Meepleflags (available again on Cundco)

[The-Edge]

I would like to buy the set of meeple flags but they have been on sale for a week at cundco and have not been available since. I have emailed CundCo but get no response.

Are there perhaps people here who have emailed them and have contact with them about the status of the meeple flags?

I would like to hear from you.......

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5690.0

[DrMeeple]

Meepleflags was out of stock very fast and HiG won’t produce more I think… sad…


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[Weetek23]

I frantically grabbed one copy of yellow flags during the Advent sale rush without even noticing the colour variants. They sold out within few hours and are not available since then. I got an impression, though, that they will produce more copies soon. To have one set does not make much sence 
I was dissapointed after their delivery to see what I initially regarded as incomplete painting but then I was advised that there was a foil over some flags.

[danisthirty]

I think their line on them at the time (i.e. the day they sold them all) was that there should be a second lot that will become available at some point, but they couldn't say when.

I'll be sure to share anything I hear about when this might end up being in the meantime.

[Scott]

Not exactly the same, but these are still available: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/meeple-flags-for-carcassonne

[Meepledrone]

These are the C1-ish ones that inspired the ones sold by CundCo...

This was posted by StarFlicker on Reddit. He is the guy from The Game Crafter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Carcassonne/comments/p6gr2h/after_a_couple_of_years_i_have_now_contributed_an/

[DIN0]

Ok, I have to give my critique and say the original ones are vastly superior. The flags released by HiG have several major downsides to them:

• low readibality due to numbers being cut out from the wood with no contrast color. This also depends on the flag color, but all of them are harder to read than original flags even in optimal lighting conditions.
  

• multiple colors. This is a rather jarring design choice. The flags do not need to have colors corresponding to the player because they are attached to the scoring figure which already is color-coded. This inflates the price of the product and that applies not only for completionists, but to everyone who wants to make use of the flags for all players. This is exacerbated by the low stocks of the product. They really should have made them in just one neutral color.
  

• they pose a threat to your Carcassonne collection. The new flags can damage the other game components via no less than three design choices:
  1) they are tight - the attachment method employed by the flags creates a great amount of friction which strips the meeples of their color over extended use because you are meant to slide the on and off repeatedly. I have deteced first signs of damage after only 5 exchanges.
  2) dey stains - the colored flags are dyed, but do not posses any clear coat like the meeples do, so the dye leeches out and stains nearby objests such as scoring meeples or tiles or your fingers.
  3) soot stains - the flags are laser cut from the wood, so the edges are covered in charred carbon, which stains the scoring meeple. Even worse, the carbon covers any other game material if you keep the flags near it. It also covers your fingers when you are changing them or keeping score and you then transfer the soot onto your tiles.

Points 1), 2) and 3) are also problems to an extent in the originals, but are not as intense. 1) The carboard is more maleable than wood so the tightness can be adjusted. 2) carboard has printed decorations and doesn't stain anything. 3) carboard flags are thinner and so the soot layer is smaller.

One saving grace is that the expansion comes with one meeple of the flag's color, so you are given an extra scoring meeple to take the brunt of the damage.

In conclusion, I simply cannot recommend the new meeple flags in good faith, no matter how much I like them as a concept
Using the scoring tiles or any viable alternative should be preferred if you care about the state of your game components.

[The-Edge]

I did find the meeple flags from game crafter, it is just easier for me to buy them in germany. (with shipping etc)
Im must buy them aswell for my overseas friends, who also want them and maybe i must wait a little longer before they will be online again.
Have patience they said.........

Thank you all for the response

[Scott]

Points 1), 2) and 3) are also problems to an extent in the originals, but are not as intense. 1) The carboard is more maleable than wood so the tightness can be adjusted. 2) carboard has printed decorations and doesn't stain anything. 3) carboard flags are thinner and so the soot layer is smaller.

It was my understanding from watching the video at The Gamecrafter that his flags are also laser-cut from wood.

I ordered a set in order to have them for my collection, but I don't expect I will use them, as my d10 method is superior.

[DIN0]

They are indeed laser-cut, but the material should be cardboard based on some reviews of Game crafter's product I have watched/read.

[chris6507]

It was my understanding from watching the video at The Gamecrafter that his flags are also laser-cut from wood.

I ordered a set in order to have them for my collection, but I don't expect I will use them, as my d10 method is superior.

What is your D10 Method?

[gamgeefan2]

I was dissapointed after their delivery to see what I initially regarded as incomplete painting but then I was advised that there was a foil over some flags.

Glad I'm not the only one who asked them about the "incomplete painting".   

[Scott]

It was my understanding from watching the video at The Gamecrafter that his flags are also laser-cut from wood.

I ordered a set in order to have them for my collection, but I don't expect I will use them, as my d10 method is superior.

What is your D10 Method?

I bought some d10 in the same colours as the meeples. Each time you lap the board, turn the d10 to the next number.


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[Challa007]

What is D10?

[Meepledrone]

A 10-sided die. Normal dice are d6.