I'm not sure, what you call "standard". All I know, is that rules from "The Tower" still encouraged, that you could add all tiles together, while "Abbey & Mayor" did not. As far as I know, A&M also had been the first expansion to have watermarks right from the first print run. I also think "The Tower" is a very "concentrated" expansion, with the main feature on all of the 18 tiles, so they might initially had in mind, people will play with all tiles and therefore need a more prominent available feature. And starting with A&M there was a "rethinking", that it might get to much, if you always add expansion after expansion and that's why the watermarks came into play. All mayor expansion tiles up to "The Tower" had been 162. If you count in count, king & river, you get a few more. So probably, you quite hit the mark, when KJW and HiG considered "it is enough" for a single game.
Were Watermarks introduced with Abbey and Mayor?
Quote from: Christopher on March 30, 2016, 01:31:34 PMWere Watermarks introduced with Abbey and Mayor?That's not, what I actually wrote. I think, I read somewhere here, that they were introduced with Big Box 1. Still, if that was the case, A&M would have been the first expansion to get them from 1st printing on.
Which BB had rivers in it? I know 1 and 5 had it, which one else? Funny to see this magical 170 number showing up.
Quote from: SRBO on April 02, 2016, 05:19:13 AMWhich BB had rivers in it? I know 1 and 5 had it, which one else? Funny to see this magical 170 number showing up.Big Box 2 contains Count, King and Robber so contains the River II.
This means vanilla tiles are:Inns and CathedralsTrade goodsRiversCultsVineyardsHillsSiege tilesDarmstadtFerriesFliersGames QuarterlyMonasteriesWind Roses
Quote from: Christopher on March 30, 2016, 05:45:36 AMThis means vanilla tiles are:Inns and CathedralsTrade goodsRiversCultsVineyardsHillsSiege tilesDarmstadtFerriesFliersGames QuarterlyMonasteriesWind RosesI dub these Vanilla+ tiles.
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