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News and Events / Re: New Carcassonne box out in Germany - including new version of "Die Katharer"

« on: September 03, 2013, 05:36:46 PM »

To say that the publishers are "spitting in our face" is a very extreme statement. That's what we're taking issue with. You're allowed to be disappointed all you want, and you can say that you're disappointed - I'm definitely feeling disappointed right now - but to go around calling the publishers greedy is going too far. As others have said in previous posts, HiG has been very good to us with all the copies of the Windroses that they gave to us for free.

Do I want to buy another copy of the base game? Not particularly. I'm curious to find out more about the watermarks on the other tiles, because I would still like to replace my King and River II tiles with watermarked versions. I was planning to buy CK&C when Z-Man Games eventually prints it.

I am also a bit disappointed that this is a retailer exclusive. I prefer that everyone can get the new tiles. I'm not going to get angry about the situation, because that doesn't do anybody any good.

BTW: here is the web site of the retailer; couldn't find anything Carcassonne related on there.
http://www.mueller.de/

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The Marketplace / Re: News from the CundCo Shop

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:55:19 AM »

I may have to pick one of these up. The idea of using them to make chocolate makes me hungry.

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General / Re: Super Mega Meeples

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:28:53 AM »

Somebody on Facebook as for a close-up of just the four wooden meeples:

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General / Re: Star... meeples at Meeple Source.

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:26:12 AM »

I am mostly interested in the Viking Meeple, since I am related to King Harald Fairhair (born 858, died 940).
Did some genealogy earlier before getting kids and getting hooked on Carcassonne.
http://www.wikstromtree.org/_2gen/gen.htm

Interesting... I'm related to these guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Holland

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News and Events / Re: Carcassonne Suedsee - the new stand-alone-game 2013

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:23:45 AM »

That game has already been done: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island 

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News and Events / Re: Spielbox 05 2013

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:22:52 AM »

Pre-ordered. Curious to find out what I'll be getting.

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News and Events / Re: Spiel 2013 at Essen

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:14:38 AM »

Not this year for me either, but I would like to go in the future.

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News and Events / Re: The Wind Roses - how to get the prize?

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:11:50 AM »

English rules are on page 151 of the CAR v6.3:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=198

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News and Events / Re: New Carcassonne box out in Germany - including new version of "Die Katharer"

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:10:20 AM »

Tobias, I feel that, as usual, you are over-reacting. Based on the information available right now, we can be very certain that some form of siege tiles will be made available through Cundco. As meepleater said, the most likely scenario is that those tiles will be the six-tile version called "Die Belagerer". It's probably much easier and possibly also cheaper to pay for new artwork rather than trying to buy the old artwork from Spielbox, who don't seem to be interested in letting it go even though they can't make any more money from it without ordering a reprint.

With regards to bundling this "new" expansion with the base game, that's perfectly valid. It may have been time for another print run of the base game, and it's cheaper to print the expansion at the same time rather than ordering a separate print run. It also allows players who are just getting into the game to get their hands on this new expansion at the same time. When HiG released the base game with the Corn Circles expansion, they also made Corn Circles available separately through Cundco.

I'll definitely be getting my hands on "Die Belagerer" when I can.

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Official Rules / Re: HiG's presence and official rulings

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:39:55 PM »

The process of getting rules clarifications is definitely much better now than the old days.

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Reviews & Session Reports / Re: Ratings and Comments on Fan-Made Expansions

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:38:40 PM »

I was thinking about adding sub-categories based on number of tiles.

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General / Re: The Castle Expansion

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:34:45 PM »

I don't remember for certain, but I think the Falcon expansion was a Rio Grande initiative and therefore Z-Man Games can't publish it. I suspect it will never see the light of day, since RGG can't publish it anymore either.

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General / Re: Super Mega Meeples

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:30:31 PM »

My order of Super Mega Meeples arrived today. Here is a size comparison:

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General / Re: Sort by Ranking in Download

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:23:23 PM »

I don't expect there's anything we can do about that. Maybe if you rate them all...

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General / Re: Keep track of your Carcassonne collection in your forum profile

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:22:39 PM »

Yes, when Corn Circles first came out in the Cundco Shop, many of us bought a copy. I accidentally bought two copies and gave one to my cousin. It wouldn't surprise me if the number of copies purchased by CarcC forum members was a significant percentage.