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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Sunday Quiz 2022
« on: April 24, 2022, 03:30:54 AM »
Dear all!

As requested by several of you last week, here you are a new quiz... If everything goes okay and you behave, I will be posting a new question each Sunday. Some sort of weekend passtime if you like... ;)

Enjoy!

: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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General / Complete Base Game Version History
« on: April 21, 2022, 09:08:13 AM »
Here you can find the incredible post by @Decar on BGG about the complete base game version history of Carcassonne, containing plenty of interesting information and pictures.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2792633/complete-basegame-version-history

Don't miss it. A must-read! :(y) :(y)

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News and Events / Castles in Germany and The Festival in C3
« on: April 19, 2022, 04:48:06 AM »
Dear all,

Cundco is listing the following expansions:

Carcassonne - Burgen in Deutschland C3 (DE/EN)

https://cundco.de/mini-erweiterungen/carcassonne/281/carcassonne-burgen-in-deutschland-c3-de/en?c=12

Carcassonne - Das Fest C3 (DE/EN)

https://cundco.de/mini-erweiterungen/carcassonne/222/carcassonne-das-fest-c3-de/en?c=12

These item names have changed in German only but the rest of the item description, pictures and rules are still reflecting the C2 version both in German and English.

I asked Cundco about all this and they confirmed they are now selling the C3 versions although they couldn't update the webshop accordingly due to the Easter break. :o

Let's see if they update everything accordingly in the following days.

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Quizzes, Puzzles and Challenges / Easter Bunny Quiz 2022
« on: April 17, 2022, 07:22:42 AM »
Dear all!

In order to celebrate Easter, the Easter bunny wants to challenge you all with the following questions. But first, a little introduction...



Yellow places the Easter Bunny tile framed in yellow. The Easter bunny is placed on the tile right away as a result and will move from there.

Q1.1: How many points does each player score?

Q1.2: How many Easter eggs does each player get? Take into account that the Easter bunny will move following the sequence given by the colored circles: Yellow 1 - Yellow 2 - Yellow 3 - Red 1 - Blue 1 - Blue 2.

The game will continue after this turn, so no end game scoring is required.

Happy Easter!

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Other Games / Paleo mini "Flash of Wit" - available now
« on: April 16, 2022, 04:52:44 AM »
Hi all!

HiG has relased a third mini for Paleo "Flash of Wit" (after "The Terror Birds" and "The Initiation Rite"), short after releasing the first major expansion "A New Beginning." This mini expansion is not sold separately but included with Spielbox 2/2022. There are version in German and English on the magazine publisher's webshop:

* German:
   https://nostheide.de/webshop3/product_info.php?products_id=789

* English:
   https://nostheide.de/webshop3/product_info.php?products_id=790

The German issue of the magazine is already available on Cundco as well (and shortly in English):
https://cundco.de/en/magazines-books/451/spielbox-2/2022-de?c=72

The rules are available for download on Cundco.de:

* German:
   https://cundco.de/mini-erweiterungen/paleo/437/paleo-die-geistesblitze-spielregel-de?c=12

* English:
   https://cundco.de/en/mini-expansions/paleo/439/paleo-flash-of-wit-rules-en?c=102

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I sent a coupile of questions about The Gifts to Johannes Natterer (HiG) and we got the following clarification. A previous set of clarifications about The Gifts can be found here: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5615.0

Following Kettlefish's tradition...

Question in BLUE

Answer in GREEN

Still open in RED

My own comments in MAROON

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Just saw this. If anyone in the US is interested in getting C1 Carcassonne + C1 River II + C1 Cult, Siege and Creativity for $8 + shipping, please check here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geekmarket/product/2828193

Hope it is complete, but in any case it is an awesome price.

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News and Events / Carcassonne without meeples
« on: April 01, 2022, 03:17:37 AM »
As announced on Instagram and Facebook, HiG will release a new version of Carcassonne without meeples.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbzeZu9qaFF/

German post:

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Wir haben Neuigkeiten für euch:
Wir haben uns entschieden, unsere Carcassonne Spiele zukünftig ohne Meeple zu verkaufen. So sparen wir Ressourcen und können euch die Spiele zu einem kleineren Preis anbieten. Die Meeple wird es dann zusätzlich im Set zu kaufen geben. Somit habt ihr die Chance die Meeple direkt in euren Lieblingsfarben zu kaufen und seid nicht mehr auf die Standartfarben beschränkt.
Die meisten Carcassonne Fans haben bereits eine große Auswahl an Meeple zuhause, mit denen sie spielen können.

Translation into English:

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We have news for you:
We have decided to sell our Carcassonne games without Meeple in the future. This way we save resources and can offer you the games at a lower price. The Meeple will be available in a set as well. So you have the chance to buy the meeple directly in your favorite colors and are no longer limited to the standard colors.
Most Carcassonne fans already have a large selection of Meeple at home to play with.


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General / The Meeple's Gambit or The Carcassonne Gambit?
« on: February 17, 2022, 11:34:44 AM »
I came across this thread on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Carcassonne/comments/sulsqg/meeples_gambit_or_carcassone_gambit/

Reddit user Pontuswahlin posted:
Quote
My son is going to play chess with school, so I thought i had an semi original idea here.

I had not watched Queens gambit but i must have had seen the poster.

After I realized that i went back and did it with a better tabletop game that i like. Carcassone!

Which version of the picture do you prefer?



You can also watch a making-off video here (no whining about any possible invalid placements ;)):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaEw2rqjK5p/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Community Rules (Meepledrone & Friends) / Current Conclusions
« on: January 30, 2022, 11:39:51 AM »
This topic summarizes the conclusions of the discussions taken place on this board and on Discord. I will include reference to the questions document used as reference material.

Each post will cover one expansion and will be updated accoding to its progress.

* Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg84319#msg84319

* Exp 6 - Count, King & Robber:
   - The Count of Carcassonne:
      https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg83230#msg83230

* Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep:
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg84318#msg84318

* Monasteries in Germany:
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg84320#msg84320

* The Watchtowers:
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg83569#msg83569

* The Markets of Leipzig:
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg83229#msg83229

* The Fruit-Bearing Trees:
   https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5719.msg83570#msg83570

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General / New Logo for WICA
« on: January 19, 2022, 01:03:52 PM »
Dear all,

As commented here, we were thinking of updating the WICA logo. Based on the same idea as Carcassonne Central, it shares the same little icon displayed on browser tabs. As a consequence, you cannot tell apart tabs with CarcC and WICA pages, which is very common in my case. ???

Snearone volunteered for the task right away (Thank you so much! ;D) and he sent us a bunch of different options. You can see a nice showcase of the ones Sinscerly and I liked best... We would like to share them with you so you can also cast you vote and help us pick one.

The new options show a dark blue background decorated the a filigree inspired by the back of the tiles and the C2 rulebooks. This dark blue background, which echoes the design of the 20th Anniversary Edition, serves as perfect contrast for a capital letter in gold or silver with a polished metallic finish adding some relief. The are two options for the letter as well: A "C" represesenting the letter on the back of the tiles or a "W" as a reference to WikiCarpedia or WICA.

The animated image below presents 5 options:
0 - Current one: no change
1 - Golden C
2 - Golden W
3 - Silver C
4 - Silver W

Please let us now your preference. Thank you in advance for your help!


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ML07. For each scoring of a completed monastery (as well for monasteries of other players), each player with a meeple in the Bookbinders quarter will receive 4 bonus points. Does this only apply to occupied completed monasteries or do players also receive the bonus for unoccupied completed monasteries?


Example: Red completes an unoccupied monastery. Does Red receive the Bookbinders quarter bonus for this monastery?

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ML06. Let’s assume multiple roads are completed and scored on the same turn a meeple on one of them is sent to the Wainwrights quarter. Which option is the correct one?
   A. Only the road with the meeple sent to Leipzig may get the Wainwrights bonus. No other road in the current turn may receive the bonus.
   B. All the roads may get the Wainwrights quarter bonus. All the roads scored in the current turn may benefit from the bonus right away, but the one sending the meeple to Leipzig has to comply with the conditions for the edge case (the road would need more than one meeple on it to score and get the bonus).
   C. It depends on the order the roads are scored:
       a. Those roads scored before the one used to send a meeple to Leipzig will not get the bonus.
       b. The road sending the meeple to Leipzig only if it complies with the edge case.
       c. The roads scored after the one sending the meeple to Leipzig will get the bonus.
   D. Another option. Please explain.


Example: Red completes two roads with the same tile and sends a meeple from one of them to the Wainwrights quarter. Can Red get the Wainwrights quarter bonus for the other road in the same turn?

Current understanding:
* We assume answer A for the time being. We assume all the bonuses are not active until the following turn (or round of scoring on a double turn). Only the edge case for the Wainwrights quarter bonus is the exception.

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I sent a question about The Gifts to Cundco 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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ML02. When sending a meeple to Leipzig, a meeple has to be on a road connected to Leipzig via villages. If any crossroads is occupied by trees instead, the connection is not possible and the meeple will not be allowed to be sent to Leipzig.


Example: The meeple on the road connected to Leipzig via a crossroads with trees cannot be sent to Leipzig.
 
Current understanding:
* The rules require villages so trees or any other feature (monasteries, castles, crop circles, the Bogatyr stone, bazaars, festival fairs…) on a crossroads will not be allowed.

Proposals:
* Comunity Rule clarifying this case

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