How to get 12 expansions into the original box

[mjharper]

You should post it, you know…

Lol, as long as you don't think i'm stealing your CAR look! (I was, actually )

I kept the formatting very similar, as I thought I might attempt to collect the best variants together in a similar reference guide to CAR.

No, I think it's about time the concept of the CAR was changed. I'm thinking now there should be three sections: Rules, Appendices, and User Stuff. When we're a bit clearer on the way the layout is going, I'll set up a forum or vote or something for the content people most want to see.

How can I produce a pdf file, without spending £'s? Is there a simple way? At the moment the document is in MS Word format.

No idea. If I want a PDF, I got to 'Print' and then click 'PDF'. In any app. But that's a Mac for you.

[Tobias]

You can export documents to PDF in Open Office, which is free

[O.M.S.]

How can I produce a pdf file, without spending £'s? Is there a simple way? At the moment the document is in MS Word format.

http://www.pdfcreator.de.vu/
It will install new "printer" to your app. and than you can print (after chosen PDF Creator printer) any document(s) (word etc.) to PDF file(s).

[Novelty]

@Novelty: The orange blobs a a couple of piece kidnapped (meeplenapped?) from Caylus, which I use to mark the largest city and the longest road on the scoreboard. Could use anything, but these work well.

I'm confused.  Do you mean that if the longest road scored is 12, you use it to mark 12 on the scoreboard?

[Scott]

@Novelty: The orange blobs a a couple of piece kidnapped (meeplenapped?) from Caylus, which I use to mark the largest city and the longest road on the scoreboard. Could use anything, but these work well.

We use a brown meeple for the Robber Baron and a purple meeple for the King. They look the part! 

I'm using a brown city piece and a brown road piece "from" Settlers of Catan. Not actually from Settlers of Catan since I do not own the game. I drew them out on paper, guessing at the dimensions, and had my brother make them from wood scraps. Then I got my Mom to paint them brown to be distinct from other pieces.

I like the idea of more user stuff in the CAR, but considering the vast amount of potential stuff out there, it could become uber long.

Do you mean that if the longest road scored is 12, you use it to mark 12 on the scoreboard?

That's the idea. Makes life a lot easier.

[mjharper]

Do you mean that if the longest road scored is 12, you use it to mark 12 on the scoreboard?

That's the idea. Makes life a lot easier.

Indeed it does. Especially in long games with lots of expansions. We used to use a couple of figures from The Incredibles that we got from Kinder Surprise, but they were a bit big

[Joff]

Some prefer to play the markers (whatever they may be) dirctly on the longest road/city. However, we stick to laying our brown and purple meeples on the scoreboard as we find that the easiest.

[Scott]

If you lay the piece on the feature itself, you're still stuck recounting the size each time that someone forgets. Putting them on the scoretrack is indeed easiest, because it's the size that matters. Knowing which road and city it was is not relevant.

[Gantry]

You should post it, you know…

Lol, as long as you don't think i'm stealing your CAR look! (I was, actually )

I kept the formatting very similar, as I thought I might attempt to collect the best variants together in a similar reference guide to CAR.

How can I produce a pdf file, without spending £'s? Is there a simple way? At the moment the document is in MS Word format.

I have been slowly compiling all the variants I can find in a database (we call it the "Variant Registry"), an eventual bit of content for Carc Central.  I'm not picky; they don't even have to be "good" to be included, what's more important is comprehensiveness. It's THE BIGGEST VARIANT REGISTRY ON THE PLANET!!!! (sorry couldn't resist!) 

You can easily produce pdf files for free. I use PDF reDirect by EXP systems, but some other popular ones are Foxit, CutePDF, and pdf995 most of which I think are still free.  They way they work is that they become a "printer", so you just go to File, Print, and they'll show up as a driver, then instead of printing the file it creates a pdf for you on your hard drive.  As well, Adobe used to have an online service that you could sign up for that would allow you to create a small number of pdfs for free, but the other solutions are much less hassle, and no sign up.

[Wishmaster]

How can I produce a pdf file, without spending £'s? Is there a simple way? At the moment the document is in MS Word format.

Download a copy of OpenOffice.org

It's a completely free Office suite that reads .doc and you can convert to .pdf using it - Excellent product!

[Gantry]

Yes, forgot to mention that one, indeed it is a good product.

[richardbrand]

If you are using MS Office 2007 then you can download a free MS addon that lets you save as PDF:
http://tinyurl.com/v46jc

[Joff]

Does anyone own the Carcassonne Box?

This is the specially made wooden Carcassonne Box. They are cropping up on eBay at present and I was wondering about the quality of them.

[Gantry]

Although i don't own any to verify the size, that box reminds me of an old photographic slide holder that a friend used to have, I wonder if tiles are similarly sized and would fit nicely in such a container?

Richardbrand: nice find!

[Scott]

I just happened to have a photographic slide nearby, and it is 5cm square. Carc tiles are 4.5cm square. It might be possible to modify photographic slide stuff to fit Carc tiles by adding a quarter of a centimeter of padding.