A few minutes ago Moritz Brunnhofer (from Hans im Glück) posted a long comment in the german forum CarcF. In the post he explained the reasons for the new edition with some good examples of the new tiles.http://www.carcassonne-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=155&t=1928&p=18534#p18534I'm sorry, it's in german. Perhaps I could manage it to translate it or make a summary during the next day (german time MWSZ )
I think the new tiles look really good! Excited about this new edition. #UnpopularOpinion
Could it be that they're introducing a hand of tiles as an official rule so that new players have more options when placing tiles?
Quote from: gmartinscott on September 23, 2014, 11:49:35 PMCould it be that they're introducing a hand of tiles as an official rule so that new players have more options when placing tiles?I hope not. I don't like the hand of tiles option myself.
I just read through Mortiz's post on CarcF. I wasn't able to understand everything, but I think I got 90% of it. In the Big Box thread I said I would never buy a Big Box, but now that I'm thinking more about the new artwork, I would be interested to buy a Big Box version with all new artwork.I don't think we should be stressing out about things which are not firmly decided yet. However, I do think it's valid for us to express our concerns about the future of our favorite game. Even better would be a collaborative discussion between ourselves and the publishers. I see an opportunity to do some things differently with this new era of Carcassonne than what happened in the past. Maybe this time around, Spielbox won't get exclusive expansions that the other publishers can't sell. Maybe this time around there won't be a Catapult.As with any work of art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like both the old art style as well as the new art style. Of course, my preference is for the old art style because I've been living with it for the past decade, but if the new art style will help the game remain popular for the next generation of gamers, then I'm supportive of it.
Quote from: Scott on September 26, 2014, 07:19:14 PMI just read through Mortiz's post on CarcF. I wasn't able to understand everything, but I think I got 90% of it. In the Big Box thread I said I would never buy a Big Box, but now that I'm thinking more about the new artwork, I would be interested to buy a Big Box version with all new artwork.I don't think we should be stressing out about things which are not firmly decided yet. However, I do think it's valid for us to express our concerns about the future of our favorite game. Even better would be a collaborative discussion between ourselves and the publishers. I see an opportunity to do some things differently with this new era of Carcassonne than what happened in the past. Maybe this time around, Spielbox won't get exclusive expansions that the other publishers can't sell. Maybe this time around there won't be a Catapult.As with any work of art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like both the old art style as well as the new art style. Of course, my preference is for the old art style because I've been living with it for the past decade, but if the new art style will help the game remain popular for the next generation of gamers, then I'm supportive of it.I don't mind the re-release of the Catapult. Just leave out the wooden catapult, all those tokens, put in a few more tiles and some new rules.
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