Are expansion set tiles identified on their face?

[cattekin]

Are tiles from an expansion marked so that one could revert to the basic set and expansions after mixing them up?

[djwurm]

not really.

I have I&C, T&B, A&M, River 1 and 2, Count, and King and Scout. I just picked up a big box on ebay but havent gotten it yet

The Abbey and Mayor expansion set is but the rest are not. The Big Box which is not in print anymore is marked.

[Novelty]

I think the Count, King and Cult Places set is marked as well.

[Joff]

The expansions that were released after the Big Box release are now marked on their faces. Unfortunately this only runs from Abbey and Mayor onwards

The Big Box can still be obtained new from eBay. Usually you will have to ship from Germany to obtain a copy. All the faces are marked in the Big Box edition (except the Basic tiles).

[Novelty]

I think it's only I&C, T&B and P&D that will be difficult to separate out (and GQ11 as well).  The rivers expansion features a river on every tile, and the tower expansion features the tower base on every tile.  Those 2 sets are easier to separate out.

[Gantry]

to me, i really like the idea of marking on the face.  I'd been marking on the back, but if you draw tiles from the tower stack, the face makes the most sense, as well it's quicker to clean up if you sort out the expansions.

[denalin]

I think it's only I&C, T&B and P&D that will be difficult to separate out (and GQ11 as well).  The rivers expansion features a river on every tile, and the tower expansion features the tower base on every tile.  Those 2 sets are easier to separate out.

I recently picked up T&B as a standalone expansion, it included a little pig watermark on all tiles.  I own the base set (with River I), T&B, GQ11, and Die Katharer.  The base set is not marked, GQ11 is not marked, but generally the grass is noticeably darker, Cathars are obvious (broken cities and a monk image (possibly the first idea of marking tiles by expansion), and T&B is marked.  I'd assume that all standalone expansions printed after the Big Box (including I&C, etc.) will also have watermarks.  I'll keep you up to date as I acquire more expansions.  The thing that will probably get me is differentiating between River I and River II.

[Joff]

That sounds as if reprints are including the 'watermark' on them. I hope so.

[djwurm]

That sounds as if reprints are including the 'watermark' on them. I hope so.

huh.. I just purchased most of the expansions (except tower and P&D) in the last month and none of them except A&M had a watermark on them...

maybe RGG has started doing it in the last few weeks or maybe I got old stock when i bought mine..

[denalin]

huh.. I just purchased most of the expansions (except tower and P&D) in the last month and none of them except A&M had a watermark on them...

What does your T&B expansion box say?  Does it emphasize that it's the 2nd expansion?

[djwurm]

huh.. I just purchased most of the expansions (except tower and P&D) in the last month and none of them except A&M had a watermark on them...

What does your T&B expansion box say?  Does it emphasize that it's the 2nd expansion?

ill have to get back with you on that one, I wont be home till tommorrow night (out of town on business!)

[Scott]

The back side of my River II set is a slightly different shade of gray than my River I set that came with the base game.

[Jambo]

I just bought the Inns and Cathedrals from Amazon and the tiles from this expansion had a little follower watermark.

Does it depend on where you buy them from or should buying the single expansions now mean they all have their watermarks?

[Joff]

I would imagine that new print runs will contain the 'watermark'. Those that have not got the 'watermark' must be old stock.

[Novelty]

Do you have a scanner Jambo?  I'm curious as to how the watermark looks like.