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« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2008, 08:41:02 pm » |
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What if there was a real working catapult inside....you load it, wherever the ammo lands you remove that tile from play, as long as it desn' sever any tile from the bulk. I highly doubt that idea is true, but if it were it could be really fun............  |
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mjharper
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« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2008, 01:41:23 pm » |
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The google translations are about right. All it say is that if a catapult tile is drawn you have a 'catapult round', in which you can either win or lose points. As far as the size of the box is concerned, don't forget that there are six possible players… So there might be six mini-catapults in there  The bit that bugs me is the comment that it can only be played in combination with the basic Carcassonne game. Does that mean without any other expansions, or just that vanilla Carc is a pre-requisite? If the former, it'll be virtually useless to me any anyone who usually plays mega-Carc. |
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« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2008, 05:26:56 am » |
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COPY FROM AMAZON.DE Produktgewicht inkl. Packing: 499 g Dispatch: This article can be sent away only into the following countries: Österreich, Belgien, Dänemark, Frankreich, Finnland, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, Niederlande, Portugal, Spanien, Schweden, Großbritannien, Luxemburg  I need buy it on e-bay again~!? (I am form Hong Kong) |
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« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2008, 10:54:51 am » |
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Don't buy it from ebay yet. Those items are probably preorders. And if you wait, RGG will probably produce an English version. I've no idea if you can get that in Hong Kong - do you have a specialised board game store where you are? If you do, perhaps you can ask them if they are willing to order the games from Germany.
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« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2008, 10:49:43 am » |
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I have a prediction about how this will work. We know from the description that there are some 'new' tiles with a catapult image on them. Chances are fairly good that these 'new' tiles are not new configurations like T&B, but existing configurations like P&D just with a catapult logo in the corner. The box may actually contain a catapult, though if so, just one. When a catapult tile is played, the catapult itself is a side-game, the outcome of which affects your score in the main game.
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« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2008, 02:30:54 pm » |
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I have a prediction about how this will work. We know from the description that there are some 'new' tiles with a catapult image on them. Chances are fairly good that these 'new' tiles are not new configurations like T&B, but existing configurations like P&D just with a catapult logo in the corner. The box may actually contain a catapult, though if so, just one. When a catapult tile is played, the catapult itself is a side-game, the outcome of which affects your score in the main game.
I am imagine that, the catapult will flow the meeple (you colour) to the carcassonne (although it is imposible) |
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« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2008, 04:46:06 pm » |
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Ok, a tiny more about this expansion: "When a tile with a catapult is placed, a catapult-round is immediately played. With a bit of luck or skill, grab bonus points... or perhaps lose some.
Includes a three-dimensional catapult."Edit: ... and an even bigger picture here: http://images.funagain.com/cover/huge/19772.jpg |
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« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2008, 05:01:31 am » |
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And RGG have the rules to 'Catapult' posted  http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_286_gameRules.pdfI'm not sure about this expansion at all!!! Edit: Surely this has got to be a joke release! lol lt's a pity they don't show the new tiles  |
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« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2008, 05:35:38 am » |
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That truly is a bizarre expansion... Maybe one for the kids?  |
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« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2008, 08:03:51 am » |
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This expansion doesn't seem like a german board game to me. I wonder what they were going for with this expansion. I'm also a bit disappointed that the catapult isn't a proper catapult but just 2 pieces of wood attached to each other. I think Matt's pig hurling variant might be more interesting... Edit: The RGG page is at http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=286 where the English name is confirmed as Carcassonne: Catapult, complete with box art. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2008, 09:02:01 am » |
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These are very disappointing rules. I wonder if this is a sign that the expansions have now " jumped the shark". |
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« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2008, 09:47:22 am » |
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I wonder if any of us making fan-variants are actually hurting future expansions. What do I mean? Any fan-made expansion, contains an idea, and if it is published online, although the owner of the idea does not own the right to Carc, or the tiles or the game or whatever, he/she is the originator of the idea. Therefore, if HiG/RGG were to use this idea and not compensate (e.g. pay) the originator of the idea, they would probably be liable to lawsuits, etc. etc. (Note: liable doesn't = will get sued.) Hence HiG/RGG has to start thinking of weirder and weirder ideas for their expansions since they can't use any that have been mentioned online in whatever form.
I guess I'm going to stop posting my variants ideas for now, although I would still continue commenting on the variant ideas of others. Comments?
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« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2008, 09:52:41 am » |
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"He then hurls the token using the catapult."
"…the hurling player…"
Yeah, this expansion makes me want to hurl. Quite frankly, I'm disgusted.
As far as I can see, the only reason to buy this is to invent new rules for the fairground tiles. It has nothing to do with Carcassonne other than the name.
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« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2008, 09:58:22 am » |
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I guess I'm going to stop posting my variants ideas for now, although I would still continue commenting on the variant ideas of others. Comments?
Don't stop posting, whatever you do. I'm tempted to to agree with Bixby about jumping the shark, but the real point is that unless people like you keep posting ideas for variants (especially which can be discussed in an open forum) it seems unlikely that we'll be seeing any worthwhile expansions to the game in the future. I know we, as a community, can do better than this, and we shouldn't stop making variants because the game producers themselves can't. |
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