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News and Events / Carcassonne in Carcassonne - 09 & 10.09.2023
« on: September 10, 2023, 04:13:49 AM »
This weekend an event in Carcassonne is taking place. People like the idea of playing Carcassonne in Carcassonne and I don't know why!  ;D

Here you may find a summary of the activities.
* French (full info): https://www.tourisme-carcassonne.fr/temps-forts/festival-du-jeu-carcassonne/
* Spanish (full info): https://www.tourisme-carcassonne.fr/es/momentos-culminantes/festival-juegos-carcassonne/
* English (short info): https://www.tourisme-carcassonne.fr/en/calendar/carcassonne-games-festival-2/

Asmodee took advantage of the whole thing and celebrated the French Carcassonne National Championship. I would like to congratulate @Linksux for participating in it and reaching the second position. He fell in the finals against the national champion. We feel very proud in you!!!  :(y) :(y) :(y)

KJW and Marcel Gröber didn't show up, so no meet and greet or personal tiles this time. But HiG put in place a nice treasure hunt that is keeping everyone busy. You have to go to different points in the old city searching for activities representing different ages related to Wonders of Humanity... If you succeed in various challenges, you will get the associated wonder tile and a stickers your event "passport". The back of wonder tiles feature the pieces of a map, that you can assemble and guide through your quest, since it represents the city od Carcassonne. Once you have all the four wonder tiles, you may face the final challenge and get a precious prize: a bag full of Carcassonne coins...

I couldn't be there but had a lot of feedback from people on the ground. So I share what I got... starting with pictures of the wonder tiles in the order you collect them and how the back of the pieces form a map of Carcassonn step by step.

Thank you all for your help!!!  ;D

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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Sunday Basics Quiz 2023
« on: September 03, 2023, 02:33:33 AM »
Dear all!

After finishing the Sunday Quiz 2022 series about combining expansions, I would like to go back to basics and address some issues you may find in a game with and without expansions...

Let me know if you want to explore some special cases...

Enjoy!

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News and Events / HiG's website is back
« on: August 02, 2023, 09:33:22 AM »
Yes! Believe it or not, you can now visit HiG. Finally is live!

https://www.hans-im-glueck.de/

Just saw a post on Instagram and ran to see it with my very eyes. It seems the navigation in English is not perfect... But who cares!

We have another website now to browse and check daily for news....

: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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News and Events / New releases on April 28th
« on: April 14, 2023, 12:00:10 PM »
Ecently HiG has been providing some sneak peaks of their work in progress and new releases on Facebook and Instagram:
* Transparent and Frozen guard meeples (no news about wooden ones in other colors)
* Transparent ghosts
* An expansion about "wonders of the world" with Tetris-like mega tiles
* A possible expnsion for Mists over Carcassonne
* An insert for the base game box that serves as a vertical starting setup

And today they announced a Carcassonne Maps - Nordics... The first with C3 printed tiles and font from HiG.



The meeples, ghosts and the Map will be available on Cundco on April 28th.... We don't know about the rest... Fingers crossed. ^-^

EDIT: Updated list

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News and Events / Exp. 12 - Crops, Mills & Weather coming up!
« on: April 01, 2023, 01:18:44 AM »
It seems HiG is overlading up with their sneak peeks...

https://cundco.de/detail/index/sArticle/497



The description says:

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Machen Sie sich bereit, Ihr Carcassonne-Spiel mit der aufregenden neuen Erweiterung "Felder, Mühlen und Wetter" auf die nächste Stufe zu bringen! Mit dieser Erweiterung haben Sie noch mehr Möglichkeiten, Ihr Territorium strategisch zu erweitern und Ihre Gegner zu übertreffen.

Pflanzen Sie Feldfrüchte an, bauen Sie Mühlen und nutzen Sie das Wetter zu Ihrem Vorteil, um wertvolle Ressourcen und Punkte zu sammeln. Aber Vorsicht vor Überschwemmungen und Dürren, denn das Wetter kann auch gegen Sie arbeiten!

Mit neuen Kacheln, neuen Mechaniken und neuen Herausforderungen fügt "Felder, Mühlen und Wetter" eine erfrischende Schicht an Komplexität zum klassischen Carcassonne-Spiel hinzu, die Fans lieben werden. Also schnappen Sie sich Ihre Freunde und Familie und machen Sie sich bereit für eine neue Ebene des Carcassonne-Spaßes!

Or in English:

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Get ready to take your Carcassonne gameplay to the next level with the exciting new expansion, Crops, Mills & Weather! With this expansion, you'll have even more ways to strategically grow your territory and outsmart your opponents.

Plant crops, build mills, and use the weather to your advantage to gain valuable resources and points. But watch out for floods and droughts, as the weather can also work against you!

With new tiles, new mechanics, and new challenges, Crops, Mills & Weather adds a refreshing layer of complexity to the classic Carcassonne game that fans will love. So gather your friends and family, and get ready for a new level of Carcassonne fun!

It is listed but not in stock. Can't wait!!!

What do you think?

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I contacted Cundco about the fairy, acrobats, messages and gifts (and even the ringmaster). I received the following clarification on March 10th 2023...

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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@Drodo contacted Cundco about Water Holes in Safari and received the following clarification on February 10th 2023..

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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I received the clarifications from JEM Magazin about their PnP expansion Christmas Present from 2013.

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXII
« on: November 29, 2022, 11:09:03 AM »
Hi all,

For those unaware of what it is really going on, I will just break it for you: Christmas is coming!!! Again... So does Winter... at least in the Northern Hemisphere!

In preparation of the coming events, here at Carcassonne Central, a lot is happening behind the scenes again. The Meeple Council is in session discussing whether phantoms should be allowed to be reinstated as acrobats...

This is just a smoke screen, because the real agenda for today is...

The Advent Calendar Quiz MMXXII

Stay tuned, because on December 1st you have a date... Ahem... a date with FATE DESTINY 'S CHILD!

Ready or not, the clock is ticking!

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@Challa007 attended Spielwiesn in Munich and made some friends at the HiG booth. Brigitte Fuchs provided some official clarifications about Mists over Carcassonne as detailed here:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5778.msg89003#msg89003

A few posts earlier in the same topic, @Challa007 also included some clarifications distilled from her games that may be interesting to newcomers to the spin-off:

https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5778.msg88956#msg88956

Thanks for these great summaries!

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I sent another questions about Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries to Johannes Natterer (HiG) and we got the following clarifications.

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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News and Events / Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXII coming soon...
« on: November 13, 2022, 07:07:58 AM »
Santa Claus just arrived in The Nethelands and Belgium direct from from Spain... Ask any members from those countries. Ask them... ;)

From there he stopped at Carcassonne Central for the Christmas preparations...



This means the Advent Calendar Quiz is coming up... I will be required to work on that day and night to satisfy the Meeple Council. What will be the prize this year? It will be difficult to guess... as always!

Hope to see around you soon.

Do you have any whishes in mind?

:red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple: :red-meeple: :white-meeple: :green-meeple: :white-meeple:

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Official Rules / Clarification of rules (The Bets) - with HiG - 02 11 2022
« on: November 02, 2022, 12:12:48 PM »
I sent a couple of questions about The Bets to HiG and we got the following clarification from Johannes Natterer and Andreas Kramer (HiG).

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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News and Events / The Meepledrone Diaries - Essen or Bust 2022
« on: October 16, 2022, 08:17:56 AM »
Prologue

October 4th 2022

Dear Meeple Diary,

As you well know, it all started in August. After a few tries, I couldn't put together a party of valiant Iberian Carcassonne fans to attend together the Essen Spiel fair. I was on vacation, so I was just relying on pure luck to be able to succeed in September.

All of a sudden, I got this message from Tom to join a Carcassonne Central party to Essen along with Dan and Willem... Holy Meeples! I was reading the messages as I was wandering the streets of Mallorca admiring the peculiar signs written on cans. All of a sudden, I found myself staring at this traffic sign... Was this any type of heaven-sent sign?

It took me 5 milliseconds to say yes.

XOXOXO
Meepledrone

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During the Carcassonne World Championship on Oct. 9th 2022, I approached Klaus-Jürgen Wrede for a little chat and got the following clarifications.

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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