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Here: http://www.bordspel.com/nieuws/nieuws_actueel_20101212.html (http://www.bordspel.com/nieuws/nieuws_actueel_20101212.html)

And the Google translation:

"999 games in the spring of 2011

A brief glance at the annual plans of 999 games.

The 'tenth' anniversary of Carcassonne

999 According to the Games is successful legspel Carcassonne in 2011 ten years.  Visitors to the show for 2000 Games know this is not true, because the first copies of the Dutch edition has been available on that exchange. The 'tenth anniversary of Carcassonne is celebrated next year with three products:

    * Carcassonne Anniversary Edition: a special anniversary edition in the form of a serf. Besides the basic game, this edition is the expansion "The Feast". In this expansion, players can occasionally serfs to their stock back.
    * Carcassonne the Dice: Dice a variant of the basic Carcassonne game. The players diced districts together to build the biggest city. Knights can double their point total. Who will be the first 42 points?
    * Carcassonne Meeple Box : This is a transparent box for the meeples (the international pet name for the serfs from Carcassonne), including six transparent meeples. A box contains five basic colors, plus gray 'Extension'. The set also contains a special jubilee rule."

Perhaps one of our members could provide a better translation.

I had heard of the Dice Game earlier. I wonder if it will act as an expansion as well, or only be a stand-alone. Doesn't really matter to me. It sounds rather basic, even for Carcassonne.

I had not, however, heard of these other two releases. It makes me think that Hans im Glück may be releasing these too, and 999 Games just jumped the gun a tad bit. I mean, why would a distributor get all excited about the 10th anniversary, but not the producer?

Anyway, so it seems we have two new things for the base Carcassonne set coming out in Spring 2011:
• Carcassonne Anniversary Edition, which includes the new expansion called "The Feast" which allows people to put their followers back in their supply (at least that's what your translation seems to say).
• Carcassonne Meeple Box, which comes with maybe a full set (six seems like two short, though) of transparent followers and a storage container for them, as well as either a special variant rule called "Jubilee" or a special game that can be played just with the followers themselves.

Regardless of the results, we have at least one new expansion coming, although it seems to be very Crop Circles-esque by being a part of the base game. Perhaps Jay will someday get around to making it stand-alone.

What does 999 Games do with Carcassonne?  Are they a european equivalent to RGG?

http://www.999games.nl/

999 games publishes a lot of foreign language games in dutch language.

I tried searching around for any news on the German release of this and I couldn't find anything, but I can't see Hans im Glück skipping an opportunity to release a 10th Anniversary Edition of their most expansive game. I'm 100% certain that this will be release by HiG and that 999 Games just jumped the gun with the release information. Except for Cult, Siege & Creativity and Games Quarterly 11, Rio Grande hasn't released anything big that didn't first appear from HiG. From what it sounds like, 999 Games is releasing a tacked on expansion to their anniversary edition which hopefully will either be available separately by RGG (someday) or as an item by a là Crop Circles directly from HiG. I also really want to know what this Jubilee Variant is, because I'm sure it won't require a purchase of the expansion. Most rules are available separately from expansions, no matter how hard companies may or may not try to keep them secret.

I figure that it is one in each color which would be six.  (confirmed)

Has anyone heard any more about this?  I found a few references, but nothing too telling.  (It would help if I spoke these languages.)
http://www.moenen-en-mariken.nl/producten/?offset=15
http://www.999games.nl/spel/Carcassonne+Uitbreiding+De+Volgeling (in Afrikaans - includes photo)
http://www.999games.nl/spel/Carcassonne+Jubileum+Editie+%2B+Uitbreiding+Het+Feest (in Afrikaans - includes photo)
http://www.spellenhuis.nl/spellen-gezelschapsspel-c-1468_1486.html
Looks like they are available for preorder from several sites.  It's interesting then that there is no more significant information.

That's not Afrikaans but dutch  ;)
Both languages are quite similar, so you're excused  ;D

I'll try my best on a translation of

De volgeling (The follower)
This little box contains 6 transparant 'Phantoms' in different colours (I presume for each player 1 Phantom) which can be combined with any Carcassonne game and expansion.
During your turn, after placing the tile, you are allowed to put a Phantom together with another Follower onto that tile. This way you can take advantage of multiple features on a single tile at once.
Carcassone:The follower isn't just fun for yourself but it's also fun to give away as a present.
You get the Phantom back when the feature is completed.

At Moenen en Marieken it costs €2.95. Looks like I'll be replacing all my meeples with transparent ones and use the regulars as Phantom  ;D

And here's my best try at 'Het feest' (The feast), which comes in a nicely meeple shaped box.

The tiles of 'The feast' give you the possibility to take your meeples back.

Yeah ... that's all about The Feast  ;D

Sounds like a pretty decent expansion.  Cool.  Thanks for the translation.

Thanks also for the correction.  It was Google translate that told me it was Afrikaans, figures.  

You're welcome  ;)

btw.. I found this site with the rules about the dice game:
http://www.goedkopegezelschapsspellen.nl/?page=catalog&view=product&product_id=1124 (http://www.goedkopegezelschapsspellen.nl/?page=catalog&view=product&product_id=1124)

I don't know if the rules have been translated yet, but here it comes.

Player throw the dice 3 times max. They try to build the largest possible city with the dice and get points for it. A thrown catapult means that you're not allowed to throw that die again during your turn.
When throwing a minimum of 3 knights the player won't get points this turn but the player takes 1 knight and put it face up in front of him. At the players next turn, his points are doubled.
The first player who has 42 points wins the game.

€8.95 sounds like I need to buy some of those aswell  ;D

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/889502/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/889502/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/896367/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/896367/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition)

Transparent meeples at BGG

If these releases are meant to commemorate the anniversary and at least one other publisher has wind of it already...do we have any belief/faith/hope that RGG might get these out also, to commemorate the anniversary?

Of course they are already backlogged on Tunnels, Crop Circles and the The Plague...hmmm...add in phantom meeples and whatever the feast and jubilee rules are and we have a nice big expansion.  That would be a nice anniversary release for the US.  All the mini expansions we don't have yet!

EDIT:

Also, from pics on BGG it looks like the clear meeples come with the anniversary box set with 10 new tiles as well (which i guess is the Feast?)  So is the small pack of clear meeples identical to the anniverary edition meeples or will they be a different shape (ie mayor, big, builder) to differentiate them?

lol. I find it funny that someone found all these links suddenly when I have been searching for information on this expansion since that first leak about a month ago. Meh. I'm glad it is finally posted on BGG. The funny thing is, though, that it shouldn't have it's own entry. It's Carcassonne – [10th] Anniversary Edition, with the Feast. That should just be another version of the base game according to BGG rules. Anywho.

Check out this BGG thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/603787/what-will-the-new-land-tiles-look-like. It shows what appears to be a display box for the "Entourage" (Phantom) expansion. Each container comes with the 5 primary Carcassonne colors (gray gets shafted again) and a rules sheet for, presumably, the Entourage expansion. What is even stranger, though, is that there is a sixth color, purple, that doesn't exist as a player color. So not only does gray get shafted, but purple comes from left field and takes over the party. Anyway, so if you want five-six meeple holders in the shapes of meeples, you'll have to buy six copies of Entourage and gray will have to go in the purple case. On the plus side, that will get you almost up to a full seven meeples to play with.

The Feast sounds fun, especially if it is a 10-tile expansion. I really want that giant meeple box, too! But I'm not too happy with Carcassonne releasing yet another expansion-in-a-base-game like Wheel of Fortune and Crop Circles. It just is annoying. I already have two base games. Hopefully I can just buy the Feast directly from Hans im Glück like I did Crop Circles. And I don't want 14 transparent meeples, regardless of how cool they are, because even if I do buy the Anniversary Edition, I need to pick up the meeple holders included in Entourage. Ugh. Hans im Glück! How I loathe thee...

Edit: I just sent an email to Jay at Rio Grande about the release of these three products. Fingers crossed.

I found them by searching the German name.  Struck out with English.  I think they just look purple.  They must be grey, though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Gwommy's feelings any.  ;)

Got a reply from Jay at RGG:


No word yet on the 2010 expansions, but I think these three have become the priority.

The translucent Meeples are hideous.

Completely disagree. I think they look awesome. But they will be a pain to differentiate on the board. I think having just one per color will be much more manageable.

Out of curiosity, did he just fail to address them or did you not mention the other expansions in your email?

Didn't bother asking. He already told someone on BGG that they would be out sometime this year. That's all he said apparently.

In other news, there will indeed be 6 transparent meeples in the meeple boxes! Yay! Even though the promo photo only shows 5, the sixth is displayed in the rules and the rules clearly state that there are 6 meeples and that the gray player uses the purple one. Weird how they did that, but I agree that gray and black transparent cases would probably be hard to do.

I suspect that Gwommy may have lobbied heavily or made a 'sizable cash donation' to make that happen...

Well unless some neat new rules/tiles in set, I won't look at it

I MUCH prefer the wood Meeples

Where did you see the rule sheet?

Check the image at full-res here: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/889446/henry-rhombus. You can read the top of Das Phantom's rules quite clearly. Unfortunately, a couple meeples block the bottom half of the rules sheet.

Well, you can if you can read German!  ???

 :)

I do approve of the purple containers for these. :-D Although if I were to get some, I'm not sure how I'd paint the clear yellow one to make it clear purple. If I paint it, it'll just match the rest of my yellow meeples that I painted purple.

Hallo to all, I found this link on the HiG Side, I hope it works.

http://www.schmidtspiele.de/index.php?id=54&ftu=fccab375c7

RULES ARE UP FOR ALL THREE EXPANSIONS!!! (http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/286.0.html). I'm in the process of translating Entourage and Festival right now. Will post when done.

Update:
The Celebration Rules (http://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=1351.0)
The Entourage Rules (http://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=1350.0)

Yes English will be nice :)

For those of you interested in the dice game, here is a link to its own HiG page: http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/289.0.html.

Great stuff, Whaleyland.

So, if I'm understanding the pictures correctly, you can get the 'phantom' meeples two ways: in a pack by themselves or with the Celebration edition of the base game. Is that right?

Edit: Ugh, now I'm thinking that the Celebration edition only comes with five colours... so if you want a sixth phantom meeple and the celebration tiles, you have to get both. Well played, HiG. Well played. >:3

Oh, it gets more complex than that. MUCH more complex. The "Phantom" meeples of Entourage are considered normal meeples in the Anniversary Edition. What's worse is that each Entourage set comes in a different colored box with the six followers in it. Expanding that math out, you need to buy six different Entourage sets to get the six different colors. Then a new problem develops: you have 6 "Phantom" meeples of each color. SO, at that point you probably just want to buy one or two more Entourage sets just to bring that total to 7 or 8 – a complete set of meeples for the base game. Assuming, by that point, you want a complete set. Otherwise, you're just stuck with a butt-load of Phantom meeples you don't need. To make things even worse, if you HAVE to buy the Anniversary Edition AND all six colors of Entourage, you'll be stuck with a whopping 14 copies of each color meeple except purple/gray. Fun times!

Waaaaaaait, are you sure? Because it sure seemed to me like the Entourage sets contained one meeple of each colour, regardless of the case's colour. In fact, that's what the rules you translated read as:

"The entourage consists of 6 transparent phantoms in 6 colors. The purple phantom is for the gray player."

so the anniversary set is the same as basic game , plus the 10 new tiles?

I wonder if you could purchase the feast tiles seperately as "spare parts" similar to the way they offer Crop Circles.

The Entourage DOES consist of one meeple of each color. Thus, if you buy six sets, you will have six of each color. Eight sets, eight of each color.


Already on it. Sent an email to HiG yesterday morning. Haven't received a reply yet, but my fingers are crossed.

Yeah, but you said:


That reads like you're saying each Entourage set comes with six meeples of one colour (e.g., six red, translucent meeples).

I think we're getting our wires crossed. To me, it looks like if I want the Celebration tiles as well as one translucent meeple of each colour, I have to buy the Celebration edition and one Entourage set.

Bed news for those of us who were hoping to snag The Party/Celebration without buying the new meeple-shaped Carcassonne box:


Looks like no spare-parts sale for this one like Crop Circles. I am almost certain Rio Grande will be the same way. Lame! I just hope the set doesn't cost too much and that I can find a buyer for my old Carc tiles.

Mo money...  use the spare tiles for fan-mades.

I have over 60 blank tiles I bought in Europe for fan-mades and I really don't like using actual printed tiles for that. No, I will just sell it to my sister and brother-in-law for $10 or something. Assuming all the tiles are the same as the normal version, they can have the new tiles minus the expansion as well as my Wheel of Fortune meeples. Unless they want the plastic meeples, that is, since I am still probably going to fork over a fortune to buy 6 of those meeple-shaped cases.

Those meeple boxes cost about €4 each. So it's not going to be a real fortune  ;)

can't u double up basic tiles for a large game anyway?

The Anniversary edition features not only a meeple shaped box, but also a meeple shaped score track.

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/916282/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition (http://boardgamegeek.com/image/916282/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition)

I would say quite the opposite. A real Carcassonne-fan does not buy any more crap from anywhere. It is not Carcassonne anymore.

With this new release I really like ot for being Dutch. I'm going to buy the dice game and de Meeple box. ;D

With two new mini expansions, a rerelease of City, an expansion for City, and a new dice game, all releasing in the first two quarters of 2011, one really has to wonder if another big expansion is planned for later this year. Most years have seen a big expansion (2002 to 2010 has seen nine of them, including Wheel of Fortune) so this year would be unusual if HiG did not release one.

I'm not sure if this is news, or even firm information, but the RGG entry for the 10th anniversary edition (http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=385) lists the release date as "April."

Has there been any more news on the release of these?

The lady at the local gameshop (Aachen, Germany) told me the 10th anniversary games will probably be there for sale in June.

According to the RGG website, the 10th anniversary edition will be available in May. There is no information as of yet about the phantom expansion, but I suspect it will follow a month or two later (as it did for Germany). Do we have any word about an English publication of Der Kornkriese or Der Tunnel yet?

I'd be surprised if they released Der Tunnel since that's a Spielbox release. Mind you, RGG did release The Cult...

I believe they plan to release The Tunnel.

BGG has updated photos of the box and it's contents including tile scans.  It looks as though all of the meeples in this set are the transparent plastic variety.  No new tile configurations and I don't really like the symbol, but it is festive.  The meeple shaped score board is pretty cool though.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/89952/carcassonne-jubilaumsedition

I wrote Jay to inquire as to when we might see this in the states.

Got this response from Jay rather quickly:

Looks pretty cool.  I'm not kidding myself; I'll buy it...lol...at the end of the day I am usually a completist.

Stopped by my FLGS today and the owner said he's expecting to have the Anniversary edition in two weeks. He wasn't sure about the other stuff.

I have had my 10th anniversary set preordered for a while know with thought hammer.

The only question now is where am I going to get clear megameeples builders mayors etc!...

I bought a copy of Stone Age recently and it was missing a few pieces. I have been in contact with Jay at RGG and he's sending me the new pieces. I also asked him about any news of The Tunnel, Crop Circles, or The Plague while I was at it. Hopefully he'll give a reply.

Anyone have an update on the release of the 10th anniversary set in the US?

No, but I really hope it releases within the next month as I want to give it away (minus the Celebration tiles) at my wedding as a door prize.

Congratulations, Whaleyland!

CARC_Zoner

I am accepting pre-orders for the new Carcassonne Anniversary edition, Dice Game, and Phantom Expansion.  I also have a free Carcassonne Shirt promo giving away 6 of them with qualifying purchase.  Order at www.carcassonneshoppe.com. :-)

I visited my FLGS today and they had the 10th Anniversary Edition, the Phantom Expansion, and Carc: the Dice Game in stock. I guess that they're around now, although none of the online retailers have them in yet (e.g. boardsandbits, funagaingames, or fairplaygames). I'm a little short on cash at the moment so I'll have to wait for the less expensive internet retailers to sell it before I buy though, so I can't give much info on the actual contents of the box

Played the Dice Game and the Phantom expansion last night. I am very impressed with how they came out!

The extra meeple placing with the Phantom when you want the farm and the city on your tile makes this expansion worth it.

The Dice game was addictive and played well with three people.  Hard to not roll catapult, but very fun nonetheless. :-)

All are in stock at my FLGS, which has on-line ordering available and flat-rate shipping of $10 to anywhere in Canada and $15 to anywhere in the USA:
http://www.cravingforagame.ca/ (http://www.cravingforagame.ca/)

All in stock at www.CarcassonneShoppe.com as well, with. Free Anniversry T Shirt with purchase! Flat rate shipping $10.95 USA and variable shipping for Canada based off the order upon request

I just ordered my set. Can't wait!

Awesome! Let me know how you like the set.

Picked up the the 10th Anniversary set, the dice game, and the purple container of extra phantom meeples today at the Game Preserve in Indy.  Can't wait to tear into it.  I also grabbed Cornucopia for Dominion...didn't even know it was out. 

I received Dominion Cornucopia today too (but I still can't find Carc 10th edition online). Make sure to check that your Cornucopia copy has all the cards. Some shipments went out missing one of the three packets inside (Mine had all of them luckily).

Just sold my last Carc 10th anniversary today and won't get any new ones in until August... Sorry vagabondriot good luck shopping! (you should still check out my other item listings, which new official Carcassonne clothing will be coming as well soon :) )

I received my set on Monday and really like it.

Here is what I would suggest to HiG and/or RGG:
First, they should have included the 6 meeple translucent colors in the box, instead of just the main 5. If they had trouble with the gray translucent color that could have easily come up with a new color. How about lavender?

Second, they also should have come up with a better translucent color to match the gray, instead of the lavender. I don't mind this so much because we made our own set of purple meeples a while back and the lavender works well for that. My wife was excited because she uses purple and now she will have a matching phantom! I just don't think it works so well with the gray meeple.

In case anyone is wondering (I know I was before hand), the set comes with the following meeples:

10th Anniversary = 8 meeples of each of 5 translucent colors (red, black, green, blue, yellow)

Phantom = 1 meeple in each of 6 translucent colors (red, black, green, blue, yellow, lavender)

Happy playing!

I agree with the lavender meeple for the gray set... A clear no color meeple would have been better for gray, but my wife too enjoys the lavender with our purple set too :-)

I think the Phantom expansion was intended to be played with the wooden meeples so possibly why a sixth set in box was not included?  But it was disappointing nonetheless.

I tore into it the next day to look at the cards and it appears I have everything.  I like the new prize idea...I think a couple of those are wicked.

On topic...(lol)...I still haven't had time to play with any of this new stuff.  Sigh.  And my four year old has already snagged my phantom set and lost the rules and one of the meeples...grrrrr...guess I have to buy another set and put it on a higher shelf.

I still have lavender Phantom cases left ;-)