Several new expansion on its way

[Carcatronn]

This is definitely a nice surprise, I too am anxious to see these up close! I wonder if this was what RGG was eluding to when they said there will be compilations coming out this year, however, these all look like new expansions. I sure hope they don't turn out to be a rip off of the CC expansions though..

[Scott]

Here's the message I got back from Jay:

Hello Scott,


The mini-expansions were developed independently by Hans im Gl=C3=BCck and =
may or may not have any similarity to yours. In any case, you will not be r=
eceiving credit as they did not look at your ideas - as they were not inter=
ested. We will do English versions of these and have them available in Marc=
h or April. As for your other ideas, I plan to look at them seriously after=
 those and the three new expansions I plan - those that combine the previou=
s small expansions.


Thanks


Jay M Tummelson
Rio Grande Games
PO Box 1033
Placitas, NM 87043

[henrysunset]

I guess I won't need to design more tuckboxes, since it looks like each will be a separate box for purchase. (At some level that makes me happy.  I've designed tuckboxes for several expansion now that I don't even own!

[neosatan]

Larger picture.... well, 6 more expansions + known exp from previous spielbox + 2 unknown. Nice. That would mean some spend money in this year, and maybe another layer in my box I have a feeling that in this year there will be some move in Carcassonne. Well, good cause most of the CC expansions that I want I have printed.

[Whaleyland]

We've got a much better quality large photo of the box for the new expansions. Let's just say I am very much relieved. The expansions are numbered. Each have their own icons. Jay has stated that they will release in the United States in March or April. And best of all, they are properly themed! Judging from the photographs, these are my expectations for their names:

1. The Flying Machine
2. The Dispatches
3. The Ferry
4. The Goldmines
5. The Wizard & the Witch
6. The Robber
7. The Corn Circles

The "Aircrafts" clearly show a person wearing a wing of some sort. Nothing as advanced as da Vinci nor as modern as an airplane. Translating the name into English may take some work since it really isn't a "machine" but it also clearly isn't an "aircraft" other than it being capable of flight. The "Telegraphs of the King" seemed to have been over spoken and the picture and name, I believe, are more directly translated into simply "The Dispatches". No mention of the king is in the name on the box. The rest of the translations seem to be sound.

As I stated on BGG, I have a strong feeling that the bonus tiles will remain Corn Circles even though RGG is releasing Corn Circles, Plague & Tunnels around the same time. They already have the artwork done for that expansion and I can't see them changing direction now unless they surprise us with something else as the bonus tiles or drop the bonus entirely, which seems unlikely since it is obviously a marketing angle. Two sets of Corn Circles isn't the end of the world, right?

Now, I need to get to making a new cover for the CAR that includes The School and these new expansions, as well as the new RGG compilation. And Matt Harper needs to get working on adding these new expansions to his rule booklet! Pronto!

[Sekim]

Woooohooooo .... I see Da Vinci's wings 

http://tinyurl.com/78sy3qb

[Scott]

I tried uploading individual box images to BGG, but they were rejected for being too small. Here they are in case anybody wants them:

[CKorfmann]

I'm a little more at ease seeing them up close, but I still need to see the rules before I can decide for sure whether or not I'm upset. 

I'd be pleased with the addition of the Corn Circles.  Besides the School, it's the only one I don't have.  If I can get it, I won't have to get the RGG compilation.  I'm a completionist, but not to the extent that I have to buy multiples.  I'll get the Festival tiles from Carcatronn and I'll be good to go.

I wonder how many tiles are in each?  I'm amused that the watermark for the robber looks like the robber from Catan... I think, doesn't it?

[Captain Pedantic]

The boxes in the display container look a decent thickness too, so hopefully they will be around 12 piece expansions.

[CKorfmann]

I think I saw somewhere that some contain wooden pieces too, but I expect that they are all either 6 or 12.

[Scott]

According to the original announcement, there's supposed to be 8 tiles plus any applicable wooden pieces.

I also having something of a personal dilemma with the upcoming release of Corn Circles, Plague, and Tunnel from RGG. I have all three of those already from Spielbox/Cundco.

[quevy]

I'm happy with the mini-expansions, I miss your crop circles and the addition is acceptable, will be mine.

[neosatan]

Do anybody knows if RGG compilation will be released in EU? Cause don't have any of them and I want to buy them. Tunnels, and plague most wanted.

[Whaleyland]

neosatan: I doubt it will get a Europe release since its origins are in the United States. Carcassonne expansions seem to only go one way, to the US. If it originates in the US, it generally doesn't go back. Plus, all the included expansions have already been available domestically in Germany. In the US, they all had to be imported. I definitely recommend The Plague, though. Totally awesome.

Scott: I too read that announcement. Eight ( tiles per expansion, plus the Corn Circle tile, bringing each box up to 9 tiles. Then there are also the wood pieces. I suspect, partially from the icons, that Ferries and Robber will have wood. Dispatches has already announced a wood piece for that. The other three seem to have simply enough rules that they probably don't have wood. Why they are the same size box, then, is beyond me, unless they throw in something anyway à la Catan Dutch Scenarios (those player-specific dice are so awesome).

CKorfmann: I also have the dilemma. I already have all three mini expansions in CCP&T yet the completionist in me wants it anyway. Especially if they all have unifying tile icons. The English rules will also be nice because I don't have English rules for Corn Circles and only have crappy English rules for the other two. If they include Corn Circles in the RGG release of the Carcassonne Minis, then I will have THREE COPIES of it if I also buy CCP&T.

Oh, and the robber icon actually looks a lot like the Count mashed up with the King meeple included in Citadels.

On a side note, doesn't CCP&T look a lot like CCCP, the abbreviation for the Soviet Union in Cyrillic?

[Scott]

Do anybody knows if RGG compilation will be released in EU? Cause don't have any of them and I want to buy them. Tunnels, and plague most wanted.

Get the magazines from Spielbox. Plague came with issue 2010/6; your choice of German or English. Tunnels came with issue 2009/6. Shipping will be cheaper to you than it was to me.

I'm pretty sure Gold Mine will have wood pieces because the description talks about collecting gold.