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News and Events / CundCo and HiG Newsletter - Spiel 2015

« on: October 06, 2015, 04:39:02 AM »

The CundCo and HiG newsletter for the Spiel 2015 has been send out.

The booth from HiG: Hall 3 - booth 3-B113:
The new games / expansions from HiG:
- Skyliners
- Russian Railroads - German Railroads
- Carcassonne - Über Stock und Stein
- Carcassonne - Star Wars

The booth from CundCo: Hall 2 - booth 2-C101
this year again the box with some nice mini-expansions and surprisings:
- Carcassonne - German Castles
- Carcassonne - half and half II
- Carcassonne blanc tiles sets for: CC-basis and dark back side, CC-South Seas, Goldrush, CC-Winter-Edition, CC-über Stock und Stein)
- City of Carcassonne as a starting tile

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News and Events / Exhibition "modell-hobby-spiel" in Leipzig, Germany - 02.-04.10.2015

« on: October 01, 2015, 02:04:08 PM »

The exhibition "modell-hobby-spiel" in Leipizig, Germany from 02.-04.10.2015:

Some English information:

modell-hobby-spiel is the biggest consumer event for model building, model railways, creative arts, games and toys, for visitors from the five eastern states of Germany, for Bavaria and Hessen as well as for visitors from the Czech Republic and Poland.

It is taking place for the 20th time in 2015.

In 2014, 658 exhibitors from 10 countries presented a comprehensive industry overview and unveiled new products. Workshops and lots of offers to try out encourage people to get involved in all areas and demonstrate how nice it can be to have a hobby.

Since 2009, the "Graf Ludo" game graphics award has been presented at modell-hobby-spiel

I will go on Saturday to Leipzig.
But this year I don't  go to the "Graf Ludo" prize-giving ceremony.
The ceremony is this year on Friday in the same hall as the booth from HiG.

The nominees for the award has two cathegories - each cathegory has 2-3 nominees:
- best graphics in family games
- best graphics in children games
Graf Ludo - Nominees

The graphic artists with the best graphic will get the award.
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At the booth at HiG / Carcassonne-on-Tour with Udo Schmitz
- the new Spin-Off "Carcassonne-Über Stock und Stein"

Klaus-Jürgen Wrede will sign the games and also the autograph cards and his new book.

Some tournaments with Carcassonne take place.
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The photo shows the booth from HiG - sorry for this small picture, but I've got only this small one from Udo.

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News and Events / CundCo Shop - coming soon with new system and navigation

« on: September 29, 2015, 10:42:31 AM »

CundCo Shop - coming soon with new system and navigation

I've got an email from CundCo:

In a few days, we're going with a new Carcassonne & co online shop launched! A new system, better navigation, everything seems fresh and contemporary. And finally there will be an English-language version.

We like to refresh the product descriptions for all of our products. Some descriptions of the mini expensions are thin or aren't saying anything important.  And who could be better to bring the benefits of the various mini expensions to the point as the Carcassonne fan community?

If you like to help us with a small descriptions for each mini expansion that would be great. If you feel like so, then could you formulate 2-3 sentences for each mini expension about describing what makes the mini expension? It conveys only a first impression... We would be happy, if you could support us there!

the native English speaking moderators - please help with the correct wording - kettlefish

CundCo - Mini-Erweiterungen (Mini-Expansions) - we need the help especially for the Carcassonne mini-expansions.

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News and Events / Knizia - Falcon expansion for Carcassonne - "Die Burg" (The Castle)

« on: September 23, 2015, 07:02:20 AM »

The author of the spin-off "Carcassonne - The Castle" Reiner Knizia has posted at his homepage download files for the never published expansion "The Falcon"

Here is the link to the homepage from Knizia

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News and Events / Udo Schmitz - on Tour - in Russia - St Petersburg

« on: September 07, 2015, 03:24:43 AM »

Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne-on-Tour) is visiting St Petersburg in Russia.
He found a game shop. He was surpised to see the meeple...

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Other Games / Isle of Skye

« on: August 25, 2015, 01:59:17 PM »

TricTrac - an interesting new game:

http://de.trictrac.net/news/plattchen-legen-preis-bestimmen-whisky-trinken
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BGG:

Isle of Skye
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some YouTube Videos:

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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Meeple Tile Tower - a small contest

« on: August 13, 2015, 09:45:21 AM »

A small contest: Meeple Tile Tower

Build a meeple tile tower - start 3 meeples - a tile - 3 meeples - a tile and so on.
Please use the standard follower and landscape tiles.

Who will build the highest tower?

This game is a part of Carcassonne-on-Tour (CoT). At the CoT events the people have 3 minutes time to build such tower. It would be nice if you tell us how long do you need for your own meeple tile tower.

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News and Events / Klaus-Jürgen Wrede as a book author

« on: August 11, 2015, 03:00:14 PM »

Klaus-Jürgen Wrede is for us well known as a author of games - expecially for the Carcassonne world.

Since a few days he has published his first book.
"Das Geheimnis des Genter Altars" (The secret of the Ghent Altarpiece)

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News and Events / MrNumbers and Udo Schmitz visit Fortress Königstein

« on: July 30, 2015, 11:40:47 AM »

MrNumbers and Udo Schmitz (Carcassonne-on-Tour) visit the Fortress Königstein. The Fortress Königstein  (Festung Königstein) is a part of the mini expansion "Castles in Germany".

Udo got a gift from MrNumbers - a wine holder.

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News and Events / Carcassonne - Über Stock und Stein (across country)

« on: July 28, 2015, 12:42:10 AM »

In autumn there will come the next Carcassonne spin-off game:

Carcassonne - Über Stock und Stein

"über Stock und Stein" is a German phrase many translators says "over hill and dale" - but in this game you don't have hills or dales. It is more like a phrase for "across country".

Scott has posted at CarcC facebook some more information

and from TricTrac France are also some information

and at the Homepage from Klaus-Jürgen Wrede is also a short information

The graphics artist is: Doris Matthäus

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News and Events / Klaus-Jürgen Wrede - Homepage

« on: July 26, 2015, 02:00:03 AM »

Klaus-Jürgen Wrede has now his own Homepage:

http://kjwrede.de/

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News and Events / Carcassonne II - Inns and Cathedrals

« on: July 01, 2015, 10:34:18 AM »

at CarcF the members have found the first look at the box for the expansion Inns and Cathedrals.

the logo is from MindOK - license partner from HiG for the Czech and Polish.

Here comes the link...

Carcassonne Gra Planszowa at facebook
And the dumb-looking, highly Romanticised art continues on the boxes. Woo. Pass.

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Anything Else / Crowdfunding - some help for the Greek

« on: July 01, 2015, 10:32:55 AM »

Here comes an interesting crowdfunding at indiegogo....

Some help for the Greek...

Here is the link https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greek-bailout-fund#/story

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General / CarcC Upgrade Attachments

« on: June 27, 2015, 11:09:23 PM »

Gantry was online and upgraded the attachments for the CarcC forum:

I changed the attachment settings:

- max size per post from 192kb to 2048kb
- max size per attachment from 192kb to 512kb
- max attachments per post from 4 to 6

Now we do not have much problems with posting our screenshots for the league or my x-score list or the nice photos for the "I love the postman"...

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Other Games / Queen Games - Kingdom Builder-Marshes - Canceled - KickStarter

« on: June 26, 2015, 03:58:36 PM »

Today I've read some interesting things about a KickStarter project from QueenGames.

Kingdom Builder - Expansion 3 - Marshes

The author of the game Kingdom Builder is Donald X. Vaccarino. (he is also the author of Dominion - publisher RGG).

The author talked at BoradGameGeek (BGG) about his trouble with the publisher QueenGames - here are some links to BGG:

Kingdom Builder: Marshlands Stealth Announced, Put on Kickstarter, Canceled

Queen hasn't paid DonnyX for KB since 2014, so maybe think twice before backing the KS?

Donald X.: The contract expires if they haven't published the expansion by June 30 2015