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General / Крепость - An unlicensed variant/spin-off
« on: June 25, 2022, 06:52:39 AM »
Hi all, in the past weeks, I have been checking deep into the Cyrillic side of Carcassonne, and I wanted to share with you something interesting. An unlicensed variant/spin-off of Carcassonne in Ukraine.

LaPorxada found multiple editions of Ukrainian versions of the game. All of them are notoriously unlicensed, but they follow the path of the Iranian version I posted some months ago. I mean, they do not use any HiG material; they change the title and some names to fit better into their cultural context.

However, this post is not about those versions. They are cool, but most are off print years ago. This post is about one edition that does not include meeple nor scoreboard, but instead contains a 10x8 blue grid and new mechanics.



LaPorxada and I were chatting about it, translating the rules, and checking some details, and I found it interesting; it is more like a competitive puzzle. Maybe there are some similar variants in the forum (I did not find any).
 
The name of this edition is a generic name shared by all other Ukrainian unlicensed editions, Крепость.




Rules
The game goes as follows (remember, no meeples are involved):
1. First player draw the first tile (no starter tile, apparently) and puts it in any square of the blue grid.
2. By turns, each player draws a tile and puts the tile in the blue grid. I believe that after the first tile, players must place the tile adjacent to an existing tile in the good Carcassonne way.
3. If the tile cannot be deployed, the player puts it into their reserve and draw another tile. This step must be repeated up to two more times (three tiles max per turn). The active player passes if none of the three tiles can be placed.
4. At the end of the game, the player with fewer tiles in their hand (or reserve) is the winner. In the case of a tie, a minor break match is played, but using a 6x5 grid space.

Things to take into consideration:
1. There are four new wild tiles (big coat of arms tiles); they can fit without following the rules of edges-matching (kind of like the Abbey)
2. Cities must not finish on the edge of the grid (opposite of Carcassonne maps).
3. Tile distribution is quite different compared with the Base game + River. But still, it is playable as a variant.

TileКрепостьBase+river
cccc11
cccf34
cccr53
ccff-J75
ccrr55
ccss21
cfcf-J23
cfcf-S33
cfff65
cfrr43
crfr13
crrf33
crrr23
fffr22
fffs22
ffrr89
ffss22
frfr68
frrr44
fsfs12
wild44 (Abbey tiles)
rrrr11
rsrs41
rrss21
Total8078

This game was produced and distributed by local companies; there are some traces of it on the Internet.


Let me know if some of you are fluent in Ukrainian to double-check the rules, or if some of you have more info about this.

Best,

 :red-meeple:

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The Marketplace / WTB 20th Anniversary River tiles
« on: April 28, 2022, 01:09:00 PM »
Hi all,

I would like to see if some of you have a spare copy of the Anniversary version and are willing to sell me only the river tiles.
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/River#20th_Anniversary_River

I really like this river; it is the only thing I truly want from this edition.

Thanks,

 :red-meeple:

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The Marketplace / WTB The Scout expansion for Hunters & Gatherers
« on: April 23, 2022, 08:55:11 AM »
Hi all, I am looking for this mini-expansion for my collection. I saw some offers in BGG but some of them only have the King and Baron expansion for Carcassone, and other the shipping for 5 tiles is outrageous.

Thanks

 :red-meeple:

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Other Games / Hampi & the Sun Jewels - Hexagonal tile placing game
« on: October 03, 2021, 10:24:36 PM »
Hi community,

I'm currently working on an hexagon-shaped game, based on the Carcassonne rules (with few changes of course).

Does anybody know if a such a game has already been envisioned? Or even exists already?

Eventually, would some people would be interested in testing /knowing more this prototype?

Cheers,

 :gray-meeple: Laurent

Hey laurentg, definitely, you should see this game: Hampi & the Sun Jewel (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329754/hampi-sun-jewel)

Presentation:


Gameplay:


Best  :red-meeple:


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News and Events / Carcassonne maps: Taiwan
« on: August 27, 2021, 08:01:43 AM »
Hi everyone,

Yesterday looking for some Carcassonne content, I found this post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCPYY5hAIX/
In which there was a fragment of what looks like Carcassonne maps Taiwan. The same information was posted on their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katecatboardgames/photos/a.314921258669413/1831042797057244/



I thought this was a fan expansion (similar to the Ukraine map posted some days ago in BGG), but today I saw on the Facebook page of Swan Panasia (Carcassonne producer in Asia) this photo:
https://www.facebook.com/swanpanasia/photos/a.178271972364275/1717157198475737/



So, maybe it is kinda official!

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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Carcassonne Solo Challenger
« on: December 15, 2020, 09:05:08 PM »
Hi all,

Inspired by the challenges posted in BGG by kirkroberts (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2458559/carcassonne-solo-challenge-1-july-2020) and the Japanese challenge shared by DrMeeple (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4618.msg67937#msg67937), I created a small web app (optimized for big and small screens) to organize challenges in this variant.

https://carliunterik.github.io/carcachallenge/

Each challenge is determined by a unique number. In that way you can share a particular challenge using the URL to challenge other players. Using the share button you can generate a URL like this:

https://carliunterik.github.io/carcachallenge/?s=418766&v=full

I usually play this variant with my copy of Demo-Spiel  :blue-meeple: :red-meeple: (ultra fast solo mode), for that reason, I also included the list of all tiles in this mini-version in this app.

Hope it is useful for some of you. Any feedback is welcomed.

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News and Events / Spiel tile 2020
« on: October 05, 2020, 11:29:02 AM »
Check the instagram profile of HiG,

https://www.instagram.com/p/CF9UqGpBsqo/


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General / Iranian version of Carcassonne (Kados or کادوس)
« on: September 15, 2020, 10:13:51 AM »
Hi all,

Looking for some Carcassonne content, I found a version apparently distributed only in Iran. In the same way that current version of Carcassonne sold in Arabic peninsula, they changed a little bit the name of some components (clusters and abbot). In this version the changes are not only restricted to names, the entire art (logo, box, tiles, even back of the tiles) is totally different.



Check this blog to see what I am talking about:
http://mrgamers.ir/1398/02/18/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C/

When I saw it, I thought that it was (or is) a fan-made version, like Legend of Zelda or Super Mario Bros fan-editions. However, I found it was distributed and sold widely in plenty of websites, some of them dedicated to sell board games in Iran. That makes me think that it is not just a fan print and play.
https://ketabsara.co/Product/37017/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3
https://bazidone.com/product/kados/
https://artikala.com/product/kadous/
http://smartstore.ir/SmartGame/189/carcassonne-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87

I am pretty sure this edition is not related with HiG (no logo is found in any box) in any way (licensed, approved, or partnered); nevertheless, they, in some descriptions, mention HiG as the original publisher and  Klaus-Jürgen Wrede as designer.

I searched about this company, but their website is dead (https://web.archive.org/web/20140730194758/http://www.kadousgame.com:80/) and the Facebook profile is not active since 2014 (https://www.facebook.com/kadousgame). Its release was recent, for that maybe some copies are out there.

If someone knows something else about this project, I would be happy to read more about.

Best

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The Marketplace / WTB Carcassonne Maps in USA
« on: August 17, 2020, 12:35:19 PM »
Hi all,

I want to get all Carcassonne maps but in Cundco store shipping is about 50€! Five maps + chips will cost more than 100€  :-\

I was looking in some boardgame stores, not only here, but also in Europe, however they are very limited or out of stock.

Please, if some of you (users in Americas continent) have successfully bought them, could you share your experience in case you got them for a better shipping price?

Thanks,

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Online Games and Competitions / Carcassonne videogames
« on: June 01, 2020, 10:09:49 PM »
Hi everyone, some weeks ago I started searching some information about videogames of this boardgame; however, I found some incomplete and fragmented information. I decided compile it in a simple list sorted by time. Hope this calm the curiosity of some people that are looking the same information.

If you notice some error, please let me know.


You can see an updated version of this information now in the Wikicarpedia
http://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Digital_Versions



Carcassonne videogames timeline

Carcassonne: Ritter, Räuber, Ränkeschmiede [by Koch]

Available in DE, FR, and RU; published by Koch Media GmbH, Tandem Verlag GmbH, 1C Company, and Deep Silver, and developed by Meridian'93. This game was released on November 30 , 2002 with official support until January 1, 2006. This release was developed for Windows (Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 7). This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the expansions: River, King and Baron, Inns and Cathedrals, and Traders and Builders.

This videogame is considered the first adaptation of Carcassonne, it included different "skins" for tiles and meeples.

URL or Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20021116075655/http://www.carcassonne-online.de/



Carcassonne [for XBOX360]

Available in EN; published by Sierra Online a division of Vivendi Games, Inc. (also by Microsoft Studios) and developed by Sierra Online. This game was released on June 27, 2007. This release was developed for XBOX 360. Official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It includes the expansions: River (It was announced as River II; however, tiles correspond to the River I expansion), King and Baron.

URL or Archive: https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Product/Carcassonne/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410840?DownloadType=Game#



Carcassonne [in BrettSpielWelt]

Available in EN, DE, and NL; published and developed by Brettspielwelt GmbH. This game was released in May 2007. This release was developed for Windows, Mac OS, Linux (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 , Windows 10, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix). This is a licensed release.

It includes the expansions: King and Baron, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, The Princess & The Dragon.

URL or Archive: http://brettspielwelt.de/Spiele/Carcassonne/

Carcassonne [for DS]

Available in multiple languages; published by Koch Media GmbH, Deep Silver and developed by Independent Arts Software GmbH. This game was released on October 23, 2009. This release was developed for Nintendo DS. This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the River expansion.

Similar to the PC Koch release, this game includes four different themes (or skins) for only tiles, called Scenary or Worlds. This is the only game that includes a Story mode.

URL or Archive: [missing]



Carcassonne [by Coding Monkeys]

Published by The Coding Monkeys and developed by The Coding Monkeys. This game was released on June 4, 2010 with official support until February 29, 2020. This release was developed for iOS initially. A major port was released on December 9, 2015 for Mac OS (Mac OS X 10.10). This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the expansions: River, River II, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, Phantom, The Princess & The Dragon, Abbot, German Cathedrals, Winter, Winter - Gingerbread Man.

URL or Archive: https://carcassonneapp.com/





Carcassonne [by Exozet]

Available in EN, DE, FR, and SP; published by Exozet Games GmbH and Advanced Mobile Applications, and developed by Exozet Games GmbH. This game was released on March 18, 2011 (Android), September 9, 2011 (Blackberry) with official support until 2014. This release was developed for Android, J2ME phones (Two versions, touch screen support and regular feature phone version), and Blackberry (Blackberry OS versions 4.6.0 and up, 2.0.0 and up for tablets and BB10). This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the River II expansion.

URL or Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20130907010449/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exozet.game.carcassonne&hl=en (Android); https://web.archive.org/web/20110930010646/http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/46159/ (Blackberry)



Carcassonne [for Windows Phone]

Published by Microsoft Studios and developed by Exozet Games GmbH. This game was released on October 24, 2012 with official support until September 2015. This release was developed for Windows Phone (Windows Phone 7 and 8  ) This version included a different graphical user interface than previous Exozet development. This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the River II expansion.

URL or Archive: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/carcassonne/9wzdncrfhwdr?rtc=1



Carcassonne [major update for Android and Windows by Exozet]

A major update only for Android and Windows platform (as UWP app) was published and developed by Exozet Games GmbH. This game was released on July 4, 2014 (Android) and  October 8, 2014 (UWP) with official support until May 17, 2017. This release was developed for Android, Windows Phone 8, and Windows (Windows 8 and Windows RT). This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It included the expansions: River II, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, Crop Circles, The Festival.

URL or Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20140726232848/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exozet.game.carcassonne&hl=en (Android); https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/carcassonne/9wzdncrdfdbq?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab (UWP)





JCloisterZone

Available in multiple languages; published and developed by Roman Krejčík. This game was released in May 2014. This release was developed for Windows, Mac OS, Linux.

It includes a vast number of expansions: River, River II, King and Baron, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, Crop Circles, Crop Circles II, The Festival, Phantom, The Princess & The Dragon, German Monasteries, The Tower, Abbey and the Mayor, Bridges, Castles and Bazzars, Hills and Sheep, The Cathars / Siege, The Besiegers, The Count of Carcassonne, Mini Expansion (GQ 11), The Cult, The Tunnel, Little Buildings, The Wind Rose, The Flier, The Ferries, The Goldmines, Mage & Witch, Russian promos, Winter.

URL or Archive: https://jcloisterzone.com/en/



Concarneau

Available in EN; published and developed by Brian Ouellette. This game was released in April 2014. This release was developed for Web browser.

It includes the expansions: Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders.

URL or Archive: https://concarneau.herokuapp.com/

Seven castles

Available in EN; no information about developer or publisher in Web browser or Android edition, however Ivan Tenger appear as seller and holder of copyright for iOS version. This game was released in 2014. This release was developed for Web browser, Android, and iOS.

It includes the expansions: Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders. It also has two different variations of original game and multiple speed-up setups for short games.

URL or Archive: https://sevencastles.eu/

Carcassonne [in BGA]

Available in  multiple languages; published by Board Game Arena and developed by Board Game Arena. This game was released on November 13, 2016. This release was developed for Web browser. This is a licensed release.

It includes the expansions: River, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders.

URL or Archive: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=carcassonne



‎Carcassonne – Tiles & Tactics [by Asmodee]

Available in EN, DE, FR, SP, and IT; published by Asmodee Digital and developed by Frima Studio. This game was released on November 29, 2017 (Android and Windows), December 6, 2018 (Switch), and March 1, 2020 (iOS). This release was developed for Android (Android 4.1 +), Windows (Windows 10), Switch (Name in this version is just Carcassonne and it includes some minor changes in the graphical user interface to fit with console controlers) and iOS. This is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

It includes the expansions: River, Inns and Cathedrals, Traders and Builders, The Princess & The Dragon, Abbot, Winter, Winter - Gingerbread Man.

URL or Archive: https://www.asmodee-digital.com/en/carcassonne/









Other spinoffs different to Winter edition (that was included as "expansion" or DLC in other Carcassonne games)

Carcassonne Jäger & Sammler [Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers]

Available in DE published by Koch Media GmbH and developed by Meridian'93. This game was released on December 10, 2003 with official support until August 20, 2006. This release was ported for Windows and is an official Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH release.

URL or Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20031224151813/http://www.carcassonne-online.de/jus.shtml

Carcassonne: De Burcht [Carcassonne: The Castle]

Available in EN, DE, and NL published by Jijbent and developed by Jan Willem Schoonhoven and Bram Schoonhoven. This game was released in July 2010. This release was ported for Web browser.

URL or Archive: https://www.jijbent.nl/; https://www.brettspielnetz.de/; https://www.yourturnmyturn.com/

Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers

Available in EN and DE published by Yucata and developed by BloodyMary. This game was released on November 1, 2015. This release was ported for Web browser. This is a licensed release.

URL or Archive: https://www.yucata.de/en/GameInfo/CarcHaG

Carcassonne South Seas

Available in EN and DE published by Yucata and developed by BloodyMary. This game was released on April 17, 2016. This release was ported for Web browser. This is a licensed release.

URL or Archive: https://www.yucata.de/en/GameInfo/CarcSouthSeas




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