Is this picture real? Winter Edition (2020) with River.

[Bumsakalaka]

And we have also announced Bulgarian version.
Thanks to report by @adahy

https://bigbag.bg/carcassonne-winter-edition

Is there anyone who can ship this game with some other Bulgarian Carcassonne games to the Netiherlands or Belgium.
I tried with an online shop in Bulgaria and they emailed me back that it was possible to ship, but i never heard anything about it?

As I know, @adahy was ordering it. And he was also referring as first, that Bulgarian Publisher will release it also.

[cletus81]

Hello, I have just taken a look to Linksux pictures and I have just realized that there are many differences between Muller Winter Edition 2020 and the new 2022 Edition. I would like to get both versions, but how can I recognize them from the box?

[Maiday]

Hello, I have just taken a look to Linksux pictures and I have just realized that there are many differences between Muller Winter Edition 2020 and the new 2022 Edition. I would like to get both versions, but how can I recognize them from the box?

The boxes are very very different.

Muller is in the style of a c2 box 22 edition  is in the style of a c3 box.

I don't have pictures at hand sorry.

[Bumsakalaka]

Hello, I have just taken a look to Linksux pictures and I have just realized that there are many differences between Muller Winter Edition 2020 and the new 2022 Edition. I would like to get both versions, but how can I recognize them from the box?

We can use best source for Carcassonne related stuff - Wikicarpedia.com

2022: https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/File:WE3_ZMG_FR.jpg
2020: https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/File:Box_WE2020_HiG.png

[cletus81]

Thank you for your replies. Although I can't get access to the links you posted, I have checked WikiCarpedia and I found the differences you both wrote about. But I was specifically referring to the Hans Im Gluck versions. Does the 2020 Muller edition is in someway different from the 2022 one?

[Willem]

HiG have not yet released the latest Winter Edition in German. From our understanding, there is still stock from the 2020 edition, so no new one will be made for now.
The 2022 edition has been released in French, Bulgarian and Romanian for now, with more likely to follow.
For comparison:
2020 HiG:


2022 ZMG (French):

[Chmura]

HIG's 2022 Winter Edition is not on sale yet, but I assume it will be identical to the release of Z-Man Games' Winter Edition.

[Bumsakalaka]

HIG's 2022 Winter Edition is not on sale yet, but I assume it will be identical to the release of Z-Man Games' Winter Edition.

Who knows! Maybe some things will be fixed, maybe there will be even more rounder corners, maybe when it will be release at spring, it will have less snow that French edition. Or it will have extra expansion The Flu (as WE3 of The Pest)

[Willem]

I like that idea! The Flu!

[danielbrie]

Is there a plan to update the W-CAR rules with The River rules? At least for the 2020 version (old artwork)?

I am buying the game again just because of The River expansion (2020), but have doubts about the back of the tiles consistency. I will play the base + corn circles + the gingerbread man + the river. All I have at the moment are consistent (Anne Patzke), but how will the river integrate (Anne Patzke and Marcel Grober)? I can keep the 2020 tiles (Anne Patzke and Marcel Grober), but again the old ones (Corn Circles + The Gingerbread Man) can they be included without differences?

Don't remind me about the new shiny design (2022). I am too old to start buying everything again. I love the nutted colors and the old design of this beautiful game. Also, I'm a purist myself. No new design, Thank you!

 

[Willem]

The backs of the tiles should match, within reason of print runs of course.

In terms of the W-CAR, I suspect it won't be updated, as further development on rule clarifications and combinations moved to the Wikicarpedia.
The Winter River rules can be found here:
https://wikicarpedia.com/index.php/Winter_Edition_The_River