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It's official! A new expansion is being released in January, and you better believe we will have plenty on hand ;)
I wonder if RGG is going to switch up anything in the rules or add more tiles?

Details please...

Indeed, and what does "SCarc" mean? Really confused about this cryptic announcement.

more to come, just as confused and excited as you. The item description and date is the only details I have found thus far

Could it be S(peilbox)Carc(assonne)?  and have all the spielbox expansions to date?

Wow that would be something to look forward to!

that makes sense if Kornkreise, Die Pest, and Der Tunnels is the last ones to get published with RGG... Can't wait

I know Jay said he was working on getting those finished.  I'm sure a good chunk of those decisions are being made this week at Essen.

(http://p.twimg.com/AcYz6lcCIAAJSdn.jpg:small)

lol. That image is ten times the size of the file and looks it. It also has a bridge icon in the top right corner rather than something else. Cool picture, though. Did Doris Mattäus paint the image? Is that title official because I've never heard of a "Corn Circle", just a Crop Circle? In any case, I probably won't buy this since I already have all there expansions, though more tunnels would be fun and more fleas even more fun (or impossible!). At least we'll finally get English-language rules for Crop Circles so we won't have to speculate any longer. I'll also need a higher-res photograph to properly add it to the cover of the CAR.

Nice! :bc I can't wait to get this one. I like the way they got the artwork to match. Worth waiting for (since I didn't buy them separately)

EDIT: I hope they change the watermark though

Lol yeah, sorry about that... Got it resized though  ;)

I hope this was a rough draft, but yeah so far this is the only official image (and title) provided by RGG.  I can only assume Doris Mattäus painted it as it resembles her artwork......I saw the watermark and was instantly sad though, but we will see come January what the final product turns out to be. In any case, this will definitely be nice to have!

They need to include Die Katharer (The Cathars) in this. IMO.

I got Tunnels and Plague already.  I might still just try to get "Corn Circles" as spare parts.  It's still very nice to finally see this made available.

The Cathar-equivalent Siege was already released in Cult, Siege, and Creativity.

Yes, those are vanilla tiles though - not the same as die Katharer, which have the monk icon on them.

Are we going to have this discussion again? Spielbox has EXCLUSIVE rights to Die Katharer. It will never be re-released unless Spielbox decides otherwise. The popular outcry of that expansion caused Hans im Glück to mandate that all future Spielbox expansions be available for reprinting to all Carcassonne vendors, such as Rio Grande Games. Die Katharer was released before this proviso (and caused it), hence why Rio Grande had to release the expansion with new artwork and slightly different rules. If you want Die Katharer, spent the $30+ online to get it because that's the only way other than from a generous friend.

Hey thanks for the info Whaleyland - I was unaware of all that. I apologize if it frustrated you.  :-\

I was unaware that there were different rules.  How different are they?  I never noticed the difference in the CAR, but than again, I wasn't looking for it.  

If you are interested in siege tiles (as they are now) with monk icon on them, Joff made a set located in the Accessories section HERE (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=61).

Only diffrence is that how You can escape from besieged city. I don't know if there are some more.

I have printed tiles from accessories, cause prices (price + shipping cost) for original tiles of Cathars are realy riddiculus where I live :/

Anyone hear of any updates to the Rio Grande Games release schedule for this compilation (other than just Q2 2012)?

This expansion is still marked as "Not Yet Available" in the distributor's catalog (same with Falcon expansion for The Castle). The retail price will be $17.50

Boards & Bits is taking pre-orders for this expansion:
http://www.boardsandbits.com/product_info.php?products_id=23980 (http://www.boardsandbits.com/product_info.php?products_id=23980)

I've just received word from Z-Man Games that they will not be publishing this expansion because the Spielbox stuff is not included in their partnership agreement. :-[

The difference is that in Siege your meeple can escape from a besieged city if there is a cloister bordering any tile of the city, whereas in Cathars the cloister needs to border to the cathar tile.

Was anyone able to get the rules downloaded from Rio Grande's website before the page for this expansion went down? I'd love to see Jay's original translation of Plague and Tunnel.

What non-spielbox expansions are there they might still get to us?

Corn Circles 1
Windrose (once its out in 2013)

Any more? Probably not enough for a boxed compilation...but just right for a unique extra small expansion.

Oh...La Porxada and The School also.

I imagine that we might see Count, King, and Consort from Z-Man.

There were never any posted rules whenever I looked at the RGG placeholder page for the Corn Circles, Plague, & Tunnels expansion.