 2016, 04:22:01 AM
Wow, great find Totor66!
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Post by: JT Atomico on May 10, 2016, 11:49:03 PM
I received some new meeples in the post thanks to hunnymonster (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2645.0).

I will be using them as markers for La Porxada, i.e. any players that have knights in the city when it is completed place one of these meeples on the La Porxada tile so that they get the bonus at the end of the game.

(http://s32.postimg.cc/85at61pr9/IMG_0018.jpg)

(This photo also gives me a chance to show off my new La Porxada tile - I'll be posting about how I made it later!)
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Post by: hunnymonster on May 11, 2016, 03:03:00 AM
Extra coloured transparent meeples from @Michmedia arrived...(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160511/f01cb67d4145797111a57db6139392dc.jpg)
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Post by: Karcalijn on May 11, 2016, 05:50:33 AM
Extra coloured transparent meeples from @Michmedia arrived...(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160511/f01cb67d4145797111a57db6139392dc.jpg)

I received mine too! ;D And the orginal phantoms i ordered after buying these came in earlier this week. So i'm very happy!
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Post by: Decar on May 11, 2016, 06:30:01 AM
Great photo Hunnymonster - thanks for sharing those with us.  MediaMich is a talented guy!
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Post by: totor66 on May 12, 2016, 01:46:07 AM
To open or not to open, that is a big dilemna :)
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Post by: Decar on May 12, 2016, 02:36:52 AM
But how will you play with it if you dont open it!
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Post by: totor66 on May 12, 2016, 03:21:00 AM
Yeah I know ;)

Just a bit disappointed that "mini excl Die Kornkreise" is just a sticker, I thought it was a special box but it isn't :(
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Post by: Decar on May 12, 2016, 03:22:35 AM
It's a pretty special sticker though, so dont let anyone tell you otherwise!
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Post by: Fritz_Spinne on May 12, 2016, 03:25:25 AM
Is the sticker on the box or on the shrink-wrap plastic?
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Post by: totor66 on May 12, 2016, 03:28:51 AM
On the shrink wrap plastic,

no reference whatsoever on the back of the box also, just the plate of 6 tiles with the rules next to it (not shrinkwrapped either)
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Post by: Clownfeet on May 12, 2016, 04:06:37 AM
nice find that. is there any noticeable differences between this version of cc and a separate print run of the tiles?

do you have a set for a side by side comparison?
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Post by: totor66 on May 12, 2016, 04:56:29 AM
I think it is a standard box with components like all the editions with the sign "more than 6 million base game and expansions ..."

It might be a good start to find a used version of corn circle if people sell this box without noticing it containst this expansion.

Something a bit weird, the piles punches are not all green on the side but are white, I can take aditionnal pictures of the back if people need more infos about this specific box.
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 13, 2016, 03:58:54 AM
This came in the post today - and I didn't even order it! :)

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160513/ec944d61978312deb39b132eba15b660.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on May 14, 2016, 05:12:03 AM
Before the tracking page finished loading there was a knock on my door:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160514_124033.jpg) (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160514_130312.jpg)
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Post by: Clownfeet on May 14, 2016, 05:31:19 AM
Nice!!! So you took the plunge no matter about the colour mismatches?
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Post by: Decar on May 14, 2016, 05:35:24 AM
To be honest, I may have ordered it before knowing about the mismatches, but I couldn't be bothered to wait for Z-man to sort themselves out; perhaps they'll produce it with ANOTHER different shade; it seems impossible to guess!
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Post by: danisthirty on May 14, 2016, 05:37:29 AM
That's a pretty big box for just one expansion Decar!

Nice!!! So you took the plunge no matter about the colour mismatches?

I'm not nearly so bothered by this as some people seem to be. But what's the alternative? Wait 15 years to see if we're happy with the P & D colour matching in Carc 3?
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Post by: Decar on May 14, 2016, 06:08:32 AM
That's a pretty big box for just one expansion Decar!

I don't know what you're talking about...it's just trick of perspective.....don't tell my wife!

Quote
I'm not nearly so bothered by this as some people seem to be. But what's the alternative? Wait 15 years to see if we're happy with the P & D colour matching in Carc 3?

5 Shades of Grass in my garden and 4 types of brick on the outside of my house - Carcassonne is becoming more authentic with every release.  Besides the Carc 3.0 artwork is terrible Dan - the roofs are too red and the artwork too realistic for a tile-laying game; no one would dream of having it in their collection  >:D >:D >:D
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Post by: Decar on May 14, 2016, 06:16:44 AM
I mean look - the boxes are almost the same size...right?

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/SideBSide.png)  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: karkids on May 16, 2016, 01:02:35 PM
My school expansion (yellow), halb is wild, windroses 1, and 12 blank tiles just came int the mail. Unfortunately, Cundco sent me halb is wild 2 and I ordered halb is wild 1. I don't feel like it would be nice to complain (I don't really care), but should I ask about it?
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Post by: danisthirty on May 16, 2016, 01:11:31 PM
I mean look - the boxes are almost the same size...right?

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/SideBSide.png)  :(y) :(y)

Good point. But the dragon is the same size as the fairy so that means nothing... :P

My school expansion (yellow), halb is wild, windroses 1, and 12 blank tiles just came int the mail. Unfortunately, Cundco sent me halb is wild 2 and I ordered halb is wild 1. I don't feel like it would be nice to complain (I don't really care), but should I ask about it?

I would drop them an email if I were you. Hopefully they will be able to send a replacement of the correct piece.

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Post by: Decar on May 16, 2016, 01:21:11 PM
Good point. But the dragon is the same size as the fairy so that means nothing... :P

Touché Dan...touché   :(y)
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Post by: danisthirty on May 17, 2016, 12:40:31 AM
This arrived in the post from Canada yesterday:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/fromfranks.jpg)

Thanks franks! :) :(y)
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Post by: Decar on May 17, 2016, 01:02:06 AM
Everyone loves Maple Meeple!
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Post by: franks on May 17, 2016, 02:58:14 PM
Dan, glad you got those so quickly and kudos once more to our pal Decar for sending me the tile to sign  ;D

I found a local provider of Meeples but not happy at all with the quality. Oh well, they weren't expensive.

I haven't thought of a use of the Maple Meeple. The little fellow with the shovel was a stock item and was only available in the 2 colours. I have an idea for those:

Grounds Keeper
Place the grounds keeper on a Garden tile. When the garden tile is surrounded on all sides the grounds keeper collects a vegetable token, (use any token from Hill and Dale) and return ground keeper to your pool. At the end of the game the player with the most vegetable tokens scores an extra 5(or 10) points, if there is a tie both players score the total points. In this case I would not allow the use of the Abbot for the gardens, (I'm not overly keen on that anyway)  :)
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Post by: karkids on May 17, 2016, 03:04:01 PM
So Cundco decided to send me Halb is Wild 1 because they had shipped my Halb is Wild 2 by accident instead. So Now I will wait 3-4 days for it to come in the mail. I thought it would be cool to make 2 triangular tuck boxes for the 2 Halb is wilds, so that though they store the tiles separately, you could put them together to make a regular shaped tuck box. Either that, or make a regular box with two separate compartments. Anyone interested in me doing something like this?
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Post by: Clownfeet on May 18, 2016, 03:10:51 AM
This arrived at work for me today! was a tough one to track down but eventually found a guy willing to sell!

Lovely condition too!

(http://i.imgur.com/xNQZge8l.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ntqqigcl.jpg)
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Post by: franks on May 20, 2016, 12:58:20 PM
A few more for the collection.

Happy to track down a copy of Taluva that is tough to find on this continent. It's an Abstract tile layer with just about the thickest tiles I've seen - look to be over 3mm.

Look forward to also trying Limes.

Mouse Guard - Swords and Strongholds is a cute abstract that I like the looks of. It is based on the well known graphic novels. The author Dave Petersen and co-designer Luke Crane have created an actual game that the little adventurers are seen playing in the stories.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162315/mouse-guard-swords-strongholds (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162315/mouse-guard-swords-strongholds)
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Post by: danisthirty on May 20, 2016, 02:02:26 PM
Glad you were able to track down so many neat looking games franks, I hope you have a lot of fun with them. The Mouse Guard game looks fascinating... :(y)

Also, your tablecloth (?) looks a lot like our living-room curtains in terms of colour as well as design. Just thought I'd say... ;)
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Post by: franks on May 22, 2016, 11:50:43 PM
Thanks Dan, yes. It's our favourite table cloth that we got at a thrift store. It was next to new at the time but is now well worn!

We got our first play of Swords and Strongholds in today and I'm working on an overview and 1st play impression that I will post sometime later Sunday Monday :)

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Post by: Decar on May 24, 2016, 04:34:39 AM
A little game to play: guess what Carcassonne goodies are in this enormous envelope:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/image-20160524_122130-1024x1820.jpg)
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Post by: wolnic on May 24, 2016, 05:14:40 AM
6 mini expansion boxes?
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Post by: Jéré on May 24, 2016, 05:28:50 AM
A little game to play: guess what Carcassonne goodies are in this enormous envelope:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/image-20160524_122130-1024x1820.jpg)

Eco bubbles ;)
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Post by: jungleboy on May 24, 2016, 05:31:32 AM
Scoreboard from the Brazilian first edition.
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Post by: hunnymonster on May 24, 2016, 05:41:19 AM
A little game to play: guess what Carcassonne goodies are in this enormous envelope:


2 meeples.
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Post by: Clownfeet on May 24, 2016, 05:41:48 AM
a selection of meeples and abbots from cundco?
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Post by: Decar on May 24, 2016, 05:53:17 AM
Some interesting guesses, but no-one's close yet!

(Except for Jéré)

Hunnymonster is closest though ;)
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Post by: dirk2112 on May 24, 2016, 06:35:51 AM
Wooden bridges and castles?
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Post by: stalcupojoy on May 24, 2016, 06:41:32 AM
No pic, but... finally (with some help from kettlefish) got my Cundco order of German Castles, Halflings II, and The School. :) Woo!

Decar, I'm guessing the drink-coasters. :)
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Post by: Decar on May 24, 2016, 09:04:17 AM
Some great guesses - but inside that ridiculously large envelope was:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/image-20160524_122246-1024x576.jpg)
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Post by: stalcupojoy on May 27, 2016, 04:54:56 PM
lol wow.
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Post by: supertopix on May 28, 2016, 12:23:14 PM
Some great guesses - but inside that ridiculously large envelope was:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/image-20160524_122246-1024x576.jpg)
I found three of them in Amsterdam, last week, but I didn't buy any.
A mistake?
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on June 02, 2016, 11:16:26 AM
Today's gift from the postman - I'm pretty stoked to have found a copy of this! It's even emperor-approved!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160602/c95a0a589e916a2c2bf3e32760a36bdc.jpg)
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Post by: franks on June 02, 2016, 04:30:35 PM
Today's gift from the postman - I'm pretty stoked to have found a copy of this! It's even emperor-approved!

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160602/c95a0a589e916a2c2bf3e32760a36bdc.jpg)

Nice find jungleboy, does your source have anymore available?  :)
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Post by: jungleboy on June 02, 2016, 10:13:09 PM
Available here (Italian version and German version, but there's no text at all in the game, and you can download English rules at BGG):

https://www.uplay.it/gioco_da_tavolo-Finca.html

https://www.uplay.it/gioco_da_tavolo-Finca__EDIZIONE_TEDESCA_.html

This seems to be the only place that has the game these days. Several people on BGG have mentioned getting it from there.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on June 03, 2016, 04:34:36 AM
Finca availlable here: (all costs without shipping)

http://www.lppcollecting.it/giochidatavolo/gdt.php?id=102 (scoll down to Finca)  (€ 21,69)!

http://giochinscatola.it/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=6057
http://giochinscatola.it/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=8967 (29.90€ german, 28,90€ italian)

http://www.uplay.it/gioco_da_tavolo-Finca.html (30,99€ italian)

http://hobbygiochi.com/product/finca/ (31,50€)

http://www.playagame.it/giochi-da-tavolo-family-games/396-finca-giochi-uniti.html (33,25€)

http://www.igiochideigrandi.it/products/I9884?page=1 (35,00€)

http://boardgamesinvasion.com/finca.html (35,00€)

http://www.giocofollia.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=2138&virtuemart_category_id=4&lang=en (35,00€)

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Finca-Hans-im-Gluck-Verlag-nominiert-zum-Spiel-des-Jahres-2009-neuwertig-/142012455229?hash=item21109a193d:g:tGEAAOSwa81XStDF (15€ 9days)


Greetings,
BigBoss
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Post by: Decar on June 03, 2016, 08:43:40 AM
Quite a list!
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Post by: franks on June 03, 2016, 04:40:40 PM
Thanks for the extensive lists!

Crash of games has just announced that they have acquired the rights to an English edition but I'll check to see if any of these options are cost effective.

Cheers!
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Post by: Benny on June 24, 2016, 11:09:56 AM
Yesterday I received the Carcassonne-South Sea-Tile I "won" in the german CarcF Charity auction:

Tile 12
(http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/gallery/image.php?image_id=2728)

Translation of the german explanation found on the backside:
"This is an original tile of the prototype of Carcassonne South Seas Edition, drawn by the author KJW.
Totally the game Carcassonne South Seas consist of 97 tiles."
(http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/gallery/image.php?image_id=2729)

Thanks to Udo Schmitz for the fast delivery :(y)
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Post by: Decar on June 25, 2016, 07:43:04 AM
It is beautiful Benny - Mine arrived today- A prototype South Seas Tile, signed and framed!

I think I'll have to paint to walls to make sure it has pride of place:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160625_152615.jpg)

Thank you to KJW, Udo & Maik for getting this to me!

Carcassonne Central has been given three to auction which ends next week - definitely worth looking at!

(Auction can be found here: Carcassonne South Seas Prototype Tiles: Charity Auction (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2800) - Dan)
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Post by: Decar on July 04, 2016, 10:41:25 AM
Seems to be a while since anyone shared anything.  Today I received an order I placed from a small Bristol based workshop called Cartesian Creations, who I mentioned briefly in my review of Chance And Counters.

I ordered a customer set of brass, iron, aluminium, copper and bronze meeples.  They came with a D20 and a nice little black bag.

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160704_084052-600x1067.jpg)

They're perhaps in the slim size but they stand up without trouble, I think I might polish them up when I have chance.  I rather like the abbots too.

They werent particularly expensive, so I'm happy to support a small local business; I'll be watching their future metal casting activites closely.

Here's a quick photo of the whole set:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160703_212827-800x450.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on July 04, 2016, 11:23:31 AM
Merit for those photos Decar!

I like the range of colours that has been achieved using just plain metals, or have these been painted?

Are the sizes of the meeples comparable to normal meeples? They look a little larger and flatter than I'd expect, but certainly very nice!
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Post by: Decar on July 04, 2016, 11:42:58 AM
Thank you very much!

Two great questions.  All of the meeple have been cast in their selected metal. I believe from a 3d printed mould.

Ive taken two more photos against a pink meeple so you can compare:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160704_193316-640x360.jpg) (http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160704_193329-640x360.jpg)

If I have a chance ill put them up against those metal meeple that were on kickstarter last year.
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Post by: Paul on July 12, 2016, 08:38:11 AM
Oh... my... god!

kettlefish sent me the best thing ever! I just can't stop smiling. Korn 1 and some other great goodies. WOW!

Million hugs to you!
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Post by: kettlefish on July 12, 2016, 08:47:26 AM
Hi Paul.
I hope you enjoy the surprising mini-expansions.
The School - with a yellow meeple on the bag and a yellow teacher meeple.

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Post by: Decar on July 12, 2016, 09:05:50 AM
Nice to see a Dan Chard signed tile made it too!
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Post by: Paul on July 12, 2016, 09:09:18 AM
Hi Paul.
I hope you enjoy the surprising mini-expansions.
The School - with a yellow meeple on the bag and a yellow teacher meeple.

Yes. Thank you!

Now I have two actually. One yellow/yellow School set was also sent about a month or two ago by another member. Gonna keep both Justin Case. :)

Nice to see a Dan Chard signed tile made it too!

LOL!

Yeah. Good thing we have kettlefish to care for us (or just me?)  making sure I won't do that mistake again.
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Post by: danisthirty on July 12, 2016, 09:13:06 AM
Nice to see a Dan Chard signed tile made it too!

Treasure this Paul. There's a lot of fakes going around. Sad that Doris keeps trying to pretend to be me but I can't say I blame her...
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Post by: kettlefish on July 12, 2016, 09:56:19 AM
Paul,
your profile needs an update now.
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Post by: Paul on July 12, 2016, 11:03:23 AM
Paul,
your profile needs an update now.

:) I've not forgotten. I was on my out when I checked the mailbox so had to run back up again to post with a photo and head out again.

Been exercising every day this July. Since February I've lost 15 kg and have a bit more to go.
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Post by: Clownfeet on July 12, 2016, 11:46:35 AM
This turned up today... This was unbelievably hard to locate. Russian wheel of fortune... Thats nearly all the Russian tiles complete!!!

(http://i.imgur.com/MkhORGlm.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 18, 2016, 03:59:16 AM
Really pleased to have got my hands on one of these. Many thanks to Decar for allowing me to take over his bid in light of the fact that I didn’t manage to secure one for myself in the auction!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/SS_ProtoTile.jpg)

 :) :(y)
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Post by: JT Atomico on July 18, 2016, 06:53:51 AM
Mine arrived too! Love it. :)

(https://s32.postimg.cc/y97psv2sl/IMG_0220.jpg)

I also received a couple of extras in my package, which I will post about on another thread...
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Post by: stalcupojoy on July 20, 2016, 12:29:12 AM
(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1205.0;attach=6102;image)

I just received my first-ever blank tiles (6 sheets) and the new Labyrinth tiles, along with a bonus sticker from Cundco. I am happy that these made it successfully to Thailand, as I have had some trouble with overseas mail to Thailand. Andreas of Cundco was very helpful in ensuring the package was addressed exactly correctly.

It appears my 3-year-old daughter has claimed the Spieldoch! magazine as her own. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 20, 2016, 12:31:55 AM
Welcome to the World of Tile Printing :)

A nice haul! They say learning a language is easier when you're younger, so she'll probably find German have no trouble reading it  :))
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Post by: wolnic on July 20, 2016, 05:01:57 AM
Only 6 sheets of blank tiles??? I think I must have ordered around 30 so far this year, and need more ...
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Post by: stalcupojoy on July 20, 2016, 05:20:46 AM
Welcome to the World of Tile Printing :)

A nice haul! They say learning a language is easier when you're younger, so she'll probably find German have no trouble reading it  :))

Haha true, except my daughter is already enrolled in a Thai preschool where she understands hardly anything -- doing the hard work of learning through immersion. She is a trooper. She can tackle German in high school if she wants to. :)

Only 6 sheets of blank tiles??? I think I must have ordered around 30 so far this year, and need more ...

Only 6 sheets for three reasons.
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Post by: wolnic on July 20, 2016, 10:44:32 AM
Yes, 9 sheets is what I order to get into the cheapest rate (plus maybe the likes of The School or Halfling sheet), unless I'm ordering a small boxed expansion (eg I&C) when you can get a few more than 9 in that second band (for me 11 Euros). Once it gets to the 3rd band (13 Euros) for some larger expansion or spin off, I found I could (but haven't) order 30+ in one go without changing the postage rate. As you have found, it's a case of trial and error to get the right number.
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Post by: Decar on July 26, 2016, 12:52:44 AM
Got to try my free chocolate things a few days ago.  Given the cacao expansion was cheaper with chocolate than without I can't complain.  The packet recommends melting 2 balls into a glass of milk.  This took forever and the resultant drink was very lumpy.  They're no Bournville but much better than Hershey's....but that's not hard!

Postman came!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160401_183632-1024x576.jpg)

And some stuff for Dan too!
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Post by: Decar on August 02, 2016, 04:25:46 AM
Ive not had any post for a while.  But this arrived today.  Not really sure what to expect.  But the box is heavy!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160802_122036-1024x576.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on August 02, 2016, 04:31:00 AM
Wow!

Games are like busses...I literally posted the above and this arrived too:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160802_122831-768x1365.jpg)

...come on hat trick!!!
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Post by: danisthirty on August 02, 2016, 04:05:46 PM
No hat trick?
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Post by: franks on August 02, 2016, 05:24:29 PM
Wow!

Games are like busses...I literally posted the above and this arrived too:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160802_122831-768x1365.jpg)

...come on hat trick!!!

Oh, one of my favourite series of all time  :D  It's still one my top solo games!
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Post by: Whaleyland on August 02, 2016, 07:09:58 PM
Wow!

Games are like busses...I literally posted the above and this arrived too:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160802_122831-768x1365.jpg)

...come on hat trick!!!

Oh, one of my favourite series of all time  :D  It's still one my top solo games!
I agree. I love Flash Point, although my partner isn't a huge fan, especially with the expansions or even hot spots. I was planning to bring it to New Zealand with me, but we decided on Zooloretto (+expansions). That got sent back home in February, though, and was replaced with Brew Crafters and Scoville. Now I've got to send back TtR Asia, Netherlands, and Africa because they all weigh too much (why can't they just double-side print all the maps?!). Still, Flash Point is a fond memory that I hope to embrace again someday.
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Post by: Decar on August 03, 2016, 01:13:56 AM
No hat trick?

Not unless you count a wifi-SD card :(

I recently got to play this on during a quiet moment during a Stag-Do and enjoyed it enough to buy it with some of the expansions.
This is the Kickstarter edition of the expansion which has a few more bits and bobs inside  :(y)
My wife enjoyed the first play through, so hopefully it will get to the table!
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Post by: franks on August 03, 2016, 04:35:27 PM
I loath the long wait for Kickstarters. Though this one had a very good turn around, if not the shortest time I've had to wait.

Nice to see this classic Euro back in print. Updated 2 player rules should help ensure this gets to the table!

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c8/b9/fd/c8b9fd0a9ed3b79f0bcd4e50e30a14a8.jpg)


Edited to fix pathetic grammer  ::)
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Post by: jungleboy on August 03, 2016, 05:42:37 PM
Nice one franks! I'm also a backer but I'll have to wait until Essen to get it from postmanisthir(s)ty.


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Post by: Chooselife on August 04, 2016, 04:11:42 AM
This morning tide brought a Kickstarter also:
(http://i.imgur.com/bTkIQ0am.jpg?1) (http://i.imgur.com/44DKidfm.jpg?1)

(http://i.imgur.com/AlxRjn4m.jpg?1)

I wonder if the DanMeeple would be into surfing. ;D
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Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on August 06, 2016, 11:02:36 AM
I´m loving the postman too  ;D

Part 1:
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Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on August 06, 2016, 11:07:08 AM
I´m loving the postman too  ;D

Part 2:

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Post by: Valheru on August 06, 2016, 11:07:52 AM
Congrats BigBoss! I want to hear the story behind that catch! ;)
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Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on August 08, 2016, 04:47:09 PM
Congrats BigBoss! I want to hear the story behind that catch! ;)

THANKS  ;D

hmm the sory: Lots of patience , a lot of time and good luck..
and a little fanaticism  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 20, 2016, 01:02:33 PM
Postmen are like busses - You don't see them for a while then suddenly they all come at once.

My games bus arrived today:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160820_105851.jpg)
From Leder Games a kickstarter fulfillment - Vast: A Crystal Cavern & Trick or Treat
Islebound, Haru Ichiban & Tides of Madness

Which to play first!
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Post by: franks on August 20, 2016, 09:21:08 PM
Nice haul Decar!

I have Tides of Madness en route and been intrigued by your other titles as well.
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Post by: Decar on August 20, 2016, 10:16:49 PM
Hopefully I'll find some time to share a review or feedback! I quite liked Tides of Time so will be interested in how different the madness makes the game
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Post by: JT Atomico on August 21, 2016, 09:13:59 PM
This arrived for me on Friday! A new tuck box will follow shortly.

(http://i.imgsafe.org/a1a0744f95.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Yashin-n on August 25, 2016, 04:39:03 PM
Suddenly I receive from Cundco.de an envelope with 4 sets of Japanese buildings, and I have not  ordered them. What does it mean? What now to do with them?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on August 25, 2016, 07:37:00 PM
Use them for the coming CC Central giveaway?
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Post by: gantry on August 26, 2016, 01:55:05 AM
I got a little something delivered this morning! A sticker for my truck!

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Post by: jungleboy on August 26, 2016, 05:32:22 AM
My first Kickstarter game arrived last week while I was in Rio.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160826/abbf29a673ad5bbf731a39b2a47c2b4e.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on August 26, 2016, 07:10:40 AM
great photos everyone!
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Post by: kettlefish on August 27, 2016, 04:55:51 AM
I got a little something delivered this morning! A sticker for my truck!
Hi gantry,
the meeple is nice - how is the size of it? And is yellow your regular players colour?

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Post by: gantry on August 28, 2016, 07:57:10 PM
Yes it is about 10cmx10cm, I am ALWAYS yellow, except every time I play my wife, then if she wants yellow she gets it  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: JT Atomico on September 05, 2016, 09:16:28 PM
Thanks to Astargoth for sending me a copy of his new Industries (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2894.0) fan expansion. :)

It is really well made, the tiles and the rule sheet look so professional!

(https://s18.postimg.cc/a9ljpn6uh/IMG_0844.jpg)
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Post by: toastytoast on September 06, 2016, 09:00:21 AM
Wow, that looks great - nice artwork!
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Post by: txema25 on September 06, 2016, 10:07:57 AM
I love it. It's great
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Post by: dirk2112 on September 07, 2016, 01:28:12 AM
Wow that looks great.  I especially like the river tile.  There used to be a bunch of gristmills and quarries where I live.  I wish I had the artistic talents of the folks on this site.

I merited Astargoth.   :(y)
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Post by: Astargoth on September 07, 2016, 08:35:41 PM
Thanks guys, I really enjoyed making it, and it's great fun to use.

If you manage to use them in a game you'll have to let us know how you get on:

Expansion thread - http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2894.0

Astargoth
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Post by: Jesusgcas on September 08, 2016, 08:17:25 AM
They look awesome. I'll definitely try to print them. Let's see how it comes out.


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Post by: toastytoast on September 10, 2016, 10:42:19 PM
Had a nice haul the past week, so I thought I'd post it on here :)

The highlights being the Dutch Wof which I managed to get quite cheaply and a Broken Token insert - very pleased with those. Now I have one full base game with BT insert and the WoF with BT insert. I'll have to follow up in the storage thread how my setup looks  ^-^

Also in the week's haul Mr Postman delivered the one-piece Count of Carc tile and the two bags from Cundco (the small one was for WoF tiles, however the WoF seller gave me a brand new base game bag too!), as well as Keyflower Keyceleste mini expansion and the silly but fun Alvin/Dexter Ticket to Ride expansion.
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Post by: franks on September 11, 2016, 01:55:12 AM
Nice haul toasty!

I bought 2 sets of the Broken Token inserts and other than the very snug fit, I am very happy with them. Do be careful you don't split a box corner, they are tight.
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Post by: Valheru on September 20, 2016, 06:29:37 PM
My Cundco order arrived!

Wolnic and Astargoth are so kind to help me with printing their fanexpansions (The Coast and Industries respectively) so I'll be sending them blank tiles along with a surprise (Monasteries for Astargoth, other surprise for Wolnic). Excited to see the finished product!

Next to those, I've ordered the City of Carcassonne start tile and the Windroses.
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Post by: Clownfeet on September 22, 2016, 09:59:32 AM
Well....this was the hardest thing to get hold of. (apart from those damn purple and black school meeples! arghghghg!)

I had to track down a contact in Russia who posted on some forums out there that he wanted to buy it for me. So after a couple of months of back and forth we eventually found one and with postage it cost £27...which i think is pretty good actually!!!

so here it is. the FINAL tiles in my entire collection.

i now own every single carcassonne tile made (barring spin offs as not bothered about them)

Carcassonne Winter Edition in Russian - limited edition!

(http://i.imgur.com/6TLxTtdm.jpg)


The inside of the box has a certificate showing that it's number 1552 of 3000 made

(http://i.imgur.com/n6gDbu9m.jpg)


Interestingly, the gingerbread man piece is a small cardboard cut out of the gingerbread man, instead of the Europe release of the little wooden meeple.

(http://i.imgur.com/VqGAnLVm.jpg)


So that's it!

i'm done!

apart from those two school meeples there is nothing left for me to collect currently out there....time to organise properly
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Post by: danisthirty on September 22, 2016, 10:23:06 AM
You don't count Winter Edition as a spin-off?
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Post by: Valheru on September 22, 2016, 11:02:47 AM
Say Clownfeet, how about some beautiful pictures to show that mega-collection?  ;)
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Post by: Clownfeet on September 22, 2016, 11:14:19 AM
You don't count Winter Edition as a spin-off?

Dan. Well my theory is that if it has the exact same rules as the original then its not a spin off. so that's more a retheme, but its not really a retheme either. It's just different art. So i categorise it within the new art categories.

giving me: Original Art, New art and Winter art. All forming a collection of base carcassonne.

it's an interesting one for sure!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Clownfeet on September 22, 2016, 11:31:27 AM
Say Clownfeet, how about some beautiful pictures to show that mega-collection?  ;)

Sure, here you go - this picture, however is missing all of the travel sets, demo sets, winter sets, tile bags and my monster collection of scoreboards, wheels of fortune and 3 different shaded towers.

it doesn't actually look THAT big. but in total its:

129 expansions, base sets and additional pieces - as i mentioned above, the only things missing are a purple and black school meeple.

I'll put some proper photos on over the weekend when i've organised EVERYTHING once and for all.

the boxes below are all organised with basically wooden tile trays and boxes, and i had bespoke dividers made for all the expansions. from top left going clockwise are:

- Original 1st edition with all expansions with NO watermarks (so the first 5) - this needs the two rivers adding which i have in a drawer

- New Art editions. So...base set, promos and the expansions, I+C,T+B,P+D and A+M - bespoke dividers from BW for the new editions

- then there's the big basically wooden box with every single old art style item in it. so thats every expansion, meeple colour and several scoreboards etc etc. this is so heavy!!! - i had a couple of bespoke dividers made for the PC version of the river, the different siege tile versions, and some others!

- finally at the bottom left is the russian box. all of these BW dividers have a K on them to denote russian versions (tiles have K on back instead of C) and this is every single tile and expansion from russia. i need to get one more tile tray from BW to fit in the winter edition i just finally managed to get!

(http://i.imgur.com/alqqyhH.jpg)
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Post by: Jesusgcas on September 22, 2016, 02:30:12 PM

I am interested in the be trays to use it with the original box but on their web page they don't offer that option. How do you buy them?

Thanks.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 22, 2016, 03:00:46 PM
Drop them an email - they'll be happy to sort you out with some trays: http://www.basicallywooden.co.uk/contact/
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SRBO on September 22, 2016, 09:14:02 PM
Wow clownfeet. How do you get the patience to put everything back so well organized, looking at your meeples...
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Post by: Clownfeet on September 22, 2016, 10:24:05 PM
Wow clownfeet. How do you get the patience to put everything back so well organized, looking at your meeples...

Hah. My wife says the same thing. And laughs whilst I'm sat there packing everything away.... I just can't put things back on my shelf unless I know they are sorted properly, it would actually eat me up inside...  I think I might have a problem.
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Post by: Decar on September 24, 2016, 05:23:12 PM
Kickstarter packaged arrived today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20160924_181848-1024x708.jpg)

That should be enough viking games to keep me going.

I liked the look of the tile laying in the third game and I missed out on the 2nd game that looked like a neat worker placement game.
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Post by: franks on September 24, 2016, 11:06:32 PM
Nice, Decar. Watched Rahdo's Runs Through on the explorers and liked what I saw.
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Post by: Paul on September 24, 2016, 11:13:12 PM
Shipwrights is a new Kickstarter thing? Explains why someone in my home town put one for sale as he had several copies.
  I am all for buying still, new games, but 30 Euro was too much for me.  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 25, 2016, 06:55:06 AM
Not sure what the MSRP is, or what I paid on the KS, but there's a ton of wood in the box so dont think 30€ is too bad!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on September 25, 2016, 07:29:49 AM
Not sure what the MSRP is, or what I paid on the KS, but there's a ton of wood in the box so dont think 30€ is too bad!

You are absolutely right. I realise now my post have me come off as sringy. Woopsie.
  What I meant was for a private seller selling a game, too expensive for me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 25, 2016, 03:26:28 PM
Thought that was the case - but wasnt sure if others would know.  70NZD is MSRP.  I couldnt say no to the sheeple, donkles and chickles!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on September 26, 2016, 02:46:58 PM
My Kickstarter package today:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160926/cc873027f76772259dd3b9c27096e139.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 26, 2016, 02:54:00 PM
I think that might be one of those Kickstarters I regret not having backed.  Hope you enjoy it Paul.

Today I got my Anatomeeple stuff:
2 mugs, a t-shirt and a magnet:

(https://www.spiele-offensive.de/gfx/cf/anatomeeple/01.jpg)

Photo later!
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Post by: franks on September 27, 2016, 02:21:39 AM
Also received a Kickstarter today, (of sorts), Mythos Tale.

This is the most damage I've received in a package. I've sent a note to both the fulfilment company and the publisher - 8th Summit, (who responded positively right away). So I'm hopefully there will be a full replacement.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/98/02/25/9802252d315ec6c1b99b0250c68b255b.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on September 27, 2016, 07:29:56 AM
Ouch - hope it gets sorted franks!
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Post by: laguse on September 27, 2016, 07:00:20 PM
Hurray !!

After Cult, Siege & Creativity finally arrived from Canada (last piece in stock), then considered to get even Tower and Katapult for completion purpose (before: "No interest") ... ;-)
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Post by: Decar on September 27, 2016, 08:44:31 PM
A tidy haul!  C,S&C is one of my favourites well done finding it!
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Post by: toastytoast on September 28, 2016, 09:19:30 PM
Slim pickings, post-wise for me this week!

...However, as a recent owner of the Dutch Wheel of Fortune version, it's a handy item that Mr. Postman left for me this morning!

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Post by: franks on September 30, 2016, 09:24:50 PM
Just received a used copy of Glass Road.

We are big Uwe Rosenberg fans and have waited for a good deal on this one.

I've left a note on the 2015 Brettspiel Adventskalender, to see if anyone has the promo still available  :)

Also thinking of adding Fields of Arle to the collection at some point if anyone has the 2015 promo as well. Thanks for the consideration.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/9f/f8/4a9ff80a933ebf55cb05354721899236.jpg)
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Post by: SRBO on October 01, 2016, 08:54:28 AM
had some deliveries lately

Finally went for the Winteredition of carcassonne. A surprise was that the gingerbread man was in the box, although there wasn't any mention of it on the box. The box also says there are 84 tiles in the package. but there are 90.

Also went for Revolver II, I really liked the first part, so I really want to play this one!
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Post by: jungleboy on October 05, 2016, 06:11:12 PM
A couple of Kickstarter card games arrived in the last two days:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161005/cee17327f0dcc379ffae60e8a413facc.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on October 06, 2016, 08:05:17 AM
They look interesting jungleboy!

Yesterday I confirmed Queen Games can fulfill a Kickstarter!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161005_220401-800x450.jpg)

It's a seriously Big Box!
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Post by: jungleboy on October 06, 2016, 11:45:38 AM
They look interesting jungleboy!

Steam Court takes the card game we used to play at university variously known as asshole or president or something similar, and wraps a theme around it with cool art and extra additions to gameplay (special powers, special cards). It can play up to 12!

Zen Squire is an 'absurd' card game based on medieval marginalia. The hand-drawn art is amazing and the game is pretty simple but fun. Junglegirl beat me in our first game which always helps get a game to the table more often!
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Post by: franks on October 06, 2016, 01:44:14 PM
Nice you guys!

Hopefully my copy of Marshlands isn't too far behind !!!

Cheers,
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Post by: Chooselife on October 10, 2016, 01:16:19 PM
First time receiving two Kickstarters on the same door knock.
(http://i.imgur.com/7TOnpwjl.jpg)
It's my first Tiny Epic let's see if sticks to the table.
Dale of Merchants is currently one of my favorites. It's one of those games that seem quite simple to play until the tactics and strategy kicks in.
The second installment will surely add to the replayability.
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Post by: Decar on October 21, 2016, 12:20:15 AM
As if Essen wasn't enough - today I received Klask a game that Dan and I enjoyed very much on our 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of Essen!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161021_081458_001.jpg)

Best bit is my wife enjoyed it too. She couldn't resist the lure once I'd taken the bubble wrap off :D
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Post by: danisthirty on October 21, 2016, 12:22:54 AM
How did she feel about your uncanny ability to launch your piece across the board, capture the opposing piece and have them both return to your side?

Great game. Can't wait to play again...
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Post by: Decar on October 21, 2016, 12:27:29 AM
Thankfully I was unable to pull that move off. Instead it back fired.  A point to her. We didn't even play on a flat surface, but didn't seem to bother her either.  It was win/win regardless in this household.

(We had to play on the floor...my desk has too many other games on it.... :( )
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Post by: SRBO on October 23, 2016, 11:38:39 PM
Recieved 2 packages this week!

1 from dan's giveaway, Joe provided me the winter crop circles! and because he gave them i already had ordered the winter edition. Thank you very much Joe!
Also recieved an expansion for revolver 2.
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Post by: stalcupojoy on November 03, 2016, 06:32:54 AM
Big gift package from Fan over at CarcF: German Cathedrals, Halflings I (Spielbox), some King tiles, a set of wood-colored meeples, and two surprises: Japanese Temples and a KJW-signed Festival tile (which kind of makes me want to acquire this expansion so I can play with his tile in the mix). Super grateful for this early birthday present, as my birthday is next week. :)

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Post by: stalcupojoy on November 10, 2016, 06:12:20 AM
Got four board games for my birthday. Can you guess what they are? :)
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Post by: Decar on November 10, 2016, 06:15:19 AM
patchwork and sushi go party


Penblwydd Hapus!  btw
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Post by: danisthirty on November 10, 2016, 06:42:04 AM
Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath ?
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Post by: Decar on November 10, 2016, 07:08:20 AM
codenames.... maybe with pictures
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on November 10, 2016, 09:53:13 AM
Patchwork, Sushi Go, Dungeon Strike and Pandemic.

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Post by: What If? on November 10, 2016, 11:14:02 AM
The completionist got the better of me. Today I got the the Plague and little buildings, now to go looking for Tunnels.
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Post by: stalcupojoy on November 10, 2016, 03:44:37 PM
patchwork and sushi go party

codenames.... maybe with pictures

Yes on Patchwork and Sushi Go Party! Good job.

Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath ?

Hmm, nope. Never heard of this one actually.

Patchwork, Sushi Go, Dungeon Strike and Pandemic.

Yes to the first two, as Decar guessed above. And yes to Pandemic. But that last one is not Dungeon Strike.

A hint on the game with the black bag with the dragon: It's a deckbuilder.
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Post by: danisthirty on November 11, 2016, 03:53:15 AM
Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath ?

Hmm, nope. Never heard of this one actually.

Patchwork, Sushi Go, Dungeon Strike and Pandemic.

Yes to the first two, as Decar guessed above. And yes to Pandemic. But that last one is not Dungeon Strike.

A hint on the game with the black bag with the dragon: It's a deckbuilder.

Are you certain it's not Dungeon Strike? At least two people here seem to think that it might be; perhaps you should check again? C:-)

Or maybe it's a trick question and it's not Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath because it's Dungeon Strike: Guardians of Fire. If so, very cunning! (I always struggle to tell those two apart! ;))
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Post by: stalcupojoy on November 11, 2016, 04:43:21 AM
Are you certain it's not Dungeon Strike? At least two people here seem to think that it might be; perhaps you should check again? C:-)

Or maybe it's a trick question and it's not Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath because it's Dungeon Strike: Guardians of Fire. If so, very cunning! (I always struggle to tell those two apart! ;))

:)) Hahaha your post makes me laugh. Thanks.

I'm also confused because, search as I might, I can't find any evidence of Dungeon Strike (or those two expansions) listed. Is it an inside joke I'm missing or just an incredibly obscure game?  :P

Further hint for the black-bag-with-the-dragon game: This deck-builder got lots of buzz at GenCon and involves trying not to be too noisy. Anyone?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 11, 2016, 06:15:59 AM
Are you certain it's not Dungeon Strike? At least two people here seem to think that it might be; perhaps you should check again? C:-)

Or maybe it's a trick question and it's not Dungeon Strike: The Aftermath because it's Dungeon Strike: Guardians of Fire. If so, very cunning! (I always struggle to tell those two apart! ;))

:)) Hahaha your post makes me laugh. Thanks.

I'm also confused because, search as I might, I can't find any evidence of Dungeon Strike (or those two expansions) listed. Is it an inside joke I'm missing or just an incredibly obscure game?  :P

Glad it made you laugh. :D

To be honest, I had no clue what any of the game were apart from Patchwork. But I felt left out so invented a game and pretended I thought it was that. I was actually quite impressed with the name I came up with though, and wish I owned Dungeon Strike (and the expansions) as it sounds like the kind of game I'd love playing... ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 11, 2016, 12:10:31 PM
Clank

But
Dungeon Strike is now on my Christmas wishlist.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Andrew the Ambo on November 11, 2016, 01:26:11 PM
Was it on kickstarter recently, and made in New Zealand. Struggling to remember the name but something like Hoard.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on November 11, 2016, 03:03:45 PM
Clank! is right. You got it, Decar! :(y) It's the one I'm most excited to play of the four.

And now, we all wait for Dungeon Strike's Kickstarter. Gotta make sure we hit the Guardians of Fire stretch goal. :)) Haha, too funny Dan.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 11, 2016, 03:11:33 PM
Was it on kickstarter recently, and made in New Zealand. Struggling to remember the name but something like Hoard.

That's the right name. I backed it and it recently arrived. Haven't had the chance to play it yet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on November 15, 2016, 11:32:39 AM
Russian postman was very generous today!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Jesusgcas on November 15, 2016, 11:48:47 AM
Russian postman was very generous today!

Lucky you :o :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on November 15, 2016, 02:23:14 PM
:yellow-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :brown-meeple: :orange-meeple: :pink-meeple: :violet-meeple: :gray-meeple: :red-meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :black1-meeple:

VERY NICE, Thanks for the photos & CONGRATULATIONS  :)

Greetings,
BigBoss
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on November 16, 2016, 12:57:11 AM
Brilliant delivery!

They are all already taken or reserved or for your personal collection, I reckon?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on November 16, 2016, 01:09:17 AM
Brilliant delivery!

They are all already taken or reserved or for your personal collection, I reckon?
New promos already reserved, but I am still thinking what to do with previous ones :) Possibly I need to organize some quiz or giveaway :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 16, 2016, 08:13:34 AM
It's totally un-Carcassonne or even boardgame related.  The postman brought me this large black box:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161116_160057.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: txema25 on November 16, 2016, 09:10:41 AM
Russian postman was very generous today!

everybody Like them and everyboy want them!!!!

Be happy, enjoy them !!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on November 16, 2016, 12:34:53 PM
It's totally un-Carcassonne or even boardgame related.  The postman brought me this large black box:
We lost a good guy today... :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 16, 2016, 02:50:19 PM
It's totally un-Carcassonne or even boardgame related.  The postman brought me this large black box:
We lost a good guy today... :))

Hopefully this will help me find my way:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161116_223903-800x450.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on November 17, 2016, 03:21:25 PM
I have given in and taken the plunge. Mine arrived today

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 21, 2016, 07:19:45 AM
I've been hunting this out-of-print game for a while, so I was super happy to see it in my mailbox today! I got it on the BGG market.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161121/44dd92ea510873db3df372bf6b7bb0e1.jpg)
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on November 22, 2016, 01:23:59 PM
I've been hunting this out-of-print game for a while, so I was super happy to see it in my mailbox today! I got it on the BGG market.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161121/44dd92ea510873db3df372bf6b7bb0e1.jpg)

One thing I should have mentioned about Firenze for those who aren't familiar with it is that, component-wise, it has 3D towers like the Tower expansion for Carcassonne - but in colour! That's what attracted me to the game in the first place, but I think the gameplay will also be great.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161122/c282554b255e57ee4cee5eaef2225957.jpg)

Picture from BGG (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2227712/firenze).
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on November 25, 2016, 05:31:53 AM
I'll love the postman... Just bought 16 Spiel Tile, Amazonas, Star Wars 1 espansion, German Railroads e Japanese Temples emoji code85]


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 25, 2016, 05:34:47 AM
I'll love the postman... Just bought 16 Spiel Tile, Amazonas, Star Wars 1 espansion, German Railroads e Japanese Temples emoji code85]


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Whoa! Save something for Santa to bring dude! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: yimhj on November 30, 2016, 04:52:41 AM
I love the postman... and I love much more Dan ! Now, I've got it. I didn't expect this but Dan put in his Dan's spare pack a Dan meeple. Thank you, it was another great surprise (I'm very happy for the Tunnel too, of course). I need now to go in my post office to send The Besiegers to dirk2112.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 30, 2016, 03:56:30 PM
Glad your package made it to you OK yimhj! :(y)

I too was visited by the postman today:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20161130_225734-1.jpg)

Some special gifts from MrNumbers and also my most recent Cundco order! 8)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20161130_230119-1.jpg)

Something from kettlefish who was so pleased that Decar and I enjoyed the food at the Carcassonne fan-meeting in Essen that she wanted me to be able to share some of it with my family! :@

Many thanks guys!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on November 30, 2016, 04:16:02 PM
Hi danisthirty,
I am happy to see that the Kartoffelknödel are now in your home...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on December 01, 2016, 04:54:10 AM
Quote from: danisthirty
Creator of "Dungeon Strike" (2016)

:)) at your signature, Dan.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on December 02, 2016, 02:40:05 AM
Received my signed scoretrack with everything else yesterday !

A bit disappointed that the tampons are actually made on top of the sticker, which means that after one single stroke with my finger, it fades away. The opposite would have been more logic.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 02, 2016, 04:14:18 AM
Received my signed scoretrack with everything else yesterday !

A bit disappointed that the tampons are actually made on top of the sticker, which means that after one single stroke with my finger, it fades away. The opposite would have been more logic.

I love when words have totally different meanings depending on region.  Thanks for teaching me a different meaning for that word.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 02, 2016, 04:16:25 AM
No tampons in my mailbox yet :(

But Kettelfish did send me some Kartoffelknödel to try - I am looking forward to trying these (picture above^^^)!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 02, 2016, 04:46:15 AM

So Totor, can you verify if KJW actually sat down and signed all of these or if it is a stamp?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 02, 2016, 04:47:23 AM
A bit disappointed that the tampons are actually made on top of the sticker, which means that after one single stroke with my finger, it fades away. The opposite would have been more logic.

No tampons in my mailbox yet :(

Although I received my tampons a few days ago, I haven't really played with them much yet so didn't spot any problems with them. I might just leave them alone now if this is the case! O:-)

So Totor, can you verify if KJW actually sat down and signed all of these or if it is a stamp?

The signature looks genuine, but can't verify if KJW was sitting when it was signed. The others marks on the score track are just stickers. But the back of the score track is blank/ plain white.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on December 02, 2016, 04:48:15 AM
So can anyone verify I'd KJW actually sat down and signed all of these or if it is a stamp?
KJW signed the tiles and the score board by himself. There is no stamp.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 02, 2016, 05:00:17 AM
Thanks Dan and Kettlefish, merit to both.   That is what I was hoping.  I may frame it and put it in my office. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on December 05, 2016, 03:59:23 AM
Sorry it took me some time to answer

Yes the signing is very nice and I can't imagine somebody else did it :)

Just the 2 stamps fade away (oups :D, I work in a printing company and the word Tampon sticks in my head)

totor66
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on December 07, 2016, 06:14:33 AM
I was starting to get a little worried, but sure enough, The River II arrived in my mailbox today, along with a very familiar perpetually-caffeine-consuming meeple for whom I now want to think up a special rule so he can see some playtime.

A huge thanks to Dan for his generosity in the spare bits giveaway, and for shipping this around the world for me!

(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1205.0;attach=6967;image)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: karkids on December 08, 2016, 12:23:35 PM
My mailman dropped by with "The Plague" from Dan today! Sorry for the poor quality picture, it was taken from a flip-phone. Thanks Dan!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 10, 2016, 09:22:10 AM
Yimhj was nice enough to send me this all the way from France!  Christmas came early.  I can't wait to try this expansion.

Thank you!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: yimhj on December 10, 2016, 11:33:21 AM
I'm glad you received it soon (a week from France to USA). It was the first time I posted to the States.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 10, 2016, 12:47:10 PM
I wasn't expecting it for another week.  It seems to take 2 weeks to get stuff to and from Germany.  I incorrectly assumed France would be the same. 

Thanks again!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 12, 2016, 02:22:57 PM
Something from Germany addressed to my wife.  A holiday surprise for me?  I can't open it until Xmas, but I imagine some watchtowers and something signed by KJW is inside.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on December 16, 2016, 05:13:49 AM
Santa Postman brought me the first game I buy outside Cundco and Kickstarter in the last couple of years (although it was on KS).
(http://i.imgur.com/NK8I9REl.jpg?1)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 18, 2016, 06:56:18 AM
Today my wife loves the postman.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 18, 2016, 01:41:53 PM
Today my wife loves the postman.

Awesome! Chooselife and I both pledged, so we should get it next month when the European shipment goes out.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 19, 2016, 06:12:40 AM
Big fan of Above and Below - I put a thread up about it a while ago - Hope you get chance to place a comment Chooselife!

Hope Santorini is fun too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 19, 2016, 10:33:18 AM
While in Boston I received this from the postman:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161206_081250-1024x576.jpg)

I've got somme stuff to sort out!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161219_161103-1280x720.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 19, 2016, 01:19:48 PM
Interesting decar - what are your plans with all that?

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 19, 2016, 02:59:39 PM
Interesting decar - what are your plans with all that?

Apparently you didn't see this thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2854) Rosco?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on December 19, 2016, 09:32:30 PM
Yes but the image above looks like lazer cut wood not plastic - or is that my sleepy eyes?

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 20, 2016, 12:45:04 PM
That's the lighting - The blocks are covered with a thin layer of paper to protect from burning.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on December 20, 2016, 04:28:16 PM
Nice delivery, Decar! However, I'm more interested in the badly hidden small meeple cups in the background of your photo. ;)

Furthermore, can someone tell my, why on eart I should want to play with tampons?! I can only verify one english meaning of that word, which is
this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampon).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 21, 2016, 02:00:10 AM
That's just a trick of the light Safari ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on December 22, 2016, 12:24:17 AM
Just received my first Artscow order: 3 decks for $18 (free shipping). Got a little gift for my dad, and these two treats for myself:

(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1205.0;attach=7024;image)
Carcassonne Selector Cards :(y) Brings me back to my Dominion-playing days, shuffling the randomizer cards to see what kind of game would take shape before us.

(http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1205.0;attach=7028;image)
Stephen Cappello's "Bugbear" (Bogeyman)
re-theme (https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/39628/battle-line-remake-bugbear-game-formatted-artscowc) of Reiner Knizia's Battle Line (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/760/battle-line/files) (which I have yet to play).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ry4Christ on December 22, 2016, 06:41:29 AM
Those Carc cards are so cool stalcupojoy!!!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on December 22, 2016, 09:30:32 AM
lol stalcupojoy I love the fact that there is a card for the base game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on December 22, 2016, 07:49:09 PM
lol stalcupojoy I love the fact that there is a card for the base game!

Haha, well they're not really meant to be a selector card, as if I'd play without the base game (although I did once try to convince my wife to play a game with just the six Ferries tiles, just to make our brains hurt -- it never happened).

I was inspired to include the "Base Game" card after playing with my parents, who had trouble remembering even the basic rules. It's meant as more of a player aid for Carcassonne newbies (or forgetful, beloved older folks). jdpeters' original Selector Cards actually had four separate cards for the base game features, but I couldn't resist reducing it to one card.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 23, 2016, 06:48:47 AM
I got something very cool from the postman yesterday C:-).

I won't go into detail in case it spoils the surprise for anyone else, but I just wanted to post here to say thanks and to merit Decar for his efforts.

Thanks dude! :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 23, 2016, 08:06:48 AM
My postman brought me these.  I got them for a decent price from a guy on boardgamegeek.  They are part of the Deutscher Spielepreis 2016 Goodie Box, but I had no interest in the other 3 promos.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on December 23, 2016, 08:18:59 AM
My postman brought me these.  I got them for a decent price from a guy on boardgamegeek.  They are part of the Deutscher Spielepreis 2016 Goodie Box, but I had no interest in the other 3 promos.

Nice, I might have to try to get hold of these myself. Seems like they're going or about €8 on BGG which isn't outrageous.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 23, 2016, 08:28:46 AM


Nice, I might have to try to get hold of these myself. Seems like they're going or about €8 on BGG which isn't outrageous.

BGG has the entire Goodie box for $18.  I don't know what shipping is.  If you have Time Stories or Mombasa, it may be worth it to get the whole thing.  The Codenames Promo has KJW on one of the cards, but we don't own it and even if we did, I doubt we would want to play with that promo. 

I am hoping to eventually get the Isle Of Skye Themenplättchen promo for a reasonable price. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 25, 2016, 06:27:52 AM
Merry Christmas!

I was able to open what my wife got me from Cundco.  Also just in time for Christmas, the promo I ordered for her Cacao game came in.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on December 27, 2016, 07:03:40 PM
Today my wife loves the postman.

I just discovered Santorini today (it's at the top of The Hotness on BGG) and I'm very interested too. Price is a little high, but I will have my eye on it for my birthday next year. :) How are you enjoying it so far?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 28, 2016, 03:22:46 AM
I recommend Santorini with a few copies of The Tower - I put a photo up somewhere!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 28, 2016, 04:05:38 AM
How are you enjoying it so far?

Haven't played it yet.  I will let you know hopefully sooner than later. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on December 28, 2016, 05:05:39 AM
While I wait mine, and Jungleboy copies, of Santorini to arrive, 8) 8) I've just received Fields of Green.
(http://i.imgur.com/H3jB3jkl.jpg)
Although it was very well packed there are inoumerous reports of the inlay being damage on arrivil which I believe was mainly due to the sheer mass of the square decks.
Mine was considerible split on one of the sides but since I'm not a very big fan of this "Carcassonne" type inlay I'll probably do some custom DIY insert.

Component wise the cards are really good but the cardboard feels quite cheap with most of the smaller tokens getting damage on the unpunching operation.

The game arrived with two Among the Stars promo cards. Since I don't have it and I'm not thinking of buying it if someone want those please feel free to send a PM. I'll add an late entry on "Dan's Spare Bits Giveaway 2016" (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2896.msg45259#msg45259) thread.
(http://i.imgur.com/FoxrepHt.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on December 30, 2016, 09:31:49 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161230/cd8bb83003c36a6665a6a8ea3977e569.jpg) I love the postman! And I love Kettelfish, who kindly sent me the German Windrosen and a couple of other nice things. Happy new year to everybody, Carcassonne fans! emoji code4]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on December 31, 2016, 01:38:18 AM
Oh yeah, we do love the postman!  Just before 2016 ends, i got my order from Spielbox:

- Spielbox 2012/5 with "The Little Buildings" expansion
- Spielbox 2010/6 with "The Plague" expansion

For those still wanting these expansions, they are still available on the site of Nostheide: https://nostheide.de/webshop3/index.php?language=de
The editions with "The Cathars" and "The Tunnels" are sold out, helas...so still looking for these ones.

Also in the Spielbox 2010/6: a "Sonderkarte" of Wizard Extreme", in this case the Sonderkarte "Revolution".  If someone is interested in that one, I don't need it, so you can have it for free.

Greetings and to everyone on this superb forum a happy, healthy and Carcassonny (yes, form now on that is a word) 2017.   :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on January 04, 2017, 07:38:09 AM
Following the review (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3049.0) from dirk2112 and the seal of aproval of my rarely joining the table financially advisor, colloquially referred to as Wife, I just received a copy of Potion Explosion:
(http://i.imgur.com/ONhnupOm.jpg)
Although sourced it locally I got the German version so if any of the of our German members is interested on the rulebook (in case they got their copies in a strange language just like I did) just sent a PM, I will gladly post it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 04, 2017, 07:49:53 AM
Let us know what you and your wife think.  My wife prefers this to Santorini and she hasn't even opened her expansion for Cacao yet because of this game.

I should note, they did send us replacement marbles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 04, 2017, 10:03:17 AM
Following the review (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3049.0) from dirk2112 and the seal of aproval of my rarely joining the table financially advisor, colloquially referred to as Wife, I just received a copy of Potion Explosion:
(http://i.imgur.com/ONhnupOm.jpg)

Oh cool, I was considering getting that but maybe I'll just play with your copy instead :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 05, 2017, 03:47:55 AM
I thought I'd share this now as most people have received theirs....So no Spoilers now...

A few months ago we had our
2nd #Gencant Competition (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2846.0) -  We had 2 two contests running in parallel and we had some prizes to numerous people for taking part.

I got to send those prizes out just before Christmas - here they all are:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20161023_214025.jpg)

Thanks again to everyone who took part!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 05, 2017, 03:52:30 AM
Whoa  :(y) for the cool contest and prize.

 :(n) @ me for entirely missing the posts about it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 05, 2017, 05:36:47 AM
Always worth keeping an eye on the front page for going's on:

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 05, 2017, 05:39:22 AM
It was a lovely surprise getting my tile. Great competition, great prize. Many thanks for your efforts Decar! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Danci on January 06, 2017, 06:51:06 AM
WOW! I love the tree with birds tiles! I'm assuming these are homemade? Incredible! Plus I finally realized Dan is 30 cause I zoomed in on the tile! All this time I thought Dan is thirsty with his cute meeple holding a mug!  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 06, 2017, 07:01:29 AM
I just came here to nonchalantly draw attention to my forum signature, but now I'm here I've realised that I changed it weeks ago! So that doesn't help my case for not being thirsty...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on January 06, 2017, 07:10:25 AM
Plus I finally realized Dan is 30 cause I zoomed in on the tile! All this time I thought Dan is thirsty with his cute meeple holding a mug!  ^-^

See, Dan, you bring this upon yourself. :P

And he's actually 36, according to his profile text. :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 06, 2017, 02:13:37 PM
WOW! I love the tree with birds tiles! I'm assuming these are homemade? Incredible! Plus I finally realized Dan is 30 cause I zoomed in on the tile! All this time I thought Dan is thirsty with his cute meeple holding a mug!  ^-^

Thanks for the complement Danci - yes they're designed and printed at home.  Also +1 merit from me for making me laugh....Dan's thirst is a common misreading and a bit of an injoke :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on January 09, 2017, 11:23:07 AM
So, ever since I placed my order I have been waiting for the day I could finally post in this thread, :gray-meeple:

(http://i.imgur.com/mQN8CCjl.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 09, 2017, 11:28:26 AM
I see you ordered 1 of everything!  Good haul. Enjoy.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 09, 2017, 12:19:35 PM
Wow - a fantastic haul! Thanks for posting DaFees! :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 09, 2017, 12:26:38 PM
Wonderful post DaFees!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on January 09, 2017, 12:33:06 PM
Thanks for the replies. I did pretty much get 1 of everything I didn't have. I would've also gotten the Festival if they didn't sell out a couple weeks prior to placing the order. Also I was contemplating getting the :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple:  :white-meeple: and  :brown-meeple: sets but with no good/reasonable way to get phantoms in those colors I passed on the sets for now. Might reconsider them if Cundco has enough things on offer for Easter that I don't have, :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ry4Christ on January 09, 2017, 12:48:55 PM
Not only did I receive my copy of the Wind Roses from Cundco today, but also was finally able to access my P.O. Box to retrieve the Tunnels mini-expansion from meepleater!!!!! Thank you so so much for you generosity meepleater, I'm just that my much closer to getting everything I want in the old art style - (Wheel, Catapult, Beseigers, and some promos).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Danci on January 09, 2017, 03:49:49 PM
Wow! What a score! I need to get busy placing an order before they sell out of everything,,,,  :gray-meeple: :) :violet-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 09, 2017, 09:58:07 PM
Ordered two items on November 29th. Still haven't arrived. Emailed customer service on January 4th. Nobody's gotten back to me. .:.sigh.:. Just another stellar ordering experience with Cundco.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 10, 2017, 04:14:02 AM
Ordered two items on November 29th. Still haven't arrived. Emailed customer service on January 4th. Nobody's gotten back to me. .:.sigh.:. Just another stellar ordering experience with Cundco.

Perhaps kettlefish can chase it up with them like she did for several other orders in the back end of last year? I've made a couple of small orders recently and everything has gone very smoothly indeed.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 10, 2017, 04:26:24 AM
Ordered two items on November 29th. Still haven't arrived. Emailed customer service on January 4th. Nobody's gotten back to me. .:.sigh.:. Just another stellar ordering experience with Cundco.

If it makes you feel any better, I ordered a Xmas gift for my wife on December 7th.  It shipped from Hong Kong on December 9th and arrived yesterday. :o

Better late than never
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on January 10, 2017, 01:22:36 PM
Ordered two items on November 29th. Still haven't arrived. Emailed customer service on January 4th. Nobody's gotten back to me. .:.sigh.:. Just another stellar ordering experience with Cundco.

If it makes you feel any better, I ordered a Xmas gift for my wife on December 7th.  It shipped from Hong Kong on December 9th and arrived yesterday. :o

Better late than never

Yeah. I'm slightly worried my mail may be getting pinched by neighbours since I also ordered a book that was supposed to arrive in 5 days and it's been 10 now. But New Zealand has a bunch of wonky holidays this time of year and the postal service seems incompetent for December and January, so I am hoping that's the problem. We've gotten some other mail. Ugh.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on January 10, 2017, 04:53:05 PM
I've saved up a couple of these posts, (though Gates of Loyang' and Village came in today).

Fields of Green and Santorini were two of 5 Kickstarters that have come in the last 4 weeks. A few of these were very late in coming - they all just decided to show up in close succession.

I couldn't pass up on Amazonas and Carc 2.0 - Das Fest!

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5e/22/8d/5e228d867104ddcdc6285d388e6459c9.jpg)

... Off to read some rule books  ;)  Starting with an easy one first, Santorini then really looking forward to Gates of Loyang next. I'm a Uwe Rosenberg fanboy  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 14, 2017, 12:32:49 PM
That's quite a collection Franks!

Today I received these two classics:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170114_202901-800x449.jpg)
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Post by: franks on January 14, 2017, 01:23:18 PM
Nice Decar, I like this whole GIPF series of games, though I only own the original name sake, which we enjoy.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/37/23/0a/37230af8a9603e13cf01f82585e74688.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 14, 2017, 01:43:55 PM
Dan and I managed to play these during a very busy period at Essen. We both liked gipf and we each took it home with us. Huch! Is now publishing the series. The others zertz, dvonn and punct will be out in March and there is a new game called Lyngk.

The only downside is the boxes are twice the volume of the old ones, which are already far too big. Still they look nice on my already overflowing shelves.  I may need to ask basically wooden for some input!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 18, 2017, 05:23:29 AM
Picked up my copy of BierGarten this morning from the Post Office.

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170118_124617.jpg)

I just wanted to say:  Thanks Dan.

If there was one person I wanted to be immortalized sitting next to, wearing a Meeple T-Shirt, playing an infamous German board game depicting the landscapes of Southern France, while drinking fine German Bier, in a card game - it would be you my friend.  It means a lot that you wanted to me my partner in crime on this one - It looks like you need another beer though!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 18, 2017, 01:33:27 PM
Picked up my copy of BierGarten this morning from the Post Office.

That's all sorts of awesomeness. My copy has cleared customs in Portugal - the second copy sent to me, since I left Switzerland before the first one arrived - but it turns out it's a little hard to deliver stuff to my apartment, so we'll see when I actually get it. But in any case, being able to see you two in the game as well as junglegirl and me is super cool.

It means a lot that you wanted to me my partner in crime on this one - It looks like you need another beer though!

I bet he smuggled in some Pepsi Max and is hiding it under the table.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 18, 2017, 02:19:12 PM
You're actually on the very next card - I won't spoil the surprise though!

That's a very good point about the Pepsi Max....I'd have died of dehydration at Essen if he'd not snuck a few bottles in and was kind enough to share it  :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 19, 2017, 02:24:34 AM
Pepsi Max: never leave home without it!

Thanks for those kind words Decar, and thanks for giving me the opportunity to appear in the game with you. The pleasure is all mine! I haven’t had a chance to play it yet, but I’ve read the rules and I’m looking forward to declaring a house rule whereby anybody who adds a card featuring themselves to their beer garden wins a sizeable bonus.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2017, 08:53:11 AM
My copy of Biergarten arrived today! I haven't opened the cards yet because I think I'd like to sleeve them and my sleeves are with the rest of my stuff that has yet to be shipped to me. But I might not be able to resist. We'll see.  :green-meeple:

Meanwhile I just got an email saying Herbaceous shipped today, so it was a decent day for the Kickstarter-postman combination!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 19, 2017, 08:55:22 AM
You can open it at least - there's a nice box to keep them in until your sleeves arrive!

Hope Herbaceous is good, i missed the KS - but it looked interesting!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 19, 2017, 10:24:34 AM
You can open it at least - there's a nice box to keep them in until your sleeves arrive!

OK, you twisted my arm. Here are jungleboy and junglegirl poring over a map and plotting their next trip!

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170119/19eccf4cfc56f3df345fc633f078a2b1.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 19, 2017, 12:38:50 PM
Who's the girl in the green dress? :-*
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 19, 2017, 01:53:22 PM
She's the giant from the princess and dragon expansion
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on January 20, 2017, 01:41:32 AM
My copy of Biergarten arrived today!

What about my copy???? :( You just moved in and are already receiving stuff faster than me. :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 20, 2017, 04:14:44 AM
Today is a fantastic day. MrNumbers, thank you ever so much!!!

Almost there... Catapult and Darmstadt are on the way, and then there's one left (two if you count the other russians).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on January 20, 2017, 04:53:28 AM
Today is a fantastic day. MrNumbers, thank you ever so much!!!
You are welcome! Glad they arrived fast and safe :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on January 20, 2017, 04:55:31 AM
Today is a fantastic day. MrNumbers, thank you ever so much!!!
You are welcome! Glad they arrived fast and safe :D
2 days, insanely fast. Didn't expect them until next week.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on January 20, 2017, 01:11:11 PM
My copy of Biergarten arrived today!

What about my copy???? :( You just moved in and are already receiving stuff faster than me. :'(

And this is the second copy sent to me too. The first one didn't arrive in time before I left Switzerland so they sent me another one. When you pay extra to be drawn into the game, they treat you well!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 20, 2017, 03:35:53 PM
Jungleboy, Decar, and Dan,

Being added to the biergarten game is really cool!  I am glad I missed that Kickstarter though as my wife would have agonized over how we looked.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 21, 2017, 02:07:14 AM
Jungleboy, Decar, and Dan,

Being added to the biergarten game is really cool!  I am glad I missed that Kickstarter though as my wife would have agonized over how we looked.

I gave up agonizing over the way I look years ago! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: What If? on January 23, 2017, 04:48:33 AM
I am also happy today with Latvian/Swedish postal services as I got a letter from MrNumbers in record time, containing two K-tiles, thank you so much!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on January 23, 2017, 05:02:57 AM
I am also happy today with Latvian/Swedish postal services as I got a letter from MrNumbers in record time, containing two K-tiles, thank you so much!
You are welcome! Enjoy! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 23, 2017, 05:51:37 AM
Today i got a delivery of the Phantom expansion! Nice little expansion that we plan to use often in our games!
Tried to upload a photo, but i guess my phone is too good, as the picture size is too big hahaha
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 28, 2017, 08:05:46 AM
I got a delivery from Italy today that brings me another (big) step closer to completion!
Ordered a big box 5, and the Tower and the Catapult.
I use the box to keep everything in, and i already had 2 Carcassonne Organisers from Broken Token.
See picture for a view of the goodies :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 28, 2017, 08:10:59 AM
It looks good Willem!  Congratulations.

Hopefully my Torre and La Catapulta expansions make it all the way from Italy.  I have had great luck with the British and German Postal Services.  Hopefully the Italians are as good. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on January 28, 2017, 10:11:38 AM
Am I seeing double or you have 2 Counts of Carcassonne?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 28, 2017, 01:15:07 PM
I do. Got one from my brother, and later ordered the 6th expansion. So got that one double.
Also got the expansions for the winter edition, but not the base game of that
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Halfling on January 29, 2017, 10:21:33 AM
I'd just like to thank cundco.de for my fastest delivery to date.  Order placed Saturday evening and the box of goodies delivered to England 5 days later.

Exceptional, and all the items present and correct.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on January 31, 2017, 07:34:01 AM
Received today, spectacular art and I'm just baffled by the overall quality of the components, specially after the Fields of Green cardboard fiasco.
(http://i.imgur.com/yMCzz2wl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N2aco2gl.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 31, 2017, 08:45:40 AM
This came today.   The seller was selling all of his minis for the same high price, but this gem was in there.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 31, 2017, 08:54:01 AM
Great find Dirk!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on January 31, 2017, 10:35:52 AM
This came today.   The seller was selling all of his minis for the same high price, but this gem was in there.
Where did you find it? It's the only thing missing from my collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on January 31, 2017, 10:48:15 AM
Your profile doesn't show your location.  The guy I got it from is in Kentucky and I don't think he ships outside the US.  I sent you a PM.  He only has 1 left. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on January 31, 2017, 12:09:07 PM
Another one for the coffers. Couldn't pass up a 50% sale of Queen games, (on-line game store).

It's a Feld game I've wanted. The cube tower is neat mechanism that partly determines available actions for a round.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/62/02/54/62025437799659c23dbf3293c7dd9298.jpg)

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a4/94/07/a494079b4f3993dc2fa8dd58889ac943.jpg)
Photo credit of the Tower goes to 'Steph' on Boardgamegeek - she has a great blog there that is with following
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on February 01, 2017, 04:04:40 AM
On step closer to completionnism.  My brand new Games Quarterly Expansion came all the way from New Zealand to Belgium!  Thanks to Andrew the Ambo... :(y)

Watch out Cathars, Besiegers, Crop Circles 1 and Tunnels...you're next!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 01, 2017, 04:23:36 AM
Congrats on your purchase thodekey. I always love it when forum members help out fellow enthusiasts to get hold of certain hard to find expansions! :) :(y)

Good luck with the other 4...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 01, 2017, 01:11:38 PM
On step closer to completionnism.  My brand new Games Quarterly Expansion came all the way from New Zealand to Belgium!  Thanks to Andrew the Ambo... :(y)

Watch out Cathars, Besiegers, Crop Circles 1 and Tunnels...you're next!  :o

Check your pm, I might be able to help you with one of those ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2017, 02:41:25 PM
Great work everyone!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 03, 2017, 02:48:36 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170203/aa5063131a24d911662d0ffbd9eee790.jpg)
First of three recent acquisitions from Germany has arrived! How beautiful emoji code7]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: stalcupojoy on February 04, 2017, 06:00:39 AM
Cundco Christmas present from my wife.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on February 06, 2017, 03:23:41 AM
Congrats on your purchase thodekey. I always love it when forum members help out fellow enthusiasts to get hold of certain hard to find expansions! :) :(y)

Good luck with the other 4...

Yes, The Besiegers have entered the...uhm...wooden-still-to-pimp-box!
1 down, 3 to go!  Thanks for swift and fair trade, Valheru!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 06, 2017, 04:17:16 AM
Wow you have the little box that goes with it too.  Nice!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 06, 2017, 04:47:56 AM
You are very welcome Thomas!

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on February 06, 2017, 05:03:53 AM
Wow you have the little box that goes with it too.  Nice!

The tuckbox itself you can find back in the download section on this forum, Dirk2112
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 06, 2017, 01:26:07 PM
This arrived today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170206_210835-800x450.jpg)

A hard to find plus expansion for gipf.  I've already got gipf, so let me know if you're interested. The box is stupid big.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 06, 2017, 02:08:57 PM
A hard to find plus expansion for gipf.  I've already got gipf, so let me know if you're interested. The box is stupid big.

Sounds like you'll need to make a delightful trip to IKEA for a new shelf just to house this box...  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 06, 2017, 02:12:03 PM
It's ridiculous, it's bigger than a serving platter!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 07, 2017, 08:54:31 AM
My first shipment from Italy came today.  Oddly the return address is in the Netherlands.  It came with this interesting label on the side.

I opened La Torre to see of the tile tower survived and it did.  I never realized how crappy it is though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 07, 2017, 09:14:11 AM
Did you get them from Amazon? I bought my Tower and catapult there as well. Didnt have a weird sticker like that on it though.
I kinda like the Tower, but we rarely play it since my girlfriend doesnt like it
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 07, 2017, 09:18:08 AM
I opened La Torre to see of the tile tower survived and it did.  I never realized how crappy it is though.

It isn't great. Most people prefer the one from Basically Wooden but I struggle with things like that (embarrassingly so, and in front of the guy who made them too :-[) and usually go with a bag.

EDIT: I'm assuming you're taking about the tile dispenser that comes with The Tower as I can't think of anything else that wouldn't be likely to survive
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 07, 2017, 09:46:05 AM
Did you get them from Amazon? I bought my Tower and catapult there as well. Didnt have a weird sticker like that on it though.
I kinda like the Tower, but we rarely play it since my girlfriend doesnt like it

I got them from Dominiox.com in Italy.


EDIT: I'm assuming you're taking about the tile dispenser that comes with The Tower as I can't think of anything else that wouldn't be likely to survive

Yes the tile dispenser that comes with the Tower isn't particular good.  I think we will continue to use the bag. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 07, 2017, 09:55:59 AM
I don't use the tile dispenser from the Tower anymore because I have the Dan-proof Basically Wooden one, but I thought the Tower one was perfectly serviceable and I used to use it a lot. It seems pretty sturdy for cardboard and it does its job, doesn't it? What am I missing?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ry4Christ on February 07, 2017, 10:17:39 AM
Just received the Catapult expansion components all safely intact thanks to What If? !  Thank you so much!!! I am so excited to try it out and that I'm one step closer to completion to my satisfaction. All that's left is The Besiegers, Wheel of Fortune, and the Russians and La Porxada if possible.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 07, 2017, 10:46:38 AM
I don't use the tile dispenser from the Tower anymore because I have the Dan-proof Basically Wooden one, but I thought the Tower one was perfectly serviceable and I used to use it a lot. It seems pretty sturdy for cardboard and it does its job, doesn't it? What am I missing?

For whatever reason I thought it was made out of thin wood.  I wasn't expecting the cardboard to be the same that is used for the tiles. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 09, 2017, 02:29:03 PM
I'm a very happy man today.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on February 09, 2017, 02:33:07 PM
I'm a very happy man today.

Nice one Valheru!

So the plan for the Russians worked out!  Makes me wonder what was the plan... :-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 09, 2017, 02:35:11 PM
Great! :D :D :D :(y) :(y) :(y)

How did you sort those two beauties out Valheru?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 09, 2017, 03:15:09 PM
I'm very jealous. I'd like those Russian promos too emoji code20]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 09, 2017, 03:25:08 PM
Well, you could call it a 'plan'. I saw someone on BGG that had the Russians for trade. He was looking for Besiegers. I had a spare one (the one you have now, Thodekey) and offered it. He was interested at first but wanted them unpunched  and some extra (because the new Russians are really rare). I went to Ebay and bought an unpunched Besiegers while asking to hold on to those Russians. The besiegers arrived at home and offered it  as well as the other part of our previous deal. Sent them over and he did the same thing. That's it.

Unfortunately, the postage punched some Besiegers-tiles but he said it wasn't a problem. Which I'm very grateful for because I did put a lot of effort in completing that deal and making sure they'd arrive safe. Mailmen can be heartless sometimes.. :)

These two tiles are my most valuable and I probably went a bit too far but they are the ones, along with the other Russians that attract me most of all the tiles there are (and ironically, they have a K on the back, haha).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 09, 2017, 03:49:07 PM
Great trade!

I hope one day Hobby World offers these to everyone.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 09, 2017, 03:54:15 PM
Well, you could call it a 'plan'. I saw someone on BGG that had the Russians for trade. He was looking for Besiegers. I had a spare one (the one you have now, Thodekey) and offered it. He was interested at first but wanted them unpunched  and some extra (because the new Russians are really rare). I went to Ebay and bought an unpunched Besiegers while asking to hold on to those Russians. The besiegers arrived at home and offered it  as well as the other part of our previous deal. Sent them over and he did the same thing. That's it.

Unfortunately, the postage punched some Besiegers-tiles but he said it wasn't a problem. Which I'm very grateful for because I did put a lot of effort in completing that deal and making sure they'd arrive safe. Mailmen can be heartless sometimes.. :)

These two tiles are my most valuable and I probably went a bit too far but they are the ones, along with the other Russians that attract me most of all the tiles there are (and ironically, they have a K on the back, haha).

That's some serious commitment and outside-the-box thinking! Merit for your efforts.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on February 09, 2017, 04:16:33 PM
@Valheru

PhilippJC ???  ;)

I`m also an lucky man  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 09, 2017, 09:46:47 PM
Well done for spotting the potential to make it happen and then following through with it. I wouldn't feel bad about besiegers either, this is by far the worst expansion I've ever known in terms of staying in its frame unless it's the version that comes with the special edition Mueller box.

@Valheru

PhilippJC ???  ;)

Sounds like this guy has done very well for himself out of a few spare copies of these new Russian tiles too...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Valheru on February 10, 2017, 12:43:35 AM
@Valheru

PhilippJC ???  ;)

I`m also an lucky man  ;D

The exact same one haha. His collection is enormous apparently.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on February 10, 2017, 01:49:13 AM
@Valheru

PhilippJC ???  ;)

I`m also an lucky man  ;D

The exact same one haha. His collection is enormous apparently.
I suspect he is also here - PhilippJConrad (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=3247).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on February 10, 2017, 02:07:25 AM
@Valheru

PhilippJC ???  ;)

I`m also an lucky man  ;D

The exact same one haha. His collection is enormous apparently.
I suspect he is also here - PhilippJConrad (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=profile;u=3247).

Jepp, thats correct.

He is a very gentle & smart german guy with good connections to russia  ;)  :)

He is also on CarcF.

An interesting thread from him on BGG:
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/220454/every-carcassonne-expansion-explained (https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/220454/every-carcassonne-expansion-explained)

 :neutral-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 14, 2017, 03:47:48 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170214/85771bc5755a4e4b98dfb8ffb55977ab.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170214/e023a149b6f840e90baf42f92042aef7.jpg)
Finally... This little devil cost me like a Big Box, but it was my holy grail...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 14, 2017, 04:09:58 AM
Finally... This little devil cost me like a Big Box, but it was my holy grail...

Congratulations!

Spiele-Akademie was selling this for €24.99 about two years ago when danisthirty and I got our copies. But the price has been gradually rising to the current €39.99.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 14, 2017, 04:10:51 AM
Congrats, the 6 cult tiles are my favourite!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 14, 2017, 04:11:38 AM
Yeah, they seem to have a big stock of brand new CSC
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 14, 2017, 04:27:07 AM
I got mine from them aswell yesterday! I really like the shrines and cant wait to try the siege  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 14, 2017, 04:29:31 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170214/1083259637e5f362e7f19e2c6d4eeddd.jpg)Uh, Mr. Postman strikes twice today... emoji code16]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on February 14, 2017, 04:34:28 AM
A great day for GabrielGeek!

I am hoping my last shipment from Italy arrives today.  I got something for my son's birthday (last Friday).  It was supposed to arrive on the 8th, but hopefully better late than never. 
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Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 14, 2017, 04:34:45 AM
Incidentally, Die Stadt cost me less than CSC emoji code29]
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Post by: Willem on February 14, 2017, 08:21:55 AM
The postman has visited me as well today!
Including 'kiwi stamps' :P
All the way from New Zealand
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 14, 2017, 09:51:01 AM
I had to go to the post office to pick this up, but my son's birthday gift finally came.
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Post by: Decar on February 14, 2017, 12:09:26 PM
Looks like a great postie day for everyone!

My mail box was empty :(
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Post by: jungleboy on February 14, 2017, 12:13:18 PM
Looks like a great postie day for everyone!

Some postmen elves came to our place too with some birthday games that I'll get in a couple of weeks...
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Post by: jungleboy on February 16, 2017, 06:07:16 AM
My personal Portuguese postman!*

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170216/e9a671c04902dc8077be8f7d35640f3f.jpg)

* That's Chooselife, just in case you all thought that I make real postmen pose for photos with my games!
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Post by: danisthirty on February 16, 2017, 06:20:32 AM
I definitely wouldn't trust that guy to deliver my post... ;)
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Post by: Chooselife on February 16, 2017, 06:35:19 AM
That's the face a postman does when he's in for a Vegan lasagna dish.  ???
Ok ok it was surprisingly good...... again and it didn't kill me......again
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Post by: jungleboy on February 16, 2017, 07:30:52 AM
I definitely wouldn't trust that guy to deliver my post... ;)

You're right. He was easily the second dodgiest person to deliver the post to me in the last year.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170216/73569e5fa10815215cc5a7db7f465921.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 16, 2017, 07:46:26 AM
I definitely wouldn't trust that guy to deliver my post... ;)

You're right. He was easily the second dodgiest person to deliver the post to me in the last year.

Well done for forcing him to eat a Vegan Lasagne by way of punishment... >:D
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Post by: Decar on February 16, 2017, 07:48:36 AM
I hear you get good Vegan lasagne at Ikea  :(y)
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Post by: Willem on February 17, 2017, 05:28:01 AM
I wasnt in when the postman came around, but I would've hugged him if  I was!
Got 3 delivery's in today!
Got a copy of the Hans im Glück Almanac with the shrines (I recently found out there were 3 versions and I already had the C,S&C and C,K&C versions. So this one had to be added, if only because of the pentagon watermark)
Got a copy of the russian promo tiles with the hut of Baba Yaga & Vodyanoy. Found those on an ebay-esc second hand website for a decent price, so happy about that one!
A copy of the much desired Spielbox 2009/6 edition, with a copy of the Tunnels! Thanks to ebay-kleinanzeigen for that, where I found a copy for a relatively low price! Almost can't believe how small of an expansion this is, seeing how hard it is to get a copy for a good price :P
Now my collection is near to completion! Just need to find a copy of the Cathars and the Besiegers, then I'm good to go! :D:D:D
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Post by: Valheru on February 17, 2017, 05:53:17 AM
Now that's what I call a fantastic haul and a pretty decent start to the weekend ;)
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 17, 2017, 05:55:52 AM
Great haul Willem!

Any hints on what website you used to find the Russian tiles? 
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Post by: Willem on February 17, 2017, 06:08:29 AM
It was a hard find with some weird translating, but I got them via http://newmolot.ru/
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Post by: Dragonlord on February 17, 2017, 07:32:32 AM
From Germany to Northwestern Québec  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Jéré on February 17, 2017, 08:29:58 AM
From Germany to Northwestern Québec  :black1-meeple:

In case you want something else from Europe and possibly want to save on shipping (and you are patient), I travel to Québec once a year and can post things from there.
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Post by: Dragonlord on February 17, 2017, 08:34:54 AM
I will note it, just in case, and thanks a lot for the offer.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on February 18, 2017, 04:27:33 AM
Postman came yesterday with these for me:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170218_122108-800x450.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on February 19, 2017, 12:58:38 PM
Well Decar, it's been lovely knowing you and I've really enjoyed our years together here.

All that remains is for me to say that CarcC's loss is www.dominionstrategy.com's gain... :'(

Enjoy! ;)
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Post by: Decar on February 20, 2017, 12:30:08 AM
I hear the mojitos are better over on dominioncentral  :(y)
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Post by: Willem on February 20, 2017, 05:32:22 AM
Nothing big today, but I was still happy to receive my Bridges and Skew Bridges from Basically Wooden today! And a Harry Potter 8-dvd box that my girlfriend wanted, since we found out that we only have 4 of them on dvd :P
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Post by: Dragonlord on February 20, 2017, 06:21:28 AM
The screw bridges are cool, but too expensive for me, the shipping is 5 time the price of it and there's some import fees.
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Post by: Willem on February 20, 2017, 06:23:37 AM
Im glad I'm UK based, so that wasnt too bad for me. I look forward to trying them. If we play with the bridges we end up only using them a couple of times, but maybe these will have some good use :)
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Post by: Dragonlord on February 20, 2017, 08:27:13 AM
I receive this from UK, about he same price of the screw bridges but 10 times cheaper for the shipping  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: stalcupojoy on February 20, 2017, 09:59:25 PM
The screw bridges are cool, but too expensive for me, the shipping is 5 time the price of it and there's some import fees.

Similar situation here. I would consider buying them if I could get a better shipping price.
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Post by: Willem on February 21, 2017, 05:12:54 AM
Got the Winter Edition in today :D
We already had the 2 expansions for it, and my girlfriend decided that we needed the winter edition base game, because it is quote: 'Soooo cute we've got to get that one!!' :P
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Post by: danisthirty on February 21, 2017, 05:14:51 AM
Got the Winter Edition in today :D
We already had the 2 expansions for it, and my girlfriend decided that we needed the winter edition base game, because it is quote: 'Soooo cute we've got to get that one!!' :P

She sounds like a keeper to me! Enjoy the game... :)
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Post by: Valheru on February 21, 2017, 06:00:19 AM
My last must-have tiles are on their way too. Excited to see them arrive.

Then I'm getting some spares (basegame etc).
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Post by: DeatzoSeol on February 21, 2017, 08:58:09 AM
Teaser

Got this in the mail today  ;-)

Apparently Andrew the Ambo is becoming quite the salesman :D
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Post by: Willem on February 21, 2017, 11:58:44 AM
Have you got Kiwi-stamps as well? :P
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Post by: CKorfmann on February 21, 2017, 01:08:31 PM
Received German Cathedrals and Labyrinth today.  That leaves only Kornkreise I to go. So close!
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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on February 22, 2017, 01:10:13 AM
I only have 4 more copies and then I believe New Zealand is sold out.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

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Post by: Valheru on February 22, 2017, 02:30:08 AM
Hurray  ;D  ;D  ;D

BGG for the win!
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Post by: Willem on February 22, 2017, 08:14:41 AM
Wow! Good one! That must have cost you something hehe ;)
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Post by: Valheru on February 22, 2017, 08:57:15 AM
Wow! Good one! That must have cost you something hehe ;)

No comment ;)
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Post by: CKorfmann on February 22, 2017, 10:19:53 AM
I only have 4 more copies and then I believe New Zealand is sold out.

Four more what?
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Post by: Valheru on February 22, 2017, 11:42:58 AM
I only have 4 more copies and then I believe New Zealand is sold out.

Four more what?
I think GQ's.
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Post by: danisthirty on February 22, 2017, 01:39:42 PM
I only have 4 more copies and then I believe New Zealand is sold out.

Four more what?
I think GQ's.

 :(y)
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 22, 2017, 03:11:24 PM
I don't have any of the games depicted in the expansion, but I get anything Isle of Skye.

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Post by: Andrew the Ambo on February 22, 2017, 04:26:01 PM
I only have 4 more copies and then I believe New Zealand is sold out.

Four more what?
I think GQ's.
Correct. The GQ expansion.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

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Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 23, 2017, 10:03:19 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170223/c6b50214269a9c728820c7ca49dd9479.jpg)A French postman today...
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Post by: Decar on February 23, 2017, 10:21:33 AM
Ooh! Love to know what you think of these when you get chance to play them!

I've had a mental past couple of weeks, but came home to this:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170223_180851-640x532.jpg)
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Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on February 23, 2017, 10:37:55 AM
Ooh! Love to know what you think of these when you get chance to play them!

I love dice management games. My current favorites are Bora Bora and Marco Polo. I heard Troyes is one of the best in the genre, so I will soon try it.
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Post by: Halfling on March 01, 2017, 01:13:20 PM
J'arrive
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Post by: Willem on March 01, 2017, 11:47:39 PM
Thats fast!  ;D ;D
Now the big task of checking, repacking and sending begins  ;)
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Post by: thodekey on March 02, 2017, 12:05:47 AM
Italian Specialties from German....hmmmmm....looks tasty to me!
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Post by: Willem on March 02, 2017, 07:50:58 AM
Just got a nice delivery! I just came back from walking the dogs to find the postman at the door with a little package from austria. Now the question; do i open it and play with it, or keep it in the seal... ;D
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Post by: Decar on March 02, 2017, 09:06:45 AM
keep it closed, the tiles are terrible!
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Post by: danisthirty on March 02, 2017, 12:25:03 PM
Just got a nice delivery! I just came back from walking the dogs to find the postman at the door with a little package from austria. Now the question; do i open it and play with it, or keep it in the seal... ;D

Good find. I don't see many of these very often (although this is probably largely to do with the fact that I don't really look either)!

keep it closed, the tiles are terrible!

Really? I thought they were pretty standard...
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Post by: Willem on March 02, 2017, 12:33:17 PM
Found it on a autrian second hand website. Found 2 more on there, one is too expensive for me (€50), and the other one hasnt replied to my emails (send one in english and one in german, but no respons). I was (of course) searching for just the belagerer, but this was a good find for a very good price! So now ill keep asking myself if i should open it, or leave it closed, cus it is a collectors item  ;)
Might wait if the other one replies me
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Post by: Decar on March 02, 2017, 04:09:54 PM
keep it closed, the tiles are terrible!

Really? I thought they were pretty standard...

Guess we won't know unless he opens it.... am I getting confused with the other tin?
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Post by: danisthirty on March 02, 2017, 04:14:30 PM
Aha yes. The other metal box, the one with Traders & Builders has the weird tiles.
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Post by: Decar on March 02, 2017, 04:15:33 PM
Does it - I thought that was the one I had, that didn't....  I'm going to have to go look!
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Post by: wolnic on March 02, 2017, 04:53:16 PM
Wasn't it shortbread in the other tin?
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Post by: Willem on March 03, 2017, 01:29:40 AM
Wasnt that the first winter edition?
And i didnt know that there are 2 tin box versions, whats the other one?
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2017, 01:57:36 AM
Wasn't it shortbread in the other tin?

Shortbread never stays in tins for very long in my house. But we keep the tins for incredibly useful purposes that are yet to be discovered.

Wasnt that the first winter edition?
And i didnt know that there are 2 tin box versions, whats the other one?

The other one is a slightly bigger, squarer box which includes the old-style 50-point score track as well as the base game + Traders & Builders. I think it's an HiG release but there's something funny about the thickness (or colour) of the tiles. I have it, but it's still in shrink-wrap so I don't want to open it! 8)
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2017, 04:28:34 AM
Not a game but a lovely gift from the postman today anyway: board game bowls in the 'medieval' theme. These will be great for so many games. It was a Kickstarter project so, as always, Chooselife is perpetually to blame!

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/16ce2cfbd85e95e4f17abff6925aa723.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on March 03, 2017, 06:33:15 AM

The other one is a slightly bigger, squarer box which includes the old-style 50-point score track as well as the base game + Traders & Builders. I think it's an HiG release but there's something funny about the thickness (or colour) of the tiles. I have it, but it's still in shrink-wrap so I don't want to open it! 8)
Ah, I found it, there's one for sale on BGG, I'm almost tempted to buy it just to see whats with the tiles :P

And nice bowls Jungleboy!
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Post by: Chooselife on March 03, 2017, 06:59:02 AM
....Chooselife is perpetually to blame!
For someone wanting me to back games so you can play then you do throw a lot of blame around.

They are lovely.
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Post by: Decar on March 03, 2017, 07:00:40 AM
They are incredibly nice, though I misread Jungleboy's original message and thought he'd ordered some "bowels in the 'medieval' theme"; I was quite confused for a few seconds...  :@
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2017, 07:19:58 AM
....Chooselife is perpetually to blame!
For someone wanting me to back games so you can play then you do throw a lot of blame around.

Haha. Maybe IKEA sells a giant throwing device so I can throw some more at you :)
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Post by: Valheru on March 03, 2017, 08:33:40 AM
They are incredibly nice, though I misread Jungleboy's original message and thought he'd ordered some "bowels in the 'medieval' theme"; I was quite confused for a few seconds...  :@

This was funnier than I anticipated hahah

Those bowls do look fantastic!
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2017, 10:46:00 AM
Nice bowels! :(y) Be careful moving them...
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Post by: Ry4Christ on March 03, 2017, 11:53:00 AM
Nice bowels! :(y) Be careful moving them...

Hahahaha. Well played sir.
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 03, 2017, 12:17:42 PM
So the big ones are for chips (or Crisps if you are from the UK) and the smaller ones are for Salsa, Guacamole, and French Onion dip right?    :yellow-meeple:

I suppose the French just call it Onion Dip.   
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Post by: jungleboy on March 03, 2017, 12:33:33 PM
So the big ones are for chips (or Crisps if you are from the UK) and the smaller ones are for Salsa, Guacamole, and French Onion dip right?    :yellow-meeple:

I suppose the French just call it Onion Dip.

How dare you!  :)
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Post by: Decar on March 03, 2017, 12:35:59 PM
Here's some....of the post I received yesterday:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170303_201252.jpg)

It's not as bad as it looks.....it's all to do with camera angles....look, here's some reference:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/ArcadiaCarc.png)

Now to find a rug I can hide it under....  :-[
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Post by: danisthirty on March 03, 2017, 01:36:03 PM
Great haul! Although I can't quite make out what any of it is.

+1 merit for paying such close attention to scale and perspective...
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Post by: Decar on March 03, 2017, 01:39:47 PM
I'm hoping if I get enough boxes, I'll be able to build an extension on the side of the house out of them...to put more boxes inside...it's boxes all the way down.

It's a copy of:
Arcadia Quest: Inferno + Pets + 4 ice dragons + two other boxes of loot!  I also had a horde of characters to play with too!
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Post by: Dragonlord on March 03, 2017, 08:40:21 PM
Second order from spielmaterial.de  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on March 04, 2017, 11:13:49 AM
Wasnt that the first winter edition?
And i didnt know that there are 2 tin box versions, whats the other one?
The other one is a slightly bigger, squarer box which includes the old-style 50-point score track as well as the base game + Traders & Builders. I think it's an HiG release but there's something funny about the thickness (or colour) of the tiles. I have it, but it's still in shrink-wrap so I don't want to open it! 8)

I took some photos for those interested:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170304_101827.jpg)
The tile at the top is a 2015 base game tile.  The tile at the bottom is from the tin we're discussing.
The tiles look slightly larger and squarer.  I think the print is ever so slightly higher resolution, but that might be to do with the finish or texture of the tile.

Here are the two tiles side on.  It clear hear the tiles are made of a foam-board(?) rather than cardboard; as a result the tiles are much lighter.
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170304_101845.jpg)

Sorry the photo is ever so slightly out of focus.

The Trade tokens are made of the same material.
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 04, 2017, 11:28:37 AM
Decar,

Thanks for posting this.  I have seen the gold box with the I&C and T&B expansions, but never the tin. 

-Mike
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Post by: Ry4Christ on March 04, 2017, 09:43:24 PM
Wasnt that the first winter edition?
And i didnt know that there are 2 tin box versions, whats the other one?
The other one is a slightly bigger, squarer box which includes the old-style 50-point score track as well as the base game + Traders & Builders. I think it's an HiG release but there's something funny about the thickness (or colour) of the tiles. I have it, but it's still in shrink-wrap so I don't want to open it! 8)

I took some photos for those interested:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170304_101827.jpg)
The tile at the top is a 2015 base game tile.  The tile at the bottom is from the tin we're discussing.
The tiles look slightly larger and squarer.  I think the print is ever so slightly higher resolution, but that might be to do with the finish or texture of the tile.

Here are the two tiles side on.  It clear hear the tiles are made of a foam-board(?) rather than cardboard; as a result the tiles are much lighter.
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170304_101845.jpg)

Sorry the photo is ever so slightly out of focus.

The Trade tokens are made of the same material.

So an old art version of the game was printed after the new art had already come out in 2014?
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Post by: danisthirty on March 04, 2017, 11:12:14 PM
So an old art version of the game was printed after the new art had already come out in 2014?

No, this has been around for years.
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Post by: Decar on March 05, 2017, 07:42:33 AM
Both versions were available in shops at the same time last year...from this you can conclude all the old artwork is going to be reprinted and sold again.   :(y) :(y) ;D ;D :@ :@
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Post by: franks on March 05, 2017, 09:36:51 PM
These just came the other day.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ea/1b/07/ea1b0733cea1f15a34214b3ad0f7be6a.jpg)

Some old ... some new. Look forward to trying both!

Happy to see Troyes back in print along with its expansion.
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Post by: Willem on March 06, 2017, 06:16:55 AM
Got a few nice things in today!
Got a new fairy from Latvia; Thanks MrNumbers! Super!
And my share of the big collection Halfling has organised! Spiel tiles, Darmstadt, The Plague and The Festival! (Btw, funny to see a few spelling mistakes on the rules tile, the english version. Can't find any on the german version :P )
Thanks a lot guys!
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Post by: jungleboy on March 06, 2017, 11:46:53 AM
My postman treat for today. I've been hunting this for a while.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170306/8d2c00452693fae5ec7ce8b6bfd88d65.jpg)
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 06, 2017, 03:21:47 PM
The last promo I wanted from the 2016 Advent Calendar came today.  I lucked out and found a new cheap buy it now listing on Ebay.
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Post by: Decar on March 07, 2017, 12:08:31 AM
Jungleboy- did you take your package to the museum?  Given the title it would be perfect!
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Post by: jungleboy on March 07, 2017, 03:07:37 AM
Jungleboy- did you take your package to the museum?  Given the title it would be perfect!

Hehe, no, I just have a bust of the Roman emperor Hadrian in my otherwise empty living room. Plus I should probably retake that photo in daylight.

These just came the other day.

Some old ... some new. Look forward to trying both!

Happy to see Troyes back in print along with its expansion.

I bought Ulm on a whim at Essen, it just seemed like a cool game. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to play it in my last couple of months in Switzerland and then I only just got my games back last week and I still don't have a shelf for them yet. So, basically, I hope to play Ulm soon! Troyes is another one that I might consider since I'm into dice games at the moment.
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Post by: jungleboy on March 07, 2017, 04:55:56 AM
Second attempt: Alea Iacta Est (The Die is Cast) is an out of print and since reimplemented pure dice game. It's a light, Euro version of Yahtzee where, as Caesar, you roll dice and allocate them to Roman buildings (temple, senate, military barracks, forum, latrine), collecting laws, provinces and patricians along the way as reward for gaining control of the buildings. I got it on BGG and I'm super happy about finding it!

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/49174df95f2dad97d0c80bf087399d4b.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on March 07, 2017, 08:10:43 AM
Sounds like a great game - I hope you get time to play and enjoy it. :(y) :(y) :(y)
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Post by: Valheru on March 07, 2017, 11:31:34 AM
Alas, no picture but my things from Halfling arrived as well. Big up for everything you've done, Halfling. Absolute legend.
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Post by: danisthirty on March 08, 2017, 09:23:33 AM
I got my package from Halfling today too. Thanks dude! :(y)

One interesting, but probably not unusual, thing about the Inns & Cathedrals box is that it had "Die Erweiterung" written on the box which I guess means "The Expansion" which was what it was called when it was first released. I guessed maybe this meant it was quite old, but the tiles had watermarks on them so they can't have been especially old.

@Andrew the Ambo: I will send you the river tiles from the PC game package...
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Post by: jungleboy on March 08, 2017, 09:24:49 AM
One interesting, but probably not unusual, thing about the Inns & Cathedrals box is that it had "Die Erweiterung" written on the box which I guess means "The Expansion" which was what it was called when it was first released. I guessed maybe this meant it was quite old, but the tiles had watermarks on them so they can't have been especially old.

I believe the Dutch version of I&C is still called 'The Expansion'.
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Post by: Willem on March 08, 2017, 09:26:38 AM
It is in the old artwork. 999 games have the new artwork as Kathedralen en herbergen, so adapted to the Inns and cathedrals name
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Post by: danisthirty on March 08, 2017, 09:39:16 AM
I believe the Dutch version of I&C is still called 'The Expansion'.

It is in the old artwork. 999 games have the new artwork as Kathedralen en herbergen, so adapted to the Inns and cathedrals name

Yes this is an old artwork expansion so your comments are very helpful. Thanks guys! :(y)
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Post by: Halfling on March 08, 2017, 11:45:41 AM
My box for the English version of I&C is called The expansion from memory.....the box is in the loft so I can't check right now.

Good to hear that Berkshire and Belgium are happy.  Hoping that Latvia, Hampshire, Lothian, Northridge, Netherlands and Espana follow suit soon.

I might even break even this evening.........!
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Post by: wolnic on March 09, 2017, 04:21:09 AM
+1 merit from me for organising this, and taking the financial risk ... many thanks from the northlands ...
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Post by: MrNumbers on March 09, 2017, 11:40:16 AM
Hello England, this is Latvia calling! :) The package is safe at home :(y) Thanks, Halfling!
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Post by: Halfling on March 09, 2017, 11:55:11 AM
 ^-^ x2
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Post by: DaFees on March 09, 2017, 08:51:53 PM
Got this on Monday and I hope to get in a game or two this weekend!

(https://instagram.fagc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/s1080x1080/e15/fr/17077016_1852383705016759_1190919389512204288_n.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on March 10, 2017, 07:25:57 AM
I'm looking forward to trying this DaFees,  it's had some really mixed reviews (regarding take-that and OP).  Love to know what you think!

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Post by: CKorfmann on March 10, 2017, 11:37:22 AM
After waiting for the better part of six months, I am very pleased to finally receive Roll Player.  Can't wait to play it with my friends tomorrow!  Going to give it a whirl with my soon-to-be 9-year-old this afternoon.   ;D

I also received New York Slice (a re-theme of the RGG game Piece 'O Cake) as a gift for said soon-to-be 9-year-old's birthday next week.

I'm a moron and can't figure out how to insert a picture into my post.  :o

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Post by: thodekey on March 10, 2017, 11:36:17 PM
Yesterday, these beauties arrived in my...euhm...analogue mailbox.

Normally I'm not that keen to take some unknown Russians into my house but for these 2, I'm willing to take the risk.  With the addition of Cult, Siege & Creativity and Windroses 1, I only need Cathars, Tunnels and Crop Circles 1 to feel V1-complete and finally sleep in all peace again.   :)

An absolute massive thanks to Halfling for sharing these and other little treasures with this community...I even forgive you the Brexit right now.   :P
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Post by: Halfling on March 11, 2017, 12:57:38 AM
I can now say that I have seen, held and sold the Cult, Siege and Creativity box + contents.  I did not look inside so I have not seen the tiles yet though.  Maybe one day!!
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 11, 2017, 10:39:06 AM
My order from Spielbox arrived.  My wife purchased and loves Stone Age, so why not use that as an excuse to finally get Little Buildings.  Also obtained an Easter treat for my son.

I now have all 3 sets of the Cult plus 2 extra Cult tiles.
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Post by: thodekey on March 12, 2017, 03:56:43 AM
I can now say that I have seen, held and sold the Cult, Siege and Creativity box + contents.  I did not look inside so I have not seen the tiles yet though.  Maybe one day!!

Hello Halfling,

A look inside was not prohibited at all, there wasn't a shrink wrap so you might as well had a look.  Anyway, I'm happy you sacrificed that one to me!  If I find a second one for a fair price, you'll be the first to know, that's a promise!
Funny to see I now have two tiles with a K on the back.  Luckily, we draw our tiles out of a bag.  Although, those Russian tiles feel different as well...but hey, 2 tiles extra...I'm not complaining!  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: franks on March 16, 2017, 02:48:41 PM
Keeping the Postman busy  ;D

Especially look forward to playing The Palaces of Carrara.
With the Zman version difficult to find I was still happy to get the HiG version. I've just printed the English rule books and expansion cards.

La Granja was a clear off price for a ding and dent sale, couldn't pass it up. The damage on the top of the box isn't as bad as it looks and the contents are perfect.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c4/79/29/c47929e3b4505f475c60f74f7dd870ee.jpg)
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Post by: DaFees on March 16, 2017, 09:33:58 PM
I'm looking forward to trying this DaFees,  it's had some really mixed reviews (regarding take-that and OP).  Love to know what you think!

Finally got to play this last night. Played 3 games of it in fact. It was everything I expected and more. The game, to me at least, is a lot of fun. Plenty strategy and ways to win, for sure. The gameplay is fairly smooth and easy to follow. The various theme packs are fantastic and absolutely look forward to more. As to the elephant in the room in regards to the 'take that' elements. I can say this; There are two main forms of take that. One, are the unfair cards which can be nasty (I got hit pretty hard by one of them during the second game I played) but they impact everyone. Two, are event cards. Most event cards have an either/or choice in that you can positively affect yourself or negatively affect your opponent(s). From what I have seen though while you can be a jerk to your opponents, you're likely doing so at a cost to yours. A good example of this is the Merchandising/Giant Wad of Cash event card. With this card, you can either give yourself 5 coins or close an opponent's attraction. So while you could hurt your opponent for a round you also hurt yourself by denying yourself 5 coins that could make the difference between doing what you wanted to do and not.

For what it is worth I wouldn't put too much stock into some of the reviews you might read, especially if you haven't played the game for yourself yet. The game, again, for me at least, really is a lot of fun and while take that does exist to a degree I do not think it is anywhere near as bad as it has been made out to be. I mean you'd have to be a really big care bear for the take that element to be of any real bother and even then the game includes a game changer card that allows to play the game with most of the take that not allowed.
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Post by: Decar on March 18, 2017, 02:20:56 PM
That's good to hear! Glad you liked it - looking forward to my copy arriving in the next few days!
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Post by: Halfling on March 19, 2017, 08:45:02 AM
A very pleasant and unexpected letter arrived whilst we were away for a long weekend.  Newly opened and a picture of The Bountiful Harvest had to be shared.  My thanks to Wolnic. 

Rules found and downloaded.  First game about to get underway.  White vs Yellow vs Red.
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Post by: Ratz65 on March 19, 2017, 10:09:16 AM
A very pleasant and unexpected letter arrived whilst we were away for a long weekend.  Newly opened and a picture of The Bountiful Harvest had to be shared.  My thanks to Wolnic. 

Rules found and downloaded.  First game about to get underway.  White vs Yellow vs Red.

Very good. I would also like to have these tiles.  ;) :(y)
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Post by: wolnic on March 19, 2017, 12:04:05 PM
A very pleasant and unexpected letter arrived whilst we were away for a long weekend.  Newly opened and a picture of The Bountiful Harvest had to be shared.  My thanks to Wolnic. 

Rules found and downloaded.  First game about to get underway.  White vs Yellow vs Red.

You're welcome! Enjoy.
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Post by: Jéré on March 20, 2017, 06:46:56 AM
Special delivery from Bremen. Again many thanks to totor66 and indirectly a bit to danisthirty too, for helping me to complete my Carcassonne collection.

 (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170320/462292bfb62b33ca744451148ef12bec.jpg)
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Post by: danisthirty on March 20, 2017, 07:34:20 AM
Special delivery from Bremen. Again many thanks to totor66 and indirectly a bit to danisthirty too, for helping me to complete my Carcassonne collection.

No problem at all. Happy to have helped. And confused as to how I helped.

Interesting that you managed to chase down this special edition of C, S & C with the misprinted barcode (the one ending 00371 rather than 00261). I've seen those going on eBay for a lot, even though half the time people don't realise they're selling the rare misprinted edition. Great find! :) :(y)
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Post by: totor66 on March 20, 2017, 07:40:26 AM
Then Jéré needs to find another non Missprint version !

It seems I still have 2 of those, regularly purchased on Spiel Akademie, are you serioulsy saying it sells more just beccause of some Missprint on barcode ?

I will never ceased to be surprised :)
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Post by: Jéré on March 20, 2017, 08:13:15 AM
Special delivery from Bremen. Again many thanks to totor66 and indirectly a bit to danisthirty too, for helping me to complete my Carcassonne collection.
No problem at all. Happy to have helped. And confused as to how I helped.

You know how you helped! You confuse us (and yourself too apparently) with your humility...  :)




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Post by: dirk2112 on March 20, 2017, 02:48:05 PM
Stocking stuffers finally arrived!  Hohoho

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Post by: jungleboy on March 20, 2017, 03:09:40 PM
Stocking stuffers finally arrived!  Hohoho

So the secret game is WOO. How does it look?
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 20, 2017, 03:26:02 PM
Stocking stuffers finally arrived!  Hohoho

So the secret game is WOO. How does it look?


Oh crap.  I forgot it was a secret.  In that case you will have to wait to see ;)

Truthfully I can't open them.  They are going to be an Easter gift for my family.
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Post by: jungleboy on March 20, 2017, 03:51:09 PM
So the secret game is WOO. How does it look?

Oh crap.  I forgot it was a secret.  In that case you will have to wait to see ;)

No worries, the name doesn't give anything away at all. And I guess I'm not a big surprise guy, because I'd have rather known what the game was this whole time than the secret game gimmick.
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Post by: stalcupojoy on March 21, 2017, 06:21:23 AM
I won't post a picture yet, so as not to ruin the surprise for anyone else but... I received my Advent Quiz prize from Dan today. I am... speechless. :))

(There has to be some sort of expansion rule possibility here using the danisthirsty meeple...)

Thanks Dan! :D
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Post by: Erreth on March 23, 2017, 08:39:51 AM
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2q3vhhg.jpg)

My package from Halfling and the "Tip for an Almost Complete Collection" post arrived today.  Excited to give The City a try as soon as we can find some time.  Until then I will be working on fitting all my main Carcassonne game collection into the wooden box from The City, which sounds like a much better use of it.

Thanks again Halfling and everyone else that was involved in the transaction!!

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Post by: Halfling on March 23, 2017, 01:35:32 PM
Enjoy. The City is my favourite spinoff.
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Post by: Decar on March 25, 2017, 01:21:39 PM
5-Minute Dungeon arrived today - totally unexpected!

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170325_190749.jpg)

I persuaded Mrs_Decar that she might like to give it a try.  She loved the frantic co-op nature.

It took us a couple of goes to work out the mechanics, but we got it sussed and beat the first boss: The Baby Barbarian on our 4th attempt.  It would have been our 3rd attempt, we were just one card away!

Will try and do a write up very soon - but it's 4-thumbs up from us  :(y) :(y)

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170325_200528.jpg)
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Post by: jungleboy on March 25, 2017, 01:46:43 PM
5-Minute Dungeon arrived today - totally unexpected!

Unexpected indeed. I'm also a backer and I wasn't expecting it this soon. Hopefully mine gets lost in the Portuguese post for a week or so and then turns up; otherwise by the time I get back the post office might not still have it.
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Post by: Decar on March 25, 2017, 01:58:23 PM
Hope it's still there for you when you're back - it's definitely a lot of fun!  Very glad to have backed it!
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Post by: Erreth on March 25, 2017, 06:35:03 PM
My copy of 5 Minute Dungeon arrived today as well, hoping to try it out tonight!  The box was much larger than I was expecting and looks rather nice too.  About to open it up.
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Post by: jungleboy on March 28, 2017, 05:11:42 AM
Hope it's still there for you when you're back - it's definitely a lot of fun!  Very glad to have backed it!

I got a tracking number yesterday and it just shipped this morning. I'll be back in two weeks so thankfully it should be all good.
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Post by: Dragonlord on March 28, 2017, 06:42:00 AM
Only 6 days for the shipping from Cundco.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 28, 2017, 09:21:42 AM
Uh oh.  This order has really gone wrong.   So I ordered a bunch of stuff from Spielmaterial to trick out my Carcassonne and Colt Express games.  While I was looking at the site Big Boss posted that they had the Windroses with the East and West directions on them.  I also noticed that they had the Stone Age gambling expansion.  My wife loves Stone Age, so I ordered that.  That expansion comes with something for Russian Railroads, which isn't something we have ever played. 

Then the box came and it was much larger than I expected.  Notice the contents (See photo).  What should I do?  Them shipping it here probably cost more than what I paid. 

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Post by: Willem on March 28, 2017, 09:56:18 AM
Oei!
BigBoss and i both emailed them for confirmation, and both got a reply saying it was the 2013 spielbox version. I believe they changed it on their website now, but obviously it was too late for your order...
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 28, 2017, 10:03:53 AM
Oei!
BigBoss and i both emailed them for confirmation, and both got a reply saying it was the 2013 spielbox version. I believe they changed it on their website now, but obviously it was too late for your order...

It still shows the version with East and West, but now says N,S.  Very unfortunate!  Ohh well. 

https://www.spielematerial.de/en/spezielles/carcassonne/original-carcassonne-tiles.html (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/spezielles/carcassonne/original-carcassonne-tiles.html)
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Post by: Decar on March 28, 2017, 11:27:30 AM
Sorry to hear you didn't get quite what you needed, but it still looks like a great haul!

Looking forward to your opinions on Russian Rail roads....It's been on my "...maybe....looks good...but will I have time to play it "list for a while!!
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Post by: Gabrielgeek01 on March 28, 2017, 11:01:51 PM
Russian Railroads is possibly the best worker placement released in years (maybe the very best since Caylus). Enjoy it and then proceed to buy the great expansions
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Post by: TheSteveAllen on March 29, 2017, 02:49:28 AM
Only 4 days from Cundco. Most impressed!
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 29, 2017, 04:07:45 AM
Russian Railroads is possibly the best worker placement released in years (maybe the very best since Caylus). Enjoy it and then proceed to buy the great expansions

Good to know.  I watched the Dice Tower and some of Rahdo's reviews and I got lost in how it gets played.  I am not opening it for a while in case the company wants it back (doubtful because of shipping).
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Post by: Chooselife on March 29, 2017, 06:41:03 AM
Kickstarter arrival one full month before the initial fullfilment date.  :(y) :(y) :(y)
(http://i.imgur.com/Iofyslam.jpg)
Any tips on how to properly mantain and store neoprene game mats?  ???
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Post by: Willem on March 29, 2017, 09:45:47 AM
I've got a special little order in today from a befriended woodworker.
We were thinking of a different version of the catapult. The wooden catapult that is included in the expansion when it came out is very simple and difficult to use. We thought that is probably to save costs, but also to make it more of a comedic addition to the game.
Nevertheless we wanted to try something new, so this came to my doorstep today:
(https://s16.postimg.cc/87qcnvf1h/DSC_1655.jpg) (https://s16.postimg.cc/87qcnvf1h/DSC_1655.jpg)

It works a bit better (i think at least) than the original. We were working on more of a Trebuchet version, but that didnt work well, so this was the end result.
Its about as long as the original, but a bit wider and higher.

(https://s16.postimg.cc/yerjjtxb9/DSC_1654.jpg) (https://s16.postimg.cc/yerjjtxb9/DSC_1654.jpg)

And its easier to aim and decide on how fast you want to shoot it :)

(https://s16.postimg.cc/l0egnsqn9/DSC_1656.jpg) (https://s16.postimg.cc/l0egnsqn9/DSC_1656.jpg)

Now we'll have to try it out soon :D
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Post by: Decar on April 01, 2017, 06:27:01 AM
That's quite an improvement on the catapult design!

Today a mischievous wooden hatted man arrived through my door.  He brought some other goodies too.  I hope I can trust him with the rest of my collection!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170401_141752-1024x576.jpg)
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Post by: dirk2112 on April 01, 2017, 06:32:44 AM
2 Copies?  Already planning on playing Mega-Carcacircus? :(y)
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Post by: Decar on April 01, 2017, 07:18:03 AM
That mischievous wretch, I turn my back and now there's two of them...!


No actually the 2nd is for DanisThirty (we saved a bit on postage) - but will need to pick up a 2nd copy for another project at some point.... ::) ::) ::) :(y)
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Post by: dirk2112 on April 01, 2017, 09:13:08 AM
I have every Isle of Skye tile now.  The only thing I am missing is the 2015 advent calender promo.

This is the tile given out at events after they won the Kennerspiel de Jahres.
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Post by: reddalek on April 01, 2017, 12:30:16 PM
Finally, another building block in my Carcassonne 2.0 collection!

I only got into the game after Carcassonne 2.0 was released, so decided to restrict my completionism urge to that ;)
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Post by: Decar on April 01, 2017, 12:46:25 PM
Very sensible reddarlek! Good luck with your hunt!
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Post by: Decar on April 18, 2017, 09:13:21 AM
The postman came for me today:

 :(y) :(y) :(y)
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170418_170959-600x1067.jpg)

..it matches the rug too for an added bonus!
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Post by: Chooselife on April 19, 2017, 03:38:03 AM
I see your copy and call with mine and raise with Jungleboy one. O0
(http://i.imgur.com/8udMe97m.jpg)
Art is amazing.
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Post by: Decar on April 19, 2017, 03:39:41 AM
Haha, quite literally raised  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: jungleboy on April 19, 2017, 06:15:45 AM
I see your copy and call with mine and raise with Jungleboy one. O0
(http://i.imgur.com/8udMe97m.jpg)
Art is amazing.

 :(y)

Now don't go selling it on the black market between now and this evening.
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 19, 2017, 11:03:29 AM
It's always a good day when you get 11 games!

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170419/2a8de04003e10727e2cc469f338b7a98.jpg)

Thanks again to my personal Kickstarter postman, Chooselife!
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Post by: dirk2112 on April 19, 2017, 12:54:41 PM
Jungleboy,

Let me know what you think of the Pack O Game series.  We have tried Rum, Sow, and Gym so far.  Gym was the best of the 3. 
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Post by: jungleboy on April 19, 2017, 01:21:26 PM
Will do. We are walking the Camino de Santiago starting late next month so I'm going to bring them along. First I have to decide which 8 to bring in the pod. I'll probably leave out Box (themeless) and maybe Woo. The ones I'm most looking forward to are Boo, Orc and Rum. And hopefully Nut and Dig will be fun for junglegirl.


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Post by: Chooselife on April 20, 2017, 02:05:53 AM
Thanks again to my personal Kickstarter postman, Chooselife!

Still waiting on the beers.
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Post by: Decar on April 20, 2017, 03:10:12 AM
He mail ordered them....
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Post by: jungleboy on April 20, 2017, 05:04:25 AM
Thanks again to my personal Kickstarter postman, Chooselife!

Still waiting on the beers.

He mail ordered them....

They got sent back to me. Cheers!
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Post by: AdamJBavier on April 21, 2017, 10:11:18 AM
1st package from Amazon.it Dragons, Tower, Catapult. Took 10 days to get here.  I have a few more items coming from Cundco, then my collection for Carc 1 will be as complete as I'm going to let it get.  The picture from Cundco will be more interesting.

Really looking forward to my second package from Amazon.it, but it hasn't shipped yet, been 3 days.   :'(  Everything in that order is for my parents.


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Post by: Willem on April 21, 2017, 10:18:05 AM
Nice set Adam! Got it al from Amazon italy? Its one of they only ones with some of the old expansions for a decent price.
Hope the rest arrive soon!
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Post by: AdamJBavier on April 21, 2017, 10:37:06 AM
Nice set Adam! Got it al from Amazon italy? Its one of they only ones with some of the old expansions for a decent price.
Hope the rest arrive soon!

Yes Italy.  I think I saw Carc II on sale there last I looked.  They may not have the old artwork for much longer.

I ordered the old artwork Abbey and Mayor from Grooves-inc before I new about Amazon.it, but grooves didn't have it in stock this time and have "ordered it from their distributor".  I'm really concerned that even though it is specifying the old Abbey and Mayor package ID 48177 that I will end up with the new artwork.  Not terrible situation to get the new one, but I'm trying to not have a reason to collect the new artwork.  http://www.grooves-inc.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=carcassonne (http://www.grooves-inc.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=carcassonne)

I think I saw a link in this thread for The Plague, but I don't think anyone I know would want to play it with me, and there aren't really any special looking tiles in the set. I like special looking tile art....  die belagerer really calls to me.... :P
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Post by: Decar on April 22, 2017, 06:36:25 AM
Great haul Adam!  Thanks for sharing :)
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Post by: franks on April 22, 2017, 02:18:34 PM
Great haul everyone!

Here are my latest additions:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b6/e5/3a/b6e53a617c5a48dbc444b877511a1184.jpg)

The Goodie box completes the Isle of Skye promos for me, (plus promos for Mombasa, Codenames and TIME Stories)!
Pagoda looks like a fun 2 player game with a nice 3D element
I've waited for a copy of Cottage Garden with the corrected board. I hope to get this one to the table first. Looks like a nice follow up to Uwe's Patchwork!
In the Year of the Dragon. There is going to be a run of re-releases this year besides this title; including, Notre Dame, Le Havre and (one more I can't remember right now). Anyway some of these are anniversary editions with bonus material.
The little bits on the side are Fabric Bundles from Stonemaier games, intended as pimp for Carc - Traders! i had mentioned in another post that these look like they can take colour so will try to pimp them even more!
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Post by: Decar on April 22, 2017, 02:45:43 PM
That's an amazing haul!

I had to look on BGG for 'In The Year of the Dragon':
Quote
The game play is easier than it may appear.

Doesn't bode well  :'(

Looking forward to your review of it & Pagoda too!  We saw Cottage Garden at Essen and wasn't impressed with the bodges required, hope it plays well with the fixes in place :)
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Post by: Dragonlord on April 26, 2017, 07:04:42 AM
Just receive two kinds of Dragon's metal coins. I will use it like reward for the quest and the hunt of my baby dragons.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: AdamJBavier on April 26, 2017, 08:47:47 AM
My order came in from Cundco.  Cloisters for Netherlands and Germany, German Cathedrals, Winter Expansions, 3 replacement  :gray-meeple: :blue-meeple: :violet-meeple: for ones that were deformed in my Big Box collection, 4 "replacement tiles".

And a  :brown-meeple: that was supposed to be an entire set of brown pieces  :(n) oops by Cundco.  I dislike having them send a separate shipment over for one thing.  I'm going to see if they'll just refund it, and I can order the brown piece set in my next order.
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Post by: AdamJBavier on April 26, 2017, 08:53:35 AM
Just receive two kinds of Dragon's metal coins. I will use it like reward for the quest and the hunt of my baby dragons.  :black1-meeple:

I really like the look of these coins.  :(y)
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Post by: Dragonlord on April 26, 2017, 09:05:13 AM
There's different model on Spielmaterial.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: AdamJBavier on April 26, 2017, 12:12:45 PM
UPS came this afternoon ;D  Gifts for my parents and grandparents.  ^-^

These were from Amazon.it  I had selected the slower shipping rate to save money.  The 10 day option.  10 days from my order would have been this coming Friday (2 days from now).  Amazon was slow to get it out the door, so they ended up shipping it Monday as 3 day International shipping.  Crazy.

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Post by: CKorfmann on April 26, 2017, 05:52:31 PM
My order came in from Cundco.  Cloisters for Netherlands and Germany, German Cathedrals, Winter Expansions, 3 replacement  :gray-meeple: :blue-meeple: :violet-meeple: for ones that were deformed in my Big Box collection, 4 "replacement tiles".

And a  :brown-meeple: that was supposed to be an entire set of brown pieces  :(n) oops by Cundco.  I dislike having them send a separate shipment over for one thing.  I'm going to see if they'll just refund it, and I can order the brown piece set in my next order.

 :o Can I buy the six tiles from Crop Circles I as extra tiles from Cundco?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: AdamJBavier on April 26, 2017, 06:36:43 PM

 :o Can I buy the six tiles from Crop Circles I as extra tiles from Cundco?

No they don't have Crop Circles 1. Those tiles are crossed off the Tile Replacement List.  They will refuse the order if you order all of one set at a time anyway. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 27, 2017, 12:44:49 AM
:o Can I buy the six tiles from Crop Circles I as extra tiles from Cundco?

No. They kind of shot themselves in the foot (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg38541#msg38541) a bit by offering those tiles via their tile "replacement" service...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Safari on April 30, 2017, 06:23:37 PM
Will do. We are walking the Camino de Santiago starting late next month so I'm going to bring them along. First I have to decide which 8 to bring in the pod. I'll probably leave out Box (themeless) and maybe Woo. The ones I'm most looking forward to are Boo, Orc and Rum. And hopefully Nut and Dig will be fun for junglegirl.

Buen Camino, Jungleboy and Junglegirl. Ultreïa!

Just maybe don't play too much with your new games, else you might miss out on the fantastic camino experience. ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 01, 2017, 12:23:34 AM
Will do. We are walking the Camino de Santiago starting late next month so I'm going to bring them along. First I have to decide which 8 to bring in the pod. I'll probably leave out Box (themeless) and maybe Woo. The ones I'm most looking forward to are Boo, Orc and Rum. And hopefully Nut and Dig will be fun for junglegirl.

Buen Camino, Jungleboy and Junglegirl. Ultreïa!

Just maybe don't play too much with your new games, else you might miss out on the fantastic camino experience. ;)

Thanks! I'll try not to play too many games :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 08, 2017, 10:09:09 AM
Jungleboy,

Let me know what you think of the Pack O Game series.  We have tried Rum, Sow, and Gym so far.  Gym was the best of the 3.

While I wait to try these games out, Zee Garcia (my favourite of the Dice Tower guys) reviewed the eight retail games in the pack (excluding Nut and Woo), and ranked them like this:

1. Rum
2. Dig
3. Sow
4. Orc
5. Gym
6. Spy
7. Boo
8. Box

He really dislikes Box (as do I from the look of it - I'm going to replace it with Nut in my eight-game pouch). I'm pleasantly surprised to see Dig rated so high and glad to see Rum rated so high because I liked the look of those two as well.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on May 08, 2017, 10:13:19 AM
Got another delivery in today! 2 actually.
One from cundco, with the star wars expansion, that im looking forward to try, the new manege frei expansion, and an extra cloth bag, as ive got more carcassonne games than bags atm.
And an order from spielematerial, with wooden commodities, like barrels, ribbons and wheats. Also got some nice gold bars and sheep, to up my game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: AdamJBavier on May 11, 2017, 11:57:44 AM
From Cundco: Set of blank tiles, Watchtowers, unfinished set of meeples and Die Belagerer.  Not picture, a blue bag for my Grandma and some replacement tiles.
From Grooves-inc:  Over Hill and Dale
From Halfling here on the forum: Die Belagerer

There is no manege frei meeple in the unfinished piece bag.  I was not expecting so, but I was curious if there might be.  There is an Abbott.

 :orange-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on May 11, 2017, 12:02:04 PM
Does Cundco still have die Belagerer? I thought they sold out a while back!
Do you have a link to the page?
Good find!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: AdamJBavier on May 11, 2017, 12:13:42 PM
Does Cundco still have die Belagerer? I thought they sold out a while back!
Do you have a link to the page?
Good find!

Oh shoot, that was a typo.  I'm going to edit my post.   :'(   :(n)

Die Belagerer was from Halfling here on the forum.   :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on May 11, 2017, 04:50:40 PM
Received a good size order today.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/65/16/bd/6516bdc6f819b77a676636f554d30337.jpg)

Element: up to 4-player abstract. Looks to have a little bit of a similarity to the classic Go, (but not). Nice production and a nice draw bag. One basically tries to surround the opposing players pawn with pips of different colours and (elemental) powers.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/216403/element (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/216403/element)   

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2d/95/21/2d952199eefbd00f5212d4523eb2dfcf.jpg)
Image credit to Eric Martin - BGG. Likely a publisher photo.

Right now I most look forward to trying Port Royal. I wanted to own the Pegasus Spiele edition before we are overrun with the upcoming Steve Jackson North American release. I’m sure that edition will be fine but from what I’ve seen I prefer the original artwork by Klemens Franz and Atanas Lozanski

Also like the look and game weight (complexity) of the Mayfair 2-player Trambahn
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175293/trambahn (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175293/trambahn)

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/85/9d/04859df97be7273025e9a175861422ba.jpg)

I’ve passed up on Notre Dame in the past so I’m glad I waited for the 10th anniversary reprint which I understand includes an expansion and promos.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213984/notre-dame-10th-anniversary (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213984/notre-dame-10th-anniversary)

Expedition: Northwest Passage    
Has two of my favourite game play elements, tile laying and set collection. It seems to have a similarity to Akrotiri.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71074/expedition-northwest-passage

From the BGG description:

“As the game progresses, the seasons will pass and parts of the sea will be frozen, blocking the way for the ships. Players acquire victory points by gathering clues, mapping the area, and – of course – discovering the Northwest Passage. However, in order to claim victory, one has to come back home to the Greenland on time!”

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c0/fd/22/c0fd2241a3e786f983305a18757c0126.jpg)
Image credit, publisher photo, (Matagot).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 12, 2017, 11:51:56 AM
Amazing haul!

I played Port Royale with Rich the Fish a few months ago.  I really liked it, though I couldn't quite remember the rules when trying to convince my wife to play.

Elements looks like my kinda abstract game, it looks great and the North West Passage looks intriguing too.  Looking forward to hearing a review!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 16, 2017, 11:43:43 AM
Today's Chooselife delivery:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170516/43145519a4de75752ee81d530f881ea5.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 16, 2017, 01:35:09 PM
Amid the excitement of spending 6 hours playing games with Decar/ Tom last Saturday, I almost forgot to post here to show off all the things he has been collecting for me since we last caught up in person last October!

Many thanks to Tom for always thinking of me when he's ordering so that he can share the postage, and for not being too quick to chase me for payment (I still owe him for Expansion #10 :-[)

Just in case it isn't obvious from the picture there is:

Colt Express (love this game)
Carcassonne 2.0 basegame + Festival
Carcassonne: Travel Edition (at last!)
Carcassonne 2.0 Expansion #10 (the circus one)
Big bag of "ice meeple" prototypes from Carcatron (collected via Tom when he was in the US)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net//stuff_from_tom_0517.jpg)

Not pictured: Mint Works (although that was a gift as he had a spare)

Cheers dude! :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 16, 2017, 11:58:18 PM
It's nice to have some shelf space back....but I seemed to have filled it with Quadropolis  ;D ;D

Jungleboy - looking forward to your thoughts on both these games - '5 minute dungeon' is a ridiculously silly.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on May 23, 2017, 06:30:48 AM
After a few weeks receiving packages for jungleboy the postman presented me, on my birthday, with an higly anticipaded KS.
Near and Far, plus extended edition tokens for Above and Below
(http://i.imgur.com/QFLKQjal.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on May 23, 2017, 02:57:52 PM
Near and Far, plus extended edition tokens for Above and Below
These games have fascinated me since I first heard about them. True story-telling games. It just sounds amazing and unlike anything else on the market. I almost backed the last KS but funds are short and I could not justify it at the time (not that that stopped me from backing Brass, lol).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on May 24, 2017, 01:58:05 AM
Near and Far, plus extended edition tokens for Above and Below
These games have fascinated me since I first heard about them. True story-telling games. It just sounds amazing and unlike anything else on the market. I almost backed the last KS but funds are short and I could not justify it at the time (not that that stopped me from backing Brass, lol).
Above and Below is a solid game and easy to pick up but the stories are not combined into a greater narrative, more like one off adventures.
In Near and Far the stories are supposed to form part of a greater adventure playable through several scenarios.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on May 26, 2017, 08:34:01 AM
Another KS Medici - The Card Game arrived.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZuaLUO2l.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on May 26, 2017, 12:11:34 PM
Another KS Medici - The Card Game arrived.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZuaLUO2l.jpg)

Did you back it or are you just opening my copy? :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 27, 2017, 06:07:53 AM
Did you back it or are you just opening my copy? :)

He gave it to Dan to look after for you  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on May 28, 2017, 04:49:06 AM
Did you back it or are you just opening my copy? :)

He gave it to Dan to look after for you  :(y)

I did back it, and have it already and expect to play it this afternoon :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 28, 2017, 08:52:54 AM
I stored up some packages so I'd have something to open today.  Then we took a trip to our FLGS.  Unfortunately, no dice to roll - but that didn't stop us buying a few additions:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170528_162717-800x450.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on May 30, 2017, 04:44:16 PM
A few more coming in today!

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/86/b9/18/86b9189db3d5a513fd0b731ee320fb08.jpg)

Excited for both these titles. Lorenzo Il Magnifico is by the designers of our favourites, Grand Austria Hotel. I like what I've seen of the play throughs. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/203993/lorenzo-il-magnifico (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/203993/lorenzo-il-magnifico) There have been production complaints about this CMON North American release but I've gone through my copy and it seems to be ok. The larger cards look a little thin but I usually sleeve cards anyway.

First Class was originally published by HiG and looks to be the kind of game my wife and I enjoy.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206941/first-class (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206941/first-class)

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f7/05/ae/f705ae2f8b1accb62f49633d3b4543bd.jpg)

Also picked up Metro in the same delivery. It was part of a Queen game sale at a low price. It's a tile placement / route building game that seems to have a similarity to Tsuro. Looks like it will be good quick game for my lunch time group at work. It was on the SDJ recommended list in 2000.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 02, 2017, 10:22:04 AM
Got a delivery today with the CC1!
Many thanks to Caciej!
Now im just a few steps away from completing my C1 collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 02, 2017, 09:23:54 PM
Well done Willem - Congratulations.

Big thanks to Caciej!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 07, 2017, 02:07:50 AM
This first photo isn't really a postman nor an FLGS thread, it was my haul from my visit to the UK Games Expo on Friday:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170607_094727-1024x576.jpg)

Thanks to Rich_The_Fish for Port Royal.  I'm glad to have found a copy of Honshu too.  Package and Nimbee were two tiny kickstarter projects.   The dice tray was from Cartesian Creations.  I snagged myself a copy of Carcosa and will be writing up a pre/review shortly.

If that wasn't enough - my postman has also been busy delivering games: (http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170607_095445-1024x576.jpg)
I snagged a copy of Clank after playing it with Dan a few weeks ago.  Having enjoyed Junk Art, I grabbed Flick Em Up too.
Thanks to BGG I was able to pick up the 2 Thurn and Taxis expansions.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 09, 2017, 09:51:50 AM
Got 2 thingys in today, that complete my collection!
Big thanks to BigBoss for helping me with the 2012 windrosen!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on June 10, 2017, 12:50:30 PM
Got 2 thingys in today, that complete my collection!
Big thanks to BigBoss for helping me with the 2012 windrosen!

Congratulations  ;)  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on June 12, 2017, 02:50:22 AM
Finally,

My own copy of Sheriff of Nottingham arrived.  I already enjoyed the game a lot playing with some friends of which one introduced me to the game and I just had to have my own copy.
A fun game -elected as the first of the Dice Tower Essentials- where bribing and lying to your opponents is allowed or even advisory...it just brings out the worst in everyone of us.  >:D

Later this year, a five-modules expansion (and adding a sixth player) is expected.  Damn sure i'll buy that stuff too...  Hmmm, seems like this will be my second addiction-completionism besides Carcassonne.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 12, 2017, 10:57:54 AM
The player count kills this one for me - I hope one day to give it a go!

Good luck completing your collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on June 12, 2017, 11:03:04 AM
The player count kills this one for me - I hope one day to give it a go!

Good luck completing your collection!

Not sure what you mean by player count? The base game goes from 3-5 players. The expected expansion adds a 6th one
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 12, 2017, 11:28:09 AM
75% of my gaming is 2-player.  15% - solo.  10% if I'm lucky has more than 2-players  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on June 12, 2017, 01:11:02 PM
75% of my gaming is 2-player.  15% - solo.  10% if I'm lucky has more than 2-players  :'(

Then seize the opportunity when you're with 3 allthough i must admit it's best to play with 4 or 5.
It's a pitty that online bribing and lying isn't that fun then in real life game or i would suggest an online version.... :-\
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on June 12, 2017, 01:36:40 PM
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170607_094727-1024x576.jpg)

Dare I ask about Carcassonne?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 12, 2017, 01:57:09 PM
A few copies of the Polish Demo version of Carcassonne.  No collection is complete without it  :(y)   :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 16, 2017, 12:18:08 AM
I'd say better late than never...but then I remembered I ordered from Queen Games:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170616_081150.jpg)

Not what I ordered, but what can you expect when someone goes on holiday for 23 weeks and can't be bothered to set their Out-of-Office reminder.

I'll need to open these up now and check for missing components, apparently that's common too.  The lid of Zombie City is upside down, so points lost for attention to detail too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 16, 2017, 09:00:52 AM
The postman bus arrived today:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170616_164957.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Paul on June 17, 2017, 10:57:28 AM
Arrived this week. Nothing special, but sweet nonetheless.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SpaZ_88 on June 19, 2017, 09:22:26 PM
Getting closer to completing my collection...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on June 19, 2017, 09:44:28 PM
Another delivery today:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ab/e6/21/abe6219aa3a86a97d2fe23272c8fd46b.jpg)

I like the game weight and structure of Signorie.

Had been tempted by Yokohama and a sale at my OLGS pushed me over the edge.

Barenpark is getting heavy press right now. I really like and regularly play Patchwork and Cottage Garden. From all reports this goes toe to toe with those titles and some even say surpasses the the grand master Uwe! We shall see!

Also been looking forward to Honshu. Really like the mix of Tile Laying and Card management.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 20, 2017, 12:08:20 AM
Nice games Franks - looking forward to Honshu myself, picked it up at the UKGE!

Would like to know what you think of BarenPark when you've played it.  I didn't see it having legs given the limited/fixed starting positions/openings, while I was considering that they sold out, so missed the chance to play it.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 20, 2017, 05:52:15 AM
Some even say surpasses the the grand master Uwe! We shall see!.

Forgot to add: He does have his off days: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182875/hengist
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on June 20, 2017, 05:02:24 PM
Some even say surpasses the the grand master Uwe! We shall see!.

Forgot to add: He does have his off days: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182875/hengist

 :(y) On that one - according to the ratings! Or I guess that's a :(n)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 21, 2017, 12:12:31 AM
Take a look at the Dice Tower review - I don't think I've seen TomV be so negative towards a game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on June 21, 2017, 04:13:44 AM
Take a look at the Dice Tower review - I don't think I've seen TomV be so negative towards a game!

Wow that was the 2nd most negative review I have ever seen for a game. 

The 1st of course being for Hawaii  >:D
http://www.youtube.com/v/HjiWoqviW50
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on June 22, 2017, 03:43:12 AM
Straight out of Texas: a mini-expansion for Sheriff of Nottingham that encourages even more lying.  Next to the 6 ordered cards on the bottom of the picture, they were so kind to include 2 extra cards as a bonus!  :(y)

Merit +1 for Arcane Wonders!  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 22, 2017, 03:51:12 AM
Straight out of Texas: a mini-expansion for Sheriff of Nottingham that encourages even more lying. 

Or is it  ??? ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cletus81 on June 22, 2017, 01:04:55 PM
What a fast delivering  from Latvia!!!
Thanks again, MrNumbers!!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on June 22, 2017, 01:12:49 PM
What a fast delivering  from Latvia!!!
Thanks again, MrNumbers!!  ;D
You are welcome! 8) Enjoy! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 23, 2017, 09:10:54 AM
Take a look at the Dice Tower review - I don't think I've seen TomV be so negative towards a game!

Wow that was the 2nd most negative review I have ever seen for a game. 

The 1st of course being for Hawaii  >:D
http://www.youtube.com/v/HjiWoqviW50

That's awesome...but at least he said it was mechanically sound, and looked nice  :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Squiffything on June 23, 2017, 10:02:59 AM
My postman brought me two very rare Carcassonne pieces today :)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1026_zpsgmd2amzt.jpg)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1027_zpsixb4sgiw.jpg)

Thank you so much Dan. Very unexpected and so much appreciated. The Dan meeple goes so well with the Zombie swarm ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 23, 2017, 10:07:33 AM
My postman brought me two very rare Carcassonne pieces today :)

Thank you so much Dan. Very unexpected and so much appreciated. The Dan meeple goes so well with the Zombie swarm ;)

He's a good match in real life too  ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 23, 2017, 10:08:43 AM
I've got a similar little package in today!
Thank you Dan!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 23, 2017, 01:23:45 PM
Glad you got your packages guys. Enjoy!

I also got a very special package today. In fact, it was special for two reasons: firstly, because it contained some cool promo pieces for Cheapass games' "Unexploded Cows" that Squiffything sent to me. Thanks! :) And secondly, because it was my first post item sent to me at my new address! Fortunately my new address is only a few doors down the road and the people we're buying the house from know where we live so brought it round to me! A little over 2 weeks to go now though, and it will be ours! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 23, 2017, 01:36:42 PM
I love unexploded cows! We've played that over and over!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Squiffything on June 23, 2017, 02:50:41 PM
Glad you got your packages guys. Enjoy!

I also got a very special package today. In fact, it was special for two reasons: firstly, because it contained some cool promo pieces for Cheapass games' "Unexploded Cows" that Squiffything sent to me. Thanks! :) And secondly, because it was my first post item sent to me at my new address! Fortunately my new address is only a few doors down the road and the people we're buying the house from know where we live so brought it round to me! A little over 2 weeks to go now though, and it will be ours! 8)

Oops my bad! Suppose to have gone to the old house, doh. Glad you got them safely. Enjoy especially if you manage to pick up a copy of Cows.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 25, 2017, 08:02:30 AM
A few things over the last few days:

First up Squiffything was kind enough to send me a homemade TAK board and also the promos for 'Unexploded Cow' which Dan got too:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170625_110247.jpg)

Thanks a lot Squiffy, I'll be sure to write up what I think about Tak once I've had chance to play it!

Yesterday I received San Francisco - Cable Car - By Dirk Henn (a la Alhambra), it is essentially a reskin of Metro, but with an additional mini-expansion that has something to do with manipulating Stocks in certain routes.  It's a Queen Game unfortunately, but it's meant to be a classic.

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170624_131154.jpg)

I also got this: Shahrazad - Which is a little solo (2-player co-op) game that has been really well presented/produced by Osprey Games, it's not particularly big enough to warrant a full review, but it's not expensive.  It takes about 10 minutes to play, I had some issues with the rule book (their end game scoring is missing 3 cards). 

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170624_131147.jpg)
@jungleboy: I think this is up your ally and good for travelling - you might want to check it out:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170624_140954.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on June 26, 2017, 01:44:53 PM
I am the proud owner of some Russian tiles!  Thanks MrNumbers!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MrNumbers on June 26, 2017, 02:34:00 PM
I am the proud owner of some Russian tiles!  Thanks MrNumbers!
You are welcome! Glad they arrived safe :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: RyanFielder on June 30, 2017, 04:29:44 AM
Thank you danisthirty and Just A Bill! You guys are both amazing  :blue-meeple:

(http://i.imgur.com/j51Vvpa.jpg)

Can't wait to try out the new river start, no more overpowered farms!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on June 30, 2017, 05:56:16 AM
I too, like Squiffything and Willem88, received my gift from Dan in the mail. Much faster than expected. Thanks so much Dan!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170630/cb0b5781ed137500034703b93af292fc.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 30, 2017, 06:09:47 AM
You are both very welcome. I hope you enjoy the new additions to your collections.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: txema25 on June 30, 2017, 07:43:21 AM
 >:( >:(  I'm very surprised. it has arrived to USA and not to Spain.  Please ,Please Mr postman where are you?

 >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 30, 2017, 12:58:14 PM
This arrived yesterday:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170630_204711.jpg)

It's a card game where you must decided how a sequence of events unfolds on your adventure to the lost city of El Dorado.
We played it two-player and managed to reach our goal (on Easy).
Here's a photo of the end game:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170630_191733.jpg)

On our second evening we lost Candido searching for the path ahead.
Shot at a Tiger in the Jungle.
Crossed some Rapids.
And Lost Bessie in the Ruins.
But it meant Roy to claim victory in finding the Lost City:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170630_191737.jpg)

It plays solo, co-op and competitive.   The artwork is really great.
@jungleboy - another one you should check out from Osprey Games!
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Post by: ny1050220 on June 30, 2017, 06:34:02 PM
>:( >:(  I'm very surprised. it has arrived to USA and not to Spain.  Please ,Please Mr postman where are you?
 >:D
I'm very surprised now, too. It has arrived in North Carolina but not in Michigan...
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Post by: Just a Bill on June 30, 2017, 07:07:05 PM
I'm very surprised now, too. It has arrived in North Carolina but not in Michigan...

Nor Virginia. But give it a few days ... the USPS isn't exactly super-consistent.
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Post by: Mikeagan on July 01, 2017, 07:29:57 PM
This week I have received two packages.
The first package I received was the Labyrinth Tiles.
The second package contained the Tile signed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede sent to me by danisthirty and one of his meeples.

I am so excited to receive both these packages.
I can't wait to start playing with the 2 Labyrinth Tiles and now I can play my expansion Dan the Traveling Man.
I won't be playing with the signed tile necessarily, but I will always treasure it and keep it with my set.

Thanks again Dan
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Post by: ny1050220 on July 03, 2017, 06:44:18 PM
It's arrived!!!
Thank you again, Dan!
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Post by: Decar on July 03, 2017, 11:52:22 PM
Great photos everyone! Well done Dan for finding tiles and energy during your house move!
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Post by: SpaZ_88 on July 04, 2017, 04:21:52 AM
So in the middle of making 204 tiles of fan made expansions today (yay for school holidays!) I found this in the mailbox!

Very exciting day to be a Carcassonne fan in Australia :) thanks Dan. Kudos from me.

SpaZ  :green-meeple:
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Post by: Chooselife on July 04, 2017, 04:28:47 AM
€=(1/KS)
(http://i.imgur.com/QCJBsWDm.jpg?1)

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Post by: Decar on July 04, 2017, 05:01:24 AM
£=(1/KS^2)   :(
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Post by: Squiffything on July 04, 2017, 05:09:40 AM
A little box arrived for me today :)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1042_zpsabdudpch.jpg)

Some watchtowers,

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1043_zpsjmcyxx05.jpg)

Extreme Winter edition,

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1044_zpsc9txaune.jpg)

and a little two tile special. :)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1047_zpssuio9l53.jpg)

Never seen this back before,

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/IMG_1046_zpsoqcpag9m.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on July 04, 2017, 06:31:46 AM
Happy Printing!
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Post by: txema25 on July 04, 2017, 07:39:59 AM
So in the middle of making 204 tiles of fan made expansions today (yay for school holidays!) I found this in the mailbox!

Very exciting day to be a Carcassonne fan in Australia :) thanks Dan. Kudos from me.

SpaZ  :green-meeple:


Spain is the furthest country from England definitely. This is for crying
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Post by: danisthirty on July 04, 2017, 09:23:05 AM
Spain is the furthest country from England definitely. This is for crying

Sending stuff to Italy always used to take forever too. I'm sure it will get to you eventually. Be patient! C:-) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Just a Bill on July 04, 2017, 11:19:00 AM
I too received a package from Dan yesterday. However, there's a problem...

(https://s20.postimg.cc/ra3hwaofh/Festival_Cubes400.jpg)

I was pretty sure he said he was sending the Deluxe Festival Sphere, but instead I received two über-rare Festival Cubes.

I thought about complaining, but upon reflection I'm gonna cut Dan some slack. I mean, after all, today is the 241st anniversary of the day my countrymen told his countrymen to go get stuffed, and I'm feeling a bit like a dirty little rebel. So live and let live, eh?

Thanks again Dan, and happy whatever-it-is you might celebrate when we're shooting off our rockets (Riddance Day maybe?).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 04, 2017, 02:30:04 PM
I was pretty sure he said he was sending the Deluxe Festival Sphere, but instead I received two über-rare Festival Cubes.

Sorry Bill. I did try, but they're sphery difficult to get hold of #punintended #worstpunever
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: SpaZ_88 on July 05, 2017, 01:11:31 AM
I was pretty sure he said he was sending the Deluxe Festival Sphere, but instead I received two über-rare Festival Cubes.

Sorry Bill. I did try, but they're sphery difficult to get hold of #punintended #worstpunever

Hahahahahahaaaa this pun is great! I make jokes like this in class all the time. I was handing out nets to make cubes last term and one of the boys said, "Thank you," to which I responded, "You're welcome, but it's thancube."
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 11, 2017, 01:57:35 PM
Small package today:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170711_213917-800x450.jpg)

Looks like I joined the Citrus Club  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 12, 2017, 05:27:25 AM
Big Big Big Big Thank you to Big Boss for constructing a swap suitable for this beauty:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170712_131402.jpg)

For those that don't know.  Way back in 2001, when Inns and Cathedrals was released many Carcassonne fans complained that the backs of the InC tiles differed from the basegame.  When tiles were stacked players could tell what type of tile was being drawn.

In response HiG produced this and released it at Essen Spiele '01.
Very shortly after it was replaced by the sack found in Traders and Builders.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on July 12, 2017, 06:16:15 AM
Hmmm... learned about a new Carcassonne goodie today, Decar ;) That must be a hard-to-find accessory.

The colorful print is definitely nicer than the current one.

Enjoy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 12, 2017, 06:51:09 AM
I like the artwork, which can also be found on the Carcassone Box.

It certainly is extremely difficult to find!
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Post by: Mr Meeple on July 12, 2017, 01:18:15 PM
Congratulations Decar! Finally you got it - what a happy day  ;D
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Post by: Whaleyland on July 12, 2017, 03:13:20 PM
J'adore! Je le veux!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 12, 2017, 03:29:09 PM
You know it's good when you get an Arizona man living in NewZealand to speak French :)

(Hope that's right)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on July 12, 2017, 06:59:53 PM
You know it's good when you get an Arizona man living in New Zealand to speak French :)

(Hope that's right)
I SAY, good sir, I am from the Sovereign Republic of California (independence pending)! Je suis insulté!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 12, 2017, 11:55:18 PM
Oh dear! I am sorry, for some reason I thought all your belongings hiding in a garage in Scottsdale.  Where did that come from :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on July 13, 2017, 12:09:53 AM
Small package today:
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170711_213917-800x450.jpg)

Looks like I joined the Citrus Club  :(y)

Let me know if you need tips on how to score well in Limes :)

I'll be interested to see if you prefer playing it 2P with your wife or solo. I've played it 2P once, and solo about 600 times :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on July 13, 2017, 01:00:48 AM
Oh dear! I am sorry, for some reason I thought all your belongings hiding in a garage in Scottsdale.  Where did that come from :(
They are in Mesa, which is where my in-laws live. They have a lot more storage space than my own parents and we also went there briefly before moving to New Zealand. Hence, the Arizona storage option. Good memory, though. I'll give you that.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 13, 2017, 06:18:33 AM
I was only 300-700miles out  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: flipshot on July 13, 2017, 10:49:05 AM
It finally came today. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 13, 2017, 10:59:57 AM
I'm guessing you're not playing Dominion?  :)

Hope you enjoy it! Let us know yout thoughts!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Mikeagan on July 13, 2017, 04:33:47 PM
Just received my copy of the Japanese Buildings/Monasteries. They look pretty cool. Thanks to MrNumbers again for hosting the quiz. Amorpheus I hope you enjoy your Russian Promo Tiles.

As I read the instructions to this expansion, Since Carc 2.0 has Abbot "Meeples" I will refer to these abbot/keeper as Missionaries. They are spreading their faith across the land in all 4 directions (North South East West).
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on July 14, 2017, 06:30:04 AM
Just received my copy of the Japanese Buildings/Monasteries. They look pretty cool. Thanks to MrNumbers again for hosting the quiz. Amorpheus I hope you enjoy your Russian Promo Tiles.

Glad to hear they arrived and hopefully in good condition.

Edit: just received my Russian tiles in the mail. Thanks Mr Numbers and thanks to Mikeagan for allowing the exchange.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170722/c9e6164b5259af4e00fe12db30bf2b10.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: txema25 on July 25, 2017, 10:40:51 PM

After all, I just recived my gift.

Thanks Dan. 
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Post by: danisthirty on July 26, 2017, 01:18:57 AM
Perfect! So glad that this finally turned up. Hopefully it was worth the wait?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 26, 2017, 02:12:30 AM
txema - You might want to hide your postal address from the public domain of the forum.  Although it's a good way of touting for more tiles :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Mikeagan on July 27, 2017, 05:11:04 PM
Just received BOXCARS & DOCTOR WHO RISK: The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: txema25 on July 28, 2017, 12:02:07 AM
txema - You might want to hide your postal address from the public domain of the forum.  Although it's a good way of touting for more tiles :)

You are right. I think so. 

Thanks.
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Post by: DaFees on July 31, 2017, 07:26:19 PM
I received this the other day and can't wait for it to hit the table.  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 01, 2017, 07:23:52 AM
Hope you like it DaFees!
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Post by: MrNumbers on August 09, 2017, 05:30:42 AM
At last, my Carc v1 collection is complete :D
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Post by: danisthirty on August 09, 2017, 05:56:15 AM
Congratulations MrNumbers! :)
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Post by: Decar on August 09, 2017, 06:15:33 AM
Congratulations!!?!?!!?!   :(y) :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on August 10, 2017, 05:38:59 AM
Latest delivery from Kickstarter via Chooselife:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170810/ad3fe46ed6e98296e2d8ebe016a2fc2b.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on August 10, 2017, 05:45:42 AM
+1 merit for the Escape: Curse of the Temple big box :(y)
-1 merit for Medici :(n)

Means your balance remains unchanged C:-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on August 10, 2017, 05:53:49 AM
+1 merit for the Escape: Curse of the Temple big box :(y)
-1 merit for Medici :(n)

Means your balance remains unchanged C:-)

Your irrational hatred for Medici brings tears to my eyes.  :'(

Meanwhile, I also randomly received Queenie 4 for Escape: Zombie City. Do you want it or know anyone who does?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on August 10, 2017, 05:59:11 AM
+1 merit for the Escape: Curse of the Temple big box :(y)
-1 merit for Medici :(n)

Means your balance remains unchanged C:-)

Your irrational hatred for Medici brings tears to my eyes.  :'(

Meanwhile, I also randomly received Queenie 4 for Escape: Zombie City. Do you want it or know anyone who does?

What can I say? It's the game I love to hate! ;)

I'm sure someone will want it. I think I got 2 copies of that with my pledge for the same KS even though I only went for the Escape: Zombie City Big Box reward.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on August 10, 2017, 11:43:28 AM
I would love to play escape.  It looks good!  What is Medici

Sent from my SM-A320FL using Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on August 10, 2017, 12:51:42 PM
I would love to play escape.  It looks good!  What is Medici

Medici the Card Game is a new spin-off game from Medici, a Reiner Knizia game from the 1990s (Medici TCG is also a Knizia design). In both games, you are Florentine shipping merchants trying to outpoint your opponents both in the total size of your cargo and by gaining majorities in the various commodities over three days of shipping. In Medici, the main mechanic is an auction for the commodities. In Medici TCG, it's a push your luck mechanic. The new Grail Games version of Medici and Medici TCG (also Grail Games) are both beautifully illustrated by Vincent Dutrait. Medici TCG is a lighter game and an easily grasped gateway. Medici is still at a gateway level but you have to figure out what to bid in the auctions which adds complexity.
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Post by: aenima on August 10, 2017, 01:27:43 PM
This escape seems really funny!
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Post by: Decar on August 10, 2017, 11:48:31 PM
Hope henchmania is good too. Hope you get chance to do a rwview for that!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on August 11, 2017, 12:42:18 AM
Hope henchmania is good too. Hope you get chance to do a rwview for that!

I've decided to leave it in shrinkwrap for now. I can't see it being played soon because I already have a long list of games that I want to get to the table (and leaving for another jungle rodeo soon), and at the end of the year I'm going to reassess my collection and try to sell some things. So I fear a bit for Henchmania, but we'll see.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 12, 2017, 04:45:27 AM
I must apologize for my lack of contributions to the forum over the last week.

This will probably make it clear:

(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170806_150140.jpg)
(http://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170811_131455_001.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 12, 2017, 04:50:10 AM
4K Carcassonne!  Thats worth it huh :-P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 12, 2017, 08:01:04 AM
Hopefully the most expensive tile I purchase  ;D

Unfortunately, the application doesn't support keyboard input - it requires a touch screen :(  :(n) :(n)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Just a Bill on August 12, 2017, 08:23:51 AM
Unfortunately, the application doesn't support keyboard input - it requires a touch screen :(  :(n) :(n)

Well that's just daft. I'm a software developer, and honestly I don't understand this movement toward only supporting the most dumbed-down UIs possible. The human finger is the worst input device in computing history for anything involving any precision at all.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 12, 2017, 08:33:14 AM
Well it was developed for android. 100% of mobile and tablets androids support touchscreen.  I doubt TVs were even considered, when they captured requirements.  If they were going to spend a few more days developing a decent keyboard interface for the 3 extra sales I doubt theyd consider it part of the MVP.  I put a request in to asmodee digital...so they might consider it in the future at least.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 16, 2017, 10:00:19 AM
Got an early delivery today! To be honoust, i wasn't expecting this just yet, as the webshop still says that the order is being processed, but i got it anyway!
Expansion 4, 5 and 6 in the new art, the Halflings 2 (mine are slightly damaged and i couldnt resist) and the Windroses 1! I even got a free carrier bag :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on August 22, 2017, 05:58:21 PM
I’m back from holiday and just received a mega haul of games.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8f/df/8f/8fdf8fb8ba67692e003a2308eeaf700e.jpg)
Especially looking forward to Century Spice Road.
Barony also caught my interest. It is by the same designer as Splendor with a little more meat on the bones.
Equally excited for Valletta. Looks like another good title from HiG, (via Z-man).
More Carc is always a good thing  ;D  Same with Onitama.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6f/2b/3a/6f2b3ac116113aed7b5c43087e49117f.jpg)
Had a chance to play Terraforming Mars at a meet up last month and just loved it. I’ve had my eye on this for some time but that play through sealed the deal. Great mid-weight plus game!
Le Havre has released its 10-year edition with all the mini expansions included that have been nearly impossible to find.
North Wind by Catan designer Klaus Teuber. This reimplements Starship Catan.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/43/79/9c/43799cf8fe29baa1f12cdf3dbdc2d08e.jpg)
Being a Ewe fan boy I look forward to getting Cave vs Cave to the table.
Finally, the complete Fleet set ends the mother load. By a BGG pals account, it’s a big game in a small box.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 23, 2017, 09:42:19 AM
An awesome set of games to come home to franks!  Looking forward to seeing your reviews and thoughts!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 28, 2017, 09:28:21 AM
My first KickStarter delivery, the WereWolf coins, the second one in backing, I've to wait for Brass. Thank you guys to make me discover KickStarter, in fact my wallet don't always agree with me.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 30, 2017, 12:24:43 PM
Nice little package here Dragonlord!

I've had loads of good deliveries, but have had little to no time to post them:

'Near and Far' then 'Cable Car' arrived.

And also Greed & Raxxon:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170830_200953.jpg)

then Hostage Negotiator, Northwest Passage, Temporum and By Order of the Queen:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170830_200624.jpg)

Then 7th Continent Arrived:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170829_192745.jpg)

I have to say if there was a prize for best packaged kickstarter 7th Continent should win it:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170829_175459.jpg)


Finally, I got a very special gift from Aenima.  I almost missed the package, but was able to case after the postman to collect it!
It really is very beautiful and shows Aenima's artistic talents!  The photo doesn't really do it justice I'm afraid :(
I will have to get this framed and put up on the wall!  Thanks so much Aenima!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170830_200815.jpg)
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Post by: aenima on August 30, 2017, 01:30:52 PM
 :)
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Post by: franks on August 30, 2017, 08:09:43 PM
Decar, I think you just out hauled my last haul! Especially with that little gem from aenima, nice!

Let's see who can get Northwest Passage to the table quicker! My money is on you  ;)  though I would like to get at it at some point.

Here, I'm still waiting for my Kingdom Builder: Harvest, Kickstarter. I finally got a hold of the fulfillment company, Ship Naked and they confirmed my delivery got lost in all the delays. Happily I just received the shipping notice and I understand Queen games has upgraded the single expansion to a Big Box(?).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 01, 2017, 03:10:20 PM
Another game arrived today...just before my holiday starts!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20170901_180754-800x450.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on September 06, 2017, 05:21:54 PM
Received this gem today. Can't wait for it to hit the table!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on September 06, 2017, 07:00:00 PM
Received this gem today. Can't wait for it to hit the table!

Heard good things. Let us know your thoughts!

Only one package for me today.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/0f/78/050f78b2719492f9e599afdc00601d92.jpg)

Equally excited for this. I have enjoyed the play throughs i've watched and so far seems suitable for 2-4 players according to BGG voters.

There were actually 4 other board games in the delivery for free shipping but I've been placing orders for a work pal on my account. I'm a true game pusher now! (He got Kanagawa, Cottage Garden, Century Spice Road and 7 Wonders: Duel. The later is the only title I don't have so i've made him promise to get that to the table.)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 07, 2017, 01:54:16 PM
Not really the postman, but i wanted to share our newest find.
Its a dice game called Regenwormen (Rainworms). Originally from Germany a game called Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck. We played it with my family and decided to buy it, including the expansion!
I found out later that the art on the box has been made by 'our very own' Doris Matthäus!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 08, 2017, 09:09:55 AM
Great pictures everyone!  Looking forward to hearing about your plays!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on September 08, 2017, 07:14:33 PM
Heard good things. Let us know your thoughts!

So I got to play this twice today at 2 players. Was definitely a lot of fun. I enjoy some of the newer pure strategy games and this is no exception. The component quality is great and the theme is top notch. In fact the theme plays so well into the game. It is great. Playing the game with 2 players was interesting though. You had a good open board with which to grow your trees and to not have to worry as much about your opponent. Then again there are turns where your opponent can just sneak up on you and suddenly half your trees are blocked and you get very little sun points. I haven't played this 3 or 4 player but I suspect at those player counts the game gets much more cutthroat having to worry about your opponents' every moves and fighting for the inner circles trying to get the most points.

This is definitely a solid game that even if you weren't the biggest fan of pure strategy games I'd check it out anyways. As is I only have one minor issue and that's with the game box itself. This is just personal preference but I wish the game box itself was a little thicker.

I don't want to say yet if this game would crack my top ten but it is definitely been solid so far and I can't wait to check it out some more!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on September 10, 2017, 12:48:05 AM
Finally tracked down the two newer Russian promo tiles! My old art collection is 100% complete again.  :green-meeple:

(http://i.imgur.com/r57lg8G.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 10, 2017, 02:18:32 AM
Congrats. It must have been quite a search!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 10, 2017, 03:07:01 AM
Wow! Well done! Where did you managed to get those? I didnt think the newer set was even available anywhere   :o
Cool!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on September 10, 2017, 06:04:15 AM
Wow! Well done! Where did you managed to get those? I didnt think the newer set was even available anywhere   :o
Cool!

I've had the 2013 pair since they were sold on Hobby World.

I traded for the two 2016 tiles with a guy on Board Game Geek who (somehow!) had multiple copies. He wanted a German first edition of Der Fluss which I was able to track down and I also gave him a tile signed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on September 10, 2017, 08:18:10 AM
Wow! Well done! Where did you managed to get those? I didnt think the newer set was even available anywhere   :o
Cool!

I've had the 2013 pair since they were sold on Hobby World.

I traded for the two 2016 tiles with a guy on Board Game Geek who (somehow!) had multiple copies. He wanted a German first edition of Der Fluss which I was able to track down and I also gave him a tile signed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede.

PhilippJC  ;)  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on September 11, 2017, 02:00:07 AM
now I'm really really happy!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Squiffything on September 11, 2017, 02:51:54 AM
now I'm really really happy!  ;D ;D ;D

I like that, a lot :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: JT Atomico on September 11, 2017, 03:28:02 AM
PhilippJC  ;)  :D

The very man.  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 11, 2017, 04:06:38 AM
now I'm really really happy!  ;D ;D ;D

I like that, a lot :)

Glad it got to you OK! And thanks for my gift too. I will post a photo of where I've put it when I have a chance! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on September 12, 2017, 04:45:11 AM
Today was a first.

Ordered a Slide Blast copy from NiceGameShop.com and received an Korean edition:
(https://i.imgur.com/RPlJTONl.jpg)
Didn't see that coming.
 ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 12, 2017, 05:01:03 AM
Dan looks like he's busy levitating a signed Klaus Jurgen Wrede tile in that picture  :(y)

What's the production quality like Chooselife?
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Post by: Chooselife on September 12, 2017, 05:07:44 AM
What's the production quality like Chooselife?

The (sliding) meeples look great and of quality.
On the cardboard I would give an Average+.
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Post by: Decar on September 12, 2017, 10:09:02 AM
That's positive at least, sometimes the Eastern-market can be substandard, but it sounds like it's mainly playable....and now you've got an excuse to learn Korean  :(y)
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Post by: Paul on September 12, 2017, 11:34:27 AM
My arrival for today.
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Post by: Willem on September 13, 2017, 02:46:59 AM
As ive got all the expansions for the old art, and have started to collect the new art and have everything from that, ive started to collect the spin-off games! (always something to collect huh)
I found a nice set of spin-off games on a dutch second hand site. It has 4 spin-offs and a base game. The price was good, so i figured that an extra basegame wouldnt hurt.
Today i received the set, and it even turns out that the basegame is a first edition (dutch) with a 70-point scoring track  :D
Thats a great surprise to an already nice set of games
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Post by: Decar on September 13, 2017, 02:53:58 AM
What an amazing surprise!

Plus it more than makes up for having a copy of 'Overzee' - my least favourite spin-off by far :(
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Post by: aenima on September 14, 2017, 12:18:16 AM
my BB6 is finally at home!
I must say... it's a "must have"...
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Post by: JT Atomico on September 14, 2017, 02:25:17 AM
Plus it more than makes up for having a copy of 'Overzee' - my least favourite spin-off by far :(

I quite enjoy Discovery! I like the mechanic of having to choose to take a meeple back to fully score them.
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Post by: Paul on September 14, 2017, 04:10:09 AM
Order from Cundco took only five days to arrive after order was placed.
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Post by: Willem on September 14, 2017, 06:59:05 AM
That is quick of them!
I'm still waiting for a reply from Cundco, as they have sent me a sheet with carcassonne stickers instead of the Windrosen I that I ordered.... It has been 10 days since i've emailed them, so I guess I should send them a reminder :P
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Post by: danisthirty on September 14, 2017, 12:41:23 PM
Yes Willem88, it's definitely worth persevering with them if it seems like your email has slipped through the cracks! Good luck getting your order sorted. :)
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Post by: Willem on September 15, 2017, 03:38:51 AM
I've just emailed them the reminder, with a picture of the stickers I got. I haven't seen those on their webshop before, but they are kinda funny :P
In the mean time, Today I got 2 deliveries in!
1 from Paul, with The Ark of the Covenant :D
1 from BGG, with Amazonas, including the Friday expansions :P
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Post by: Just a Bill on September 15, 2017, 05:01:59 AM
Actually everyone gets those stickers, so that's not a substitution error ... they just forgot your Wind Roses. Did you check your emails from them to make sure there wasn't some text about a delay or out of stock or something? (I know they can be hard to read... mine often arrive all crushed together with no line breaks.)
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Post by: Chooselife on September 18, 2017, 04:14:24 AM
Just in...
(https://i.imgur.com/oNgWBNcl.jpg)
A good pirate would ransom jungleboy copy or would that be a bad pirate.....?
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Post by: Decar on September 18, 2017, 05:51:42 AM
Great box!
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Post by: Paul on September 18, 2017, 07:00:47 AM
Today I married the postman.  ;D C:-)
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Post by: Dragonlord on September 18, 2017, 07:46:32 AM
Received a suspended KickStarter game.
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Post by: Decar on September 18, 2017, 08:44:31 AM
where was it hanging from?
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Post by: Dragonlord on September 18, 2017, 09:11:17 AM
Directly from the creator, the game was already in production, but the few things add for the KS campaign wasn't considered enougth for it.
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Post by: UberToast on September 20, 2017, 04:40:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/nOLHqR2m.jpg)

Look what showed up a week quicker than I expected. :)
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Post by: Willem on September 20, 2017, 11:01:09 PM
That is fast! Great!
Im expecting mine in a few days as well, as it should be dispatched and on its way  :D
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Post by: dirk2112 on September 22, 2017, 01:58:53 PM
I have Beeeees in my house!
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Post by: Chooselife on September 22, 2017, 02:50:55 PM
I have Beeeees in my house!
Waiting for it.
Several reports of mold smell on some copies, do you confirm?
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Post by: dirk2112 on September 22, 2017, 04:36:16 PM
The box is rather shoddy, but I don't see any mold.  It smells a little musty like a game that is 20 years old I guess.
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Post by: UberToast on September 28, 2017, 09:58:51 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/tnvdjfcm.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/tnvdjfc.jpg)

This and the Spiel '16 Tile showed up today.
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Post by: Willem on September 28, 2017, 11:19:16 PM
That is cool!
Where did you find that? That must have been a tough find :)
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Post by: meepleater on September 29, 2017, 01:20:42 AM
This arrived today, courtesy of Paul!  :)

Now all I need is Darmstadt (and the Russian minis, although I'm not sure they 'count').
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Post by: UberToast on September 29, 2017, 06:09:14 AM
That is cool!
Where did you find that? That must have been a tough find :)

It was actually a lucky eBay find - in the end I fought for it, but I think it was worth it. Same with the Spiel '16 tile.
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Post by: Paul on October 04, 2017, 04:33:58 AM
Arrived today. Didn't realise how big it is. Double box sort of.
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Post by: danisthirty on October 04, 2017, 09:43:09 AM
I have Beeeees in my house!
Waiting for it.
Several reports of mold smell on some copies, do you confirm?

Still waiting! Should I be concerned?
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Post by: thodekey on October 08, 2017, 07:19:08 AM
Finally, this week, the postman brought me this first expansion for the Sheriff of Nottingham I pre-ordered.  Can't wait to bring it to the table along with the base game!
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Post by: Decar on October 08, 2017, 08:51:09 AM
We know how much you love The Sheriff Thodekey, so hope this new expansion lives up to it's name.  It sounds like there are quite a few mini expansions to try; so no doubt you'll find a combination that works well with your group!  Looking forward to hearing more about it.  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: franks on October 18, 2017, 05:12:00 PM
A couple of Kickstarters in this week, with notice of a couple more on their way.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d9/b3/16/d9b3166b9c7b4e1c986edba6b9848f6d.jpg)
This is just as much for nostalgia though it is a good Richard Borg game, (Command and Colors fame) and a very good reproduction.

The last is to update my used copy of the 1990 release.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/8d/c0/688dc0392663689eb43c1bf946871f47.jpg)
image credit: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/351536/battle-britain?size=medium (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/351536/battle-britain?size=medium)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b7/e0/82/b7e082b94e6ac6b88d804190df22e681.jpg)
More historic period gaming fun.

This next one wasn't a KS but came in last week. Flash Point Fire Rescue remains in my top 10, so am looking forward to giving this title a shot to mix things up. 

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/74/53/d07453d92fa97d3cb5a843c59349652c.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on October 21, 2017, 03:53:48 AM
My order from Spiele Material came today

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113707.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113719.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113730.jpg)

Thanks to GinCarc for drawing my attention to these  They are extremely nice and of the expected SM high quality.  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: oosie on October 22, 2017, 11:47:11 PM
My order from Spiele Material came today

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113707.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113719.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113730.jpg)

Thanks to GinCarc for drawing my attention to these  They are extremely nice and of the expected SM high quality.  :(y) :(y)

Nice! These do look great! I've been growing my shopping list for Spiele Material these last couple of weeks. What will you be using these for? Maybe I should add some of these to the list as well.
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Post by: franks on October 23, 2017, 02:12:31 PM
Couple more Kickstarters as expected:

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dc/de/3c/dcde3cfe4dedc67538e6166a3a1494cb.jpg)
Sleeve on KS edition
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/a0/75/a7a075a21339122a5f599e96a0481e92.jpg)
Box cover

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/0b/cc/f50bccb138c7f78860e1792003826aa6.jpg)
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Post by: GinCarc on October 24, 2017, 03:01:57 AM
My order from Spiele Material came today

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113707.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113719.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20171021_113730.jpg)

Thanks to GinCarc for drawing my attention to these  They are extremely nice and of the expected SM high quality.  :(y) :(y)

Happy I could help, they on my next order as well:)
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Post by: Chooselife on October 24, 2017, 06:59:23 AM
More than one month after dirk2112 I finally received Beeeees!
(https://i.imgur.com/Rh0TxGgl.jpg?1)
It does smell a bit but more like solvent than mold
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Post by: dirk2112 on October 24, 2017, 07:08:15 AM
More than one month after dirk2112 I finally received Beeeees!

That is great news!

If you bought the Queen Bee version and you find a great way to keep everything in the box, let me know. 
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Post by: wolnic on October 27, 2017, 02:38:35 AM
Be afraid.





Be very afraid ....





Many thanks, squiffything!
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Post by: Squiffything on October 27, 2017, 03:07:13 AM
You're very welcome, just don't forget to feed him and let him have a swim in the bath now and again ;)
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Post by: viztnd on October 29, 2017, 04:17:38 PM
Got this in the mail earlier this week.
Ordered the BigBox as it included the Hills & Sheep, as well as the 2 first expansions (I have them already, but haven't played them yet), and it was €42 for the BigBox.
I also got the Scandinavian "Carcassonne - Catapult" (not in the picture), "Ark of The Covenant", and "Carcassonne - The Castle".
Everything new and unused.

:)
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Post by: Decar on October 30, 2017, 01:10:23 AM
That's a great horde!

Thanks for sharing :)
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Post by: Dragonlord on October 30, 2017, 10:26:42 AM
Just before Halloween, a card game theme: Punkin Fight from KS and a card stand bundle from Dog Migth Games. :black1-meeple:
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Post by: danisthirty on October 31, 2017, 05:31:17 PM
It's been a while since I posted anything on here. Sorry about that. But here are my most recent arrivals:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20171031_232053.jpg)
(please don't ask why I ended up with so many copies of this, it's a long story...)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/20171031_232214.jpg)
(I finally got one! Many thanks to Big Boss for helping me out with this!)

More photos coming soon...
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Post by: glh510 on November 01, 2017, 12:40:33 AM
(please don't ask why I ended up with so many copies of this, it's a long story...)

Arn't we all here to hear long stories ;-)
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Post by: danisthirty on November 01, 2017, 02:28:59 AM
(please don't ask why I ended up with so many copies of this, it's a long story...)

Arn't we all here to hear long stories ;-)

It's a sad tale of love, loss, delayed orders, replacement orders, further delays, and replacement replacement orders. There's an amazing twist at the end though!

Please refer to my autobiography - "Dan: The Man Who Accidentally Ordered Eight Copies of Carcassonne for 2" - for further details...
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Post by: kettlefish on November 01, 2017, 08:22:04 AM
I bought some more wooden figures at the Spiel 2017 in Essen.
The photos shows the new figures and some are from the years before.

The wooden pieces are from Spielmaterial.de and other companies who produce such nice figures.
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Post by: Dragonlord on November 01, 2017, 09:52:35 AM
I bought some more wooden figures at the Spiel 2017 in Essen.
The photos shows the new figures and some are from the years before.

The wooden pieces are from Spielmaterial.de and other companies who produce such nice figures.

I've some of these pieces from spielmaterial.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Valheru on November 02, 2017, 03:32:43 PM
Willem, you are my hero.

So happy that I can finally give this a home in my collection  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Willem on November 03, 2017, 09:26:49 AM
Glad to know it arrived safely! Enjoy!
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Post by: SamoolSamosa on November 05, 2017, 05:09:06 AM
Wow I'm jealous of everyone!
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Post by: Decar on November 05, 2017, 08:55:54 AM
Great to see all those wooden pieces from Spiele Material, I enjoyed visiting their stall last year  :(y).

Dan:  Have you worked out how many 'Carcassonne for 2' is too many 'Carcassonnes for 2' ?
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Post by: meepleater on November 06, 2017, 10:22:04 PM
Received this today thanks to Maciej!!

I can now proudly say (since I don't count the russian tiles) that my Carc 1 collection is complete  :)
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Post by: danisthirty on November 07, 2017, 12:38:03 AM
Congratulations on your achievement meepleater!
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Post by: Rosco on November 09, 2017, 05:44:55 PM
AT LAST!! 

I have been waiting for these for nearly 2 years!

I have just had a solo game of 'Of Dungeons Deep' and it seems fun but I am sure I was doing something wrong as it was too easy to win!

I can't wait to play all of them with the family.  (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171110/03cd15bbf2a4ae96caccbf776e1b9ccc.jpg)

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Post by: franks on November 10, 2017, 09:07:35 PM
Caved and added Sagrada to the library! Looks like a good family weight game that has received good reviews from here and otherwise. These light games tends to get the most play time in our house.

Also look forward to Codenames Duet and bought the 7 Wonders anniversary pack, more for the completionist in me!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f9/a8/cb/f9a8cbf88f90e639f458627f11e62388.jpg)
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Post by: SamoolSamosa on November 11, 2017, 04:28:10 AM
Just received them today!

Thanks Willem - it looks a bit confusing but I'm sure we'll get it when we play later!  :violet-meeple:
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 11, 2017, 07:35:57 AM
My Duchess gaming table finally arrived.  The kickstarter delivery date was supposed to be in February.   :o   One of the underside support boards was broken and there was a lot of cosmetic damage to the topper.  They said they would eventually send out replacements.

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Post by: Willem on November 11, 2017, 07:43:11 AM
Just received them today!

Thanks Willem - it looks a bit confusing but I'm sure we'll get it when we play later!  :violet-meeple:
The rules can be found online, there are official variants to them as well.
The top 2 tiles and meeple are the school expansion. I had a spare so I put that in as well. It's a nice little extra expansion. Enjoy!
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Post by: franks on November 14, 2017, 05:20:31 PM
Received my latest Cundco order. Very impressed with the speed of the delivery, especially after Essen.

Really, most excited for the Stone Age mini expansion!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/cd/39/60cd391ab2ade053b0e8407b7eda5d85.jpg)
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Post by: Amorpheus on November 14, 2017, 08:52:28 PM
Really, most excited for the Stone Age mini expansion!

Your post just initiated a plan for me to order that Stone Age mini expansion tomorrow. Looks like fun.
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Post by: Hproctor1478 on November 15, 2017, 04:20:30 AM
Caved and added Sagrada to the library! Looks like a good family weight game that has received good reviews from here and otherwise. These light games tends to get the most play time in our house.

Also look forward to Codenames Duet and bought the 7 Wonders anniversary pack, more for the completionist in me!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f9/a8/cb/f9a8cbf88f90e639f458627f11e62388.jpg)

We just got Sagrada in our house a few weeks ago and absolutely love it!  It’s a pretty game to look at too!emoji code4]. I️ hope you really enjoy it.  We have been looking at code names duet too, but have not purchased it.  I️ hope that one is as fun as the 1st one.


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Post by: axelsson on November 15, 2017, 01:20:39 PM
I love the post (wo)man for bringing me The Tunnels and Crop Circles I unharmed from Caciej! I wonder if (s)he'll ever bring me The Darmstadt... (Which I haven't ordered from anywhere.)
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Post by: Sinscerly on November 16, 2017, 01:11:05 PM
Today I came home and saw a strange box sitting in a corner of the living room. Thinking well that cannot be my ordor from Cundco because they shipped it yesterday. So after diner my mother said well Thomas what is inside that package you got. Well I didn't knew to, so she showed me and I knew it was my order I made at Cundco. Really happy opening the box.
Well I was to excited  so the shrink is already off the box ::)
(https://ffthjg.bn1303.livefilestore.com/y4mJuY_tNZlsi2-PLznEsY6WXcVudl3lQHMW5K6q3uEuwqAcJHTWnD2poOhWHeC0QemVFrTg16WeNK1LBrR5vTeN9T3g-kbE5KnkgQcFKvjATN6QY7CdBeaNQ74N3ItCaxj1OJ7Kxt-VzqtdszuRNDbUXqwJGvsZ2MWawCRvklMW5taw_VsZ-S2CnH8AbbYQm5-v2-f5Ot4Y82_pPPTQubUsQ?width=1600&height=900&cropmode=none)
Only one item was missing. I don't know, but I got a lot of stickers :))
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 16, 2017, 01:36:01 PM
My shipment from Cundco arrived too!
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Post by: danisthirty on November 16, 2017, 01:43:11 PM
Wow - nice hauls sinscerly and dirk2112!

Thanks for sharing your photos, I hope your new purchases bring you lots of fun! 8) :(y) :(y)
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Post by: franks on November 16, 2017, 04:21:34 PM
Received this lovely mini expansion before the actual games arrived.

This is only available from the developers website, which is based in Canada and only charges in $US.  :o  >:(

This makes it too expensive with exchange rate to order the game itself. I was happy to wait and preorder the game from an on-line store. Look forward to the game arrival.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/08/d5/e5/08d5e54035bee969d766ecdd13d09a64.jpg)
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Post by: Amorpheus on November 16, 2017, 08:16:40 PM
My shipment from Cundco arrived too!

Looking at the home page for Cundco, I see it mentions a special limited version of Markets to Leipzig, with an extra Meeple, a numbered certificate and signature from KJW. Did the version you got have that with it? Looking at the product page, there is no mention of it being a limited version. (Hopefully not a sore subject; just trying to figure out my Cundco order and it may be worth having a Carc II expansion if it is a limited version). Apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseam somewhere else.
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Post by: jungleboy on November 16, 2017, 08:17:44 PM
Received this lovely mini expansion before the actual games arrived.

Look forward to the game arrival.

Been looking forward to this for months. I might try to engineer it as a Christmas present after we get back from Africa. emoji code106]
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Post by: Rosco on November 17, 2017, 12:46:12 AM
My shipment from Cundco arrived too!

Looking at the home page for Cundco, I see it mentions a special limited version of Markets to Leipzig, with an extra Meeple, a numbered certificate and signature from KJW. Did the version you got have that with it? Looking at the product page, there is no mention of it being a limited version. (Hopefully not a sore subject; just trying to figure out my Cundco order and it may be worth having a Carc II expansion if it is a limited version). Apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseam somewhere else.
The limited edition version was only available at the Liepzig game fair and at Essen.  Those unable to travel are only able to get the standard edition.

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Post by: Just a Bill on November 17, 2017, 03:07:28 AM
The limited edition version was only available at the Liepzig game fair and at Essen.  Those unable to travel are only able to get the standard edition.

The text on the Cundco homepage seems to contradict this statement.
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Post by: Rosco on November 17, 2017, 03:10:19 AM
The limited edition version was only available at the Liepzig game fair and at Essen.  Those unable to travel are only able to get the standard edition.

The text on the Cundco homepage seems to contradict this statement.
There were 600 copies of the limited edition, of which 300 were at each fair.  I believe they both sold out within an hour or so of going on sale. 

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Post by: Just a Bill on November 17, 2017, 03:13:45 AM
There were 600 copies of the limited edition, of which 300 were at each fair.  I believe they both sold out within an hour or so of going on sale. 

And I believe Cundco has stated that they will have 280 for sale, with a limit of 2 per customer. ;)
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Post by: Willem on November 17, 2017, 03:48:10 AM
this bit is stated in the News section of the Cundco website, where they look forward to the Spiel in Essen.
They will not have the limited edition for sale via the Cundco website. They where available at Leipzig and Essen and will not be on the webshop.
The retail version of the expansion is available though.
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Post by: Just a Bill on November 17, 2017, 04:17:37 AM
this bit is stated in the News section of the Cundco website, where they look forward to the Spiel in Essen.
They will not have the limited edition for sale via the Cundco website. They where available at Leipzig and Essen and will not be on the webshop.
The retail version of the expansion is available though.

I stand corrected. Didn't realize all of that "news" on the site was stale, and only in the context of the fair. Thanks for straightening me out.
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 17, 2017, 05:03:04 AM
I am glad I received the standard edition.  If I had the limited, I probably wouldn't open it or play with it.   ^-^
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Post by: Amorpheus on November 17, 2017, 07:40:41 AM
Ha! Very true. Thanks everyone for the feedback.
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Post by: Dragonlord on November 17, 2017, 09:02:13 AM
Just received KS Dark Mage  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: franks on November 17, 2017, 11:42:51 AM
10kg of Gloomhaven Kickstarter goodness just arrived!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/cc/d4/4fccd4d9d955d7a11d36e5f0c1b4b488.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on November 18, 2017, 07:29:08 AM
My Cundco order came today!
Couple of nice little thingys, and I was most looking forward to the 8th expansion in the new art, and of course the Market of Leipzig!
If anyone has got the watermark as vector file set me know btw, so I can make a separator for in my storage  ;D
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Post by: Just a Bill on November 18, 2017, 08:38:01 AM
If anyone has got the watermark as vector file set me know btw, so I can make a separator for in my storage  ;D

Google a few variations on "Leipziger Messe logo" and I bet you'll find some high-res art that you can work with.

For example, I just googled "Leipziger Messe logo PNG" and that led me to the following, which is not vector but at least has transparency. Should be easy enough to crop and invert to black.

http://quepaso.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/leipziger_messe_logo.png

(http://quepaso.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/leipziger_messe_logo.png)
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Post by: Willem on November 18, 2017, 10:32:11 AM
Of course!
Should've thought of that! Thanks! I use white versions anyway, so something like that is perfect! Cheers!
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Post by: JT Atomico on November 20, 2017, 02:43:16 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/ZoqOjaR.jpg)

Couldn't bring myself to wait for the chance of it coming on Cundco. :green-meeple:
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 20, 2017, 03:20:21 AM

Couldn't bring myself to wait for the chance of it coming on Cundco. :green-meeple:

Cool!   So I guess this just gets played as CFFF right?
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Post by: aenima on November 20, 2017, 04:22:34 AM

Couldn't bring myself to wait for the chance of it coming on Cundco. :green-meeple:

Cool!   So I guess this just gets played as CFFF right?

yes, the promo tiles from essen have not a special rule
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Post by: Paul on November 21, 2017, 04:32:26 AM
Today's home delivery. Been slipping with my collection.
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Post by: oosie on November 21, 2017, 06:50:06 AM
As a longtime board game enthusiast, maybe I should start posting in this thread as well from time to time. And what better way to start with this massive pearl of a game!

(First time trying to include a picture in a post so I hope it works  ;) )
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Post by: Paul on November 21, 2017, 07:31:17 AM
Twilight fourth edition!

*Drool*

Hopefully a guy I know will buy it soon if not already and invite few of us for a game.
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Post by: SamoolSamosa on November 21, 2017, 09:57:49 AM
Can't wait to play with these  8)
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Post by: oosie on November 21, 2017, 11:06:52 AM
Twilight fourth edition!

*Drool*

Hopefully a guy I know will buy it soon if not already and invite few of us for a game.

I hopefully get to play this the weekend after next...
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Post by: oosie on November 24, 2017, 05:54:16 AM
I received another delivery from the postman today  :D
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Post by: Yashin-n on November 24, 2017, 11:51:15 AM
These are the tiles which are managed to get this autumn. So my collection is almost complete. Many thanks to BigBoss, Paul and Arvid84 who traded, sold and just gifted these rare expansions and promos to me.
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 24, 2017, 12:35:00 PM
Wow!  Great haul! 
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Post by: danisthirty on November 24, 2017, 01:09:37 PM
Looking good! Something else should be with you soon  ;)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on November 28, 2017, 01:23:44 AM
Guys, a question here to those who have more experience than me buying on-line:

For being clueless, I bought in nostheide.de not without first realizing that I was wrong to enter my address (I forgot to add my street number).

The shipment is already on the way, but as I foresee, it may not arrive. Does anyone know what will happen with that shipment?

sorry for the google translate quality
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Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2017, 01:28:11 AM
I've never been in that situation so can't comment with any direct experience, but have you contacted them about it to let them know?
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Post by: Sinscerly on November 28, 2017, 01:49:10 AM
If you have provided a phone number they call it mostly.
Otherwise they probably send an email
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Post by: Xanderx12 on November 28, 2017, 03:04:00 AM
I've never been in that situation so can't comment with any direct experience, but have you contacted them about it to let them know?

Well, I sent an email giving proof of what happened, and they responded that they sent it to that address (the one I entered wrongly). From what I read on the website of the postal service in my country, since they do not have a correct address, they will return the shipment to the issuer.

I estimate that I'll have to wait until January (at best) for my shipment to arrive.

; _;
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Post by: Rosco on November 28, 2017, 10:48:43 AM
Thanks Dan and postman!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171128/902a43252e3db81035a052e837398d4e.jpg)

Sent from my SM-A320FL using Tapatalk

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Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2017, 11:52:58 AM
Glad it arrived safe and sound. Enjoy!
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Post by: Squiffything on November 28, 2017, 01:33:08 PM
I got a parcel but I can't get a piccie small enough :(

Thanks Dan it's perfect and will sit pride of place next to my other signed tile :)

I think I've done it :)

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Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2017, 01:34:29 PM
Thanks Dan it's perfect and will sit pride of place next to my other signed tile :)

 :(y)
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Post by: Amorpheus on November 28, 2017, 05:23:26 PM
I just got my latest Cundco order, with only 12 days from order to receipt in the US.  Pretty impressive turnaround.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171129/3c98b6365da5b5ecb325447bf6a6bdac.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on November 29, 2017, 11:26:44 AM
Got my envelope from Dan today!
Thank you very much Dan! The Jelly Babies have been claimed by my girlfriend, but I am very happy to share
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Post by: Decar on November 29, 2017, 02:43:40 PM
Great photos everyone.  I hope no one mixed up Dan with the delicious jelly babies!
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 01, 2017, 05:16:15 AM
I didn't get any jelly beans, but this showed up today  :))
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Post by: oosie on December 01, 2017, 07:32:54 AM
Nice one! I've still missed out on the Pandemic Legacy series so far as I doubt I can get the same group of people to play this 12+ times in a relatively reasonable time frame.

Enjoy!
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 01, 2017, 07:46:58 AM
Nice one! I've still missed out on the Pandemic Legacy series so far as I doubt I can get the same group of people to play this 12+ times in a relatively reasonable time frame.

Enjoy!

We started in May of last year and just finished last night.   8)
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Post by: oosie on December 01, 2017, 07:57:42 AM
Nice one! I've still missed out on the Pandemic Legacy series so far as I doubt I can get the same group of people to play this 12+ times in a relatively reasonable time frame.

Enjoy!

We started in May of last year and just finished last night.   8)

Oh wow! Didn't that make it difficult to keep up with the story line?
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 01, 2017, 08:41:37 AM
Oh wow! Didn't that make it difficult to keep up with the story line?

Not at all.  The story line is written on cards and you can always go back and re-read them.  The hardest part is remembering all of the rules and actions.  They give you stickers when there is a new rule.  When there is a long break in between games, it is best to go back through the rule book again. 

Also I highly recommend the FAQ below.  They have each month blocked, so you will only see the text if you click on them.  When playing March for example, it may be a good idea to read the blurb from January thru March. 

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1470601/compiled-faq-spoilers-hidden-each-month-hidden-sep (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1470601/compiled-faq-spoilers-hidden-each-month-hidden-sep)
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Post by: oosie on December 01, 2017, 08:57:06 AM
Oh wow! Didn't that make it difficult to keep up with the story line?

Not at all.  The story line is written on cards and you can always go back and re-read them.  The hardest part is remembering all of the rules and actions.  They give you stickers when there is a new rule.  When there is a long break in between games, it is best to go back through the rule book again. 

Also I highly recommend the FAQ below.  They have each month blocked, so you will only see the text if you click on them.  When playing March for example, it may be a good idea to read the blurb from January thru March. 

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1470601/compiled-faq-spoilers-hidden-each-month-hidden-sep (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1470601/compiled-faq-spoilers-hidden-each-month-hidden-sep)


Thank you for these tips! This grows my interest in this game again!  ;D  (My poor wallet though...)
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Post by: CKorfmann on December 01, 2017, 09:44:04 AM
My Christmas order came in yesterday.  Looking forward to Ethnos for me and Azul for my wife.  Also got Cities of Splendor, Disney Codenames, and Qwixx for the family.  Kingdomino for my mom and Cash N Guns for my sisters family of teenagers.  Should be good times!   :blue-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on December 01, 2017, 10:28:05 AM
My Christmas order came in yesterday.  Looking forward to Ethnos for me and Azul for my wife.  Also got Cities of Splendor, Disney Codenames, and Qwixx for the family.  Kingdomino for my mom and Cash N Guns for my sisters family of teenagers.  Should be good times!   :blue-meeple:
Some quality games in your list!  Looks like you're going to be having a wonderful Christmas!  Let us know what you think of Azul when you've had chance to play it.  It looks like a great abstract tile laying game!
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Post by: Just a Bill on December 02, 2017, 06:04:16 PM
I'd like to thank the postman, DanWasThirty, my agent, my acting coach, and of course my wife and kids who stood by me back when I was only playing Carcassonne in crappy local TV commercials.

(https://s20.postimg.cc/x28qfvzl9/Dan_Was_Thirty_Japanese_Temples400.jpg)

FYI, Dan, of course I will be blaming my weight problem on your Jelly Babies.
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Post by: Decar on December 03, 2017, 02:33:54 AM
They'd have to be concrete babies to make any significant difference to your weight  >:D
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Post by: oosie on December 04, 2017, 08:01:57 AM
Hmmm... Since last week whenever I try to attach a photo in a reply it seems to fail. Anybody else seeing this?
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Post by: Willem on December 04, 2017, 08:03:34 AM
Only if the file is too big. I always have to resize my photos to get them attached
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Post by: oosie on December 04, 2017, 08:05:30 AM
Thank you for your quick response, Willem. The file is 818 KB. I thought the maximum was 1024 KB per file.
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Post by: oosie on December 04, 2017, 08:16:01 AM
Last week I received these from the postman. After seeing the Murder on the Orient Express movie earlier this month with my oldest, she got quite excited to try out Mystery Express.
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Post by: oosie on December 04, 2017, 08:18:14 AM
Only if the file is too big. I always have to resize my photos to get them attached

Looks like the dimensions was the culprit. Thank you for your help!  8)
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Post by: Willem on December 04, 2017, 11:34:28 AM
Had a trip to holland this weekend, for a quick Sinterklaas visit!
And today my order from Cundco arrived as well!
So a good score over the last few days!
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Post by: Xanderx12 on December 04, 2017, 01:27:06 PM
Had a trip to holland this weekend, for a quick Sinterklaas visit!
And today my order from Cundco arrived as well!
So a good score over the last few days!

The Box version of TMoL is the one that was sold in the Spiel '17? :o
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Post by: Willem on December 05, 2017, 12:20:57 PM
Yep, managed to get one via the back-door channels
Had to meet a guy in a long rain coat in a dark corner of a parking garage in the rain, but managed to get it! And my Cundco order included the Spiel tile  ;D
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Post by: Xanderx12 on December 06, 2017, 05:36:46 AM
Yep, managed to get one via the back-door channels
Had to meet a guy in a long rain coat in a dark corner of a parking garage in the rain, but managed to get it! And my Cundco order included the Spiel tile  ;D

Wow! I'm so jealous! :D
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 06, 2017, 11:49:47 AM
Today I came home and there was some envelope laying on the table so I was surprised :))
(https://43epuq-am3pap001.files.1drv.com/y4ma3LumxL6_MJm2MahrS061Niof2RyawYBTjJtXTwGy0lKLaogRPpXqMBn3q4voOUE0lGDN_oKpSVghxOzSujhq-JOItQWeHF4OygQBNlHZvGI7hmeH31wsQbfO7ttR4bCHVRwxRtq80Ph_g18wdClYEsPnMgUwy0Cb4MqgOHeg54Dh8vMqb5f4K9CgQdC-IOjuxwiezx9yHQoFvyeyHWXig?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none)
Well the shrink isn't around it anymore ::)
Thank you Rosco :(y)
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Post by: oosie on December 06, 2017, 02:22:00 PM
Had a trip to holland this weekend, for a quick Sinterklaas visit!
And today my order from Cundco arrived as well!
So a good score over the last few days!

Nice haul indeed! I hope you had a nice Sinterklaas in good ol' Holland.

I'm still waiting for my "Paket 2" from Cundco . (Curious about the little mystery game thingy that comes with it...)
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Post by: jungleboy on December 07, 2017, 01:15:06 AM
Early Christmas presents delivered by I love the Chooselife:

King's Road, a Knizia reimplementation with art by Vincent Dutrait where players are nobles trying to gain power and influence in the kingdom; Tortuga 1667, where players are pirates trying to rob the Spanish armada in the Caribbean; Dragon Dodge, a neat little tile-moving/rotating game where teams of wizards try to avoid being eaten by a dragon; and the medieval limited edition reprint of Battle Line, a Knizia classic.

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Post by: Chooselife on December 07, 2017, 04:04:27 AM
 :(y)
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Post by: Decar on December 07, 2017, 05:48:09 AM
Quite a collection!
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 12, 2017, 09:48:07 AM
So I wasn't too happy with the postman today.  I bought a bunch of those cool envelopes that are perfect for shipping board game pieces.  The USPS considers them "parcels" rather than envelopes, so I had to fill out a customs form.  Booo  :(n)  They also asked me what "Rão" meant in Portuguese.  I didn't know, but apparently it means "the".  I would have guessed "river".  Shows what I know  ::)

They made up for it though, because this arrived today.  Yes, Isle of Skye has a Tunnels expansion.  Will this be worth the same as the Carcassonne one years from now?  Probably not, but I had to have it.  There is a "wanderer" on the middle tile of the right side.  He goes along with the new full expansion for the game.  It was supposed to be in stores over here last month, but was delayed. 


Also they shipped me a bonus card for Agricola.  We don't have that game, but cool promo nonetheless.  Why yes, I do believe the goat is fertilizing the soil...

 
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Post by: jungleboy on December 12, 2017, 11:00:24 AM
They also asked me what "Rão" meant in Portuguese.  I didn't know, but apparently it means "the".  I would have guessed "river".  Shows what I know  ::)

Sorry if this was my fault. I don't have the message saved anymore so I don't know if some weird autocorrect happened when I sent the address to you, but the address should be Rua Poiais de São Bento. Rua is street in Portuguese (i.e. related to the French 'Rue'). River is 'rio', as in Rio de Janeiro. And FWIW, 'the' in Portuguese is o/os/a/as depending on the gender and singular/plural aspect of the following noun. Meanwhile, 'Rão' is a completely made up word, but I like it!
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Post by: aenima on December 12, 2017, 11:02:58 AM
Also they shipped me a bonus card for Agricola.  We don't have that game, but cool promo nonetheless.  Why yes, I do believe the goat is fertilizing the soil...
If you search a home for the goat, you can contact me! :D I love Agricola... and the goat too!
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 12, 2017, 11:24:16 AM
They also asked me what "Rão" meant in Portuguese.  I didn't know, but apparently it means "the".  I would have guessed "river".  Shows what I know  ::)

Sorry if this was my fault. I don't have the message saved anymore so I don't know if some weird autocorrect happened when I sent the address to you, but the address should be Rua Poiais de São Bento. Rua is street in Portuguese (i.e. related to the French 'Rue'). River is 'rio', as in Rio de Janeiro. And FWIW, 'the' in Portuguese is o/os/a/as depending on the gender and singular/plural aspect of the following noun. Meanwhile, 'Rão' is a completely made up word, but I like it!

You didn't typo, I did.  It was the accent over the "a" in Sao.  The postal service computers can't handle accents on words which is weird because Puerto Rican addresses have a bunch of them and they are a US territory.

Sao means Saint, but I didn't know at the time.  Bento to me is a carry out box you get from a Chinese Food place.   ::)

If you search a home for the goat, you can contact me! :D I love Agricola... and the goat too!

If my son doesn't want it, you can have it.  He is at that age where things like this are funny.
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Post by: jungleboy on December 12, 2017, 12:18:31 PM
You didn't typo, I did.  It was the accent over the "a" in Sao.  The postal service computers can't handle accents on words which is weird because Puerto Rican addresses have a bunch of them and they are a US territory.

Ahh OK, cool. Thanks again for sending it.

Are the Isle of Skye tunnels (part of) the large expansion? Or a smaller one? I'm not really keeping up with Isle of Skye developments.
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 12, 2017, 12:30:02 PM



Are the Isle of Skye tunnels (part of) the large expansion? Or a smaller one? I'm not really keeping up with Isle of Skye developments.

The large expansion is called "the Wanderer".  The tunnels are a mini expansion and just happen to feature a wanderer tile.  It is sort of like how the River II features a volcano which is only a part of Princess and Dragon. 

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Post by: totor66 on December 13, 2017, 02:07:57 AM
ahaha, I did the same, I ordered the Tunnels for Isle of Sky and I asked how we can order some L-deck card for Agricola, beccause I am also a fan and Agricole has A LOT a promo on the form of L-deck and it is realllllyyyyyyyyyy hard or even impossible to keep up and obtain those cards.

So yeah, Aenima was first but if some other people have Agricola Goodies, I am here :)
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Post by: flipshot on December 13, 2017, 06:22:00 AM
So, I don't have pictures, but here are the gaming Christmas presents for me and the rest of my family.
I got Markets of Leipzig, The Festival, and Labyrinth from Cundco last week, but they're getting wrapped up and put under the tree. (for wife and me)
Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails (for wife and me), Codenames: Pictures (for family), and Colt Express (for kids and me).

Kanoodle and Gravity Maze (both are brain teasing, logic puzzles for my 9 yr old).

That's all for now. Hopefully more will come between now and the 25th.   :D
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Post by: Willem on December 14, 2017, 12:45:19 PM
Got myself an early Christmas present :)
It was expected to arrive last week, but witht the speed of the Royal Mail we should've known it would be a week and a half for 1st class postage :P
Anyway, I'm happy :D
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Post by: Halfling on December 14, 2017, 02:01:10 PM
Happy playing Willem.
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Post by: oosie on December 14, 2017, 02:14:14 PM
Some nice rarities, Willem! Enjoy! (I hope you didn't have to pay through the nose for that...  ;))
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Post by: franks on December 14, 2017, 03:55:49 PM
A couple of OOP (out of print) titles, (at least on this side of the pond)!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/87/9a/9c879a7445d11b18332e37264cb749d0.jpg)

Was able to get a HiG German version from BGG at a good price and found a new copy of the expansion from an on-line retaler with one in stock.

Also have Amercican Railroads currently on route from Cundco!
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Post by: Xanderx12 on December 14, 2017, 09:00:37 PM
Got myself an early Christmas present :)
It was expected to arrive last week, but witht the speed of the Royal Mail we should've known it would be a week and a half for 1st class postage :P
Anyway, I'm happy :D

Sweet loot dude!
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Post by: Decar on December 15, 2017, 04:20:02 AM
The railroad games are on my radar, but I dont think they'd get much play.  Looking forward to your thoughts on them both!  :(y)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on December 15, 2017, 08:35:15 AM
 :P
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Post by: Just a Bill on December 15, 2017, 08:52:48 AM
Oh. My. Gosh. Card sleeves for Carcassonne.

My spidey-sense OCD is tingling.
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Post by: Vinçon on December 15, 2017, 08:57:54 AM
:P

How do those work? Do they break the continuity between tiles? Where are them from?

Really interested!
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 15, 2017, 09:13:34 AM
I'm using it only my starting tiles and the two rivers, also the messenger and counter tiles. Too much tiles to sleeve all, in my case lol.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 15, 2017, 09:36:03 AM
Card sleeves for Carcassonne tiles?  :o

Nope nope nope, not going to do it, my OCD has limits. 

I'm using it only my starting tiles and the two rivers, also the messenger and counter tiles. Too much tiles to sleeve all, in my case lol.  :black1-meeple:

I wonder if you have the record for most unique Carcassonne tiles.  I would bet you do for fan created tiles.  Somebody call Guinness!  :))
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Post by: Amorpheus on December 15, 2017, 10:13:17 AM
Card sleeves for Carcassonne tiles?  :o

Nope nope nope, not going to do it, my OCD has limits. 

Agree, although they are incredibly cool. I could certainly use a few for the signed tiles I have to keep those in pristine condition. Then again, some of those are German Castles, so I’d need double sleeves too. emoji code33]
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 15, 2017, 10:27:42 AM
Card sleeves for Carcassonne tiles?  :o

Nope nope nope, not going to do it, my OCD has limits. 

I'm using it only my starting tiles and the two rivers, also the messenger and counter tiles. Too much tiles to sleeve all, in my case lol.  :black1-meeple:

I wonder if you have the record for most unique Carcassonne tiles.  I would bet you do for fan created tiles.  Somebody call Guinness!  :))

3500 tiles using about 150 expansions (regular, mini, fan-made, homemade), probably???
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Post by: danisthirty on December 15, 2017, 12:46:27 PM
3500 tiles using about 150 expansions (regular, mini, fan-made, homemade), probably???

Any plans to keep expanding? Records are set to be broken! 8)
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Post by: InTheDark on December 15, 2017, 05:01:59 PM
I have an order from cundco.de coming I'll post an image when it arrives. :)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on December 15, 2017, 08:13:43 PM
:P

How do those work? Do they break the continuity between tiles? Where are them from?

Really interested!

They' re a very small and compact envelopes with a self-adhesive flap, very practical and foolproof.

I've got them here (http://www.smiling-monster.com/Card-Sleeves/Standard-Card-Sleeves/Swan-card-protection-sleeves-47mm-x-47mm-160-pcs-thin::69.html) (Currently they are sold out, but just google "Carcassonne sleeves" to see some offers :) )

Pros:
-The tiles are clean and hygienic (especially for all-terrain players of Carcassonne like me
-Avoid the wear and tear by the use of these (which may be good for those who want to sell them later, it is special the rarest tiles)

Cons:
-For factory failure, the edges of the flap are somewhat thick, so it is necessary to have to cut them (which is a long and tedious process (although in my almost very satisfactory) if you intend to sheath all the tiles)
-The corners are a little sharp (you'll scratch your hand a lot using them at the beginning)
-Yes, they break the continuity between tiles, it can disguise if it is played in conjunction with tiles without founding.

Personally, it is a very small price to pay to keep my precious tiles ;)

I will post attached pictures for reference in a moment!
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 15, 2017, 08:33:57 PM
3500 tiles using about 150 expansions (regular, mini, fan-made, homemade), probably???

Any plans to keep expanding? Records are set to be broken! 8)

I've some newly fan-made expansions waiting to print, to add at my 4000 tiles already done. May be atfer my personnel boardgame will be done.

http://dogmight.forumflash.com/topic/70-land-of-the-dragons/ (http://dogmight.forumflash.com/topic/70-land-of-the-dragons/)

Received this KS card game from France.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on December 16, 2017, 04:43:41 AM
Great photos everyone.

Nice to see some close ups on the tile sleeves.  I wasn't convinced when I saw them a few years ago, but they seem better than expected.  For those special tiles I just use a baggie when they're not in use  :(y)
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Post by: jungleboy on December 17, 2017, 07:33:24 AM
The postman arrived in the jungle a couple of days ago...

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171217/b0eb41c83d83c081aebb8ddd3043766c.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on December 17, 2017, 09:01:43 AM
What did he leave you Jungleboy?!
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Post by: jungleboy on December 17, 2017, 10:28:00 AM
What did he leave you Jungleboy?!

I’ll find out on Christmas Day!
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 17, 2017, 12:49:24 PM
Well I was busy yesterday, I got something delivered by the postman to :D

(https://kpesmq-am3pap001.files.1drv.com/y4mhnCZSyU1Gdv_sC8ffEcP-WqE8BCqT0iZ8Y5MStNmW3i0n3UNr_ujqVhaLobXWwSzy_hGoirLTPSFDWrRky50vtfWxYo-Nd43SR_TEYruQgLZ28l6RQCIKPyR5eAEbtfEGTUm_6oYIb2v7-ZsJhDMMWcjLLPdOGUeqixwaF2kwzbzhvBqywnD5ki9rv34rX3NonrrZNfe2kDo4lVXU-WFLw?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none)

Thanks Maciej for the great tiles.
The rats are very nice and good shaped. Not to big and almost not to small ^-^
edit: Onedrive is up again :)
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Post by: franks on December 21, 2017, 03:41:56 PM
Santa arrived early!

Quite excited about this lot.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9c/68/42/9c684239cc2ac455f2e9124a27dc1522.jpg)

Kingdomino has been a hit in our household but I think we are ready to take the game to a new level with Queendomino.

I'm arguable most excited for the Kickstarter Flashpoint: Fire Rescue, mini expansion, Tragic Events. Maybe not the most festive theme for the holidays but this still remains one of my favourite solo game. Apparently this is a bit of a game changer with new card functions and an event deck. Can't wait!

I've looked at Between Two Cities for some time and thought this would be a good one for the work group. Featuring two of my favourite game mechanisms, Set Collection and Tile placement!!

Maybe second most excited for Majesty for the Realm. This is from the same designer of Splendor, (one of our all time faves). Lots of good reviews!
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Post by: Vinçon on December 22, 2017, 01:21:09 AM
Got into the hobby very hard (unexpectedly) in less than 30 days!

Postman came several times home and brought: Carcassone, several minis, Inns and Cathedrals, Hive (I love this game to play with my girlfriend), One Night: Ultimate Werewolf (which I tested with 3 people but is intended to be played at the end of the year during a 3 day retreat with 7 friends - looks awesome) and my best friend gifted my ahead of Christmas (a bit of a misunderstanding by my mother ::)) Catan, wich I played several times with him and some more friends and I totally enjoyed.

I'll add pics when I gather them all in my place!
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Post by: Decar on December 22, 2017, 05:30:51 AM
Looking forward to seeing your pictures Vincon.

Seems that Franks is having a great pre-Christmas weekend.  :(y) :(y)

Great Rats Sinscerly, where are they from. Very useful for the plague expansion!
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Post by: Vinçon on December 22, 2017, 09:39:43 AM
Looking forward to seeing your pictures Vincon.

Seems that Franks is having a great pre-Christmas weekend.  :(y) :(y)

Great Rats Sinscerly, where are they from. Very useful for the plague expansion!

Postman came this morning, just 6 days after I ordered from cundco.de and, indeed, they are still sending '17 Tiles, at least in my order.

Here it is a (bad) picture showing my young collection. And some goodies!
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Post by: Decar on December 22, 2017, 12:55:19 PM
Great little collect vincon!  Are you a DOTA player too?
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Post by: jungleboy on December 22, 2017, 01:12:43 PM
Early Christmas present from dirk2112 as part of Dan’s giveaway. I let junglegirl wrap it and put it in my stocking, then I opened it shortly afterwards because we did stocking presents tonight before going to Berlin for Christmas in the morning. Thanks dirk!

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171222/a8f9ef1441174806f0a03cebb68fe966.jpg)
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 22, 2017, 01:18:25 PM
Glad to know you received it.  I am surprised it made it in time!   I sent a package to my mother the same day I sent yours and it didn't get to her house in Florida until yesterday.   :o
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Post by: Vinçon on December 22, 2017, 05:52:14 PM
Great little collect vincon!  Are you a DOTA player too?

I am! But the comic is a present for my best friend who is also an avid Dota 2 Player.
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Post by: SamoolSamosa on December 24, 2017, 12:57:55 PM
I got windroses in the mail (a couple of weeks ago; I forgot to post) from Willem for the spare bits giveaway!

On a side note for my birthday I also got the flying machines!  ;D
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 28, 2017, 07:55:08 AM
Just received the Ember game from UK.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: danisthirty on December 28, 2017, 04:16:06 PM
I received my advanced copy of Mint Delivery recently, which was possible as I was an "Eager Enthusiast" of their Kickstarter campaign:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MintDelivery.jpg)

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MintDelivery_Tin.jpg)

As you can see, this prototype game box is shrink-wrapped and signed! So now I'm stuck trying to decide whether I want to keep it in shrink in order to preserve the signature and miss out on any advantage of getting to play it a few months before the majority of people (since I'll be getting a general retail version of it then as well).

I also like that this box is personalised! 8)
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Post by: DaFees on December 28, 2017, 11:01:42 PM
Been waiting a while for this gem to show up and finally it arrived today! Got a chance a to try a round of the solo mode this evening and so far I am loving this game. Can't wait to hopefully bring it to the table more this weekend! I backed for the deluxe edition with all available add-ons/expansions and stretch goals.

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Post by: Decar on December 29, 2017, 12:17:40 AM
Dan, that tin is amazing!  The customized back is a really nice touch.  I think you should be able to use a razor to save the signature. Unless you can find someone else called Dan Chard ti sell it to for a reasonable price on eBay.
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Post by: Just a Bill on December 29, 2017, 05:50:31 AM
If it were me, I would totally keep it in shrink and wait for the regular version. That's a bell you just can't un-ring.
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 02, 2018, 07:03:37 AM
Just received my Stone Daze KS game and YES I'm an opener.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Willem on January 04, 2018, 09:49:33 AM
New year, new arrivals!
I havent updated recently, but have been receiving!
(https://preview.ibb.co/mBpMbb/DSC_1953.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k1Ogbb)

I ordered some of the Carcassonne boxes from Russia from Hobbyworld, including the 'special' Count of Carcassonne starting tile :)
And i couldnt help myself to some of the coasters :P

And today i received one of the newer Russian Promo tiles. (i can never remember how this one is called).
Found this from a seller in Belgium that said he didnt have the other one of this set to sell, so i was happy with this one :D

Now i can say my old art is complete, except for 1 tile! (How frustrating is that!!)
Ah well, i will keep looking, and will always find something else that i find different enough to purchase (and yes, some are on their way to me already :P )
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Post by: oosie on January 05, 2018, 05:30:09 AM
How were the shipping costs to get them from Hobbyworld? (I've been tempted to order some from them as well.)
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Post by: Willem on January 05, 2018, 06:43:46 AM
shipping costs are pretty high to the UK, thats why i ordered a big pack of several boxes.
i believe it came down to a bit over £30 for the pack i got :)
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 08, 2018, 07:22:27 AM
Big KS delivery today  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on January 08, 2018, 08:01:16 AM
Looks exciting Dragonlord, hope you get chance to play lots and let us know how it goes  :(y)
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Post by: Chooselife on January 08, 2018, 09:06:58 AM
Hope you get to play those more often than me Dragonlord, haven't play Dwar7s Fall yet.

Received Tao Long Deluxe today. Despite a small tear on the game box overall component quality is amazing.
(https://i.imgur.com/T9MzbmCm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/J2F8QYXl.jpg)
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 08, 2018, 09:48:56 AM
May be next sunday I will try one, recently received 8 new games.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: franks on January 08, 2018, 04:32:27 PM
Chooselife, Tao Long looks lovely!
 
I received Kickstarter plunder today.

The whole Enchilada, (including a Raiders Big Box to hold it all).

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/02/b2/df/02b2dfe9e89dc6a01cbcc69e21d18654.jpg)
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Post by: Amorpheus on January 08, 2018, 05:09:28 PM
Nice haul Franks. Been meaning to check out Raiders; tried at Gen Con but they either had a line or took it off demo each time I went by their booth.
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Post by: Decar on January 09, 2018, 01:21:00 AM
You beat me to it franks!  My copies are still in port probably dor another month :(
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Post by: Chooselife on January 09, 2018, 02:00:52 AM
You beat me to it franks!  My copies are still in port probably dor another month :(
Mine Also  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Chooselife on January 09, 2018, 06:41:14 AM
Two days in a row and today it was a big haul:
(https://i.imgur.com/XCQiMHJl.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on January 09, 2018, 06:57:13 AM
wicked beans!
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Post by: franks on January 09, 2018, 11:57:05 AM
Kickstarters are certainly coming in hot and heavy!

I think there’s been better planning to avoid the Asian New Year production shut down.
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Post by: oosie on January 11, 2018, 07:28:49 AM
These were the additions to my collection over the holidays:
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Post by: Decar on January 11, 2018, 07:31:35 AM
Great little new year collection there oosie!

Thanks for sharing the pictures :)
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Post by: Willem on January 11, 2018, 07:56:24 AM
Good collection of games there!
We play skull every now and again, and it's a very funny game! We love it!
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Post by: Decar on January 11, 2018, 08:35:10 AM
You beat me to it franks!  My copies are still in port probably dor another month :(
Mine Also  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Shipping status received today...should be here before Tuesday  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: franks on January 11, 2018, 02:19:51 PM
You beat me to it franks!  My copies are still in port probably dor another month :(
Mine Also  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Shipping status received today...should be here before Tuesday  :(y) :(y)

Yeah!!  :(y)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 12, 2018, 10:20:07 AM
Thank you Halfling!  ;D
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Post by: Halfling on January 12, 2018, 11:43:26 AM
An absolute pleasure Xanderx12
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Post by: Willem on January 15, 2018, 10:25:12 AM
I've had a couple of very nice postmen visiting in the past few days!
Ordered a second hand BB1, and it turned out to have the abbey&mayor full expansion and the shrines and the 5 'random' tiles from the count, King&consorts Expansion  :) I think the seller didn't know what he all had.
And I got the Carcassonne Limited Edition in as well  ;D
This one took me a while, but tracked it down!
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 15, 2018, 11:39:30 AM
wow nice haul Willem :)
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Post by: jungleboy on January 15, 2018, 12:25:47 PM
Sure, but until you have the needle shaped box the rest is meaningless.
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Post by: Willem on January 15, 2018, 12:57:50 PM
I know, my collection will never be complete without it!
If only I could find one for sale...
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 15, 2018, 02:04:34 PM
 
I've had a couple of very nice postmen visiting in the past few days!
Ordered a second hand BB1, and it turned out to have the abbey&mayor full expansion and the shrines and the 5 'random' tiles from the count, King&consorts Expansion  :) I think the seller didn't know what he all had.
And I got the Carcassonne Limited Edition in as well  ;D
This one took me a while, but tracked it down!

For_what_purpose.jpg
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Post by: Decar on January 16, 2018, 12:37:46 AM
Great stuff Willem!
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Post by: Willem on January 16, 2018, 01:41:09 AM
For_what_purpose.jpg

Its all for completionism I'm afraid. As i've got everything in the old art (except for 1 tile!!!!), and everything available in the new art, you always look for something different enough to add to the collection :P
I've got 4 big boxes now, and most of the special editions (luckily I don't feel the need for every different box, or every different version released, like the base game&some random expansion), and almost all the spin offs :P
My Carcassonne corner is getting very full, but i can't stop myself from tracking down these little gems :)
I'll always keep looking for that last friggin tile, the black&purple teacher and Le Sac, and that leads me to finding some nice little additions :)
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Post by: Squiffything on January 16, 2018, 03:36:59 AM
Willem, I've got to ask, what's the missing tile?
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Post by: Decar on January 16, 2018, 03:38:46 AM
The Russian one
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Post by: Willem on January 16, 2018, 03:48:15 AM
yep, i've got 3 out of the 4 russian tiles....  :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Decar on January 16, 2018, 03:49:25 AM
and a La Porxada...
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Post by: Squiffything on January 16, 2018, 04:01:10 AM
Ah which one is the missing one?
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Post by: Willem on January 16, 2018, 04:07:15 AM
and a La Porxada...
I've got a home printed version actually ;) and for some reason my brain is content with that


Ah which one is the missing one?

Solovei Razboynik "Nightingale the robber" is still missing unfortunately. I managed to find the other one from a guy in Belgium, but he didn't have the other one for sale :(
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Post by: Decar on January 16, 2018, 04:16:33 AM
and a La Porxada...
I've got a home printed version actually ;) and for some reason my brain is content with that

...is it though....is it?
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Post by: Willem on January 16, 2018, 05:25:05 AM
and a La Porxada...
I've got a home printed version actually ;) and for some reason my brain is content with that

...is it though....is it?
don't...... just don't..........
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Post by: Decar on January 16, 2018, 05:26:27 AM
and a La Porxada...
I've got a home printed version actually ;) and for some reason my brain is content with that

...is it though....is it?
don't...... just don't..........

You know it's not quite the same
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Post by: danisthirty on January 16, 2018, 05:27:09 AM
and a La Porxada...
I've got a home printed version actually ;) and for some reason my brain is content with that

...is it though....is it?
don't...... just don't..........

I agree.
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Post by: Just a Bill on January 17, 2018, 06:15:33 AM
Sure, but until you have the needle shaped box the rest is meaningless.

Even more rare than the needle box is the edition of Carcassonne that comes with a scooter registration card (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Carcassonne-Board-Game-2012/332522763162?hash=item4d6be6b39a:g:J~gAAOSwJ0xaXnoR).
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Post by: Decar on January 17, 2018, 06:35:37 AM
You beat me to it franks!  My copies are still in port probably dor another month :(
Mine Also  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Shipping status received today...should be here before Tuesday  :(y) :(y)

Yeah!!  :(y)

Came yesterday - whoot! - no photo though, sorry about that :(

Edit: 4500 posts whoot!
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Post by: Chooselife on January 17, 2018, 08:12:20 AM
 ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/3ha0Cy0m.jpg?1)
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Post by: Decar on January 17, 2018, 09:31:44 AM
Now to get it all in that big box!
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Post by: franks on January 17, 2018, 06:45:27 PM
Received these on Saturday and got Photosynthesis played at work today.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xbJe2kcFI4CCGzbGpVduB2HDRsHcLjz0f_nI9mbITusY3ELBHT6FaBUEUzLLc8O1zX5Sh77kOyKLwi7WnZaddfZXoAJagY8lqSKNMYhpmlNx7iY_-eAK_n99bRiNhffif58d_JUtzx9JWV606CdvY9Y6wCyKzf9nZlIrYlVA6AL59H3qYjwwuolOG2GQrT4aH1wBH4YX81U79CxHtgqwc7CHn0_k4MROyP9GgQA2H6861mWaC17KemG-d5D5gZP1H0VfDRPSOb7qNWo6bX1AC1RJHx14Mibt38GxmsWDNQOs9L34-ObV9yUJvrcE3KiKGffGehFSvv0lLRfOipBJkjEHRAjoHUBbtrFs1Exbstx5NzqaJkiRkYfwCunMa3OtNbrJtMaBYiUAoZARwAQ-Vf9oudIKzoiBmPhkSpxKrkYWHR3RTbkc3UJGNdNtiN1yOnVECxGUXncrdAGtfglIxRlMOo0hMemqLEKZptkjqcNtzI4VPGhXgQaMo-YJ2q0WXHhAt34PgNKsOKa3w6YqVqoFtzHVq06m5RhJJiGJWt_UoU8gBHWjM-Z7x3Usr7x-39DEGKwf01H9IYYoefvJ7CZeEU2a7CAzZ5Kbd68=w2556-h1246-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZrREDptxG5HFYheY3U-CpTEaizS5OxFGJ8OGyMMhcdnVuV6K4kabo4diHrDcIi_ZqeyqWxGHHAjdURtc__KxUyH9DIxbEtH0y5m19YoCuUjG0As0JxKph2p48s3MUMoFJLfrn2FQCWMjDHFSBwGRt3Zw84qvVdjdCf90otpMrenO71_eEI7Sunn4z2zBcoA-i0cVLrLGBNE7-v_vZT7Y4Skbywesmx-_jIB2UbayRrHv6HRuzj9p8bC8dMUh6iayjn2IcmA44Ks9yh0AHW586aVdz4dFnbv20unYkCkN8MrJBw2h6u6hosuH_GJdCAawqioM2Vf-FkeIqSW4OOlCXqhDAZ8NvZHd2JutOvKfJYHJdTufSGBm1jNJCi0V5cPRprh9lbRgK3gf_H-eZ3J5-B94s1GoA3zX2irkmp8zKO6MR3fBqlm56voLkKMVu_o4MIJYTxZCCYJzvZ0hyNIelYtv5cD5q6vHUY5zhviQyT1KdRQf3G5r8abSxuK9spTvMCA_1SxpixYpF_uAXnYXeTWUiIatQrJvufRqfwGrov5IAkWucSkYt3lHsc936WyFBJXcLA0QtOAqqKoFk95_7KC8Hrb_Rqst9wmdiKw=w1336-h1422-no)
Photosynthesis. Last phase of the first round, 4 players

If you're not aware of Photosynthesis, it is a abstract game with gorgeous production. The sun moves around the board as players seed and place trees on a shared board. Sun points are gathered by the trees which in turn are reinvested (organically) into more and bigger trees. In turn, trees collect points at the end of their 'life cycle'. Watch out for shady spots and shady opponents that take the sunlight with crafty plantings!

What's neat is the designers have managed to work resource management into an abstract ... brilliant, at least I thought so!

Initial impression. I really enjoyed our 1st play, (4 player). Very much an abstract game, (that might fool some into thinking its not). It is a relatively lengthy game and a little more involved than quick light abstracts, (like the Gigamic line - which I love). So this might only have the staying power for genre fans.

Past that and for my taste this is excellent. Can't speak to player count yet, our only 4 player game made for a relatively tight feeling game board and the end score was 77 - 74 - 42 - 39. That is quite the gap in points. We were all 1st time players with varying game experiences. Look forward to more and updating thoughts.

Not sure about 1st player advantage in a 4 player game with 3 rounds. With four, players 1 & 2 will go first 5 times and players 3 & 4 will go first 4 times - regardless of that all players get to play the same amount of turns in the game.

There is a couple of variants, one with adding a 4th round. In this case all players go 1st 6 times, but the game is lengthy as it is so might be best with the BGG suggested - best with 3 players.
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Post by: MrNumbers on January 17, 2018, 10:58:46 PM
Unfortunately, we don't see the pictures, franks. Maybe because you didn't allow them to be shared from your google account?
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 17, 2018, 11:05:35 PM
With or without pictures, I understand that Photosynthesis is a great game  :(y) Nice write up.
I have seen it laying out over the table at a close boardgameshop. So it made me already a bit curious
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 17, 2018, 11:22:31 PM
You could see some picture of this game.  :black1-meeple:

http://dogmight.forumflash.com/topic/64-photosynthesis-perfect-game-for-lumberjacks/ (http://dogmight.forumflash.com/topic/64-photosynthesis-perfect-game-for-lumberjacks/)
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Post by: franks on January 18, 2018, 03:52:37 AM
Hmmm, I usually share from my Pinterest account and I'm having some new issues loading there off my Mac and don't see how to share off Google other than picking specific accounts.

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Post by: Sinscerly on January 18, 2018, 08:51:01 AM
A time ago, I told I got my hands on Carcassonne Halb so Wild 2. But after nothing heard about it and two months later I sent them a message they didn't had Halb so Wild 2 anymore. But they were just holding on my order...... :'(..... So I only got Halb so Wild 1 wich isn't here yet  :'( :'( :'(

But I found a cheap alternative who was eager to sell it to me and today I received it :D :D
(https://e974ow-am3pap001.files.1drv.com/y4malpAQWL9V2VXVBu4BpzwdjB_6_MIyriKbEcg8zfCKBSNXPUzuVsYg9FZ53nz-9w_--UkJ1BJ33WUHzPzEZGXJb0W-SvoJtM1Uvyth5oJ2QRXblJPaPMP8lFEVRcY7gFaPBftGTRRkN94HAFldWmvkVUt2x600gjJlyPU5_ClDQPYaY_CmOrkpek_QYOd9kfiaBaWdkY0Vc156Z0DgDJP3A?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
Also I got my hands on The Games Quarterly Expansion so I decided a little puzzle. Something is wrong with it.... who can find my stupid fault as first?  :red-meeple:

Edit: The puzzle was moved by Decar MrNumbers to another thread  :-\
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 19, 2018, 09:40:48 AM
'sup
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 19, 2018, 09:59:46 AM
Nice Catch. I really like the volcano on one of the ends of the river
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Post by: dirk2112 on January 22, 2018, 12:06:33 PM
Used some Ebay bucks to score this hard to find promo.
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Post by: Decar on January 22, 2018, 01:51:09 PM
I'll need to add them to my print and play!
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Post by: Chooselife on January 23, 2018, 02:25:53 AM
Used some Ebay bucks to score this hard to find promo.
Didn't even knew it existed. Added to the wishlist.
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Post by: dirk2112 on January 23, 2018, 04:02:26 AM

Didn't even knew it existed. Added to the wishlist.

Asmodee and CMON do these game night promotions where they give out play mats and cool promos.  If you can't make it to one, you have to hope that the promos make it to the BGG store.  The mats never make it  >:(    Unfortunately for games like Splendor, the promos never were purchasable anywhere outside of Ebay.  I am worried the same thing is going to happen with the Fulminating Serum.

The one game night we made it to, we received the Colt Express train station and cursed loot.  Both of which were on BGG for a very short period, so there is hope. 

I wish these publishers would just sell this stuff on their websites.  It is like they don't want to take our $$$
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Post by: danisthirty on January 23, 2018, 04:06:50 AM

Didn't even knew it existed. Added to the wishlist.

Asmodee and CMON do these game night promotions where they give out play mats and cool promos.  If you can't make it to one, you have to hope that the promos make it to the BGG store.  The mats never make it  >:(    Unfortunately for games like Splendor, the promos never were purchasable anywhere outside of Ebay.  I am worried the same thing is going to happen with the Fulminating Serum.

The one game night we made it to, we received the Colt Express train station and cursed loot.  Both of which were on BGG for a very short period, so there is hope. 

I wish these publishers would just sell this stuff on their websites.  It is like they don't want to take our $$$

This all sounds painfully familiar! ::)

Enjoy your loot :) :(y)
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Post by: dirk2112 on January 23, 2018, 04:15:17 AM

This all sounds painfully familiar! ::)

Enjoy your loot :) :(y)

Thanks. 

Am I to assume Dan doesn't have all 4 Russian Carcassonne tiles?  I figured you would have found a way. 
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Post by: danisthirty on January 23, 2018, 05:21:18 AM
I do have them, but the whole concept of hard to find rare promos serving mostly to line the pockets of eBay sellers remains something that I am far more familiar with than I'd like to be...
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Post by: Willem on January 23, 2018, 09:43:09 AM
Got a visit from the postman with a little package from Portugal today!
Thanks again Jungleboy!!
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 23, 2018, 12:07:43 PM
Aaaand still waiting these two. I hate CorreosChile.
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Post by: jungleboy on January 23, 2018, 12:09:42 PM
Got a visit from the postman with a little package from Portugal today!
Thanks again Jungleboy!!

That was pretty quick!
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Post by: InTheDark on January 23, 2018, 02:17:13 PM
Aaaand still waiting these two. I hate CorreosChile.
What are you getting in the packages?
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 23, 2018, 02:50:38 PM
Aaaand still waiting these two. I hate CorreosChile.
What are you getting in the packages?
A couple of expansions and the Spiel '17 tile. And these are envelopes ;__;
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Post by: jungleboy on January 23, 2018, 03:06:25 PM
Aaaand still waiting these two. I hate CorreosChile.
What are you getting in the packages?
A couple of expansions and the Spiel '17 tile. And these are envelopes ;__;

I hope the Besiegers doesn’t take that long to reach you!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Xanderx12 on January 23, 2018, 03:18:05 PM
Aaaand still waiting these two. I hate CorreosChile.
What are you getting in the packages?
A couple of expansions and the Spiel '17 tile. And these are envelopes ;__;

I hope the Besiegers doesn’t take that long to reach you!

As you can see, the Besiegers are more likely to arrive than the CundCo and Ebay orders  :'(
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Post by: Chartreusito on January 24, 2018, 01:48:44 PM
(https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOCYaQRdArm3aqQq1S1ztaUfgzkjc32HZEWuJWmyvtWOdpr5Dhaw6LRiV3_rnirBA?key=N2x1RVBDUTQtRE1SWjgxeGM1bkFhU3BqTFdGa1lR)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4701/28113740989_f2d63ae2fa_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JQjgJe)IMG_20180124_220344 (https://flic.kr/p/JQjgJe) by Vincent M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139860451@N08/), sur Flickr

Here's what i got today !
Now i wait for my spielbox and cundco orders ^^
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 24, 2018, 05:35:48 PM
The image is broken Chartreusito  :(
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Post by: Decar on January 25, 2018, 12:57:53 AM
You need to make sure you're creating a sharable link for your google photos.  You cant just grab the address bar.
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Post by: Chartreusito on January 25, 2018, 04:52:04 AM
Sorry, my mistake, i was sure i copied the sharable link but i was wrong... Anyway, i tried again, with no more success with a "share" url i won't display here. I'll loke for a workaround (outside of onedrive ;) )
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Post by: Decar on January 25, 2018, 04:58:28 AM
goodluck!
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 08:18:07 AM
Sorry, my mistake, i was sure i copied the sharable link but i was wrong... Anyway, i tried again, with no more success with a "share" url i won't display here. I'll loke for a workaround (outside of onedrive ;) )
Yeah, I haven't found out how to do it for google drive... If I find a way I will share it with you  ;)
But Onedrive is not that bad, so you could give it a try  ;D
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Post by: Chartreusito on January 25, 2018, 08:59:10 AM
I'm already paying for an online Drive in France, which suits me (and is cheap), but lacks the sharing capability concerning pictures, that's why i'm not to keen to rely on Onedrive or GDrive. Anyway, i looked around and open a flicker account, seems to be working nicely for pictures you just want to drag, drop and share.

Anyway, i was working remote today and got two visits, one from the mailman who gave me that :
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4746/28113736739_8ee07322db_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfsX)IMG_20180125_103223 (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfsX) by Vincent M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139860451@N08/), sur Flickr
And inside were these beautiful gifts from me to me :
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4768/39894734771_175fe74dde_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23MmWJF)IMG_20180125_131921 (https://flic.kr/p/23MmWJF) by Vincent M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139860451@N08/), sur Flickr

One hour later, a delivery man magically appeared, and here was this wonder :
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4657/28113737019_73f1e83759_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfxM)IMG_20180125_110611 (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfxM) by Vincent M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139860451@N08/), sur Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4655/28113737059_2079611996_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfyt)IMG_20180125_110640 (https://flic.kr/p/JQjfyt) by Vincent M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139860451@N08/), sur Flickr

Jubilee edition, box little dinged but wrapped and like new inside ! A nice surprise for 28 euros (i really hate myself to have'nt got around 3 years ago and got everything)...

P.S. : I edited my previous post to add my first postman treat :)
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Post by: Decar on January 25, 2018, 09:03:37 AM
Great Hauls!

Well done with the Jubilee edition, you see some people selling these for 80Euros!
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 09:16:09 AM
Great Hauls!

Well done with the Jubilee edition, you see some people selling these for 80Euros!
That's crazy.
I'll look into that from Flickr. And update my post with it tnx :(y)
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Post by: Decar on January 25, 2018, 09:19:54 AM
and that didn't include postage  :o :o
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 09:25:15 AM
and that didn't include postage  :o :o
I feel very dumb now. I had one. But didn't liked the quality of the tiles so I've made fan tiles of it....  :(
I left the festival clean and have still those fancy transparante meeples  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Chartreusito on January 25, 2018, 09:34:23 AM
On the jubilee one, postage cost me nearly half... I found it on tngames.nl, but it was the only one. Not sure what i'll do of the basegame, maybe take it to my family's retreat :)

I went crazy yesterday and bought one Katharer on Ebay... but i'm still waiting for it.
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Post by: Willem on January 25, 2018, 09:45:15 AM
The Jubilee edition often pops up on Marktplaats.nl (a Dutch 2nd hand website) for around 10-25€.
Got mine on there for €15 i think. Same with the Wheel of Fortune.
Only downside is that everything is in dutch, and most people will prefer pick up, or will only send within the Netherlands. But if anyone needs help, me and im sure other dutch speakers on this forum will be happy to help  ;)
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 10:23:58 AM
The Jubilee edition often pops up on Marktplaats.nl (a Dutch 2nd hand website) for around 10-25€.
Got mine on there for €15 i think. Same with the Wheel of Fortune.
Only downside is that everything is in dutch, and most people will prefer pick up, or will only send within the Netherlands. But if anyone needs help, me and im sure other dutch speakers on this forum will be happy to help  ;)
Indeed. That's very true Willem
 :red-meeple:
 :white-meeple:
 :blue-meeple:
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 25, 2018, 10:31:05 AM
The Jubilee edition often pops up on Marktplaats.nl (a Dutch 2nd hand website) for around 10-25€.
Got mine on there for €15 i think. Same with the Wheel of Fortune.
Only downside is that everything is in dutch, and most people will prefer pick up, or will only send within the Netherlands. But if anyone needs help, me and im sure other dutch speakers on this forum will be happy to help  ;)

I'll keep you to your word mr Williem  :))
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Post by: Willem on January 25, 2018, 10:37:54 AM
No problem!  There's a couple of them on there now for €15 each, and you can get it new from some dutch websites, that advertise on Marktplaats.nl  ;D
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 11:15:28 AM
No problem!  There's a couple of them on there now for €15 each, and you can get it new from some dutch websites, that advertise on Marktplaats.nl  ;D
Keep in mind Willem with our national PostNL it's already 19 euro's without T&T... :-\ for shipping.
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Post by: Willem on January 25, 2018, 11:26:21 AM
Really? I usually have shipping with T&T within the Netherlands for around 6-10€
Even shipping some games to the UK has been around that. It gets more expensive with more weight, but these dont weigh that much
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 25, 2018, 01:09:44 PM
Really? I usually have shipping with T&T within the Netherlands for around 6-10€
Even shipping some games to the UK has been around that. It gets more expensive with more weight, but these dont weigh that much
Yeah indeed. I do it mostly with UPS for 4,50 from shop to shop(2kg package). It's cheaper and you can decide when you get the package from there, (NL, UK, BE, Germany and all other europe countries...) But for Xander it's a little bit further ::)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on January 25, 2018, 03:15:09 PM
What can I say? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by: franks on January 29, 2018, 12:06:14 PM
I've been away at a conference in Monterey California and timed a delivery from an OLGS for my return.

Some long awaited pre-orders arrived, with a few little extras.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/01/cc/9e01cc0cb8038449d37686875fd5c287.jpg)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on February 01, 2018, 09:33:19 AM
Ebay, CundCo and Spielbox have failed me, it's been more than two months and i still haven't received any of they shipments, I have been forced to have to make several controversies in PayPal  :'(
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 01, 2018, 10:59:37 AM
I can't ship anything to Brazil or Chile because of the extreme tax and customs laws.  Perhaps these problems aren't well known to Cundco and Spielbox.
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Post by: Just a Bill on February 01, 2018, 11:23:14 AM
Were your packages never shipped? Or are they perhaps stuck in customs?
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Post by: Chartreusito on February 01, 2018, 11:44:47 AM
Xanderx12, i just remembered i got a shipment from chile some months ago from a kickstarter. I took more than 3 months to reach France (mainly due to chilean post), and then the package was awfully damaged but fortunately content was intact.
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Post by: Xanderx12 on February 01, 2018, 11:49:16 AM
Were your packages never shipped? Or are they perhaps stuck in customs?

It is probably the fault of customs, but other shipments have already arrived, even without tracking and less time ago ;_;
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Post by: Xanderx12 on February 01, 2018, 07:27:00 PM
Xanderx12, i just remembered i got a shipment from chile some months ago from a kickstarter. I took more than 3 months to reach France (mainly due to chilean post), and then the package was awfully damaged but fortunately content was intact.
I hate chilean post >:( btw I just noticed that they talked to me
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 02, 2018, 12:41:41 PM
My wife's copy of Grimm Forest arrived.  The components are AMAZING.  I won't post spoiler pictures in case anyone else kickstarted this game. 
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Post by: ktatroe on February 04, 2018, 09:05:05 AM
Finally got a big box full of small boxes from CundCo and printed a bunch of labels to attach to them. Carcassonne complete in a Big Box 4, and Carcassonne [II] in the latest Big Box, all organized for easy access and storage. (Unfortunately — and oddly, since it's just a bunch of vector icons — the PDF is too big to attach as an attachment; once I find a place to host it, I'll post it for folks to print their own.)

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Post by: jungleboy on February 04, 2018, 09:24:41 AM
Some long awaited pre-orders arrived, with a few little extras.

Great haul! I'm waiting for the Azul reprint.
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Post by: Decar on February 04, 2018, 10:54:29 AM
Great pictures ktatroe, thanks for sharing - it must have been a lot of working making all those boxes!
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Post by: franks on February 04, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Some long awaited pre-orders arrived, with a few little extras.

Great haul! I'm waiting for the Azul reprint.

Thanks jungleboy. I played my 1st - 3 player game this week and really enjoyed the game and that player count. Look forward to trying other players counts.

I'm also liking this new trend of dressed-up abstracts that play more than two. (Azul, Photosynthesis, Santorini, Element and Sagrada come to mind.)
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Post by: franks on February 05, 2018, 03:45:22 PM
Thank you Decar, arrived!!!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/71/fd/50/71fd50f668ec65cef57345ddf40e19da.jpg)

Now I only need this following Isle od Skye promo to complete the lot ... until the next hard to get promo  ;D

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/47/fb/73/47fb73a79537c1e63a87baa6d375c061.jpg)

I've just purchased one on BGG marketplace for €1, hope the sale goes through ok, as I await the seller response.
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 05, 2018, 05:55:43 PM
Wow!  You got the rarest expansion (The one you posted at the top) .  Do you have the tunnels already?   
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Post by: franks on February 05, 2018, 06:49:01 PM
Wow!  You got the rarest expansion (The one you posted at the top) .  Do you have the tunnels already?

I do have the tunnels but haven’t tried that one yet.

This is getting more like Carcassonne with the mini expansions!

Cheers,
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Post by: Chartreusito on February 06, 2018, 02:25:52 AM
This arrived yesterday ! Must admit i'm hasty to test it emoji code5]

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180206/0efd62a5f05c79c31917134a8db66f96.jpg)

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Post by: dirk2112 on February 06, 2018, 01:52:42 PM
I finally received my first fan made expansion.  Thanks Leven!
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Post by: Leven on February 07, 2018, 02:14:00 PM
I finally received my first fan made expansion.  Thanks Leven!
That's insane how long it took to arrive. I'm glad you finally received it. Have fun!
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Post by: Chartreusito on February 13, 2018, 05:14:22 AM
Here is what arrived today, personnalized meeples and tokens for king, robber baron, longest road and biggest city :-)

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180213/c357911a0defe8718adf9fdcc1c61ce5.jpg)

Edit : The city is obviously too big, i wasn't careful enough in my choice. Here's an alternative i'll try next :
https://www.shapeways.com/product/J3CYY5YXZ/city-game-piece?optionId=63716342&li=marketplace

The king, the robber baron and the road are perfect though. The quality of the pieces is real nice !
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Post by: thodekey on February 15, 2018, 03:00:01 AM
Here come the Cathars,

They weren't very popular in medieval Carcassonne but they're more than welcome in my Carcassonne collection.   >:D

A big thank you to Rosco for the trade!
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Post by: Decar on February 15, 2018, 08:46:13 AM
They weren't very popular in medieval Carcassonne but they're more than welcome in my Carcassonne collection.   >:D

I think that was a matter of opinion tbh.  Certainly they weren't popular with the Roman Catholics....

Anyway great to see you getting closer to completing your collection  :(y) :(y)
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Post by: ny1050220 on February 19, 2018, 08:57:34 AM
The coaster and the Labyrinth tiles have arrived. Thank you Push!
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Post by: franks on February 19, 2018, 02:44:11 PM
More stuff!

Good stuff, I'm sure. Will likely try Indian Summer at game day lunch, on Wednesday, (info sooner)!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7a/60/7f/7a607fe1e2cddb8140ec05a480cd8822.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on February 20, 2018, 12:32:32 AM
Would love to knoe what you think of ethnos once youve played it!
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 20, 2018, 03:15:44 AM
Ordered a couple of games for the school holidays (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180220/2276ac10e53e0a893716064ec248d8f5.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on February 20, 2018, 05:54:06 AM
You caved in and picked up Star Realms :D
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Post by: Chartreusito on February 20, 2018, 05:55:29 AM
No one likes "my" king meeple ? :D
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 20, 2018, 06:00:14 AM
You caved in and picked up Star Realms :D
Yeah, as you know I play the app loads. However every time I look at buying it, it's out of stock! I ended up with Colony Wars few months ago instead. Having backed their Kickstarter, figured I had to buy all the physical editions to compliment it should they finally finish play testing all the stretch goals and actually manage to get it printed!
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 20, 2018, 06:01:30 AM
No one likes "my" king meeple ? :D
I'm most impressed.
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Post by: Chartreusito on February 20, 2018, 06:04:12 AM
I must admit i was impressed by how rapidly it arrived. It was announced 1 to 2 months for the slowest shipment, and arrived in 9 days via UPS.

I'm pretty sure there's many alternative out there on 3D printing, but for a first experience, it was nice.
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Post by: Decar on February 20, 2018, 08:31:16 AM
Shapeways is still prohibitively expensive for me in the UK :(
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Post by: dirk2112 on February 20, 2018, 04:06:37 PM
Thanks Willem!
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Post by: kistgeit on February 28, 2018, 12:18:20 AM
Received the Tower expansion yesterday, big thanks to Rosco.

Also I would like to thank Halfling for sending me Hills and Sheep a couple of weeks ago (forgot to take a picture though)
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Post by: franks on March 05, 2018, 03:55:31 PM
A small game and an expansion today.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/5f/0b/9e5f0b5f9354ccb48cb38928b0b710ec.jpg)

First off we are big fans of Dixit and wanted a change up. Looks like Muse will be fun to try out with our girls. Anyone played it?

The Muse cards can also be used in Dixit which is a nice plus. The box has a nice gold highlight that you can better see in this second photo. I also received an unexpected gold foil promo card, which is always nice.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8d/61/75/8d6175caeb85755ff1bcede90ffbb044.jpg)

Still not a big fan of the modular function of Cacao but my wife and I enjoy the occasional play.

This is a partial and edited description from BGG,

Cacao: Diamante contains four expansion modules for play with the Cacao base game or it's first expansion:

The gem mines, this one looks fun and 'easy' to incorporate. You basically remove the Temple tiles with the Gem mines. You set collect these gems to give you point markers.

The tree of life, this one looks a little meh for me. Remove some Gold tiles and you can score without a meeple facing this tile.

The Emperor's favor, a very easy one to incorporate - add the special oversized Gold Meeple onto on of the start tiles. If you place a tile in a row or column where he sits you move the Gold Meeple to your tile and collect one gold. If he continues to stay on your tile you could get one extra gold per turn

The new workers, super player tiles that all equal 4 meeples, including one tile that has 4 meeples facing in one direction. Again, looks like this one might be a little fiddly (removing other player tiles) but might be worth a go.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/56/6a/08/566a08c40ce947df93564adf966dcbf0.jpg)

"All modules can be played individually or combined with others, whether from this expansion or the Cacao: Chocolatl expansion. With the "Big Game" variant, you can even play with all modules of both expansions and the base game."

Unfortunately it looks like the big game variant is for 3 or 4 players!
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Post by: Chooselife on March 08, 2018, 02:52:15 PM
The Jungleman, or is it Postboy?, brought quite a loot:
(https://i.imgur.com/0umAt8Ol.jpg)
Thanks to Rosco, Decar, Jungleboy and you to Dan for safely store the Rosco stuff for a few days, rent free.

I'm giving the Carc. Amazonas Mini-Expansion to anyone who wants it. Shipping only
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Post by: jungleboy on March 08, 2018, 03:01:06 PM
The Jungleman, or is it Postboy?, brought quite a loot:

I didn't know I was bringing new art to you. If I did I might not have done it!  >:D >:D >:D
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Post by: Willem on March 10, 2018, 05:46:58 AM
Got a big envelop over today from the Ukraine!
It contained 2 self-assembly Carcassonne products:
(https://preview.ibb.co/dHwVnn/DSC_2163.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cOwkL7)

I bought these from Tower Rex on Etsy, and can highly recommend them!
They've got a divider for in a standard Carcassonne box, that fits (almost) all large expansions (the Catapult doesn't get a spot)
And a Travel box that fits the base game + the river and meeples.

It is very similar to other dividers, like the Broken Token one, but easier in assembly i think, as it does not require any glue and is very well made.
They've made little cuts in the connections, to make sure its extra strong!

The divider has the expansion logo's engraved in to it, and fits all the tiles for these (just!) It is a very tight fit!
(https://preview.ibb.co/i0DJ7n/DSC_2165.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kZXZf7)
and then in a box with all tiles:
(https://preview.ibb.co/bLvn07/DSC_2166.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jvAbtS)

And the travel box is very cool!
The top slides out, and is easy to open.
And it comes with scoring tiles, so a big scoring track is not required :P
(https://preview.ibb.co/n9OqL7/DSC_2164.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mcnH07)


I'm happy with them, and would recommend them to others as well :)


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Post by: Decar on March 10, 2018, 06:19:33 AM
Glad to see your packages arrived Chooselife, we were worried jungleboy would be stopped at customs!

Willem thanks for sharing this little find.  I love the expansion dividers in the box. I especially like the travel box too. I Have been looking for something like this for a while.  Will have to check then out.
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Post by: Maj. Frost on March 11, 2018, 12:54:26 PM
Got a big envelop over today from the Ukraine!

Could you give some link, where you have bought it? Looks cool!
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Post by: Maj. Frost on March 11, 2018, 12:59:22 PM
After three months of waiting I got:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GxfWThaHOlOXUu5RlpPQjXgigdFOelbEMSiUS5lfvkEZiWcZy149C6vA2CT4S9lpG5eIsOtZnsjiT3nLPT33Xdeaw0qWJtVQCebXFqFVgKTSs-xEO9MCPHtSTFVCGG9svNpOMuYyQ8A=w903-h677-no)

and something that was itching me for a long time:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FRewbtSh5k8L_Zzn-CXZfWp_fWLyF5Q78QoBDcyxqatlmGJC5g3KkCyiB3eCdMFbrWtnC62uQc977c5hlexiFxcQvqE584Xy0VZTsR3z6ltDdV47PP2sQDg9PFGJFko_t8mTenlwJ5c=w903-h677-no)
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Post by: Decar on March 11, 2018, 12:59:59 PM
Two Children!!!  Blimey where do you find them !   ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maj. Frost on March 11, 2018, 11:45:53 PM
In Poland this spin-off is called Kids of Carcassonne.
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Post by: Decar on March 12, 2018, 05:35:00 AM
I'd best keep my copy in the shrink-wrap :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maj. Frost on March 12, 2018, 06:43:13 AM
I'd best keep my copy in the shrink-wrap :D

It's not like it is a copy of Pandemic.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 13, 2018, 03:49:31 AM
definitely won't be opening any packages from Russia for a while  :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chooselife on March 16, 2018, 02:57:58 AM
Received yesterday after getting the dispatch track alert in Feb 19th.
(https://i.imgur.com/OoBDi23l.jpg)
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Post by: Sinscerly on March 16, 2018, 06:54:47 AM
I was to bussy last month to take time to make a picture of all the lovely things the postman has brought me.
So here they are:
(https://jcvemq.am.files.1drv.com/y4miTBnjVk0F8SC5yAiJID-zi-SQxmTVPlMqx1320cpHsiklE7277a5XD_rDA1miRSiiFyhe-4l2JLfqF9igLPS2d2Pw4zHgdiKyPnOnLa4HG8UKqCsAQw0zDqujavi8qdqYRP82IKOGCavOh6HA-omKu1y2H7MYPywNe7qg4JZFDSQIn4JBN4SJNeNQSA6ZL6fF206Q2q38A92DTfY3k7Oqw?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
 :red-meeple: I got the lovely Catapult from Willem, I still need to convince some people to try it out(playing the catapult alone is not very easy... :-\)
 :white-meeple: I got the fancy meeple bags from jungleboy (they are awesome ;D, I love them)
 :blue-meeple: Also I received das schicksalsrad, has any of you read the book? I'm gonna start when I have finished my current serie :D
Also I really wanted to get the Winter Cropcircels, so that winter will last longer. So I orded some at Cundco O0 and wanted some counting tiles for the winter set. As when I play with mrs. Sinscerly scores get always over 200 8)
And ofcours if you received an awesome tile bag for pink and purple meeples you need to buy pink and purple meeples so now I can play pink ::)
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Post by: dirk2112 on March 17, 2018, 04:45:33 AM
Received yesterday after getting the dispatch track alert in Feb 19th.

I received my tracking notice on Tuesday.  I hope I don't have to wait until April to get this to my son.  It already came too late and missed his birthday.   :-\

UPDATE!

It arrived today!   :(y) :))
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Post by: Xanderx12 on March 17, 2018, 10:18:43 AM
It really took his time to get there!  :-[

Gracias @Rosco !
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Post by: Sinscerly on March 17, 2018, 01:33:41 PM
It really took his time to get there!  :-[

Gracias @Rosco !
Wow, I hope that mine will arrive faster to you
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Post by: Xanderx12 on March 17, 2018, 02:02:16 PM
It really took his time to get there!  :-[

Gracias @Rosco !
Wow, I hope that mine will arrive faster to you
As soon as I have news of any shipment I will post here  ;)
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Post by: Chooselife on March 23, 2018, 03:04:53 PM
Arrived today:
(https://i.imgur.com/MoYrVGxl.jpg)
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Post by: Squiffything on March 23, 2018, 03:56:38 PM
I was watching that but funds would not allow. What’s it like and are you happy with it?
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on March 23, 2018, 07:40:49 PM
Arrived today:
(https://i.imgur.com/MoYrVGxl.jpg)

I got that one recently too. Really enjoyed our first four games of it.

Be sure to check out the entire box ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on March 26, 2018, 07:47:13 AM
Arrived today. The cover of the Castle is so epic :)
(https://5mlvyq.am.files.1drv.com/y4m_tZlJRRCGdsK4IDTgbvPf6VBxNL-dqcILhwOzg8PzZ_TZmV-Sgi-svIqKblgP5lte-3enpxUCKzaxzKQ3kpy1C61yqEYoTHVYru5EyjQPNXqLYHI1ezKrjQdjCjzIseAc9Kt7D9aRuhwPtba_kpqIYw_LkVv96fM6_BObdSIx6nBuD2MLDW9JRYkWTALZbmUvI4Ygdwm9QU6WsrTZRmwTg?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
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Post by: Christianmocking on March 26, 2018, 09:05:27 AM
Arrived today. The cover of the Castle is so epic :)
(https://5mlvyq.am.files.1drv.com/y4m_tZlJRRCGdsK4IDTgbvPf6VBxNL-dqcILhwOzg8PzZ_TZmV-Sgi-svIqKblgP5lte-3enpxUCKzaxzKQ3kpy1C61yqEYoTHVYru5EyjQPNXqLYHI1ezKrjQdjCjzIseAc9Kt7D9aRuhwPtba_kpqIYw_LkVv96fM6_BObdSIx6nBuD2MLDW9JRYkWTALZbmUvI4Ygdwm9QU6WsrTZRmwTg?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
Nice catch!
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Post by: franks on March 27, 2018, 04:59:45 PM
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/71/18/e8/7118e86eb3e865356510daec54ac3243.jpg)

Three titles from a FOLGS, (friendly on-line game store) and one I picked up today from a FLGS. The later is the Onirim: second edition set. It was in the used section but it is unplayed with the cards still wrapped in plastic.

I finally caved in and got the El Grande - grand daddy. It's an older SDJ winner, which I have yet to play, but look forward to trying with a newish game group.

Fox in the Forest is a rare 2 payer trick-taking game, a genre I particularly enjoy.

Finally, The Voyages of Marco Polo expansion - Agents of Venice. We are still loving this game and at the stage to welcome new additional elements.
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Post by: flipshot on March 28, 2018, 07:49:09 AM
I'm in possession of the item pictured.  8) I'll open it up tonight and show the contents then.
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Post by: Decar on March 28, 2018, 08:07:09 AM
Lots of good hauls here!

@Sinscerly - The Castle is my favourite Spin-Off, hope you enjoy it!

@Franks, Another amazing haul, I've held off from El Grande because it reportedly sucks at 2p, but probably from the same people that think Carcassonne and 7W suck at 2 players.  I'm sure it'll be fun!  I really really like Onirim and it's overall aesthetic design, so I hope you find it engaging too, especially when you add the expansions in the box.

BTW, the 2 impossible to find promos for Onirim (and the Sylvion Promo) are on the Zman webstore currently, you might want to grab them for a complete set :D

We know you love Marco too - looking forward to a review on that!

@flipshot, hope you enjoy the Tower, I suspect you'll find a Tower and some tiles!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 28, 2018, 01:04:41 PM
I've not shared any post in a long time....mainly because I dont get much Carcassonne stuff any more  :'(

But I took a leaf out of JungleBoy's book and got a few things:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180327_174031-1008x756.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180328_203127-1008x756.jpg)

The bowls have not disappointed. In fact my wife wants one of the small black ones for her drop-spindal...shame the Kickstarter ended this morning  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on March 28, 2018, 05:15:31 PM

...

@Franks, Another amazing haul, I've held off from El Grande because it reportedly sucks at 2p, but probably from the same people that think Carcassonne and 7W suck at 2 players.  I'm sure it'll be fun!  I really really like Onirim and it's overall aesthetic design, so I hope you find it engaging too, especially when you add the expansions in the box.

BTW, the 2 impossible to find promos for Onirim (and the Sylvion Promo) are on the Zman webstore currently, you might want to grab them for a complete set :D

We know you love Marco too - looking forward to a review on that!

...


Decar, thanks for the tip! I ordered the promos. Shipping was a bit steep but its ok with all the money I 'saved' from the 'used' Onirim set ::)  ;D

Yeah! As mentioned, El Grande is intended for the game group, I won't even attempt it at home with two!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Piasekstc on March 29, 2018, 05:34:02 AM
In the course of functioning on the forum I bought many expansions and accessories, which I did not share here but now after six months without any purchase I made so many moves that it's going to be April Madness' ...and I am so excited that all my acquisitions will be shown here for sure :)
To be continued...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on March 29, 2018, 06:18:17 AM
@Decar yeah I'm gonna find out the rules :)
@Piasekstc I had that last month a bit. Hopefully everything will arrive good for you ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 29, 2018, 06:22:16 AM
I played The City, a couple of times on a German game's website.  It's a pretty good implementation to check the rules before trying to play.  All of the action cards are a little over-powered imho.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Mikeagan on March 30, 2018, 01:14:28 PM
Yesterday I received in the mail:

Carcassonne Big Box 6 (2017)
Carcassonne Exp 4 The Tower
Splendor
Cities of Splendor
Stone Age
Stone Age Casinos & Russian Railroads Mini Expansion (combo pack)

As I don't have Russian Railroads and can't find an English copy for a reasonable price, I am fine selling/giving it away. I'm hoping it gets reprinted... especially if nobody is interested in the mini-expansion who already owns it.


I'm still waiting on 2 more packages:

Package 1 from Cundo:
Carcassonne: The Fruit Trees
Carcassonne: The Markets of Leipzig
Carcassonne: 13 Translucent Meeples of Different Colors
A bag for tiles (Big Box does not contain one)
Carcassonne: Blank Tile Sheets (12 Tiles) [x3]
Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd

Package 2 from Miniature Market:
Skyliners
Days of Steam
Days of Steam: Locomotives Expansion
Sheriff of Nottingham
Sheriff of Nottingham: Merry Men Expansion
Gentlemen Thieves
San Juan (2nd Edition)

I will post pictures when I get time
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: thodekey on March 30, 2018, 01:35:25 PM
Yesterday I received in the mail:

Carcassonne Big Box 6 (2017)
Carcassonne Exp 4 The Tower
Splendor
Cities of Splendor
Stone Age
Stone Age Casinos & Russian Railroads Mini Expansion (combo pack)

As I don't have Russian Railroads and can't find an English copy for a reasonable price, I am fine selling/giving it away. I'm hoping it gets reprinted... especially if nobody is interested in the mini-expansion who already owns it.


I'm still waiting on 2 more packages:

Package 1 from Cundo:
Carcassonne: The Fruit Trees
Carcassonne: The Markets of Leipzig
Carcassonne: 13 Translucent Meeples of Different Colors
A bag for tiles (Big Box does not contain one)
Carcassonne: Blank Tile Sheets (12 Tiles) [x3]
Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd

Package 2 from Miniature Market:
Skyliners
Days of Steam
Days of Steam: Locomotives Expansion
Sheriff of Nottingham
Sheriff of Nottingham: Merry Men Expansion
Gentlemen Thieves
San Juan (2nd Edition)

I will post pictures when I get time

Hope you like Sheriff and it’s expansion. Me and my friends certainly do...it’s big fun every time we boring it to the table.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on March 30, 2018, 02:03:15 PM
This came "in the post" to someone at work, and was then passed to me earlier this week at my leaving "do". Had a first run-through game (2-player) at home today which took all afternoon, but I'm sure it'll get quicker now we have a better idea what we're doing.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 30, 2018, 02:10:17 PM
Great to see wolnic!  Happy retirement btw!  I hope youve got absolutely nothing planned!

That's a great parting gift.  We played this recently for the first time and we both really enjoyed it. It's a novel refresh on worker placement, plus vikings and raids!

 I'd recommend you watch Rodney Smiths playthrough and give it a go.  The expansions are on sale on the publisher's website for another week during their kickstarter campaign.

There's room for some interesting mods too!
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Post by: wolnic on March 30, 2018, 03:06:37 PM
Thanks, Decar. No, nothing [major] planned, other than a list as long as my arm of Carc tiles to finish off and/or update (Stone Circles for CarcII using the stones on the Shrine tiles, Sailing The Seas for CarcII, finish the New Forest rules (reminded recently by Jan Groot about these), some coastal forest tiles, and a bunch of other stuff) ... and then there's the garden to whip into shape now the snow is (hopefully) behind us ... but this should still leave plenty of time for walks, going out for lunch, theatre, music recitals, baking bread, more gaming, etc. etc. In other words, all the stuff you never have enough time to do when you're working ...

I'd played Champions of Midgard with the work colleague who bought RotNS for me, which I enjoyed, but there was no point in us both having the same game, and I didn't have a "worker placement" type game at home. I'm thinking about at least one of the expansions while it's available. I watched Rahdo's full run through a few weeks ago, so that was a good grounding for me, and my wife watched a couple of others, including Rodney's.

And meeples with horned helmets - who can resist?
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Post by: Decar on March 30, 2018, 03:10:53 PM
I've not tried either expansion yet but I think the one with Jarls adds the most.  For the expansions I'd recommend watching: solomode games video. Though it's a runthrough of the up and coming solo automa deck he shows the mechanics of each expansion very very well.  Make sure you check out garphill game's website!

Looking forward to hearing your opinions and how it compares to the genre classic LoWD!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on March 30, 2018, 03:17:46 PM
Don't have LoWD, nor played it, so can't compare. Might be able to compare to Midgard though. Fields of Fame expansion was the one I thought might add most (including the 5th player, if nothing else), and might consider getting the solo variant when it comes out.
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Post by: Beachcat on March 30, 2018, 11:55:07 PM
From the chit chat on this forum, I found my way to Kickstarter a couple of months back.  At the moment I'm backing Architects of the West Kingdom, and from that I was introduced to the North Sea Trilogy.  I ordered the whole set - Shipwrights, Raiders + Fields of Fame + Hall of Heros, Explorers and the Runesaga.  Rocks of Ruin is also on order. 

So far the other half and I have only played Shipwrights, and instead of speeding up, we're taking longer!  Last night, 1 game took an hour and half ... we are getting more choosy as to which ships we build.  I've pretty much taught myself how to play Raiders and shall try and teach him over the weekend.

Anyways, just wanted to say another thank you to all you guys ... I'm Mandy and live on the Sussex coast. 

I love playing games, but the OH not so.  Carcassonne was the first game I got him to play about 10 years ago, although we've played Scrabble for 30+ years.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2018, 12:07:51 AM
Great to hear from you again Mandy!

Shipwrights is deceptive...it looks like a 20minutes game but can take a really long time.  I read somewhere a 5p game took 3hours!?!?!  I'm considering making some alternate rules for some cards to speed up play for 2p. Raiders and Explorers are much nearer their estimated times!  Looking forward to Architects too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Beachcat on March 31, 2018, 12:35:11 AM
Great to hear from you again Mandy!

Shipwrights is deceptive...it looks like a 20minutes game but can take a really long time.  I read somewhere a 5p game took 3hours!?!?!  I'm considering making some alternate rules for some cards to speed up play for 2p. Raiders and Explorers are much nearer their estimated times!  Looking forward to Architects too!

Thanks Decar .... I did think of reducing the number of built ships to 3.  But last night, he was already on 12 points with 3 ships and me just 8 with 3 ships :(  I got my Drakkar built to end the game with 14 points :) We've add the Townsfolk expansion, but haven't really made much use of it, yet, so that might speed things up.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 31, 2018, 02:53:42 AM
I was thinking of adding an endgame card into the deck after the first cycle.  We find that we're both waiting for the right card to come out but the take-that element can really slow each other down.  The townfolk board helps somewhat but the endgame state can be hard to achieve.  Will let you know when we've finished tinkering!

Happy Easter btw!
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Post by: Willem on April 04, 2018, 11:27:41 AM
Had a visit from the postman today!
He was a bit later than expected, but we just finished dinner so he wasn't interupting :P
(https://preview.ibb.co/ijTrZx/DSC_2217_Medium.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fA9b1c)
Got a few things for Halfling (check your PM!), and some little things for myself :)
The Sheriff expansion for Goldrush was still missing from my collection, and off course i needed the Fruit Trees, can't wait to try those out!
And with Cundco's Easter Promotion, I now have a copy of My First Carcassonne for cheap (=Free!) :D
Happy days :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 04, 2018, 02:43:05 PM
Congrats Willem!
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on April 06, 2018, 10:38:22 AM
Glad to hear you finally managed to track down a very reasonable copy of my first carcassonne for your collection Willem
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Post by: InTheDark on April 07, 2018, 08:38:34 AM
Congrats on that haul Willem.
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Post by: danisthirty on April 09, 2018, 05:51:35 AM
Nice haul! 8) Enjoy...
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Post by: InTheDark on April 09, 2018, 06:53:38 AM
I didn't take a picture (I forgot to :() but my copy of "The Fruit-Bearing Trees" arrived today.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Just a Bill on April 09, 2018, 05:58:59 PM
Not my most exciting Cundco order, but it's nice to finally have all the alternate colors. Too bad I waited too long and the "natural" set is sold out.

(https://s20.postimg.cc/4by2cmw71/Fruit_Trees_Extra_Meeples.jpg)
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Post by: franks on April 09, 2018, 07:21:07 PM
Yet another Cundco order in for me as well!

The full Easter package!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/08/2e/8c/082e8cd6ce5a9bd0ab1c7b946dd028b1.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on April 10, 2018, 05:17:15 AM
First Class Franks...literally :D
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Post by: Rosco on April 11, 2018, 02:39:54 AM
No photo I am afraid but today I received a nice package from cundco.  Including princess and dragon, bridges castles and bazaars, gold rush, fruit trees and the missing tower tiles and a bonus free edition of children of Carcassonne.

I now have a nearly complete collection of spinoffs.



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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 11, 2018, 03:15:04 AM
What's missing Rosco?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 11, 2018, 04:08:44 AM
What's missing Rosco?

Everyone/ thing misses Rosco...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on April 11, 2018, 05:24:05 AM
Good one Dan!  I am still missing the ark and cardcassonne.  I also don't have the mayflower but I had that and sold it because it is a terrible game.  I also have the city (wooden edition) but have sold it to fund this purchase so I would like a cardboard box version. 

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Post by: Chartreusito on April 11, 2018, 09:31:31 AM
One more thing to add to my collection !(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180411/83657ffc1b4acd72e4cd94f7d98551c0.jpg)

Envoyé de mon Redmi 4X en utilisant Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Christianmocking on April 11, 2018, 02:43:47 PM
Good one Dan!  I am still missing the ark and cardcassonne.  I also don't have the mayflower but I had that and sold it because it is a terrible game.  I also have the city (wooden edition) but have sold it to fund this purchase so I would like a cardboard box version. 

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I like Mayflower! It is not a bad game:)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on April 11, 2018, 02:48:33 PM
Good one Dan!  I am still missing the ark and cardcassonne.  I also don't have the mayflower but I had that and sold it because it is a terrible game.  I also have the city (wooden edition) but have sold it to fund this purchase so I would like a cardboard box version. 

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I like Mayflower! It is not a bad game:)
I was not impressed at all when I tried it.

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on April 11, 2018, 03:09:50 PM
I received the new Fruit Trees expansion yesterday, as well as five new Abbots and a tile tower. Unfortunately, it was raining heavily all day yesterday and the package didn't fit properly in the mailbox, so the bottom corner of the tile tower was soaked through. I'll have to glue it, which really stinks. I'd been waiting for a few years now to buy a new tower and finally decided to this time since it didn't push my weight over into the next bracket. That's what I get for waiting, I suppose.

They also included a copy of the German rules for Under the Big Top for some reason, accompanied with two small post-it notes explaining that the grey abbot isn't available yet and that I will have credit on my next purchase. At least I think that's what they said – their handwriting was atrocious and I couldn't really read anything on the second note. Either way, it seems to be the same info they gave me in an email, explaining that the Ringmasters aren't available in the alternative colours yet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Halfling on April 11, 2018, 11:31:25 PM
Received my fruit trees and new expansion 6 from cundco via Willem. We combined an order so that he could get the Kids of Carcassonne 'for free'.

Reading Rosco's post, I enjoy Mayflower/New World but don't enjoy playing Castle or Kids spin-offs.  Horses for courses. Tried both when we played every base game at Draughts a couple of years ago.

The absolute worst of all was the Dice Game and a surprise hit for me was CardCassonne.

Anyway. Thanks Willem.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on April 11, 2018, 11:54:11 PM
The absolute worst of all was the Dice Game and a surprise hit for me was CardCassonne.

Agree on both points from the same meetup.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on April 11, 2018, 11:58:53 PM
In our house we play south seas and over hill and Dale more than anything else, amazonas is next and then the castle.  We haven't played the rest very much but mayflower was definitely the worst for us.  I quite like the dice game and I don't have the cards one yet.  The kids game was more for completionism than anything and I will probably either gift it or sell it. 

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 12, 2018, 02:27:08 AM
In our house it's Kids of Carcassonne with the kids and South Seas with Becky on the rare occasion that I can persuade her to play anything Carcassonne.

I quite like the dice game. I also like disagreeing with jungleboy which makes this a double-win for me!

Sorry about your tile tower whaley...  >:( :(n)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 12, 2018, 02:50:04 AM
Whaley, sorry to hear about the tower and the damaged fruit trees... you should have ordered some bridges too...to get you over the troubled waters...
 :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: oosie on April 13, 2018, 07:30:10 AM
It's been a busy couple of months both at work as well as at home. But here's what the postman brought me over the last couple of months... A big belated thank you to Willem for the Little Houses expansion! The Festival came from Z-man Games and I can confirm it is the old print 8) I already owned the German version for The New Characters expansion, but now I have the English version as my German is pretty bad. And finally I have Campaign Book Volume 1 for Memoir '44!
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Post by: franks on April 13, 2018, 06:53:45 PM
Nicely done oosie, all the way around. A good selection from a wide range of games. Enjoy!

MM44 Campaign book is an especially good score. I found a copy in a out of the way small town hobby/game stores a few years back and couldn't believe my eyes!

Still waiting for my KS of Hannibal. It's a long traverse to Canada!
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Post by: Decar on April 14, 2018, 04:20:29 AM
Great finds!  Looking forward to a review!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 15, 2018, 08:26:19 AM
Many thanks to CKorfmann for acting as proxy to get these promos to arrive safely.

I understand that some unorthodox methods were requested in order to ensure they arrived safely.
A package from CKorfmann went missing last year, and neither of us were able to track it down....but 2nd time lucky!

These ended up being almost as expensive as a Carcassonne promo off ebay  ;D
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180415_135725.jpg)
Unfair - Time Traveller promo
Raiders of the North Sea - Rod and Pep
Clank! - Friendly Watcher
Clank! - Brawn vs Boots
Islebound - Masked Pirate Ship
Near & Far - Rodney & Pep

and an unexpected bonus: First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet

A great big thank you to CKofrmann for patiently waiting for me to respond.
It's great to see our community smashing down international boarders, or at least waiting patiently in line at customs.
I hope the package I sent you arrives soon & equally safely!
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Post by: Chartreusito on April 15, 2018, 09:27:08 AM
Nice exchange of promo !
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Post by: franks on April 15, 2018, 11:25:28 AM
Decar, I recognize those 'other' crazy Canucks in the promos  ;D
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Post by: Decar on April 15, 2018, 02:56:47 PM
They're jumping in and out of games like a crazy pair!  Raiders one minute...Near and Far the next.. I hear they even made it into xenoshyft!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on April 15, 2018, 11:31:07 PM
Decar, I'm quite jealous of the fact you got the Time Traveler promo card for Unfair. Unfair is one of my favorite new games, so much so that I've been playtesting the upcoming expansion. I know there are ways for me to still get that promo I just haven't done so yet.  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 17, 2018, 03:01:18 AM
Decar, I'm quite jealous of the fact you got the Time Traveler promo card for Unfair. Unfair is one of my favorite new games, so much so that I've been playtesting the upcoming expansion. I know there are ways for me to still get that promo I just haven't done so yet.  :)
Well don't delay DaFees, you know they won't last for ever!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chartreusito on April 17, 2018, 06:36:33 AM
Here is my last haul, thanks for the tip on the easter gift !

Did'nt get any grey Abbot but got two wood one for free !(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180417/c9d5ebb13d533acad4d09b7020a65c93.jpg)

Envoyé de mon Redmi 4X en utilisant Tapatalk

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Post by: Decar on April 17, 2018, 06:37:47 AM
Awesome haul!
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Post by: Chartreusito on April 17, 2018, 06:42:40 AM
Thanks !

I got a hundred of the purple one cause i love them AND i plan to use them for geocaching gifts.

But those meeple are a really good idea for wedding gifts to attendees too ! I'll give an hint to some friends of mine :)
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Post by: Just a Bill on April 17, 2018, 09:27:16 AM
I have to admit I'm surprised to learn they are willing to sell a set of 5 abbots in the standard colors. It sends a pretty clear message that I was foolish to buy a whole new game I didn't need just to get those pieces, and it makes me rethink my defense of the spare parts service.
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Post by: Chartreusito on April 17, 2018, 09:35:14 AM
I have to admit I'm surprised to learn they are willing to sell a set of 5 abbots in the standard colors. It sends a pretty clear message that I was foolish to buy a whole new game I didn't need just to get those pieces, and it makes me rethink my defense of the spare parts service.
And i must admit i did'nt see your message on this subject. But an order this size relieve me of any culpability emoji code23]
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Post by: Decar on April 17, 2018, 02:05:52 PM
Another quite hard to find special delivery for the collection today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180417_220013-1209x1612.jpg)

The tri-lingual edition for added authenticité  :(y)
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Post by: danisthirty on April 17, 2018, 02:22:46 PM
I have to admit I'm surprised to learn they are willing to sell a set of 5 abbots in the standard colors. It sends a pretty clear message that I was foolish to buy a whole new game I didn't need just to get those pieces, and it makes me rethink my defense of the spare parts service.

What would you put them on without any gardens though?
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Post by: Chartreusito on April 17, 2018, 02:29:02 PM
I have to admit I'm surprised to learn they are willing to sell a set of 5 abbots in the standard colors. It sends a pretty clear message that I was foolish to buy a whole new game I didn't need just to get those pieces, and it makes me rethink my defense of the spare parts service.

What would you put them on without any gardens though?
I'm sure i'll find usage for them :-D
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Post by: Just a Bill on April 17, 2018, 03:19:41 PM
What would you put them on without any gardens though?

Cloisters.

Even without gardens, an abbot has incremental value as (a) one extra (though limited) follower, and (b) a special monk that can leave a cloister early when needed.

But why do you assume I have no gardens? Approved, official gardens exist in classic artwork, and are free to download.
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Post by: Decar on April 18, 2018, 05:10:44 AM
A double-hit PearlGamesCentral here i come:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180418_130713-1612x1209.jpg)
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Post by: franks on April 18, 2018, 04:10:16 PM
Decar, great titles! I have the Troyes collection and look forward to your thoughts on Bruxelles and Tournay.
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Post by: Decar on April 19, 2018, 12:22:42 AM
Decar, great titles! I have the Troyes collection and look forward to your thoughts on Bruxelles and Tournay.

Not as much as I am!  I watched the folks at Heavy Cardboard play Bruxelles and though it looked very streamlined and accessible for a game that's so big and with so many moving parts.... I think this might be our first 'heavy' game!
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Post by: Xanderx12 on April 19, 2018, 11:29:49 AM
I really hate Correos of Chile, but absolutely I love you Jungleboy! Thanks  ;D :blue-meeple:
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Post by: Chartreusito on April 19, 2018, 11:37:11 AM
I really hate Correos of Chile, but absolutely I love you Jungleboy! Thanks  ;D :blue-meeple:

Wow, now I'm jalous !

Just what i miss :D
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Post by: jungleboy on April 19, 2018, 02:56:26 PM
I really hate Correos of Chile, but absolutely I love you Jungleboy! Thanks  ;D :blue-meeple:

Great to see that it finally arrived. It only took about four months!!
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Post by: Decar on April 20, 2018, 03:50:13 AM
I love you Jungleboy!

Nice to know someone does  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: oosie on April 24, 2018, 05:37:57 AM
... and the Carcassonne collection keeps growing! With the additions of Big Box 6 and Hills & Sheep my Carcassonne 2.0 collection is complete with the exception of the Nikolaus-Zählleiste, but I doubt if I ever get my hands on a copy of that one. (It would be nice if they did another run of these for the coming December 5th or if they would sell some transparent stickers with the icons on it as I have multiple scoreboards now anyways. But that's maybe wishful thinking.) Also with the addition of the Big Box 6 my "Big Box" collection is only lacking 1 and 3 now. And finally with the addition of the 1st set of Russian tiles I'm halfway with that one!
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Post by: CKorfmann on April 24, 2018, 09:57:09 AM
My package arrived safely  from Decar yesterday.  Now if I could only find CC1, my collection would be complete.  Thanks Tom!
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Post by: Decar on April 24, 2018, 11:27:27 AM
Glad i could help ckorfmann!  Enjoy the tiles - we're enjoying thw promos :D
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Post by: Xanderx12 on May 03, 2018, 08:44:24 AM
Thank you, Sinscerly!

Sincerely, me.
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Post by: Sinscerly on May 04, 2018, 11:26:26 PM
Thank you, Sinscerly!

Sincerely, me.

Wow they arrived at your place :o,
I almost thought that they were lost. Still sorry for the castles :(
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Post by: Decar on May 05, 2018, 04:17:47 AM
Great to see a community member helping out another!

Merit from me!
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Post by: oosie on May 18, 2018, 05:41:06 AM
My apologies upfront as I'm going to cheat a little bit in this post...

The expansions shown have either been delivered by the friendly postman or been picked up by myself at the not so local FLGS. During our May vacation in France, Spain and Andorra I picked up the Maximum Security expansion as well as the two Twinples for Magic Maze at a FLGS in Toulouse. While in France, I also did my "mandatory pilgrimage" ??? in visiting Carcassonne! (Unfortunately, I didn't know about the yellow circles (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/11/locals-see-red-fluorescent-yellow-circles-covering-carcassonne/)... What a shame...) However, as a beer-lover it was nice to get a set of the Ciutat beers!!! The remaining expansions for Memoir '44 and Star Realms were delivered by the friendly postman. (Now I can't wait for the Star Realms: Frontiers Kickstarter package to arrive though.) I still would like to get the Memoir '44 - Winter 2007 Scenario postcard in my collection though.
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Post by: Just a Bill on May 18, 2018, 09:11:50 AM
yellow circles (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/11/locals-see-red-fluorescent-yellow-circles-covering-carcassonne/)

Wow ... if I were fortunate enough to visit Carcassonne and it looked like this during my visit, I would be extremely disappointed, and probably even angry that my one chance in my life to see this beautiful city was marred by an ill-conceived project. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but I behold this as ugly.

(https://s20.postimg.cc/42e62j571/Yellow_Yuck.png)

"Just because one can do a thing, does not mean one should do a thing."
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on May 18, 2018, 09:20:51 AM
Dreadful isn't it. Can't believe they've been allowed to deface the buildings like that.
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Post by: oosie on May 18, 2018, 03:10:45 PM
Yeah, it was quite the bummer. Even though we'll be visiting France again, I doubt if I can convince my family to go to Carcassonne again... So many other nice places to visit in France as well.
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Post by: Just a Bill on May 18, 2018, 05:17:21 PM
At least now we know what 2018's forgettable promo set is going to be: The "Art" Circles. ;D

(https://s20.postimg.cc/ftfiznq0t/The_Art_Circles.png)
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Post by: oosie on May 18, 2018, 07:06:52 PM
 :)) Ouch! :))

And we'd still buy it if it were true... It would match my experience then!
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Post by: dirk2112 on May 18, 2018, 07:28:31 PM
I can't believe my eyes... (not at the promo, I can believe that).  Why mess with a UNESCO heritage site? 


In Postman news, I had the last 2 replacement pieces delivered for my gaming table.  I backed the kickstarter almost 2 years ago and the table is finally 100% awesome. 
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Post by: Just a Bill on May 18, 2018, 08:09:10 PM
Why mess with a UNESCO heritage site? 

An article I read (https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/articles/why-the-medieval-city-of-carcassonne-in-france-has-been-covered-in-yellow-circles/) said that the National Centre for National Monuments actually sought out the guy and asked him to do this. A comment on another article claimed that they paid him something like 10,000 Euros.

Just a complete lack of discernment and good judgement by all parties involved.
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Post by: InTheDark on May 19, 2018, 06:01:48 AM
If they're celebrating the city's listing as a UNESCO site shouldn't it be kept looking like what it did when it was listed? To me, this just seems counter-intuitive
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Post by: Decar on May 19, 2018, 06:03:36 AM
1997?
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Post by: franks on May 22, 2018, 01:25:28 PM
Another bunch arrived today!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/34/fa/f0/34faf0ab6b5b6cfe560cde89e26da6a1.jpg)

Some old, some new and a really little bonus.

I've been keen on the Clank series and jumped on board a deep sale from an on-line retailer.

Can you spot the fifth super mini item in the photo? ...... Just above the CGE Logo?

I was able happy to get the illusive, new resin 1st player marker for Azul from this on-line retailer. If you haven't followed the drama, new printings of Azul now have a resin 1st player marker where the initial pritings had a cardboard marker. There has been a bit of drama over this little beast and if you were so inclined you could read the good, the bad and the ugly about it here;
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1955764/new-resin-first-player-token (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1955764/new-resin-first-player-token)
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Post by: Decar on May 22, 2018, 01:32:41 PM
Clank is on my shelf of shame at the moment. I'm not convinced by the timing mechanisms. But I love how the deck building provides you plenty of options. Looking forward to getting this one out....sooon!
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on May 22, 2018, 02:03:07 PM
I like Clank! but have only played the original version rather than the space themed one. Well done for securing the replacement first player tile for Azul, they're rather difficult to get hold of by all accounts. The original one was a bit pants wasn't it. Apparently the promo Joker tiles should be available in about a month, so keep your eyes peeled (and let me know if you see any).
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Post by: franks on May 22, 2018, 02:21:43 PM
I did get the Joker tiles fairly early on but wanted to get to know the game without using them. I think they are better suited for the 'back side' of the board, which we tried once and went back to the printed side.

Even though we have a few games in now, we need to play more!

I had been using one of those Joker tiles in place of the 1st player marker  ;D

Cheers,
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on May 22, 2018, 02:23:57 PM
Glad you've managed to get them.

I see they're now taking pre orders for the giant version, but it's rather steep at $299
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Post by: franks on May 22, 2018, 03:25:43 PM
Glad you've managed to get them.

I see they're now taking pre orders for the giant version, but it's rather steep at $299

It's a beauty but thats probably over $400 Canadian funds with shipping, so no chance for that in this household. It would be a neat centre piece for a game store or cafe!
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on May 22, 2018, 03:34:40 PM
Yeah, tbh I'm glad it's so pricey because it means I've not got a decision to make - it's simply far far too expensive to even consider!
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Post by: blaice on May 22, 2018, 06:22:50 PM
"[...] commissioned to design a piece that would celebrate 20 years of its Unesco status." And what better way to celebrate it than deface it. I'm a town planner working almost exclusively in heritage tier constructs and let me tell you that, at least in the UK, a lot of these local Councils can barely scrape together the funds to keep them in a state of bare minimum upkeep. Cite de Carcassonne would be no exception. Instead of the 10k€ being pledged to some form of maintenance, it gets diverted to funding this * atrocity. By the way, just to amplify injury, this was only ever anticipated to be temporary. Which is how it should be, but what a brutish waste of money...

This "artrocity" is set to come down later in the year; September, 2018.
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Post by: Foggy-Balla on May 22, 2018, 11:44:39 PM
This "artrocity" is set to come down later in the year; September, 2018.

In that case I'll be delaying my pilgrimage to Carcassonne (I meant to go about twelve years ago while on a Rugby trip to Toulouse, long before I'd heard of the game) until later in the year or 2019!
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Post by: blaice on May 23, 2018, 12:26:41 AM
Good thinking. Also, Foggy-Balla, you "fixed" my portmanteau when you quoted me!
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Post by: Chartreusito on May 23, 2018, 12:29:05 AM
As a french guy i must admit i can't stand it either... Hopefully i won't stay permanent as with other french "temporary" exhibitions...
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Post by: Foggy-Balla on May 23, 2018, 02:32:28 AM
Good thinking. Also, Foggy-Balla, you "fixed" my portmanteau when you quoted me!

Many apologies - force of habit to react to the spellchecker!  I'll go back & fix...
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Post by: blaice on May 23, 2018, 02:54:34 AM
Haha thanks mate. It was in jest but I appreciate the revision.
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Post by: SamoolSamosa on May 30, 2018, 11:23:43 AM
Received Hills and Sheep today  8)
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Post by: danisthirty on May 31, 2018, 08:46:35 AM
Received Hills and Sheep today  8)

Enjoy! :) :(y)
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Post by: Willem on June 06, 2018, 09:10:43 AM
(https://thumb.ibb.co/mL1eOT/DSC_3095.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mL1eOT)

Got the first sets of transparant meeples in today!
ordered 7 sets, as this was the maximum before the shipping went up to 10,95 :P
I was wondering if the normal meeples of the set would be the same as the teachers they sell, but they are slightly thinner and the edges are more rounded off :)
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Post by: oosie on June 06, 2018, 02:11:08 PM
(https://thumb.ibb.co/mL1eOT/DSC_3095.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mL1eOT)

Got the first sets of transparant meeples in today!
ordered 7 sets, as this was the maximum before the shipping went up to 10,95 :P
I was wondering if the normal meeples of the set would be the same as the teachers they sell, but they are slightly thinner and the edges are more rounded off :)

Cool! They look really nice. I haven't made up my mind if I will go for that as well... but this helps but worries my wallet  >:D
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Post by: Amorpheus on June 06, 2018, 09:17:32 PM
Cool! They look really nice. I haven't made up my mind if I will go for that as well... but this helps but worries my wallet  >:D

Completely agree. Super cool but man that would be a hit to my wallet (around $10 USD per set for 10 sets). Naturally I’d have to get them all, as well as the matte finishes.
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Post by: Willem on June 06, 2018, 10:37:49 PM
They are indeed very nice! The barn is a lot thinner than the wooden ones, but other than that, they look amazing!
I'll probably end up with all sets in all colours, but I'll do it step by step hehe  ;D
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Post by: MrNumbers on June 16, 2018, 02:17:23 AM
I have received something very nice and very important from Hungary: World Cup trophy! :D 8)
I never thought it is so big! Thanks, Leven! ;)
Will try to save it at my home for the next year also ::)

(http://www.carcassonne.lv/wp-content/uploads/World-Cup-2017.jpg)
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Post by: Xanderx12 on June 16, 2018, 07:37:32 PM
I have received something very nice and very important from Hungary: World Cup trophy! :D 8)
I never thought it is so big! Thanks, Leven! ;)
Will try to save it at my home for the next year also ::)

(http://www.carcassonne.lv/wp-content/uploads/World-Cup-2017.jpg)

Congrats MrNumbers!  :(y)

btw, what was the prize?
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Post by: MrNumbers on June 17, 2018, 06:35:43 AM
Congrats MrNumbers!  :(y)

btw, what was the prize?
Thanks!

Prize left unclaimed, since I won the World Cup by myself 8) Prize would be some rare expansion, which a winner doesn't have :D
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Post by: Xanderx12 on June 17, 2018, 12:39:57 PM
Thanks!

Prize left unclaimed, since I won the World Cup by myself 8) Prize would be some rare expansion, which a winner doesn't have :D

So, will it be saved for the next tournament? Or maybe it will be given away?  :o

This smells like conspiracy! >:D >:D >:D
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Post by: danisthirty on June 18, 2018, 03:06:48 AM
Congratulations on your new trophy MrNumbers! You certainly earnt it...
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Post by: Dragonlord on June 19, 2018, 08:34:14 AM
Nice delivery  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Xanderx12 on June 23, 2018, 01:17:36 AM
Thank you so much Push, you have win my heart for ever  :blue-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple:
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Post by: franks on June 28, 2018, 06:06:19 PM
A few more items to sink into:

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/06/21/920621f23d34b9851e920f5d73f7f64b.jpg)

I look forward to trying, Viticulture: Visitors of the Rhine Valley. Though I enjoy a long unbeaten streak in this game, I'm hoping the heavy visitor card strategy gets some mitigation from this set, as promised.

Adding to the Port Royal Collection.

We love Isle of Skye and look forward to taking this to a new level of Euro game. Not sure we would always include it but I hope it's worth the purchase.

Finally, Dragon Castle looks to be a nice Abstract along the lines of Azul, to some degree.
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Post by: Decar on June 29, 2018, 01:44:48 AM
Another great haul Franks - I must line up a few games to photo and review!
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Post by: Hproctor1478 on June 29, 2018, 05:03:28 AM
Franks what a great bunch of games!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by: franks on June 29, 2018, 03:27:27 PM
Thanks Gents!

I got another Gem in the box today!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/22/8b/1f/228b1fafad6f6ff2c5ca9324a1ba2943.jpg)

JamSumo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165595/jamsumo (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165595/jamsumo)

This is from the North American licenser that is not that far off from where I am.

They do other lovely work and have done true justice to this fun design. I choose the Cherry Wood over the Maple at the same cost because I liked the darker tone and chose not to spend the extra $10 for the Walnut, which also looks very nice. Regardless, I thought the price was well worth it!

http://uniquewoodproducts.ca/jamsumo-game/ (http://uniquewoodproducts.ca/jamsumo-game/)

They also have some pricey but stunning dice trays!
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Post by: Decar on July 12, 2018, 01:50:25 AM
That looks like a quality product Franks!
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Post by: Decar on July 12, 2018, 10:36:50 AM
The latest japanese hotness arrives through my door:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180712_183505-1008x756.jpg)
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Post by: Sinscerly on July 13, 2018, 09:05:12 AM
Those lovely sieged city tiles :) came some days ago. Had no time to post but here they are.

(https://m9mjgq.am.files.1drv.com/y4mwR1jhZru7Hk2EZT4VWYG_mXCGc98LxZN2axP8aNQMqCzl-ERS0nt5XxD6nGdifVB8lpmTGUTnG5gbWRsbmdFtTd-SOx52IjMSEMYUcl9XaufDQbViXRkbvCUo2-ms_7ir5lEgrhfQbDPD89gswVZvVYSAj584y-lNMu7Se6HFiB8s7nKCqmZUajbYOaST7-FTWTrTbS3dsGJ9lLkQj6RUQ?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
Thank you Halfling
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Post by: Maj. Frost on July 13, 2018, 10:58:52 AM
I think I got the only one piece in Poland.

(https://image.ibb.co/jPzGid/DSC_1668.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on July 13, 2018, 11:00:39 AM
Hope your knuckles are up for it!

 ;D
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Post by: Maj. Frost on July 13, 2018, 11:13:10 AM
It's shopping spree!
(https://image.ibb.co/cv45by/DSCPDC_0003_BURST20180710152207125_COVER_1.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on July 13, 2018, 11:18:32 AM
Where's skull king?!?! :D :D
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Post by: Push on July 15, 2018, 07:39:24 AM
Thank you so much Push, you have win my heart for ever  :blue-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple:

I am amazing it has been delivered well! 14100 km to Santiago. It is the farthest point from Moscow besides New Zeeland, South-East of Australia and South of Argentine.
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Post by: MrNumbers on July 15, 2018, 10:26:12 AM
Maj. Frost, I don't see both of your pictures, only "Do Not Enter" sign :-\
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Post by: Maj. Frost on July 15, 2018, 10:29:30 AM
Where's skull king?!?! :D :D

I cannot find it in Poland :( But I will be on the lookout!

Maj. Frost, I don't see both of your pictures, only "Do Not Enter" sign :-\

I posted this on google pictures. Maybe your isp block those?
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Post by: Decar on July 15, 2018, 10:49:46 AM
Worked yesterday for me.  Gone now!
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Post by: Maj. Frost on July 15, 2018, 12:58:00 PM
Worked yesterday for me.  Gone now!

Like UK in EU.  :@

Changed the hosting.
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Post by: Decar on July 15, 2018, 01:01:53 PM
Worked yesterday for me.  Gone now!

Like UK in EU.  :@

Changed the hosting.

Can we do that too?
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Post by: Dragonlord on July 23, 2018, 11:04:21 AM
Nice delivery, postman or bushman lol  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on July 23, 2018, 11:09:11 AM
Nice photo Dragonlord - I hear Chooselife played this yesterday and thought it was great!
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Post by: Dragonlord on July 30, 2018, 08:12:12 AM
Received my fist ever KS pledge, thanks for you guys to get me in the KickStarter... but my wallet unapprove me lol  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on July 30, 2018, 08:41:15 AM
Well done DragonLord!

I see your cat approves!
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Post by: franks on July 30, 2018, 09:13:01 AM
Looks great Dragonlord! I'm still waiting for my delivery of this lovely beast  ;D
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Post by: Mrs_Decar on July 31, 2018, 10:40:34 AM
Look what our lovely lady postman brought us. Now to get some sleeves and challenge the mighty mr numbers and maj.frost to a rematch.
Roxy is excited about playing too!
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Post by: Decar on August 03, 2018, 10:59:42 AM
Kickstarter delivery...looking forward to this!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180803_185646-864x1152.jpg)
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Post by: Dragonlord on August 03, 2018, 11:05:05 AM
Waiting for mine, some delay with the custom  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: franks on August 03, 2018, 03:59:27 PM
Decar, look forward to your thoughts on this one!
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Post by: B1nder on August 04, 2018, 09:15:37 PM
I was on a boardgame event  1 month ago. On the last day there was a drawing where one of the participants would recive a gift. I was the lucky one, and yesterday I recived a package with 4 games. Here is a pickture with what I got.
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Post by: Decar on August 04, 2018, 11:18:18 PM
A tidy haul B1nder! What are you going to play first?
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Post by: B1nder on August 05, 2018, 12:19:01 AM
I will start with Jorvik, then Flagdash and then 13 Clues. Legendary Inventors I've played once before, so my curiosity is not so big about this one as the tree other.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on August 05, 2018, 01:26:24 AM
I was on a boardgame event  1 month ago. On the last day there was a drawing where one of the participants would recive a gift. I was the lucky one, and yesterday I recived a package with 4 games. Here is a pickture with what I got.

Congrats on your win B1nder! It's good to hear from you again! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hproctor1478 on August 05, 2018, 06:21:57 AM
B1nder it looks like a great haul.  Let us know what you think of them after you play.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 05, 2018, 11:54:11 AM
Decar, look forward to your thoughts on this one!

Just finished a quick game. It's a little too hot in our house to hunch over a board at the moment. But I enjoyed playing this as it wasn't too complex.  I liked min-maxing points each turn.  My wife is a little more sceptical, I mashed her in the first fee turns at one point she was only 4pt behind. But I seemes to be able to score 1 or 2 more point than her each turn.  Ended up being 2x points ahead.  Will definitely play with the mini variant/expansions next time we play. I think she'll be more cunning next time.  I didnt like removing the 8 tiles for 2p...we never had the queen totem come out.

Will give it another go soon. It's got a lot of promising thanks to it being straightforward!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maj. Frost on August 06, 2018, 01:12:43 AM
It's about time to stock up on those minis. Straight from cundco.

(https://image.ibb.co/gw9edz/DSC_1962.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Mrs_Decar on August 06, 2018, 02:00:17 AM
Gotta love some free gifts! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on August 07, 2018, 03:03:35 PM
I've been on the opposite side of the country this last week on holiday and came back to a triple Kickstarter delivery!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/0b/08/1d/0b081d1e04367d4ca304b8d88a293aa9.jpg)

The Brass set is spectacular. Just a first class product all the way around. I also got the extra Iron Clays, again the packaging on these is very impressive! One of the best Kickstarters I've had (about 100 projects backed).

Yes, I can say I got a Mint Delivery! Follow up to Mint Works.

Loup Garou is a choose your own adventure Graphic Novel.
It's a 'Novel' take of a choose your own adventure book. There are 4 or 5 titles in all but I just backed this one. If it goes well, I might get a couple more. Really lovely artwork!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7e/50/b8/7e50b8e2f7e818486770f1886a701691.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 07, 2018, 10:14:42 PM
I'm still waiting for Mint delivery, about 12 ks coming up this month, if I'm lucky lol  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on August 10, 2018, 04:24:25 AM
It's been a bit quiet these last couple of months as I gave the postman a bit of a break  ;)  However, 2 Kickstarters showed up recently with Rise of Tribes and Mint Delivery. I already have some plays in with Rise of Tribes (really liking it so far) and a single play of Mint Delivery (will need to play some of the advanced rules next). As I'm still waiting for the commander tier of Star Realms: Frontiers to arrive, I decided to hunt down a couple of promos and accessories to still the hunger and trying to complete that collection. However, while hunting I noticed the French publisher has a new-to-me promo "As des As" as well that I didn't see before (link (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/255584/star-realms-des)). Anybody in France that can help me out with this one?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 10, 2018, 12:09:56 PM
@Franks - I think this is going to be one of those KS-projects I really wish I backed.  I stand by my 'Yorkshire-man in a video about a boardgame set in Lancaster' argument though.  I've also seen the publisher being cryptic, not direct about the exclusivity of the deluxe edition on BGG.  But still, I've only heard good things said about the game. I'm hoping to see it at Essen Spiel.  Let us know how awesome they are, so I feel even worse about not-backing :D

Is Loup Garou one of the Van Rider Games adventure books?  These looked awesome, but I was going to wait and see if they can be picked up at retail.

Oosie, that's a great haul - I've only played digital star-realms but will keep an eye out at Essen.


I've been fighting with a DPD delivery guy who was meant to delivery a very expensive crafting item to me yesterday.  He didn't leave a note, so when I enquired he came back this afternoon (not this evening like I was told), so without any notice, he left another note....in his van apparently.... obviously now; having missed two deliveries, the item will be returned to sender.  DPD are the same people who crossed-out my address and wrote a new one on a package containing The Tunnel a few years back.  If you have a choice, I'd recommend hiring a one-eyed, paraplegic-badger to deliver the mail - it's more likely to arrive.

In other news the Yodel man (who looked like Ron Jeremy) came around this afternoon with a package that will arrive tomorrow:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180810_195538-1008x756.jpg)

Hint: it's a game about time travel
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on August 10, 2018, 12:56:08 PM
Sorry to hear about your issues with DPD, hope you manage to get it resolved without too much more hassle
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on August 10, 2018, 03:45:08 PM
Decar, the Lancaster game box is numbered to 20,000 units. So I expect the retail sets to have some differences but I dont know the details. Maybe the numbering will be the only difference  ;D

Possibly the included Iron clays (pictured below) might be the difference! Not sure if you know that both KS box sets include clays (70) and the small box was a top-up of (30) to get to an even 100 units.

Loup Garou (and the other settings) are indeed from Van Rider Games. I think they should be readily available soon!

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7e/d1/65/7ed165317d4f05e1b0aa4c12abad7cb2.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 11, 2018, 12:13:27 AM
I think the differences are pretty trivial:
Some spot glossing
Black-chitboard pieces
Those Iron clays do look magnificent.

Stil, it's enough to turn me off. Hopefully no one wants the retail ans I'll find it for $0.75 in a bargin bin... hopefully  :'(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 11, 2018, 02:41:15 AM
Got myself a little package from cundco!
Needed a few more colours of the transparent meeple sets, and got some bits for St. Petersburg, which I recently was gifted by my sister.
Got some more meeple bags, as I need to be able to store all the meeple sets :)
(https://thumb.ibb.co/mrUcAp/DSC_0052.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mrUcAp)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on August 11, 2018, 08:45:16 PM
I think the differences are pretty trivial:
Some spot glossing
Black-chitboard pieces
Those Iron clays do look magnificent.

Stil, it's enough to turn me off. Hopefully no one wants the retail ans I'll find it for $0.75 in a bargin bin... hopefully  :'(

Not to belabour this - here is the latest update form Roxley. There still is hope for a 'complete' copy of the game  :)

We are anticipating that in the North America and EU zones, we will be able to sell remaining Deluxe versions directly on roxley.com later this month. We are hoping to have copies later this year at PAX Unplugged and Essen Spiel; we will confirm these when we can. We have not yet confirmed whether we will have any in Australia/NZ. Unfortunately, we are not projected to have any remaining in the China / Rest of World markets.

Deluxe versions will not go to retail stores unless the retailer was a pledger.

Retail versions of Brass: Lancashire will be in game stores later this month. Brass: Birmingham will be available in September.

100 chip boxes of Iron Clays will be in retail stores and on roxley.com later this month. (30 chip fillout sets are no longer available.)

Later in 2018, we will be announcing details of a Kickstarter for an increased set of Iron Clays, with more chips and higher denominations (compatible with 18xx games)!


Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 12, 2018, 12:15:01 AM
Top news franks! Thanks for letting me know. Better head to the roxley booth at Essen!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on August 13, 2018, 02:50:57 AM
@Franks @Decar - I've been very tempted to back the Brass Kickstarter as well back then. The new version looks amazing! Great addition to your collection, Franks.

@Decar - Thanks! Star Realms is currently pretty much my favorite card game to play! Digitally, it's my favorite game of all to play on iOS! If you want, we could start an online game  8)  On a different note, I've been hoping to play Anachrony lately as well. One of our gaming friends has it, but so far I've missed it whenever it hit the table...  :(

@Willem - Nice additions to the Carcassonne collection! I haven't been able to justify the transparent meeples for myself, but good for you! I can only imagine how great they would look on the table with all the rest...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 13, 2018, 07:33:32 AM
So Mint delivery delivered in mint condition.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 18, 2018, 10:13:00 AM
This arrived yesterday. Already played once solo with a 'respectable' score of 26.  Then played coop lowest village was only 9pts so 'needs work'.

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180818_180827-756x1008.jpg)

Quick and easy to play some tough choices knowing how to plan for the next round too. Lots of variations for playing too.

After getting used to handling the cards...no need for a table...and no rsi triggers!

2 thumbs up!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on August 18, 2018, 10:35:53 AM
Oh you got it already. I am still waiting.... :-\

Did you ordered EU friendly?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 18, 2018, 10:37:56 AM
Yeah! Totally worth it...got decent tracking too. Hope you dont have to wait too much longer!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on August 18, 2018, 10:40:42 AM
Yeah! Totally worth it...got decent tracking too. Hope you dont have to wait too much longer!

I did the non EU friendly as it was cheaper and I wasn't going to order more then one.

But I heard there were some problems with getting everything in China...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 18, 2018, 10:44:09 AM
Yes, seems like there are big delays...again!

I only ordered the one, but I did get the additional box and wallet.  Not really necessary, but it was hard to tell when the PM was available.  The plastic box is awesome and holds everything nicely.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on August 18, 2018, 10:45:53 AM
Yeah, it's a shame things have been delayed further - I'm waiting on the non eu friendly delivery too. Doubt I'll get a tracking email either, as it seems certain popular domains automatically block them so the msg never gets through (even to spam folder).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on August 18, 2018, 01:34:26 PM
Yes, seems like there are big delays...again!

I only ordered the one, but I did get the additional box and wallet.  Not really necessary, but it was hard to tell when the PM was available.  The plastic box is awesome and holds everything nicely.

Did you ordered the all weather edition?
Everyone got a free wallet. As thanks for the KS or something
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on August 18, 2018, 09:23:21 PM
Decar, thanks for posting! Hopefully my copy isn't too far off, (and others as well)!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 20, 2018, 08:34:52 AM
Crows are just arrived and Zipang.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Curuj on August 20, 2018, 12:56:36 PM
i am very happy today. Just my tunnel expansion arrived, new, unused, wow :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on August 20, 2018, 01:24:03 PM
i am very happy today. Just my tunnel expansion arrived, new, unused, wow :D
Nice catch, still searching for that one. One of the lasts I really want
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on August 20, 2018, 01:24:54 PM
Haha, I've just started looking for one too. Great find Curuj
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 22, 2018, 09:04:58 AM
One of my best gift this year, a five in one package:
Precious signed tile
Really nice meeple
New stamps to add to my collections

Thanks Dan  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on August 22, 2018, 09:13:09 AM
Wow - that got there quickly! Glad it arrived in good condition.

I haven't been able to get to the post office yet this week but hope to be heading there tomorrow.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 23, 2018, 02:25:57 AM
I didn't know you were a stamp collector Dragonlord.  I used to specifically collect George VI stamps when I was a child, alas, my collection is in total disarray now, perhaps I should look to sort them out.  I always loved the colours they used for the definitives.  Particularly the 2.5d blue , 3d violet and 4d grey.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 23, 2018, 08:51:34 AM
I didn't know you were a stamp collector Dragonlord.  I used to specifically collect George VI stamps when I was a child, alas, my collection is in total disarray now, perhaps I should look to sort them out.  I always loved the colours they used for the definitives.  Particularly the 2.5d blue , 3d violet and 4d grey.

I've about 11 000 stamps, and was more active between 75-84.

Another nice game showing up today.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 24, 2018, 01:54:24 AM
I'm sure I've seen this before somewhere....  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chartreusito on August 28, 2018, 01:53:22 AM
Look at what i received yesterday !
Thanks a lot to Halfling for this wonderful gift, this illuminated my day !

It's already sleeved :-D(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180828/18359c80268464966eb6657d1d9ffa54.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on August 28, 2018, 01:56:59 AM
I've about 11 000 stamps, and was more active between 75-84.

Wow. That's a pretty serious collection!

I wasn't able to visit the post office last week :-[, but will be popping down there this week so please stay by your post boxes if you're expecting something from me!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 28, 2018, 08:55:46 AM
One box for a lot of small packages.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 28, 2018, 09:01:32 AM
Enjoy Dragonlord, great photo!

I managed to blow out on Star Realms playing the app, until I got stuck on a certain level....man that was hard.

I do love a good promo, but some of the Star Realms ones are hard to get!  Did you manage to find them yet?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 28, 2018, 09:05:47 AM
Just the promo from the KS available, promo year 2 is missing here, something go wrong for some canadians, I will get it soon.
My card deck holder is ready to get the new cards.
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on August 28, 2018, 03:11:31 PM
Wow, that's an impressive setup Dragonlord
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Post by: oosie on August 29, 2018, 06:05:38 AM
Wow Dragonlord! Impressive indeed!

Where did you get them card stands they look great and seem handy? (I know Memoir '44 has card stands as well, but I find them not very good...)

I'm still waiting for my pledge for Star Realms: Frontiers to arrive. They mentioned in their last update that the big orders will ship out first, though it's not clear to me what's considered a big order...  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 29, 2018, 06:30:51 AM
Wow Dragonlord! Impressive indeed!

Where did you get them card stands they look great and seem handy? (I know Memoir '44 has card stands as well, but I find them not very good...)

I'm still waiting for my pledge for Star Realms: Frontiers to arrive. They mentioned in their last update that the big orders will ship out first, though it's not clear to me what's considered a big order...  ;)

My wood product for games came from Dog Might Game.

http://www.dogmight.com/stands (http://www.dogmight.com/stands)

Also received something cool from Spielmaterial: 2 Carcassonne minis and some pieces for my boardgame.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on September 04, 2018, 03:09:50 PM
Latest haul,

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/35/e7/f435e71cf218612f03edffa31f247e83.jpg)
My wife is from Newfoundland not New Found Land! I couldn't pass up this is HiG original. I won't be taking it with me but we are off to my wife's hometown for a wedding in a couple of weeks. I like what I've seen so far of, The Rise of Fenris!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9e/14/98/9e1498b2b043acc2c2789bd12f49bddc.jpg)
We enjoy Century: Spice Road and are looking forward to this followup title. I'm currently enamoured with 7 Wonders and look forward to this expansion as well.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/25/3f/10253f27f0bab7d839181234f242155b.jpg)
Still not done collecting Carc! I've enjoyed Choose-your-own-adventure style games and House of Danger looks interesting!

Cheers,
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chartreusito on September 05, 2018, 01:04:10 AM
If you like Choose-your-own-adventure you should look into 7th continent !
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 05, 2018, 02:14:07 AM
Cool beans Franks - Where do you make the time to try all these wonderful games out!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on September 05, 2018, 07:41:19 PM
Chartreusito, I've been soooo tempted by 7th Continent but decided to choose between that and Gloomhaven. I chose the later but still hope to get the chance to play someone else's copy of 7th Continent.  >:D

Decar, maybe that was more of a remark that a question  :) 

I don't mind mentioning, and am happy to report, that I started an early retirement about 3 months ago. I now work three days a week and after an initial adjustment to the new schedule and a very long Honey-do list, the extra time off has vastly improved my play time  :)

On top of that, the work group I started has also helped, (and still continues with the new hours). Finally I've been regularly attending local board game meet-up groups. I would recommend any combination of the above to get more games in  :)

Saying all that, I should be honest with myself that I'll probably never get all of my collection played but I'm having fun trying!  ::)  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 06, 2018, 02:07:48 AM
It was a bit of both to be honest.  I'm always envious of your great selections.
Congrats on an early retirement btw—I have a quite few more years before that's even a consideration!

I've quite enjoyed my romps with 7th Continent, I do think it's slightly too large and more variance would have made replaying sections even more interesting.

I'm starting on a work group, but most people are happy knowing how to play Carcassonne :D

We've started to make a pile of games that have to get played.  Occasionally things break the trend, but we're starting to ditch/sell stuff we're not so fussed with.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 06, 2018, 11:47:51 AM
Looks like the Postlady left us some nice things today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180906_193208-1008x756.jpg)

Had to get Kingdomino: Age of Giants—It's had some great reviews and don't see it being so cheap at Essen.
Rise of Fenris—Again it's had some good reviews.
Kitchen Rush—Dávid Turczi nailed Anachrony, so I thought I'd give his real-time co-op kitchen mayhem a wild punt.  I watched a video and it looked surprisingly good.  Mrs_Decar loves real-time stuff like Escape and 5-minute dungeon so I'm hoping this won't disappoint.
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Post by: Sinscerly on September 06, 2018, 03:44:23 PM
It arrived, thank you very much Dan.  ^-^

(https://wbciig.am.files.1drv.com/y4mzjCzicrQJWfZrZU08CxNa5Jgio-y0xdQWcXGu2lcUzPFB831Bn_9BMiW2o_7c8eWcX3vql4R2uk1uIOJRGpehGl0B9q4YmXKkoCwVxAndORcE-Ii4trAzvvvNHE7SWlcof0X8Lg8p0yo9cGhrT61oXG5wgvDN-HUDhsoRHP2YoDftLkSemXEhSvx600OHBPTTPneIDmrkKTG7GTnMVRwWQ?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
I'm still need to add a picture of all what arrived this month. Today I received a board game expansions for Codenames.
Also the Tunnel Tiles for Isle of Skye
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: franks on September 06, 2018, 07:32:41 PM
Decar, nice arrivals! I like the idea of Kitchen Rush but would like to try before a buy. Let us know your thoughts, when you get the chance!

Sinscerly, I recently played a great round of Isle of Skye with all mini expansion tiles in and it played really nicely. The tunnel tiles can come in handy! Enjoy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 07, 2018, 12:33:56 AM
I'm not sure when I'll get the chance now, I'm away on Sunday for 2weeks!
But I'll report back once we've had a go!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Halfling on September 07, 2018, 03:58:07 AM
Looks like the Postlady left us some nice things today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180906_193208-1008x756.jpg)

Had to get Kingdomino: Age of Giants—It's had some great reviews and don't see it being so cheap at Essen.
Rise of Fenris—Again it's had some good reviews.
Kitchen Rush—Dávid Turczi nailed Anachrony, so I thought I'd give his real-time co-op kitchen mayhem a wild punt.  I watched a video and it looked surprisingly good.  Mrs_Decar loves real-time stuff like Escape and 5-minute dungeon so I'm hoping this won't disappoint.

Have you put age of Giants box with the king angels queen boxes? The artwork is a continuous picture across the 3 boxes!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on September 13, 2018, 05:09:10 AM
Just some small additions this time... Last week I received the new Star Realms: Pact Cutter promo cards. Seem to be the first blue/green alliance cards if I recall correctly. (Hence the name maybe?) Then today, on the Kickstarter launch day of Tiny Epic Mechs I received Tiny Epic Zombies!!! I'm really looking forward to play this one with the 5 different play modes. (I also received an e-mail stating my Star Realms: Frontiers pledge finally shipped and I'm hoping for next week for that to arrive.)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 13, 2018, 05:44:36 AM
Then today, on the Kickstarter launch day of Tiny Epic Mechs I received Tiny Epic Zombies!!! I'm really looking forward to play this one with the 5 different play modes.

I'm still waiting for mine to arrive, which is made all the more difficult by everyone on Facebook posting about their copies arriving! The timing is perfect though. One person wrote: "So my copy of Tiny Epic Zombies arrived on the exact same day as the new KickStarter for Tiny Epic Mechs went live. Coincidence? I think not!"
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on September 13, 2018, 11:02:47 AM
Then today, on the Kickstarter launch day of Tiny Epic Mechs I received Tiny Epic Zombies!!! I'm really looking forward to play this one with the 5 different play modes.

I'm still waiting for mine to arrive, which is made all the more difficult by everyone on Facebook posting about their copies arriving! The timing is perfect though. One person wrote: "So my copy of Tiny Epic Zombies arrived on the exact same day as the new KickStarter for Tiny Epic Mechs went live. Coincidence? I think not!"

Of course I don't believe in coincidences and thus backed Tiny Epic Mechs right away! I hope your copy of TEZ arrives shortly. It's my first game with the ITEMeeples and they look pretty darn cool!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on September 17, 2018, 09:01:46 AM
And look what showed up last Friday: my Star Realms: Frontiers pledge! It's finally here 8)

Just the unpacking and sleeving was quite satisfying... I even got a first play in that evening with two friends.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on September 17, 2018, 09:05:02 AM
Wow, that's a whole lot of Star Realms goodness there. Enjoy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on September 21, 2018, 03:49:56 AM
It's been a good month so far! (I'm keeping the postman busy these days...) Now I need to get Carcassonne: Safari so I can play with the expansion. (Come to think of it, this might be the first time I got an expansion before being able to get the game!  ;D)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 23, 2018, 10:44:24 AM
most of you know I've been away.  I've picked up a few goodies on my travels (the lost expedition was here when I got back).

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20180923_184016-1008x756.jpg)

I've also discovered that Root was delivered successfully before I left for my holiday.....apparently...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maj. Frost on September 26, 2018, 12:21:48 PM
Some magazines. Without naked ladies this time.

(https://image.ibb.co/nqM6bp/DSC_2418.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 02, 2018, 01:46:57 AM
It's been a while since I last posted anything here, but thought I'd buck that trend by sharing this photo of my giant Carcassonne tiles! Thanks to Carcatronn for having them created in the first place, and to Halfling for organising shipping to the UK and sending them on:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Postman_01oct18.jpg)
(glass of whisky was purely to test that they would work as a drinking game - they did!)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 02, 2018, 11:00:29 AM
Same here today!

Met up with Halfling today to receive my set of the Giant Carcassonne set+ scoreboard!
(https://preview.ibb.co/eMWKbz/DSC_0085.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nxm7UK)

Big thanks to Carcatronn for cleaning up the basement!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oosie on October 02, 2018, 11:17:00 AM
@Willem @danisthirty Nice! That giant scoreboard looks fantastic! My package has been sitting at Schiphol customs for 10 days now... Can't wait for it to get cleared...

(I also ordered 2 sets of 8 shot glasses. The only thing missing are some bigger than normal tunnel tokens...)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on October 03, 2018, 09:47:39 AM
Dwar7s winter, lot of minis.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on October 03, 2018, 09:59:11 AM
Looks wonderful DragonLord - I hope it plays well!
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Post by: oosie on October 03, 2018, 02:09:55 PM
Nice! That's a good looking colorful game. Enjoy!
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Post by: Decar on October 06, 2018, 03:14:52 AM
This is not what i ordered  >:(

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181006_111055-756x1008.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on October 06, 2018, 04:49:39 AM
Or is it....... ;)
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Post by: oosie on October 12, 2018, 05:23:19 AM
After sitting at the customs for well over 2 weeks it finally arrived! The hunt for more different colored sets of shot glasses begins...
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Post by: oosie on October 12, 2018, 08:44:52 AM
It's been a good day today!  8)
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Post by: Decar on October 12, 2018, 08:45:53 AM
Enjoy!
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Post by: Willem on October 29, 2018, 08:03:40 AM
I was in the Netherlands this weekend, to visit family, and to pick up some stuff of mine that was still there.
But there was also a package waiting for me!
(https://thumb.ibb.co/cE6AOA/DSC-0125.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cE6AOA)
Just had a read through the rules, and I think we will try it out tonight when I'm back home!
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Post by: Dragonlord on October 29, 2018, 12:51:08 PM
Recently some KS deliveries  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on October 30, 2018, 03:25:19 AM
Amazing Dragon Lord!  Neon Knights passed me by entirely, hope it's good!
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Post by: Decar on October 30, 2018, 03:30:39 AM
Essen Haul from Decar Deliveries:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181028_204745.jpg)
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Post by: aenima on October 30, 2018, 05:26:06 AM
am I wrong or there is a promo card for 7 wonders duel? and another for clank! :( me tooooo!!!!
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Post by: Decar on October 31, 2018, 04:45:59 AM
You are not wrong:
Watch it Played: Clank!, Above & Below, and Near & Far promo cards.  I'm pretty sure there are duplicates, so when I've checked feel free to PM me if you want them.
Also:
7 Wonders Duel:  Sagrada & Stonehenge, which are both reskins of another wonder.  You can also see the new 7 Wonders Armarda promo: transparent boats & a Wonder - It is likely, all of these will appear in the repos store soon.
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Post by: Maj. Frost on November 02, 2018, 08:37:49 AM
A package from Germany, courtesy  of Decar.

(https://image.ibb.co/gSxZcf/DSC-2742.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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Post by: Willem on November 02, 2018, 10:54:41 AM
 cool!
Ive placed an order with cundco, so im hoping to have the new expansions soon!
And i think Decar still has soon stuff waiting for me   O:-)
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Post by: Maj. Frost on November 07, 2018, 11:47:14 AM
Took me few minutes to open a box, but here it is.
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Post by: Sinscerly on November 07, 2018, 12:35:28 PM
Took me few minutes to open a box, but here it is.

(https://preview.ibb.co/fOXvCq/DSC-2774.jpg) (https://ibb.co/e6NHQA)

Here is what? No picture visible...... Tried to take it out of your link, but didn't get anything. Loads till the end of days
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Post by: DrMeeple on November 07, 2018, 01:17:14 PM
Congratulations. You have a nice 630€ box and a normal 20€ carcassonne inside.
Took me few minutes to open a box, but here it is.
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Post by: oosie on November 07, 2018, 02:28:50 PM
Took me few minutes to open a box, but here it is.

Nice Maj. Frost! I can only assume this will get a nice spot in a glass display cabinet in the center of your Carcassonne collection!  :)
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Post by: Decar on November 07, 2018, 02:33:19 PM
great work Maj. Frost, a mighty fine case indeed!

I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the one on display at the HiG booth in Essen  :'(
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Post by: danisthirty on November 07, 2018, 02:40:50 PM
Very nice! Any special exclusives inside? O:-)
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Post by: DrMeeple on November 07, 2018, 04:16:28 PM
No. The rules in old style font but the rest is a normal Carcassonne.
Very nice! Any special exclusives inside? O:-)
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Post by: Maj. Frost on November 07, 2018, 10:27:22 PM
I still think about proper display. For now it will be hidden under my bed. I will post some proper pictures once I have a chance to do them in daylight.
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Post by: Xanderx12 on November 15, 2018, 03:16:29 PM
Thanks Dan, thank you so much  :'(
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Post by: Geordieracer82 on November 16, 2018, 06:05:46 AM
My pal got me the Fruit Bearing Trees and Die Bader along with the Spiel 18 tiles from essen and they arrived today.

Although my girls have stolen them to put into my Christmas stocking so I don’t get them until then.
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Post by: Willem on November 22, 2018, 08:46:13 AM
(https://thumb.ibb.co/mbDYFV/DSC-0143.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mbDYFV)

Got me a special delivery of Carcassonne Swan Sleeves!
I've seen them a couple of times here on the forum, so I decided to contact Andrew from Board Game Extras, and he special ordered them for me  :)
Now I'll pack up some special tiles to ensure those will be safe  ;D
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Post by: Dragonlord on November 23, 2018, 07:41:27 AM
Nice delivery, later with the Canada Post strike.  :black1-meeple:

Auztralia (french), Azimuth and Elementos.
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Post by: franks on November 27, 2018, 06:08:49 PM
I've lurkered and seen most everyones great new additions, posts and thought it was time to share these goodies that came today!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/a9/bf/f4a9bf250f763a3617ab0ed42ca556af.jpg)

Not sure they could be any more opposites but such are my game tastes.

I played Blood Rage at a meet up and was blown away, how much I liked the game. I'm not usually one for 'Dudes on a map' but this is another recent exception, (along with Scythe - which is another new found love)!

Blood Rage with all the glorified window dressing of an Ameri-game, to me this has a deceptive Euro feel in the game play. I think what I like the best is the card play and the action selection / allowance system, these drive all your actions.  It is so much more than fighting on a board. The battling is very innovative and never felt to me like a miniature battle game. In Scythe the Euro feel is even more pronounced with full on resource management as a primary feature. Another suburb Euro-Ameri-game blend.

Haven't forgotten the New Carc iteration that I look forward to giving a trying  ;D
I also recently received a Cundco order of Barber-surgeons, new edition German Monasteries and First Class G Module!
Happy gaming  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Chartreusito on November 27, 2018, 10:53:54 PM
(https://thumb.ibb.co/mbDYFV/DSC-0143.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mbDYFV)

Got me a special delivery of Carcassonne Swan Sleeves!
I've seen them a couple of times here on the forum, so I decided to contact Andrew from Board Game Extras, and he special ordered them for me  :)
Now I'll pack up some special tiles to ensure those will be safe  ;D
I'm really happy with them, just be sure to sleeve everything :-D
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Post by: wolnic on November 28, 2018, 01:31:57 AM
No doubt some of you wil be getting Architects of the West Kingdom (in the UK) over the next few days ... mine arrived this morning.
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Post by: Decar on November 28, 2018, 01:41:55 AM
Always late than never wolnic!

I'm a little sad I missed out on the Blood Rage KS.  I'm sure I've more than made up for it through!  :-[
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Post by: Singing Dwarf on November 28, 2018, 03:47:26 AM
I'm really happy with them, just be sure to sleeve everything :-D

Don't they stop the tiles tessalating correctly?
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Post by: Decar on November 28, 2018, 05:53:42 AM
Deep space D6
Cerebria board/cardgame
Architects of the West Kingdom
Badass drivers

All arrived within a week.

I've not recovered from Essen yet and now I'm inundated again.

I have to say the cerebria cardgame wasn't great with 2players. It was over very quickly and even though there are some take-that elements, nothing shonethrough as being meaningful.  It seemed far too easy to rush a revelation if you're in a good position.  We will try again though and the artwork is wonderful.  Hopefully just a glimpse at the full game.
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 11, 2018, 02:49:53 PM
(https://z3mwgg.am.files.1drv.com/y4mE_a02-0Mng7pEFFKU4QMhzTTmBMZb5o_IZIJ_EPiEirn79CLHNh5qn2whrKNKADSP8gpfK8x4538n-1ZcB24QhTrvt6ddCjF9jWOdOSgP0EFpyh00xhddNPorfkSUlZaZ9YlcNP_9CvqH7tOMinMCOS264130Q_vcF8qfWF0Ny047bMrB9XaElrUdoWsb62VrS1KLW37k_V_qMc_EbGIUw?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)
Got my package in today. I am happy that it contained the 18 spiel tile. Sadly I gave number 16 and 17 last year away :(
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Post by: danisthirty on December 12, 2018, 06:36:40 AM
My Cundco order arrived today!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/CarcPostman_12dec18.jpg)

Think I'm getting close to being complete again...
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Post by: dronedrone on December 12, 2018, 12:16:34 PM
Hi - I get a 'No Entry' symbol in place of the picture you have posted.   Is it my browser settings or your 'permissions'?
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 12, 2018, 03:37:52 PM

Don't know experimented with Google showing pictures, it worked for me... Not any more....
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 14, 2018, 01:36:48 AM

Don't know experimented with Google showing pictures, it worked for me... Not any more....
Is it visible again :-\
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Post by: dronedrone on December 14, 2018, 02:24:07 AM

Don't know experimented with Google showing pictures, it worked for me... Not any more....
Is it visible again :-\

Yes - well done - and the solution was...?
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 14, 2018, 04:49:30 AM

Don't know experimented with Google showing pictures, it worked for me... Not any more....
Is it visible again :-\

Yes - well done - and the solution was...?
Back to my OneDrive, as Photos.google.com doens't support sharing an embedded photo :( well for as far I know atm
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Post by: Willem on December 15, 2018, 05:12:47 AM
Got my SecretSanta present in today!
Picture isn't loading, but I'll try again later
It's quite a big box, can't wait to open it in just over a week!
I'll put it by the tree for now  :)
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Post by: DaFees on December 17, 2018, 02:02:54 PM
*ugh* I normally love the postman. In fact I got my copies of the new German Monasteries and Barber Surgeons as well as a set of white meeples. Unfortunately that wasn't everything I ordered and I am missing some of what I ordered. I am missing a set of orange meeples and more importantly my Spiel 18' promo tile. Now I admit when I placed the order I tried to order a ringmaster in gray, orange, and white. Of course Cundco told me they didn't have ringmasters in alternate colors (as I kind of expected) and thus offered me a voucher for the small price I paid for them. That's fine. That little hiccup shouldn't have impacted the rest of my order though.

I've already emailed Cundco and so we'll see what happens next.
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 17, 2018, 06:45:56 PM
My Cundco order made it to this side of the pond.  I bought a copy of the new art festival just to hit the threshold to get the spiel 18 piece.  I am not sure I will ever actually use it as I have the old art festival as well.   The little magnets are cute and are already on the refrigerator.  I can't wait to give the 2 new expansions a go.  I have to wait for my wife to get better as I can't have her contaminate my tiles. 
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Post by: Sinscerly on December 18, 2018, 12:22:13 AM
*ugh* I normally love the postman. In fact I got my copies of the new German Monasteries and Barber Surgeons as well as a set of white meeples. Unfortunately that wasn't everything I ordered and I am missing some of what I ordered. I am missing a set of orange meeples and more importantly my Spiel 18' promo tile. Now I admit when I placed the order I tried to order a ringmaster in gray, orange, and white. Of course Cundco told me they didn't have ringmasters in alternate colors (as I kind of expected) and thus offered me a voucher for the small price I paid for them. That's fine. That little hiccup shouldn't have impacted the rest of my order though.

I've already emailed Cundco and so we'll see what happens next.
That is sad to hear, hope they still have one for you
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Post by: Decar on December 28, 2018, 05:42:12 AM
long time no postman.
I was just heading to my flgs to pick up The Grizzled: Armistice Edition, as was less than half price thanks to an online store sale!  When the postie arrived with a KS pledge:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181228_132824.jpg)
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Post by: Decar on December 28, 2018, 01:22:58 PM
Did anyone get any boardgame Christmas deliveries?
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 28, 2018, 08:33:45 PM
Only a few before Christmas, with the Canada Post strike delay, I should receive about ten games neonth.
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Post by: Decar on December 29, 2018, 01:21:54 AM
Not heard of any of them Dragonlord, anklebiters looks fun though! Have you managed to play them with friends and family?
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 29, 2018, 04:19:44 AM
Not heard of any of them Dragonlord, anklebiters looks fun though! Have you managed to play them with friends and family?

Yes  :black1-meeple:

With all my new KS game since  2 years, it will be close to 70 new games, so I've created a facebook gaming page for it.

https://www.facebook.com/jeupassionsociete (https://www.facebook.com/jeupassionsociete)

Also working on a personal boardgame:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=337239493488832 (https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=337239493488832)

Now, after renewing my games collection, I'm more quiet on KS   :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on December 29, 2018, 08:03:00 AM
Wow Dragonlord, you've got quite the range of games!  According to BGG I've now reached 178 games (excluding expansions and spinoffs).  I'll be happier when that goes back down to around 100.  So you've still got some way to go  ;D

Hopefully, Dan is following your exploits on the CarcC Facebook thing, I'm not on there—but had a quick look at your prototypes.
You've been working on this for quite some time, I hope you're making progress.  That board looks like quite the adventure and anything with dragons gets my vote (due to my homelands).

Another arrival today thanks to Kickstarter:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181229_124415-1049x878.jpg)

It's light and frantic. I know a few folks got this: hope it lives up to expectations  :D :(y)
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 29, 2018, 07:53:00 PM
Wow Dragonlord, you've got quite the range of games!  According to BGG I've now reached 178 games (excluding expansions and spinoffs).  I'll be happier when that goes back down to around 100.  So you've still got some way to go  ;D

Hopefully, Dan is following your exploits on the CarcC Facebook thing, I'm not on there—but had a quick look at your prototypes.
You've been working on this for quite some time, I hope you're making progress.  That board looks like quite the adventure and anything with dragons gets my vote (due to my homelands).

Another arrival today thanks to Kickstarter:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181229_124415-1049x878.jpg)

It's light and frantic. I know a few folks got this: hope it lives up to expectations  :D :(y)

The game is a kind adventure like Dragon Warrior, Zelda. :)
And I should receive 5-munite Dungeon really soon, next week may be, base and expansion.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Valheru on December 30, 2018, 08:02:00 AM
long time no postman.
I was just heading to my flgs to pick up The Grizzled: Armistice Edition, as was less than half price thanks to an online store sale!  When the postie arrived with a KS pledge:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20181228_132824.jpg)

I was surprised the Armistice edition appeared. There was no real clear releasedate last time I checked. I recently bought the basegame so I added the expansion last week. No minis tho.. Excited to play it. Your thoughts on the game?
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Post by: Decar on December 30, 2018, 08:13:45 AM
We played for the first time last night. The new box doesn't have a 2player mode (with a bot), instead each player takes 2 grizzled.  It's not too bad playing like that though. I like how the control ebs away very during each mission, it can feel very futile. I'm interested by the support step, especially with 4 players, I kinf of think the game theory won't work as intended if certain cards are handed out.  We lost our first game just because one grizzled had 5 hard knock cards, almost impossible to counter because no one could gice him support.


It's very interesting though and looking forward to progressing the campaign.
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Post by: jungleboy on December 30, 2018, 01:44:54 PM
Postman chooselife came today. All the blame goes to Decar.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181230/b256dee88b65e907dc40bed4c9544853.jpg)
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Post by: Squiffything on December 30, 2018, 01:47:13 PM
Hey JB did you get the U?
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Post by: Decar on December 30, 2018, 01:49:31 PM
I hear it's good. Almost picked it up at Essen... almost!

A vowel too short for me!
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Post by: Dragonlord on December 31, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
Last delivery of the year: The Villagers

A kind of werewolves with the plague  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Decar on January 01, 2019, 08:51:32 AM
7 to 23 players. Very broad and specific!  I can't think of the last time we had that many people around the table!
Interesting the box says 6-22 but a moderator is required.
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 01, 2019, 09:08:09 AM
On the box, it said 6-25, so 24 players plus a moderator.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 07, 2019, 10:36:41 AM
Nice delivery today, Hanamikoji and Shadows in Kyoto, Gorus Maximus and a one year late one, Out of the Wood.  :black1-meeple:
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Post by: Amorpheus on January 07, 2019, 05:31:20 PM
Nice delivery today, Hanamikoji and Shadows in Kyoto, Gorus Maximus and a one year late one, Out of the Wood.  :black1-meeple:

I’ve gotten to know the designer for Gorus Maximus (Conor McGoey) over the last few years at Gen Con. Great guy with a ton of passion and desire to make his products of the highest possible quality. I’m sure you can see that Dragonlord in just the box thickness alone, which undoubtedly cost him more for shipping.

For those who haven’t, definitely check out his first game, Summit. Good mix of tile-laying and player interaction, which a few people on this forum may be into ;).
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Post by: Dragonlord on January 07, 2019, 06:05:34 PM
Nice delivery today, Hanamikoji and Shadows in Kyoto, Gorus Maximus and a one year late one, Out of the Wood.  :black1-meeple:

I’ve gotten to know the designer for Gorus Maximus (Conor McGoey) over the last few years at Gen Con. Great guy with a ton of passion and desire to make his products of the highest possible quality. I’m sure you can see that Dragonlord in just the box thickness alone, which undoubtedly cost him more for shipping.

For those who haven’t, definitely check out his first game, Summit. Good mix of tile-laying and player interaction, which a few people on this forum may be into ;).

You're right, he love his games but also his family. And I'm trying to help him with my facebook gaming page.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=375677282978386&__tn__=-UC-R (https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=375677282978386&__tn__=-UC-R)
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Post by: Amorpheus on January 07, 2019, 06:30:58 PM

You're right, he love his games but also his family. And I'm trying to help him with my facebook gaming page.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=375677282978386&__tn__=-UC-R (https://www.facebook.com/pg/jeupassionsociete/photos/?tab=album&album_id=375677282978386&__tn__=-UC-R)

That’s great! My French is a bit lacking but glad to see the support for Conor.
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Post by: Sinscerly on January 09, 2019, 02:50:54 AM
(https://8kcvjw.am.files.1drv.com/y4mq0A7boGdELi27_iciOz_6jOECJJKeuCVtciGDK4ozFeh1w1E_xgsacS2zLu3BgGeWln-AtNYhA_Np2_pM4QKRKxobKc1nUx0NMxBwAHN9_p4jDWEdBSVL3Pw9SwYbONNihOXeV_YbEG4D92VpPrLBAonKkOijW4IArVynm9q8sVXXSAn1qA0IyUCp5bijTbpxftXET_ofnckK2pidGvx8Q?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)

Received one of the last expansions I still needed last night  :D

So happy ^-^
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Post by: DrMeeple on January 11, 2019, 04:48:45 PM
(https://8kcvjw.am.files.1drv.com/y4mq0A7boGdELi27_iciOz_6jOECJJKeuCVtciGDK4ozFeh1w1E_xgsacS2zLu3BgGeWln-AtNYhA_Np2_pM4QKRKxobKc1nUx0NMxBwAHN9_p4jDWEdBSVL3Pw9SwYbONNihOXeV_YbEG4D92VpPrLBAonKkOijW4IArVynm9q8sVXXSAn1qA0IyUCp5bijTbpxftXET_ofnckK2pidGvx8Q?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)

Received one of the last expansions I still needed last night  :D

So happy ^-^
Love this mini expansion!! It's nice to mix with princess and the dragon expansion. :)


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Post by: danisthirty on January 25, 2019, 01:42:34 PM
OK so this isn't strictly Carcassonne related. In fact, it's not even boardgame related, but I've been collecting these little guys for something like half a year now and have amassed around 200 of them so far from the various different collectable series':

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/MiniFigs.jpg)

The guy on the right is the "Brawny Boxer" from the 2012 Team GB series. I've been looking for him for a sensible price for a while now. I'm not even sure who the other guy is but he was literally about a quid from the guy I was ordering the boxer from so I ordered him too because he looks so happy.

One thing's for certain; if you're worried that you can't spend your money quickly enough on boardgames, start collecting Lego and you'll be bankrupt before you know it! 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 26, 2019, 04:59:38 AM
The BR lego man seems to have a lot to be happy about. His shop had been open for 50years in 2013!

I picked up this from the PO today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/fun/20190126_124004-1612x1209.jpg)
That's one heck of a big box.  In terms of volume, probably larger than Anachrony!  Meeple for reference!

In other news, I got some Dragon Dice from ebay.  I'm relying on TheSteveAllen to tell me which dice to use for a balanced game for novices!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190126_114602-1209x1612.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 01, 2019, 09:33:47 AM
Seems like no one else is getting post anymore  :'(

I am though!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190301_172113-1192x907.jpg)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190216_164434-1612x907.jpg)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190301_172628-907x1319.jpg)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190301_173004-907x1612.jpg)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190301_173209-1287x907.jpg)
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Post by: Rich_The_Fish on March 01, 2019, 10:08:54 AM
Looking good Decar. Mr Cabbagehead looks ace with the little sack.
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Post by: DrMeeple on March 01, 2019, 10:30:07 AM
Today I recived my last freak order. Nice flags!!!  :D (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190301/4f11f284ed07e3970378de31b3036b42.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190301/46a174af26ba5efa880880250fc0fdbb.jpg)

Enviado desde mi XT1700 mediante Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on March 01, 2019, 07:54:35 PM
Some recent KS delivery  Dinogenics :black1-meeple:

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 02, 2019, 12:10:47 AM
Great to see more arrivals!
Dinogenics looks pretty weighty, let us know how it plays.
can't wait for the carcassonne dinosaur expansion!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on March 07, 2019, 09:43:37 AM
I love the postman... or not.  :black1-meeple:

Received Alakazoo, 6 month late ks delivery and the other one was supposed to be fantasy money coins, left only the order form.  :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 08, 2019, 02:19:25 PM
My sister came over to visit today, and she brought gifts!
Well, more something I ordered in holland and had delivered to her so she brought it with her
(https://i.ibb.co/ZffKG2K/DSC-0161.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZffKG2K)

Was finally able to find one of these actually with the tiles!
The seller didn't know what I was asking about, but he did tell me there was something else with the pc game, and it was what I was looking for  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on March 10, 2019, 12:54:32 AM
wow, I didn't knew that even existed  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 10, 2019, 03:10:33 AM
You see them often without the tiles, and just the software.
With the tiles having something unique on them, this was something I still wanted to add to my collection.
So I was very happy to find this one, and for a very good price :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cletus81 on March 10, 2019, 02:17:12 PM
You see them often without the tiles, and just the software.
With the tiles having something unique on them, this was something I still wanted to add to my collection.
So I was very happy to find this one, and for a very good price :)
I won an auction for exactly the same item just few days ago! It should arrive in few days, I can't wait to get my hands on it!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 11, 2019, 03:05:49 AM
Great finds everyone!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dronedrone on March 13, 2019, 09:54:28 AM
Quote
You see them often without the tiles, and just the software.
With the tiles having something unique on them

Hi Willem - can you please clarify what is unusual about the tiles, I can't tell from your picture.

Thanks
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on March 13, 2019, 09:58:35 AM
Quote
You see them often without the tiles, and just the software.
With the tiles having something unique on them

Hi Willem - can you please clarify what is unusual about the tiles, I can't tell from your picture.

Thanks

This version of the River is used as a method for ensuring that the person who bought the disk is the person who plays the game! It's unique quality is the codes that are printed on the reverse. I've never actually installed it, but I understand that when you run the game it asks you for a code from one of the tiles which you must enter correctly before the game will start. Lots of PC games in the 90s used to use similar copy-protection systems, often requiring the instruction manual or some arbitrary guide that you'd have to refer to a specific word on a specific line of a specific paragraph of a specific page in order to get the game to run.

I don't miss those days.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on March 13, 2019, 10:06:52 AM
Dial-a-pirate was my favourite:
(https://www.oldgames.sk/images/codewheel/monkey-island-1/dialapirate-thumb.jpg)

In other news, I received microbrew:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190313_170338-830x502.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 10, 2019, 04:15:20 AM
A bit unexpected, but today the postman decided to visit me once more!
(https://i.ibb.co/F6kZ3kp/DSC-0174.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G7fYpfm)

The map is printed on quite strong material, and is looking nice!
It has a QR code at the bottom, that states to lead to both German and English rules, although currently only German are actually available :P
But the English version has been announced, so then that will be fixed :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on April 10, 2019, 04:57:24 AM
A bit unexpected, but today the postman decided to visit me once more!
(https://i.ibb.co/F6kZ3kp/DSC-0174.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G7fYpfm)

The map is printed on quite strong material, and is looking nice!
It has a QR code at the bottom, that states to lead to both German and English rules, although currently only German are actually available emoji code14]
But the English version has been announced, so then that will be fixed :)
Nice!!! I recived my map yesterday!! But I will play with the old version in the map. I don't like new version. XD

Enviado desde mi XT1700 mediante Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2019, 07:08:38 AM
A few recent arrivals:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/img_20190410_180241_1024.jpg) (http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190418_084034-855x1140.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 18, 2019, 02:03:43 PM
games are like busses...

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190418_214441-907x1612.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on April 18, 2019, 07:43:22 PM
Received Sorcerer this week.  :black1-meeple: :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 20, 2019, 04:30:07 AM
Looks like an interesting one Dragonlord!

Awesome arrival today, I missed the postlady, but managed to snag her at the top of the road:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190420_122533.jpg)

Happy days!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on April 23, 2019, 07:57:53 AM
Received Tales of the Northlands from a retailer. An UK game who was on kickstater last year.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 23, 2019, 08:16:55 AM
Northlands is a big game, love the ridiculous box. Mrs Decar,  Squifft and I played at the UKGE last year, so i backed it.

There's a video of our game on the interwebs somewhere.

Really great design and Nick Case is a genuinely great guy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 24, 2019, 03:12:40 PM
I got these gorgeous hand-made tile holders by oldbonz! They are made out of 600+ year-old wood  :o

I'm going to surprise everyone in my next game  ;D

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on April 24, 2019, 03:22:07 PM
I got these gorgeous hand-made tile holders by oldbonz! They are made out of 600+ year-old wood  :o

I'm going to surprise everyone in my next game  ;D
WoW!! Perfect for 3 tiles variation  :D

Enviado desde mi XT1700 mediante Tapatalk

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on May 29, 2019, 09:49:59 AM
Not posted in a while but I thought I'd share some special deliveries:

A recent kickstarter, about dragons and wondeful artwork.
Plus HiGs latest boxed game, which came with a free game if ordered from Cundco over Easter:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190529_170419.jpg)

This is a Kickstarter I backed after the UKGE last year.  A fun little game that reminded me of the classic: Downfall
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190529_170523.jpg)

The newest additions to 7th Continent. I have to say the packaging as almost as good as the last kickstarter!
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190529_170626.jpg)

I rather like Ottoman Sunset, so I'm hoping this zombie themed States of Siege game, with a co-op mode is a good choice:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190529_170210.jpg)

Finally, the most important delivery of all (20 days ago actually), a very exclusive one-off; so special we picked it up in person.
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190509_193044.jpg)
(Mrs Decar's delivery was a lot faster and of higher quality than all of the kickstarters listed here too).
I'm looking forward to playing with this one most of all  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: aenima on May 29, 2019, 11:45:55 AM
Congratulatiooonnnnn!!!!!!  ;D :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Leven on May 29, 2019, 01:26:31 PM
Congratulations Decar! I wish you and your family good health and happiness.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on May 29, 2019, 02:56:21 PM
Congrats again, Decar and Mrs. Decar!

By the way, are you luling lil' one to sleep with the Dawn of Zeds?  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: LaPorxada (aka BigBoss) on June 02, 2019, 04:38:54 AM
@Decar @Mrs Decar

CONGRATULATIONS for your new little "game"  ;) :) :(y)


cheers
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Xanderx12 on June 04, 2019, 12:16:05 PM
What a beautiful little meeple, guys! Congratulations :,D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Hproctor1478 on June 08, 2019, 08:35:11 PM
Congratulations Decar & Mrs Decar on your beautiful little bundle!!! 


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on June 09, 2019, 06:54:09 AM
Congrats to you both!

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 09, 2019, 08:46:58 AM
Congratulations on your latest arrivals Decar. Especially the last one! Do you class him as a brand new game or an expansion?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 11, 2019, 08:13:50 AM
Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

To answer Dan's question—I think he can stand in his own right, but also used as an expansion with the original release.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 02, 2019, 11:27:34 AM
Seems like no one is getting post any more  :'(

I had a few deliveries of late:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190802_191711-1008x756.jpg)

VPG have been bought and laid off, so wanted to grab some of their popular titles.

Shipwreck is a logic puzzle.  Foothills is a 2player game similar to Snowdonia.

And a little promo from Chooselife  :red-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :(y)

Don't forget to play the Carcassonne solo contest for Gencant this weekend!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 16, 2019, 10:42:48 AM
SNOOOOOOOOWWWDDDDDOOOOOOOONNNNNNIIIIIIAAAAAAA!
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20190816_172506-1008x756.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 21, 2019, 10:09:33 AM
Just received Nocturion, nice looking game.  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dronedrone on December 06, 2019, 04:43:50 AM
Received the long-awaited (by me anyway) 13th Doctor expansion for Doctor Who Fluxx and Starship Captain coin (promotion at last!).   I have included the original 13th doctor (since regenerated), Dr Who coin and Move the Coin! card received back in January.   I am told that the different Title typeface/font on the expansion is to help differentiate the new cards from the base deck.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 06, 2019, 07:27:50 AM
Got my Cundco delivery in today!

(https://i.ibb.co/BnRbpbx/DSC-0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z6wpMpY)
image host (https://nl.imgbb.com/)

Got 1 of each of the new maps, and of course some chips for them. And picked up a few copies of the Tollkeepers expansion as well.
Spiel '19 was in there, so i'm very happy to still call my Carcassonne collection complete :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on December 06, 2019, 07:49:45 AM
Got my Cundco delivery in today!

(https://i.ibb.co/BnRbpbx/DSC-0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z6wpMpY)
image host (https://nl.imgbb.com/)

Got 1 of each of the new maps, and of course some chips for them. And picked up a few copies of the Tollkeepers expansion as well.
Spiel '19 was in there, so i'm very happy to still call my Carcassonne collection complete :D
Is one pack of chips enough to play with a map? I just bought one emoji code45]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 06, 2019, 07:52:00 AM
Got my Cundco delivery in today!

(https://i.ibb.co/BnRbpbx/DSC-0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z6wpMpY)
image host (https://nl.imgbb.com/)

Got 1 of each of the new maps, and of course some chips for them. And picked up a few copies of the Tollkeepers expansion as well.
Spiel '19 was in there, so i'm very happy to still call my Carcassonne collection complete :D
Is one pack of chips enough to play with a map? I just bought one emoji code45]

You only need one set of Map-Chips to play with a Map.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ma_Rysia on December 06, 2019, 09:59:33 AM
My order for cundco.de just came in:
(https://i.ibb.co/J2Y6MXk/IMG-20191206-184512.jpg) (https://ibb.co/J2Y6MXk)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Windekind on December 06, 2019, 09:54:04 PM
I love Saint Nicholas ...

Look what I got through my fake chimney.

(https://i.imgur.com/8cM07QM.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on December 09, 2019, 12:37:19 PM
Received my order from Cundco.  :black1-meeple:
Put the Hadara minis to complete everything, but wait for the base game, too much for the shipping. I will buy it in Québec. :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ma_Rysia on December 18, 2019, 01:27:36 PM
The package that I have picked up yesterday, and final youch to my Carc I collection.
(https://i.ibb.co/zfvGmLg/IMG-20191218-204310.jpg) (https://ibb.co/h8zDgnN)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on February 19, 2020, 07:34:12 AM
Today I got my Ark of Covenant with the wooden ark.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 19, 2020, 07:47:04 AM
Nice! I remember how important having the wooden ark was to me when I got my copy. Seems a bit silly in hindsight!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 19, 2020, 07:49:48 AM
Nice! I remember how important having the wooden ark was to me when I got my copy. Seems a bit silly in hindsight!

I remember how important it was to you too!  :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 19, 2020, 09:58:53 AM
Wow!!! The ark is huge  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on February 19, 2020, 10:09:48 AM
Wow!!! The ark is huge  :o
Better with Indiana Jones version emoji code16]

Enviado desde St. Meeple Hospital

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on February 19, 2020, 11:35:43 AM
I have never seen the arks in comparison
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 20, 2020, 01:24:44 AM
I've got the version without the wooden ark, and am a bit jealous now ;)
Where did you get it from if I may ask?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on February 20, 2020, 05:56:20 AM
On eBay from the US. You can see the difference only on the backside where the wooden ark is shown. But you should always request.
The wooden ark is only contained in the 1st edition of the english game.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on February 20, 2020, 08:26:05 AM
I have never seen the arks in comparison

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/451377/ark-covenant  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: jungleboy on February 20, 2020, 09:09:18 AM
I've got the version without the wooden ark, and am a bit jealous now ;)

I can feel your inadequacy from here emoji code6]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on March 08, 2020, 12:44:28 PM
Of course, but it is a rare game. The design of the ark is not the best
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Brickmaster92 on April 15, 2020, 01:10:01 PM
Only a day short of 2 months later, but worth it! Order from SpielMaterial:

(https://scontent.fatl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92597945_10222074173100771_7713752888429772800_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=0be424&_nc_ohc=hnATRloK4fIAX_j6WOz&_nc_ht=scontent.fatl1-1.fna&oh=8c40ce096dd2148793ee1f6df73ff52b&oe=5EBB3E0F)

Boats and Blue Dragon (Leviathan) for the various sea fan expansions, and boar resource tokens for the Hunting Forest fan expansion. I didn't realize the boars would be so big...  :o

[Edit]: Perhaps a "Gods of the Forest" Ghibli-esque expansion is in order?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on April 15, 2020, 01:52:31 PM
Is Meeplesource not an option for you?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Brickmaster92 on April 15, 2020, 02:57:41 PM
Is Meeplesource not an option for you?

It is, and I have ordered from them as well. My one complaint about meeplesource is that their bits and meeples aren't sealed in any way. Some of the ones I have gotten already have chipped paint  :-\

One of these days, I will spray them all with some polyurethane.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 16, 2020, 01:52:44 AM
The same happened to me... It is not precisely cheap and you get chipped pieces or faulty meeples...  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 16, 2020, 01:59:15 AM
Awesome picture Brickmaster, I've been tempted by those boats for quite some time.  I love spielematerials's produce.

Funny you and Meepledrone said about MeepleSource's components:

Over the Easter weekend, I made some meeple art (it's tradition).  You can find them on twitter #meepleart.
I was laying some bright orange meeple, that I got from meeple source, onto a large black fabric mouse mat and noticed the same thing.
There were tiny orange wood splinters that were coming off the edges of the meeple when I moved them over the fabric surface.
You'd probably not notice them in normal use, but adjusting the meeple on the mousemat was difficult.... getting the splinters out was quite hard too because they were so small.

I've not had this issue with Spielematerial or Cundco meeple  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 16, 2020, 04:47:47 AM
You can see the defective orange meeple I got from Meeplesource here at the bottom. I also received cracked meeples and cubes. So you have to order extra ones to cope with these issues.

(https://i.imgur.com/A8ZdUg4.png)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on April 16, 2020, 05:37:36 AM
You can see the defective orange meeple I got from Meeplesource here at the bottom. I also received cracked meeples and cubes. So you have to order extra ones to cope with these issues.

(https://i.imgur.com/A8ZdUg4.png)
Nice colours!! HiG should do more colours stuff emoji code16] The form is important too emoji code2]

Enviado desde St. Meeple Hospital

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 16, 2020, 06:08:24 AM
That's weird. I've probably spent more money than most at meeplesource (mostly because of their awesome character meeples) but have never noticed any defects in anything they've supplied me with.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 16, 2020, 06:11:39 AM
Except that one time you got 100s of meeple of some bald dude with a beard  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on April 16, 2020, 06:13:40 AM
Except that one time you got 100s of meeple of some bald dude with a beard  ;D ;D ;D

True but they were defective by design...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 16, 2020, 06:16:09 AM
It was just the mug!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Brickmaster92 on April 16, 2020, 06:20:20 AM
I think the other issue I have with MeepleSource, personally, is that they seem to paint the meeples instead of batch dying them like all the other companies seem to do, so they don't match my other wooden bits and pieces... Personal preference, I know! haha  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on June 30, 2020, 05:21:55 AM
Hi all,

today I received a new Carassonne figure and  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
It's the Ice-queen which can also be used as snow-queen
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 30, 2020, 05:30:21 AM
Hi all,

today I received a new Carassonne figure and  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
It's the Ice-queen which can also be used as snow-queen

Very cool! What expansion is this from?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on June 30, 2020, 05:41:08 AM
The expansion is here: https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1632
Sorry it's an German expansion
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on June 30, 2020, 05:42:38 AM
The postman had these also in his bag and now I own also Ice meeples.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 30, 2020, 08:53:48 AM
They are so awesome!!!

The ice-queen is back!  O0

 :(y) :(y) :(y)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 30, 2020, 08:57:57 AM
Hi all,

today I received a new Carassonne figure and  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
It's the Ice-queen which can also be used as snow-queen

Very cool! What expansion is this from?

Dan, are you into expansions back again after seeing this? Did you ice queen melt your base-game-player heart?  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 01, 2020, 01:56:26 AM
More about acrylic ice meeple see: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4707.0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcassonne King on July 16, 2020, 06:36:41 PM
I just got my copy of the Carcassonne Big Box from Cundco yesterday.  It took well over a month to come in, I guess because of the Chinese Coronavirus and everything.  Anyway, now I have all the major and minor expansions for Carcassonne 2.0!  The only things I am missing are the Spiel promo tiles, which I don't really care about.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on July 16, 2020, 10:22:44 PM
I just got my copy of the Carcassonne Big Box from Cundco yesterday.  It took well over a month to come in, I guess because of the Chinese Coronavirus and everything.  Anyway, now I have all the major and minor expansions for Carcassonne 2.0!  The only things I am missing are the Spiel promo tiles, which I don't really care about.

I have won a price from HiG and I'm still waiting my order of the mega set of coaster with big meeples since april 17th... no delivery to Canada because of the Corona...  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcassonne King on July 16, 2020, 10:59:26 PM
Wow, that's ridiculous.  I'm in Japan and I'm kind of surprised I got my package so much quicker considering that Japan is the most draconian country in the world right now regarding people entering the country.  They are refusing entry to everyone who doesn't have Japanese citizenship, and are even turning away people who have permanent residency in the country.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on July 24, 2020, 07:31:42 AM

I have won a price from HiG and I'm still waiting my order of the mega set of coaster with big meeples since april 17th... no delivery to Canada because of the Corona...  :black1-meeple:

Just received it  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on July 24, 2020, 09:56:34 AM
emoji code1360]
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 02, 2020, 03:05:52 AM
I got this little gem in this morning:
(https://i.ibb.co/fGFyydM/IMG-20200902-103345.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fGFyydM)

I am still surprised by how hard these are to find tbh, but glad I got it.
I had to then explain to my gf why I had to get it.
And for me it was simple; just so I have the WoF starting tile in all available language versions...
(https://i.ibb.co/BnBGGh9/IMG-20200902-103438.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BnBGGh9)

#TooMuchOfACompletionist?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 02, 2020, 03:08:10 AM
Good work Willem!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on September 02, 2020, 04:40:04 AM
LOVE this version. Grats Willem!

Enviado desde St. Meeple Hospital

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on September 02, 2020, 09:28:04 AM
Congrats!

You have to share some pictures of your collection in detail.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 11, 2020, 05:20:36 AM
I know... After my last post, I could almost hear some people say
"But Willem, there is 1 more version of the WoF that you don't have yet!" And they would be right! Until now...
I got this one finally in today:
(https://i.ibb.co/mcw2h0w/IMG-20200911-122903.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mcw2h0w)
This one is even harder to find than the English version, but I got one!!
Many, many, many thanks to Murphy013 for your help with this one!
It also makes my Russian C1 collection complete:
(https://i.ibb.co/gPKJy7H/IMG-20200911-122922.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gPKJy7H)


So now the correct group picture:
(https://i.ibb.co/x59Wpmk/IMG-20200911-130916.jpg) (https://ibb.co/x59Wpmk)

I'll also see if I can get the collection cleaned up a bit, and I'll take some more pictures  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on September 11, 2020, 08:46:08 AM
Hi Willem,

I‘m happy that I was able to help you and also that your package arrived so fast ;-)

On your image I can’t see the Russian Basegame  :( maybe your mission is not completed ;)

Have fun
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Post by: Willem on September 11, 2020, 09:11:28 AM
hahaha, i've actually got the combination of the Russian basegame with the first expansion collection. I think it's called 'Royal Gift'.
It has the Base game, Inns&Cathedrals, Traders&Builders, Abbey&the Mayor and King&Scout.
So yes, you could say i should get those 2 separate, but i won't. This is complete enough, as this has everything that was made by HobbyWorld for C1 :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on September 11, 2020, 09:14:14 AM
Great collection, @Willem!

@Murphy013 How advanced is your Russian collection?
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Post by: DrMeeple on September 11, 2020, 09:31:15 AM
So you have also collected the Russian version of C2?  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 11, 2020, 09:44:58 AM
No, i haven't got any Russian C2 actually :P
It will be added at one point most likely, but it's not a priority
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on September 11, 2020, 09:48:19 AM
Hahahaha OMG
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Murphy013 on September 11, 2020, 12:13:51 PM
I know... After my last post, I could almost hear some people say
"But Willem, there is 1 more version of the WoF that you don't have yet!" And they would be right! Until now...
I got this one finally in today:
(https://i.ibb.co/mcw2h0w/IMG-20200911-122903.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mcw2h0w)
This one is even harder to find than the English version, but I got one!!
Many, many, many thanks to Murphy013 for your help with this one!
It also makes my Russian C1 collection complete:
(https://i.ibb.co/gPKJy7H/IMG-20200911-122922.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gPKJy7H)


So now the correct group picture:
(https://i.ibb.co/x59Wpmk/IMG-20200911-130916.jpg) (https://ibb.co/x59Wpmk)

I'll also see if I can get the collection cleaned up a bit, and I'll take some more pictures  ;D

I have seen there a red die in the box of the last image and think about where it can be used
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 11, 2020, 01:42:53 PM
It's not a part of Carcassonne as far as I know. I think the person I got it from added it to the box for some reason. Maybe they thought it was part of the WoF?
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Post by: wolnic on October 16, 2020, 07:10:06 AM
Thanks to a friend in the Netherlands who was able to get the 10th Anniversary Edition from Marketplaats for me (those I had previously tried to contact never returned my enquiries ...) I have a new friend for someone who arrived last Christmas  ...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 16, 2020, 07:33:10 AM
Ha ha ha!

The one from last Christmas looks thinner. Has it been exercising a lot lately?  ;)
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Post by: Willem on October 16, 2020, 09:59:15 AM
Nice one!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on October 28, 2020, 09:54:43 AM
very happy to have found it used in France, because not very common (perfect almost new condition)
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Post by: Willem on October 28, 2020, 10:39:26 AM
Nice find! I believe that one is becoming more difficult to find, so congrats!

Today I was happy to see the postman, as he brought me my Cundco order:
(https://i.ibb.co/y5FKQ9L/IMG-20201028-143050.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y5FKQ9L)

Got the new Maps, German Cathedrals, the new version of Hunters&Gatherers and added a pack of mega meeples to get my free bag. (Although I've got enough of those laying around already that I never use plastic bags for shopping anymore)

We'll be giving H&G a try tonight, and the Spiel '20 tile has been sleeved and added to it's friends  ;D
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Post by: Carcassonne0123 on October 28, 2020, 10:45:20 AM
Nice. Still waiting for my spiel 20 tile!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on October 28, 2020, 11:59:28 AM
Here's mine!
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20201028_183739_copy_2016x1512.jpg)

Quite excited by Paleo, got to demo it over the Spiel weekend on tabletopia.
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Post by: Meepledrone on October 28, 2020, 12:16:46 PM
Yooooou devilish guy!!!

Looks awesome!  O0
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Post by: MeepleFriend on October 28, 2020, 01:42:33 PM
Congrats! That’s a great haul, some great additions!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cicerunner on October 29, 2020, 04:31:28 AM
I don't yet have a picture to post, but wanted to share my anticipation ...

My
Spiele 20 tile (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4816.0) order has moved from "processing" to "despatched"!

Hopefully very soon I will be able to make my first proper post in this thread. :)
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Post by: DrMeeple on October 29, 2020, 10:02:00 AM
very happy to have found it used in France, because not very common (perfect almost new condition)

One of my favourites spin off! Enjoy it  O0
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Post by: DrMeeple on October 29, 2020, 10:02:44 AM
Here's mine!
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20201028_183739_copy_2016x1512.jpg)

Quite excited by Paleo, got to demo it over the Spiel weekend on tabletopia.

Nice package  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 29, 2020, 12:13:57 PM
Finally, I got mine!

(https://i.imgur.com/N15dlM5.jpg)

I'm ecstatic...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Rosco on October 29, 2020, 12:20:21 PM
I am so gutted, I missed it.   If anyone managed to get 2, I would love one

Sent from my H8166 using Tapatalk

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Post by: Meepledrone on October 29, 2020, 12:23:50 PM
Hi Rosco,

The Advent Sale is a great opportunity to get it. Do not despair.

Cheers!
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Post by: Carcassonne0123 on October 29, 2020, 12:41:38 PM
Just received mine too, looks great along with German Cathedrals and a few other goodies ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cicerunner on November 05, 2020, 01:13:39 PM
My 2020 Spiele gets its first play together with base, start tile and Inns & Cathedrals.

https://imgur.com/a/bNJFjne
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on November 05, 2020, 02:32:23 PM
Ah, I see, again different green ;-(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on November 05, 2020, 02:35:33 PM
My 2020 Spiele gets its first play together with base, start tile and Inns & Cathedrals.

https://imgur.com/a/bNJFjne
The Spiel tile belongs in a bigger city. That city could only fit about 1,000 attendees by the looks of it ;)
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Post by: MeepleFriend on November 05, 2020, 06:34:38 PM
1000 pre-Covid, or 1000 these days?  ;)

I’m sure your Spiele tile will land in a 6+ tile city before you know it!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on November 12, 2020, 03:30:23 PM
Received earlier than expected my package from Cundco. I was surprised that the maps weren't in a tub this time, but considering I had already decided to store the maps flat, this wasn't a major issue. I also had included in the parcel two copies of Halflings (I accidentally ordered a second but it's okay--I have a work copy of the Big Box and my coworkers will probably like this expansion more than any of the ones actually included in the box), a copy of German Cathedrals, and of course Spiel '20. I haven't missed one yet but may end up going bankrupt buying them going forward. I selfishly hope that after 2021's Spiel tile, that they don't release them anymore. More importantly, I don't want them to release any more maps. Six (or seven?) is more than enough and I feel the gimmick has kind of overstayed its welcome with the massive double-sized US map. Plus, shipping for them is extremely cost-prohibitive. I don't mind them re-releasing old expansions in new art or entirely new expansions, but I do like them to be reasonable in size and relevance. I feel that both the Spiel tiles, which are a blatant marketing tool, and the Maps, which are also primarily marketing and also a gimmick copied from Catan and other game companies, have run their course.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 12, 2020, 04:23:51 PM
I'm glad to hear you received your order without any issues.  :(y) :(y)

What if HiG decide to continue this Map generation spree and give a chance to all the countries with local publishers of the game? Too many to count?  >:D

EDIT: Typos  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on November 12, 2020, 09:01:31 PM
I'm glad to here you received your order without any issues.  :(y) :(y)

What if HiG decides to continue this Map generation spree and gives a chance to all the countries with local publishers of the game? Too many to count?  >:D
Don’t make me cry. But honestly, most countries are cheaper to ship from than Germany, so it would probably be an improvement.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 12, 2020, 09:56:46 PM
I'm glad to here you received your order without any issues.  :(y) :(y)

What if HiG decides to continue this Map generation spree and gives a chance to all the countries with local publishers of the game? Too many to count?  >:D

I'd be glad to see a Swiss map, with chip rules involving banks, chocolate, cheese or watches  ;D

I got my package two weeks ago (luckily Switzerland's neighboring Germany, I took only 4 days to arrive) with US maps (I like the possibility to join them to make bigger games), map chips, cathedrals, and the Spiel 2020 tile.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 12, 2020, 10:08:07 PM
Received earlier than expected my package from Cundco. I was surprised that the maps weren't in a tub this time, but considering I had already decided to store the maps flat, this wasn't a major issue. I also had included in the parcel two copies of Halflings (I accidentally ordered a second but it's okay--I have a work copy of the Big Box and my coworkers will probably like this expansion more than any of the ones actually included in the box), a copy of German Cathedrals, and of course Spiel '20. I haven't missed one yet but may end up going bankrupt buying them going forward. I selfishly hope that after 2021's Spiel tile, that they don't release them anymore. More importantly, I don't want them to release any more maps. Six (or seven?) is more than enough and I feel the gimmick has kind of overstayed its welcome with the massive double-sized US map. Plus, shipping for them is extremely cost-prohibitive. I don't mind them re-releasing old expansions in new art or entirely new expansions, but I do like them to be reasonable in size and relevance. I feel that both the Spiel tiles, which are a blatant marketing tool, and the Maps, which are also primarily marketing and also a gimmick copied from Catan and other game companies, have run their course.

Actually, I love the spiel tiles and hope they'll continue to make new ones, they're beautiful.

But I'd also wouldn't like to see many new maps. I like to have a few ones as they change the way you play Carcassonne, but I think there's enough now (just a Swiss map's missing  ;D ). Unless they find a way to make a new map that's really different than the others (like the US that had the possibility to be mixed together, for me that was a plus and the reason why I bought them, but I didn't buy any other map yet (playing on a self printed UK map)).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 12, 2020, 11:25:15 PM
Just imagine putting all the maps together to make an enormous Mega World Map Carcassonne Game  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 13, 2020, 12:42:39 AM
Just imagine putting all the maps together to make an enormous Mega World Map Carcassonne Game  ;D

That would be awesome  ;D ;D ;D
And applying map chip rules of the map on which you placed a tile  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cicerunner on November 13, 2020, 12:50:56 AM
Quote from: whaleyland
Six (or seven?) is more than enough and I feel the gimmick has kind of overstayed its welcome.
I know we all love Carcassonne but it did make me laugh to see the maps singled out for this criticism! :)

Quote from: Meepledrone
I'm glad to [hear] you received your order without any issues.
Are issues a common thing generally?
I've placed three orders total with cundco.de and the last two have both had issues.
First I received C1 art score tiles instead of C2. Most recently a copy of Watchtowers was missing. In both cases they sent me the correct items but of course they had to pay shipping again. If my experience is typical this seems to be a very shaky business model!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 13, 2020, 12:56:38 AM
Are issues a common thing generally?

I placed about 10 orders at Cundco.de and had an issue only once, they swapped the color of a replacement meeple. They sent it free of charge then.

No other issue in my experience.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on November 13, 2020, 02:35:54 AM
First I received C1 art score tiles instead of C2.

Did you order from the main item page (which shows the C1 art version of the scoring tiles) or from the individual tile replacement service? I'm surprised they don't include the C2 art score tiles as a separate item (unless they'd have to get them done as a special print job, or because they have large stocks remaining of the C1 art and want to clear them first). But I see that they include "Old version" after the subject, now.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: cicerunner on November 13, 2020, 02:37:59 AM
corinthiens13,

Yes, it was always free of charge to me too. As I customer I am happy. (I wasn't in a hurry.)

I just worry about them! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 19, 2020, 09:02:26 AM
Now I'm impatient to get my order with advent package, white and nature meeple sets, spiel 2020 tile, and a base game replacement tile  8)
I'm gonna wait for the postman every morning  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 26, 2020, 05:34:11 AM
Topic split: 

Can your postman dig a hole through the Earth to make Cundco shipping cheaper?
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4905.0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on November 27, 2020, 08:32:25 AM
Has anyone from North or South America received their Cundco order with the 2020 tile yet?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on November 27, 2020, 09:08:36 AM
Has anyone from North or South America received their Cundco order with the 2020 tile yet?

No. Still waiting...  :-\
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 27, 2020, 10:00:53 AM
Has anyone from North or South America received their Cundco order with the 2020 tile yet?

Two months ago I shipped a registered letter to the USA. It took 4 days from my post office in Switzerland to arrive in the USA, and then one month from arrival in the USA to its final destination... Be patient, your order is probably already in America  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on November 27, 2020, 02:44:14 PM
Has anyone from North or South America received their Cundco order with the 2020 tile yet?

Two months ago I shipped a registered letter to the USA. It took 4 days from my post office in Switzerland to arrive in the USA, and then one month from arrival in the USA to its final destination... Be patient, your order is probably already in America  ;)

You are probably right, but I will say that the last time I ordered Cundco sent me a "Your order has been shipped by Deutsche Post".  This time I never got that message, but didn't think much of it until now.  I emailed them, I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask. 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 27, 2020, 09:18:13 PM
You are probably right, but I will say that the last time I ordered Cundco sent me a "Your order has been shipped by Deutsche Post".  This time I never got that message, but didn't think much of it until now.  I emailed them, I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask.
I see, I would have asked too if I didn't get that email.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MeepleFriend on November 28, 2020, 03:59:47 AM
Has anyone from North or South America received their Cundco order with the 2020 tile yet?
No, me either.  I did receive the Cundco confirmation email, though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 28, 2020, 04:12:47 AM
I got my advent order in today  ;D
Quite a small one this time, as I only really was looking for the new Peasants Revolt expansion.
I also got some more giant meeples, and a set of the new art coasters, which were funnily enough wrapped in a copy of the Dutch rules for Carcassonne The City.
I doubt Cundco know I'm Dutch as I live in the UK, but that would be just a silly coincidence ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2020, 05:51:48 AM
I doubt Cundco know I'm Dutch as I live in the UK, but that would be just a silly coincidence ;)

I wouldn't be so sure. Cundco knows all.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Nunesck on November 30, 2020, 12:25:50 PM
I got my first cundco order today. I'm so happy right now! All the mini expansions at the time, two new full-set meeple colors, the last four major expansios and I even got a bag, a mask and a magazine as gifts!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 30, 2020, 12:32:13 PM
Ha ha ha!

Now you have an important task ahead: punching out all those tiles...  >:D

Have fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MeepleFriend on November 30, 2020, 12:36:45 PM
punching out all those tiles...  >:D



Punching out tiles is a great feeling, both tactile and psychological!

Congrats on your haul, Nunesck!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on November 30, 2020, 12:51:53 PM
I got my first cundco order today. I'm so happy right now! All the mini expansions at the time, two new full-set meeple colors, the last four major expansios and I even got a bag, a mask and a magazine as gifts!
BEST fast collector ever hahaha

Enviado desde St. Meeple Hospital

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Post by: Decar on November 30, 2020, 01:00:35 PM
Congrats Nunesck! Great photo merit from me!
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Post by: Willem on December 02, 2020, 02:22:17 PM
+1 merit from me to for sharing that!
Love to see those all together! Enjoy unpunching and of course playing with all of those!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 03, 2020, 05:01:45 AM
It's been a while since I've shared my rainbow carpet with anyone. I've not received many games recently, but I thought there might be a few fans of the following:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20201203_115311.jpg)

A recent facsimile gift box of the 1st edition of "The Hobbit", it also includes a short essay on Dragons not found elsewhere.
The first two books in the Histories of Middle Earth - The book of lost tales parts 1 and 2.
The History of The Hobbit - that basically includes early drafts of The Hobbit.
and
Kullervo, which is based on a Danish saga (I think), that Tolkien used as inspiration for The Children of Hurin. I don't know much about it.

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Post by: Meepledrone on December 03, 2020, 06:12:59 AM
Cool!

Had you read them all or you have to catch up with the rare ones?
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Post by: Decar on December 03, 2020, 07:02:44 AM
These arrived today, so not had chance to read them yet!

I've got a copy of the Hobbit from the mid 1960s, quite an early edition. But it's a bit too old to read comfortable.
Some changes were made to The Hobbit after Lord of the Rings was published to tie the stories together better. The 1st here obviously doesn't have those changes.

The other book here, the History of The Hobbit, is about 960 pages and includes 2 draft texts. I'm not really sure what to expect.

The Histories of Middle earth is a 12 book series written by Christopher Tolkien, it documents a lot of the unfinished drafts, and changes made to text while Tolkien was working on the Mythology.  I've not read them before, but I think these first two books are a direct result of the success of the Unfinished Tales.

No idea about Kullervo. Tolkien translated the national epic of "Kalevala"  (Finnish not Danish, sorry), and the result was a story he would refine and retell.
I'm interested to make the comparisons.

If it's good, I may pick up the other recently published translations and works that Tolkien was responsible for. Beowulf, Sigurd and Gudrún, etc.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 03, 2020, 08:36:34 AM
So this is becoming another streak of completionism step by step?

BTW, doesn't The Hobbit inspire you for an expansion?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on December 03, 2020, 04:32:54 PM
I work at a library and just finished gathering copies of all of The History of Middle-Earth books into our permanent collection from the system's floating collection. That being said, I am jealous of your copies of Part 2 of the Book of Lost Tales since I wasn't able to add that--the only two copies in the floating system are the 1992 pocket book versions, which our cataloger refused to add to the permanent collection. I've read Kullervo. It wasn't as interesting as I had hoped it would be. It was clunky and definitely not a final version and Verlyn Flieger clearly struggled to convert the manuscripts into something interesting. I've skimmed some of the two-volume version of The History of the Hobbit but I hope to read through it more thoroughly at a later point in time. I've read about a third of the History of Middle-Earth books and am really looking forward to The Nature of Middle-Earth coming out next year.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 04, 2020, 12:51:59 AM
I'm not familiar with the pocket book versions of Lost Tales; are they different from paperbacks?
Harper Collins offer a print on demand service for these books, but at £40 each, I thought they were a bit much.
I was considering the bound 3 volume hardbacks, but basically the paper is very thin, and they seem pretty unwieldly, so thought I'd start with the paperbacks.

I'll probably start Kullervo and let you know what I think, as soon as I finish Beren and Luthien, which was my favourite story from the Silmarillion.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: dirk2112 on December 07, 2020, 06:40:06 AM
My Cundco order finally arrived this past Thursday.  I didn't have a chance to open it until today.  Everything worked out  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 08, 2020, 03:29:53 AM
I quite enjoyed Kullervo, though it is short and experimental the connections to the Children of Hurin are very clear.  It's interesting to contrast the character developments.
I found Flieger's essay at the back good to read.

I think footnotes would have made a better format, I see why that was chosen, but it's often a little too late to find out about something after you've read it, and without an indicator it's hard to know where to find them.

The 2 almost identical essays from Tolkien felt a little unnecessary, I suspect the Tolkien academics may be able to process the differences more closely, but it was a little bit of 'deja vu' for the lighter reader.

The only other thing to note is that there are an awful lot of references to academic papers that are not readily accessible.  The History or Middle Earth, and the great heroes trilogy do not rely on this approach when discussing the text. I think I would have preferred a similar approach.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MMike on December 08, 2020, 06:23:54 AM
I'm still waiting for my parcel from the Advent sale :'(
I'm in UK, but usually CundCo parcels arrive within a week.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 08, 2020, 06:26:23 AM
When did you order MMike? Mine arrived a little over a week from order, but it must have been last week it arrived.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 08, 2020, 06:34:18 AM
I'm still waiting for my parcel from the Advent sale :'(
I'm in UK, but usually CundCo parcels arrive within a week.

I think we may be in a similar boat.

I ordered a few things, nothing big, on 27th November. 11 days later, the most recent news I have of my package is this (from DHL):

"Sa, 05.12.2020, 10:07, Dorsten, Germany
The international shipment has been processed in the export parcel center"

Most of my previous orders have been fulfilled within a week. I suppose it's to do with all the Christmas post.

Good luck! :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MMike on December 08, 2020, 06:41:28 AM
When did you order MMike? Mine arrived a little over a week from order, but it must have been last week it arrived.
I placed my order on the 19th November, it was posted on the 23rd

Most of my previous orders have been fulfilled within a week. I suppose it's to do with all the Christmas post.
Same, regarding previous orders. I guess Black Friday post doesn't help either
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 08, 2020, 07:47:11 AM
I ordered mine on the 19th Nov. Shipped on the 23rd, delivered on the 28th!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DaFees on December 10, 2020, 02:29:55 AM
I am in the US and I’ve placed two separate orders (October 22 and November 20) and so far nothing has arrived. Way back in March I placed an order for just the halflings. That order never shipped because of the pandemic. By the time I was told it could ship I just cancelled it in favor of a new order during SPIEL Digital. Then I placed another order during the start of their advent season. So far all I have received is a set of the halflings. I’ve reached out to Cundco and all I was told is that these things take time.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on December 18, 2020, 02:13:31 AM
I was very happy to receive my Cundco order last week, including a Promo 20 tile, my very first one. Today, I was equally thrilled to get a package from Nostheide Verlag who put some of the Spielbox issues on sale, including those with very appealing Carcassonne extras. So I warmly welcome Small buildings, Wind roses and ... yes, also the two infamously famous Spiel Doch! Promo tiles (ironically, this magazine wasn´t actually discounted so they cost twice the rest, but anyway...)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 18, 2020, 02:24:19 AM
Welcome to the forum Weetek23. Looks like you're off to a good start. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday with your new tiles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on January 06, 2021, 11:15:29 AM
It's good to follow tradition, today we have orthodox christmass and orthodox santa claus knows what people want to find under xmas tree
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on January 07, 2021, 01:14:25 PM
It's good to follow tradition, today we have orthodox christmass and orthodox santa claus knows what people want to find under xmas tree

Those are really nice Christmas presents! I hope you had a nice Christmas time, you'll enjoy playing with those expansions !
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on January 07, 2021, 02:17:29 PM
It's good to follow tradition, today we have orthodox christmass and orthodox santa claus knows what people want to find under xmas tree

Those are really nice Christmas presents! I hope you had a nice Christmas time, you'll enjoy playing with those expansions !

Yes, but we had to solve issue, that one box has now not enought space for all tiles, meeplesed, tokens etc. So going back to two box - basic game for tiles and scoring table and box from expansion 1 for other stuff and rules (I know basic game, tower and halflings 2020 are fold).

Thinking about wooden box to made. But shops are closed due to quarantine ;-(
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Post by: corinthiens13 on January 07, 2021, 09:43:17 PM
It's good to follow tradition, today we have orthodox christmass and orthodox santa claus knows what people want to find under xmas tree

Those are really nice Christmas presents! I hope you had a nice Christmas time, you'll enjoy playing with those expansions !

Yes, but we had to solve issue, that one box has now not enought space for all tiles, meeplesed, tokens etc. So going back to two box - basic game for tiles and scoring table and box from expansion 1 for other stuff and rules (I know basic game, tower and halflings 2020 are fold).

Thinking about wooden box to made. But shops are closed due to quarantine ;-(

That's an issue I had to face a few times too... If you need some inspiration, here's the box I made:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg72908#msg72908 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg72908#msg72908)

You'll see some other boxes ideas on that thread too  ;)
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Post by: PurpleMeeple on January 10, 2021, 04:32:29 PM
So as I mentioned in my welcome post, I recently made an order for most of my missing CII unboxed expansions and some additional bits.

Of course even at ~£7 each or less things add up quick when you are buying 10 or more things.. so this slightly extravagant post Xmas purchase only happened like it did because a few stars aligned at the time; I knew I was (and still am) expecting a Basically Wooden Carcassonne storage box that is due to arrive later in January, I got confirmation of a late but welcome PPI refund from the bank, and I found that Board Game Extras had nearly all the unboxed expansions I needed.. well the need in me to achieve completionism took over and this is what the postman delivered a couple of days ago:

Festival 2
The Peasant Uprising
The Toll Keepers
Baths / Barber Surgeons
German Castles
German Cathedrals
German Monasteries
Halflings 1 and 2
Markets of Leipzig
The Fruit Bearing Trees

Winter Edition Mini: Corncircles in German
Spielbox magazine 05 2012 with Little Buildings mini expansion
Sheet of 12 blank Carcassonne original tiles

9 Wooden Wine Barrel Tokens
6 Wooden Wheat Tokens  (well should be 6, I appear to have misplaced one already  ::) )
5 Wooden Cloth Tokens  (yeah, they are not red and they are shaped like t-shirts, was most suitable thing I could see on BGE and they will certainly do for now.  On the plus side they are purple! :) )

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Post by: DaFees on January 11, 2021, 11:04:59 PM
I am curious to know if any folks living in the US have yet to receive any of their orders from SPIEL.Digital onward?
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Post by: carlium on January 12, 2021, 05:53:29 AM
Hey DaFees, yes I got my digital Spiel 2020 package last week. Tracker number was useless in this case.
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Post by: Decar on January 12, 2021, 05:57:47 AM
I got a large box from FedEx  (not cundco) yesterday that was originally intended for delivery on the 6th. No subsequent updates, it just turned up.  I think tracking is fairly unreliable, or updated very promptly at the moment.

Glad your box arrived safely.

Here's my package... there's a meeple for scale comparison... if you look closely for it!
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Post by: Amorpheus on February 26, 2021, 04:42:04 PM
Super excited to receive this in the mail today! Wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to find a copy. I can now replace my homemade version with the actual tiles and wooden Ark.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210227/1066109cd22476ab5eb3caacd04fbcf0.jpg)
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Post by: Allograft on February 26, 2021, 04:47:37 PM

9 Wooden Wine Barrel Tokens
6 Wooden Wheat Tokens  (well should be 6, I appear to have misplaced one already  ::) )
5 Wooden Cloth Tokens  (yeah, they are not red and they are shaped like t-shirts, was most suitable thing I could see on BGE and they will certainly do for now.  On the plus side they are purple! :) )


Nice, where did you get the wooden pieces?
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Post by: DaFees on February 26, 2021, 08:04:15 PM
So small update, I received another cundco order earlier this week and as a result I’ve received everything I’ve been expecting. I have no further complaints and I anxiously wait for the new winter edition and the 20th anniversary to become available to those of us in the US.
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Post by: corinthiens13 on February 26, 2021, 09:46:30 PM

9 Wooden Wine Barrel Tokens
6 Wooden Wheat Tokens  (well should be 6, I appear to have misplaced one already  ::) )
5 Wooden Cloth Tokens  (yeah, they are not red and they are shaped like t-shirts, was most suitable thing I could see on BGE and they will certainly do for now.  On the plus side they are purple! :) )


Nice, where did you get the wooden pieces?

You can find them on  https://www.spielematerial.de/en/ (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/)  :yellow-meeple:

You can see some custom pieces on this post:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg72908#msg72908 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg72908#msg72908)

And some custom figures in action here:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4932.msg72747#msg72747 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4932.msg72747#msg72747)

And some other custom figures in action here:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0)
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Post by: Allograft on February 26, 2021, 10:03:14 PM
thanks boss
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Post by: PurpleMeeple on February 27, 2021, 12:08:58 AM

9 Wooden Wine Barrel Tokens
6 Wooden Wheat Tokens  (well should be 6, I appear to have misplaced one already  ::) )
5 Wooden Cloth Tokens  (yeah, they are not red and they are shaped like t-shirts, was most suitable thing I could see on BGE and they will certainly do for now.  On the plus side they are purple! :) )


Nice, where did you get the wooden pieces?
I got mine from Board Game Extras in U.K. while I was making order there anyway.  They were 15-20 pence each.

There is a seller on eBay with complete sets (barrels, corn, cloth) for Carcassonne with more appropriate red tokens for the cloth but he is selling them for a ‘healthy’ profit over what I paid at BGE.

Spielmaterial looks like a good source too.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Allograft on February 27, 2021, 11:46:49 AM
I anxiously wait for the new winter edition and the 20th anniversary to become available to those of us in the US.

How long is the usual wait from Euro release to make it to this side of the pond?
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Post by: totec55 on March 22, 2021, 01:26:40 PM
My mail lady came through today!

Does anyone know if the rules for the Polish version of The Castle (Zamek) are the same as the original? I am assuming they are, but have not taken the time to look into it yet.
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Post by: Allograft on March 22, 2021, 01:56:09 PM
Wow! looks  great! -  :pink-meeple:
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Post by: Willem on March 22, 2021, 02:18:10 PM
That is a great collection of new things! Well done!

I've got the polish version as well, I believe the rules are the same as the original version. I think the only difference is the artwork
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on March 22, 2021, 02:38:53 PM
My mail lady came through today!

Does anyone know if the rules for the Polish version of The Castle (Zamek) are the same as the original? I am assuming they are, but have not taken the time to look into it yet.
Well. Usually they suppose to na same. But for example Czech/Slovak rules (Mindok publisher) of Princess and Dragon says:
Fairy can placed only next to regular meeple and therefore can not be placed next to Big Meeple, Mayor etc.
Or Abbey can be placed at end of game instead of German rules where it cannot be placed. (This was confirmed by HiG month ago)

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Post by: wolnic on March 22, 2021, 03:13:55 PM
Does anyone know if the rules for the Polish version of The Castle (Zamek) are the same as the original? I am assuming they are, but have not taken the time to look into it yet.

I included some info (but not full rules) on WICA about this version. There are a number of feature changes, such as ...
For more, see https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Zamek_Base_Game (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Zamek_Base_Game)
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Post by: totec55 on March 23, 2021, 08:52:23 AM
Thank you all for the input. The design changes on WICA are very helpful wolnic.
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Post by: Decar on March 29, 2021, 11:18:57 AM
A visit from the post lady. I'm now a proud owner of a mega meeple  :(y)

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20210329_191539_copy_1008x756.jpg)
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Post by: Meepledrone on March 29, 2021, 11:27:52 AM
Looks great!

Is that C1 Travel Edition an Extrawurst?  ;)
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Post by: Decar on March 29, 2021, 11:31:31 AM
No that arrived the other day and just bundled it into the photo. Besides, it's a Rio Grande edition  ;)

You have to look very closely at my photos. I sometimes sneak a few items into them, you have to look very closely though.
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Post by: Meepledrone on March 29, 2021, 11:39:28 AM
You are right! I didn't zoom in for a better view...  ;D

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Post by: totec55 on March 29, 2021, 07:05:02 PM
Wow! I did not realize the Mega Meeple was that, well, mega! Much larger than I envisioned.

Nice lot of goodies!
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Post by: DieterR on April 15, 2021, 04:46:58 AM

Found this in my mailbox today thanks to the generosity of Willem!   :yellow-meeple:

Thanks again man!
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Post by: Willem on April 15, 2021, 05:05:50 AM
Woohoo!
Glad I arrived quickly and in good shape (square that is)
Enjoy!
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 15, 2021, 07:24:57 AM
Enjoy your new precioooousssss!!!  ;D
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Post by: totec55 on April 23, 2021, 05:52:09 PM
A happy day to see the postman!

Only one more set and Ill have all three versions  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 24, 2021, 12:27:27 AM
Happy Completionism Day!  ;)

Enjoy your shrines and their challenges!  ;D
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Post by: Decar on April 24, 2021, 12:13:03 PM
Just a reminder this is the busiest and most active thread on the forum. It's for posting the cool stuff you've got and having a little congratulatory chat  :(y)
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Post by: totec55 on April 24, 2021, 04:45:19 PM
Happy Completionism Day!  ;)

Enjoy your shrines and their challenges!  ;D

Thanks, I most definitely will!
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Post by: KBellon on May 24, 2021, 02:14:04 AM
Until March 2021, I had chosen not to buy the rare, expensive expansions and spin offs. But after years of doubt, I went for it.
So in April and May of this year I ordered a lot of Carcassone merchandise. But as I was away from home this period, I could not open it.
Yesterday I finally came home and it was time to open everything, which was awesome :D

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Post by: KBellon on May 24, 2021, 02:15:54 AM
This is everything I collected up until March 2021. The Map is Benelux map.
Now I am eagerly awaiting the 20th anniversary edition and waiting for winter edition + river to arrive at Cundco.  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Meepledrone on May 24, 2021, 02:30:27 AM
Welcome to happy completionism!!!  >:D

Awesome pictures!
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Post by: danisthirty on May 24, 2021, 03:35:40 AM
Wow! Those are some seriously impressive photos! Thanks so much for sharing!

+1 merit for making me feel better about my own collecting!
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Post by: Meepledrone on May 24, 2021, 04:15:27 AM
Ha ha ha! I assumed you never had felt guilty about it.
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Post by: totec55 on May 24, 2021, 01:52:14 PM
Looks like Christmas! Nice collection!
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Post by: KBellon on May 24, 2021, 03:23:08 PM
Thank you all. I am verry happy with it. And my wallet will be too.
From now on it'll only need te pay for new stuff (and maybe spiel 14/15 if I ever find them at a reasonable price  :P )
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Post by: Willem on May 25, 2021, 12:02:54 AM
Well done! That looks like a great haul!
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Post by: DrMeeple on May 25, 2021, 01:03:19 AM
Very great collection!! This is the best collection (C1 stuff hahahaha)


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Post by: Meepledrone on May 25, 2021, 01:44:56 AM
Don't know why I felt you were going to make a remark on that...  ;)
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Post by: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 04:14:40 AM
Got this in my mailbox today. That's tiny compared to KBellon's arrival, but I'm still happy  :yellow-meeple:
My kids aren't old enough yet (one is 18 months old, and the second should arrive in one week or two), so I'm keeping this game wrapped for 2 or 3 years  ;)

@KBellon, I see you got a La Porxada tile. How do you know it is a real one, since it's always been a stickered tile? I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not. And I'm not even playing it, since I could print a better quality tile myself  ???
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Post by: KBellon on May 25, 2021, 06:05:56 AM
Got this in my mailbox today. That's tiny compared to KBellon's arrival, but I'm still happy  :yellow-meeple:
My kids aren't old enough yet (one is 18 months old, and the second should arrive in one week or two), so I'm keeping this game wrapped for 2 or 3 years  ;)

@KBellon, I see you got a La Porxada tile. How do you know it is a real one, since it's always been a stickered tile? I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not. And I'm not even playing it, since I could print a better quality tile myself  ???

Ah, but I guess your collection was already a lot bigger than mine  ;)
Well, the La Porxada tile is the only one I did not buy. As it's only a sticker indeed. I bought a spare CCCC tile from cundco and a friend of mine made the Porxada tile out of it!
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Post by: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 06:08:49 AM
That's probably the best and most effective way to own a La Porxada tile  :yellow-meeple:

Here's my collection: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.0)
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Post by: KBellon on May 25, 2021, 09:21:36 AM
Damn, so awesome you have the Russian promos and Spiel 14 and 15 tiles  :o
They are the only tiles I would add to my collection until now.
But not actively looking for them because of the prices (250 euros for Russian promos is just insane haha)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on May 25, 2021, 01:53:28 PM
Quote
I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not.
Could you post a picture? It should be relatively easy to see if it is not original (which is likely).
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Post by: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 11:03:26 PM
Can you tell which ones (if any) are true?

Same problem with the CarcassonneCentral world cup tile, since it's a stickered tile, it's difficult to know if a tile is an original one or not :
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.msg75525#msg75525 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.msg75525#msg75525)
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Post by: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 11:04:00 PM
3rd and 4th picture (couldn't include all in a single post)
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Post by: Meepledrone on May 26, 2021, 12:11:36 AM
The original Porxada tiles seem to be not so "polished". Check these pictures from BGG where you can see the tile under the sticker. I don't know either if all the original tiles were signed by KJW. (Maybe someone who attended Jugar x Jugar in 2010 may confirm this.)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/72295/carcassonne-la-porxada/images (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/72295/carcassonne-la-porxada/images)

(https://cf.geekdo-images.com/q7gn-nRV7-Fa6uoDV9uYiw__imagepage/img/xooRs7x4L5tFgCKNGUa5OcXjX24=/fit-in/900x600/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()/pic736785.jpg)

(https://cf.geekdo-images.com/r6utSP1JEJ2U5mt6i2kqpg__imagepage/img/l01FBjGXStLRBEk10Fw4YiDLSQw=/fit-in/900x600/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()/pic1015851.jpg)

As an additional note, in order to keep track of the players who had a meeple in the city with La Porxada when completed, during the event players were given a laminated token consisting in a xeroxed copy of the La Porxada tile.
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Post by: DIN0 on May 26, 2021, 05:08:39 AM
Thank you corinthiens13 for the pictures. I can tell you that your La Porxada is indeed a reproduction. The original stickers were  much smaller than the tiles themselves and did not reach the edge. The quality of sticker printing and application was aso not very good. Your tile looks too well made to be the real deal. But that is not surprising since it would be unlikely you would have one of 72 originals.
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Post by: danisthirty on May 26, 2021, 05:35:26 AM
Same problem with the CarcassonneCentral world cup tile, since it's a stickered tile, it's difficult to know if a tile is an original one or not :

I've not seen tiles like the one in your photo. The originals didn't have a watermark and the text was quite different, although the layout seems to be the same.
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Post by: corinthiens13 on May 26, 2021, 06:05:22 AM
This confirms what I thought, both my CC world cup and La Porxada tiles are copies. I bought them on Ebay on my early Carcassonne collectig years for about 8 Euros each  :o

Anyway, they're still nice tiles to have in play  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on May 26, 2021, 06:22:55 AM
This confirms what I thought, both my CC world cup and La Porxada tiles are copies. I bought them on Ebay on my early Carcassonne collectig years for about 8 Euros each  :o

It's a shame to have bought these tiles unofficially on eBay but at least you didn't pay too crazy a price and still have something to show for it.

From memory there were only around 20 of the original World Cup of Carcassonne Central 2014 tiles produced, and they all went to forum members here. Of all the fake tiles for someone to be knocking off to sell on eBay I'm surprised to know that this would be among them!

Anyway, they're still nice tiles to have in play  :yellow-meeple:

 :(y)
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Post by: totec55 on May 28, 2021, 11:15:37 AM
I am guilty of buying two fake world cup tiles quite a while back before knowing any better. However, the seller did make it clear that they were reproduction's and I think I paid $2 a tile.

I really enjoy the gameplay the tile brings to the game. We generally do not play without them!
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Post by: KBellon on May 29, 2021, 01:27:55 AM
Got these tool organizers yesterday after a tip on a Belgian/Dutch Carcassonne group on Facebook.
It fits perfect  ;D Nice way to store minis.
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Post by: Dugrand1 on May 29, 2021, 05:13:36 AM
Looks great.
Where did you order these boxes?
Gr.. Jan
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Post by: KBellon on May 29, 2021, 10:05:00 AM
I ordered them here:
https://www.vanmelis.nl/perel-assortimentsdoos-13-onderdelendoos-18-2-opbergvakken/?utm_source=beslist&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Perel%20Assortimentsdoos%2013%22%20%7C%20Onderdelendoos%2018%202%20opbergvakken&bl3nlclid=5d7f780a-9db9-427b-91ee-c406f70a145e&utm_term=BESLI5d7f780a-9db9-427b-91ee-c406f70a145e&fbclid=IwAR1xpId0xMJpGYtqGXybiMpkpQGsrzcznhXccZlxGpUmYaBQ0jNXqe81Jcg

Less than 7 euros per box, not expensive at all  ;)
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Post by: Dugrand1 on May 29, 2021, 10:40:45 AM
Dank je wel  :(y)
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Post by: KBellon on May 30, 2021, 05:13:26 AM
Geen probleem :D
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Post by: corinthiens13 on July 20, 2021, 06:15:49 AM
It's time to make this topic alive again  :yellow-meeple:

Here's what I got in my mailbox some weeks ago, i'm so happy with the 20 anniversary edition  :D

The second box is a package for authors I bought for a friend.

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mDCxvEIObSI7G1Dc-u08KBh_YppUnA6tX46MXN0yPJHrfzM5KWM2pNaYkeMxgmHrqtGwln3TmVXWq2_5RiJSF65XmBEL8xUJY7Z1h2PIU86TTV2TT9u-AEO8VdQYhcM_ED6n8rsMtnF4HU33BRil6P66Y2HQE1jk3Y-bOtN9Bmp1XwVmejS_Mf3TNvSDrXZA7?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)
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Post by: Meepledrone on July 20, 2021, 06:23:44 AM
Nice pack! And nice Gingerbread Man!  ;)
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Post by: Willem on July 20, 2021, 02:08:49 PM
That is a nice set! Congrats!

Carcassonne Centralay have been offline and not working, but my postman/woman have been busy these last few weeks.
I have some things shipped to my parents, so don't have everything at hand (yet), but a summary of things I've been able to add to my collection:

Carc20
(https://i.ibb.co/mtQCHXR/IMG-20210608-WA0000.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mtQCHXR)

Über Stock und Stein (limited edition)
(https://i.ibb.co/Sf198YW/IMG-20210625-WA0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Sf198YW)

1st edition of Die Kinder von Carcassonne (with roads that continue)
(https://i.ibb.co/0t7DtsM/Screenshot-20210720-215845-1.png) (https://ibb.co/0t7DtsM)

Carcassonne base game + Princess&Dragon
(https://i.ibb.co/K0V1V2L/Screenshot-20210712-151349-1.png) (https://ibb.co/K0V1V2L)

Ark of the Covenant with wooden ark
(https://i.ibb.co/ky5GkBB/IMG-20210629-103948.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ky5GkBB)

Carcassonne Star wars HiG version (I've always loved the box more than the Zman version)
(https://i.ibb.co/Pxh9DHb/IMG-20210720-220634.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Pxh9DHb)

I think that covers it :)
I had also ordered at Cundco, including their Carc20 but as they stopped sending it out due to the wobbly boxes, my entire order is on backorder until they are available again. Let's hope later this month!



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Post by: corinthiens13 on July 20, 2021, 09:11:45 PM
Wow, nice addition to your collection!

I'd love to get my hands on a copy of the AoC!  ::)
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Post by: Sinscerly on July 21, 2021, 10:22:18 AM
Wow, nice addition to your collection!

I'd love to get my hands on a copy of the AoC!  ::)

You could get the Finish one: https://www.lautapelit.fi/product/1125/liitonarkki-carcassonne-ark-of-the-covenant. It has no wooden ark.
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Post by: KBellon on July 21, 2021, 01:25:19 PM
Wow, nice addition to your collection!

I'd love to get my hands on a copy of the AoC!  ::)

You could get the Finish one: https://www.lautapelit.fi/product/1125/liitonarkki-carcassonne-ark-of-the-covenant. It has no wooden ark.

Indeed, I recently bought the same one to complete my spin off collection :D
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Post by: Meepledrone on July 21, 2021, 03:13:54 PM
How do do you feel about it?  ;D
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Post by: KBellon on July 21, 2021, 05:11:20 PM
Very satisfied :D There is nothing wrong with the Finnish version as long as you dont mind that you won't have a wooden ark ;)
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Post by: carlium on July 21, 2021, 07:05:32 PM
Hey Willem, what is the special feature of Über Stock und Stein (limited edition)?

Could I ask you for a photo when you have some spare time to add to our WICA C&E page?  :red-meeple:


Über Stock und Stein (limited edition)
(https://i.ibb.co/Sf198YW/IMG-20210625-WA0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Sf198YW)

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Post by: corinthiens13 on July 21, 2021, 09:36:42 PM
Thanks for the link!
But I think I'd like to have a wooden ark ???

How's the finnish ark? Cardboard?

Could you please PM me closeup pictures of the wooden ark and dimensions? Maybe I could buy the finnish version and craft a wooden ark  :yellow-meeple:

Wow, nice addition to your collection!

I'd love to get my hands on a copy of the AoC!  ::)

You could get the Finish one: https://www.lautapelit.fi/product/1125/liitonarkki-carcassonne-ark-of-the-covenant. It has no wooden ark.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 22, 2021, 12:17:34 AM
Hey Willem, what is the special feature of Über Stock und Stein (limited edition)?

Could I ask you for a photo when you have some spare time to add to our WICA C&E page?  :red-meeple:


Über Stock und Stein (limited edition)
(https://i.ibb.co/Sf198YW/IMG-20210625-WA0002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Sf198YW)


As far as I can tell, and what Decar told me, it's only that print on the front of the box, and another one on the back of the box that are different from the normal version of the game. The mentioning of Turkish rules is part of the seal. And I don't think that the German game came with Turkish rules, so that can be a special feature  ;D
The game is at my parents (in the NL), so other than this picture I don't have more. But I'm happy to send this one to you, or help finding other pictures for the WICA?

Thanks for the link!
But I think I'd like to have a wooden ark ???

How's the finnish ark? Cardboard?

Could you please PM me closeup pictures of the wooden ark and dimensions? Maybe I could buy the finnish version and craft a wooden ark  :yellow-meeple:


Yes, the Finnish version has a little cardboard square that goes in a plastic stand. Really not much special. But as the game was not widely released, it's difficult to find sometimes, and the Finnish version seems the best available. I have that one too.
The wooden ark was only available in the second edition in the US I believe.
The English version was released by Inspiration Games, which I have not heard much about (apart from their AotC that is)
I'll take some pictures and measurements of the wooden ark and share it later today!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 22, 2021, 12:25:58 AM
Thanks a lot Willem, I did just order the Finnish version, and I'm waiting for your pictures and measurements to craft a wooden ark :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maiday on July 22, 2021, 12:53:47 AM
Any idea if the website with the Finnish version of aotc ships to the uk?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 22, 2021, 12:56:22 AM
It ships to Switzerland, so it should ship to the UK  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on July 22, 2021, 04:40:39 AM
Any idea if the website with the Finnish version of aotc ships to the uk?

They do but the postage is pretty fierce. It makes Cundco look reasonable.  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on July 22, 2021, 04:52:29 AM
Can't work out how to attach a screenshot, so old school:

AoC 20.08 euros (less than Finnish list price so presumably add VAT on top)
Priority Parcel (Zone 3) shipping 36.00 euros

I haven't found an option to change shipping.

Hope that helps.

Will

EDIT: Ha, managed to add screenshot by accident.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maiday on July 22, 2021, 07:05:14 AM
Can't work out how to attach a screenshot, so old school:

AoC 20.08 euros (less than Finnish list price so presumably add VAT on top)
Priority Parcel (Zone 3) shipping 36.00 euros

I haven't found an option to change shipping.

Hope that helps.

Will

EDIT: Ha, managed to add screenshot by accident.

That really does make cundco look reasonable. I think I might hold out for now spent too much on spinoffs on ebay recently...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 22, 2021, 07:15:02 AM
For Switzerland I paid more shipping costs than merchandise costs too...  :-\

And I hope I'm not gonna get custom taxes added to that :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carlium on July 22, 2021, 12:28:47 PM
Thanks Willem for your reply. I will keep an eye if I found this box on the internet to put it on our WICA page, please let me know if you find something. Meanwhile, I will cut this one and add it to C&E page  :red-meeple:

Thanks!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 23, 2021, 08:38:12 AM
I found these measures of the AoC by Chmura on CarcF:

https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=3267&p=59165#p59129 (https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=3267&p=59165#p59129)

Quote
dimensions in mm, always length x width x height.

Handle: 42.04 × 4.90 × 4.82

Chest: 21.60 × 22.06 × 6.60

Cover: 10.70 × 11.16 × 4.04

To check total height: 15.46; the location of the chest on the handles is symmetrical; lids on the chest as well.

Here you are a picture from WICA:

(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/3/39/Ark_wooden.jpg)

EDIT: Updated URL. Didn't seem to work fine.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 23, 2021, 10:13:30 AM
Thanks Meepledrone, and thanks willem for PM's with pictures and measurements too  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on July 26, 2021, 02:58:33 AM
You know, it's the first time I check this topic.

it was my belief that it was only about Carcassonne material that we receive by the mail, but now I see that it is any boardgame.

So, I will post some pictures of the boardgames that I have receive recently (just give me the time to take the picture :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on July 26, 2021, 03:13:16 AM
Not a boardgame per see, but I think it could be include here
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on July 26, 2021, 03:25:54 AM
As you can see, I'm a fan of Asterix
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 26, 2021, 03:45:30 AM
Great additions to your collection.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 29, 2021, 05:17:22 AM
Got this in my mailbox  :D

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mKbkY_E3oNcruIPwqXbopNDUPp1jKzMKeMa-sX9sr9zDKfQk-aARptEXVIjOgyrajRUvqU09gBN5yxPItMmce0jR3jxth0eoHl7rwm1PVhJuz_11Vqp1JJ2zHBVswM4FYvd3FxchQL_pkjpVA7D8qxsuTn1HcAQDwJbnGr1QGsKMtk7te1bIdif_7L3FsKuU1?width=511&height=660&cropmode=none)

And here's a closeup of the two arks I made :yellow-meeple:
  • One with the exact dimensions as the original (thanks to those who contributed by measuring theirs), I made it with the wood I had in stock, so it isn't the same type of wood as the original
  • One fancier and smaller, just for fun, and to avoid the ark to hide everything on a tile

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mZaGCwVFXl_q_r5vUagKkpRI40CLy_bg0XIbmywm7vPSYlmLkJ5VkqLqDGx8J6pjnuG4soXQHlqaoQr_JzyIAHZ3SZ4ZguPBxMIGyuQxqoere1vDRUd9fFIjI6m175zozdVujlFR7X7VjwIzqzpCmumwYdzENvFtxW45p5IAqKhoLbER3VoWLkM-YIWWY50Q8?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 29, 2021, 05:53:22 AM
Those arks look great!
Congrats on those, and of course getting the game!
Have you tried it out yet?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on July 29, 2021, 05:56:06 AM
Thanks  ;)

I unpunched the tiles but didn't try it yet.

I'll probably try it on Saturday, no time until then :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 29, 2021, 07:23:58 AM
Cool pictures!

The original wooden ark is huge compared to everything else on a tile...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 29, 2021, 12:55:26 PM
Finally today I received the last items to complete my Paleo collection for this Summer... Let's see if I can tempt some of my fellow players...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 29, 2021, 01:24:29 PM
Very nice Meepledrone! I hope you enjoy it.

I also had a delivery today. After waiting several months for delivery, I had to give the notorious Queen Games a kick. In all fairness they've been better in recent years.... ish.

Orderes front and centre and got sent the LHS as a token of good will.

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20210729_211901_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

I got to try Winter Kingdom at the VUKGE last year with RichTheFish and rather enjoyed it.  Looking forward to playing this again soon.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 29, 2021, 01:28:22 PM
Thank you!

That haul looks fantastic!

BTW, you made sin a few weeks ago and got this following your recommendation... Haven't tried it yet either.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 29, 2021, 01:34:23 PM
Hehehe, that's one you'll love the rules for!

It's very zany and fun!   :gray-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on July 30, 2021, 08:59:12 PM
Well, more than two months after making my order, I finally received my Cundco items: Leprechaun Man (with unnecessary extra tile), Peasant Revolt, second copy of German Monasteries, and a replacement Acrobat tile. In retrospect, I wish I had thrown in a pink abbot. It’s the only figure I’m missing now. Boo! I’ll wait for Christmas when I can hopefully get the new Winter Edition and any other promos that come out around then.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 04, 2021, 09:23:58 AM
Nice package Whaleyland!


Today I received this short strategic game that has been out of print for a while. It comes from a small Finnish publisher who re-released back in 2019. I missed it!


(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20210804_171329_copy_756x1008.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on August 04, 2021, 10:41:22 AM
I receive, two days ago, a bunch of miniatures (for TTRPG) that was supposed to be ship next december.... Yep, 4 months earlier :)

And yesterday, I receive a box of cavern wall (also for TTPRG)

Sorry, no picture (maybe later)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 10, 2021, 03:51:08 AM
I just received this...

Ordered bags and second copies of some mini expansions...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on August 10, 2021, 05:16:08 AM
Nice, thanks for sharing  :yellow-meeple:

Can the big bag really contain 480-500 tiles, as Cundco stated ? ??? It doesn't look so... Or maybe if they're perfectly aligned, but 500 shuffled tiles ?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on August 10, 2021, 09:12:04 AM
I just receive 2 pack of blank tile  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 10, 2021, 12:16:56 PM
I just receive 2 pack of blank tile  ;D

Any plans for them?  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 10, 2021, 12:18:40 PM
I just receive 2 pack of blank tile  ;D

Photo or it didnt happen
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on August 10, 2021, 04:32:11 PM
I just receive 2 pack of blank tile  ;D

Any plans for them?  ;D

Yes, of course  ;D

I will take one of them to do some paint test, and I will decide what extension I will introduce in our game
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 10, 2021, 04:45:11 PM
Decar means you have to post a picture of the blank tiles you received on this thread. The final product will go to the Expansion Workshop  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on August 10, 2021, 06:08:44 PM
ok
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 11, 2021, 12:13:46 AM
Cool!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 11, 2021, 04:12:03 PM
Awesome, merit from me  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on August 12, 2021, 03:52:48 AM
Not boardgame related, but DecarJr has really enjoyed this book series from two Polish artists/authors.  The series is called Mamoko and each book follows a dozen or so characters who's story you can track across each page.  There's no words, but you can tell a story and describe what happens to each character, and how their days and adventures interleave.

Unfortunately, only the first book is available in English, but it's only pictures, so that's no problem at all!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20210812_114351_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

The smaller books are number and letter games.

If you're interested you can read more about the series and the artist's other works here:
https://oladaniel.com/world-of-mamoko
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 12, 2021, 04:36:48 AM
ah yes, you were talking about this recently. Good to see you got the book series in!
They look like goof kids books, and Decar Jr can learn to see pictures in Polish in 1 go ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on August 14, 2021, 05:13:42 AM
I really love the postman (except the customs : 28,50 euros and the damaged the boxes…)

But hey! Not everyday I receive package from Brasil :)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210814/ba8e8441ee260e9c2c70d6d2064a6925.jpg)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 14, 2021, 06:37:32 AM
Congrats!

Great Brazilian C1 version before Devir!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carlium on August 14, 2021, 10:17:01 AM
What is in the little wooden box? and what is that tile? a metal tile?  ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: KBellon on August 14, 2021, 11:26:46 AM
Can you explain what all 3 items are?
I haven't seen any of these before :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on August 14, 2021, 01:50:49 PM
Same question here, Linksux, can you explain what those are? The boxes look amazing  :yellow-meeple:

Some pictures of the content would be great  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on August 14, 2021, 02:02:13 PM
Dominio Carcassonne is the first Brazilian edition of Carcassonne, the box is larger than usual and the back of the tile is different (I will post photos later)

The wooden box and the medal (yes the tile is metallic) is from carcassonne Brazil (an association of gamers, they also organize official national tournaments of carcassonne

I will post some photos tomorrow, here one of the Instagram of carcassonne Brazil

https://instagram.com/carcassonnebrasil?utm_medium=copy_link (https://instagram.com/carcassonnebrasil?utm_medium=copy_link)

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210814/770ae47fae76c3728dabd4b9f97c2530.jpg)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carlium on August 14, 2021, 09:23:29 PM
Everything looks pretty cool, congrats Linksux! Thanks for answering our questions, that little wooden box looks really nice, organized, and compact. Grow Jogos e Brinquedo first edition is a very interesting collectible, until now, it is the most aggressive cover of Carcassonne. Grow produced this version, and after that, they released another in a regular box (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Collections_and_Expansions#/media/File:Box_BaseGame2_C1_GJB.png), before Devir took place as the producer in South America.

Hmmm, a megacarcassone with metallic tiles, sounds fun and heavy!   ;D

 :red-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on August 23, 2021, 07:29:34 AM
I received recently two very welcomed additions to my C1 collection: The Besiegers and The Tunnels. I was searching for both for a reasonable price for quite some time as two most wanted items from my C1 wishlist. Sadly, while the Tunnels come in a neat original Spielbox edition box, no tokens were included. I stupidly overlooked a small note "only tiles" in the product description by the seller at BGG (otherwise, I would be reluctant to buy an incomplete item). I noticed that the tunnel tokens were already discussed here some years back for the possibilities to diy versions of alternative colours, so I will probably try some of the options, but if someone has spare or alternative tokens, I will pf course appreciate these.
Still I feel this delivery qualifies well for the "I love the postman" thread, not least for the used post stamps. I am a frantic collector of polar philately items and as a biologist by occupation, a big fan of penguins :-)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 23, 2021, 07:45:55 AM
Those tiles look great, and also the stamps!  ;D

You can also get some wooden discs in various colors to do the trick... You have 13 colors to choose from.

https://www.spielematerial.de/en/spielsteine/wooden-discs-10x4-mm.html (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/spielsteine/wooden-discs-10x4-mm.html)

(https://www.spielematerial.de/media/catalog/product/cache/8d441b66207e80526629162a7a3ffc4f/p/0/p0003d-01_2.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on August 23, 2021, 08:24:38 AM
Or you can also buy tunnel wooden pieces:
https://www.spielematerial.de/en/bridge.html (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/bridge.html)

See them in action here :
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 23, 2021, 10:03:20 AM
This is a great option!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on August 24, 2021, 06:08:44 AM
I just received a nice pillow from Mr Meeple as a giveaway  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 24, 2021, 06:59:33 AM
Yesterday the postman made me very happy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on August 24, 2021, 07:17:00 AM
Or you can also buy tunnel wooden pieces:
https://www.spielematerial.de/en/bridge.html (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/bridge.html)

See them in action here :
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4942.0)

Many thanks for a great suggestion, these look really perfect. I am ordering them right on!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on August 24, 2021, 04:52:15 PM
Yesterday the postman made me very happy!
Amazing!

Where did you get it?  I found one on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wood-construction-set-la-cite-de-Carcassonne-France-village-electoral-management-body-complete-/353433003698?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=709-127639-2357-0), but it is 100Euro with shipping to US.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 24, 2021, 10:30:34 PM
Yesterday the postman made me very happy!
Amazing!

Where did you get it?  I found one on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wood-construction-set-la-cite-de-Carcassonne-France-village-electoral-management-body-complete-/353433003698?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=709-127639-2357-0), but it is 100Euro with shipping to US.

I found it on a second-hand website in Spain. €15 plus shipping.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on August 26, 2021, 08:28:35 AM
A recent delivery from Betty's in Harrogate ... yummmmm!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 07, 2021, 11:08:34 AM
Today the postman brought me this:
(https://i.ibb.co/tBp3yP7/IMG-20210907-190549.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tBp3yP7)
Nothing to do with the game, but I did like the summary so hoping it's a good one!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Allograft on September 07, 2021, 11:42:35 AM
Somehow I doubt whether people want to see my correspondence with the IRS (USA tax agency) -  :pink-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dragonlord on September 09, 2021, 07:53:59 PM
New arrival today of this french edition  :black1-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on September 11, 2021, 11:51:13 PM
The postman has delivered me a brand new Cult Siege and Creativity today. That I have ordered in a webshop in Germany.  It was expensive but worthy
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 12, 2021, 12:39:34 AM
Nice!

Did you get it at Spiele Akademie? They seem to be one of the only ones who actually still have these in stock. They must've bought a lot when it first came out  :P

I got the Travel box from Basically Wooden in yesterday. Really happy with this one! The quality is really nice
(https://i.ibb.co/swr6G65/IMG-20210911-162143.jpg) (https://ibb.co/swr6G65)

(https://i.ibb.co/XpC4kxd/IMG-20210911-162134.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XpC4kxd)

That is going to be my C2 travel set. Base game plus first 2 expansions will fit nicely in there
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on September 12, 2021, 12:58:40 AM
Indeed spiel Akademie. https://shop.spiele-akademie.de/index.php?lang=1&cl=details&anid=4d749c8b085d383692d81d66f878b6e9&cnid=591325763eee44979fd02425b6673173&fnc=logout&redirected=1 They still have 4 in stock right now thats what I could see. They where out of stock a couple of months ago. But now im glad i could buy a new one. Even when it did cost me 50 euro's. Without shipping :'(

Ure Basically Wooden box looks great Willem. I love basically wooden.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 28, 2021, 04:49:05 AM
And another great delivery this morning!
(https://i.ibb.co/7W9v2JP/IMG-20210928-124328-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7W9v2JP)

A set of the base game plus the first 4 major expansions, from Fantasmagoria. So a Bulgarian set  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on September 28, 2021, 05:09:04 AM
Do you need any help with the rules?  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 28, 2021, 05:18:24 AM
No, the rules for these are quite simple.
It translates to "Willem wins"

The expansions just give more points to Willem, but the base game rules still apply
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Allograft on September 28, 2021, 11:14:37 PM
No, the rules for these are quite simple.
It translates to "Willem wins"

The expansions just give more points to Willem, but the base game rules still apply

I’m not sure I like those rules….
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on October 05, 2021, 10:19:27 AM
I really like the tin boxes. And i even love them more when the postman brings one.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on October 05, 2021, 02:05:46 PM
Wow, this is really a nice piece! If I read the timeline of C1 special editions correctly, this is the first of few tin-boxed iterations of the base game, followed by Tchibo edition and Müller Exklusiv-Edition. I am also much fond of metal boxes, so far having only Carcassonne für zwei travel set. I wonder if HiG ever comes back to this solid packaging option at some point.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on October 05, 2021, 02:30:11 PM
It seems to be the same tin box as the one used for 2019 Advent bundle at Cundco  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 05, 2021, 02:42:52 PM
That's the box with the foam tiles, white thin cloth bag and misprinted tokens. The packaging was great, but the contents not so much lol
It's a nice one to add to your collection though
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 05, 2021, 03:02:19 PM
I really like the tin boxes. And i even love them more when the postman brings one.

Nice one. A worthy addition to any Carcassonne collection. :) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on October 06, 2021, 01:04:42 AM
Is there a misprint in the box?

That's the box with the foam tiles, white thin cloth bag and misprinted tokens. The packaging was great, but the contents not so much lol
It's a nice one to add to your collection though
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 06, 2021, 01:25:36 AM
Yep, the trade tokens have a misprint on the back. If you see the sheets, there are 3 sheets with  Wheat/Cloth/Barrel/Wheat/Barrel.
The 4 sheet has Cloth/Cloth/Barrel/Barrel/Barrel, but on the backside of the tokens it still follows the W/C/B/W/B icons. Not a big thing, but still  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 06, 2021, 01:30:58 AM
Yep, the trade tokens have a misprint on the back. If you see the sheets, there are 3 sheets with  Wheat/Cloth/Barrel/Wheat/Barrel.
The 4 sheet has Cloth/Cloth/Barrel/Barrel/Barrel, but on the backside of the tokens it still follows the W/C/B/W/B icons. Not a big thing, but still  ;D

But do you take off the shrink wrap to see it for yourself? That is the question! >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 06, 2021, 01:47:12 AM
Or you can trust me on my blue eyes.....
(Bit of a literal translation, but ah well)

Then again, who knows, I might be making it up to try and get people to open their tins ....   >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on October 06, 2021, 01:52:02 AM
I have another one ;D unpunched out of seal
I will check it later. Thanks for explaining

Yep, the trade tokens have a misprint on the back. If you see the sheets, there are 3 sheets with  Wheat/Cloth/Barrel/Wheat/Barrel.
The 4 sheet has Cloth/Cloth/Barrel/Barrel/Barrel, but on the backside of the tokens it still follows the W/C/B/W/B icons. Not a big thing, but still  ;D

But do you take off the shrink wrap to see it for yourself? That is the question! >:D
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Post by: Meepledrone on October 06, 2021, 07:40:28 AM
Today I got a double treat:
1) Oldbonz's pictures
2) A pack of two boxes containing the following:
    - Base Game
    - Exp. 1 + River I
    - Exp. 2 + River II
    - Exp. 3 + The Count of Carcassonne
    - Exp. 4
    - Exp. 5
Everything was mixed up to I had a lot of fun separating tiles and figures.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 06, 2021, 08:14:47 AM
It must be double treat day!
I also got 2 deliveries in today:
(https://i.ibb.co/N3DbB4P/IMG-20211006-160732.jpg) (https://ibb.co/N3DbB4P)

The Winter Edition with Gingerbread man, and the green box Hunters& Gatherers  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 06, 2021, 09:33:46 AM
Cool! Congrats! O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ymbuser on October 08, 2021, 03:40:40 AM
Currently waiting for the Markets of Leipzig to arrive... Postman, please come by soon!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 08, 2021, 04:19:55 AM
Be patient and have fun!

And welcome to the forum!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ymbuser on October 08, 2021, 05:26:02 AM
Thank you Meepledrone.

New here, but lovely to read through the different topics on the forum!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 08, 2021, 08:09:47 AM
The rabbit hole is really deep... I warn you  ;)

Anything in particular you are especially interested in?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: KBellon on October 08, 2021, 08:30:38 AM
Thanks to @The-Edge I got this one  week ago  ;D



Now I am fulfilled with collecting for a while, at least until the Gifts and Spiel tile arrive in the shop (good time to buy a 20th anniversary bag as well)  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 08, 2021, 08:46:29 AM
Congrats!!!

Enjoy it the WE!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ymbuser on October 08, 2021, 02:33:47 PM
@Meepledrone Rather just rediscovering my joy in playing Carcassonne lately, learning about mini-expansions I was not even aware of. Just like the Markets of Leipzig, hope it is as interesting as I think it is. I enjoy the game the most  when meeple management becomes though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 09, 2021, 12:37:52 AM
So welcome back to the realm of Carcassonne.

Just in case, if you need some info related to rules or clarifications, you may also visit WICA:
https://wikicarpedia.com (https://wikicarpedia.com)

Check this post for an index of Element of the Week posts by Whaleyland you may also find interesting if you haven't found them yet:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2113.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2113.0)

This FAQ by Danisthirty is also a great read:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4621.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4621.0)

If you are interested in fan-made expansions or any other subject, just let us know and we may give you some directions. For example, you may find here a list of expansions for the new edition maintained by wolnic:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3748.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3748.0)

If you are interested in sleeving your tiles, you may find this thread by DrMeeple interesting:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4941.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4941.0)

If you are interested in meeple sizes, this is your thread, maintained by corinthiens13:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5155.0 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5155.0)

You name it...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ymbuser on October 09, 2021, 03:12:49 PM
Thank you so much Meepledrone for this warm welcome. I will have a look at the different topics. You’ll sure see me around.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 10, 2021, 07:28:43 AM
My pleasure!

Have lots of fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Schwebels on October 10, 2021, 08:35:32 AM
Hello, I'm new to this forum, but I've played for a bit. Still have a lot to learn, but I figured I'd start with what I got from the post man yesterday. I've only gotten c2 art style because that's when I started playing and wanted to expand my collection. I bought this through Facebook marketplace for $75 plus shipping.  I found this deal because I was looking for some minis and wanted the catapult (mainly just to say I have it) no boxes except for the base game.

It includes base game, inns and cathedrals (says Carcassonne the expansion, is this first edition of it?), Traders and builders, princess and dragon, abbey and mayor, catapult, cult siege and creativity X2, the count of Carcassonne, king and Scout, and it also has the GQ magazine mini that isn't shown in the picture. All in c1.

I'll post an imgur link because the file is too large from my phone.

http://imgur.com/a/w84EbfC

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 10, 2021, 10:32:34 AM
Welcome to the forum!

Congrats on this big haul. I saw your post on Reddit too. Will you mix C1 and C2?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Schwebels on October 10, 2021, 10:39:01 AM
Definitely, for the most part it's functionally the same(obviously some don't have abbot pieces like in c2 etc). And I usually play with a few members of my family. Well mix in a whole bunch and the most amount of tiles we played with was 400 some across several expansions and multiple base games. We did it over multiple days, so with these expansions we'll definitely mix them, sometimes we don't play with all rules for the tiles we've included just to speed it up (crop circles, probably won't use the catapults rules, just tiles for the first few rounds of it. Etc.) Plan on ordering from cundco for a bunch of minis and get a bunch of blanks to use for fan expansions. So we'll eventually have a huge game of like... 1000 tiles lmao.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on October 10, 2021, 10:56:52 AM
Welcome to the forum Schwebels and congratulations on your great beginning with C1! You've got some hard to find sets right from the start.

I used to think I'd go mad with C1 and C2 mixed on the table but actually it wasn't a big deal when we tried it. Sure, the cities can look a bit strange sometimes but if it means you can play the game how you want with the expansions/ rules that you like together then who cares!

Are you/ your group more into cooperative or competitive play? Is it nice and friendly or no-holds-barred?  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Schwebels on October 10, 2021, 11:53:52 AM
Yea, we feel the same. Sure it may look a little weird at first, but we'll get over it. I mostly play with my family so I'd say it's a healthy mix. We'll make silent deals to help finish a feature if we need a specific piece, but we'll also try to sneak in a city if it's getting big. I guess it's kind of a right time right place kinda deal.

I'm surprised I was able to find those sets at such a good price, so much so it's starting an addiction of trying to comb the internet for good deals. Next big purchase I want is wheel of fortune. Probably will get big box 5 because it ticks a few other things I'd want as well. Also tried local flea markets etc, haven't found a whole lot.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 11, 2021, 01:34:53 AM
Completionism is settling in... I feel it.  >:D

Have fun in your quest!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ymbuser on October 13, 2021, 01:40:45 AM
There it is, such beauty!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 13, 2021, 01:54:46 AM
Nice, congratulations!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 29, 2021, 04:43:28 AM
I just got this... Now Carcassonne souvenirs? OMG! :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 29, 2021, 05:02:50 AM
Nice! Is this the start of your Carcassonne souvenirs collection?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on October 29, 2021, 05:21:56 AM
I just got this... Now Carcassonne souvenirs? OMG! :o

was that a box of goodies?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 29, 2021, 10:43:51 AM
Got the UK shipment of the Taiwan maps in today!
Thanks Meepledrone for arranging it so far! I'll be contacting the UK lot for further distribution.
(https://i.ibb.co/pnxzL3s/IMG-20211029-183555.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pnxzL3s)

(https://i.ibb.co/tCbz3bF/IMG-20211029-184142.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tCbz3bF)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: PurpleMeeple on October 29, 2021, 11:17:36 AM
Got the UK shipment of the Taiwan maps in today!
Thanks Meepledrone for arranging it so far! I'll be contacting the UK lot for further distribution.
(https://i.ibb.co/pnxzL3s/IMG-20211029-183555.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pnxzL3s)

(https://i.ibb.co/tCbz3bF/IMG-20211029-184142.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tCbz3bF)
Nice one :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 29, 2021, 02:45:09 PM
Thank you, Willem!

Hope everyone gets their Taiwan map soon in the UK! This is a perfect excuse for another meetup and try the map.

Have fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on October 30, 2021, 03:25:53 AM
I just got this... Now Carcassonne souvenirs? OMG! :o
WOW this is the oldest expansion? C0??


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 30, 2021, 03:48:30 AM
Nice! Is this the start of your Carcassonne souvenirs collection?  ;)

Hope it is just a glitch in my searching algorithm! Beep beep!  ;)

I just got this... Now Carcassonne souvenirs? OMG! :o

was that a box of goodies?

It is an empty box of cookies. I may use it to store meeples for example.

The pictures are a small collection of 8 small photos. I saw them and felt a compulsion to get them after your gift. They are tiny and cute... My wife love them as soon as she saw them too.

I just got this... Now Carcassonne souvenirs? OMG! :o
WOW this is the oldest expansion? C0??


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I have some other stuff that could be considered as C0!  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 05, 2021, 03:58:55 AM
I received an unexpected big surprise a couple of days ago thanks to @KlausiMausi! I cannot explain my joy when I opened his letter and found this inside...  :o :o :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on November 05, 2021, 06:31:14 AM
I received an unexpected big surprise a couple of days ago thanks to @KlausiMausi! I cannot explain my joy when I opened his letter and found this inside...  :o :o :o
Wow. That f…g ‘15 is the only Essen tile I’m missing (waiting for the ‘21).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 05, 2021, 06:35:42 AM
Ha ha ha!

These are wonderful conversions to C1. Just saying for those who didn't notice due to the initial shock.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Guy on November 05, 2021, 10:44:33 AM
I received an unexpected big surprise a couple of days ago thanks to @KlausiMausi! I cannot explain my joy when I opened his letter and found this inside...  :o :o :o


As someone who only plays with C1 I would love that set!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on November 05, 2021, 10:57:49 AM


As someone who only plays with C1 I would love that set!
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I 2nd that! Nice haul.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on November 05, 2021, 11:15:34 AM
Amazing!!! Why HiG don’t remember his C1 fanbase… :(


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on November 06, 2021, 03:52:02 AM
I received an unexpected big surprise a couple of days ago thanks to @KlausiMausi! I cannot explain my joy when I opened his letter and found this inside...  :o :o :o

Ha, well done @KlausiMausi, those are awesome! Love it.

+1
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 06, 2021, 07:48:30 AM
Haha, that really made me chuckle - great work @KlausiMausi!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Allograft on November 06, 2021, 10:07:21 AM


As someone who only plays with C1 I would love that set!

I 2nd that! Nice haul.
[/quote]

I’d 3rd that. Any chance of a Christmas distribution to some others of us?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 12, 2021, 07:55:12 AM
The postman left me some extra bridges today...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Dugrand1 on November 12, 2021, 08:05:19 AM
 Cool. Where did you get them ?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 12, 2021, 08:10:58 AM
I got them from a person selling accessories and inserts for several games. I told her to create the special ones... She only had the regular ones and the curved ones initially, but after a while I convinced her to print the others too. :D
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: PurpleMeeple on November 12, 2021, 10:28:04 AM
The postman left me some extra bridges today...  ;D
Nice bridges :)

Though surely an illegal placement of one of those meeple on the bridge… ;)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 12, 2021, 10:52:00 AM
I'm just following the lead of HiG with the Big Box 2021...  ;)

Look also at the yellow meeple in the city...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 13, 2021, 12:39:04 PM
Late is never too late, 2 weeks ago I got this replacement box for my bubbled 20 anniversary edition  :yellow-meeple:

The bottom of the box isn't printed  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on November 13, 2021, 01:09:34 PM
Late is never too late, 2 weeks ago I got this replacement box for my bubbled 20 anniversary edition  :yellow-meeple:

The bottom of the box isn't printed  :o
Collector ! :o


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Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on November 17, 2021, 05:49:48 PM
Preordered many months ago; it finally arrived, complete with a printed box bottom ;)

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211118/76d3a92fa0bf2f5bc878622a099577cf.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 17, 2021, 10:08:15 PM
Great, I hope you'll have a lot of fun with this one!  :yellow-meeple:

It's only the replacement boxes that have unprinted bottom (got the box when it was first released but the top was bubbled, reason why they stopped shipping them, and now I got the replacement box, empty and with unprinted bottom, to replace the bubbled one I got months ago)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 18, 2021, 01:02:08 AM
It actually exists! Wow!

Congrats!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 18, 2021, 06:19:16 AM
Thanks to a tip from MMike, I couldn't resist getting this copy of the Finnish base game
(https://i.ibb.co/4mM36cx/IMG-20211118-092707.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4mM36cx)

And yesterday I received a copy of I&C in C2.0, which completed my C2.0 collection
(https://i.ibb.co/KhTL41s/IMG-20211117-143457.jpg) (https://ibb.co/KhTL41s)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 18, 2021, 01:30:58 PM
Ha ha ha! Unstoppable Willem!

Congrats!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on November 23, 2021, 05:21:17 AM
Die Geschenke arrived from eBay yesterday afternoon (in a little custom mailer that the seller made)!

Perfect timing for Thanksgiving games...

(https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=1-fUjq1C7QXGrqKEcn17ELnQGS7ZeoVmi&sz=w600)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 23, 2021, 05:57:39 AM
Enjoy them!

Any ideas for new cards? >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on November 23, 2021, 07:20:17 AM
Hahahaha!  I ordered these (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Panda-Blank-Playing-Cards/dp/B07QM72P14) the same day!

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ERybPXmrNTe-dMSqBqynQILUaRMM96us)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 23, 2021, 09:56:24 AM
Hahahaha!  I ordered these (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Panda-Blank-Playing-Cards/dp/B07QM72P14) the same day!

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ERybPXmrNTe-dMSqBqynQILUaRMM96us)

This looks very promising!  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on November 25, 2021, 09:05:40 AM
Die Geschenke arrived from eBay yesterday afternoon (in a little custom mailer that the seller made)!

Perfect timing for Thanksgiving games...


congratulations !! When you buy Carcassonne do you have to order in Germany or do you buy in the US?

And did you already play with them? Did you like it?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on November 25, 2021, 09:11:56 AM
Hahahaha!  I ordered these the same day!

This looks very promising!  ^-^

@kothmann is a real fan-expansion creation machine  ;D He really helped me a lot with "The Big Highwayman"

It was great fun experiencing such creativity ping-pong  :pink-meeple: :(y) :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 26, 2021, 03:11:21 AM
I'm building more and more close relationships with the postmen here!
Today was a good day!

(https://i.ibb.co/zmqPK68/IMG-20211126-110905.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zmqPK68)

Got a ZMG copy of Carc20, safely packed with more packing-peanuts than my packing-monkey can eat, and a set of (empty) boxes from MMike!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on November 28, 2021, 11:54:10 PM
This arrived last week, an All In Pledge for Final Girl from Van Ryder Games.

If you read all the posts here, you'll know that I reviewed Hostage Negotiator on here. This is of a similar vein except uses slasher movie and horror tropes.

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211118_125628_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

I played my first game on Friday, and got mullered, but think I'll be prepared for the next game. It's pretty funny watching your best laid plans fall apart due to one or two bad dice rolls, but that's the fun of the game. Working out when and how to mitigate failures.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on December 03, 2021, 03:55:07 PM
My 2016 advent box scoreboard finally arrived.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 03, 2021, 04:43:58 PM
Congrats! This is a miracle find!  :o

I've never seen one of these on sale... It is still missing in my collection.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on December 03, 2021, 08:59:52 PM
Ooh, I'm jealous!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on December 04, 2021, 03:07:27 AM
Congrats! This is a miracle find!  :o

I've never seen one of these on sale... It is still missing in my collection.

You know that it's better the WE scoreboard with the tree meeple and Santa meeple... ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 04, 2021, 10:19:10 AM
My 2016 advent box scoreboard finally arrived.
I knew Cundco orders can sometimes take some time, but 5 years us very long!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Allograft on December 04, 2021, 12:46:38 PM
My 2016 advent box scoreboard finally arrived.

Ho Ho Ho!
- :pink-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on December 04, 2021, 11:27:49 PM
My 2016 advent box scoreboard finally arrived.

I did read on wikicarpedia.com there are only 150 pieces ever been selled of the scoreboard. Was this board in a special advent box at the time?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 04, 2021, 11:44:18 PM
It wasn't part of an advent box.

If I remember, it was an extra item added later in the Advent sale and all proceeds were given to a charity.

I remember hesitating because I didn't want to pay for a second lot of postage that year and didn't want anything else  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 05, 2021, 01:23:38 AM
I love the postal services, as I can't put this down to just 1 postman.
We travelled to visit my parents this weekend, so I can also pick up the many parcels that have been arriving here throughout the whole year.
(https://i.ibb.co/vksN5JW/IMG-20211203-144357.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vksN5JW)

Some nice things to add to my collection, such as the WE 2020, Limited edition Uber stock und stein, Base game with P&D, first edition Kinder of Carcassonne and more  ;D
I'm glad I came by car!

And then yesterday the postman decided to come by again, with a bunch of Cundco bags
(https://i.ibb.co/fppWzSh/IMG-20211204-172738.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fppWzSh)

These will be distributed later  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on December 05, 2021, 12:54:08 PM
It wasn't part of an advent box.

If I remember, it was an extra item added later in the Advent sale and all proceeds were given to a charity.

I remember hesitating because I didn't want to pay for a second lot of postage that year and didn't want anything else  ;D

Thank you for ure explanation Decar
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on December 05, 2021, 01:01:07 PM
Congrats! This is a miracle find!  :o

I've never seen one of these on sale... It is still missing in my collection.
This was my first time to that i seen one.
Congrats! This is a miracle find!  :o

I've never seen one of these on sale... It is still missing in my collection.

You know that it's better the WE scoreboard with the tree meeple and Santa meeple... ;)
I have to try it. I allready did read the rules on wikicarpedia.com
My 2016 advent box scoreboard finally arrived.
I knew Cundco orders can sometimes take some time, but 5 years us very long!
Maybe he had a flat tire  ;D ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 06, 2021, 05:42:21 AM
Where did you find such a rare item? I tried eBay, eBay-Kleinanzeigen and BGG to no avail back in the day...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on December 06, 2021, 06:58:15 AM
Marktplaats. The Dutch marketplace.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 06, 2021, 07:34:26 AM
Ooops! Never looked there for this item. :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: KBellon on December 06, 2021, 12:21:06 PM
Got my advent sale stuff today :D

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on December 06, 2021, 12:34:44 PM
Got them today too... But my wife intercepted the package and dispatched everything in my Advent Calendar  :yellow-meeple:

So... No picture for now...  ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 06, 2021, 12:35:57 PM
Ha ha ha! A surprise gift for you maybe? ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on December 06, 2021, 12:38:20 PM
Probably added chocolate and kind letters with Carcassonne stuffs every day ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on December 06, 2021, 03:07:16 PM
I also got the advent package today  ;D
In fact, the postman came much earlier but my husband intercepted the package and only gave it to me today for St. Nicholas  :)  :-*

The meeple flags for scoring came nicely packaged in small envelopes. Its really wood!! For some of them you need to remove the protective film...
but see for yourself  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on December 06, 2021, 04:12:54 PM
Nice flags!! Thanks for the picturesemoji code319]


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: NGC 54 on December 07, 2021, 06:06:43 AM
300 points it is not enough. At least 3000 points for a C2 Mega-Carcassonne (no PnP and CnP).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on December 07, 2021, 06:13:49 AM
You can place at least two flags on a meeple... But you will surely need some extra helpers if you go beyond 500 points.

I was thinking of using tower pieces for extra 100 points... It may not be that practical if the scores go quite high, but you keep all the info together.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 07, 2021, 07:54:46 AM
Well, I came back from my travels, and had a nice little box waiting for me!
(https://i.ibb.co/QK3wRhF/IMG-20211207-143509.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QK3wRhF)

Happy with my flags, new expansion and of course the Spiel tile!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 08, 2021, 01:52:16 AM
And it just keeps coming  :o

Today i got a special parcel from New Zealand!
(https://i.ibb.co/K98CMzj/264822973-4050779795022526-2713759241573996921-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K98CMzj)

Thanks Whaleyland!
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 08, 2021, 04:10:26 AM
And it just keeps coming  :o

Today i got a special parcel from New Zealand!
(https://i.ibb.co/K98CMzj/264822973-4050779795022526-2713759241573996921-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K98CMzj)

Thanks Whaleyland!
Yay! I saw that it was delivered so I am glad it is finally in your hands. One 1st (and only) PixelPark.co.nz edition of Carcassonne. That one is definitely one of the more obscure copies in the world. Enjoy!

You will be happy to know that with the purchase money, I have bought for my work team Unstable Unicorns, Guillotine, and the latest Exploding Kittens expansion: Barking Kittens. I would have bought more "gamey" games but we have to be able to play in under an hour with minimal setup or rules for new players, so sticking with some fun Ameritrash games works best. That being said, I bought them a Carcassonne Big Box 6 last year, hence why having a second copy donated by a departing coworker was unneeded.
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Post by: Willem on December 08, 2021, 05:26:42 AM
That is also good to hear! Lots of new games for the team! If you speak to the ex-coworker again, make sure to extend my thanks :)
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Amorpheus on December 08, 2021, 05:27:03 AM
Received my first Carc 2.0 package from Cundco after being a Carc 1.0 holdout. Got the anniversary edition so I’ll just keep these expansions with it. Tried ordering the scoring flags but unfortunately they are now out of stock for the bundle of colors (along with the Spiel 21 tile).

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211208/55e5aff53f1ba290d7d78192553a19ec.jpg)
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 08, 2021, 07:24:21 AM
Received my first Carc 2.0 package from Cundco after being a Carc 1.0 holdout. Got the anniversary edition so I’ll just keep these expansions with it. Tried ordering the scoring flags but unfortunately they are now out of stock for the bundle of colors (along with the Spiel 21 tile).

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211208/55e5aff53f1ba290d7d78192553a19ec.jpg)

This is the beginning of the end!  :o

Congrats!!! ;D
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 10, 2021, 04:41:01 PM
My stuff made it across the pond.  Not sure what I will do with the extra Spiel Doch tiles.
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Post by: Whaleyland on December 10, 2021, 05:13:16 PM
Buy Carcassonne: Safari, of course!
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 10, 2021, 05:23:01 PM
Ha ha ha!
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Post by: kothmann on December 11, 2021, 04:31:24 AM
(https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=1CMNNZz7yf_ZrVwj8ZhTwqOw1nDA45C-L&sz=w600)
Arrived yesterday from @Rosco: I took advantage of his C1 liquidation (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5539.0).
Lots of holiday fun coming up!

Good luck with C2,
@Rosco, and thanks for the Minis!
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 11, 2021, 05:10:43 AM
Buy Carcassonne: Safari, of course!

That is what my wife said.  I think we have too many flavors of Carcassonne already.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 11, 2021, 05:17:33 AM
There's no such thing as too many flavours of Carcassonne!
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Post by: Willem on December 16, 2021, 04:25:41 AM
Got my BB7/BB2021  in today :D
(https://i.ibb.co/kK2ydks/IMG-20211216-121732.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kK2ydks)
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 16, 2021, 04:53:59 AM


Ooooohhhh! Congrats! O0

Anything new about the rules? Any clarifications we should be aware of?  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on December 16, 2021, 04:56:52 AM
This one is staying closed for now; but i can look at the German version once i get that one in ;)
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Post by: Willem on December 18, 2021, 02:15:55 AM
And the postman keeps coming round! This one was a lot quicker than expected!

(https://i.ibb.co/R4ngKmm/20211218-093820-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/R4ngKmm)

The new German BB7, and the new C3 base game! Got extra copies for distribution here, but will be opening mine later today I'm sure.

Back of the box has minor updates:
(https://i.ibb.co/BjmFRpg/IMG-20211218-094145.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BjmFRpg)

Interestingly, the German BB7 has the same cover art as the French, not the corrected one. Maybe that will be for later printruns? (#Supa mega rar!  :o)
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Post by: kothmann on December 19, 2021, 06:27:23 AM
@Willem--Great stuff.  Is there room on your "museum shelf" for all your recent additions?  Will you share photos of the first completed C3 game?  Eager to see a full landscape. 

I got an ebay delivery this week:
(https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=13aJbIMCqddnq4xhTiFWaRlvFshBYBIA7&sz=w600)
Obviously we won't play official rules--does anyone have a favorite variant / house rules?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 19, 2021, 07:26:51 AM
Enjoy the windroses. I just shared a new musing, which may encourage some more interesting play.
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Post by: Decar on December 23, 2021, 08:56:20 AM
It's been quite a long time, since I posted anything on this thread.  so I've just taken some photos of my recent aquisitions.  I know you've all been missing our rainbow carpet.

My postperson has been very busy these last few weeks!

My order of v3 arrived today:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_145004_copy_1209x1612.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_145202_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

I particularly like the farmer taking it easy on the side of the box:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_145307_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

As well as this book that I didn't realize came out earlier in the year.... one more to go!

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_163335_copy_1028x1433.jpg)

This came yesterday too:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_162825_copy_1209x1612.jpg)

And I've also received all these goodies:

(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_163628_copy_1482x1210.jpg)
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_163558_copy_1606x822.jpg)

Pocket Landships which is a fast solo dice mitigation game:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_163426_copy_1612x965.jpg)

Some Scythe components, and the Maquis expansion.
I've ordered the new Scythe rulebook, and some of those metal mechs... they look so great.
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_163946_copy_1608x1126.jpg)

I also kickstarted, Exhibition: 20th Century and a load of expansion for games, including Habitats, which you should all try if you like Carcassonne:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_164026_copy_1530x1165.jpg)
E20C is a light card drafting game, I look forward to giving this one a try, I'm hoping that the decisions make it tough to score big.

This was a shot in the dark, but SpielWorxx is well regarded, this is Squaring Circleville:
(http://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20211223_164108_copy_1268x1162.jpg)

This is a seemingly meaty action/rondel game about refactoring a city, one segment at a time. One thing I'm particularly interested in is that it includes 4 different solo bots; each with their own mechanisms and player boards. Hoping to give this a try over the next week or so.

I've got some more photos to take of stuff I received earlier in the year.... I might get those sorted tomorrow.
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 23, 2021, 09:06:18 AM
Now you tell me you will have a Merry Boring Christmas!  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 23, 2021, 09:09:36 AM
I'll be honest, I'm not sure why I opened the boxes I received today so quickly.... I don't have anything else to open on Christmas day  :'(
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on December 24, 2021, 05:53:58 AM
I'll be honest, I'm not sure why I opened the boxes I received today so quickly.... I don't have anything else to open on Christmas day  :'(
You can do unboxing of those games.
Merry Xmas

Odoslané z SM-A202F pomocou Tapatalku

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Post by: corinthiens13 on December 31, 2021, 08:21:58 AM
 Finally I got all of my package  :D

As stated in a previous post, my wife intercepted the package to dispatch it in my Advent Calendar  :yellow-meeple:
She even mixed all of the meeples in a single bag  >:D It was... A non seen before experiment to try to sort them, with my 2 years old son trying to run away with as many meeples as possible, my 6 month old son trying to eat them, and my wife laughing at the comic scene  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on December 31, 2021, 08:37:34 AM
Sounds wonderful! Glad your package arrive, and none of it has been consumed. Happy New Year!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 03, 2022, 01:55:24 AM
Look what the postman's cat dragged in! Something that neither HiG nor Devir have announced properly yet... ;D
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Post by: Willem on January 03, 2022, 02:58:26 AM
It seems that we as the community find the new boxes and C2.2/C3 tile art a much bigger deal than any of the publishers
HiG did have some in the background of their stream, but that's all they've ever done to even acknowledge them hahaha

Great find Meepledrone!
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Post by: chris6507 on January 04, 2022, 12:43:03 AM
I'm not planning on getting Carcassonne 3 (or 2.2), but is there actually anywhere someone has done a review/comparison? I see a lot of people saying they have got it, but can't find much about it. Just generally curious what it contains and how its different etc?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 04, 2022, 12:47:28 AM
Best to take a look at this thread:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5543.0

This iteration is mainly a refresh.
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Post by: totor66 on January 06, 2022, 11:04:02 PM
Yesteday was a good day !

I hadn't opened Ebay kleinanzeigen for a while (maybe a year) to search for Carcassonne stuff, my collection being complete but for a few minor things. But when I'm sitting at work with nothing to do before christmas, I kill time by buying missing stuff. Directly on first page was the "first edition Carcassonne box with scoretrack 70 pts", it seemed like destiny, that was the only last thing that was interesting me on the old rarities.

The person knew it was rare and the price was adequate (95 €), we chit chatted a bit, it was a very nice woman from hambourg, we agreed on 90 € with shipping to Bremen (really close like 200 km), she would ship after new years eve.

Packaged was sent, small scare when it was announced damaged by DHL and repackaged but I pretty much knew that if it continues journey, content inside would be fine. I could open the package today and here was the content

(https://i.ibb.co/SnQj4Hq/IMG-20220106-203851.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k837szY)
(https://i.ibb.co/y0NjfN6/IMG-20220106-204011.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0qnbDnC)

Not only was the box and content never played (you can easily say) but it had extra parts that was not advertised, expansion king and scout (pretty common but still) but there was a whole river from video game with codes on the back ! It was another rarity that I didn't have but never really interested me beccause I'm not into duplicate of same expansion. i'll keep it for a while but don't think I'm ever gonna play with it.

So overall really pleasant surprise, it was also really fun to read the original rules (just 4 pages) with different scoring farmer / small city. I have pictures for those who would be interested.


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Post by: Willem on January 07, 2022, 12:13:43 AM
Congratulations!
Welcome to the club! That is a great find! And I've always liked the river tiles with the game codes, although without the game they are just river tiles hahaha

A great addition to you collection!
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Post by: Meepledrone on January 07, 2022, 01:23:03 AM
Incredible find. :o Unexpected extras are always a nice surprise. Congrats!

Enjoy it all.
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Post by: Weetek23 on January 07, 2022, 02:08:46 AM
Yesterday, a DHL guy rang our doorbell with this lovely post-Christmas delivery. Some time back, I though that with all early miniexpansions coming usually with a very significant price nowadays, I would be perfectly happy to get just any of the "Siege trilogy". But I was lucky enough to gradually gain Siege, Besiegers and finally also the legendary Cathars in a 2005 edition with a pristine copy of Spielbox Almanach. It is great feeling to get hands on this miniexpansion that started the 10-year affair between C1 miniexpansions and Spielbox magazine...

Also, putting aside few rarities/oddities (Darmstadt, Russian promos, La Porxada) and notoriously rare variants (Crop circles 1, Halflings 2) I now miss only Plague (into which I am not much, liking neither its aesthetics nor the mechanics) and I am done with my C1 collection. Which, in fact, sounds a bit odd... :-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 07, 2022, 03:13:39 AM
Another great find! Congrats with getting these; you don't see them too often anymore

And complete is a relative term, but there will always be something else to try and somehow track down  ;)
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Post by: DrMeeple on January 07, 2022, 05:26:19 AM
The cathars!! One of my favourites mini expansions!! Enjoy it. emoji code18]


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Post by: chris6507 on January 07, 2022, 05:43:44 AM
The cathars!! One of my favourites mini expansions!! Enjoy it. emoji code18]

I have cult siege and creativity and to be honest im in a bit more of a collecting rather than playing phase at the moment. But keep wondering is siege enough? I keep feeling like i need beseiegers as it feels like 4 tiles isnt enough, but in others experience in actually playing, is 4 a comfortable amount to see in a game or are you left feeling like there should be more? Trying to convince myself to let go of the idea of needing beseigers, so hoping someone has some advice since it will probably be impossible to get with my budget. Lol.

Also, putting aside few rarities/oddities (Darmstadt, Russian promos, La Porxada) and notoriously rare variants (Crop circles 1, Halflings 2) I now miss only Plague.
What was it that made crop circles 1 and halflings 2 so rare? Sounds like they came out the same way as many other expansions?
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Post by: kothmann on January 07, 2022, 09:59:18 AM
But keep wondering is siege enough? I keep feeling like i need beseiegers as it feels like 4 tiles isnt enough, but in others experience in actually playing, is 4 a comfortable amount to see in a game or are you left feeling like there should be more?
Here are a couple of potentially helpful links.

Barbarian Report on Cathars (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/597619/barbarian-report-when-cathars-siege-city)  on BGG by @Whaleyland.  Here is the conclusion:
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My final thought is that this expansion adds little to the game except a historical concept (which is nice) and another minor attack aspect. For a game that is mostly about feature-building and expanding, though, attack aspects are not entirely necessary, especially when they are dealing with trifling amounts of points. In the end, I'd say pass on this expansion unless you want it for its collectible value (like me) or are a completist (also me).

@Whaleyland also ran an
Element of the Week Poll (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1886.0) on this trio a few years ago, and most people there seemed to like the expansion.

I haven't played this expansion, but my guess is 4 is sufficient.  In our typical game with less than 100 tiles, there are usually a total of 8-10 completed cities, plus a couple of large incomplete cities and 2 or 3 important farms.  I think having 4 chances to attack a city and/or enhance a farm should be plenty.  It's a small change, not a total revision of the game.

I'm looking for besiegers because I prefer that art and I have an idea for a rules variation that I hope is less punitive and more tactical.  ???

Quote
Trying to convince myself to let go of the idea of needing beseigers...
Good luck with that.    >:D

If you give in to temptation, here is a Müller Exclusive complete game in a tin box that includes the Belagerer for 85 Euros + shipping (on German ebay, so you would have to get a CC user in Germany to buy and forward it along to US?)
https://www.ebay.de/itm/125043475959?hash=item1d1d2c05f7:g:Yx4AAOSwroVhsnHz

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Post by: Weetek23 on January 10, 2022, 04:15:20 AM

[/quote]
What was it that made crop circles 1 and halflings 2 so rare? Sounds like they came out the same way as many other expansions?
[/quote]

I was wondering about a same thing. Both were, as far as Wikicarpedia says, released through Cundco eshop. Is it that HiG made only a low number of copies that makes them much more expensive than their siblings?
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Post by: Willem on January 10, 2022, 08:20:39 AM
It seems both have seem limited print runs, and through that have become rare.
I was surprised to see Halflings 2 get this status, as i remember it coming out through Cundco as normal, but that's how it sometimes goes

Over the holiday period i spent some time in Italy, meeting up with my partner's family and enjoying some time off :)
Of course i had to visit lots of board game stores and try to get some local pick ups.
After visiting stores in many places, including Venice, Bolzano and Florence, i didn't find much more than a few things.
Stratagemma in Florence had the most, being Carc20, BB6, BB7 and a few expansions. Nothing too special, but a nice selection.

It wasn't until the last place i visited, Conegliano, that i found a few nice things. A small games shop happened to have South Seas, and 2 C1 expansions that i quickly relieved them off:
(https://i.ibb.co/27p67Jz/FB-IMG-1641830972886.jpg) (https://ibb.co/27p67Jz)

I was looking for an Italian base game, but just couldn't find it :(

Luckily the internets was still open throughout the holidays, so when i got home, i had a few things waiting:
(https://i.ibb.co/DRWgX5v/IMG-20220109-164814.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DRWgX5v)

Top row:
ZMG 2019 base game
ZMG France 2019 base game
Carcassonne The City Cardboard box (Really happy to have found this one!)
Giochi Uniti 2019 base game (Found it in the UK of all places!)

Bottom row:
Korean base game
ZMG 2014 C2.0 base game

And today i could add this little one:
(https://i.ibb.co/BNGjFHn/IMG-20220110-151112.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BNGjFHn)

I've now started to rearrange my storage, hoping to fit it all in nicely :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Doom_Shark on January 10, 2022, 11:30:11 PM
Wait, that artwork for Carcassonne: the City looks awfully familiar...

It turns out that after looking it up, the Carcassone spin-off came well before the Dominion expansion with this card, but I've been a Dominion player far longer than I've been interested in Carcassonne, so that was the first thing I thought of.

Edit: it also turns out that I have no idea how to actually add an image, so you can't actually see what I'm talking about, but trust me that RGG reused that artwork on a Dominion card
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on January 11, 2022, 12:15:14 AM
Wait, that artwork for Carcassonne: the City looks awfully familiar...

It turns out that after looking it up, the Carcassone spin-off came well before the Dominion expansion with this card, but I've been a Dominion player far longer than I've been interested in Carcassonne, so that was the first thing I thought of.

Edit: it also turns out that I have no idea how to actually add an image, so you can't actually see what I'm talking about, but trust me that RGG reused that artwork on a Dominion card
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220111/467a2707a8706ea061974f0c3ccc43d9.jpg)

You are totally right !


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Post by: The-Edge on January 11, 2022, 03:30:44 AM
Darmstadt is finally arrived.
I was searching for this one a long time .
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on January 11, 2022, 03:37:13 AM
Wish I was loving the postman. My Cundco order has been sitting awaiting departure in Germany since the 2nd of December.
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Post by: Whaleyland on January 11, 2022, 04:07:22 AM
Wish I was loving the postman. My Cundco order has been sitting awaiting departure in Germany since the 2nd of December.
Yeah, I got notified on 10 December that it was "awaiting information" (which, for the record, WAS included on the original order, as my receipt attests). Despite two replies, I haven't heard anything. I know they've been closed for the past three weeks, but I really hope they get on it soon and that my Spiel '21 tile is in the parcel.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 11, 2022, 06:13:05 PM
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17zRJlxYc4PZo5IhBhMe8juyv07nrNPxE)
Picked this up from the GeekMarket at BGG.   8)

I REALLY love the tile mix in this set.  Second favorite single box, right behind Limited Edition.

Once I get Besiegers >:D, my C1 collection is will be (incomplete but) finished.

And (pie-crust promise) I'm not starting on C2...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on January 11, 2022, 06:32:17 PM
I just had a bit of a laugh, as I too am only into C1 Carcassonne, and I thought after reading your post about how much you love wheel of fortune and that your collection is nearly complete that i'd look at your profile and see what your collection consisted of... First thing I laid my eyes on was "Wheel Of Fortune... Not Interested"  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 11, 2022, 08:29:39 PM
Oh, thanks for the reminder.  Updated now.  Reminded me that I would also like to have Crop Circles I and Wind Roses I, but I’m not going to go looking for those.

Also I didn’t see “Carcassonne für 2”, which I own and think is great, even though C2.   :o

I wish there were “curious”  ???, “want to give away”  :P and “gave away”  categories, to give a more complete picture.

Okay, now back to German ebay for those Belagerer…  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on January 11, 2022, 10:14:07 PM
Nice find, I love the WoF too (got it from big box).

A "gave away" category would be great indeed  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on January 11, 2022, 11:15:27 PM

I wish there were “curious”  ???, “want to give away”  :P and “gave away”  categories, to give a more complete picture.


I would like to have a Wof in the future myself. I do have the Dutch version, but i do like the Hig or the rgg more.

And indeed A give/gave away Category would be nice.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 12, 2022, 03:45:41 AM
The Carcassonne Museum is still taking in new additions prior to opening, and the Postman seems to know this.

Got 3 packages in 1 go this morning!
(https://i.ibb.co/sp74xXS/IMG-20220112-113353.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sp74xXS)

On the left is an Australian base game by Ventura games. They did a similar thing to PixelPark in New Zealand, by taking an RGG box and slapping their own logo on it somewhere. Although this one only has the 1 Ventura logo, and all around the box are RGG logos :P

And a 3rd edition RGG one; i thought i only had the 4th one (which has the text of the Free River brilliantly photoshopped on it), so got this one :)

and underneath is a RGG Big Box 1 :D It differs ever so slightly from the HiG BB1, as the RGG one came with the River, and HiG BB1 didn't
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: KBellon on January 12, 2022, 05:33:40 AM
The Carcassonne Museum is still taking in new additions prior to opening, and the Postman seems to know this.

Got 3 packages in 1 go this morning!
(https://i.ibb.co/sp74xXS/IMG-20220112-113353.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sp74xXS)

On the left is an Australian base game by Ventura games. They did a similar thing to PixelPark in New Zealand, by taking an RGG box and slapping their own logo on it somewhere. Although this one only has the 1 Ventura logo, and all around the box are RGG logos :P

And a 3rd edition RGG one; i thought i only had the 4th one (which has the text of the Free River brilliantly photoshopped on it), so got this one :)

and underneath is a RGG Big Box 1 :D It differs ever so slightly from the HiG BB1, as the RGG one came with the River, and HiG BB1 didn't

Do you have a list of all versions you own?

And do you have a list of what is available everywhere? Or do you use the list on wikicarpedia? ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 12, 2022, 05:48:06 AM
i do keep an inventory file with everything i have; started doing that fairly recently. It's an organised file (or at least i like to think so), but haven't got it anywhere online. As i'm still tweaking it, it keeps changing and i mainly use if for myself to check if i have or haven't got a spare, or certain edition.

I usually use the Collections&Expansions page on the WICA in combination with the file, to see if i have or haven't got something yet
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on January 12, 2022, 06:56:47 AM
i do keep an inventory file with everything i have; started doing that fairly recently. It's an organised file (or at least i like to think so), but haven't got it anywhere online. As i'm still tweaking it, it keeps changing and i mainly use if for myself to check if i have or haven't got a spare, or certain edition.

I usually use the Collections&Expansions page on the WICA in combination with the file, to see if i have or haven't got something yet
Please double check your file, in order to find a spare copy of the Essen 2015 tile  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 12, 2022, 07:52:07 AM
I usually use the Collections&Expansions page on the WICA in combination with the file, to see if i have or haven't got something yet

You collection covers 99% of it all I presume. ;)

We have to update it soon.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 12, 2022, 08:30:48 AM
Yes, there's a few things missing from the page ;)

I have also been working on my own offline version of the page, to have a more visual way to mark off what i've been able to get.
For example:
(https://i.ibb.co/w73pjfR/Capture.png) (https://ibb.co/w73pjfR)

Funnily enough my collection of German boxes is behind a bit, but that will be something to work on in the future
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 22, 2022, 01:39:58 PM
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1A_YAe4qUnjLpS77af-byj69zY4kfS200)
Another item moved from "no interest" to "owns"!  >:D

Played right away after opening, and even 20 tiles is still a great game!  This goes everywhere now...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 22, 2022, 02:27:30 PM
Great find! It's a nifty little version  8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 22, 2022, 02:40:55 PM
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1A_YAe4qUnjLpS77af-byj69zY4kfS200)
Another item moved from "no interest" to "owns"!  >:D

This never happens! I swear!  >:D

Played right away after opening, and even 20 tiles is still a great game!  This goes everywhere now...

Congrats for this great find! A quick fix anywhere!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 22, 2022, 03:58:31 PM
Would have been great if this plus Carc für 2 added up to a base game.  Maybe they can publish a 4-tile add-on with CCCC, CRFF, CFFR, and something like RRRF with roads connected…

My whole C2 collection is these little tiles and I like that…
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on January 22, 2022, 09:00:58 PM
Great find  ;)

This + Carc für 2 + a scoreboard printed in Carc für 2's box lid + abbots made my C2 travel edition  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 26, 2022, 07:42:21 AM
Haven't posted in a while, so a quick update:
I've been expanding my collection of Spanish/Portuguese versions, with a few of these beauties:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mblm5qzXasH_5nYUjTrvxpHEYN9Jgmff04RmmngsPcjiMFoRAGrP4mLLO8Ar9FZLqM0eBD_cdGYiccgmb4-KCxDUZGA5LYMUOjFOhC4YEzMODh_LY35-8UbZ9m6rB5XHkO08mrYHEdCEtVbMu6mIQXnbbYmCdy0aLxqbTN6N3AdDX5T3yJD0j6-5EiRKpHqAS?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m0NMzJrd1Gj9itpnl6dNI7IkvL9yDYchyCcNn3aiEuWfzhpE9opO_5FWHKUv1PjJsn5_FeeaEAhPLaItw0nJqddC1nz71h2ekVPwB-FfnugcUYL2RlEBdCyyRETQApglrwf_OtMQp4NVONlWQtbKqn7rbwBCbxBy8G3KW51ommi4IUKQGFkJw8-dlYlCraMnR?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)

Today i've been very lucky with multiple deliveries, such as this magazine:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mRkotpVDZG6Vgu41gEmzrNvqmqM98ykvfqQJWxEPcxLwyQdvPXVx8qleHYq2fE2WGFJMPZgq8g7ESYjnTtyilGUCI1Jo0E5ZQCZvv7wYS1P1VOmj2KgINeE6tsoTlCunsTiahgpT3UbCR396pEVTd0EgdW3_7WYtakbe3gq4Fb83lcPYqdelLv9cAJFaMpQuP?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)
I've had the tiles for quite a while, but never actually had the magazine  :o

And today i also received this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mOLL8oTcQtYyjjqNla4CZKokfYCghqhsm_Sc0-2lURSILligRebkIDQZf9aqqsQQbdyxX2bx9DP_3B9Fcb9hEpCHrJ9JofDl8hFJIW0mlOGuVY0tSvALHsEUgqjxf--nT_AZzgVxUiE7Uwg4ZZ01MTBm8u11oE7zuXJxnQPgpFnv-9Yub4I0laUbupjKuGkHG?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)

And with that, i've completed the set of 9(!) different English language released of the C1 base game:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m4TcsPvdWRwLqDF4SJxWG3s2hpuJ11HkXlHxYkz9JpzwrwWdNk3u3Oi24LH8om7hIulBjBuPu5zKVlLXHmMuw_R3RpwIJya9dg4Y6iWPg3mbeQEuZ2gy8iBONZiUYUu_kv6S3EYLUNuwwPLiY7NLXr_t_jG9MB9PjJRWE1OQLONI4y8oHFirXzb_MqfXsDzpz?width=256&height=141&cropmode=none)
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mj7-VSvRIufZqBrm7TdWQhaBGl9xfpo_boAZClNBW3QY6l9VmDn-sOXxeTNG7FFfR4BXKXRqMguCIcCaKnpJZ2TGjNckTdWp9MibKX6lWWM3yXFLeKYyvSZNVwmcmlHfSbz0LpRvpJcWTv9qyEtdAL1g2Nr2E6NyTjN-NTxJkR-zoWxoCxmTnFDZFQZsZFCMD?width=256&height=123&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 26, 2022, 09:09:52 AM
My C2 collection grew slightly today.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220126/5b4307136c9f9ae742157a1e699c9b5a.jpg)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 26, 2022, 09:25:53 AM
Two lovely posts today!  Thanks for sharing.

I love the v2 Hills and Sheep cover.  The sheep is really fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 26, 2022, 10:52:50 AM
Haven't posted in a while...
Two weeks can feel like an eternity when Carc is in the mail... ;D

Track package... Check front porch... Track package...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on January 26, 2022, 01:18:41 PM
Is it normal for orders posted from Cundco to sit in a German airport saying they are cleared and awaiting international departure for 2 months? I've place 3 orders between November and mid January and all are sitting awaiting international departure. I've received 3 other small parcels from Deutche Post ordered later and all arrived. I'm not impatient, just hoping to know whether this is worrying or normal?

Excited to be receiving C1 Count, King and Robber in the post today though! :-D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 26, 2022, 01:42:11 PM
When things are sent via a national postal service, once the item leaves the country it is no longer tracked. Your national postal service may or may not provide tracking once it arrives in your country.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 27, 2022, 04:27:30 AM
Haven't posted in a while...
Two weeks can feel like an eternity when Carc is in the mail... ;D

Track package... Check front porch... Track package...

Exactly! This morning i checked my front porch only to find....
Another delivery  ;D

But apart from my very friendly postman, i also had a very special delivery from Halfling, who visited in person for a delivery of new additions to the museum, but also for a nice cup of tea and a good catch up!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m5cPtfPY0mBU5belHSBOnd-TYAe8tDkWUcAXKK0368KQmuOQd6GiU3NlJsa_zhuZjU7mqqL6BdqEqSIgNLUT1CWiICGyIoyJNWI6DC8nB50Gf5Z8sj39dX6CvKF_38Y03wYZvz_UsxsQ1PIKsZxGJq0Moy7nF9dmbrpeA4GLyK7hsQ8YcvDNXI3G7acvVmTfd?width=245&height=256&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 27, 2022, 04:12:06 PM
...a very special delivery from Halfling, who visited in person for a delivery of new additions to the museum, but also for a nice cup of tea and a good catch up!
...and maybe a game of Carcassonne?!   I hope the museum cafe has plenty of options... :)

Well, since I fancy myself a player and not much of a collector, I decided to buy an 83-percent Belagerer, at less than 50-percent of the price!  It arrived today:
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1BO9nx89djxLWw_sGUfJS5VFhvOgP-pk8)
I smiled at the Customs label: "Gift".  If only!

I know this is a pie-crust promise (https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3a49d8dd-ad17-40ed-8238-7b86df26b2e5), but my C1 collection is now complete, and I think my profile is actually an accurate reflection of my status.

(One possible exception: At the right price, I would be interested in the very cool Müller Exklusiv edition, mostly for the cool tin box and the complete Belagerer...)

I'm gonna post in the "how do you store your collection" soon, hopefully over the weekend.

In the mean time, eager to further develop my
Belagerer variant (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5667)...  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 28, 2022, 12:15:20 AM
Have fun with The Besiegers! ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on January 28, 2022, 04:14:33 AM

Well, since I fancy myself a player and not much of a collector, I decided to buy an 83-percent Belagerer, at less than 50-percent of the price!  It arrived today:
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1BO9nx89djxLWw_sGUfJS5VFhvOgP-pk8)
I smiled at the Customs label: "Gift".  If only!


Congratulations, you finally got them  :(y) :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 28, 2022, 10:19:54 AM
Carcassonne Safari has arrived, which fills that gap in my spin-off collection and gives the two promo tiles from Markets of Leipzig a box to live in.

(https://i.ibb.co/Cv0rfDL/safari.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NpY4MbR)

Now I need to upgrade this spin-off with a tile draw bag and watering hole draw bag.

My custom stickers also arrived!

(https://i.ibb.co/3yMQpSd/stickers.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4ZY384t)

And this is what the custom stickers are for:

(https://i.ibb.co/MpxSLWL/sticker-applied.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ftzF7B7)

Now I need to wait for my second ArtBin case to show up so that I can apply the second edition sticker to it.

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 28, 2022, 10:38:36 AM
This is your next stop for Safari if you don't have it already... >:D
https://cundco.de/en/mini-expansions/carcassonne/419/carcassonne-4-extra-tiles-from-the-spieldoch-2/2018?c=35 (https://cundco.de/en/mini-expansions/carcassonne/419/carcassonne-4-extra-tiles-from-the-spieldoch-2/2018?c=35)

(https://cundco.de/media/image/db/1b/ec/Spielbox-Carcassonne_600x600.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 28, 2022, 11:25:13 AM
I have those promo tiles already. 8)

Just designed and ordered some custom bags from CowCow.

Large size for tiles:
(https://i.ibb.co/5jR9YWZ/safari-bag.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)(https://i.ibb.co/TrKxmZX/4-269818741-1-0-3-0.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)

Medium size for watering holes:
(https://i.ibb.co/QHq6jG0/4-269818756-0-0-3-0.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)(https://i.ibb.co/p2tz7qr/4-269818756-1-0-3-0.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 28, 2022, 11:29:58 AM
Ha ha ha! So cool!

Enjoy them!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Doom_Shark on January 28, 2022, 10:57:27 PM
So, I haven't figured out pictures yet, but I got 5 minis in the mail earlier today - German Castles, German Cathedrals, German Monasteries, the Tollkeepers, and the Phantom. Also took a trip out to my local game store and was able to pick up expansions 4 and 6 this evening! My hoarding collecting has begun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 29, 2022, 12:52:48 AM
Welcome to the club... Enjoy the pleasure of unpunching each new tile and adding to your collection!  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 31, 2022, 06:15:11 AM
So, I haven't figured out pictures yet, but I got 5 minis in the mail earlier today - German Castles, German Cathedrals, German Monasteries, the Tollkeepers, and the Phantom. Also took a trip out to my local game store and was able to pick up expansions 4 and 6 this evening! My hoarding collecting has begun!

The first three of those sound very German indeed! Congratulations on your purchases; I hope you enjoy getting to include them in your games now? :) :(y)

It's been a long time since I posted on this thread, but I'm especially excited about my latest acquisition as I've been playing it a lot on BGA lately and it's a great game that seems very popular with many of my boardgamer friends:

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Draftosaurus.PNG)

My postman wasn't especially helpful in getting it to me, but apparently enjoys fun surprises as he'd left it at the post office in Asda for me to collect but didn't see fit to tell me this. He's such a joker! :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 31, 2022, 06:51:26 AM
Great find Dan, i really liked playing that one

And i guess your postman likes to send you on a treasure hunt, and as you are so good at it, he decided to make it a bit more difficult ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 31, 2022, 07:01:28 AM
Great find Dan, i really liked playing that one

And i guess your postman likes to send you on a treasure hunt, and as you are so good at it, he decided to make it a bit more difficult ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. When does the Draftosaurus Museum open? 8)

Oh, and I forgot to thank Sinscerly for pointing me to a site that sold this game with English rules!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 31, 2022, 07:07:48 AM
That would be a small museum  :o
Might be able to squeeze it in as mini-exhibition
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MMike on January 31, 2022, 02:13:01 PM
I finally received the Überraschungspaket from Asmodee!!! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on January 31, 2022, 02:16:06 PM
Looks nice!!! :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MMike on January 31, 2022, 02:26:51 PM
Looks nice!!! :)

Free stuff!! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 31, 2022, 02:56:05 PM
I finally received the Überraschungspaket from Asmodee!!! :D
Nice!  The German Wind Roses!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 31, 2022, 03:04:39 PM
Wow. Score! And you got a copy of KJW's book too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 31, 2022, 03:32:50 PM
That's a good score I'd say!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: MMike on January 31, 2022, 03:47:22 PM
More than good I would say :) unfortunately the book is not signed...
If I knew I would have received the German windroses, I would have not bought some out of ebay not too long ago haha
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 31, 2022, 04:08:04 PM
Wanna sell the other set?  PM me if so.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 02, 2022, 04:40:22 AM
New in this morning!
I contacted a company called The SuperHeatedNeurons, as they have an English/Arabic version of the C2 base game. Their communication was really great, and very quickly they shipped out the game to me!

Last week it did end up being delivered in Qatar, to the surprise of a nice lady who apparently didn't want it (maybe she wasn't so nice after all?)
Anyway, they quickly fixed it and today i received this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mxc3XhgNHtYeJ2bIoKgeohqNGx0Usp0ciJX72rCmnPZ_C6TSCWpuB-dp_QjjmHigThIduMiooGzkF05vUO6N9LDfL_ciw8GH4MMiNBQoPX1Zd--bgUcpkQILjYJR67GNOGJe9vO9Vw2crb-b6s9KtVDmnCCf2L5p8q2ADE4AydUM8rkZEr0bgKaBPRAgvHwX-?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

And the back:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mLX8Rl-Sdl4-2186NkwLsqSllsCjifDb8HI8Fynz_s9DcrLNWXHsHAPlDd51-N6Nsu_G7QaVGpu88CAcifZq6qgop0zsG8cqOtACbN9PiRD9la7FpRLjSAdilwy3FqCL2iP48U8vt00NfGxjOWroFyHAvmGE_PICofRxZbbtnNgeiebJOoJvoNNNvHwOuE9kp?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Interestingly the Abbots are referred to as the Lords, which i think it a great name for them :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 02, 2022, 04:46:45 AM
The Lords are always busy praying in a monastery or smelling flowers in a garden... Fair enough!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 02, 2022, 11:06:23 AM
Two packages arrived today! One from the United States with another ArtBin case to hold my C2 collection, and one from Cundco in Germany with lots of C2/C3 goodies: The Signposts, The Gifts, German Cathedrals, Castles in Germany, Monasteries of Germany, and a large 20th Anniversary tile bag which I'm counting on being larger than the one that comes with the 20th Anniversary Edition. I think it is the largest tile bag that I have now. Signposts and Gifts are new for C3 (both have the new logo); the three "Germany" mini expansions are reissues of C1 mini expansions with new C2 artwork.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Snearone on February 02, 2022, 01:16:07 PM
Thanks to Halfling few days ago I've received great set of GQ tiles :D
(https://i.imgur.com/TqfCW5s.jpg)

@Scott, nice to see bigger photos from you ;D I finally cracked too and also ordered some expansions in C2, actually just a mini expansions, and not a few but half of them (x8) + maps (x5) so Taiwan won't be lonely :P
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on February 02, 2022, 03:49:00 PM
Received Carcassonne: Safari yesterday. I had the Spiel DOCH! tiles for it but never actually bought the game. My partner saw it on Monday in an ad, asked why we didn’t have it, and I promptly found it on clearance at a place where we had a gift card from Christmas. It arrived two days later! Haven’t played it yet but it’s now fully punched and I’ve read the rules. Triangular scoring? Weird but I’m intrigued.

Meanwhile, my CundCo Advent order was finally shipped after I contacted Hans im Glück on Facebook. Fingers crossed that it arrives before 2023. :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 02, 2022, 03:53:31 PM
Congrats and have lots of fun in the savannah! ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kettlefish on February 02, 2022, 04:04:38 PM
Received Carcassonne: Safari yesterday. I had the Spiel DOCH! tiles for it but never actually bought the game. My partner saw it on Monday in an ad, asked why we didn’t have it, and I promptly found it on clearance at a place where we had a gift card from Christmas. It arrived two days later! Haven’t played it yet but it’s now fully punched and I’ve read the rules. Triangular scoring? Weird but I’m intrigued.

Meanwhile, my CundCo Advent order was finally shipped after I contacted Hans im Glück on Facebook. Fingers crossed that it arrives before 2023. :D
I am happy to "hear" the next Babarian Report.  C:-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 02, 2022, 04:46:31 PM
Found another small package in my mailbox. Two sets of Phantoms (one to complete the missing colours in my C1 set, the other for my C2 set), replacement trade goods (I already have enough cloth tokens from last time), and a set of special figures.

(https://i.ibb.co/kQYw76H/4675-F5-A5-2-E30-4-FA9-BE86-A5-D70850088-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SRqMj7s)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on February 02, 2022, 06:25:40 PM
Where did you get the trade goods, including cloth tokens?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 02, 2022, 06:54:46 PM
Where did you get the trade goods, including cloth tokens?

https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Barrels (https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Barrels)
https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth (https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=RedCloth)
https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat (https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Wheat)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on February 03, 2022, 01:26:56 AM
Finally received my first ever Cundco order. It's like a very exciting little goody bag! :-D Funny though that the order I placed in November and the order I placed late January are both delivered/in Australia, yet the one ordered in December is not. Lol.

Anyways, couple of quick questions... Has anyone received bent tiles in the mail before and have any good ideas about how to straighten them out? Don't really have any hardcore equipment, just general household items if anyone has any ideas better than just squishing with books?
Second question, is the bag that comes with the School mini expansion serve any purpose or just a neat little bag for the expansion to be stored in?

I didn't take a picture, so for anyone interested it contained "the gifts", "Friday (For South Seas)", "The two tile Amazonas expansion (a bit naughty I know), "The School", "The Labyrinth" and "Purple and Pink Meeple sets". Overall though, very exciting little parcel. :-D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 03, 2022, 02:01:17 AM
Congrats on your first Cundco orders!

Sounds like a nice set of expansions and playmaterial
If your tiles are bent, you can always contact cundco customer support. But as you're in Australia, it might be easier to try and flatten them under some books?

In terms of the school bag, it does not have any purpose in the game. I use them to store the schools I have, as well as having those little bags for storing meeple sets
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2022, 04:38:49 AM
Photo or it didn't happen  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 03, 2022, 09:29:42 AM
Photo! Photo! Photo! Photo! Photo!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 03, 2022, 09:52:07 AM
Flea stickers arrived today for my Plague upgrade project. I only ordered 25 stickers but they sent me 216, so if anyone else wants to make wooden flea tokens...

(https://i.ibb.co/TmMyFrg/flea-stickers.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TmMyFrg)

I'm happy with the results, so now I will order the numbered stickers as well as a set of tunnel stickers.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 03, 2022, 09:58:47 AM
Awesome, I can't quite tell from the photo, what's the quality of the print like, they had some concerns over the image resolution.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 03, 2022, 10:26:24 AM
They really want you to get infected...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 03, 2022, 02:14:24 PM
Awesome, I can't quite tell from the photo, what's the quality of the print like, they had some concerns over the image resolution.

I tried to take a close-up, but it doesn't show well. It's not quite as vibrant as the original tokens, but it doesn't look low-resolution at all.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on February 03, 2022, 03:42:45 PM
(https://bl6pap003files.storage.live.com/y4mSIrj5pYjPqGZQFc7MEkjYGEHlNCe_R-_EfFz-G2-lfnLVp6K3FJ8DueYPogvutLitsKMCnemlRZGnl-FKbXgVvXdk7u3GT0GMCRGiYEm2D2VC8ThKKNMd7920oZfqAIrYkApXPuJYYlUrqWW4jR3UHmt9xSB3H-HlIRCLTP1Vs7wQKi3Djo3khe5zZG5BLaV?width=660&height=310&cropmode=none)

There we go. It exists! :-D My Cundco order, plus my Count, King and Robber I got after checking every state in Australia on Facebook Marketplace at least 6 times a day for about a month. Saw the listing in another state and said I would pay double if he was willing to post it!  ;D

So has everyone seen that there are new boxes for mini expansions on Cundco? Don't quite like them as much as the old blue ones, but I went ahead and bought 15 as they are still better value than the old ones on the aftermarket. Also ordered a set of teacher meeples. Thought since you can't get pink and purple phantoms, that I would use the teachers as phantoms and use one of my phantoms as a teacher. Pretty sure from a post I saw from someone comparing the different meeple, the teacher meeples look better suited as "phantoms" of the regular meeple anyway. ;)
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Post by: DIN0 on February 03, 2022, 05:11:18 PM
Of course! Everybody knows the Teachers are better Phantoms than Phantoms, even HiG agrees with us ;D
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Post by: chris6507 on February 03, 2022, 06:21:57 PM
Of course! Everybody knows the Teachers are better Phantoms than Phantoms, even HiG agrees with us ;D
Is that a thing is it? Lol. I was just trying to complete my phantom set and thought it would be the best option. Didn't realise it was a common opinion!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 03, 2022, 09:44:21 PM
This is what I bought to complete replace my Phantom set:
https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=AcrylicMeepleSampler (https://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=AcrylicMeepleSampler)
Meeple Source has a few additional colours not part of this set, but they have a 10-meeple minimum...

Here's a cheaper option, but fewer colours available:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/parts?query=meeple%20transparent&hitsPerPage=120 (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/parts?query=meeple%20transparent&hitsPerPage=120)
They have other useful things too.
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Post by: totor66 on February 04, 2022, 02:10:10 AM
That's it ! I officially have all the different official printed tiles from CI (yes I see you Porwada but I don't want you !)

Was not thinking about getting those since I'm not a big fan of the K on the back since I usually play with tower and not with bags, but I guess that if I invest in sleeves I could get rid of that issue :)

(https://i.ibb.co/tsTVDdy/IMG-20220204-112237.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tsTVDdy)
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Post by: corinthiens13 on February 04, 2022, 02:39:34 AM
Congratulations, those are beautiful tiles, and nice to play with!  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 04, 2022, 03:59:34 AM
Please don't use the public forum to exchange commercial products! We don't have a license agreement in place to distribute them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 04, 2022, 04:04:33 AM
Not strictly Carcassonne-related, but a game I started playing with other Carcassonne fans and one that I think very highly of!

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/Azul_04feb22.PNG)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 04, 2022, 04:15:00 AM
I've been trying to avoid getting hold of a copy of Azul by all means?

Is this a bad thing to do? :-\
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on February 04, 2022, 04:26:47 AM
I've been trying to avoid getting hold of a copy of Azul by all means?

Is this a bad thing to do? :-\

If you're trying to avoid getting hold of a copy then getting hold of a copy would definitely be a bad thing to do! >:D

It's a fun game though. I've only played 10 or so games on BGA but that was enough to convince me. I like the tile drafting, and there are a lot of interesting decisions to be made in terms of how you place them. :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 04, 2022, 04:44:21 AM
Are you trying to push me down the road of Azul the same as Decar did with Fluxx? ???

I know all resistance in futile... :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 04, 2022, 04:54:40 AM
I remember playing Azul with Rich and Tom several years ago,nand I liked it! Never actually got a hold of a copy, but with Hector already trying to avoid it, he'll probably end up collecting them for his Azul museum
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 04, 2022, 05:07:21 AM
I refrained myself from getting more than 4 copies of Fluxx:
* Fluxx v5.0 in Spanish
* Wonderland Fluxx + Promo
* Oz Fluxx + Promo
* Tiny Fluxx (so cool for a quick fix before going to bed)

However I got some extras: The Dice Expansion, the Creeper Pack and some additional promos...

@dronedrone has been a bad influence in this case too... >:D
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Post by: Sinscerly on February 04, 2022, 05:08:56 AM
Great find Dan, i really liked playing that one

And i guess your postman likes to send you on a treasure hunt, and as you are so good at it, he decided to make it a bit more difficult ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. When does the Draftosaurus Museum open? 8)

Oh, and I forgot to thank Sinscerly for pointing me to a site that sold this game with English rules!

Not just some site. Direct from the publisher ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Sinscerly on February 04, 2022, 05:11:59 AM
Are you trying to push me down the road of Azul the same as Decar did with Fluxx? ???

I know all resistance in futile... :o
You can try it at BGA  >:D let me know if you want to try and win from me  O0 O:-)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 04, 2022, 09:07:09 AM
The box from Australia arrived today! Just waiting for BC&B to arrive from Quebec and then I will have all major C2 expansions.

(https://i.ibb.co/DwmpxBd/postman.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mhd8Lnp)
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Post by: The-Edge on February 04, 2022, 09:39:24 AM
I finally got my hands on a Müller edition with the belagerer :o
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Post by: kothmann on February 04, 2022, 10:12:29 AM
Nice!

I'm really curious about the size of the tin box.  Same as base game, which is smaller than Limited Edition?
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Post by: Willem on February 04, 2022, 10:19:26 AM
That one is about the same size as a base game.
The other tin, with T&B is slightly bigger
Comparison:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m5kwYmVWkzFmkcCUAl_P2snZ3ZNW5BUOlg_dWf1L1DA1rNyxpBaALbF_PY6XameoTnaYrv2ZJ_xTIZz4WQ3OqXYCWzbL7SBB3u2DIPAjE0lxDs0KF08db4vbOdvxwhAsRNFOlMu27mfxK989EMMmX1wdTsJsu3czj6hohzw2ZugDOKApETZ3_4U-jSwOJn7ug?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 04, 2022, 10:43:03 AM
BC&B also arrived today. I settled for this French-language edition because it was made in the same factory as the English editions, and therefore the tiles should match perfectly.

(https://i.ibb.co/jwRfKdV/postman.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7p4CcHg)

Family picture:

(https://i.ibb.co/hV4y6qr/expansions.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bXCP0fY)
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Post by: kothmann on February 04, 2022, 10:57:13 AM
The other tin, with T&B is slightly bigger
Thanks!

I have trouble searching for the one with T&B.  Is it called "Müller Inklusiv" or something else?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on February 04, 2022, 10:59:51 AM
Family picture:
@Scott: Judging by the open shelf space, it looks like you have plans for much more...  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 04, 2022, 01:42:35 PM
@Scott: Judging by the open shelf space, it looks like you have plans for much more...  :))

These are my bookshelves. Board games are stored in a different room, but the table in that room is full of other things right now.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 04, 2022, 02:48:11 PM
Be ready for C3! >:D
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Post by: kettlefish on February 04, 2022, 02:58:19 PM
Be ready for C3! >:D
Not yet - Scott needs to unwrap the CC2 tiles first, and then he has time search for CC3.
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Post by: InsaneLiz on February 05, 2022, 01:09:00 PM
Had a nice visit from the postman today.

P.S. Thanks The-Edge!
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Post by: Decar on February 05, 2022, 01:35:38 PM
Nice bundle!

What are you going to play first?
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Post by: Scott on February 05, 2022, 02:03:22 PM
Wow, the wooden edition for City! I missed out on that and got the cardboard box version.
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Post by: InsaneLiz on February 05, 2022, 02:06:35 PM
Nice bundle!

What are you going to play first?


Probably winter edition. Seems suitable considering how much snow we have right now  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 07, 2022, 12:32:46 PM
Today i was actually surprised by this one turning up way ahead of schedule:

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mcCbTa3hpKF-OtiTBrKAoJu2cetlg0EKoRD6o5vih13n6AJpYUnWnBktmJUel8d6QTtdxoqVXckdYcrhoLejh5XcuD4x8NnXtTVhT1MQU6Xd7ZvjAPjaIxa-A1Sk1GPcTqzZqhmUiH8CqXdXW5ANp5_u_sW738aUNQstKkcKjU_BCOonbb8U6i4ACFdw_ijpS?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

An amazing donation to the museum!
This is getting a special shrine  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on February 07, 2022, 01:45:32 PM
Is that what I think it is?  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on February 07, 2022, 02:13:59 PM
No award labels. No guy under a tree in top right corner. Robber instead of a lady. That looks like a sealed Hans im Glück first edition to me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 07, 2022, 02:20:05 PM
...with 70-point score track!  :o
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Post by: Decar on February 07, 2022, 02:23:53 PM
...and funny shaped meeple!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on February 07, 2022, 02:51:21 PM
Yep! Great for the museum :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 07, 2022, 03:09:11 PM
So a bit yes, but also no....

It is a sealed edition, with the robber, without any SdJ etc, but it's not a 1st edition with 70pnt track unfortunately.
This is a German 2nd edition, with a grey 50pnt track (although until I open it, who knows?)
I've got the 70pnt track in another opened box, but when I found this one, I still wanted it, as it is a game from over 20 years ago, still sealed, and as close to the first release as possible (at least still sealed).
So it will go next to actual 1st editions, but having this one still in seal is very special to me nonetheless
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Post by: Meepledrone on February 07, 2022, 03:57:48 PM
Congrats for this find! Have fun... admiring it.  ;)
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Post by: Scott on February 07, 2022, 05:20:31 PM
The rest of my sticker order arrived today! Plague outbreaks and tunnels. Now I’m waiting for the wooden tokens to arrive.

(https://i.ibb.co/3fR2Qw9/693-F8-C28-95-FD-4602-BB9-B-328-C9936-E648.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5YKmwdg)


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Post by: Scott on February 08, 2022, 01:14:27 PM
Today’s deliveries include the laser cut meeple flags from The Game Crafter, and the complete set of C2 minis.

(https://i.ibb.co/fXzRXkT/55308-E2-E-7-B13-46-DF-9-A86-1-DA1-D596-B0-B7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PrvprcV)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 08, 2022, 04:01:37 PM
Everything looks terrible!

You should return it all  >:D
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Post by: Scott on February 09, 2022, 09:04:31 AM
Today I received the 20th Anniversary Edition. I was surprised to see that the 20th Anniversary tile bag is not included. Cundco has two different sizes available as accessories, and I already picked up the larger of the two on a recent order. The rules are printed on fancy paper, and the box organizer is a little different than previous releases.

For now, I'll probably store my C2 and C3 stuff together, but eventually C3 will most likely get its own plastic organizer case.

(https://i.ibb.co/SskjMb1/20-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vwNFTpr)

(https://i.ibb.co/wwQjmRV/20-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/qWgVQdK)

(https://i.ibb.co/fFYVS5P/20-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kBgVyfW)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 09, 2022, 10:17:55 AM
It is a nice box :D

But you're missing all the tiles!  :o  ;)

I think the tile bags came out after the 20th Anniversary one did, so although they are branded the same, they don't come together unless specifically ordered together
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Whaleyland on February 13, 2022, 11:48:53 PM
Over two months after I placed my Advent order, it finally arrived today! A Valentine's Day miracle!  O0

Just for the record, I received a copy of The Signposts, The Gifts, a pink Abbot, a large 20th Anniversary bag, a small 20th Anniversary bag, and—most importantly—a Spiel '21 tile. Due to the increasing value of my complete set of Spiel tiles, I have retired them entirely from play. I'm pretty sure the value of those eight tiles is equal to the total value of all the rest of my Carcassonne material, except perhaps for my Corn Circles I and Tunnel tiles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 14, 2022, 06:38:15 AM
That's good to hear! Great that it also included your Spiel tile. Did it just take so long for shipping in the end?
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Post by: Scott on February 14, 2022, 11:41:21 AM
Two boxes arrived today.
1. A small box from Chessex containing my order of d10's (which I have confirmed have exactly 10 sides) which will be part of my C2 collection.
2. A large box from Germany containing the 2020 Winter Edition and a nice postcard from @Challa007 who forwarded it to me from the original seller.

(https://i.ibb.co/fGbKkPQ/winter-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yBDM6bV)

Marcel the Clipper has been at work on Anne's original artwork, adding more details and reducing the size of the animals to be more realistic.

(https://i.ibb.co/pZNdD7H/winter-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WF7f9hr)

Now I need to make some Winter tuckboxes, and then I will be transferring the Winter Crop Circles and Gingerbread Man expansions to the new box, which I think is slightly nicer on the inside
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Post by: Challa007 on February 14, 2022, 11:54:06 AM
2. A large box from Germany containing the 2020 Winter Edition and a nice postcard from @Challa007 who forwarded it to me from the original seller.

I am glad the package arrived savely. Have fun!  ;D

Now I need to make some Winter tuckboxes,

I know you needed more work to do, so this was the perfect moment for the package to arrive  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 14, 2022, 05:16:52 PM
A late entry from FedEx today with this beautiful framed Carcassonne poster to decorate one of the walls in my game room.

(https://i.ibb.co/pffsZZ1/carc-poster.jpg) (https://ibb.co/n77Vffw)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 15, 2022, 03:58:19 AM
That is a really nice one!
I still need to find something like that for my room as well, but that will come eventually
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 15, 2022, 08:14:03 AM
The 100-point C2 score track arrived today, slightly cropped but usable.

(https://i.ibb.co/tDVCZk6/c2-track.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YhHjDYS)
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Post by: corinthiens13 on February 15, 2022, 08:24:07 AM
Wow, this looks amazing!!!  :o

Looks like your postman has a lot of work  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Willem on February 15, 2022, 08:49:26 AM
Looking great! Your postman is keeping busy!
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Post by: Scott on February 15, 2022, 09:31:43 AM
I definitely keep the postman busy (actually postwoman, I found out yesterday). She also left a package in my mailbox.

(https://i.ibb.co/Tvz4WXQ/meeples-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xCV1Fvn)

There is a LOT going on here, so let's break it down...

First we have square tokens for the plague outbreaks:

(https://i.ibb.co/VHrhd7t/meeples-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6vVp23m)

Round tokens for the tunnels. They did not have green so I will check back another time or source from another supplier.

(https://i.ibb.co/SJfbVSj/meeples-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BwnbTkp)

More round tokens which are most definitely NOT for the plague fleas. The supplier accidentally sent 20 purples and 2 reds when I had ordered 20 reds and 2 purples, so I've sent them an email.

(https://i.ibb.co/cgZ8SCL/meeples-4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JBGpwyQ)

Stickers applied! I'm slightly disappointed in the performance of the tunnel stickers. I made them transparent to save time, but even the part of the sticker which has been printed on is slightly transparent, which makes them hard to see on certain backgrounds. Oh well.

(https://i.ibb.co/dK09Hky/meeples-5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GPvwrCj)

City and road pieces like the ones in Catan. What could these be for?

(https://i.ibb.co/RD6pwrz/meeples-6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XC5ZR0S)

I use them to keep track of the longest road and largest city. Technically you only need one set, but I thought it might be fun to track for each player. It gives the original 50-point scoring track a new purpose in life. I suppose you could also use these tokens on the tiles themselves, similar to how the largest house is tracked in Castle/Zamek.

One set for my C1 collection, and another for my C2 collection. Purple houses were unfortunately not in stock.

(https://i.ibb.co/zrZmPdY/meeples-7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s2qgs7G)

The baby meeples are for my travel edition(s). The grey meeples have been added to my C1 travel set, and the rest are for my C2 travel set which is not completely here yet.

(https://i.ibb.co/CsjM7Hm/meeples-8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k6L98S5)

Size comparison between the C1 travel meeple on the left and the baby meeples that arrived today on the right. Not a close match at all.

(https://i.ibb.co/RYFJnMs/meeples-9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zQMtcLB)

And one of the yellow baby meeples has suffered an unfortunate accident, so I've contacted the supplier to send a replacement.

(https://i.ibb.co/Tvn8cFk/meeples-10.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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Post by: Meepledrone on February 15, 2022, 09:39:22 AM
The 100-point C2 score track arrived today, slightly cropped but usable.

(https://i.ibb.co/tDVCZk6/c2-track.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YhHjDYS)

This is so amazing! Looks awesome! :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on February 15, 2022, 09:43:28 AM
Scott is on a roll  :)

When you set your mind to something, Scott, it WILL happen, I am convinced now!  :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 15, 2022, 10:25:34 AM
Amazing Scott! You've really gone all out with getting your collection up to date and ready to play with whatever needed!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on February 17, 2022, 06:33:12 PM
I've been primarily a C2 collector, but loved the look of this variant as I was looking at the Cundo tile-list, so just got this nicely priced copy from the Boardgamegeek Geekmarket.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 17, 2022, 11:09:05 PM
MeepleSource has replacement wooden tokens for the fruits, if you’re so inclined.


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Post by: Scott on February 18, 2022, 12:09:33 PM
Mega haul of custom-printed stuff from China today!

(https://i.ibb.co/rf6p4rN/D6-C94065-86-EB-448-F-AC1-F-28-C149-B8-C008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VpSC245)

Set of 12 colour-coordinated zipper pouches for meeple storage in my C2 collection. (You’ll be seeing these again soon!)

Tile draw bags for the Star Wars spin-off and Over Hill & Dale which I designed years ago but never got around to ordering.

Tile and watering hole draw bags for Carcassonne Safari which I designed recently.

Mini mousepad score track for Carcassonne für 2, which hasn’t arrived yet. It came as a regular-sized mousepad with white edges and I trimmed it down with scissors.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on February 18, 2022, 05:57:45 PM
Those are very nice.  Thanks for the tip!
MeepleSource has replacement wooden tokens for the fruits, if you’re so inclined.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on February 21, 2022, 05:24:52 AM
I've split this topic to: Where did you get that scoreboard‽ (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5769.0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 21, 2022, 12:45:04 PM
A surprise visit from the postwoman on this holiday Monday, with Carcassonne for 2 from Germany with many thanks to @OneEyedOwl for helping to facilitate the transaction.

(https://i.ibb.co/wRWwSPk/c42-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6mP1HTM)

Let's crack this open and see what it looks like on the inside!

(https://i.ibb.co/jwVwgYf/c42-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WzDzgX5)

In a word: chaotic, but plenty of room for things to be added!

(https://i.ibb.co/dBJJhnk/c42-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mJFFxQh)

Rounding out the C2 travel edition, we have a copy of Carcassonne: Demo Spiel sent to me by @Kettlefish many years ago, a full set of
mini meeples (https://www.printplaygames.com/product/wood-baby-meeples/) in the six official C2 colours ( :red-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :green-meeple: :blue-meeple: :black1-meeple: :pink-meeple: ) from PrintPlayGames, and a custom-printed C2 mini score track (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=597) courtesy of @Meepledrone and Artscow.

(https://i.ibb.co/LpVLvNc/c42-4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Bs0XwnQ)

I decided to tame the chaos of the tiles by throwing them into my C1 draw bag from Traders & Builders. It feels a bit too large for the number of tiles, so I might look into replacing it with something smaller from Artscow in the future. After this last photo was token, the score track was moved to the bottom of the tin. The original sets of meeples went into the Demo Spiel box and have been put into storage, along with the German rulebook.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 21, 2022, 12:57:55 PM
Nice! What about a tuckbox for the 35mm tiles?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 21, 2022, 01:57:41 PM
I briefly considered that, but there are a lot of tiles, and I like to draw from a bag anyway.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on February 22, 2022, 12:56:28 AM
How about a tiny tower?  >:D

I briefly considered that, but there are a lot of tiles, and I like to draw from a bag anyway.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 22, 2022, 01:33:39 AM
That would be awesome! :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 23, 2022, 04:48:16 AM
Postman was here!

For some reason I always expect to receive massive big boxes full of Carcassonne, but as I then order lots of small stuff, it's pack quite tight  ;D
But still, happy with this cundco order
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mZXqfqeqvVdWZpEnDwj4sNUG-nw2DMuc28HhKsst12sRycXoIOSTLvV-AUq_DLWC1vSDGDlXxuY4nQ_u1pSaIzGhkJL_OY7DnFosu7RfVh5PKsi6zMqc3RNdhBRrZFfLIvlOycmpHgVASspaRTzd_DxikJHzgfqgqbLTTM8yvVNdQIXEbeT_OQWruXAcHk56p?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

I really like the new mini boxes from cundco, with quite nice designs!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mS2wanhIn1fABgx2icYWtcH6X5kuLNqydSCroboaTATOd_69_nbS_Qv36VL1zFSNx-ULiJA4zU8_1Fa9JVJJtx20dX9ieXi-c6GbbJ2LfoBoP1lC0Li4ZpNkU1q-3cHHC7cbhQlgZ2hWRWKL_54WeikUelx7iuzVU6YHyjHkNOPUEMW6uCvJu6vYzoyZ044y9?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

And the new bags!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m8cqgqSj-PSbIdl-o885xlF5GBduLu3pGWtxKs4mW1PYdGQENHcplNbWQ8GvS8zvzWdI6FY3q5Qm1sOSRSMMcNokkQunxokgFkBjgz-Z2Bu4jRVjlAf5JLXVzTQYWOB96UcuhMkioxZNyD8vJ5bufeD9ACycbBSoaeXEefBEDmVBc9P9EwbdLKs0rmfcDJZ5y?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on February 23, 2022, 08:24:55 AM
Good things come in small packages!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 24, 2022, 03:11:00 AM
That is absolutely right, not only proven by a double postman visit today!

First, my local postman stopped by to bring this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m4jVl4htEIIl8njbCMC-MV4oUeGr8Nl7Bzt-Xgc9tElJgMml2CmtoTg9iraRJqI6qAwTtRu5quNr3x-M1THNH-hu8xXMwESPW931NHqHTxh9d5_5f6lCldsKMWO71UBdNs-xB9ROp1Qp2y-MgSgtWVEPkvhYPy9JlwizXn9gTxPwoTLoigyMomG7WveM6UpTX?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
The Falcon expansion for The Castle, as made by Print&Play games in the US. I've given the gate pieces a try, which seem to fit ok, some tighter than others, but I'm sure it will work fine in a game. Will need to play this one soon!

And then not long after, another postman dropped this box at my doorstep:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m036Mmr8-hwl7SNVzM1AL63h2g8fiHhl74MmNHMlz_iCz--JaKOmvLuz45xXcDx_Fhw4CCbCCW6XPzBaiPMnIZQfEKfcyxRMlBB6kzyqE22crxzw91hBrAu37x-CRHet8O8F1L6_v61ggVGgN9nca2x45ZzAoPZakC3GUx8tCuTBBgmQejZwfQS9KCQ1z8486?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

I've known of this one for a while, but never saw it for sale anywhere. So I messaged a random person on BGG who had it, asking them if they would be open to 'donate' it to the museum, and they agreed! Very quick delivery from Finland, and here it is!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on February 24, 2022, 06:06:33 AM
Intrigued by this nugget.
... as made by Print&Play games in the US ...
Can I ask about your experience with them, please?
1) What are their rules regarding printing fan expansions and official print and play items?
2) Is their 1.75" square token stock (44.5mm if my math is correct) close enough to Carc tile size, or did you need to order a custom size?
This could be fun!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 24, 2022, 06:28:15 AM
I'm afraid i might not be able to answer your questions
I was pointed in the direction of Print&Play on our discord, as they had printed this PnP expansion from ages ago.
Someone on BGG got them to print many copies, which have then been sold by them on request.
Some of the updates on this can be found here (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2328952/producing-copy-vector-files-needed/page/1)

Some good comparison pictures can also be found on BGG, mainly
here (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2375543/production-print-and-play-games-photos)

When i contacted them, Print&Play still had some copies in stock, so it was very easy to get a copy.
Shipping was quite expensive, but Maiday and i ordered together, which brought those down every so slightly
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 24, 2022, 07:07:11 AM
Intrigued by this nugget.
... as made by Print&Play games in the US ...
Can I ask about your experience with them, please?
1) What are their rules regarding printing fan expansions and official print and play items?
2) Is their 1.75" square token stock (44.5mm if my math is correct) close enough to Carc tile size, or did you need to order a custom size?
This could be fun!
1) Not sure, but Falcon was released by the designer so it is legal to print.
2) All of the components are slightly different (thinner tiles, meeple colours not perfect match) but close enough. I’m sure that they did their best.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on February 24, 2022, 07:46:33 AM
Speaking of legal print… is it possible to print a Spiel 2015 Tile? Where, in case (just for personal use, of course).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DrMeeple on February 24, 2022, 08:04:14 AM
That is absolutely right, not only proven by a double postman visit today!

First, my local postman stopped by to bring this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m4jVl4htEIIl8njbCMC-MV4oUeGr8Nl7Bzt-Xgc9tElJgMml2CmtoTg9iraRJqI6qAwTtRu5quNr3x-M1THNH-hu8xXMwESPW931NHqHTxh9d5_5f6lCldsKMWO71UBdNs-xB9ROp1Qp2y-MgSgtWVEPkvhYPy9JlwizXn9gTxPwoTLoigyMomG7WveM6UpTX?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
The Falcon expansion for The Castle, as made by Print&Play games in the US. I've given the gate pieces a try, which seem to fit ok, some tighter than others, but I'm sure it will work fine in a game. Will need to play this one soon!

And then not long after, another postman dropped this box at my doorstep:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m036Mmr8-hwl7SNVzM1AL63h2g8fiHhl74MmNHMlz_iCz--JaKOmvLuz45xXcDx_Fhw4CCbCCW6XPzBaiPMnIZQfEKfcyxRMlBB6kzyqE22crxzw91hBrAu37x-CRHet8O8F1L6_v61ggVGgN9nca2x45ZzAoPZakC3GUx8tCuTBBgmQejZwfQS9KCQ1z8486?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

I've known of this one for a while, but never saw it for sale anywhere. So I messaged a random person on BGG who had it, asking them if they would be open to 'donate' it to the museum, and they agreed! Very quick delivery from Finland, and here it is!
I had this version of the expansion and isn’t good enough… the edition needs more quality but better have it than not :)
I can see your japanese strategy book too hahahaha in a corner of the picture. I have it too emoji code16]


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 24, 2022, 08:22:14 AM
Speaking of legal print… is it possible to print a Spiel 2015 Tile? Where, in case (just for personal use, of course).

You could print one yourself for your own personal use, but no one else can print one for you.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 24, 2022, 08:58:31 AM
Special delivery today from Swan Panasia in Taiwan.

(https://i.ibb.co/d0sjYx3/taiwan.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SXD5CG1)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on February 24, 2022, 10:00:25 AM
What's THAT?  :o

Ha ha ha! Enjoy it!!! ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 25, 2022, 09:29:25 AM
Nothing from Cundco this week. :'( Of the three open orders that I have with them, the next one contains the things I'm waiting for before I consolidate my C2 collection into its storage case. Maybe next week they will come.

(https://i.ibb.co/2tk5qRT/cundco.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3NCk1Vn)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 26, 2022, 06:46:54 AM
No Cundco order here today, but i did get a parcel dropped off

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mom4_mSsuRjH0x49vCcvgYQYaMt0oCBOWaEhZ4bAGmub6OqXwFUJIA4O34_CPZOi0_Al5Ia3j80UBT-yQCNfdF73Dk-t0lFtEenqFpX0AjvL4HxaCSBkDxzWv4_vwbSugR3qd7-zi7jrW4gBTR7H9Peh2FEN1BBg3KvVz2afgqrpN_69M2hyS2ZGEWKispVpY?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

For some reason i don't have many German C2 base games, actually I only had 1, which was Carc15. So when i saw this one, i went for it even though i wasn't sure if it would be a 2014 or 2019 box art.
It turned out the be the latter, but that's all good. And a few expansions because why not :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on February 26, 2022, 07:14:58 AM
My postman yesterday completed my collection of C2 miniexpansions by delivering Messages and Crop circles that I so far had only in C1 art. Even more happy I was for my Spiel18 tile that completed my 17-21 sequence of Spiel tiles. I doubt I will get any of the missing 14, 15, 16 tiles any time soon as they now reach exorbitant prices.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 01, 2022, 09:37:54 AM
Small orders from PrintPlayGames and TheGameCrafter arrived today.

Two purple Catan cities, one for my C1 collection and the other for my C2 collection, to track the size of the purple player's largest city.
Two green discs for my Tunnel expansion upgrade.
18 red discs for my Plague expansion upgrade.
1 yellow mini meeple for my C2 travel set.

(https://i.ibb.co/tzYDNtP/spiel1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/r35HLSf)

Time to apply stickers! The "easy peel" stickers are not actually easy to peel, but I found a good way to get them off the sheet without damaging the edges.

(https://i.ibb.co/6BbTZvY/spiel2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RyPsSh2)

Let's bring back the wooden bits from the previous shipments. It was at this point that I realized I had forgotten to order gray discs, so I need to do that now. So the Tunnel expansion is not complete yet, but the Plague expansion is finally done!

(https://i.ibb.co/7WGL6LJ/spiel3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WycjYjW)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 01, 2022, 09:40:43 AM
They look great! I love the look of the plague tokens; they look like proper upgrades to the normal tokens!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on March 01, 2022, 09:42:15 AM
The Plague will never be complete without hospitals ...  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 01, 2022, 09:45:14 AM
Ha ha ha! Well said, @Challa007!

Good job, @Scott!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on March 02, 2022, 06:49:38 PM
Does anyone else get really bent up orders from Cundco? Two out of my four orders have been so bent up that the tiles are all crooked and out of shape. Got the Count Tableau and that has a big crease down the middle of it. Getting a bit disappointing as I get so excited about these expansions coming and then they have to spend a week between a clamp trying to get them back into shape. Just wondering if many others have this same issue? My love of the postman has lessened a little of late! Lol.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcassonne King on March 02, 2022, 11:43:40 PM
Does anyone else get really bent up orders from Cundco? Two out of my four orders have been so bent up that the tiles are all crooked and out of shape. Got the Count Tableau and that has a big crease down the middle of it. Getting a bit disappointing as I get so excited about these expansions coming and then they have to spend a week between a clamp trying to get them back into shape. Just wondering if many others have this same issue? My love of the postman has lessened a little of late! Lol.
I think it's probably your local mail service that is bending them.  I have made a lot of orders from Cundco and have never had a single problem with the products being damaged.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 05, 2022, 08:40:00 AM
Postman came by, and brought me this box:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mhw-xyB69iF63i_HxgeJ8BUCkzHEAeX05FaeO1bwk0Nvcuzk0dht82Vftu7N3TPx88SXw2kGJNe9gRTQ1-BiuarTApcKHCOValv5RE0WEplmvYRDMzJuoRbW1XP0kOltG8rinU94tv4TqzQCkl6q-j2FVK2NdgBR_2NUZb_eQ0o8Ce8Tkh7YlIXpNPYFURXJb?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

Thank you again Sinscerly for arranging this one! Shipping was super quick!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 05, 2022, 10:01:20 AM
No unboxing? No Dutch rules dangling around?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 05, 2022, 12:04:20 PM
I've only opened 1 of my BB7's, the rest are still sealed for now.
But I can call you and recite the rules to you if you want?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 05, 2022, 01:22:56 PM
Lovely! That sounds like music to my ears!  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on March 08, 2022, 08:19:23 AM
Today I received very nice package from @Meepledrone. Extra funky bridges and complete The mount of Duke fan expansion. Thanks a lot!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 08, 2022, 10:49:22 AM
This is a way of punishing you...  :o :o

Well, just some extra punishment... >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 08, 2022, 10:54:24 AM
What if you feel like implementing new expansions in JCZ now?  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on March 08, 2022, 11:53:34 AM
What if you feel like implementing new expansions in JCZ now?  >:D
Challenge accepted!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 08, 2022, 11:54:09 AM
No way!  ;)

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 08, 2022, 05:38:24 PM
My copy of Zamek arrived today!

(https://i.ibb.co/B6KvMSH/zamek1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/myFdWMr)

All of the tiles were pre-punched, depriving me of the satisfaction of punching them out myself.  :'(
The chaos inside the box was later tamed with the help of one of the two ziploc bags that were included.

(https://i.ibb.co/GFzGTk8/zamek2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SJFHr0M)

Now to wait for Sokol and also design a tile bag.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on March 08, 2022, 05:54:50 PM
My backwards compass (http://earthsci.org/education/fieldsk/compass/compass.html) arrived a couple of weeks ago!  In the photo below, up is roughly southeast.  On the conventional floating compass (left), the entire face rotates so that "N" on the face points North.  But on the backwards compass (right), only the needle rotates, so you hold "N" on the dial pointing in the direction you are facing, and the red needle indicates the corresponding compass direction.
 (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1H_Qwdfn94s2k0q2V3ULwprzv2bc-IBoR)

Wait, what does this have to do with Carcassonne?!   ???

Well, when I wanted to create
a version of @Decar's "Astronomers" variant that used the Wind Roses (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2330.msg84458#msg84458), I was having trouble accepting that compass directions on the tiles would not all be oriented consistently on different parts of the landscape.  But the backwards compass reminded me that those compasses might reflect the directions that the observers were facing, which could be all different!   >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on March 10, 2022, 08:48:52 AM
That is absolutely right, not only proven by a double postman visit today!

First, my local postman stopped by to bring this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m4jVl4htEIIl8njbCMC-MV4oUeGr8Nl7Bzt-Xgc9tElJgMml2CmtoTg9iraRJqI6qAwTtRu5quNr3x-M1THNH-hu8xXMwESPW931NHqHTxh9d5_5f6lCldsKMWO71UBdNs-xB9ROp1Qp2y-MgSgtWVEPkvhYPy9JlwizXn9gTxPwoTLoigyMomG7WveM6UpTX?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
The Falcon expansion for The Castle, as made by Print&Play games in the US. I've given the gate pieces a try, which seem to fit ok, some tighter than others, but I'm sure it will work fine in a game. Will need to play this one soon!


Thanks for your post, Willem.  Upon seeing this I ordered Falcon from Print&Play, and it just arrived yesterday.  I can confirm that the tiles are just a bit thinner than normal, but the color is fantastic.  Much better than my attempt at printing and cutting my own a year ago (see left side of picture).  Oh, and it's free shipping in the US for any Americans out there who want to add this to their collection.  Thanks again, Willem! 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 10, 2022, 09:08:03 AM
You're welcome! And of course thanks to Scott who tipped me on them!
Glad you're happy with your copy!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on March 10, 2022, 03:14:47 PM
Triple fun today with shipments arriving simultaneously from the Netherlands (my Dutch base game with 70 point score track which I won in the generous giveway by @The Edge!), Germany (some C1 expansions direct from Cundco.de), and Poland (Zamek).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 11, 2022, 03:47:36 AM
Postman stopped by today, with something other than what I was expecting.

I'm expecting a delivery from the US, but almost forgot I got this one recently and has now been delivered
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m1nUEqNb3pbrahebcnBcS9Mt7ZuGm4ULsIZrc9W9E-ERq5RRlar96ASWAPip6D0WuDuSCv_sbtvYVwSql0WZ2pT5tOUeEgsxS1BUsTQ95ZpK5Cp0-ljd42cIvs6WYTQ2QfaZvhIPtlPshr-7--kusS9cuJqdcz3qQqDJHmDStnFkVKoVnPq28IS4OZJgtgT0I?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

A 10th edition HiG box, which I didn't have yet so when it popped up online, I couldn't resist getting it  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 11, 2022, 08:25:10 AM
How could you forget? :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 11, 2022, 02:04:37 PM
Was hoping something from Cundco would show up today, as it’s been a quiet week, but alas not yet. Instead, my order of brown 2d10 arrived. One for my C1 collection and the other for my C2 collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/fMD6fLN/4-EA1-DA46-7-B5-D-440-D-8526-E1-E16-E4-E4-E9-F.jpg)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Carcassonne King on March 11, 2022, 06:13:35 PM
Why do you need d10 dice?  Aside from the special die for the fliers min-expansion, I wasn't aware this game involved any dice at all.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on March 11, 2022, 07:44:06 PM
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5675.msg82671#msg82671

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 11, 2022, 08:51:35 PM
Why do you need d10 dice?  Aside from the special die for the fliers min-expansion, I wasn't aware this game involved any dice at all.
I use them on the scoring track to keep track of how many times a player has gone past zero. I start them on the zero face and increment each time I do a lap. Much more convenient than 50/100 tiles or meeple flags.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 16, 2022, 08:25:30 AM
This is the one I've been waiting for! Now I will be able to assemble my C2 collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/6DSTk0P/IMG-7202.jpg)

Map Chips
Half & Half (C2)
Meeple sets in additional colours  :orange-meeple: :violet-meeple: :gray-meeple: :white-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :brown-meeple:
Complete set of school bags (just for my collection; no intended purpose)

Both the map chips and Half & Half expansion have chipboard backing, which means I have materials for custom tokens again. I will need to think about how I want to use it.
 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 16, 2022, 08:27:25 AM
Congrats! :(y) :(y)

Eager to see your next steps...  :))
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 17, 2022, 08:13:24 AM
Postman stopped by again today, to bring me this:

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mAg5s5O2w5ZncXto75Jqt1qQjunvjQoCb6GjH9n7-H4wT_V3lgR13sWzR00jhOWLXQFttVw2bfdFUUvTiRs-mARC-esbwP-_s-eZo_q_-ZZUe_kiov4XEiEojuGToFtwlMykNYeC5_EmZx8w16y8vexWzK5gj-0zPtWk30HytXdQ3giHQY6VEVNtfgX6-3dLO?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Still with the original seal around it. I remember getting my Dutch edition of Carc10 with the same seal, thinking how flimsy i thought it was. And now i still think the same hahaha
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 17, 2022, 09:10:12 AM
The price for a pristine set... ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 17, 2022, 11:56:29 AM
The last two tokens that I needed to finish my C1 Tunnel expansion upgrade arrived today.

(https://i.ibb.co/jLwq5z4/tunnel-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mHydB0z)

After applying stickers:

(https://i.ibb.co/BPqQSwZ/tunnel-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6ZgTfNP)

The complete set:

(https://i.ibb.co/HgtCwLy/tunnel-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pXfQV6T)

Demonstration:

(https://i.ibb.co/qpPjP8q/tunnel-4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XtvLvP0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on March 18, 2022, 02:37:58 AM
Gotta love it when the postman brings you free c1 mini expansions. Purchased two spielbox magazines late last year with the half and half and windroses sets. About two months later I contacted them simply asking if they had any sort of tracking or any idea where it might be or how long it would take and I just got a reply saying they would send it again. So a few weeks later I got my first sets, then today I got the resent sets show up in the mail.  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 18, 2022, 04:18:43 AM
Amazing! Have fun with them... After all, the wait did pay! :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 18, 2022, 01:01:40 PM
I decided to add abbots to my C1 set, and they arrived today.

(https://i.ibb.co/Vg02z7B/5-EA82-C63-627-C-473-A-94-E9-F871-A5-A48-AF1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GWfc8KP)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 18, 2022, 02:10:23 PM
Hello abbot guys! How are you doing? ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 21, 2022, 02:45:00 AM
Got home from a weekend of drumming, so find that my partner had stashed a parcel for me away in my office.
It was filled with goodies!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4meO4CnFK6Ip3QL_cfFmeyfLUH1xCO_5QFvFOkaWS_X__ZBMGGhanHFuVmAcibCVZsvfhBk4z6rZK4ks9IQ2EzbM-DfDmYpXQs_VBlWOHssIRYI0RI-U5B0FNoCd3CklQS8BUpy3QjHcctINf_Vzz9pEbj-ic4NqAEvcxlNKGAbXRIkmOrOpIKyPD9M4qtFho5?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
A few nice new additions!
And I like the 999 box of BC&B, if only for the fact that it's the only one that took the HiG logo off the flag on the bottom right!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on March 21, 2022, 07:35:53 AM
Just received components from MeepleVault for an exciting project I'm working on and hope to share with you all soon! :blue-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 21, 2022, 12:02:49 PM
Nice meeples!

I'm intrigued about how you will use them... :o
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Post by: gamgeefan2 on March 21, 2022, 04:07:32 PM
I decided to add abbots to my C1 set, and they arrived today.
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Hi Scott.  What's your source for these?  Was planning to do the same thing but Cundco website says they won't sell complete sets.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 21, 2022, 07:12:27 PM
I got them from someone on eBay.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: TheReal_Jerome on March 21, 2022, 07:49:44 PM
My copy of the Ark of the Covenant came in today! I'm a very happy camper  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on March 22, 2022, 03:47:24 AM
I received two small additions to my collections today. I never much investigated the pros and cons of a dice game (any suggestions warmly welcomed!) but I could not resist the neat metal meeple-shaped box. It may also be another travel option.
The Dutch version of the Demo-spiel will also augment my customized Cf2 game. I already boosted it with the German version tiles some months back so it may be considered as a mild symptom of completism to have both even though the tiles are completely same ...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on March 22, 2022, 03:56:53 AM
More mini tiles = more fun!

Please report back on the dice game…

Thanks!
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Post by: Willem on March 22, 2022, 05:46:47 AM
... it may be considered as a mild symptom of completism to have both even though the tiles are completely same ...
There's nothing wrong with that!  O:-)

My postman had to drive a long way from picking up this one to bring it to me:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mZao5V30zlToglCKyobVN6Lfz3pA1BbGHIzKZtA6LNCpcv08Opz22LTSAFXBwpQlzVu0U9eIYdAxUkFVFzqv8h9tWjXL6keyA89_kOetFnw6zlBkWmq48qhzuQE5JpDSl8nzWWDKF-anYyLuFMZ7ovX-vlWHaxGyXr_-3j9M5Ov53VLzqWLDF8RJ6fP_jjo7k?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
And more importantly, the back:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m3rcby2kka5FKakRkEeNGkuDH1EjNubCwlY-6eMJiXntJqnTkrv7d4xIZH1XdkExRB45vmYj0LrSn9wrg0NasDEP3dmG5LvzXQ7WgdV_UoSCFcOx8c1bI619quq2dB3_27PgyhYgs0RHLacFDWY1J8Xxo3ZRqEbDickfCRHRqRcpSsan5jUp1EZ0PgLAj3u5Y?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Only 3 more Japanese boxes to find to complete my Möbius collection; 1 of which is already waiting for me in the land of Hills and Dragons   :D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Doom_Shark on March 22, 2022, 08:27:00 AM
Not from the postman, but I picked up a copy of Hills and Sheep from my local game store the other day. It's always nice to be able to support local businesses.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on March 22, 2022, 10:51:03 AM
Just received components from MeepleVault for an exciting project I'm working on and hope to share with you all soon!
Great to see you are still creating!  Thanks for sharing the cool photo, but withholding merit until we get the details... >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on March 22, 2022, 11:44:06 AM
Just received components from MeepleVault for an exciting project I'm working on and hope to share with you all soon!
Great to see you are still creating!  Thanks for sharing the cool photo, but withholding merit until we get the details... >:D

Ha ha, thanks, Kothmann!  I hope my upcoming project is worthy of your merit!  We'll find out soon!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on March 22, 2022, 03:41:40 PM
One more and this time quite substantial delivery awaited me in my office today. When I noticed in January people mentioning that HiG may want to give away some boxes of new Winter edition that they test-played, I wrote them right on and then happily forgot about it. To my surprise, I was among several other forum members who were recently contacted by the publisher and yes, today I received my first Extrawurst.
Ironically, a very spring weather finally hit Prague just today and winter is supposingly over in the Czech Republic but we will surely figure out how to deal with this  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 23, 2022, 09:35:47 AM
Today the postwoman brought me my custom Dice Game scoring pad from Artscow.

(https://i.ibb.co/j8pTtpz/E54-C0-A9-A-9-F4-B-4-B4-B-977-B-3-DE038219200.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mRxGpx0)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on March 23, 2022, 10:16:14 AM
Here's what was waiting for me on my office desk this morning: two bags of different sizes, the Spiel Doch! 2/2018 promo tiles, a copy of The Gifts and one of The Signposts. I'm one (actually two) delivery away from completing my C2 collection!
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Post by: Meepledrone on March 23, 2022, 12:43:07 PM
So many great pieces of news! Congrats!!!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on March 23, 2022, 03:46:38 PM
a copy of The Gifts and one of The Signposts.
Congratulations.  I’m eager to he hear what you think of them, especially Signposts, which I don’t have since I play C1 only.  But that looks great!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 23, 2022, 05:42:25 PM
Here's what was waiting for me on my office desk this morning: two bags of different sizes, the Spiel Doch! 2/2018 promo tiles, a copy of The Gifts and one of The Signposts. I'm one (actually two) delivery away from completing my C2 collection!

Gifts and Signposts are technically C3.  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Doom_Shark on March 23, 2022, 06:53:40 PM
Here's what was waiting for me on my office desk this morning: two bags of different sizes, the Spiel Doch! 2/2018 promo tiles, a copy of The Gifts and one of The Signposts. I'm one (actually two) delivery away from completing my C2 collection!

Gifts and Signposts are technically C3.  ;)

Are they though? I thought they were in an awkward transitional phase
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 23, 2022, 07:24:18 PM
Both are illustrated by Marcel and have the C3 logo on the rule sheet.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on March 24, 2022, 12:42:53 AM
Today the postwoman brought me my custom Dice Game scoring pad from Artscow.

(https://i.ibb.co/j8pTtpz/E54-C0-A9-A-9-F4-B-4-B4-B-977-B-3-DE038219200.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mRxGpx0)


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This Dice Game scoring pad is really awesome! If you decide to share the template, I will definitely try to get one for me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 24, 2022, 09:36:07 AM
This Dice Game scoring pad is really awesome! If you decide to share the template, I will definitely try to get one for me.

http://www.artscow.com/gallery/memopad/-kxcg3d37u8nt (http://www.artscow.com/gallery/memopad/-kxcg3d37u8nt)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on March 26, 2022, 01:27:51 AM
Man this thread is better than the best advertise campaign... now I want the dice game so badly!  :D

I was in doubt whether posting today's entry of mine in this thread or in the "I hate the postman" one. Then I realized it was not the postman's fault! And here I am... I got my
second tower by spielmaterial (https://www.spielematerial.de/en/carcassonne-the-tower.html), but the product is FUBAR. It was cut badly and one side is longer than the other and so it's impossible to build it properly. I don't know if it's clear from the picture but the difference between this and the one included in the Tower expansion is huge. Sigh.
(https://i.ibb.co/chkYdQ6/PXL-20220326-082445455.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GQnHjRW)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on March 26, 2022, 02:21:50 AM
Cundco also sell the tower on its own, might be worth trying that one?

It's never good to get a subpar product  :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 26, 2022, 04:54:48 AM
The tower sold on Spielematerial should be supplied by Cundco.de. The tower came with one foldable piece to build the body or two non-symmetrical independent pieces? It seems the latter happened. :(
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on March 26, 2022, 06:15:58 AM
The tower came with one foldable piece to build the body
This. But the left part is longer than the right part so it's impossible to fold it correctly.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 28, 2022, 09:43:25 AM
Another box from Cundco arrived today! Here is a hint:

(https://i.ibb.co/JyTXmjs/BFAA56-F8-FFC9-45-BB-99-CC-9-BC17-B484438.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wwqDBhz)

If you guessed maps, you are correct. Six of the seven that are distributed by HiG. Germany was not available anymore when I placed my order, so I am sourcing that from BGG Market.


(https://i.ibb.co/YhjYFpD/EB335277-C105-4-B6-B-909-A-2-BA84-B764225.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tDCkT8Z)

(https://i.ibb.co/dtK1SZ1/35-FD2564-9807-4265-8-EAF-F52-D22-C810-D9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1M2h3ch)

(https://i.ibb.co/CwyZMQ3/8-A3-A5-BEF-72-C7-40-FF-8-FC6-51-BBB27-D26-D9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8mwpd9L)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on March 28, 2022, 02:47:19 PM
I have no idea how the maps work but they look perfect for some solo games... the complete USA map is particulary endearing! Good catch, have a good time! Will you glue them on a harder cardboard?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 28, 2022, 03:02:59 PM
I'm saying hi from the Madrid city tile... ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 28, 2022, 05:41:02 PM
I have no idea how the maps work but they look perfect for some solo games... the complete USA map is particulary endearing! Good catch, have a good time! Will you glue them on a harder cardboard?
Nope, but I will be storing them flat in an art portfolio.


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Post by: gamgeefan2 on March 29, 2022, 07:35:07 PM
I have no idea how the maps work but they look perfect for some solo games... the complete USA map is particulary endearing! Good catch, have a good time! Will you glue them on a harder cardboard?
I think they're great too!  Have you noticed the typos in the USA West map?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 02, 2022, 03:57:12 AM
Just arrived, together with a bunch of white tiles and other things, a set of semi-transparent meeples, to be used as phantoms!  :blue-meeple: :black1-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :green-meeple: :pink-meeple: :red-meeple:

Off-topic question. I read on the wiki: "The Phantom is the only expansion to date that is completely edition independent, in that it can be used with both First Edition and Second Edition Carcassonne". Does this means that it's better not to mix other C1 mini expansion (e.g. Plague, School, Tunnels...) in a prevalently C2 game?

(https://i.postimg.cc/xjFr1fcd/PXL-20220402-104137735-MP.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DmspCKQV)
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Post by: corinthiens13 on April 02, 2022, 04:36:12 AM
There's no restrict about mixing C1 and C2/3 expansions (except those using farmhouses and/or sheds, since those are not present on C1 tiles).
WICA refers to visual incompatibility here  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 02, 2022, 04:40:26 AM
It just means that The Phantom can be conbined with any edition since it has no tiles. This could also happen with The Gifts now... ;)

However, you will see that the C2 rules ignore phantoms altogether, even when CundCo has been including The Phantom sets in some Advent packs, or selling teacher meeples that can be used as phantoms. An odd choice on their part.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 02, 2022, 04:43:13 AM
However, you will see that the C2 rules ignore phantoms altogether
What do you mean by this? You mean that phantoms don't "exist" in C2?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 02, 2022, 05:13:32 AM
The approach to C2 rules ignores any interactions with minor expansions in order to save space in the printed rulebooks and spare HiG from explaining those analyzing those interactions as well. >:D

So far the only exceptions are in the interactions with minor expansions included in Big Box 4/6/7 (they couldn't avoid this) and the interaction with Exp. 1 in Cathedals in Germany.

Therefore, the listings included in Exp. 3 (the dragon's meal plan) ignore  phantoms and any figures from minor expansions (the mage, the witch...), even if in the original document from 2015 used to create these pages considered them, as you can see here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20151121062431/http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/Carc_3Erw_Drache_FAQ.pdf (http://web.archive.org/web/20151121062431/http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/Carc_3Erw_Drache_FAQ.pdf)

It is a pity that HiG systematically discards all this useful information.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 04, 2022, 09:41:47 AM
Today's load:
  • The Book of Carcassonne for Strategy, Tips & Tactics
  • Hunters and Gatherers (first standalone I get)
  • The School mini expansion (since my C2 collection is virtually complete I'm looking for C1 pieces now!)
  • Two sets of point flags (left one is supposed to be green... but not really   ???  :))
(https://i.postimg.cc/q74xD23B/PXL-20220404-163413704.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jD3fLwcB)
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 04, 2022, 11:25:31 AM
This seems the preamble of may bad things... C1 expansions... Spin-Offs... Deeper and deeeeeper down the rabbit holeeeeee! >:D

Welcome to the club!  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Challa007 on April 04, 2022, 12:00:31 PM

  • Two sets of point flags (left one is supposed to be green... but not really   ???  :))


you need to remove the protection film - it's there! believe me!!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 04, 2022, 12:37:39 PM
you need to remove the protection film - it's there! believe me!!  :)
Oh. My... I feel SO STUPID now  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 04, 2022, 12:55:02 PM
Ha ha ha! Enjoy the sets! ;D
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Post by: ac1982 on April 04, 2022, 12:57:41 PM
Ha ha ha! Enjoy the sets! ;D
Will definitely do now!  :green-meeple:
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4P0bJHf/IMG-20220404-WA0047.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/v4Q2LQTL)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 04, 2022, 01:00:38 PM
Ahhhhh! How green!!! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 04, 2022, 01:25:35 PM
I had this game waiting for me when i got home!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mcVUWE7NxbbgW8OT50DB0xgrU6U7jib0OzYicCAuLQ15oWGjYLhSb5ZUGoC3KC-xGccuUDQkRQZmeyDZvAwBa6NIQ8RjOzwiC_HOGjDDU3pdIbkf5B-XtfnK-Zl-cwqa_xUaK_ctEBFvDXMRaNjYEnfivxLrApyG-zAxS3lQwshwm4sTJpmOunloqg_n7gqeD?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Now i'm just 2 boxes away from completing my Mobius Carcassonne collection :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on April 04, 2022, 01:43:54 PM
I’d almost forgotten that I ordered this custom tile bag for Zamek! It arrived today from Artscow.

(https://i.ibb.co/cFHCbVC/2890-EE78-C267-4994-9-D9-D-DB1008-CDCBCE.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QNRC8tC)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 04, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
I had this game waiting for me when i got home!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mcVUWE7NxbbgW8OT50DB0xgrU6U7jib0OzYicCAuLQ15oWGjYLhSb5ZUGoC3KC-xGccuUDQkRQZmeyDZvAwBa6NIQ8RjOzwiC_HOGjDDU3pdIbkf5B-XtfnK-Zl-cwqa_xUaK_ctEBFvDXMRaNjYEnfivxLrApyG-zAxS3lQwshwm4sTJpmOunloqg_n7gqeD?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Now i'm just 2 boxes away from completing my Mobius Carcassonne collection :D
What is this version of the game? And what's the Mobius collection?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 04, 2022, 02:55:18 PM
This is the 2nd edition of the C1 base game in Japanese.
Möbius is the local publisher. They have not released much in terms of carc games, so I've been trying to track down everything in order to have their full library.
They've got:
C1 base game (1st edition has the older box art, and then this 2nd edition with updated box art, the pig in the field and the meeples at the top)
C2 base game (which comes with the Japanese buildings expansion)
C3 base game (which is called Carcassonne '21)
Carc20
Hunters&Gatherers '20

Out of the above, I'm just missing C3, but @Decar has got a copy waiting for me, and the H&G, which should be on its way  ;D

Ow, and fun fact;
This delivery, together with the Carc I bought in Carcassonne, now has taken the museum to over 12k tiles  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 04, 2022, 03:36:56 PM
Wow that's some serious collecting feature! Respect to that!
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Post by: Scott on April 05, 2022, 03:12:58 PM
Amazon delivery today. For storing Carcassonne maps, I decided that rolled up in a tube was not ideal because it’s difficult to get them to lay flat. I sourced a relatively cheap 24”x36” artist portfolio on Amazon, which is just slightly larger than the A1-sized maps. A1 portfolios are more difficult to come by in North America.

Some of the reviews on Amazon warn you that these cheaper portfolios do NOT have rigid sides, so they do a very poor job of protecting the contents. Most people improvise by cutting some cardboard sheets. I decided for something more rugged and bought a 2-pack of 24”x36” coroplast sheets. The corrugated plastic sheets fit perfectly in the portfolio, and the maps are sandwiched between them.

(https://i.ibb.co/N2RMNt3/4598351-C-D6-D0-436-F-9-BCB-0746-BBCFEE25.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gZYxWm7)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 07, 2022, 12:03:29 PM
Love the bag... and that collection behind! Wow.

Today I added this little guy to mine...
(https://i.postimg.cc/NF0W4Zr1/PXL-20220407-185812169.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: oldbonz on April 09, 2022, 02:52:40 AM
grid 9 tiles for placement, "interesting"
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on April 09, 2022, 07:37:16 AM
There are a few sellers of those grids on Etsy. If you’re extremely OCD about having tiles perfectly aligned, I guess this is the solution. The challenge is that they don’t store compactly, so it’s yet another thing on the shelf.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on April 09, 2022, 08:01:23 AM
There are a few sellers of those grids on Etsy. If you’re extremely OCD about having tiles perfectly aligned, I guess this is the solution. The challenge is that they don’t store compactly, so it’s yet another thing on the shelf.


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There is a solution
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on April 09, 2022, 08:05:19 AM
I thought about the part that we have to move because the game ends up at the edge of the table, with this system we can shift the whole game without problem
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 09, 2022, 08:59:22 AM
Do Halflings fit nicely?

What about double-sized tiles? Are they a problem?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on April 09, 2022, 09:33:59 AM
for the half tiles it's OK, on the other hand the doubles pose a problem, I have a plate which allows the double starting source tile.
Therefore excluded the castles and market of Lepzig
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on April 11, 2022, 10:20:43 AM
Another long-awaited order from Cundco arrived today, along with the Deutschland map from BGG Market.

(https://i.ibb.co/V2PFykB/3427-D522-447-C-4-F5-F-9244-AD871699-D585.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nz5X2Kk)


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Post by: Willem on April 11, 2022, 10:34:56 AM
Nice one to receive!
I like the new bag design  ;D
Not sure if we should have discussions about the matching of blue colours though...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on April 12, 2022, 05:25:59 AM
Got two sets of nature meeple flags from cundco's easter sale  :yellow-meeple:

I noticed they changed the type of wood.

Advent sale sets were made of plywood (bottom ones in the picture), and current ones are made of MDF wood (upper ones in the picture), probably to make them less easily breakable. They're indeed stronger and I'm less afraid of breaking them when attaching them to a meeple.

Also they now come unpunched in a wooden plate, and with a protective foil on both side.

@Willem, I think you have to make sure you have complete sets of both Advent AND easter sales  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Willem on April 12, 2022, 07:30:42 AM
It will never stop....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 12, 2022, 10:09:56 AM
THEY'RE HERE!!!!! The last piece of C2 missing in my collection (except for the Spiel Promos... I consider those tiles lost in time  :)) I also got a pink set of flags for my sister and three maps: UK, USA East and USA West... coincidentally today also my credit card bill arrived... GULP!  :-X :@

(https://i.postimg.cc/tT7sJbh4/PXL-20220412-170557130-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)



Scott, those empty tiles make me so happy and sad at the same time... I have a lot of ideas for new tiles/custom expansions but I am not able to draw on them! Can I ask you what do you use to draw on them?
(https://i.ibb.co/V2PFykB/3427-D522-447-C-4-F5-F-9244-AD871699-D585.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nz5X2Kk)
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 12, 2022, 10:13:54 AM
Congrats for completing this important milestone!

Never lose hope. Anything can happen.

... and remember, credit card bills are no good if they upset you.  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 12, 2022, 10:22:43 AM
@Meepledrone has very kindly been helping me lately, and today I got a parcel in from Spain!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mf6833Nmxpe7mhHEpjmHaP5kOKzCaNoHP1Ked_dSkYofG5zTB2W2sLM6vP5Vv91iVVaa74RK2G6ZrtVvHF-sm0ZqREi0i7EsBhL3zlx3XRZabaNanLTQJmljGS7ZjitiiorRWAEApjZWAs2Nt0rOJZ8D3qUCPEV4IeLfepnGuQwgBUU8qz2DT7mz0EUt7oLdH?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

A C1 and a C2 base game in Catalan, as well as a brand new C3 Devir box! That last one was a lucky find, so very happy with that!

And a set of 10 packed sugar cubes, showing the image of the city of Carcassonne! A must have for the Museum  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 12, 2022, 10:25:07 AM
And a set of 10 packed sugar cubes, showing the image of the city of Carcassonne!

oh my god how did you even find those  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 12, 2022, 10:33:11 AM
(https://c.tenor.com/yvLZitd1y9MAAAAC/the-fairly-odd-parents-timmy-turner.gif)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on April 12, 2022, 04:22:25 PM
Scott, those empty tiles make me so happy and sad at the same time... I have a lot of ideas for new tiles/custom expansions but I am not able to draw on them! Can I ask you what do you use to draw on them?

Plans aren't set in stone yet, but I've got some C1/C2 conversions from CarcF that I'm thinking about printing. I might print my own set of Russian promos. Maybe the Spiel promos that I don't have. We'll see.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 13, 2022, 03:26:17 AM
I'm a bit behind on a postman post.  It's great to see so many great deliveries.

I'm sad to say that our long standing lady of the post has had to deliver to pastures new; because someone beat her to the route when it was up for renewal.

So, we've had to say goodbye to our post lady; (although she only lives around the corner).

We do have a new postie; who seems like a jolly nice chap.

I'll try and post some pictures of the games and trinkets received in the next day or two!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 13, 2022, 09:27:15 AM
Italian version of Gold Rush... can't wait to place my first cowboy meeple!

(https://i.postimg.cc/X780YCHL/PXL-20220413-162245235.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on April 17, 2022, 12:53:23 AM
As many of us these days, I was treated just before Easter break by a copy of Japanese buildings from the Easter sale. The tiles are marvelous (if not much fitting into the Carcassonne landscape but that is a topic probably well talked over already). Arrived a bit "naked" though -  no foil, no rules. I learnt about the depicted venerable structures from the knowledgeable Wikicarpedia but I wonder how they were described in the originial Japanese edition. A part of the basic game rules or a separate piece? In Japanese, in English?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 17, 2022, 04:00:29 AM
well done! It was for many a nice opportunity to get these!

I've got the Japanese C2 base game that came with them, but it's still sealed, so no idea in terms of how they're presented in there. If the Dutch version of base game+monastaries is anything to go by, they are like this (not separately sealed) and a pamphlet with the rules.

I did however find the rules i got with my other set of Japanese Buildings. They say it's from Cundco, so i'm assuming that's where i got them from.
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4moztxVG02Y_fqhhZ2Qw7xv7VyXtL4eC0ALJzfCbxjXUW1oI6n-eQFGS39sZ0nPxLK8hms42AEX3e3Qj7e2Jy9FwSzYv95VmecCP-Ae2pyQAZ_uI-WVeRh7teQo0MTLkChKDVT4C8UQm1XCUtzQpA_f66CIhUhhaWnBUmQH5zoIfPTR44OoUcSj8WhH34sd_QF?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

I can scan it if you like and share, but the rules are the same as the other monastery expansions. Funny detail is thought that this is from just before C2, and the art was done by a Japanese artist i believe. The example pictures in the rules use these tiles in C1 landscape.

I also got the postman coming by yesterday! Japanese Buildings, some new scoring flags, and i found an RGG copy of Mayflower/New World!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m0C6lUqIfa_4co6Fn2cn-cjepEAKVmlW0j_BkknJLtrnSWrfV4Vsw7omyUim5UYMMgOUMLF37pFbXBUOBr6AGA1EZQFLrHsms0kgC9_rY9-VuziXCyxysz35iLZzL8e5ypR-tcXEksMCHYKbxYQiiuAx63tkoP3CMMvMKnVDg7QhzgJgnhBHeLEVxrD8uO_3Z?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on April 17, 2022, 07:05:48 AM
I've got the Japanese C2 base game that came with them, but it's still sealed, so no idea in terms of how they're presented in there. If the Dutch version of base game+monastaries is anything to go by, they are like this (not separately sealed) and a pamphlet with the rules.

I did however find the rules i got with my other set of Japanese Buildings. They say it's from Cundco, so i'm assuming that's where i got them from.

I can scan it if you like and share, but the rules are the same as the other monastery expansions. Funny detail is thought that this is from just before C2, and the art was done by a Japanese artist i believe.
There are English rules posted on CarcF:  https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=3254.  Is it allowable for me to re-post here?  That file matches my physical rules copy which I got by ordering from cundco.de Spare Parts > Game Instructions, which should also still be an option for folks.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 17, 2022, 07:26:46 AM
No issue in sharing the link to CarcF. Only those CarcF members with several posts will be able to see that page though.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on April 18, 2022, 11:37:22 PM
I've got the Japanese C2 base game that came with them, but it's still sealed, so no idea in terms of how they're presented in there. If the Dutch version of base game+monastaries is anything to go by, they are like this (not separately sealed) and a pamphlet with the rules.

I did however find the rules i got with my other set of Japanese Buildings. They say it's from Cundco, so i'm assuming that's where i got them from.

I can scan it if you like and share, but the rules are the same as the other monastery expansions. Funny detail is thought that this is from just before C2, and the art was done by a Japanese artist i believe.
There are English rules posted on CarcF:  https://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=3254.  Is it allowable for me to re-post here?  That file matches my physical rules copy which I got by ordering from cundco.de Spare Parts > Game Instructions, which should also still be an option for folks.

Thanks a lot for directing my attention to the possibility to actually also order game instructions as spare parts. For some reason, I totally missed this option! I wonder, may HiG still having stock of Japanese buildings, why they did not add the rules to the Easter sale items, but never mind...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 19, 2022, 03:25:56 AM
I was walking back from the shops this morning when the postman was just parking his van.
He knows me by name now, so he quickly grabbed a few parcels from the back  ;D

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m0_i9_VmeaEhPI7R2reAUQ1VyJcY-Z5MLAHOQWtjvK1Au3VBloWaNCdub7LQYp18aD1pPW0a-8h8_es0SMfdw9_sWMpi1jSkBSl2AfWjxXjFZEd3azmJVslLyRdvZy_F5XqGwUBs_7P3Aycz3bLuYSjQGeNm0EMSxLbYSQEXzqxSLRBye9SnLChnlOblbbffB?width=515&height=660&cropmode=none)
ZMG copies of Bridges, Castles and Bazaars, and Under the Big Top, as well as Amazonas!
Happy to have these now in as well
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on April 21, 2022, 08:44:44 AM
Ron must need more storage space because he sent this to me very quickly. I already prepared the tuckbox for it when I was doing the other tuckboxes.

(https://i.ibb.co/dLYNTBd/4-ED6-E202-1-EB7-424-D-AFEE-39447-DC6-EDE0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hZzG6sP)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 21, 2022, 09:04:49 AM
There is a tender love story in the making here...  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 21, 2022, 09:13:18 AM
That tuxbox looks good!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on April 21, 2022, 12:10:14 PM
Disclaimer first: not sure if I should post this here as I have been accruing this stuff for the last year with family in France. It involves a pile of Carcassonne getting to me so I thought it was reasonable.

I wasn't expecting to have to wait so long but this little thing called COVID got in the way. Finally got to see my family over Easter, and as a bonus I got my hands on the stash.

(https://ibb.co/mX4LMJQ)

It was quite large, but here is a selection of the highlights:

(https://ibb.co/LZQn3bK)

Some of these were gained with the assistance of Carcassonne Central members; thank you once again for your kind help. This is what makes this community great to be a part of.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 21, 2022, 12:28:42 PM
No worries...

That image just makes everyone's eyes sparkle...  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 21, 2022, 02:26:23 PM
It's a great pile of Carcassonne! And having been saving it up for a year only makes the joy greater now you finally have them  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on April 21, 2022, 02:49:23 PM
That image just makes everyone's eyes sparkle...  ^-^
Yeah +1 merit for the great photo.  thanks
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: unclewill on April 22, 2022, 04:18:52 AM
I am so pleased, I can't resist another photo:

The Spiel family all together, from USA, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Scotland and England.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 22, 2022, 04:24:03 AM
How terrible! Burn them all!!!! >:D

Enjoy that view! Let's see what 2022 brings us to extend the family! ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 22, 2022, 04:26:09 AM
Wonderful image Unclewill +1 from me. Glad you were able to share your box of delight with us :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on April 22, 2022, 03:02:41 PM
Multiple boxes arrived today with a wide range of goodies.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on April 23, 2022, 06:01:56 AM
Müller Exklusiv!  Nice!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on April 26, 2022, 08:28:43 AM
So over the weekend i got to play a few new games for the first time. One in particular really stood out to me, but that could be as i managed to run away with the victory  ;D

So on Sunday evening i couldn't resist, and ordered the Big Box for it!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mqmM5khPrEF6mlBQfEbyXho4YlQ7A4pBnmQ8SvEV5Gh91VlmcrlyFSX4Jy_tYOJqTLPAWCH0n6SBekNO5rY1uyA8gdcw5X_4C3LdiNOwm_v-rtkI61sVdwgEDr_cjqJy89acILP48p3J84SEk805l3M1m_r4zy1rmxk-FFCghzrRQD2XdKpgq5CxtI_U0QLKc?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

The Quacks of Quidlinburg has been around for a while, but i never played it before. I thought it was a complicated game, and also when we were setting it up it looked intimidating, but that was more due to the amount of tokens, and the bad way it was put away by previous players.

I was a little bit reluctant in actually opening it i must admit. I've been getting quite a few sealed Carcassonne games over the last months, and don't open them, so this felt unusual hahaha
I've been hyping it up with my partner over the last few days, so tonight we'll play it and let's see how it does!

Also, today i received a nice little Carc thingy:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mtsuWGDw-g6IXSfhiLR6dVFXdb7KNS4YAoldGVo56EkqogXK3jxCfHqaszKbzsKjorpl7Izo7jDH4bwShi_D8wLitVjnNsXOX1uiPGgmxsZHEv2wXxQybHWapyTXDpc969zOMeRArlaiA--jOw7z3pp4iCQQscYWgBklceRI3-0q5yQaovwZzoq_1MeT5z2QN?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
I've had the base game for the PC for ages, but now found out there was an expansion pack, so had to get it! I even tried it out on my old PC, which i kept only because it has a CD/DVD drive, so that came in handy.
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mdVoEJBnxlvtSD5flMAisas7VHeKnPK8ugcNGLa30vGm570RGSVNrErzS-ePR3p9Rx_AarBe3glxdEXPwfj-ZPovPfleFLcaY7qjiwo-Dk3OE2njKQvICJowiyocj7g4sEJ6O5v-aycloV5s2GztqwalHEzwInMkHhhXM2aJymrFJk4JJnlbm19zUYNZvOPfz?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
I even had to put in the code from one of the River tiles for the copy protection!

The base game CD-rom i have is in Dutch, and these expansions are in German, but luckily the program doesn't care, so now i can join the digital age and play Carcassonne on the computer in the museum!

Edit: Postman made an extra stop!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4myVeJ5mRGL0UTV9PzkDeQng9s6j_zotPdAWO4BILSqdNMRgXMqtol3yB7i6F1tLU9YK4nzUtKvBgV3nT8WJIvffror2YB-061k39KfMJSVDABkUSDmalDWm-YnIclNiwKJOTxx9cYJ0xunhZfRdqo-qM3yr7HFfy_9V-EVUVSdMrxQ41WxV5YQ42xN2P5_hRu?width=660&height=417&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 28, 2022, 02:41:27 AM
Here's another view of our rainbow carpet!

(https://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220428_102907_copy_1612x1209.jpg)

Thanks to UncleWill, Willem, and Meepledrone for acquiring all these goodies for me. Willem was able to pass them over at the GBRBGWEGB!  Thanks a lot.  You can read about our adventure here:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5916.msg85617;topicseen#new
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 28, 2022, 02:44:31 AM
I almost forgot!  These arrived today too.

I actually have a spare copy, so if someone from the UK is wanting one, send me a PM.

(https://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220428_104216_copy_1612x612.jpg)

Very excited to be able to finally play Sokol for the Zamek (The Falcon for Carcassonne:Castle)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on April 28, 2022, 03:14:33 AM
What are you feeding those falcons?  ;)

Will you separate that happy family?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 28, 2022, 03:45:48 AM
Two more spin offs for the collection!

(https://i.postimg.cc/25sGfnX7/PXL-20220427-203008800-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on April 28, 2022, 05:49:39 AM
Hey everyone, Just on this page I've seen two people who look to have received original artwork Monateries of Germany and a copy of original artwork Cathedrals in Germany. Just wondering are these expansions available somewhere or have they just been tracked down second hand?
Thanks! Had to ask! :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on April 28, 2022, 08:19:13 AM
Mine were from https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de and Boardgamegeek Geekmarket.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on April 28, 2022, 08:30:07 AM
Two more spin offs for the collection!

(https://i.postimg.cc/25sGfnX7/PXL-20220427-203008800-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Hello,
Is it the photo or the sizes of the boxes are not the same ?

My Amazonas and safari have the same usual dimensions

What about your ?


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: ac1982 on April 28, 2022, 08:49:44 AM
Is it the photo or the sizes of the boxes are not the same ?

It's the photo! All of the boxes are actually the same size:

(https://i.postimg.cc/44Fvxqj7/PXL-20220428-154745314.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: konrad2605 on April 28, 2022, 09:31:21 AM
Arrived with me today.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on April 28, 2022, 09:44:09 AM
Is it the photo or the sizes of the boxes are not the same ?

It's the photo! All of the boxes are actually the same size:

(https://i.postimg.cc/44Fvxqj7/PXL-20220428-154745314.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Thanks you! my psychorigid side is satisfied emoji code28]

Nice collection !


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on April 28, 2022, 09:52:46 AM
Enjoy all the new games!

I hope you enjoy Zamek konrad2605!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on May 06, 2022, 08:13:51 AM
Hey, for all you creative types who like to pick up and think of ways using wooden figures/tokens (like you, kothmann!), Print and Play has a pretty good sale right now on their grab bag: https://www.printplaygames.com/product/grab-bag/ 
Here's what I got for $5.  Hmm, what fun expansions can I make with these...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on May 17, 2022, 05:12:52 PM
Another gap in my collection closed.

(https://i.ibb.co/Z6LpkdL/53-BC90-B9-3173-4688-9-AFE-FB185-D537-AD5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RpvkV2v)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on May 18, 2022, 12:16:27 AM
Congrats! Targeting anything in particular now?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2022, 02:42:17 PM
My next target will probably be the C3 Big Box, which ZMG has released in the UK but not North America yet.

The only other items I'm missing are the Russian promos, most of the Spiel tiles, and Cutcassonne. I don't expect that I'll be able to get my hands on the first two at a reasonable price, so I might go the homemade route. I also have plans to print some of the C1/C2 conversions from our German friends. Cutcassonne will probably be available again at the end of the year.

The next item to arrive will hopefully be Sokol, which I preordered last month. I've also just ordered some tile bags for H&G.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on May 25, 2022, 03:15:26 AM
I feel i'm running behind here!

I shared the big haul i got at our London(ish) meetup, but it didn't stop there ;)

A few weeks later, my parents came to visit with bags and bags of Carcassonne. Pictures can be found in the Discord chat :)

Bumsakala was so nice to help me put together a Slovak box! We've been getting some things together, and when the box was full, it was time to ship! Surprisingly quickly, the postman rang the doorbell for this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mAj6J50OGcfQsBdHx3mGHF_hHv4XelTqpsZzXqDiZlF-BaQV3H8BZ0JdHp5hRcLXCVDZ4EY5zAhGT24jpLVps7uD6gCpb4416g70Db-R1mxGgQ5yQYcRd2AKbm7HSG9XxI5YS3LCvpirX1JaaA7ap82nD4OamHpI2qfbbgeVMtLZUBjicw383f2M6Tu2asSiv?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
I'm so happy with this whole set! Thank you again!!

As Scott mentioned, ZMG have now also released BB7 in English, and it seems first in the UK! So as soon as it was available, i had to place an order and the postman came by once again!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m9rHLgIrdmXd5d6gmWQW_v1_PHbmiH7pvMR5k5X-EoijPn166Fvry0uJa3pb8VQr8fIpvtxkHvuOsEksBewLrWhKfQK2CMqwuf6d5CysmfSzEboLetLHSlWjT6vbZjqYYZOG4oi0ysbqQ3d2bPDbH9C3xGgkT2g7jYigBxgiaV5m3S89qjMWaCzNgSZirxuym?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

Then this morning another knock on the door!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mKrbaA-CU9HjC-U45t1G6svsgcUbs_zl3r7rAZiXYDU0ZkKDVWs1PK7o_RQyA2fm8NXAFSOm2uQWAJzjkwE-IYsJGXuoHv2sT323i4yZNS_xwSKxA4G7M9rHnxRYvIGmnQEDaaXx7qL76a56VgJEmfmb2QedoMkWUViPtsTnkG5Zj28jynkrWbnd0ehYO9Od1?width=487&height=660&cropmode=none)
I actually only had the Dutch edition of this, so when i came across this German one, i knew i had to have it :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on May 25, 2022, 03:30:20 AM
Ooooh! This haul is tantalizing!

Congrats!!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on May 26, 2022, 11:41:51 AM
Bumsakala was so nice to help me put together a Slovak box! We've been getting some things together, and when the box was full, it was time to ship! Surprisingly quickly, the postman rang the doorbell for this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mAj6J50OGcfQsBdHx3mGHF_hHv4XelTqpsZzXqDiZlF-BaQV3H8BZ0JdHp5hRcLXCVDZ4EY5zAhGT24jpLVps7uD6gCpb4416g70Db-R1mxGgQ5yQYcRd2AKbm7HSG9XxI5YS3LCvpirX1JaaA7ap82nD4OamHpI2qfbbgeVMtLZUBjicw383f2M6Tu2asSiv?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
I'm so happy with this whole set! Thank you again!!

I'm happy to help you at least this way :)

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on June 01, 2022, 02:29:29 PM
Just got back from a couple weeks of travel, and got several fun shipments at once, the biggest of which came from TheEdge.  Fun additions to both my Catan and Carcassonne collections and some help to organize Carcassonne!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 01, 2022, 04:01:55 PM
Wow! That looks like a great stack, for both Carcassonne and Catan! Congrats!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 01, 2022, 11:27:20 PM
That’s a terrific haul!


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 07, 2022, 01:43:11 PM
After a long ocean voyage, Sokol has finally arrived at Carcassonne Central's North American regional headquarters. We're looking forward to adding this to our next game of Zamek.

Sokol is an updated version of the Falcon Expansion for Zamek, which itself is an updated version of Carcassonne: The Castle. Both were published exclusively in Poland by nasza-klasa.pl / nk.pl. In the first photo, you can see the relative size of the two boxes. The box for Sokol is designed to fit inside the Zamek box, as you'll see in the third photo. In the second photo, you can see the contents of the Sokol box. In the third photo, you can see how everything fits into the Zamek box. The instruction booklet and castle wall scoring track fit on top of the insert, and there's also room for a tile bag if you prefer that to drawing from stacks. Keep reading to find out how you can add one to your game!

(https://i.ibb.co/x7Dwkrj/sokol-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mcGdjPq)

(https://i.ibb.co/qjX3HSn/sokol-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XLNrnQ4)

(https://i.ibb.co/nCG282Y/sokol-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PQLpzpP)

Where can I buy the game?
Zamek:
https://nk.com.pl/zamek/p2737.html (https://nk.com.pl/zamek/p2737.html)
Sokol:
https://nk.com.pl/zamek-----dodatek-sokol/p3003.html (https://nk.com.pl/zamek-----dodatek-sokol/p3003.html)

Help! The rules are in Polish!
English rules for Zamek:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=625 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=625)
English rules for Sokol:
https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=626 (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=626)

Where did you get that tile bag?
http://www.artscow.com/gallery/drawstring-pouch-large/-hvbln8cg229v (http://www.artscow.com/gallery/drawstring-pouch-large/-hvbln8cg229v)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 08, 2022, 05:18:47 AM
Maybe this can help with the rules:

(https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Castle#Rules)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on June 08, 2022, 09:09:23 AM
Maybe this can help with the rules:

(https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Castle#Rules)

As @Meepledrone add link to img tags, here is correct link https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Castle#Rules (https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/The_Castle#Rules)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on June 08, 2022, 09:12:00 AM
Help! The rules are in Polish!
Czy Pan nie mówi po polsku?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 08, 2022, 10:06:43 AM
Czy Pan nie mówi po polsku?

No, and neither does most of the English-speaking world. I should have given a link to the wiki, but I'm also quite fond of the English PDF files because I made them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on June 08, 2022, 12:45:24 PM
Czy Pan nie mówi po polsku?

No, and neither does most of the English-speaking world. I should have given a link to the wiki, but I'm also quite fond of the English PDF files because I made them.

Understand I also speak with @Snearone in English even that Slovak and Polish are similar. But I have not much experience with Polish and Snearone zero with Slovak :D So it's safe to use English :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 09, 2022, 01:41:29 PM
The slow boat from China finally arrived with tile bags for Hunters & Gatherers! The green bag (top left) is from a previous order and was designed by quevy. The other three bags were designed by me and are what came today in the post. The large-size bags are the regular tile bags, and the medium-size bags are for the bonus/menhir tiles.

(https://i.ibb.co/4dLP2TV/hg1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8cw6b57)

(https://i.ibb.co/9rgxvLV/hg2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Tg2QTSb)

(https://i.ibb.co/jwj7GgY/hg3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M1JqpMH)

All tile bag designs shown above, as well as many others, can be found in this Geeklist:
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/190164/direct-links-artscowcowcow-draw-bag-designs (https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/190164/direct-links-artscowcowcow-draw-bag-designs) (note that some are in the comments of the list entries)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 09, 2022, 05:17:14 PM
A late afternoon courier delivery brought another Carcassonne-related item: a custom 110-piece puzzle (8”x10”) depicting the folk tale of Lady Carcas ending a siege by tossing a pig over the wall.

(https://i.ibb.co/3RCn7h1/2-EE8-A868-C666-4-FC4-95-BE-DD8-FB44-DB198.jpg) (https://ibb.co/g4Rx3gy)

A matching postcard is also en route. You can get your own puzzle here:
https://www.zazzle.ca/france_french_vintage_medieval_carcassonne_jigsaw_puzzle-116151557341613359 (https://www.zazzle.ca/france_french_vintage_medieval_carcassonne_jigsaw_puzzle-116151557341613359)

I think the 11x14 upgrade (252 pieces) at $2.40 would be worthwhile if you want more of a challenge. I’m happy with only 110 pieces; I was able to complete this puzzle in less than 15 minutes. The pieces don’t go together as snuggly as I would like, but they appear to be more durable than the puzzles of my youth.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 09, 2022, 10:25:28 PM
Aha! So that was the mystery item!

Looks good!
I love the story of Lady Carcas, and the (supposed) history of the name of the town!
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Post by: Meepledrone on June 10, 2022, 12:07:17 AM
Nice jigsaw puzzle! :(y) :(y)

Poor pig!!! Nobody acknowledges its sacrifice for the good of the city! :o

What if the city was renamed to Pigassonne?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 10, 2022, 12:11:58 AM
What about Hamossonne? >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2022, 07:42:42 AM
Aha! So that was the mystery item!

No, the mystery item has not arrived yet!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2022, 07:44:43 AM
Poor pig!!! Nobody acknowledges its sacrifice for the good of the city! :o
Matt Harper acknowledged it in his "If Pigs Could Fly..." variant. https://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=99.0 (https://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=99.0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 10, 2022, 07:55:14 AM
Aha! So that was the mystery item!

No, the mystery item has not arrived yet!
It hasn't?!

The story continues....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2022, 09:23:21 AM
The mystery item arrived this morning!

I've been teasing the Carcassonne Central Discord folks that I had found and purchased a Carcassonne-related item that I had never seen anyone else talk about. They tried to guess what it was, but were unsuccessful. I gave a few hints but not enough to make it too easy: it was a mass-produced item (not something that I had made in China), it came from Europe, and it was related to the city of Carcassonne rather than the game of Carcassonne.

One final tease before the reveal... it came in these envelopes. The outer envelope is marked "Please do not fold" and the postmark is from France. Can you guess what it is before scrolling down all the way?

(https://i.ibb.co/tHLz9S8/euro1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2FZSTwg)

Did you guess correctly?

(https://i.ibb.co/HP2sFfk/euro2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vdBGw6K)

This is a zero-Euro souvenir banknote issued by the Central European Bank in 2017. From what I've been told by YouTubers, zero-Euro banknotes are available for purchase from vending machines in various European cities for 3 euros. Each city has different banknotes, so you typically need to travel around Europe to collect them. (Some European countries which do not use euros as currency still have had these souvenir banknotes issued for some of their local landmarks, including the United Kingdom.) Willem didn't see any vending machines for these on his recent trip to Carcassonne, so they are probably only available on the secondary market now. I got mine from an eBay seller for a reasonable 10 euros.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 10, 2022, 09:57:45 AM
With that kind of money, your mayor can become king in a city with no coats of arms!!! Like strength, like fortune!

Gorgeous bank note!!! :o :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on June 10, 2022, 11:04:09 AM
Interesting. Does it have any purpose or is it really just a souvenir?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2022, 12:04:49 PM
It's just a souvenir. Although it is officially-issued currency, the face value of zero euros renders it worthless as currency.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on June 10, 2022, 12:13:21 PM
So it CAN be used then?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 10, 2022, 12:22:44 PM
They can be used at the Carcassonne Museum to buy a special exclusive visitors item!  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on June 11, 2022, 03:34:58 AM
It's just a souvenir. Although it is officially-issued currency, the face value of zero euros renders it worthless as currency.
It is invention on french business man. You can but these 0 euro notes everywhere in France. Also is common here in Slovakia. It very problematic to collect them because you don't know in which town and which sight is on them.
I wanted to buy one in Carcassonne for sentimental reasons, these notes sell machine was broken. if I remember there was two different notes for Carcassonne and one for Castle. Don't remember because I was very confused about that machine :(

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 13, 2022, 12:21:41 PM
One of my other hobbies is currency collecting, so the intersection between that and Carcassonne could not be resisted. This is the beginning of another collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/KyjgtjP/coin2007.png) (https://ibb.co/JkRTYR1)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 13, 2022, 03:57:14 PM
Ha ha ha!

Have fun down this new rabbit hole extension.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 14, 2022, 12:17:28 PM
I think two is the minimum for a collection?

(https://i.ibb.co/b1f4qbT/75-F99593-7-E35-4231-B080-5153-DAB9971-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gyn0H4N)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 14, 2022, 11:21:52 PM
Oh oh! This looks promising!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 15, 2022, 01:56:23 AM
Love those coins! Please expect a flurry of PMs from me asking where I can get similar from; I need a lucky coin!

EDIT: Wow - eBay has loads of them. And there was me worrying about what I was going to do with all this money I don't have... ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 15, 2022, 07:04:22 AM
Ha ha ha!

Are the guys on Ebay switcing on their speculation mode?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 15, 2022, 09:19:37 AM
The thing in the foreground is a magnet.

(https://i.ibb.co/HdtC7CN/2-D4-CB36-A-306-B-4970-B993-A7294-AC2-DE07.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jRyzhzV)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 15, 2022, 12:06:48 PM
More little treasures!!!  :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wallaceprime on June 16, 2022, 01:45:57 AM
The thing in the foreground is a magnet.

Shiny!  8)
(I think I must be turning into a magpie)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on June 16, 2022, 02:53:50 AM
Hve you considered using the model instead of the City of Carcassonne tile?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 16, 2022, 06:55:04 AM
The meeples would not fit well on the model. The model lives on my display shelf along with the two towers and complete set of Phantom boxes.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 16, 2022, 05:21:52 PM
More coins!

(https://i.ibb.co/7jNz4Dp/C421012-D-E237-43-C1-9-CA7-76140-AF69-C9-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zQH5Jg2)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on June 17, 2022, 02:03:30 AM
Beautiful! Do you do anything to treat them and make them shine like that?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 17, 2022, 02:06:01 AM
WOW - this coin is enormous!   ;D

Great finds Scott - Thanks for sharing them!

One of my other hobbies is currency collecting, so the intersection between that and Carcassonne could not be resisted. This is the beginning of another collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/KyjgtjP/coin2007.png) (https://ibb.co/JkRTYR1)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 17, 2022, 07:01:31 AM
Beautiful! Do you do anything to treat them and make them shine like that?
All of these photos are immediately after opening, so I haven’t done anything to them. The ones that are shiny were well-cared for by their previous owners.

All of the coins are 31mm in diameter.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 17, 2022, 07:08:57 PM
This one actually IS enormous. 45mm diameter!

(https://i.ibb.co/F0Xz8b1/9953-F452-FCEC-4511-82-B6-128448-B7-FCD8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rc3H5Gh)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 18, 2022, 10:57:57 AM
It looks smaller than the other one  :D  :D  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 20, 2022, 01:50:18 AM
I've not shared a postman thread in a long time.

So here's a quick on that arrived yesterday:

(https://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220620_094647_copy_1209x1612.jpg)

See:
Mysteron's Expansion (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5971.0)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 20, 2022, 02:48:33 AM
Great background info! ;D

Enjoy it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 20, 2022, 05:59:18 AM
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons are GO?
It looks a lot like the Thunderbirds, but i'm guessing from the same era?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 20, 2022, 06:49:54 AM
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons are GO?
It looks a lot like the Thunderbirds, but i'm guessing from the same era?
Gerry Anderson had several supermarionation shows over the years.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 20, 2022, 06:56:33 AM
It was the series that Gerry Anderson created immediately after Thunderbirds. It ran from 1967-1968.
They made some significant changes to the marionets in this series; most notably their heads were well proportioned with the rest of their body.

This series took a much darker tone that the other Gerry Anderson series, with frequent onscreen murder.

The series was rebooted in 2005; which was Gerry Anderson's last production before his death.  It wasn't well received, but it was mishandled by ITV.
I think it did well to capture the essence of the original and progress it in other areas.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on June 21, 2022, 11:09:41 AM
I'll just leave this copy of the end credits here. That explains everything you need to know: https://youtu.be/ObUPXV9nmc4
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 24, 2022, 01:48:00 PM
Today's loot!

(https://i.ibb.co/JvPGcYB/carc-items.jpg) (https://ibb.co/R3WsgXv)

Postcard version of the Dame Carcas legend, which I ordered at the same time as the puzzle but it came from a different place that took longer.
Carcassonne snow globe because
@Willem showed me the one he bought and I wanted one too.
1 ECU (European currency unit) coin issued by the Carcassonne Chamber of Commerce in 1992 (before the name of the currency was changed to Euro)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 27, 2022, 12:17:41 PM
More coins today. These are a few millimeters smaller than the others because they come from a different mint (Patrimonie Mondial). What’s interesting about this mint is that one side of the coin is colourized. Each design comes in gold or silver plating (over an iron base), for a total of 21 distinct coins.

(https://i.ibb.co/dBsH4CY/05-A90866-B1-C4-4585-8189-039-A7-BD6-E95-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4Ww0Rvr)

(https://i.ibb.co/PNQjTW1/E10-C23-A4-BC96-49-B3-8890-A8547-BACC383.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SPryQmV)


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Post by: Meepledrone on June 27, 2022, 12:33:51 PM
Oooooh! Nice!!!!
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 27, 2022, 05:21:14 PM
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect who restored many medieval landmarks in France which had been damaged during the French Revolution. In Carcassonne, the tops of the towers were gone, and various modern structures had been built on the city walls for defensive purposes. He rebuilt the roofs and demolished the added structures to restore the city walls to their 1355 condition. He also wrote a book on the history of the city and its fortifications.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18940/18940-h/18940-h.htm (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18940/18940-h/18940-h.htm)

(https://i.ibb.co/pXCMd2s/C83-A2595-3559-4974-984-B-8507-B0622-E3-A.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0JP6rqW)

You can also see in this photo how I’m protecting my coin collection: with plastic capsules.

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Post by: Scott on June 28, 2022, 11:34:19 AM
Someone on Discord found this cool map of the city and now it’s mine.

(https://i.ibb.co/g7k4Byg/D10-AFCCE-4-E41-4-DF1-8-CC6-579-CC4-FCD416.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wL5cxy6)

(https://i.ibb.co/64Td7Zh/0574602-A-EF68-47-AA-8355-FFF767829-FA6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y8Z3cRT)

(https://i.ibb.co/FssSyY5/804-FA96-F-5-E60-4882-AEEB-1-A075-BAC0-B44.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4ss6XS8)

(https://i.ibb.co/DGNzh33/2-FB96-BA3-B089-4-E5-E-99-A6-D9-C9-E071994-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/28wWxXX)


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Post by: Meepledrone on June 28, 2022, 12:19:07 PM
Very interesting map!

And it seems to include the Dame Carcas story in all the languages listed....  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 28, 2022, 05:47:15 PM
Very interesting map!

And it seems to include the Dame Carcas story in all the languages listed....  :o

Yes, both the history and legend are included in all languages.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 29, 2022, 12:14:18 AM
So the other side of the map is full of text then...
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Post by: Willem on June 29, 2022, 02:50:46 AM
It's been a bit quiet here from my end!  :o

Last week I got to travel a little bit for work, which brought me to Spain! Even though i was only there for 1 night, i managed to squeeze in a mini-meetup with the one and only @Meepledrone !
It was great fun to catch up, have some drinks and talk about Carcassonne for hours!

Of course i couldn't go home emptyhanded, as Meepledrone is notorious for spending my money on Carcassonne boxes i don't have yet.
So he brought goodies with him, which i was more than happy to try and stuff in my carry on!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4ma9LzT_x02a7Ck0cTPBa0w9TCDtAq45O5cues97FDqT9ZNBnuJA-62XfXF58JUcOvGrO9lUhVAEHir6WmR_bqcRP9ZN8sDDA_nhmadGdjw_BAwEVEA2mrbI4j-HSSkp8ec1eu02LjhRS_RTqO_0SfxwlXjFrA0zuN0Lxb5md0WKZftVmToN2tNxxBRExmMpZl?width=660&height=558&cropmode=none)

Most notably to call out are the French Catapult, the French Base Game in the top left (which was a box i hadn't seen before!), and the 2 mini-fanexpansions from Carcassonne Spain for the 2022 tournament!

Then a few days ago, none other than @MMike pointed me in the direction of this magazine:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mZNEdhSqxoRIU8c_PKNJLIDDign5Bb4McP_rzMR99NWZ8qxeMds6hnqV-i9KavS4TrIYUOUB-uY8rcmOWR6ZftGD7Ssv50NnZPenWS0by2R_SmUBAKBkLQJzdbmhucRWQrHrPUBfDag-sTF-k3lpKlIoHupIRhS-ouu80Ac17obLYzvLpyJwD-a7NXOgtB-gc?width=491&height=660&cropmode=none)

This is the UK based TableTop Gaming Magazine, who did a Carcassonne cover for their October 2020 edition, for the 20th anniversary of the game. The magazine includes a 4 page article about the game, 2.5 pages about the current major expansions and a little piece about The Book of Carcassonne!
They did 2 versions of this magazine; this one is the Subscriber only cover; the 'normal' version is very similar, only having more text on the front :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on June 29, 2022, 02:59:01 AM
And i kid you not, but literally within 3 minutes of me posting the previous post, the postman knocked on the door again!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mlDoN0nwhlsdlIQUHXGVK07tCJSBxiLelos5E0UmgGEmISEEY6g054Ks9XXlMwoA2qBAhR8Tv0bJDxVVQdGYz6XSNFx60tXQg_WAXDW9lsW3o91x2pzbbCM2SYxbP4oY5NF2NXj9KrIVnPVB9JkwTIl8D7GvGD881mlV6MNwBcVxZcT0IMQ_01H4epnOkRHX7?width=660&height=475&cropmode=none)

A few nice additions, in the Nordic version of the C2 Exp. 3, and The Castle from RGG! I'm a happy bunny today
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on June 29, 2022, 04:26:46 AM
Ha ha ha!

The postman was missing you!

You know expending your money makes me equally happy...  ;D
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Post by: Scott on June 29, 2022, 07:04:07 AM
Interesting how the Nordic box is in English.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on June 29, 2022, 10:54:41 AM
During the First World War, gold and silver became so valuable that the French citizens started hoarding coins which were still being made from gold and silver at that time. This made it difficult for merchants to give change to customers who would only pay in banknotes. The Paris Chamber of Commerce pleaded with the National Bank to allow them to issue emergency currency, and this request was granted. The Chambers of Commerce in other cities and towns followed suit, and in 1914 the Carcassonne Chamber of Commerce sent 600,000 francs to the National Bank, allowing them to issue an equivalent value of smaller denomination currency. They issued 50-cent and 1-franc banknotes. Another 400,000 francs were sent in 1917, and another series of banknotes were issued in 50-cent and 1-franc denominations. Also in 1917, they issued 5-cent, 10-cent, and 25-cent coins. Even after the war, the two more series of banknotes were issued in 1920 and 1922 at a value of 900,000 francs and 500,000 francs respectively. These banknotes were legal tender among the merchants in their respective cities, and could be exchanged for official currency if you collected enough of them.

Pictured below are a 10-cent coin, 25-cent coin, and 50-cent note. The value of the coins is printed on the other side. The 5-cent coin is also round but slightly smaller. The coins are made from aluminum and VERY thin; each weighs about a gram.

The banknote is from the 1922 issue. The 1-franc note was the same colour (both sides). The 1920 notes were blue/brown and orange/brown, the 1917 notes were red and blue (both sides), and the 1914 notes were brown/orange. (Slashes mean first colour on face, second colour on back.) The 1914 notes feature the cityscape on the back, and all subsequent notes feature the Aude gate design shown here.

(https://i.ibb.co/ctCRrSR/DF42-E090-6-E1-F-4-F3-B-B995-737473-AC96-A1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RPBtDkt)

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Post by: Willem on June 30, 2022, 12:19:13 PM
Haven't heard confirmation from ZMG that their C3 base game is out yet. I remember when i ordered the ZMG BB7 i asked the shop if they had any idea about the base game, and they said they had no idea yet.

A few days ago i was ordering some stuff online, and noticed a listing for the Carcassonne base game. It had it before, but with both C3 and C2 box art, so that was probably old C2 stock.
Now the pictures were all updated to be C3, so i figured i'd take a gamble....

Today i received the parcel, and there it is!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mmBIwVq68fFiuDfLiB2obM661vkCa6HzbJM5NdpvCJ1bpFvqWCpQw6IBI2JjzMB-Z17JHx3hCJIxbstEQBhR_ZBmTa_tHd64C7bOTgm-MjCikzy_YjbSW2CzTU1azrq17wZ-RQxJXhsCdXh5p75MdZEozB2sbBkb8pirqgoGqHX07RWQivupy93v5k-kFOwbe?width=556&height=660&cropmode=none)

ZMG have made a thing!
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Post by: The-Edge on June 30, 2022, 01:52:22 PM
Im curious when they gonna release the dutch C3 basegame
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Post by: Willem on June 30, 2022, 10:14:26 PM
Indeed!
Usually 999 Games is very quick with new releases. I remember getting Safari from them because they were even before HiG with that one
I noticed they did use the image style on a banner during the Dutch&Belgian championships, even stating "De bekende klassieker in een nieuw jasje". Heavily hinting at their C3, but maybe they're getting rid of the C2 stock first?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 04, 2022, 04:54:04 AM
I got to go to the Netherlands again over the weekend.
A combination of family visit, and also got to play a lot of samba again.

One thing I of course can't skip, is picking up more Carcassonne! My parents had a decent stack of boxes waiting, including a personal delivery from a generous donator from the forum!

I also had some spare time and found a games shop where I could pick up a few C2 expansions that I didn't have in Dutch yet.

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4meL5v1mLiA0NpCGLZiya6VoYGKBETT_CnIhfOO5Z5DUoTmPzrM8mUHrY6-UwFjQ6O4jXb47VGjVGoVED8QJcb0TVRJLg4s3oM6np8xlk80bjwwo46QLxjBUlC9OiQXsemLBlLloo6rS2xE9cs9jRHa5KuXTt1Ho8BsSrYiSQMTz4nvzYsTgGqoVBcjM8wp7DC?width=417&height=660&cropmode=none)

It's a big mix of Dutch, some French, some German and an Italian box, some Dutch phantoms, and a full display of phantoms still in seal.

Happy to have added this all to the museum!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 04, 2022, 10:19:35 AM
A beautiful stack of boxes you have there Willem!

The postwoman brought a stack to my house this morning but most was for my wife. There were two envelopes for me from France. The first contained more emergency banknotes issued by the Carcassonne Chamber of Commerce. I’ve already explained this history of these so I won’t go into it again.

(https://i.ibb.co/SxfL9bk/F01-CA47-E-3797-492-E-97-D1-8-DA796264-DC6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7zk96P3)

The other envelope contained a 1.5 euro coin from 1997, from before euro currency became standardized. Both sides are so beautifully designed that I must share both with you.

(https://i.ibb.co/gmDjxgW/37786-AD8-724-C-4610-AADD-5-A5-CE8-A98594.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xXMCN5g)

(https://i.ibb.co/nkscz4h/5896-CC2-B-FE7-E-4-EFB-8-B4-F-125-A10-BB99-A1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/q1Mskhb)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 04, 2022, 11:27:10 AM
The five-cent coin was hiding in my mailbox. Here it is with its siblings.

(https://i.ibb.co/GdHzbQB/A7698366-521-F-4-E23-8332-EEE024-ED3642.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VLwfPYr)

(https://i.ibb.co/sVpxhct/971-F1-BB9-2-BC4-4-B04-9-D21-81-DDE81-ED4-E3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/P6sXRJt)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 05, 2022, 04:00:46 AM
Love the sight of all those coins @Scott ! Looks like you're getting an amazing cross-over collection!

I was woken up this morning by the postman, having a little parcel for me:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mNrkNNkHqSOrS2qW4aq0tLKuNdVq6y-RcogCs-JdBeSLF5FkpAqG5RZuEF-1mOGpY-JE8EbCgxiSZuEkGv5TYXxaX295GIxIqnqC83fN6pIJzECFqZD3lKshDRWrGQD-HXXGb_ApwvHgyTfFmmofYGAUBklKiFYiX5es3LJ_V7g67mffcjG3pSrxKshytYPBM?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

I found the Italian version of the Discovery spin off, and whilst i was at it, of course couldn't resist ordering an Italian Carc20 :D To my surprise, the Discovery is also still sealed! I was not expecting that, but it's a welcome surprise!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: coldhands on July 05, 2022, 10:43:56 AM
Yes!!!

I just receive my ARCHON command

Full of terrains pieces and figurines for DnD
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 05, 2022, 12:52:27 PM
That is a big pile of DnD! Congrats!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on July 05, 2022, 01:46:22 PM
Yes!!!

I just receive my ARCHON command

Full of terrains pieces and figurines for DnD

Wow! :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 05, 2022, 01:58:52 PM
I'll look forward to seeing those in action!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 06, 2022, 02:07:09 PM
Dame Carcas joins the party

(https://i.ibb.co/4pZf7jq/CB380-CB3-C93-A-4-F49-87-FD-2-DA8-FC59-BB47.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pdvPx37)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on July 07, 2022, 07:39:09 AM
It took 6 weeks, but Zamek Sokół finally came.  Also received the very cute snow globe (thanks for the tip, Scott!).  I'm glad the snow globe was packaged better than the 10th anniversary edition, as it arrived in 3 pieces (top completely off, back piece hanging on by one corner).  I heard that in general the 10th anniversary box wasn't very sturdy to begin with, but I'd hoped to get one in better shape than this.  At least all the pieces are there and it wasn't that expensive...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on July 07, 2022, 08:40:26 AM
See 10th Anniversary Box meets The Repair Shop (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4830.msg) ... although mine wasn't quite as badly separated
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on July 07, 2022, 09:00:04 AM
See 10th Anniversary Box meets The Repair Shop (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4830.msg) ... although mine wasn't quite as badly separated

Thanks for the repair tips; it definitely needs some help.  I'll see if I can find that glue and give it a try.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on July 08, 2022, 06:45:22 AM
While searching the Forum for "hexagon" (for obvious reasons (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6005)), I discovered Land vs. Sea.  My copy arrived late yesterday:

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ZZCXcBpwQciP7-Jw9uwpHNtYstL68fLS)

The game is amazingly well made.  The double-sided tiles are very thick and were pre-punched with nice clean edges.  Beautiful and clear instruction booklet.  I love the minimalism: just the tiles, a few optional wooden tokens, and the box holding the scoreboard.

I will post another thread with details on the tile distribution (among the 14 possible edge combinations), but for now I'll just note that there is a single tile that has both LLLLLL (volcano) and SSSSSS (vortex), but there is no tile with LSLSLS!?

Super excited to play, particularly the asymmetric 3-player option.  And of course I already have a few variants in mind... >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 08, 2022, 11:56:00 PM
Looks good. It looks like you're definitely in hex-mode. You should try and play Fjords too!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 09, 2022, 11:19:48 AM
I read about the 3-player option some time ago and I was intrigued. Keep us posted on your findings!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on July 09, 2022, 01:49:11 PM
Surprise!  I have lots of “findings”.   >:D

I’m going to keep fiddling around with it and thinking about it before I post again, but it will happen…
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 11, 2022, 12:16:18 PM
My custom Fortress Challenge playmat for playing the Ukrainian variant arrived today. Although printed on neoprene, the same as a mousepad, the surface is rougher because this is technically a doormat for wiping your feet on, so all of the glorious detail of my original artwork has been completely lost. :(

(https://i.ibb.co/1XDtkPx/7-E6496-E3-793-E-4-E08-B3-E3-9439132-BD1-AC.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7pwdqZF)

(https://i.ibb.co/g4fFHx8/F68034-C2-554-A-4733-85-E6-311-F9132-E22-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2ZCYmTr)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 12, 2022, 09:20:49 AM
Busy weekend once again!
Before i set off for London on Saturday, the postman liked to make a quick stop and bring me this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mjTisY98NzietWOCWDln1KdUUHoNuz7wgD66BR-l8doJ5PYpe5DSRydAhCH3NuNeVU1PELUe_7infLrDLMsUWYaoODRZd2J6Lymsl3QQhhf1r1XZf9kGoBwUlSM3Xx-dKq38iSJu7Dm_hpJgqBfiUxtqT5k8pIzXZEMl6GoL06SUVwTjqbBrj8HnpmlpcqTMe?width=441&height=660&cropmode=none)

I was surprised to pick up a ZMG C3 recently, and now i already found a 2nd hand copy! The box is opened, but the tiles still in frames. Not sure why they decided to sell it already, but i got myself a nice copy that came become my C3 travel set :D

Then on the Saturday in London, i bumped into some familiar faces! An impromptu meetup with
@Leven , @Snearone , @danisthirty and @Decar in Regent's Park! It was good to see some familiar faces and meet some new friends!
Of course there were some bits and pieces exchanged, and although my backpack felt lighter when i left, i was happy with a few additions:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m7lRctg5n5UvyarA85D_3w8zqAVnFkDjNovaQ35b0JLzqbyT_oQoc3UYUHHbN49pEy8ie0XYqvrsAzqOjMnRyjd1GnvVwetC7H6FAROuyEFADN_K91rZul-jtyxmkeJTK3r7UtB4xA0X90cTKiDmxnmBmpN4Vxzg5utGg2aBm28ULsmEMWb96xGhigHBELAJS?width=660&height=614&cropmode=none)

Sokol for Zamek, also known as the Falcon for the Castle, from Poland, finally made it into my hands! And a nice CarcaCoins, which was one I didn't have yet!
And of course a donkey! It is the start of a fairly simple fan-expansion by @Snearone , which has not been released yet, and which i will need to try out soon!

Snearone also gave me something very special:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mfa2hsr2nuw2HwSnE8V6XlOYr21S-fbMLliZGdcGflvYBnD6dZt0qcej5qZuKeXtRfeqoX2hBgNz7PbKUlUj7RPsQVSqg01xVSkvfwQ6vvVRy_35Yjmn1pVIc9vB4LhsD4lQIn73un3ZTLhzJxeKSSFVgggpnHqPJ_B2d_rdyfbK1HT0azRSQFPG7Kz-iUxuq?width=456&height=660&cropmode=none)
A 100 point scoretrack! I'm loving this! Really impressed with the artwork and the print quality! I didn't even notice the little 'S' flag on top of the river spring there until i got it out my bag now. Really amazing!

And when i came home there was another parcel waiting:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mQAtyNNmOr3B-bM51pvSk2OUUg0menp8D3W6WShgK5u0xPfKpMs__TUdcQFmmfjmPhAIkoqtgU-T2S4RdzVZk28KJg301Z_6VdEGhSb_UYNKK-ae3wKS_hm3uJ6w7g9u3PVxUqwkSOjl_CcTIgmSgq5C55RKYk98HkIGGTRiWcEDNTgvhXTfuqulEJVclMyNh?width=660&height=457&cropmode=none)
A parcel from Italy, with another C3 Base game for the collection, some expansions and parts of a BB7 ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 12, 2022, 09:31:40 AM
My emergency banknote collection is now complete.

(https://i.ibb.co/tBVz30D/C020-DE44-8-AA4-4-D8-A-94-EF-7320-C0996-C81.jpg) (https://ibb.co/H75CXcq)

(https://i.ibb.co/7KVbDw3/CF6862-F7-93-F5-4-A01-8-E11-38-E53-FF22-DE2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GRkFDKZ)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on July 13, 2022, 03:22:44 PM
@Scott, love the banknotes!  Expansion rules forthcoming?… >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on July 13, 2022, 03:31:38 PM
…It looks like you're definitely in hex-mode. You should try and play Fjords too!

Great idea: my copy of this year’s Kickstarter Jarl Edition just arrived from ebay:

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1LhSGFOrC6kpS6VeMFDa0SeoA7-5N7oX3)

Here is what it looks like when you put all the wood and tiles in bags (the acrylic runes didn’t come with a bag, so I used the canvas bag I had on hand):

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1zd5qFP_cetg6nNdUI-cnUPSLyEizWmZZ)

I self-play tested a mini 3-player game.  I love it so far:

(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Ywp1FE8eQE-gGKmm3UVQ-9gJ_lVN_VeE)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 14, 2022, 08:55:05 AM
Looks really nice! Congrats!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 14, 2022, 03:06:13 PM
Glad you're enjoying it - I'm still waiting for my Jarl Edition.... In the mean time some recent acquisitions.

In the mean time I've had a couple of non-boardgame acquisitions:

(https://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220712_130909.jpg)

(https://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220714_161219.jpg)

The first image has the complete series of the original and new Captain Scarlet, a new comic book released to celebrate Captain Scarlet Day on the 10th July, and the Deluxe edition of Stringray.  I didn't order UFO so sent it back... maybe next time.

The second image are deluxe boxes of Super Car and Fireball XL5.  These are earlier series from Gerry Anderson, shot in 35mm black and white.

All the blurrays have been lovingly restored by Network.

I've never seen any Fireball XL5, but after hearing the intro music it was a must:

https://youtu.be/Mvm5NEUwd8k?t=40
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 14, 2022, 11:58:47 PM
@Scott, love the banknotes!  Expansion rules forthcoming?… >:D
I don’t think so. Awarding a player 50 or 100 bonus points for playing a banknote seems too overpowered.


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Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 18, 2022, 11:45:55 AM
I liked the look of this so much that I had to pick one up for myself.

(https://i.ibb.co/Ld4fCBV/CD9-DF3-CD-6-F34-4-F50-900-E-3-B417-B8-EFA21.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0yP3f1H)

On the back it reads: “One should not die without having seen Carcassonne.”


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 18, 2022, 12:13:45 PM
Don't try to fool us. You got yourself a copy of The Count of Carcassonne in C4. Nice try!  ;)
 
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 21, 2022, 06:04:36 AM
Haven't posted here in over a week now!  :o

Don't worry, lots of new arrivals.
Late last week, it started with this one:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mrqtc63JLdoQUwN6gS5B9l-X_mVv2xMAc1T5WBgxC-y648OnDa0sg77mgyTOFFw9r2vqCWk2AwzNmFa6rAAhIesXnftCul4fM6_lHo67KsJndUcmirxaBdsHcVEj-RDsL9IqZpfy_4L4T9fpHEF0wWWiXftiREtO_yGx_qNzEhMB85i4Xw65Eg17n79hQgSKX?width=176&height=256&cropmode=none)

Then this week it's been daily deliveries!
Monday:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mD_91bVj54tBs2Gyg7PrJ0lrPhQ2pu1Wb3secFyOemWf27ydZ5DAWlQNXp1BaM25C2uBrTnlJyhclHoDyPT2Bgcb97iJAWoGwykifQm4il_RW9tfkQALOr2nBoOzT-CGD9IBkNOE-FEMtsmEZD5OQopgLmyj1JPHslzf_jRe_lgR1gDh7WfDVD0hreFyTOnKm?width=256&height=180&cropmode=none)

Tuesday:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mPp1UFvR5tdgZHF9X2Bp8BuGmMLPppEDE6ZQh5kTKesEnCwSURVx6B0mVPzOgMlSPsl3CUSUkDdZvjtiPYELy2XwUVQNMBw_IyEaG5mqzTd_NyYQk30kWILG2pbrzZupUIzLEuY1kNhZQ3XQwDDL4-V6n2DYl55M4rbQ46rT5iFVTe1SLR7RvqKxg2uy_TyMm?width=256&height=141&cropmode=none)

Wednesday:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mTKw7Dzr0PufFAENCUDtYS4KKvzU3hFoumBnO6jg5vHktQy4eqFbKqB5FQ802AuRWdS4K25RtfZsyxPOdNr8tOHrLZMqyonbQHH_rir4a9AzoSe4WTayQd3flFCXjwdODWfg_x7jFiGmjrzzz87h2t5sWOf_El5OGpOs_I8V2-fn1cYKpZz8z7CqKZk43_Q-f?width=202&height=256&cropmode=none)

Thursday:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4melVed8tPJS2ZNS0-_z1db8nqK-bgRFx_e215Olrxy0J9iiO9wPVVcQlZRRHj-F1ALF3w8ppRJvdZ0m6AO5sF2m9xfGMScZxvWygCfBP21wR0BfZRqNZC4uHH0HZV0EYMTtAgZ8Nzk1nQl91QjU3IELt0WEll52qvlXJicpocdQK8DpbbDYftpj74h13oKN7e?width=256&height=136&cropmode=none)

Can't wait to see what the postman will bring tomorrow!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on July 21, 2022, 08:51:00 AM
@Willem, we're overdue to see a photo (photos?) of the complete museum....
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 24, 2022, 02:06:50 AM
yeah, it won't fit in 1 picture anymore these days. I'll have to try and organise a photoshoot soon hahaha :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on July 24, 2022, 04:14:04 AM
You could do a 3d tour of the museum  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on July 26, 2022, 10:41:24 AM
I took my wife on holiday last week and had the post office hold my mail. The postwoman had a ton of stuff for us this morning, including these three items!

(https://i.ibb.co/VB23MyD/EE838507-15-CF-42-DC-B309-10-BC49-BA9099.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5cB2sDv)

I went slightly overboard on this knock-off “Le Sac”. The artwork is very blurry, but I think it might be large enough for a game of MegaCarc. I might reorder in a smaller size because this thing is just too unwieldy for actual use.

(https://i.ibb.co/8jBf9rP/137-E6284-F3-C5-43-F4-A5-C3-83277-EE6-D025.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4jfXp84)

I found an English translation of this book that was in the public domain and ordered a print-on-demand facsimile from Amazon. I’ve only skimmed it, but the translation quality seems to be better than Google or DeepL.

(https://i.ibb.co/WVWK0fB/A1-C633-E9-BC85-495-B-B5-FA-FBB2-EE777602.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QDFmkMY)

And of course I saved the best for last! What seemed like a good idea, then turned into a nightmare, was briefly abandoned, and then resurrected because the guys on Discord wouldn’t let me give up. The artwork got cropped a bit, but man is it sharp! The squares are plenty big to hold tiles, and the whole is just slightly smaller than the official maps so it fits with them in the portfolio case, though I got this printed on neoprene so it could be rolled up instead. From that perspective, it’s actually nicer than the official maps.

(https://i.ibb.co/9nKY4xZ/CF5344-E9-3-B63-4-F3-C-AFD0-1-BFE662-B052-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2qVKMzZ)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 26, 2022, 10:47:44 AM
Awesome map!!!  :(y) :(y) :(y)

I'm glad we didn't allow you to give up on this project!!! We need a session review when you play with it.  >:D

+1 merit from me.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on July 29, 2022, 04:05:33 AM
So i didn't continue my streak of daily deliveries  :-\

But luckily that didn't mean that there would be no deliveries!
So time to share some goodies i received this week:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mITvqxsEohPBAuTbh6VkhUGttwLtT_BucNBbCQCs5agfoKwWCckn2AtxT1ZKNjWzhtwapR-l642qQtJTWkxt9Xev6zQqvfQ0C6sbbBMio8ZMWCqrjBnCS_WSgMMHg2Ua4byHqiNITMI3NuTIaz44W5V1KdxDE_BvV23I9BuKNrBCWNmw5SjDb6zP6ahy9VEZS?width=174&height=256&cropmode=none)
A 1st edition C2 Italian base game!  I had the 2nd edition, but this one was still missing :D

Also my Cundco order arrived:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4myEoVSLJDM1RQxHm7CLKY-i3n0xy9-ZuyYX3xpxR48b0ccz-C-g6alaPb-2oKxf1-tEPYzhS8EFwyqU9CmlyDWhN8csjHJ84wf21vfmZTMh_AXZxVoDxaFeze6EoybyOYQgUC1FIO2YTxxgnM-CrVDrLCQEODT77XLMgCEWXwMksHjYjvbXaoGJvmc8krJmhJ?width=256&height=134&cropmode=none)
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mLhWeykfO42bkRwB9pmxkyvLMjW-df4yXbb2mh0fU6HAc3F0nJ_kSppI4Ct72TTMOUpKYBkiqhBMPWuZz0S3OCiHqNNS0rswbnOawYZ8uitMptdaj9uydwz3TkcqQZ9jtXaW3-Xr8ipD-aOwvzkhwxRS_C_xGcJrgT2SMdO2ao5qRYw8cV1bh-P7Pg_GOGxpu?width=217&height=256&cropmode=none)
I had to of course get the new Castles and Festival in C3, and some small goodies.
Also the new Taiwan map from Cundco and the reprinted Germany map joined the museum, with a few more maps that will make their way to
@Rich_The_Fish

And today i received these:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mIlilkXSWwIOKgPa4xyTDcqCxeQ6Vk1iv32twlEINSY-UkMV90OZB9yMSTDsaOQjMDef4Rgk4aR3gMstRV9NWyp3G_T40SSumHb54r3vufC_abWeOiqlLlHj9GrdKvyL8PyW1iqJnlwVyVQnfo7XliMEIqsPkCzqsbYScIWLF8_QTNZVi3bqKI9Lqi4JFHYgm?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)
The original Meeple Flags from @StarFlicker ! Thank you very much for these! I will be sharing a review for these on Instagram early next week!

Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on July 30, 2022, 04:08:15 AM
Some recent - non-Carcassonne arrivals:

(https://www.tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20220730_111924_copy_1209x1612.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on July 30, 2022, 06:53:09 AM
Looks great!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 07, 2022, 12:08:44 PM
My brother is visiting the UK this week, and of course he came by our place to say hi!
And part of coming by to say hi includes delivering Carcassonne of course!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m1bMaTOHPBkszG4BOybr2NBq2DZQK7KSz6LyNrtP0DxfT-H2etnkLKnPsCJ5CPFDLZDVQHJ-NiWZXujF7pEqNuoazrzvDT5amzVn-8Iwwxk8uTtjnTShPBTG-p9-5ReovJ0Mdw1nhNS3A6f98KFC7ZvUGbKywzhUSZxqRCNkWjR4cROo8_dAZu8FlButX3Rqg?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
Bag 1 included a few great things, such as the Czech Castle, and some boxes from Brain Games (my first boxes from them!)

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mnRWLxoYMZsIVvhhO_0N1DfMqMOWKBg4OWg8RtLR9nAgGgXPVLBGUErHDOXT-bG7OEJAtzBAD3NP01UAXx_4MTfZjHsfEpOWouPRSfCIwpJJIjOten140k20QiSEFPBK47c6fTAZ0gUe917HvTO-SzAUonnQYR7e4EJMHNzS6X1SnVLfrFDWBfpk1dxtoQykg?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
Bag 2 has the rest of the Italian BB7, and a bunch of Dutch C1 expansions :)
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on August 12, 2022, 09:16:47 AM
It took so long for these to arrive that I almost forgot about ordering them. I found the Chinese factory that makes these magnets for the souvenir shops and ordered direct.

(https://i.ibb.co/M5rypQ5/13-C950-E5-D4-B1-43-CC-BB27-9000-B2-F789-BB.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7NPxVLN)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on August 13, 2022, 01:41:02 AM
Ha ha ha! Enjoy them!  O0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 14, 2022, 06:10:41 AM
Part of my meetup with Unclewill and MMike of course included some exchange of Carcassonne things!

I had some things already pre-arranged with them, but even on the day Unclewill showed a few more boxes that i couldn't say no to hahaha

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mOrcrzywvL1k9zbYySmF1gEiM-3qgWLS15fd5Z6FkQMtJntmXU8yxXH_u6ZAha8pr_WPMAY8QySaVWCfA_x0DwHFs4Up8TKB2Vat-KJI_pHRXFV3dnnBJam4-PfbbKTGAR5JVUHhRh5C_znRmTgiVpvOQOwM8nIeyp6LbmmnGinBbRvcLX1ky1H3LyCAPM4_S?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

Great new additions to the Museum!
The French BB6 was delivered by my postman in the morning, just before i left, so i thought i did well to join the group picture :D
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Post by: corinthiens13 on August 14, 2022, 07:12:30 AM
Nice addition! Still waiting for pictures of the museum  :yellow-meeple: ::)
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Post by: Willem on August 14, 2022, 08:07:54 AM
Here you go!  (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg87232#msg87232)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on August 16, 2022, 05:29:32 AM
I got several Carc related stuff. But this is one I got from our members @Snearone and I like it veeeeery much!


(https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6055.0;attach=17553;image)
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Post by: danisthirty on August 16, 2022, 05:32:26 AM
Those cards look great! :-*

Loving those Carcassonne fridge magnets too @Scott !
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Post by: Willem on August 16, 2022, 06:34:31 AM
I really like the look of those cards! Really well made!

Yesterday i had 2 deliveries, giving me some more major expansions, and a small little box that i had actually been looking for for a while!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mP6gK-chNOkBWYGH_zVfnubB9zVtuLdZ9W3cH7QWPmur_WAM0SqBqh3DiCI9_HuuVE810yD865VnTPqAjhLh6-rUeukWTPWD_-KZGP8gOITW4isxXDlbNUalAWPpwZt8eiDwBJrvTd6RgIrwVNq--JPBfH4GFMBeqip_E-GnkMIUyCGsTOldkBYWy5EOng7v2?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mBC8xfeNY270Y6qQqLAnrHf_oRvENZcFqDhXDThUwHSnfV7SiqUDIQu_sCovQfAT4ahWAsn3DYIKuDu9euQnF9cY5BXsKSjQPMmQso_J7ZowG1QFeKxthF5orM5MKsHuJKTsYe8e-OBu2B3fs31j2pTGSYrrXeLvrliBhVrCNRTtLmMbwnhwAtzWNRaNk0b5c?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)

And then this morning the postman came by before i was even out of bed! But a great box to add to the collection :D
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4motUNucbkRld61i5gS7rWMfIBdn8eSm8JZLUfOVqsJQGVBec8un15zKPKyNTztySyO5B5VgHzkF84j-p24eR-j6Difta9u_XLMTq7KUoz_AtAjhAIqAU8j15LQZFBewFWgmWcpHFI1O-efG4IgYMX0jwkNYnd8MRDPuWzvbi7gdvdxg1e5uXIourUKWEaux6p?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
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Post by: Decar on August 17, 2022, 01:53:13 AM
Awesome items - congrats on the Order of the King cards Snearone!

and like I said on discord; I really like the Brain Games SdJ logo.

Also Scott I love that Canada play mat map - +1 from me!
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Post by: carca82 on August 17, 2022, 05:17:10 AM
Just received my latest order, a second-hand but beautifully kept copy of the Big Box 2! I got this because I felt in love with C1 art style while playing Travel Carcassonne and I wanted more pieces with the same style. I must admit I prefer this kind of "empty" tiles rather than the cramped, full-of-details elements from C3. By the way, this means I now can play a game with THREE copies of Traders and Builders (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6054.msg87262#msg87262)!  ;D

(https://i.postimg.cc/tCyzDCTG/IMG-20220817-WA0017.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yWQ98KcL) (https://postimages.org/it/)
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Post by: Willem on August 17, 2022, 05:57:49 AM
That is a good find! Congratulations! That box looks in great condition  ;D
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Post by: danisthirty on August 17, 2022, 07:35:32 AM
Great find carca82. Congrats! :(y)
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Post by: Meepledrone on August 17, 2022, 08:51:13 AM
Congrats!!! This sounds like the beginning of even more exciting games!!!  ^-^
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Post by: Willem on August 17, 2022, 09:29:03 AM
Speaking of more excited games....

I got a delivery today!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mp5oITiM-nW4He0Uib813uIOsxJ3MrTN6CN3AU_j8teYWZ1GMC0KmdV2LWhUMKQvIKQ5OXFjAMD9yVU6ZQUUdKeGBq7L-j4cixnsJ4qZCxdLAiYk3soiDTCedrC6fwGdttBrKM0EgFF5sB0ObogTek8H35H-prYu3MwP-dD0PjvPEp8RRD9FxtarvAotEwqmq?width=479&height=660&cropmode=none)

Loving this edition!
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Post by: DIN0 on August 17, 2022, 10:00:52 AM
Which version is that?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on August 17, 2022, 11:06:38 AM
This is a Greek C3 base game  ;D
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Post by: Decar on August 17, 2022, 12:13:48 PM
They say BB2 is the best one. Great work carca82. Thanks for sharing a photo with all those tiles too!

One of the things that's great about versions from around the world is when they change up the text on the box.  My Greek is non-existent and stuck on my phone. What does it say Willem?
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Post by: Willem on August 17, 2022, 12:37:28 PM
I believe it's "The Castles of Mystras"
Not sure what it refers to though
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Post by: carca82 on August 19, 2022, 03:52:16 PM
Another two pieces added to the collection! Both italian versions.

(https://i.postimg.cc/26TkDP8c/PXL-20220819-224839681-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: Willem on August 19, 2022, 03:59:38 PM
Oeh nice! Congrats on finding those 2!
Especially the discovery, the Venice Connection one!
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Post by: danisthirty on August 22, 2022, 03:25:13 AM
Another two pieces added to the collection! Both italian versions.

Well done! South Seas was the first spin-off I bought and it remains my favourite and most played. :)
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on August 22, 2022, 12:09:28 PM
My first spinoff is Discovery and I like that game logic which is totally different as other Carcassonne games

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Post by: carca82 on August 24, 2022, 09:51:50 AM
Today's delivery: base game C3 (Catalan Spanish version). I must admit I got it not because I needed it (this is my 4th base game and one more is coming) but just because I didn't have it already. My collection demands new content every week and I have no control over it anymore. One big disappointment: no pink meeples!? Booo.  :pink-meeple:

(https://i.postimg.cc/k4Dg7PvQ/PXL-20220824-164243113.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XGSbghhq)
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Post by: Meepledrone on August 24, 2022, 11:31:11 AM
Pink meeples come with Exp. 1...  ???

Only in Big Box 7 for C3 for the time being...
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Post by: Meepledrone on August 24, 2022, 11:38:31 AM
BTW is it a Catalan version? I don't see the small flag in the corner...  ???

Please check the image attached.
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Post by: carca82 on August 24, 2022, 01:54:17 PM
BTW is it a Catalan version?
This is what the Amazon entry said but I guess it was a lie then? I have no idea how to distinguish Spanish from Catalan!  ^-^
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Post by: Willem on August 24, 2022, 01:55:27 PM
Looks to me like it is either the Spanish or the Portuguese version. Can't tell them apart from the front, but could from the back.
The Catalan edition has the banner/flag in the top right, so I would agree it probably isn't the Catalan edition  :o
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Post by: carca82 on August 24, 2022, 02:00:05 PM
Today's delivery: base game C3 (Catalan Spanish version).
I wrote some of the text on the back in Deepl and it detected Spanish. It's settled then  O0
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Post by: Meepledrone on August 24, 2022, 02:07:58 PM
I'm Spanish. I can help you tell these languages apart if you need it.  ^-^
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Post by: carca82 on August 24, 2022, 07:25:03 PM
I'm Spanish. I can help you tell these languages apart if you need it.  ^-^
It was all a misunderstanding from my side. Amazon entry had this title: "Devir- Carcassonne Juego de Mesa Edición Castellano". I read "Castellano" and for some reason known only to myself I thought about Catalonia. Instead, "Castellano" apparently means "Spanish". You learn something everyday  :))
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Post by: Doom_Shark on August 24, 2022, 09:27:06 PM
Not from the postman, but I finally found exp. 3, which for some reason has been impossible to find in my area. Also picked up a copy of South Seas from the clearance shelf at my lgs!
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Post by: Willem on August 25, 2022, 01:53:52 AM
South Seas on a clearance shelf?!  :o That must've been a good find!

i had 2 postmen stop by yesterday! From 2 different countries (or at the least the parcels came from 2 different countries).

First up, from Italy:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m4nWQoolH8QI61f7jffO7gXlXV1VcKyqjlFnlWNw4ijl4mGMzV66mD57B_23okO8TfpBoY46RkB0vDMl_znkg-MOyZ5rz63s0xwEys6Qg0GlNEQlvgDOn38NHhCbP7E4-BEtxjkNtxAWbbE9SrxUjwZihW5saQZWPpE1DMVpBpoMQDgQ5CmgWI5hsGU0Pw2vN?width=660&height=371&cropmode=none)
I got some Italian stuff last week, which now got some new friends to play with.
A while back, someone on Reddit posted they got a C2 Exp 1 box with C3 tiles in it, so i had to check. My copy is C2 though, but i wanted the box anyway
And a copy of Amazonas from Giochi Uniti! The seller was good and checked if i was sure about getting the Italian copies send to the UK. I said yes, and couldn't be bothered to explain further :D

And the later on the day, another delivery. A very well packaged bit for this:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mMD2RsvHcVKbcrOtEsr5CPGqP5C0Rkl3MagedoosEkvlL3tGAejSDUtvaUNUlQXluhIm3PQ12Msu6yNHoK0Yzvea_imTcSUz7f_Z9vVB774KGBm6F1nBp0CjLSsrQpxt3VJqn1sVOVr-hNsvbf_WjlHMkTlSIORAMbxpvpgPFtEUjaW23trjTGEdFUmoaO0NV?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
With more versions of the Gifts coming out, i decided it was time to expand my collection of them. I should have a French and a Spanish copy waiting for me in various places, and now have the German and Japanese versions here!
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Post by: carca82 on August 26, 2022, 01:16:00 PM
And a copy of Amazonas from Giochi Uniti!
I should have a French and a Spanish copy waiting for me in various places, and now have the German and Japanese versions here!
So you're collecting expansions and spin-offs in as many different languages as you can? That's awesome, great collector stuff right there! I am italian, if you need any translation ;D

Here's my delivery from today, from eBay and Cundco:

(https://i.postimg.cc/8cjn0r26/PXL-20220826-194720444.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

I am a happy man now.
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Post by: DIN0 on August 26, 2022, 01:25:39 PM
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Scoring green flags to replace the ones I consumed
Wait WHAT!?  :o
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Post by: Willem on August 26, 2022, 01:58:46 PM
So you're collecting expansions and spin-offs in as many different languages as you can? That's awesome, great collector stuff right there! I am italian, if you need any translation ;D

To be honest, I currently collect everything from every language. Base games, expansions, big boxes,. Spin offs, the works hahahaha

Great delivery there btw!
I'm intrigued by the comment on the green meeple flags though, what happened with the first set?
Plus, they came in a frame? Not in a little envelope? Did you get them from cundco? Also, they look like the frame is green, but the flags are blank in colour, or is that just me? (Sorry for all the questions hahaha)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on August 26, 2022, 02:36:48 PM
Scoring green flags to replace the ones I consumed[/li][/list]

Wait WHAT!?  :o
what happened with the first set?
I used them so much that the 50 and 100 ones got consumed (they lost color and they don't "clip" to the meeple anymore)

Plus, they came in a frame? Not in a little envelope? Did you get them from cundco?
The frame was indeed inside a little Cundco envelope!

Also, they look like the frame is green, but the flags are blank in colour, or is that just me?
I had the same reaction too the very first time I got them... you have to peel the color off the flags before using them  :))  :green-meeple: :green-meeple: :green-meeple:

(https://i.postimg.cc/tTxsN9kN/PXL-20220826-213438550.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

To be honest, I currently collect everything from every language.
May I ask if you have a picture of your whole collection? That must be incredible!

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Post by: DIN0 on August 26, 2022, 03:54:38 PM
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I used them so much that the 50 and 100 ones got consumed (they lost color and they don't "clip" to the meeple anymore)
Aah ok, at first I thought that by "consumed" you meant you have eaten them  :D (absurd I know, but I did come across people who would eat weird stuff, so I wouldn't be surprised at this point).

Quote
May I ask if you have a picture of your whole collection? That must be incredible!
Oh, so you have yet to see the Carcassonne Museum  :)
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Post by: Willem on August 26, 2022, 03:56:42 PM
Aha, that explains about the flags. I have got several colours of them, but I think I only opened the neutral ones from the first batch, which may have been different. Need to order some new ones then  ;D

And DIN0 is right, you should check out the Carcassonne Museum on Instagram  ;)
You can find the link in my signature.
I also recently posted some pictures here (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=495.msg87232#msg87232)
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Post by: Scott on August 27, 2022, 05:20:33 PM
Willem would hold the Guinness world record for largest Carcassonne collection except the people from Guinness World Records don’t want to add the category. :P


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Post by: Meepledrone on August 28, 2022, 01:07:24 AM
...as of yet?
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Post by: Scott on August 28, 2022, 06:10:04 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/NsknHXs/4-DF5-BC69-BD2-A-4386-9-EE3-BC0-DA74-F5-AC8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/W6dpYQ6)

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Post by: Meepledrone on August 29, 2022, 03:16:36 AM
Have fun with your new ArtBin case!!! ;D
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Post by: Decar on August 30, 2022, 12:17:00 AM
Willem would hold the Guinness world record for largest Carcassonne collection except the people from Guinness World Records don’t want to add the category. :P


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Hearing this just makes me want to be the Guinness World Record Holder of the greatest number of records that Guiness doesn't want to add a category for.
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Post by: carca82 on August 31, 2022, 03:19:30 AM
Another spin-off added to the collection!

(https://i.postimg.cc/8c4d9Hv6/PXL-20220831-100846675.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: Scott on August 31, 2022, 11:44:18 PM
My custom C3 sticker arrived today. I applied it to the case from the other day and transferred what little C3 stuff I had into it.

(https://i.ibb.co/rHd21KK/AD5-A8718-865-B-4-A3-A-9-C3-C-03-C334-F2-D40-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fHDdPVV)


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Post by: carca82 on September 01, 2022, 01:35:45 AM
transferred what little C3 stuff I had into it.
Do you have a picture of it? I'm very curious.
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Post by: Scott on September 01, 2022, 08:22:32 AM
Do you have a picture of it? I'm very curious.

There isn’t a lot to see, but I am happy to oblige.

(https://i.ibb.co/5Md36WP/66455268-4-CDB-4-F4-A-A794-4-A916-A2-C2327.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HF0yVDj)

20th Anniversary base game, expansion, river, score track, and meeples. Signposts, Peasant Revolts, and Gifts.


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Post by: carca82 on September 01, 2022, 09:39:12 AM
20th Anniversary base game, expansion, river, score track, and meeples. Signposts, Peasant Revolts, and Gifts.
Love it. Personally I could never do something like this, because I just need to keep everything in its original box, but I love how compacted and "easy to use" it looks. Kudos!
Can I ask you where did you find that tuckbox for double tiles? For my German Castles and Markets of Liepzig I had to make my own, by merging two of the normal size  :) :

(https://i.postimg.cc/xTQWjW1m/PXL-20220901-163530746.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: Scott on September 01, 2022, 03:40:46 PM
I make all my own tuckboxes. You can find them in the downloads section.

My C3 collection can fit in the 20th Anniversary box for now, but in the future it won’t. My C1 and C2 collections outgrew their base game boxes and are stored in identical plastic cases. There are videos showing all the upgrades I’ve made to both sets.


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Post by: Decar on September 05, 2022, 06:30:27 AM
Awesome work Scott!  Hopefully Zman get their act together and help you fill the box out....  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Post by: carca82 on September 05, 2022, 06:41:13 AM
The very same day we received some official updates about something that's half a spin off, half an expansion (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5778.msg87538#msg87538) I got in the mail something that's very similar in nature: The Wheel of Fortune! This is the original, pre-BB5 version and if I got it right it should be the dutch version. I was very eager to put my hands on it!  :@

(https://i.postimg.cc/RVr2pxbq/PXL-20220905-132654144-MP.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QVb6VwDr)

Also, an italian copy of C1 Inns & Cathedrals
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Post by: Willem on September 06, 2022, 05:27:43 AM
I travelled to the Netherlands over the weekend, and people who have seen me post before will know; that means Carcassonne pick ups!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mUeLWqVobbFMrS5VNkxtghvGjyUk18Q_EYv_ZXT0ioubWNz7s2HvZZJ_FKmtJH28VsQxaNQCEHgR_T1PSMsezTwEGLcE3VXP-tvJih26p0H2hxEz26Dq82t1W8rTkYAg1kPgKeJKA8yxLKeWpUWOzczKVT-1bRSjargFHpz6BIXs8a6fZTDBpDn4RO5_jAoY6?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)

A decent stack this time! including a sealed Dutch WoF, a whopping 4 French boxes (Thanks
@Linksux !!!), and some more smaller stuff!
Also, Linksux included a copy of the French version of the Gifts, as well as 2 mini expansions that have been released by ZMG in French!  I had no idea they existed, and now i've got them! :D

Another surprise gift from France, actually came from Brazil!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mYsqFyDPLWVIdIA2vyi2vLKMfteLmqyGKTHnoRyRyuYniMyHAedAa73S4o8wIFZcz2XEkdtTUwFGHRvvtHItJf4nYPo_xGN8LIxjafmzaKnuG6dPTkNvA81ouSRWHHGXQ6uUxsi9tgaooviH4wRo3Y07VoBO9LWhX6Kh5zQbKXix_Eb6Fqz_KxX_ABIsmgkpN?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)

This is a small travel box that was made in 2020 by a very talented member of Carcassonne Brasil, and holds a whole base game + meeples!
I had seen it online, but as they sold out very quickly (unsurprisingly), i was not able to get one. Now i have been gifted one, and i am so happy with it!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mA4uq_dsIy4Lv0kGxjXXe-fA11aXhap94mRRU46_yGQJEAHL8IES9mblFEXFyFlhiUUAwCzrUu4SvFyJoZnuYG6who3Z0mFznfaEk437sTOhuVC0PwktUWVcGg5ADVRL94W3dvmPw-NRRM2yid6sVX73D1AaAl_FGra61Tb3ykWOT6UCXWLb2Yg7LhmofbAp9?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)

The box is shown closed on the left, with a beautiful piece of woodwork art next to it! Another present, and you can understand my jaw dropped when i was unpacking stuff :D
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Post by: carca82 on September 06, 2022, 05:37:08 AM
I travelled to the Netherlands over the weekend, and people who have seen me post before will know; that means Carcassonne pick ups!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mUeLWqVobbFMrS5VNkxtghvGjyUk18Q_EYv_ZXT0ioubWNz7s2HvZZJ_FKmtJH28VsQxaNQCEHgR_T1PSMsezTwEGLcE3VXP-tvJih26p0H2hxEz26Dq82t1W8rTkYAg1kPgKeJKA8yxLKeWpUWOzczKVT-1bRSjargFHpz6BIXs8a6fZTDBpDn4RO5_jAoY6?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)
All those minis!  8) I envy you. Where do you find all this stuff (gifts excluded of course)? Local markets?
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Post by: Willem on September 06, 2022, 05:39:43 AM
Local 2nd hand markets, and also a lot of help!
Especially through CarcassonneCentral and the Carcassonne Museum, I have been blessed with friends in many countries!
And they all seem to be more than happy to help out with searching for and finding local boxes!

They often get several boxes and then send it to me in 1 go
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Post by: carca82 on September 10, 2022, 01:57:42 AM
Today I received 4 Mini Expansions (and 2/3 of another one, of course  ;) ) in very very good conditions and I'm very very happy  :green-meeple:

(https://i.postimg.cc/MTNH9TCb/PXL-20220910-085203242-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: carca82 on September 13, 2022, 06:45:08 AM
Completed my Minis set with #5 and #6 (and #7, of course!) and also got original copies of the Count, River II and Dutch Monasteries. Another good day!  :green-meeple:

(https://i.postimg.cc/YCHZZ2bH/PXL-20220913-133745193.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tYBBVjKS)
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Post by: Meepledrone on September 13, 2022, 07:31:24 AM
Congrats, proud owner of these little jewels! ^-^
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Post by: Willem on September 13, 2022, 07:33:09 AM
That looks great! Congrats on getting them together!
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Post by: Scott on September 13, 2022, 11:21:06 AM
The postwoman brought me a package from [mention]MMike [/mention] today. I finally have an official copy of River 3, and he threw in a few goodies as well.

(https://i.ibb.co/59vVMb4/680-FF24-D-9533-4-E70-B504-9-FD2-FC50-BC85.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ky0FHNB)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on September 13, 2022, 12:13:53 PM
River 3
Just to be sure, this is River I from Big Box 5, right? I was assured in a dedicated thread (https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=6068.0) that there was no such thing as "River III"  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on September 13, 2022, 12:18:11 PM
It is from Big Box 5, and it is called River 3 to distinguish it from River 1 because it has sheep and vineyards. The tile configurations are the same as River 1.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 13, 2022, 12:26:04 PM
J'aime beaucoup cette rivière avec les moutons et les vignes !
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on September 13, 2022, 12:55:38 PM
Quote
Just to be sure, this is River I from Big Box 5, right? I was assured in a dedicated thread that there was no such thing as "River III"
Correct.
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The tile configurations are the same as River 1.
Which is one of the reasons it is the River I.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 14, 2022, 03:46:18 AM
This is the configuration of River I, but a few details are different (sheep, vines, watermark). It therefore seems logical to me to differentiate them.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 14, 2022, 04:06:23 AM
This is the configuration of River I, but a few details are different (sheep, vines, watermark). It therefore seems logical to me to differentiate them.

+1 to this. There's more to a tile/ expansion than simply the tile configurations, especially when some of those tiles include elements that are unique to that version of that expansion, such as River 3 vs. River 1.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on September 14, 2022, 05:15:01 AM
This is the configuration of River I, but a few details are different (sheep, vines, watermark). It therefore seems logical to me to differentiate them.

+1 to this. There's more to a tile/ expansion than simply the tile configurations, especially when some of those tiles include elements that are unique to that version of that expansion, such as River 3 vs. River 1.

Indeed. The sheep and the wineyard have an effect on the game, albeit a rather small one. I know this is a recurrent debate and people have various thoughts but for me, this is River III. And we actually like it most of the C1 rivers for that sheep seems so cute, if not a bit dumb (as most sheep seem, anyway...)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on September 14, 2022, 06:46:09 AM
Talk about the devil... look what the postman brought to me today   >:D

(https://i.postimg.cc/sDBFPw81/PXL-20220914-134031885.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

I must admit I am very eager to keep calling the version of the river from the BB5 "River 1, BB5 version". The changes are not enough to consider it a whole new version, it's just a variant in my opinion, that doesn't "deserve" a new numeral.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on September 14, 2022, 07:17:38 AM
I travelled to the Netherlands over the weekend, and people who have seen me post before will know; that means Carcassonne pick ups!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mUeLWqVobbFMrS5VNkxtghvGjyUk18Q_EYv_ZXT0ioubWNz7s2HvZZJ_FKmtJH28VsQxaNQCEHgR_T1PSMsezTwEGLcE3VXP-tvJih26p0H2hxEz26Dq82t1W8rTkYAg1kPgKeJKA8yxLKeWpUWOzczKVT-1bRSjargFHpz6BIXs8a6fZTDBpDn4RO5_jAoY6?width=144&height=256&cropmode=none)

A decent stack this time! including a sealed Dutch WoF, a whopping 4 French boxes (Thanks @Linksux !!!), and some more smaller stuff!
Also, Linksux included a copy of the French version of the Gifts, as well as 2 mini expansions that have been released by ZMG in French!  I had no idea they existed, and now i've got them! :D

Another surprise gift from France, actually came from Brazil!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mYsqFyDPLWVIdIA2vyi2vLKMfteLmqyGKTHnoRyRyuYniMyHAedAa73S4o8wIFZcz2XEkdtTUwFGHRvvtHItJf4nYPo_xGN8LIxjafmzaKnuG6dPTkNvA81ouSRWHHGXQ6uUxsi9tgaooviH4wRo3Y07VoBO9LWhX6Kh5zQbKXix_Eb6Fqz_KxX_ABIsmgkpN?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)

This is a small travel box that was made in 2020 by a very talented member of Carcassonne Brasil, and holds a whole base game + meeples!
I had seen it online, but as they sold out very quickly (unsurprisingly), i was not able to get one. Now i have been gifted one, and i am so happy with it!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mA4uq_dsIy4Lv0kGxjXXe-fA11aXhap94mRRU46_yGQJEAHL8IES9mblFEXFyFlhiUUAwCzrUu4SvFyJoZnuYG6who3Z0mFznfaEk437sTOhuVC0PwktUWVcGg5ADVRL94W3dvmPw-NRRM2yid6sVX73D1AaAl_FGra61Tb3ykWOT6UCXWLb2Yg7LhmofbAp9?width=256&height=144&cropmode=none)

The box is shown closed on the left, with a beautiful piece of woodwork art next to it! Another present, and you can understand my jaw dropped when i was unpacking stuff :D
Hey didn’t see this post! Always happy to help growing up the museum :)

Ofc if someone looking for some French version, you can send me a message :)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on September 15, 2022, 01:34:15 AM
Quote
This is the configuration of River I, but a few details are different (sheep, vines, watermark). It therefore seems logical to me to differentiate them.
It is differentiated - it is the River I BB5 edition. It is part of the natural progression of River I throughout the history of Carcassonne, the most recent evolution being River I C3 and River I BB7. Both Rivers have had many small changes and improvements over the years, but they are still just a specific version their respective River #.

But don't worry, an event will come around when this will become much clearer (hopefully sooner than later).
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on September 15, 2022, 03:12:52 AM
Today I joined THE club.

(https://i.postimg.cc/4x48Cqrq/PXL-20220915-101138046-MP.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 15, 2022, 03:18:05 AM
Is it to celebrate this event that you changed your nickname?  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 15, 2022, 04:08:14 AM
or the name was changed to celebrate the event of receiving the Catapult?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on September 15, 2022, 04:09:23 AM
"When you lose a farm you gain a catapult..."
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 15, 2022, 04:34:14 AM
A nice little arrival this summer! New and complete.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Awake2588 on September 17, 2022, 12:09:41 AM
Just arrived!   :D
Finally my collection of Winter Edition is complete!  :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on September 17, 2022, 09:03:39 AM
Well done Awake2588! Great photo of some great tiles. Thanks foe sharing. I hope you enjoy playing with them!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on September 20, 2022, 01:43:09 AM
The Mists over Carcassonne arrived.
@Linksux thank you for helping me to buy one.
This is why i like this community.
We help each other.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on September 20, 2022, 02:04:14 AM
I am glad I can help ;)
Enjoy it


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 20, 2022, 02:21:47 AM
That looks good! The English version exists!  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on September 20, 2022, 02:23:56 AM
That looks good! The English version exists!  ;D

100% English
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 20, 2022, 02:30:51 AM
we need a good scan of the front for the WICA C&E page  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on September 20, 2022, 02:58:01 AM
@Linksux thank you for helping me to buy one.
How did you buy one?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on September 20, 2022, 03:00:23 AM
@Linksux thank you for helping me to buy one.
How did you buy one?
Directly in Carcassonne last weekend during the anniversary festival


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 20, 2022, 03:22:29 AM
Mine arrived too ! (thanks Linksux  :) )
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 20, 2022, 06:43:57 AM
It seems today is the day of a lot of arrivals!

i too got to receive a special parcel today!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mE8iGeYnAG9RxMjICo-CjDs7TGNZGNvlw-7Qh7ALvD78VeLuM4J4slEaqd8EzACrMZLUmO2NfSkM2JXLVJktYeefPVkIzLwgeKM5gJWUP3YGQ6Qwh3klVogTE4NyKamYUU6DIUcVfqUYYpwSA1q4UwnbBAUxK5857erUkZwkXCRmndCNMH4-eVHouL1mIiaGQ?width=472&height=660&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on September 20, 2022, 07:38:18 AM
Congrats!!! :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on September 20, 2022, 11:52:35 AM
I am not in the Mists club yet, but I received another 100-point scoring track today for my C3 collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/VNrd6kX/2-F91230-C-068-E-4-A10-9560-346-DD29-E061-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QczZ0xs)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Leven on September 21, 2022, 03:03:04 AM
I am not in the Mists club yet, but I received another 100-point scoring track today for my C3 collection.

Looks great. What are the exact sizes of this scoring track?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 21, 2022, 04:32:03 AM
I am not in the Mists club yet, but I received another 100-point scoring track today for my C3 collection.

(https://i.ibb.co/VNrd6kX/2-F91230-C-068-E-4-A10-9560-346-DD29-E061-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QczZ0xs)


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Very good idea  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on September 21, 2022, 04:51:40 AM
I thought I'd been cured of buying new versions of Carcassonne for a long time now, but pretty stoked to get this one!

Aesthetically, the winter edition has always been my favourite version of the game.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 21, 2022, 07:00:26 AM
Luckily Unfortunately, that is something that seems to very difficult to find a cure for!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: meepleater on September 21, 2022, 07:08:28 AM
Luckily Unfortunately, that is something that seems to very difficult to find a cure for!

Has anyone managed it?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 21, 2022, 07:15:25 AM
i don't think i'm the right person to ask....  ::)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on September 21, 2022, 07:25:40 AM
I am not in the Mists club yet, but I received another 100-point scoring track today for my C3 collection.

Looks great. What are the exact sizes of this scoring track?
10” x 16”


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on September 21, 2022, 08:23:16 AM
Luckily Unfortunately, that is something that seems to very difficult to find a cure for!

Has anyone managed it?

i don't think i'm the right person to ask....  ::)

Relapsing is extremely easy...  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 21, 2022, 01:47:43 PM
Excellent, I hope it works out and you can share a photo on the postman thread :)


The postman has arrived!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 21, 2022, 01:48:56 PM
The big question now is whether I need more maps! ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on September 21, 2022, 02:01:11 PM
What a silly question! Of course you do!
There's enough maps to keep collecting for a while, and you can hide them easily under your rug!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on September 21, 2022, 05:29:05 PM
MeepleSource goodies for my C3 collection arrived today.

(https://i.ibb.co/YZr97NJ/F1952-D7-C-8-CED-4-D84-8-F05-F8-F9-CF14983-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0twNjn1)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on September 21, 2022, 11:03:11 PM
My collection is growing!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on September 22, 2022, 03:17:35 AM
MeepleSource goodies for my C3 collection arrived today.

(https://i.ibb.co/YZr97NJ/F1952-D7-C-8-CED-4-D84-8-F05-F8-F9-CF14983-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0twNjn1)


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Do you need also stuff for Black Dragon. And not forget also for Black Tower (even that C3 of Exp4 is not yet available)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on September 22, 2022, 08:39:14 AM
Do you need also stuff for Black Dragon. And not forget also for Black Tower (even that C3 of Exp4 is not yet available)

I don’t have much in the way of fan expansions, and that includes my own.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on October 04, 2022, 04:26:37 AM
Latest arrival, thanks to user @lr  :@

(https://i.postimg.cc/rsHK2JKC/IMG-20221004-132140713-HDR.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on October 04, 2022, 06:22:48 AM
Lovely, glad it arrived safely for you! Thanks for sharing the photo +1 from me!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on October 04, 2022, 07:11:21 AM
Latest arrival, thanks to user @lr  :@

(https://i.postimg.cc/rsHK2JKC/IMG-20221004-132140713-HDR.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Glad to have been able to help!  :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 04, 2022, 09:10:10 AM
Have lots of fun with it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gabrielgeek on October 17, 2022, 01:52:00 PM
Winter came early this year... (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/b3a2daef7cc9cfde304abd126782886f.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/f05662276dbd61cb4d8f1e393a6d577b.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 17, 2022, 02:04:13 PM
Ah nice! That is a great addition to your collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on October 18, 2022, 03:01:07 AM
Winter came early this year... (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/b3a2daef7cc9cfde304abd126782886f.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/f05662276dbd61cb4d8f1e393a6d577b.jpg)
Is this the one you got from fantasy-in.de? I got it one too, can't wait to have it delivered, it looks beautiful! How long did it take for it to arrive?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gabrielgeek on October 18, 2022, 05:36:50 AM
Winter came early this year... (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/b3a2daef7cc9cfde304abd126782886f.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/f05662276dbd61cb4d8f1e393a6d577b.jpg)
Is this the one you got from fantasy-in.de? I got it one too, can't wait to have it delivered, it looks beautiful! How long did it take for it to arrive?
It's the one indeed. It didn't take too long, just a week from Germany to Italy.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 18, 2022, 09:11:18 AM
It was my birthday last month, and my partner had something special in mind!
Today, it arrived!

(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mq1G1wXBrTYagLGGEu4R73GOghKSikPKDBzoniou7Ysx6R2XKRD6LqKzAp7M4mu3-uLsPa45qiAV5ZvI44j_V_p2KutNHCeZ0ur4mOwm1Ou86x6JrLA_zLI2E86oELCJtAoLb7RtMJjYE5MOUgQvgwROHp0hnGuhYNqf5QS2rIzq9t5VW3X9f4Wu8l-fu0Uv1?width=545&height=660&cropmode=none)

It's a Jumbo Carcassonne storage box from Basically Wooden, personalised with the engraving on the top!
I had some good times filling it with a complete C1 and C2 playset!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4meLveCQqABAZSEz2EPSXZz8ohi3ZLe-vUOnQbcPqLpvAB5TjwugYAIln8XEhTCtDQbhdVaQoRuNaV8vgGJ23RSSPIGIA992S8I99JU8Cuusd9hjVH3vrTtS6PNsKDbncGCYJ0RGkzZsniwUvc8KYNv-265MmXaAD_SIaeW0zjw-3MjkgoOw5WODfL_XL-FN9v?width=574&height=660&cropmode=none)
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mDQA_mSXcy2mja817bD5Ix1N16c8U45M27tdPJQZzRw6U8U2AIjpop5cfAjfiRDhVPi8KVBY3tDwFcTpnZyhSajAThbfTc7TMm7Z2DB9E6V7Rt-A1ksdWRUDynoYSEn2IcK9LzNIjmONvxYwjmOAjL_vWUkEr792M1grho0Oqsc4AG4n-FLDd0njIszcvz_ig?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mbXZGulfjUn_PvBiRwtR7WbP-ofEK9b0WVrvu0kQTTD5GTqz2Ze_d0NSQK5_k0cnKW6fixFkDqrGTSTuw4txQyI7NcqZumqqnQRTeO9Kf9ShybnS3ck1yiXuQpRoFmTEMBmlQ48lqCcfgYsKm-Cc4Nox1j8wHcj2ZeFa_j61qXx8YJkFsm3Qerj04hqUbw21I?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 18, 2022, 09:33:40 AM
Now you have to take it all out once more and play an awesome Mega-Carcassonne game! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on October 18, 2022, 10:18:53 AM
Love it  :yellow-meeple:

Thanks for those pictures Willem!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on October 19, 2022, 08:45:39 AM
Happy Belated birthday again Willem.  It seems like the box was worth the wait.  I hope it's big enough!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 19, 2022, 08:56:15 AM
More than worth the wait!
I've spent quite some time yesterday to transfer everything in C1 and C2 from my playsets into this box. I managed in the end, and actually a tight fit hahaha
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on October 20, 2022, 03:01:14 AM
Which makes me think, do you have a list of what you are missing / hoping to find for the museum ?

Might be cool to help fill in the gaps if possible :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 20, 2022, 04:00:55 AM
Thank you! I'm getting to the point where i rely more and more on support from people to find some things, and who are kind and patient enough to collect a few things for me, before sending some things in 1 batch to me.
It makes it more a community effort, and i get to house, catalogue (and pay for) it all  ;D

In terms of what i'm missing; that list can be very long if we look at everything from all publishers ever. However, i'm thinking of trying to 'close off' 1 publisher at a time  :)
For HiG/German editions, the list of missing items is actually getting smaller, after a successful Spiel:
- C1 Expansion 3, 2nd edition (with the watermark on the top right)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/0/07/Box_PrincessDragon2_C1_HiG.png)

- C1 The River II (boxed mini by HiG)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/4/47/Box_RiverII_C1_HiG.png)

- C1 Mini 1 The Fliers (boxed mini by HiG)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/e5/Box_Mini1_C1_HiG.png)

- Die Stadt (preferably with the ribbon around it)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/e/e1/Box_City_HiG.png)

- Big Box 4
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/8/86/Box_BB4_HiG.png)

- Travel Edition
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/a/ab/Box_Travel_C1_HiG.png)

And i'm pretty sure this is just a promotional image, as i've never seen one ever, but there is the C2 1st edition in case anyone has ever seen it ;)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/74/Box_BaseGame1_C2_HiG.png)

Apart from these, i believe i have everything HiG ever 'officially' released :)
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on October 20, 2022, 12:25:38 PM

- C1 The River II (boxed mini by HiG)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/4/47/Box_RiverII_C1_HiG.png)


“Flexing” a piece of my “museum” emoji code1]
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221020/a5948eba30427a91b9adfbd027c747d0.jpg)

Anyway, it’s easy to find it on the GeekMarket.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 20, 2022, 01:50:28 PM
Several of these things might be easy finds, as I do see some come by often.
But I'm also looking for a good price, a good find overall.

That, and these months have been very intense with carcassonne, so just going with BGG prices is not optimal. Need to also keep the lights on in the Museum  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: carca82 on October 21, 2022, 12:23:15 AM
Wasn't the BGG market closed some time ago? Anyway... it's here!!!

(https://i.postimg.cc/fbskggPn/IMG-20221021-WA0011.jpg)

Beautiful spin off, beautiful artwork, beautiful game
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on October 21, 2022, 01:19:52 AM
Very nice spin-off. You can made one of fan expansion which join both - regular Carcassonne with Winter carcassonne :D Or just play together, doesn't matter on "season" on tile :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on October 24, 2022, 01:37:27 AM

- C1 Expansion 3, 2nd edition (with the watermark on the top right)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/0/07/Box_PrincessDragon2_C1_HiG.png)

- Big Box 4
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/8/86/Box_BB4_HiG.png)


Might be able to help you there, I look again at home :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 24, 2022, 01:51:14 AM
Thank you! I'll eagerly await  ;D

In the meantime, this morning I got a long overdue delivery:
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m6T8Oe1gZiUFpB_mmaNc2rDGKN9subqIpnKWB4JThRfMrtjFMP8nobm7Eqdabu7wWw6RJSGKmB7eJdd7ERT_1r4MECD5y3et4zSmBKSraQ_Eei89sLaXbr3denPvIe3YH4ET7cjQn4SJL-F7bViTxtph69xahzDeFaxCj5fJBDcbujVOEgR9PF8OyMvLXaA4I?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

It didn't take too long from when it was posted, but it feels a bit silly i didn't have this one yet! The English versions are a bit harder to find, and can get quite expensive these days! With this one, that's 6 catapults done, and still 5 to go!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 24, 2022, 01:53:05 AM
Tell us about the Italian revised version!  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: totor66 on October 24, 2022, 02:04:53 AM

And i'm pretty sure this is just a promotional image, as i've never seen one ever, but there is the C2 1st edition in case anyone has ever seen it ;)
(https://wikicarpedia.com/images/7/74/Box_BaseGame1_C2_HiG.png)

Apart from these, i believe i have everything HiG ever 'officially' released :)

About that one, you think that the only existing one features the abbot and river on the top right corner right ?

Might be worth it to ask directly HiG :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 24, 2022, 02:08:18 AM
There are definitely 2 versions of the C2 base game in German, one that is like that but with the box mentioning the River and Abbot indeed, and the other has the red banner of Over 12 Million sold.
I've been looking for this one, but haven't seen actual pictures of it, and other collectors i've asked also haven't. So my guess is that it was a promotional image, but never actually released.
It's a bit similar to the original Winter Edition. The promotion images don't have a SdJ logo on it, but the released box does.

I have asked them, but they weren't sure and had to look it up. Haven't hear from it since. But i'll probably ask again  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on October 25, 2022, 03:36:33 AM
I got my Cundco order  :yellow-meeple:

Mists over Carcassonne, Ukraine tile, 4 maps (including Ukraine), the bets and the new bag  :D

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mANcqbj96ImCpPXJVVtWivu6nr_lu4m0ObMmzPW0kx-OCtTaqj687sWFJHFG_YW804LZ5hsIscDe9BLVFKp7Njlm7m3BEt1FUk94l_BlkqB5PYw0xvxAJBOnKJTunO_HcjFGw37vWxKD0t_L3HnkjAmvDoP5w4abkNblCmor3EgBeGTSqPTTbSgUKzW-B7b37?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)

Sadly the box has been squeezed by DHL (German post service) and the maps have suffered. Does anyone already experienced this ? Could you manage to flatten the maps again ?

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mAWciMF_QOpnlcKaFrZY3ey7rXiggRh-RCDaE_B1lnlspmbbGDLnOsI8Mh3bCoRBOIrA8DzYPG2iQ1cPs7D1PwOXn9r1afzOMXXy_c28Q52KiUNwUReerGMFak3zADgTc0PqQQofL9VsnW0pvxyQjvTOVST0xiYAusM_trE8G6FpPpSKl6eIQZIplLxH6Z0oI?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on October 25, 2022, 04:42:02 AM
Holy meeples!!! What happened to that box?  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on October 25, 2022, 04:59:54 AM
I guess it was under a stack of other boxes filled with stone meeples  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 25, 2022, 01:56:33 PM
Sadly the box has been squeezed by DHL (German post service) and the maps have suffered. Does anyone already experienced this ? Could you manage to flatten the maps again ?

Perhaps try to roll them up backwards, to take the curve out of it, and then try to lay it flat somewhere with some weight over the full area of the map? Like under a rug perhaps?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2022, 01:27:59 AM
Perhaps try to roll them up backwards, to take the curve out of it, and then try to lay it flat somewhere with some weight over the full area of the map? Like under a rug perhaps?

(https://www.essen.playcarcassonne.co.uk/2022/Danisthirty/20221011_120234.jpg)

I'm very happy with my map-flattening solution and I won't hear a word said against it! (unless someone spills their coffee and it soaks through the rug :o)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on October 26, 2022, 05:55:31 AM
Ha ha, placing them under a carpet may be a good thing indeed, I'll try this :yellow-meeple:

But... Dan... I looked everywhere and... Is it true? There isn't any Carcassonne stuff in that room  :o  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on October 26, 2022, 06:30:27 AM
The postman did find my place again. 
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Post by: Willem on October 26, 2022, 06:30:53 AM
Dan likes to play Hide&Seek with his Carcassonne, as his family won't...
Carcassonne usually wins, showing up in bedside tables, under rugs and who knows where else  ;D

I got a delivery as well yesterday! All the way from Taiwan! A friend there had been searching for some specific bits for me, and shipped out the box.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1034399349343535114/IMG_20221025_103231.jpg)

A couple of great boxes, such as the Chinese C2 1st edition, Chinese Carc20, Chinese C3, a couple of expansions and the Demo game from Taiwan!
Also a C1 base game in Thai (which surprisingly was found in Taiwan), and Pokessonne!

Pokessonne is a reskin of Carcassonne, including base game, River 1, River 2, I&C, T&C and the Fruit-Bearing Trees, all in Pokemon theme :D
Also a game called 3 Kingdoms Battle, which is very similar in base mechanics, but has mission cards and dice to roll. If only i know how they are used, but i need to learn Chinese first :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2022, 06:50:23 AM
But... Dan... I looked everywhere and... Is it true? There isn't any Carcassonne stuff in that room  :o  ;D

Carcassonne is everywhere! But apart from maps hidden under the rug I don't have anything else in that room ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chmura on October 26, 2022, 10:47:05 AM
Could I ask for a better photo of the Demo game from Taiwan please?

 -I had no idea such a thing existed until today. Anyway, congratulations on getting it!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on October 26, 2022, 01:45:09 PM
Quote
But apart from maps hidden under the rug I don't have anything else in that room
Are you sure that is safe?  :o
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 26, 2022, 02:25:21 PM
Quote
But apart from maps hidden under the rug I don't have anything else in that room
Are you sure that is safe?  :o

All seems good so far. What's your concern?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on October 26, 2022, 08:07:58 PM
Pokessonne is a reskin of Carcassonne, including base game, River 1, River 2, I&C, T&C and the Fruit-Bearing Trees, all in Pokemon theme :D
Also a game called 3 Kingdoms Battle, which is very similar in base mechanics, but has mission cards and dice to roll. If only i know how they are used, but i need to learn Chinese first :o
Pokessonne looks awesome!!! Is that just a bootlegged version of the fan made game? If so, it needs to be published for real. Would buy in a heartbeat!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on October 26, 2022, 11:11:51 PM
Could I ask for a better photo of the Demo game from Taiwan please?

 -I had no idea such a thing existed until today. Anyway, congratulations on getting it!
Looks identical to the German and Dutch demos.


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Post by: Willem on October 27, 2022, 02:27:38 AM
Yep, the Taiwan demo is basically the same as the German and Dutch versions
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mgHBR0eu779KFXyWds9_BCTi8ngjtQN4LIRR1D1PBdAOZHt60OBUuzvXD5VMl9JQVPK7VH25k-O7VEo9boaVnfWLuxZHU6XrhPfv3gWi2BAriN7IMVISBejKEeB8OWMQlMmnMI4PbHyWn-VDGbvfgdd95KBBTcjwSEEBz4VbKAE1wcoK-KKL_n7ojAGkVD4pp?width=371&height=660&cropmode=none)

And don't forget the Spanish demo game!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mNvcn7mh_UAQwuDLf20vESvZIZOLha_QEbgyFo76OxvVvhzxMCwaEcE9M7SN1AYppwkXMYT6pzI0jAg0VGkvP92yclpgszVQ8yEvuzPNzK8iaqJ8BZdDmEa8SaWRw4Jb0a0-XeFPzhyB0_GEBGRU9Vr5JSurEcXmoxoN4ucQeys8_xczg4QzE4cuDepgFINLV?width=188&height=256&cropmode=none)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chmura on October 27, 2022, 06:30:00 AM
Yes, and also the Czech and Slovak demo game!

Thank you for the photos.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on October 27, 2022, 03:37:50 PM
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All seems good so far. What's your concern?
Someone tripping over the rug tearing the maps.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on October 28, 2022, 01:30:32 AM
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All seems good so far. What's your concern?
Someone tripping over the rug tearing the maps.

Perhaps in some cases. In mine, there is also a heavy coffee table on top of them. If someone trips over the coffee table it would be their feet that got damaged rather than the maps!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: DIN0 on October 28, 2022, 03:06:35 AM
...because after all, intact maps are more valuable than intact feet  >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: The-Edge on October 29, 2022, 05:22:22 AM
The 999games Carcassonne the Mists  finally arrived.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on October 29, 2022, 12:55:55 PM
Next week the italian version will be here.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Ker42 on October 29, 2022, 08:29:57 PM
Got my MoC today, just in time to play it on Halloween!  Also happy to receive the Ukraine and Taiwan maps.  Shipping to USA in under 3 weeks; I'm impressed.  Though with the cost of shipping it should've come in a gold-lined box!  :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on October 31, 2022, 11:53:48 AM
Care package from the Carcassonne Museum arrived today! Massive shoutout to Willem.

(https://i.ibb.co/H2VLzBp/2188-BC73-FA1-F-4-E04-B106-69-FB87548-FD6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JdKW7mF)


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Post by: Meepledrone on October 31, 2022, 12:09:35 PM
Congrats! Enjoy those awesome goodies!!!! ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on October 31, 2022, 01:49:29 PM
Care package from the Carcassonne Museum arrived today! Massive shoutout to Willem.

You are.most.welcome! Thank you for your support of the Museum!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on October 31, 2022, 02:16:07 PM
Special afternoon delivery!

(https://i.ibb.co/0mW6kzX/3-BE8950-B-AD6-C-47-CC-B838-44-B4-F0-F93537.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sbDNhXP)


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Post by: Bumsakalaka on October 31, 2022, 02:51:12 PM
Special afternoon delivery!

(https://i.ibb.co/0mW6kzX/3-BE8950-B-AD6-C-47-CC-B838-44-B4-F0-F93537.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sbDNhXP)


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Finaly you can fulfill your C3 box!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: wolnic on October 31, 2022, 02:58:28 PM
Finaly you can fulfill your C3 box!

Or maybe "fill-full" ?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on November 01, 2022, 12:56:46 AM
Finaly you can fulfill your C3 box!

Or maybe "fill-full" ?
Maybe  :red-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 02, 2022, 04:52:53 AM
I had to resize some of my tuckboxes, because the tiles are a bit thicker, so it’s a slow process.


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Post by: Bumsakalaka on November 02, 2022, 07:46:48 AM
Message from Spain arrived. With extra bonus. Thanks @Meepledrone (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221102/420e02bc5876b426b94b2f414c3a2d64.jpg)

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 02, 2022, 01:12:11 PM
Ha ha ha!

Enjoy them!!!
Title: Two Nice New Additions
Post by: OJH1997 on November 08, 2022, 06:25:51 AM
So I've been absent both from here and Playing Carcassone for a while for a few reasons that I wont get into here, but I've recently had the capacity to get back into playing board games and of course, Carcassonne. And I've recently aquired two lovely new editions to my small but growing Carcassonne collection;

A Base Game in C3 from Carcassonne itself, and 999 Games' Carcassonne De Mist that arrived this morning, and I can already say it is a blast to Solo!

(https://i.ibb.co/Ms0WCwX/20221108-141245.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G0SB5Yh)
Title: Re: Two Nice New Additions
Post by: Willem on November 08, 2022, 08:10:58 AM
Congratulations! Those are 2 very nice additions to your collection!
Title: Re: Two Nice New Additions
Post by: OJH1997 on November 09, 2022, 01:22:56 AM
Thank You

I think Graveyards are now both my favourite and least favourite feature of a Carc game!
Title: Re: Two Nice New Additions
Post by: Meepledrone on November 09, 2022, 03:29:00 AM
How so?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 09, 2022, 05:14:02 AM
Got a parcel in from Sweden today!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1039851837374857286/IMG_20221109_103908.jpg)

This is the 2019 2nd edition C2 base game from Bergsala Enigma. Didn't know it existed until i stumbled upon it, so of course had to get it :)
I've also added it to the WICA Collections&Expansions page, so i could tick it off my list  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 09, 2022, 12:17:56 PM
Nice!!!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 10, 2022, 10:56:14 AM
The postwoman brought me a box of dice from Chessex today!

(https://i.ibb.co/cQcWYNH/10-F4178-C-98-D6-44-A4-9-CF4-676608-C92379.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M7DzBR4)

(https://i.ibb.co/1LDNKmH/39-BD30-AD-954-D-4-CAD-86-FF-60043-E5-AE3-E6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0cgLZGP)

A set of regular and percentile d10’s in the six basic colours for my C3 set, plus full sets of percentile d10’s to upgrade my C1 and C2 sets. Not sure why I didn’t order the additional colours for my C3 set, because I am planning to order meeple sets soon.

I also ordered some new pink d10’s to replace the light purples in my C1 and C2 sets, which aren’t close enough to the meeple colour for my liking.


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 12, 2022, 11:23:57 AM
Cool dice!!!  :(y) :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on November 13, 2022, 07:02:22 AM
Shipping to USA in under 3 weeks; I'm impressed.  Though with the cost of shipping it should've come in a gold-lined box!  :D
More like 4 weeks for me, but still happy to get Ukraine and Taiwan maps and the Ukraine tiles.  For other US members, I bought a few additional Ukraine tiles since already paying through the nose for map shipments.  Will offer to mail in the US for $8/each, which represents my actual cost for tiles including the cost of shipping spread across my maps and tiles.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 13, 2022, 07:12:29 AM
Enjoy the maps and the promo tiles!!!
Title: Re: Two Nice New Additions
Post by: OJH1997 on November 16, 2022, 07:48:11 AM
How so?

Well I find the mechanics of them both a challenge and novelty. When I get one I look forward to solving the problem it poses, whilst also dreading that I have to solve it. Plus having to Bury a Meeple Once it's finished is a heartache...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on November 22, 2022, 10:44:51 AM
Well. Played Map and it's interesting mechanics but not so much

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 22, 2022, 06:18:52 PM
Received two more D10 percentile dice from TheDiceShopOnline.com in brown. It was so underwhelming that I forgot to take a photo. Not sure why I didn't order enough for C3, because now I need to place another order. This month has already been too expensive, so I made myself a shopping list for next month.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 23, 2022, 09:36:34 AM
The postwoman returned this morning with a box from Cundco!

(https://i.ibb.co/Zzvk1bs/CFF1-C3-DD-CDB3-4710-8-D1-C-90936633-C5-A9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MkK35JT)

Ukraine map
Free shopping bag which we’re all familiar with
Ten sheets of blank tiles for special projects
The Bets
C3 Castles
C3 Festival
Both sizes of tile bags for my C3 set


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 23, 2022, 11:13:44 PM
Have fun with all the new stuff!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on November 28, 2022, 05:59:03 AM
A rather usual assortment these days but it really made my day. Glad to hold the Spiel tiles series complete since 2017. The Bets actually are quite a big plate. Looking forward to a game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on November 28, 2022, 06:14:38 AM
that looks great! Congrats on a nice order!
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 28, 2022, 11:33:43 AM
I decided that this classic cityscape drawing needed to be on a coffee mug.

(https://i.ibb.co/3h9q067/7-EAA76-C8-B162-4-AAF-894-B-F4-AC5-C50-C206.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HgfsrwV)
(https://i.ibb.co/7x3BRv5/EAA0-FF77-C055-4-B07-ACD3-6-B8655857-A5-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nqX4nrv)
(https://i.ibb.co/7px05WH/D7-FC446-B-A549-4-B75-9-F0-E-016912-B56-FD3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZgRbP83)

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Post by: Meepledrone on November 28, 2022, 12:22:31 PM
Nice mug!!!
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Post by: dirk2112 on November 29, 2022, 10:09:03 AM
Woo hoo.

Glad to finally get a Ukraine tile.  The spiel tile is nice too.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on November 29, 2022, 12:40:50 PM
This sample set of metal meeples arrived today. I’ve added links to the Accessories page on WICA.

(https://i.ibb.co/ZHgbSMx/8-F1326-E5-A247-416-D-BB65-52-D927-AB8-A44.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6vtq8WF)


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Post by: corinthiens13 on November 29, 2022, 01:13:01 PM
These metal meeples looks awesome !

Last week the postman brought me some accessories, blank tiles to print AotC expansions, and...  ::) ::) ::)

(https://am3pap002files.storage.live.com/y4m7iVRrVj6p_P-PiMH0R2VnAz9xiurklZuz6GuwTBreWyB18TDAI3Vubw6f_2eJrEHxeEgrqPuVbhrrwHVsId1O6b0rHPL1YvtrX4rk6Mo5gVfWIkkaTu8tIb61dyqIbHWgavhnBlAeHHrpSWNeDEIc5MDKQOEnKot0FdlHjBkFm3LjVQ_TCFSiFJhY5aX5vPe?width=1024&height=768&cropmode=none)
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Post by: Scott on November 29, 2022, 01:49:07 PM
Wow, a complete set!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 30, 2022, 02:23:07 AM
Wow, a complete set!

"Complete set" you say?

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/allthespiels.jpg)

 >:D
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Post by: Challa007 on November 30, 2022, 04:00:33 AM
haha
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Post by: Meepledrone on November 30, 2022, 04:21:06 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: corinthiens13 on November 30, 2022, 04:24:46 AM
Ha ha, couldn't grab the first one, I wasn't born that year  ;D :yellow-meeple:
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on November 30, 2022, 04:27:37 AM
Wow, a complete set!

"Complete set" you say?

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/allthespiels.jpg)

 >:D

What do you use for protective sleeves? Those of Corinthians13 seem better adjusted.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 30, 2022, 04:44:44 AM
What do you use for protective sleeves? Those of Corinthians13 seem better adjusted.

They're not really sleeves per se, I don't play with these tiles so they're just in little zip-lock bags to keep them safe.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: lr on November 30, 2022, 04:48:19 AM
OK, thanks. My big existential question of the moment related to carcassonne is to know if I invest in sleeves to protect my tiles.  ???
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on November 30, 2022, 05:02:06 AM
OK, thanks. My big existential question of the moment related to carcassonne is to know if I invest in sleeves to protect my tiles.  ???

I don't personally but I know plenty of people do and I can understand why they would choose to use them. For me, it's become quite rare that I actually play with physical tiles, and even when we do we don't use any of the rare or valuable expansions so there isn't much in the way of value to protect anyway.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on November 30, 2022, 01:47:45 PM
If you use a bag to draw the tiles is a must...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Maiday on December 03, 2022, 03:16:43 PM
If you use a bag to draw the tiles is a must...

It really is. I was playing a copy of Hunters and gathers 2nd edition out of a bag and you could tell a few pieces has already taken a beating
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on December 08, 2022, 10:50:58 AM
After a brief dry spell, the deliveries are flooding in again!

Yesterday this t-shirt arrived, expertly designed by @MMike and as seen on the Essen crew: @Decar, @Danisthirty, @Meepledrone, and @Willem

(https://i.ibb.co/hZ9h4rq/76-FC6135-6-FD0-42-B4-9-C27-212-F65045-EC2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4Yt9XCQ)

Today’s deliveries include a very nice copy of the print-and-play Super Mariossonne and custom @Linksux tile, both courtesy of @Linksux; as well as two sets of my zippered meeple bags to upgrade my C1 and C3 play sets to match my C2 play set.

There should be several more deliveries coming soon!

(https://i.ibb.co/7YrG8xn/4-E29-AF33-9942-402-C-9047-2-C0631739-CEC.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8KPjTnr)

(https://i.ibb.co/N2NbGJS/A592-DB96-2-A15-4-F2-A-B08-B-C81-BBCCD4-E91.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PGW0VPQ)

(https://i.ibb.co/89p55Rj/E896518-F-9785-46-CC-9901-FBFC2-BBCF460.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vkGPPrJ)


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Post by: Meepledrone on December 08, 2022, 12:35:12 PM
So many treats! Enjoy them!!!  ^-^
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Post by: gamgeefan2 on December 08, 2022, 05:41:41 PM
Delivery from Cundco.de today.  Continuing my Spiel collection and beginning my 3.0.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on December 09, 2022, 03:33:52 AM
Great updates @Scott and @gamgeefan2 ! I'm excited for you just looking at everything! 8) :(y)
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Post by: Weetek23 on December 09, 2022, 05:18:10 AM
Nice additions. Still, every time I see the C3.0 Fest, I cannot stop thinking that if the HiG replaced the outdated number 15 with a more appropriate one for this edition, it would be much better.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on December 09, 2022, 07:03:20 AM
Nice additions. Still, every time I see the C3.0 Fest, I cannot stop thinking that if the HiG replaced the outdated number 15 with a more appropriate one for this edition, it would be much better.
Problém is that already is expansion represented by number 20.
I think that had to remove number and kept there just fireworks.
But we are not designers of official expansions :)

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Post by: Scott on December 09, 2022, 09:58:28 AM
Today’s delivery

(https://i.ibb.co/SRKvppr/40-EDB4-E0-08-C2-4-B5-E-9538-7-D38-C005-E481.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TmHh55L)

A set of orange meeples for my C3 set because Cundco was out of stock. Other colours will be arriving with my Cundco Advent order.

Two sets of mini Phantoms for my C1 and C2 travel sets.

A set of tan phantoms to match the unpainted meeples in my play sets.

Five sets of dice for my C3 set.


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Post by: kothmann on December 09, 2022, 10:40:48 AM
A couple days ago my copy of the Carcassonne Dice Game arrived from eBay.
(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1lc2-gwaVXP_jxAzjWkPJD_gaVYMlBbps)

My wife and I immediately tried and found it not to be any fun.  On her first two turns, she made 7-dice cities for 15 points each and I made 8-dice cities for 21 points each, which meant I won the game!  Then we tried a variant that I made up on the spot (using meeples as farmers) and that was also not fun.  So, then we simulated playing a 4-player game, and we discovered the profound value of the "keep a meeple" option!  After two players do this, only 7 dice go to the 3rd player, who will typically throw at least one catapult, making their maximum possible score only 10 points, but it is trickier to build a 6-dice city, so then they end up keeping a meeple too.... My preliminary conclusion is that the game gets interesting and exciting with 4 or 5 players!

I'm definitely adding this to my list of fun bar games, up there with Carc für 2 and Die Mauer (my
inexpensive homemade version (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6115481) with slightly simplified rules (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6115482/kothmann)).
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Post by: Decar on December 12, 2022, 03:21:02 AM
I admire your dedication to find The Carcassonne Dice Game's niche.  I didn't think much would save it  ;D
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Post by: Scott on December 14, 2022, 10:38:50 AM
A nice thick envelope arrived today from my wooden token supplier.

(https://i.ibb.co/vsrZ6Ds/F1-AED25-B-D267-4-F95-B8-DD-45-BCC1849493.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PTbwvtT)

A few things were out of stock, so you can see some gaps. Four different projects are represented here.

1. City and road tokens for C3 King & Robber Baron. I use these on the 50-point scoreboard to track the sizes of the largest city and longest road for each player.

2. Set of tunnel tokens for my C2 set. I have lots of stickers leftover from doing my C1 set.

3. Set of plague tokens for my C2 set. I have lots of stickers leftover from doing my C1 set.

4. Betting tokens for my C3 set. Two colours were out of stock, but eventually there will be 12 sets. I haven’t ordered the stickers yet, but they have been designed.


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Post by: lr on December 15, 2022, 03:49:32 AM
Is there a Tunnel CII conversion?
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on December 15, 2022, 04:44:44 AM
Is there a Tunnel CII conversion?
Yop. Unnoficial of course.
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Post by: lr on December 15, 2022, 04:47:05 AM
Can we find it somewhere?
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Post by: Scott on December 15, 2022, 08:27:33 AM
There are two: one from this forum and another from the Czech forum.


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Post by: lr on December 15, 2022, 08:44:03 AM
And which one do you use with your CII tokens?
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Post by: Scott on December 15, 2022, 01:06:51 PM
Haven’t printed anything yet because I haven’t decided which one I prefer.


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Post by: Weetek23 on December 22, 2022, 11:22:38 AM
I suspect that many will find this lovely and trully personalized treat in their mailboxes these days. It really made my day! Many thanks to Linksux. I feel the Christmas coming  :(y)
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on December 26, 2022, 07:34:50 AM
So, this Christmas was Jezisko (how we call guy, who brings gifts under our Christmas Trees, anyway it's name for small child named Jezus).
Anyway this year we had discussion, that if Jezisko brings gifts, that it will be end of the world, because when Jesus return to Earth for 2nd time as Second Coming then it will be Judgement day. So we need to discover this theological problem into more deep :D

Anyway, I found there 6 stands for every color 4 are named by our family members and 2 with common name Carcassonne. They have multiple purposes:
1. Store meeples on one place
2. Tile holder - place there up to three tiles (strategic variant) visible only for player (like Scrabble stands)
3. Hide there something if allowed :D
4. On battlement is usually placed white mark to show, how many times that player cross 50 points field. But when you counted, you will see, that are just 8 places, which can mark 400 points. Our games are usually 800 points and more. So someone who spoken with Jezisko told me, that Jezisko not brings that white marks for that reason :D

And of course, missing 5 guar meeples in Violet color :D
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Post by: Scott on December 28, 2022, 09:43:35 AM
My Advent box arrived today! Some items in the photo below were addons and not part of the Advent promotion even though Ron packed them in the box.

(https://i.ibb.co/VYzG06J/E2-C8-F32-A-0-A04-4028-B6-D8-7577-C668-DF1-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b5CVjtQ)

The five meeple sets are for my C3 play set.


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Post by: Scott on December 30, 2022, 10:59:05 AM
Another fan-made spin-off arrived today: Zeldasonne!

(https://i.ibb.co/cyzPF0g/D8-ECE72-D-E1-AD-4308-8514-E0-A44-ED1-C733.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4FBcTzm)


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Post by: Meepledrone on December 30, 2022, 04:49:44 PM
Enjoy it!
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Post by: Willem on January 04, 2023, 02:52:48 AM
Received a parcel from France today, thanks to @lr for helping with this one!

The new Winter Edition is a fact here as well!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4m9NBJ4Nau_w4H-UAnZTfo4wrjPeIxQTLrxBqJ0UL5x84vhDbD2FMjDuOW-WjfBR3JHC9wxIOWuM8LYKrRrID4AIEgoujhTZs_6lyP7mdtbAgXJkGk7oHgzxReWD8CmvDw1NmmiFMyFLUU8R0TNDJcY-KwXwU9FJLCVJd9XGlg2SnlYdkUXJAkwNYJ33SWZEL8?width=256&height=256&cropmode=none)
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Post by: Meepledrone on January 04, 2023, 02:57:18 AM
Congrats!  Enjoy it!!!
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Post by: Scott on January 05, 2023, 02:32:09 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/KzQg7DT/D51590-E1-6234-4-FBF-A12-F-8-F268-CDA369-C.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cXp9tw4)


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Post by: Meepledrone on January 05, 2023, 02:59:30 PM
Visiting when?
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Post by: danisthirty on January 05, 2023, 04:00:33 PM
Why would anyone want a book about Carcassonne?

Oh, wait...
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Post by: Willem on January 06, 2023, 08:41:20 AM
I got a very nice delivery today, with thanks to @Linksux this time!
A lot of post from France coming in!

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1060922735217365063/IMG_20230106_140728.jpg)

A few more new Winter Editions, for "distribution" in the UK, a few boxed expansions for the Museum, and also Zeldassonne here!
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Post by: Decar on January 07, 2023, 07:37:00 AM
Wonderful posts!  A lot of them make me wonder:  "WHERE'S MINE!" ... I bet Willem knows :D
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Post by: Willem on January 09, 2023, 07:35:46 AM
I might have a few things stored away that you can claim  ;)

Although this delivery is all going to find a spot in the Museum  :D
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1062031233305034772/IMG_20230109_153228.jpg)
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Post by: Challa007 on January 17, 2023, 06:47:52 AM
I received a little something from @Linksux and @oldbonz today! :D

Thank you very much for these lovely tiles, now waiting for the final rules of The Giant ...  >:D
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Post by: oldbonz on January 17, 2023, 07:33:50 AM
I received a little something from @Linksux and @oldbonz today! :D

Thank you very much for these lovely tiles, now waiting for the final rules of The Giant ...  >:D


my pleasure
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Post by: Scott on January 18, 2023, 09:31:22 AM
These arrived today.

(https://i.ibb.co/PcGZ3Qs/B541556-E-F79-A-4-ED5-AAEA-82-BD6-EB37494.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y6FnGSm)


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Post by: danisthirty on January 19, 2023, 06:00:12 AM
Congratulations post men and women all over the world! The wonderful goodies you've been bringing us over the last 8 and a bit years have now been appreciated over a million times by the Carcassonne fans you've been delivering to! Thank you! C:-) :(y)
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Post by: Challa007 on January 19, 2023, 07:43:46 AM
Wooooooooooooooooooooo  :(y)

Partytime  :D

:black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple: :black1-meeple: :blue-meeple: :green-meeple: :red-meeple: :gray-meeple: :violet-meeple: :pink-meeple: :orange-meeple: :white-meeple: :brown-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Willem on February 01, 2023, 09:00:35 AM
And i got a delivery in today!

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1070327226031145101/IMG_20230201_125716.jpg)

I didn't have the english big box 6 yet, so had to add it to the collection  ;D
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Post by: Willem on February 04, 2023, 06:59:17 AM
Another delivery in the 'Willem loves the postman'-thread!

A while back i posted some pictures of my collection in the BGG facebook group, and got a lot of responses. A lot of them were 'Why?!?!', but there were also some people asking if i had certain languages.

I got in contact with someone who sent over some Hungarian boxes a few weeks ago, and i also got in contact with someone in Sweden, who was more than happy to help to get these:

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1071440639666966608/IMG_20230204_144021.jpg)

Joined by the Spanish Carc20, which i found elsewhere :D
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Post by: Challa007 on February 04, 2023, 11:39:48 AM
I don't know where you put all these  :o , you must have a storing facility or a huge barn in the garden....
Amazing!  :(y)
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Post by: Willem on February 07, 2023, 10:05:01 AM
Mostly packing it up tightly, and not displaying everything I'd like to display hahaha

But today's arrival will get a nice spot:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1072574533460054057/IMG_20230207_174709.jpg)
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Post by: Scott on February 07, 2023, 01:56:42 PM
This novel arrived from Germany today after a month and a half voyage.

(https://i.ibb.co/QHtbQ85/09-E9-C442-B8-D8-4222-A8-E2-0938-A2-D3914-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4S3mtsQ)


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Post by: Weetek23 on February 08, 2023, 09:01:51 AM
I am sure that the novel had been already discussed back in the days when it was published, but just a brief question: is it a good one? I got it with my luckily acquired copy of WoF and as my highschool German is quite rudimentary, I wonder if it is worth trying.
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Post by: oldbonz on February 10, 2023, 03:39:46 AM
very happy to have received this impression this morning
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Post by: Challa007 on February 10, 2023, 03:51:49 AM
very happy to have received this impression this morning

you lucky man! Enjoy!  :D
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Post by: Dugrand1 on February 10, 2023, 07:45:11 AM
very happy to have received this impression this morning

Have Fun  :(y)
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Post by: Meepledrone on February 28, 2023, 01:10:47 PM
Ha ha ha!

Congrats!!!

Ready for Spiel'23 Promo Tile?
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Post by: supertopix on February 28, 2023, 01:19:04 PM
Ha ha ha!

Congrats!!!

Ready for Spiel'23 Promo Tile?
Yes
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Post by: corinthiens13 on February 28, 2023, 09:50:29 PM
Congrats, and welcome to the club  :yellow-meeple:
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Post by: Scott on March 10, 2023, 12:57:19 AM
The new Winter Edition arrived while I was away from home the past month.

(https://i.ibb.co/rkZb33L/B926-E2-B8-C1-DB-45-CC-89-D8-3-D07436662-D4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gyDvddX)

https://www.lillojeux.ca/boutique/jeux-de-societe/carcassonne-hiver/


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Post by: Green Builder on March 10, 2023, 11:05:15 AM
The new Winter Edition arrived while I was away from home the past month.
Is this the one with actual monasteries?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on March 11, 2023, 05:38:33 PM
The new Winter Edition arrived while I was away from home the past month.
Is this the one with actual monasteries?
Not sure what you mean by that. This is the 2022 Winter Edition (WE3).


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Post by: Scott on March 13, 2023, 10:04:14 AM
Amongst a massive stack delivered today was an envelope from @Linksux, who has once again done an outstanding job. These are printed on Winter blanks.

(https://i.ibb.co/dDSSh9b/5-D0-BCBE2-6484-4172-AA00-4-F26152075-B8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M7bbXT8)


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Post by: Meepledrone on March 14, 2023, 01:56:04 PM
Gorgeus picture! Amazing tiles indeed!  O0
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Post by: Scott on March 29, 2023, 09:36:08 AM
A padded envelope arrived from Poland today with some items from Cube4Me (Etsy seller).

(https://i.ibb.co/tphZCCs/6035023-D-0-DFD-4-A93-99-A2-2692-EEE98-C90.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3msfhhN)

I ordered a pink city and a set of six pink square tiles, as well as a set of unpainted tiles. I think Cube4Me suspected that their version of pink doesn’t match anyone else’s, because they also sent a few free samples in fuschia. Sure enough, the fuschia is a closer match, though still not identical. (Meeple is from my C3 play set.) Unfortunately I can’t get what I need from PrintPlayGames because pink wasn’t popular enough for them to restock what I needed. So I just placed a second order with Cube4Me for five more fuschia tiles. Once those arrive, I can move on to the next step of ordering the stickers, and then I will finally be able to wrap up this Bets upgrade project.

For those who are not familiar, the city token is for my C3 play set. I use city and road tokens on the 50-point score track to track largest city and longest road, one set for each player.


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Post by: Willem on March 31, 2023, 03:03:48 AM
I received a little parcel from Bulgaria today!
It was delivered a lot sooner than expected, so i'm very happy with these 2 new additions!

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1091277334415417374/IMG_20230331_092606.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on April 08, 2023, 05:53:47 AM
I thought i would have to wait until after the Easter weekend, but the postman works hard even today!

I was eagerly awaiting this delivery:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1094205434283434024/IMG_20230408_112058.jpg) (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1094205434560254054/IMG_20230408_112104.jpg)

A while back i found someone on BGG who said they had a version of Carc20 in Thai. I got intrigued, and we started chatting. Not long after, i confirmed i would love to have one of these for the Museum. They were very happy to help, and send over this copy of the Thai Carc20!
It's from a publisher called Lanlalen, which we haven't heard from before. I'm a happy (Easter)bunny now  ;D
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Post by: Meepledrone on April 08, 2023, 06:59:15 AM
Does this have anything to do with the Easter Bunny?

 :(y) :(y) :(y)
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Post by: Scott on April 14, 2023, 09:10:00 AM
Got the last pieces I needed for my wooden Bets token upgrade project. Time to order the stickers.

(https://i.ibb.co/sKMXDV4/IMG-9831.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JvMSbsT)


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Post by: Scott on April 17, 2023, 09:34:12 AM
The postwoman hand-delivered a registered envelope from Meepledrone today! No photo yet because secrets...
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Post by: DaFees on April 17, 2023, 07:02:44 PM
Part of me loves the postman (Fedex driver?) and the other part of me loves my friends. Two of the following I received on Friday and the other one was gifted to me apropos of nothing.
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Post by: Scott on April 27, 2023, 07:21:14 PM
The stickers finally arrived for my The Bets token upgrade project. I spent the afternoon trimming and applying.

(https://i.ibb.co/T2hQRnc/IMG-9902.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tKC0cNB)

(https://i.ibb.co/M16DNQ7/IMG-9901.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VCmWB5T)


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Post by: Meles on April 27, 2023, 07:58:27 PM
Oh that's nice. One of the better Carcassonne bling jobs I've seen.
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Post by: Challa007 on May 02, 2023, 12:47:14 PM
My CundCo order arrived today  :D

I ordered two big inlay sets, one small inlay set and transparent ghosts.
I got the bag for free and also a Spieldoch magazine for free (not in the picture)

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Post by: Challa007 on May 02, 2023, 12:49:42 PM
Here 2 photos of the composition of the inlay sets.
The four sheets at the top of the big set have all the same design. This means there are two different designs of the inlays.
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Post by: Willem on May 02, 2023, 02:30:07 PM
You're probably one of the first to receive their Cundco order! Great haul for you!
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Post by: NGC 54 on May 02, 2023, 06:07:32 PM
Here 2 photos of the composition of the inlay sets.
The four sheets at the top of the big set have all the same design. This means there are two different designs of the inlays.

Where is the wooden ferry? And how do you hang the ferry in the air?  ;D
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on May 03, 2023, 08:04:03 AM
You have to stick uit with glue, because it only 2 way ferry :)
You can order it as missing piece on cundco:)

Odoslané z SM-A202F pomocou Tapatalku

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Post by: NGC 54 on May 03, 2023, 06:34:35 PM
I am surprised that that "tile" shows a ferry lake and not acrobat spaces from Exp. 10 – Under the Big Top!

:white-meeple: :neutral-meeple: :gray-meeple: The acrobats are falling!!!
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Post by: Decar on May 04, 2023, 04:08:59 AM
Something like this:

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Post by: supertopix on May 04, 2023, 01:22:07 PM
Today I received my Carcassonne 3.0 Maps (DE/EN) and the 3D Starting landscape + alternative inlay (ordered on april 28th).

To my great surprise the parcel contained 72 tiles, too, probably "Carcassonne - 6 tableaux of the Base Game 2.1". Who knows why!

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Post by: Doom_Shark on May 04, 2023, 04:13:14 PM
Quote from: cundco.de/en
You get all 10 maps in new Carcassonne 3.0 Design (including the brand new Nordics Map) + Map chips + a Map Meeple set (6x2 Meeple) + 72 tiles of the basic game 2.1.

Emphasis mine
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Post by: supertopix on May 05, 2023, 12:46:02 AM

Oh, I missed it.
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Post by: Ker42 on May 11, 2023, 11:52:07 AM
Hey, smaller packages have the meeple tape too!  Happy to get my clear ghosts and meeple sets!  ;D
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Post by: Doom_Shark on May 12, 2023, 12:58:11 AM
I've received some deliveries over the course of the week here:

First, I found a reasonably priced English copy of Mists over Carcassonne. It was actually the last of these that I purchased, but it was the first to arrive.

(https://i.ibb.co/P9npcPp/Mists.jpg)

Two of my guards didn't come out quite right though. Poor guys.

(https://i.ibb.co/8K9GNwD/Poor-Guys.jpg)

Next up, I broke down and bought an over-priced Markets of Leipzig on ebay. Second purchase, second arrival.

(https://i.ibb.co/8MYm0JR/Markets-of-Leipzig.jpg)

And finally, I snagged a cheap Spiel Doch! 1/16 issue that still had the labyrinth tiles! I bought this first, but it took the longest to arrive. Shipping from Germany to the US will do that to ya.

(https://i.ibb.co/r24pfDP/Spiel-Doch-1-16.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/dPdHbdV/Labyrinths.jpg)
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Post by: Willem on May 12, 2023, 12:59:46 AM
That's a lot of arrivals! Congrats with some great additions to your collection!
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Post by: NGC 54 on May 12, 2023, 05:21:12 AM
Two of my guards didn't come out quite right though. Poor guys.

(https://i.ibb.co/8K9GNwD/Poor-Guys.jpg)

I am surprised, because one of my yellow guard meeples has the torch broken, too.  ???
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Post by: Scott on May 12, 2023, 01:33:19 PM
I didn’t realize that this hadn’t arrived yet, but sure enough my C3 set was missing a pair of dice for the brown player. It was so long ago that I ordered these, that I forget when it was.

(https://i.ibb.co/4pRxvbC/IMG-9941.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9WHjKxB)


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Post by: Willem on May 18, 2023, 01:18:01 AM
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1108668427721261096/IMG_20230518_091153.jpg)

Nice little arrival today! A second printing Mindok Czech/Slovak C1 base game! That makes the collection that little bit further complete :D
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Post by: Willem on June 07, 2023, 01:52:36 AM
Small arrival today!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1115921921805127692/IMG_20230607_092525.jpg)

My English collection is surprisingly far from being completed, so when i came across this ZMG C1 Exp 5, i had to quickly swoop in and get it.

together with some bits Decar managed to pick up for me at UKGE (as well as the added discovery of the 2nd printing BB7 from ZMG), only 10 items to go to complete this set  ;D
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Post by: Willem on June 12, 2023, 05:26:25 AM
I visited my family over the weekend, and with that I usually get to pick up some bits that got delivered there!

As was also this time, primarily Bulgarian releases!
(https://dub01pap001files.storage.live.com/y4mOlLEsSV0yodsWHFEVO423L9tkMRBmhexxhZPGzV7Fi8Mby3IeLrBvQFbUclUJJ6CVrEUMUKt9pAAQT4nCX_-ScCNpDiXVBs6ZcRd7hxZfCkRNzJNix1iPDU6I7c6mm10z7yaEsT5fENF9pdgJS415b6E0Pue70QpSz9NARy0cMLOF1cNHbpSpxNPbw_Ry8It?width=660&height=660&cropmode=none)

I've been in contact with the Bulgarian publisher, Fantasmarogia, and they were very helpful in sorting out a big parcel to come my way! BB6, 7 large expansions and 3 spin offs! Basically all they had currently in stock, apart from a few bits I already had  ;D

And the C3 base game in Dutch, which was recently released. I also got a copy of Expansion 3 in Dutch, which is a C2 box, with C2 tiles, but with the C3 logo and the C3 base game showing on the back of the box.... I've asked the Dutch publisher 999 Games about more info, but let's see what they say!

And I came across a sealed Japanese Buildings, so picked that up because why not hahaha
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Post by: totor66 on June 12, 2023, 06:10:45 AM
Nice one !

Bulgarian edition have normal C or cyrillic C on the back ?
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Post by: Willem on June 12, 2023, 07:25:20 AM
Normal C :)
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Post by: Decar on June 12, 2023, 12:06:07 PM
That's a great stash and awesome to hear you're making connections with publishers.  I was quite surprised by that C3 Carcassonne box, it seemed like a nice way to refresh the boxes, but hearing it has C2 artwork in it just seems to complicate things for people even more!
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Post by: Scott on June 12, 2023, 05:28:52 PM
My Easter Cundco order is finally here!

8 x crystal meeple sets
8 x crystal guard sets
1 x crystal ghost set
1 x 3D starting landscape & alternative inlay
1 x Nordics map
1 x free tote bag

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Post by: Scott on June 19, 2023, 03:28:26 PM
The Big Highwayman has arrived.

(https://i.ibb.co/y85MYQs/IMG-0045.jpg) (https://ibb.co/55vznRc)


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Post by: Willem on June 20, 2023, 03:49:42 AM
Woohoo! Those look really nice! When are you gonna try them out in a game? ;)
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Post by: Challa007 on June 20, 2023, 06:33:08 AM
Really nice  ;D   ;D   ;D   ;D 
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Post by: Willem on June 22, 2023, 01:55:57 PM
Got a big parcel in today! 8kg's from France!

Unsurprisingly, it was full of Carcassonne!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1121419548298592336/IMG_20230622_134000.jpg)
A bunch of french C1 boxes, 2 big boxes, some minis; all great stuff!
And also a box for the Zeldassonne, a blank box for my download C1 winter edition, a copy of Smoula's Simpssonne and a copy of Alefgard (a reskin based on the Dragon Quest games)
It also included a bunch of fan-expansions, including the big highwayman!
So much to unpack!
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Post by: Meepledrone on June 22, 2023, 02:10:32 PM
Such a painful task ahead!!! :o

Enjoy!!!  ;D
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Post by: The-Edge on June 23, 2023, 04:28:46 AM
The postman did find my house with allot of Giant Coasters.

(https://onedrive.live.com/embed?resid=63B249DF769E5726%2115141&authkey=%21ANvWFNH5huJQiYs&width=660&height=999999)
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Post by: Meepledrone on June 24, 2023, 03:22:44 AM
It seems you are having a hard time with them...  ;)
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Post by: Willem on June 30, 2023, 01:36:26 AM
Delivery of Nordic boxes today!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1124254508952858624/IMG_20230630_092515.jpg)

This completes my Nordic C2 set, and with the Nordic Dice Game, that set is getting very close to being completed  ;D
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Post by: Decar on July 01, 2023, 06:26:36 PM
Interesting the Noridic release uses the English title for ghosty spook night.

Thanks foe sharing your photos Willem!
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Post by: Willem on July 01, 2023, 11:18:39 PM
Yeah, they usually have the English titles on all boxes
As the release these boxes is Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the descriptions and rules are in 3 languages. It's then easier to keep the title simple, and to my understanding, English is well spoken in all those countries.
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Post by: Willem on September 06, 2023, 05:57:59 AM
It's been a while since i've posted here!

Quite a few arrivals, but let's at least share a picture of the most recent one, namely from today!

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1148962122156474451/IMG_20230906_134458.jpg)
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Post by: DrMeeple on September 22, 2023, 04:36:52 PM
Finally I finished the boxes of some retro gaming vintage arcade versions of classic basic carcassonne. And a lovely fan spin off by Smoula… The Simpsonne!
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Post by: Bumsakalaka on October 27, 2023, 02:05:45 AM
Today I received an expected delivery. But with unexpected content.
Thanks @Linkarssonne (Linksux) and @MMike and also @Snearone and @Meepledrone for beautiful design for these WC CarcC 2023 tiles.

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Post by: Meepledrone on October 27, 2023, 09:39:14 AM
Thanks!!! It was so fun!

Enjoy them!!!  O0
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Post by: Scott on October 28, 2023, 02:07:15 PM
I forgot to post in here! A package arrived from The Carcassonne Museum a few days ago. Thanks to Willem, Linksux, Mike, and Meepledrone for the contents.

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Post by: Meepledrone on October 28, 2023, 02:53:08 PM
Don't know if you will enjoy it!  ;D
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Post by: BBG on October 31, 2023, 06:26:45 AM
I received the "Wonders of Humanity" too but there was no instructions in the envelope, just the tiles. Was it the same for you guys who already got it?
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Post by: Meepledrone on October 31, 2023, 07:56:45 AM
They rely on the QR code on the envelope. The rules are available on Cundco.

https://cundco.de/en/rules/cc-mini-expansions/ (https://cundco.de/en/rules/cc-mini-expansions/)

And the annotated rules on WICA can be found here:

https://wikicarpedia.com/car/The_Wonders_of_Humanity (https://wikicarpedia.com/car/The_Wonders_of_Humanity)
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Post by: NGC 54 on October 31, 2023, 08:11:00 AM
When does that QR will link to WICA?
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Post by: Meepledrone on November 01, 2023, 07:11:56 AM
Ha ha ha!  8)
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Post by: Carcassonne King on November 06, 2023, 05:59:30 AM
I just want to chime in that I also just got the Wonders of Humanity mini expansion and Spell Circles mini expansion recently, and I'm not happy that they aren't including rule sheets any more.  What gives?  I saw that I can access the rules online using the QR code, but I also liked having a physical copy on hand.
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Post by: Willem on November 06, 2023, 06:05:49 AM
I do agree. Not so much to have physical copies available, as I don't mind it too much, but also the large envelopes used.
Especially the WoH comes in a big envelope, even though it doesn't need it.
If there was a rule sheet included, that might justify it hahaha

I guess it is more for being able to use standard sized envelopes
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Post by: Scott on November 07, 2023, 12:32:08 AM
Lately the rules have been so poorly written; this gives them the possibility to update the rules and the QR code always goes to the latest version. Even better if they would go to Wikicarpedia. ;)


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Post by: Meepledrone on November 09, 2023, 04:03:04 AM
If so we could have our revenge and tweak the rules... Mwahahahaha! >:D

On April's Fool, Friday 13th or Halloween could happen odd things to some interactions.... :o :o :o
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Post by: Willem on November 09, 2023, 10:35:29 PM
Got a small delivery yesterday!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932619685822861402/1172236699032633474/IMG_20231109_175328.jpg?ex=655f9580&is=654d2080&hm=73bdb93a1f5c34abc0812307b0a2e430a0aa9d961d9b14af01f1b7cb9d1d0b84&)
A Polish MoC!
It's very happy to join its friends in the Museum!
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Post by: Scott on November 09, 2023, 10:49:59 PM
Needed to add something to an Amazon order to get free shipping, so this was what I choose:

(https://i.ibb.co/4RHZS9f/IMG-0595.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yFrnkGR)

The cover is the nicest part of the very thin book. The typesetting is very amateur. There are literally hyperlinks in various places which are completely useless in a printed book.


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Post by: Bumsakalaka on November 10, 2023, 01:20:46 AM
So it's look like self-printing release?
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Post by: Scott on November 10, 2023, 09:30:18 AM
Yes, it’s printed on-demand by Amazon from files uploaded by the creator. I did some digging into “Charles River Editors” and found that they have a poor reputation for mining the contents of their books from free online sources. The bibliography is very long. One person on Reddit said that they steal a lot of their content from Wikipedia, but I didn’t see any references to Wikipedia in the bibliography from this particular book. But looking at how many books they’ve released on Amazon, it is a little suspicious.


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Post by: danisthirty on November 12, 2023, 11:58:29 AM
I can think of at least one Carcassonne related book that's available on Amazon that would have been a much better investment!
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Post by: Halfling on November 15, 2023, 01:42:36 PM
I can think of at least one Carcassonne related book that's available on Amazon that would have been a much better investment!

The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse?
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Post by: Weetek23 on November 29, 2023, 01:17:15 PM
I guess many of us receive a same or similar package these days... :-D
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Post by: NGC 54 on November 29, 2023, 01:54:21 PM
I was not happy when my copy of The Bets came with no foil. The same happens for The Drawbridges?
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Post by: chris6507 on November 29, 2023, 09:58:06 PM
I guess many of us receive a same or similar package these days... :-D
Mine hasn't even left Germany yet and it was posted about 12 hours after the sale started. Lol.
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Post by: Weetek23 on November 30, 2023, 02:36:45 AM
I was not happy when my copy of The Bets came with no foil. The same happens for The Drawbridges?

Yes, The Drawbridges were in no foil, just with a supporting cardboard, yet they arrived intact and well. What puzzles (annoys) me is that the rules are not included. There is a neat piece of paper which only bears a QR beside some illustrative words and pictures. I assume it is result of the rush with the publishing and at the same time fine tuning the rules because The Bets, a previous miniexpansion that I bought, came with a rule sheet.
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Post by: Willem on November 30, 2023, 10:56:16 AM
Good to see Advent orders arriving!

I think the QR code instead of the physical rules might be something we'll be seeing more from now on.
WoH and Spell Circles also came without rules but only with QR codes on the envelopes.
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Post by: Meepledrone on November 30, 2023, 11:06:05 AM
Needed to add something to an Amazon order to get free shipping, so this was what I choose:

(https://i.ibb.co/4RHZS9f/IMG-0595.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yFrnkGR)

The cover is the nicest part of the very thin book. The typesetting is very amateur. There are literally hyperlinks in various places which are completely useless in a printed book.


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The printed a PDF as is... Did you click on the links with a pencil?  ;)

Any ideas for a fan expansion?
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Post by: Scott on November 30, 2023, 03:12:42 PM
Reading the book reminded me of some fan expansions that already exist. I think all the highlights have been covered already.
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Post by: dirk2112 on December 05, 2023, 03:57:22 AM
The advent stuff has finally made it across the pond  :). I didn't realize that the Wonders of Humanity tiles don't really fit in any of the expansion boxes nor does it fit in my wooden case.  Anyone have an idea of how to store these outside of using the base game box?
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Post by: Scott on December 07, 2023, 01:08:31 AM
I made a tray for them. There’s a thread in the Crafting forum.


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Post by: dirk2112 on December 07, 2023, 03:45:58 AM
I made a tray for them. There’s a thread in the Crafting forum.

Great idea!  Thanks
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Post by: Death Meeple on December 12, 2023, 06:42:22 AM
My turn to be suuuuper excited about a package that just came in at the office... I can't wait to get home to properly unwrap it  ;D

Also I'm sure testing it after a painfull work day will be a relief  :@

Do you know what this gem from 2014 is?
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Post by: Willem on December 12, 2023, 07:00:37 AM
Very nice! The Adults of Carcassonne!
The shot glasses are particularly hard to find! Congrats on the arrival!
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 12, 2023, 10:10:35 AM
Niceee! Congrats and enjoy it!!!
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Post by: Death Meeple on December 12, 2023, 10:56:29 PM
I was thinking about testing it on a next weekend... But as soon as I got home, we decided to give it a go!
First game just as a test (with empty shots), and second game made us kill half a bottle of gin... Very cool way to play, but can't play many games in a row  ;D
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 13, 2023, 05:26:53 AM
Do you think this version may have some side effects on championship participants? ;)
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Post by: lr on December 13, 2023, 05:35:33 AM
 :o
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Post by: Scott on December 13, 2023, 07:12:26 PM
I was inspired by a photo in the Advent Quiz to pick up this paper model.

(https://i.ibb.co/VVpFrq5/IMG-0737.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b1R4qKD)
(https://i.ibb.co/VJDYGsp/IMG-0738.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4KMRLHg)


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Post by: Meepledrone on December 13, 2023, 11:00:34 PM
Ooooh! Will you build it?
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Post by: Death Meeple on December 13, 2023, 11:09:47 PM
Do you think this version may have some side effects on championship participants? ;)

Definitely, yes!
Believe it or not, but we seriously talked about what would happen if an Adults of Carcassonne championship took place  :D
There are 2 ways it would impact the game:

1) Players play the usual way, scoring everything possible but the alcohol kicks in sooner or later, impacting their decision and causing mistakes and bad decisions if more than one game takes place the same day.

2) Players play safely, not scoring smaller zones, resulting in lowest end score and a risk of loosing earlier, but stay sober for several games.

We still don't know what the best strategy would be!

Also, this championship should be streamed at any cost. We watched some parts of the 2023 wold championship already, and just imagine it with people getting more and more drunk... Players unleashing their emotions during a game, getting penalty points in case of regurgitation...

Main selection would take place on Friday, so that Saturday games starts with serious hangovers, semi final and final (maybe even quarter?) take place on Sunday, but with stronger alcohol in the shots...


Who's in?  ;D ;D ;D

Otherwise... We both would like to start with a normal championship, are there any way to participate (national or bigger) from Belgium?  :P
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Post by: Scott on December 14, 2023, 12:20:28 AM
Ooooh! Will you build it?
I think eventually. There are some things I need to think through.


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Post by: oldbonz on December 23, 2023, 04:02:32 AM
just before Christmas, and this is really good, the catapult with the C2 version that everyone will be able to recognize
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Post by: oldbonz on December 23, 2023, 04:03:58 AM
always for Christmas, the new products
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Post by: oldbonz on December 23, 2023, 04:05:32 AM
and again for Christmas, 3 beautiful tiles for which I sincerely thank those who participated
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Post by: Meepledrone on December 23, 2023, 11:00:13 AM
Congrats!!!! Have fun with them!
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Post by: corinthiens13 on December 23, 2023, 12:01:18 PM
Nice new stuffs!  :yellow-meeple:

My exp7 isn't in French, so I didn't realize the funny badly written name "7ième" instead of "7ème"  ;D
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Post by: Scott on December 27, 2023, 11:01:48 AM
Advent order arrived this morning!

(https://i.ibb.co/D8KgfYK/IMG-0781.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WPKpv0K)


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Post by: chris6507 on January 03, 2024, 02:13:43 PM
Been tracking down some of the older spin-offs throughout December (Not always the easiest thing here in Australia) and managed to track down all of these for original retail price or less which isn't too bad considering how far out of print they are. Plus my little Cundco order. December has been fruitful. Just a shame I missed out on the Gold Mines Sherriff by a mere couple of hours! :-(
Now just trying to decide whether it's worth paying $85 for a brand new copy of New World/Mayflower?
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Post by: Willem on January 03, 2024, 03:21:43 PM
That is definitely a great set of new arrivals!
Some great games to be had!

And if it's $85 AUD, then it could be reasonable for New World; depends on your preference of course.
I've once paid that for a base game  :o
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Post by: Death Meeple on January 09, 2024, 12:26:09 AM
Obviously, I just converted my 2 kidneys into expansions from ebay... I was very surprised to find those, especially the Besiegers wich is not available on BGG, and led to a severe dispute in the last seconds :)
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Post by: Decar on January 09, 2024, 03:48:41 AM
Wonderful Christmas and Birthday hauls everyone!

Only one board game for us this year:
(https://tehill.net/carcassonne/postman/20240109_114621.jpg)

I'd recommend that everyone checks out this classic before the 2nd printing begins.
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Post by: kothmann on January 09, 2024, 05:06:28 AM
@Decar nice to see you back online.

Where do we get this?  I found “Misfits” but that is still not released?

Looks like a lot of fun.
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Post by: Decar on January 09, 2024, 05:12:20 AM
Hi @kothmann - They are all sold out of the 1st edition, but there is a wait list for the second edition.

I think you can be added to the list: misfits.co (http://misfits.co)

You can also drop them an email hello [A-T] misfits.co If you mention me (Decar) as your referral and apparently you'll be price matched and given priority when the 2nd edition prints.

It's a fun game. My wife likes it because she beat me on our first outing.  I like how all the pieces are wooden, and slightly rough. The game allows for a lot of handicapping for younger family members too!
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Post by: kothmann on January 09, 2024, 06:48:43 AM
I love the “no rulebook” idea—invites variants and innovation.
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Post by: Decar on January 09, 2024, 07:50:39 AM
Yeah, I don't find it pretentious. It's a stacking game; the shapes are heavy and allow for interesting positioning. I always like to try ridiculous placements.  Ask @danisthirty about the animal stacking game we played "Beats of Balance" at Essen back in 2016.  We didn't really follow the obvious rules, and the guy watching ended up taking a photo of our monstrosity... wish I took a photo.

At Essen this year there was another dexterity game about cats and telephone wires.  I played a couple of games with some randoms, and we all felt that it was too small, and the pieces were not heavy enough; so there was a lot of wibbly movement that was hard to control.

Misfits has night heavy pieces, and I like that over time they'll get a few dents which might add to the chaos.  Some talent folks have painted their pieces too.  The designer's a nice person too. He's dropped me emails and made sure my copy arrived in time for Xmas, even though I said I was happy to wait.  He's done a few demos around my area, but unfortunately I couldn't make them.  Hopefully, I'll catch him in the future.  If I get time I'll starts a new thread about it.
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Post by: Death Meeple on January 11, 2024, 02:26:33 AM
The pest is here! :D
Good surprise: it came with the Spielbox magasine, it wasn't specified when I ordered it :)
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Post by: oldbonz on January 11, 2024, 07:50:29 AM
at the request of Matisek
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Post by: Willem on January 11, 2024, 10:14:18 AM
The pest is here! :D
Good surprise: it came with the Spielbox magasine, it wasn't specified when I ordered it :)

That is a great surprise!
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Post by: Scott on January 16, 2024, 10:02:49 PM
Two packages arrived today. The first was from Linksux; thanks to him and Oldbonz!

The second was from MeepleSource. I was hoping to use their sample sets as map meeples, but almost every colour is just too different from the official meeples.

(https://i.ibb.co/BLz2LZ4/IMG-0836.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hs7FsWX)

(https://i.ibb.co/JQKs25x/IMG-0837.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VmtqD2H)


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Post by: oldbonz on January 17, 2024, 12:46:38 AM
I hope the tiles are not damaged
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Post by: Willem on January 17, 2024, 07:14:20 AM
Those bonus winter tiles look really nice! Hope you have a good game with them soon Scott!
And yeah, the meeple look all to have a slightly different shade from the "originals". Perhaps done on purpose my Meeplesource to not be told off by someone  C:-)
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Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on January 17, 2024, 07:36:52 AM
Metallic meeple from Wyrmwood, they are as beautiful as they are heavy !(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240117/a10164ea1f59603fc054fe893f9e8526.jpg)


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Post by: Decar on January 17, 2024, 07:38:36 AM
They look chunky! I hope they're as good to play with as they look!
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Post by: Scott on January 17, 2024, 08:24:00 AM
I hope the tiles are not damaged

Although the frame was slightly bent in a few places, the tiles survived the trip!
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Post by: Meepledrone on January 18, 2024, 07:42:23 AM
Metallic meeple from Wyrmwood, they are as beautiful as they are heavy !(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240117/a10164ea1f59603fc054fe893f9e8526.jpg)


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They are as heavy and deadly as cannonballs... You can use them to mark sunken placeholders on tiles for future placements...  >:D
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Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on January 19, 2024, 04:45:38 AM
Something I never thought I'd find, until today :)


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Post by: Decar on January 19, 2024, 04:49:17 AM
Well done! I dread to think what you had to do to find it.

I've always appreciated the idea behind this.  We've got a load of mis-printed score tiles.... let's get KJW to doodle on some paper-tape, stick them on the board, and sign each of them.  At least the proceeds went to a good charity.

PS: I do worry someone of low-moral fibre will use a lovely image like this and replicate it for ebay.
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Post by: Chmura on January 19, 2024, 02:01:58 PM
Beautiful piece! :)

My Carcassonne collection is complete except for this points counter...

Of course congratulations on this trade!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 20, 2024, 08:22:51 AM
The story behind them i find more interesting than the scoreboard itself, but it is a fun entry into the world of Carcassonne  ;D
Congrats on finding one, and hopefully it didn't costs you an arm and/or leg  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 20, 2024, 08:23:39 AM
Beautiful piece! :)

My Carcassonne collection is complete except for this points counter...

Of course congratulations on this trade!
Define "complete" there's always more to look for  >:D >:D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chmura on January 20, 2024, 09:53:37 AM
That list would be really long...however, I have every C1, C2, and C3 expansion at least once (well, except Santa's point counter...).

Also of course some interesting releases including Big boxes.

-Yes I agree there is still more to collect, it just depends on your goal... >:D...someone has a few boxes and some the whole museum! Of course I'm rooting for you and I admire your enthusiasm and collection! ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chmura on January 20, 2024, 09:59:30 AM
The story behind them i find more interesting than the scoreboard itself, but it is a fun entry into the world of Carcassonne  ;D
Congrats on finding one, and hopefully it didn't costs you an arm and/or leg  ;)

Do you know any story connected with this counter?
Will you share it with us? Please!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 20, 2024, 10:04:30 AM
A few posts up:

Well done! I dread to think what you had to do to find it.

I've always appreciated the idea behind this.  We've got a load of mis-printed score tiles.... let's get KJW to doodle on some paper-tape, stick them on the board, and sign each of them.  At least the proceeds went to a good charity.

PS: I do worry someone of low-moral fibre will use a lovely image like this and replicate it for ebay.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Chmura on January 20, 2024, 12:06:53 PM
Are you saying that it was dealing with misprinted point counters?

And this defective print was valued with two stickers and the signature of K. J. Wrede?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 20, 2024, 01:09:45 PM
Pretty much, yeah.
The scoretrack is printed in the wrong side of the cardboard, and the other side is white.
They got 2 stickers on them, had KJW sign them and gave them very simple rules. Then sell them for charity, and its become a true collectors item now, as I believe there were only 250 of them
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 22, 2024, 01:53:58 AM
My good friend the postman stopped by this morning, and brought me these!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1198927964658749492/1198927965229166592/20240122_094434.jpg?ex=65c0afad&is=65ae3aad&hm=6dd9b5836fee2e5947208cc78078c5c855dfb17278b2ca744ab4059016941dda&)

My friend from the Ukraine has been great finding the Russian copy of the Discovery, and added a copy of the Ukrainian Carcassonne Junior at my request!
Very happy with these 2!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on January 22, 2024, 03:12:47 PM
The postwoman stopped by my place today with the remaining wooden bits that I needed for Willem's prize in the Advent puzzle contest. It's another set of plague and tunnel tokens. I filmed a video for our Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=889998295914371 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=889998295914371)

(https://i.ibb.co/3yLfVBS/IMG-0876.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Kj3NBFV)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 25, 2024, 12:33:29 AM
I wanted to add a copy of "The Festival 10 years", in addition of "The Festival 15 years" to my Mega Carcassonne... Cheapest way was actually to purchase this base game with the extention!

The box came in damaged due to poor packaging (all tiles were still in the package, what a relief!).

Time to play our first C1 game (if Wheel of Fortune doesn't count...), I'm sure this will please the C1 team out here :D


I realise this could be the next forum war (after the River, and the large tiles...): The Festival 10 years - The Festival 15 years: 2 names for a same expansions, or 2 expansions closely related? :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on January 25, 2024, 07:50:10 AM
Congratulations to this lovely acquisition! This is one of my favourite game versions, partly because tit was one of few C1 items apart from the regular boxed expansions that was published in a local version here in the Czech Republic. I am very happy to have it and treat it cautiously, as the shape of the box makes it destined for a damage even when not shipped.

Your post brought back to me again the sheer disapointment that, when coverting The Festival to C3 art, HiG for a reason that I still cannot comprehend and feel as a chance badly missed did not use the occassion to make C3 version of The Festival updated to actual 20 years. Sigh...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 26, 2024, 04:04:18 AM
I totally agree with you, I bought the C3 version in Essen (I don't have the C2 version), I'd would have appreciated a 20 years watermark... And would have bought the C2 version in addition if it was the case!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on January 26, 2024, 11:44:01 AM
Did I bought some meeple again ? Yes but not just any meeple !
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240126/5f3a19d46d2455c528e8b981bc0f1735.jpg)

I bet you never seen a flash pig !

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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kothmann on January 26, 2024, 01:29:53 PM
Got a 1995 German Edition of “Linie 1” (“Streetcar” in US).

Like a cross of TransAmerica (all tracks are shared), Ticket to Ride (everyone has secret goal), and Carcassonne (tile placement).  Plus an exciting race after your line is completed!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pitov0gcfbeu8gdgzn5um/2024-01-26-15.33.54.jpg?rlkey=cyeeorzoriv9s5dp3lkf1n1ex&dl=0
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 29, 2024, 05:12:54 AM
Imagine my satisfaction: this is the only Spiel tile I didn't had!

I feel a bit more complete today  ^-^
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 29, 2024, 09:09:26 AM
Very nice! Must've been hard to find!
But do you have the Spiel 1 tile though?  ;)

I got a visit from mister postman today as I was in the office;
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1201573140409634926/1201573140652896337/20240129_170139.jpg?ex=65ca4f30&is=65b7da30&hm=8c580de80180f87cbea9736b94c1e9bcc606b699c7e3db4c5fc88ce0bc40800a&)

With this arrival, I am almost complete in my line up of C3 base games. Only 1 remaining, which is waiting for me at my parents, so I'll soon have them all together!
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on January 29, 2024, 11:17:26 AM
Imagine my satisfaction: this is the only Spiel tile I didn't had!

I feel a bit more complete today  ^-^
May I ask the price you paid?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 29, 2024, 11:56:46 PM
@supertopix  : to be honnest, 100€. This is way too much for a carton chip, but luckily I bought a cheaper pack of Spiel tiles I could sell away (and just keep those I didn't had), so I could afford this one without using too much of my personnal money :)
It was one of the last one on BGG, and I just can't find it elsewhere...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 30, 2024, 12:04:27 AM
Willem indeed, Daniel Chard mentioned it on a Facebook group... I don't have it, and it looks more like a collectible item than a tile you can play, isn't it?
If that's the case... I'm not feeling incomplete without it, I love to play with all the tiles I have so I can feel fine without this one :D
Also, as I told him on the group: "if it's not listed on Wica, it's not official enough for me, that's my excuse" (and this avoids me using the very few € Carcassonne left me before finding the few expansions I'm still missing :D )

Anyway: do you have more info about this tile? I think I heard about it on the forum but can't find it anymore... Was it a fan made tile?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 30, 2024, 01:30:03 AM
...Daniel Chard mentioned it on a Facebook group...

Watch out for that guy, he's definitely a dodgy one... ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 30, 2024, 01:37:53 AM
@danisthirty I'm reading a chapter from his book every evening, I know how sneaky he can be, yes!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 30, 2024, 01:55:08 AM
@danisthirty I'm reading a chapter from his book every evening, I know how sneaky he can be, yes!

Thanks! :(y) It's great to know it's still being read; I hope you're finding it interesting and useful 8)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 30, 2024, 02:16:33 AM
Yes it is!
We've read the first "part" of the book I'd say (intro, roads, cities and... Monasteries? Cloisters? You know what I mean...), and will soon start reading the tips to trap meeple.

Some of the tips we learned so far are now used in every game we play, we also noticed many things we were doing without realising it, the fact to realise those were interesting moves encourage us to use them more often too.

I recently played with 2 friends of mine, who both enjoyed the game so much they bought it the very next day, and I gave them some of the tips while playing so they quickly learned to establish tactics to enjoy the game even more.

We had a few laugh reading it too, I know my gf especially loved the "Carcassonne" pronounciation (we're both french speakers and she's an english teacher), so it's definitely a book we both appreciate reading!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 30, 2024, 03:12:25 AM
Thanks so much for those kind words. Feedback is always appreciated. :(y)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: kelderek on January 30, 2024, 01:03:22 PM
Preparing for our trip in May...
(https://i.ibb.co/j6NKgjV/IMG-20240130-214618-01.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 30, 2024, 01:07:58 PM
Also, as I told him on the group: "if it's not listed on Wica, it's not official enough for me, that's my excuse" (and this avoids me using the very few € Carcassonne left me before finding the few expansions I'm still missing :D )

Anyway: do you have more info about this tile? I think I heard about it on the forum but can't find it anymore... Was it a fan made tile?

Be careful, I can just as easily add it to the WICA  ;)

It is a fan made tile, almost more as a wink or even a joke. Made by @MMike !
I got one from him, as have some others, and I got mine even signed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede, along with other Spiel tiles  ;D

But it is not an "officially" produced tile
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 30, 2024, 01:08:18 PM
Preparing for our trip in May...
(https://i.ibb.co/j6NKgjV/IMG-20240130-214618-01.jpg)

Very good! Always be prepared with the essentials!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on January 30, 2024, 10:13:53 PM
It is a fan made tile, almost more as a wink or even a joke. Made by @MMike !
What tile is everyone talking about? Been reading the conversation the last few days and feeling a bit confused.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on January 30, 2024, 10:53:27 PM
It is a fan made tile, almost more as a wink or even a joke. Made by @MMike !
What tile is everyone talking about? Been reading the conversation the last few days and feeling a bit confused.  ;D

I suppose, it's @MMike 's "Spiel '1" (stone age style with Volcano) fan made tile signed by KJW
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 30, 2024, 11:21:19 PM
Yes, it's that one!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: chris6507 on January 30, 2024, 11:26:51 PM
I suppose, it's @MMike 's "Spiel '1" (stone age style with Volcano) fan made tile signed by KJW
Oh, yes. I do remember seeing them a while back. Thanks for  enlightening me.  ;D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Bumsakalaka on January 31, 2024, 12:19:04 AM
I suppose, it's @MMike 's "Spiel '1" (stone age style with Volcano) fan made tile signed by KJW
Oh, yes. I do remember seeing them a while back. Thanks for  enlightening me.  ;D

And "it's official" means, that signed KJW (years ago) means that La Porxada of official. So also Spiel '1 signed by KJW means, that it's official also...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Decar on January 31, 2024, 12:27:33 AM
That's right!

Dan's Mustachioed tile is official too - KJW signed it.

I think there's an official milk sachet expansion too.... although his signature might have rubbed off by now.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: danisthirty on January 31, 2024, 12:52:54 AM
I think there's an official milk sachet expansion too.... although his signature might have rubbed off by now.

It's still official!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 31, 2024, 04:28:24 AM
One new addition to my collection... It looks brand new!

No doubt I'll add Siege to The Besiegers and The Cathars to my Mega Carcassonne!
Still unsure if this version of The Cult, with 1 extra tile, shall replace the classic version from expension 6...
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on January 31, 2024, 07:18:24 AM
Very nice! You've been finding some great things to add to your collection!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 31, 2024, 07:43:56 AM
Very few things are left to find... Things are not easy now :D
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: gamgeefan2 on January 31, 2024, 08:23:33 PM
Very few things are left to find... Things are not easy now :D
What's left on your wish list?
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on January 31, 2024, 11:17:58 PM
I think most things are currently on their way now, the only thing I still shall find are the 4 Russian tiles... But the few ones I found are just out of reach regarding the price up to now. I may have found 2 of them but it's still in a discussion.

After that, I'll just have a few print and play expansion to prepare (I'll have to find a way to make them properly, I'm not a fan of the result I have with Cutcassonne up to now).
I'll probably include La Porxada as a print and play, since the original stickers probably can't be found any more.


I'm actually not a real completist, I mean I don't need a c1 + c2 + c3 copy of each item, a single copy is enough for me. My target is to add some expansion to my game every now and then so we have some new rules to play, new challenges and new tactics and strategies to play. I'm not building an actual collection of all Carcassonne item :)

Also, I'm currently focusing to the classic Carcassonne, not the spin off, and only official / semi official item, I'm not into fan expansion :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Scott on February 01, 2024, 09:42:21 AM
Not yet....  ;)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 01, 2024, 01:25:43 PM
Be careful not to look too deep into the Carcassonne rabbit hole  ;)

I almost forgot to post this one, which arrived yesterday!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1202223006722555935/1202223007284858930/20240131_120204.jpg?ex=65ccac6d&is=65ba376d&hm=c0ac2eb48c91470a0ee43c2d4d92fac962aa3a9b37f9daedf89a77cbff357507&)
For winning the CarcassonneCentral advent puzzle on Facebook, Scott was so kind to put together this package!

Can't wait to try these out in a game!
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on February 02, 2024, 03:28:50 AM
Finally get me hands on this one !
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240202/62033f6a740a6c8e9891406aa3d1c7c0.jpg)


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: oldbonz on February 02, 2024, 05:18:07 AM
what is this box?
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Post by: Linkarssonne (Linksux) on February 02, 2024, 07:01:22 AM
what is this box?
Carcassonne - Kreivi ja Kuningas (English: The Count & the King) is a compilation of three small expansions — The River II, The Count of Carcassonne and King & Scout.

It was packaged in a standard-size Carcassonne expansion box and only released in Finland.
It is a precursor to Hans im Glück's expansion Count, King & Consort which used the same compilation components but also including a new expansion, The Cult, and removed the Scout since that expands Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers.

Source : BGG


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Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: NGC 54 on February 02, 2024, 07:06:27 AM
This "Kreivi ja Kuningas" should be added at https://wikicarpedia.com/car/Collections_and_Expansions and https://wikicarpedia.com/car/Variants.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Willem on February 02, 2024, 09:25:39 AM
it is included in the Collections & Expansions page.
Currently listed as the 1st printing of Count, King & Robber expansion in Finnish.

Unfortunately, it's not as straightforward as that, as Linksux menitoned;
This box was released in Finland only, before the Count,King&Robber expansion was a thing in Germany or any other markets. I don't know if Lautapelit knew of Exp. 6, but here we go.
As it was released there before Abbey&the Mayor, it is even marked on the box as Exp 5.
Due to this, Abbey&Mayor in Finnish was numbered as 6 (and they've retained this in the C2 re-releases).

Kreivi ja Kuningas doesn't include the Cult, but does have the Scout tiles.

We can add a footnote for the C&E page, and i'll look to see if i can write up a good additional entry for the Variants page. Probably will add it under the "Limited Editions" header, as there doesn't seem to be a better header for it atm

(Bonus fun fact; as C1 Count,King & Robber was not released in Sweden, the Catapult was numbered as expansion 6. They did number B,C&B as nr 8 though)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on February 20, 2024, 11:22:48 PM
Just received a few Lucca map today :D
Title: I love the postman...
Post by: supertopix on February 21, 2024, 04:57:38 AM
Just received a few Lucca map today :D
Where did you find the maps? I’d like to buy one of those…
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Death Meeple on February 21, 2024, 10:41:42 PM
I found those on Vinted, not planning to keep all of them by the way... I'll surely decide to let some of them go in the future to gather money for stuff I still don't have :)
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Weetek23 on February 27, 2024, 12:19:11 AM
Yesterday I was happy to find these Halflings II on my desk when coming to work, a great improvement of otherwise rather gloomy Monday :-D Many thanks to biowanderer for fair pricing and smooth shipment! I realized that this is an addition to C1 part of my Carcassonne collection after almost 2 dry years, narrowing my C1 wish list to only few items, none of which except Crop Circles 1 will I pursue to much.
Title: Re: I love the postman...
Post by: Meepledrone on March 01, 2024, 11:06:24 AM
Oooooh! Congrats!