Z-Man Games Release Schedule

[kettlefish]

Not part of the Z-Man agreement:
- Siege/Belagerer (exclusive to RGG/Mueller)
- GQ11 expansion (exclusive to Games Quarterly magazine, now defunct)
- Cathars, Tunnel, Plague, and Little Buildings (exclusive to Spielbox)
- The School (my gut tells me that this was a one-time print run, but you never know)

I think here comes a confusion:
- Siege/Belagerer (exclusive to RGG/Mueller)

Correct is:
- Siege (exclusive to RGG)
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- Belagerer - the publisher is HiG (Mueller is not a licence partner - it's only a supermarket)

My explaining:
The Big Boxes: We have here in Germany a supermarket called Real Kauf. Only there you can regular buy the Big Boxes for around 30 EUR. You can find the Real Kauf in many towns here in Germany.

The same is with Mueller. That is also a supermarket but here in the north of Germany we have not much of them. I have to travel around 40 - 60 km and Maik has to travel almost 100 km to such a Mueller supermarket.

I decided not to travel and not to buy the tin box with the Belagerer, because one day we will get the 6 tiles at CundCo.

Also Z-man Games will have their own Shop.
And they will sell also the articles from the CundCo Shop.

(the clarification about Mueller is the second part of my telephone call with HiG today)

[meepleater]

- Cathars, Tunnel, Plague, and Little Buildings (exclusive to Spielbox)

Didn't RGG have an agreement with Spielbox at one point (just before they lost all Carcassonne rights)? I wonder why Z-man cannot get a similar agreement.

I decided not to travel and not to buy the tin box with the Belagerer, because one day we will get the 6 tiles at CundCo.

I thought that was unconfirmed?

[kettlefish]

- Cathars, Tunnel, Plague, and Little Buildings (exclusive to Spielbox)

Didn't RGG have an agreement with Spielbox at one point (just before they lost all Carcassonne rights)? I wonder why Z-man cannot get a similar agreement.

It is cancelled - and Z-man Games follows HiG.

I decided not to travel and not to buy the tin box with the Belagerer, because one day we will get the 6 tiles at CundCo.

I thought that was unconfirmed?

We have to wait a year or so...but HiG don't say never...more like later not yet.

[Paul]

Last time I was at one of my local stores, there were two Phantom expansions left for 7.35 USD / 5.62 Euro each. I believe they were Blue and Black.

Should snag these just in case? I got a Blue one already, figure worth getting them for others.

[Scott]

Thanks for the clarifications kettlefish!

[Carcking]

Yes, thanks for the clarification on the numbering of the expansions. You confirmed that Z-Man is following in step with HiG.

[harvster]

I'm certainly pleased that ZMG is bringing out those expansions - I've been waiting ages for my LFGS to ship them to me!

I'm also prepared to wait until the cundco shop has the Belagerer expansion - hey I've been waiting long enough for some major expansions!  :-)

[Paul]

Local store listing the new release of Count, King and Robber for 25 USD (159 Swedish Krona) with status 'not released yet'. I take it, though, they mean it's on it's way since it's been released? Swedish store is http://www.sfbok.se/asp/artikel.asp?VolumeID=128748

Looking forward to buy more Carcassonne! 

[Scott]

Expansions 5, 6, and 8 arrived last week at the Z-Man Games warehouse and are ready to ship:
Abbey & Mayor - http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1391
Count, King & Robber - http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1392
Bridges, Castles & Bazaars - http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1393

Winter Edition will be available in October.

[Whaleyland]

Here's some potentially tragic news:

Hello Derek,

We do not plan to release Carcassonne the Catapult, or Carcassonne Wheel of Fortune.
Hunters & Gatherers is currently being discussed, but I do not know if the possibility of including the Scout expansion is also being discussed.
As for Carcassonne The Castle, it is not in the plans at the moment.

Have a great day,

Kalinda Patton
Communications

While Catapult won't be much of a loss, I'm a bit surprised that they have no hard plans about Hunters & Gatherers or the Castle.

[evmillan]

I think that The Castle is easy to find it at ebay, amazon or any game suppliers.

[Carcking]

I am with you on Hunters & Gatherers. it's a nice little spin-off and change of pace.

[Scott]

Here's some potentially tragic news:

Hello Derek,

We do not plan to release Carcassonne the Catapult, or Carcassonne Wheel of Fortune.
Hunters & Gatherers is currently being discussed, but I do not know if the possibility of including the Scout expansion is also being discussed.
As for Carcassonne The Castle, it is not in the plans at the moment.

Have a great day,

Kalinda Patton
Communications

While Catapult won't be much of a loss, I'm a bit surprised that they have no hard plans about Hunters & Gatherers or the Castle.

I think it would be good to bundle the Scout with Hunters & Gatherers, though that might make Tobias angry?

I want to discourage everyone from jumping to conclusions regarding The Castle. When Kalinda says that something is not in the plans right now, that doesn't mean they won't reprint it. All it means is that they haven't talked about it yet. When they first got the contract, there was no plans to reprint anything other than the base game, but the expansions have come. To try and deal with the entire franchise at once would be too difficult, so they break it into manageable pieces.

[Whaleyland]

I figured as much, and I actually suggested Scout with H&G in a combo box, but she didn't comment on that.

[Scott]

Kalinda is just as much in the dark as we are, and has no decision-making power, but she is able to pass on our suggestions to the people that do.