I took a look at the original wheel tiles the other day and has anyone ever noticed that of the 19 tiles with wheel symbols, there are only 2 with city sections on them? I wonder if that is by design.
That is an interesting observation. I don't see it making a huge difference. The wheel graphic shows up better against the field then the city background so it may have been purely a visual choice. Its shows up and is easier to spot but there are plenty of tiles with city portions that have enough field for a wheel.
These extra tiles will be great for Mega Carc. I am a big fan of the expansions/additional tiles that build off of and/or integrate the official expansions. I have no extra tiles right now to use to make these unless I use the duplicate base tiles from WoF. But then can I say I'm really playing mega carc if i don't have the complete WoF set of tiles any longer? I don't know. If they are sacrifed to making the Wheel more meaningful though that should be taken into consideration. A worthy sacrifice I think. Maybe I'll wait and see what tile set (original basic game or wof) the new 10th anniversary set comes with. I'm only planning on getting it for the 10 celebration tiles but i'm interested to see which assortment they use for it.