Author Topic: Inns and Cathedrals without watermark? (Read 6188 times)

Rosco · « **on:** August 29, 2014, 09:10:46 AM »

Hi All

I just thought i would share a small oddity. I have a german set of Inns and Cathedrals and it has no watermark.

Has anyone seen this before?

Rosco

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kettlefish · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2014, 09:48:51 AM »

Yes, it is the first edition from 2002.

The edition from 2007 has watermark on it.

CarcF - Wirtshäuser & Kathedralen

see there the links to the German rules 2002 and 2007

MrNumbers · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2014, 10:46:15 AM »

Quote from: Rosco on August 29, 2014, 09:10:46 AM

I have a German set of Inns and Cathedrals and it has no watermark.
Has anyone seen this before?

I'll tell you more: in our game shop's library we have Traders&Builders without watermark, and I personally own copy of The Princess and The Dragon without watermark (fortunately, every tile has some element that helps to identify this expansion - portal, volcano, Princess or Dragon).

kettlefish · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2014, 02:06:57 PM »

HiG started with printing the watermarks on the tiles with the BigBox1 from 2006.

Whaleyland · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2014, 02:18:50 PM »

Which was fortunately my first Carcassonne set! I never had to deal with tiles missing watermarks. Abbey & Mayor was the first stand alone expansion with watermarks.

kettlefish · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2014, 02:32:50 PM »

I also started to play Carcassonne with the BigBox1.

Scott · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2014, 06:11:55 PM »

When I bought Carcassonne and every expansion in existence at the time, watermarks hadn't been invented yet. I still have all of the non-watermarked tiles, but they're stored in their original boxes now. I replaced them all with the watermarked versions as they became available.