Carcassonne Central

One of this days I was complaining about the lack of movement on this forum but with the release of the Catapult expansion, I hoped that things would get different. And somehow they got. The "Expansion #7 announced" is now one of the most popular threads. After a little read here and a little read there, I got the conclusion that the fact of The Catapult being an action-based expansion didn't make a lot of success, did it? You see.... boardgamers ain't much the action style. I think they are more the think-and-then-play kind. The proof is that a variant has just been suggested on the variants section: to use the catapult tokens without the catapult, that is, use action tokens with no action. Now, does this mean that The Catapult was a "fiasco" but we can get some strategy-based solution to get a little success? Or shall we CATAPULT THE CATAPULT for good?  :-\

I'm holding out hope until I actually get to play it in a real game.  The funny thing is that one of my friends opened the box, took out the catapult, launched a token; and offered to build me a better catapult.  So that's going to be a Christmas gift.  ;D We all figured that a catapult that launches a token in the air 4 or 5 feet and forward all of 6 inches really isn't good.

Maybe they should have built it using Lee Valley's plans (http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=2&p=61102&cat=4,54&ap=1)

this is not a catapult, this is an ARMAGEDDON to the placed tiles!! HIS will bash meeples off!

I find that ARMAGEDDON theory delicious. Completely agree!!!

Does HiG have a Catapult to catapult the catapult?  ???

or to catapult the designer of this expansion out, in the ortit...

Yes, that would be even better. The game is great. But sometimes creators aren't (inspired). This way the creator would feel himself IN the game. :)