Carcassonne the 6th

[EcoGuy]

I have been away from the forum for awhile with a big move, travel and now on vacation in Germany where I just bought K,C&C myself from Amazon.de and well as Abbey and Mayor. The geek in me made me get it just for the 5 new cards but as most everyone indicated having extra tiles is not really an issue and as far as the Count goes I like the graphic much better so that make it a little less painful.

I play tested it last night with just the basic, abbey and K,C&C and it seems pretty good.  In fact there was a much bigger focus on cloisters and shrines and I found they were finished much quicker then in normal games where they get started and you get partial points and your Gefolksman (meeple) just sits there the whole game.

My only complaints are that the graphic seems a little strange and compared to the other tiles and what is that red thing with the white head in the shrine. I was expecting a nice sacraficial stone table with stones around ... a la Stone Henge ... but I will use them anyway.  My second is now I have two expansions with the shaded symbol to separate the cards and the rest of my tiles are the original so I am deciding whether to go to the big box for consistancy as well. By the way what is the difference between the 2 Big Box editions? As with MJ all mine are in the original boxes as well although I sacrificed one or two tuck sheets to make tiles in the beginning although I keep everything now in the nice wooden box of Carcassonne Die Stadt. It keeps everything nice and together.

Also I am not sure if it is still the case but when I first started collecting Carcassonne I also could not find the first river so I purchased an second basic set from Rio Grande that included the first river.  For those who are looking you may want to look there.  As always I am open to assisting those from either side of the Atlantic to acquire whatever is wanted or needed since my last attempt to locate Cathars went down in flames.  K,C&C 9.95 Euro, Abbey and Mayor 7.95 Euro from amazon.de. If your interested in the US, let me know I don't have so much room in my luggage but I can bring a few especially if you do not want the boxes and you can avoid shipping from Germany (I don't know if K,C&C is available state side yet).

[Joff]

By the way what is the difference between the 2 Big Box editions?

I believe the only difference is the inclusion of the River in the RGG Big Box version. HiG does not include the River in its Big Box release.

[mjharper]

By the way what is the difference between the 2 Big Box editions?

I believe the only difference is the inclusion of the River in the RGG Big Box version. HiG does not include the River in its Big Box release.

…which is probably part of the rationale behind The River II being in Count, King and Consorts.

But don't forget the other difference: RGG rules!

[skipboris]

Hello all, My first post here!

I'm definately new to the Carcassonne scene, and am a completist.  I'm thinking I might use homemade tiles for cathars and heretic.  My question is; are the rues for heretic going to be included in the annotated rules any time soon?  I would love to make a bound up and pretty  game manual using the most up to date rules...thanks!

[mjharper]

Hi, welcome to the forums!

The Complete Annotated Rules are being thoroughly revised at the moment, as you can read here. And there's a draft of the new version—that already contains the rules for Shrines and Heretics.

I hope to have a finished version of the new rules out around the end of the month/start of next month, so if you're after a bound copy, I'd wait a while!

Not only that, but there will have to be an update soon after, as RGG are publishing their own 6th expansion…

[skipboris]

So.....are you saying I should wait for this next expansion before binding up the rules all pretty?

[Joff]

So.....are you saying I should wait for this next expansion before binding up the rules all pretty?

Well, I would

It saves binding up a copy of ver 4.1 to have the new ver 5 a few weeks later!