Completely Annotated Rules - work in progress!

[joshgambit]

My mistake.

Changed below --


I looked over this post; and I consolidated the comments from others.  I also did proofread up to page 70 or so; and found the following things.  I hope this helps for a list of things that need to be done.  Thanks to everyone who have posted updates.

If it would be any help, I would be happy to give you a hand with this.  Send me a PM, and we can talk about it.

Page 11 - Box in the center of page.  Remove the number '5.'

Page 64 - Comments
"as it is both an" -- change an to 'a'

Page 64 - Preparation
"its nose point" -- change to 'pointed'
   
Page 65 - Fortune
"The player whose turn it receives 3 points." -- add 'is'

Page 65 - Taxes
Reword:  (Not sure if this is any better) Every player receives 1 point for each of their knights.  Also, each

knight receives 1 point for each pennant in the city.

Page 66
Move "TILE DISTRIBUTION" to the top of page 67.

Page 69
Add Big Pink Pig to Neutral figures section.

Page 131 - Game Figures
The word "fete" should have a ^ not `  -- Looking closer a the word, that is the only one with the wrong accent.  It's tough to catch it all, with the size of the fonts, but they seem to me to be all correct.

Add Crop Circles
Add Bridges, Castles & Bazaars
Add Tunnels

I *think* that's everything, but I could very well be wrong.

[Julie1000]

I'm always using CAR has a rules specialist in my group of players and this reference guide is a bible for me. A huge work that I'm please to use.

Suggestion : add the play of the Count in the Overview (p.69)

I don't like to play with the count but some other players do, so...

Thank!

[Kanomike]

Have added a brief extract of the crop circle rules to the rules section.  Shout if you want me to send the word doc to you.

[BigBlue]

I navigated to the faq/download section, but it said I need to login to view content. How can I login there?

[Novelty]

I navigated to the faq/download section, but it said I need to login to view content. How can I login there?

That's been broken for a while now.  Head over to the rules section and there should be a thread there with a link to the latest verstion of the CAR.

[joshgambit]

Just throwing this out there again - I would be happy to work on this to help get it updated!

Thanks,
Josh

[garypopkin]

Link to Rules and FAQ doesn't work in Google Chrome.

[eddebaby]

Hi all, new here and to Carcassonne in general. I got the Xbox 360 version in the Christmas Sale and after seeing that they only had 2 of the expansions and no signs of any more being added I decided to get a proper version

I'm still waiting for the main game and most of the mini expansions to come through in the post but in the mean-time I have been reading up here at Carcassonne Central. Awesome stuff guys!

I've put togther a long bullet point list of things needed to bring the CAR up-to-date with the release of The Plague. Hope this is what you were after Matt:

What would really help me is a list of all the things which need to be done. Any takers?

Overview:

• Update Cover? (http://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=1015.msg15721#msg15721)
• Rules (The Tunnel, BC&B, Crop Circles, Plague)
• Game figures (Large Pig, Bridges)
• Rework Order of Play
• Figure Characteristics(Large Pig, Bridges)
• Update Tile Overview by Release
• Update Consolidated Tile Reference (inc symbols + features)
• Update Glossary
• Add La Porxada (oft-requested )
• Update Version History (a given :p)

More Detailed Break-down:

Code:

+New Cover?
Rules
    +The Tunnel
        +Translate and Format Rules: http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/232.0.html
        +Source Instruction Images
        +Source Tile Images
        +Footnote regarding tunnels from P&D and A&M
    +Bridges, Castles & Bazaars
        +Translate and Format Rules: http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/Carc_8Erw_Regel_RZlow.pdf
        +Source Instruction Images
        +Source Tile Images
    +Crop Circles
        +Translate and Format Rules: http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Regeln/CarcKornkreiseRegelnlow.pdf
        +Source Instruction Images
        +Source Tile Images
    +The Plague
        +Translate and Format Rules: http://www.hans-im-glueck.de/fileadmin/data_archive/Spiele/Carcassonne/Carca_Pest.pdf
        +Source Instruction Images
        +Source Tile Images
        
Reference Guides
    Overview
        Game figures
            3. Neutral figures
                +Large Pig
                +Bridges
        Order of Play [Revamp? Using http://carcassonnecentral.com/forum/index.php?topic=1017.0 as a base?]
            +0. Begin Turn
                +Fairy
            1. Draw a tile and place it
                +Resolve Wheel of Fate    
                +Resolve Plague Outbreak
                +Additionally Place a Tunnel Token    
                +Remember Auction!
            2. Move the Wood
                +Resolve Crop Circles
                +Use additional Plague 'Escape' Move
                +Additionally place a Bridge
                +Place a Flea/Wipe out a Plague
                +Place follower on wheel of fate
                +Resolve Tower Capture
                +Resolve Barn
                +Additionally Place a Castle if applicable and desired
            3. Scoring
                +Collect Trade Tokens
                +City of Carcassonne/Count Movement
                +Castles
                +Farm Scoring - Castle (+1)
            +4. After Turn
                +Bazaar Auction

    Summary of figure Characteristics
        +Large Pig
        +Bridges
        +Tokens?
            +Plague Tokens
            +Tunnel Tokens
            +Castle Tokens
            
    Tile Overview by Release
        +The Tunnel
        +Bridges, Castles & Bazaars
        +Crop Circles
        +The Plague
        
    Consolidated Tile Reference 
        +The Tunnel (Tile Images)
        +Bridges, Castles & Bazaars (Tile Images)
        +Crop Circles (Tile Images)
        +The Plague (Tile Images)
        
        Symbols & Features
            +Crop Circles
            +Plague Centres
            +Bazaar
            ++Tunnels
            
    A Carcasssonne Glossary
        ++Tunnels
        +Bridges
        +Tunnel Token
        +Castles
        +Bazaars
        +Auction
        +Crop Circle
        +Plague
        +Flea
        
Further Developments
    Selected Variations
        +La Porxada
        
Version History
    +5.0 beta 7

If anyone would like to make corrections as they see fit. I tried to break-down each expansion as best I could so that they fit in the different sections - I'm sure I've missed things though. A lot of the content could be created/compiled and sent to Matt for approval/submission if he doesn't have the time to write it.

Hopefully a worthwhile first post. Thank you so much Matt for the greatness that is the mighty CAR!

[CKorfmann]

Great first post!  Looks good to me.  Welcome!

[Talisinbear]

I can't find this ruleset, just get a dead link

[CKorfmann]

It works fine for me.  HERE it is. 

[mjharper]

Awesome, eddebaby. Thanks for that :-)

[CKorfmann]

Hey guys, I spent some time digging into the CAR a little more today.  What an impressive document it really is.  With all the work the goes into it and all the information that's been accumulated compounded exponentially by every expansion, it seems for all the world to me like a Master's thesis!  There aren't enough merit points for this!  

Matt, take up these guys on their offer to help you out.  A fresh set of eyes, and fingertips, would probably do you a lot of good.  

[Zbych]

CAR is a bible I always check it for strange questions answers, still it lacks some reply's... life is always smarter than theory;)
I'd like to see more graphic examples of 2-3-4 tiles together that make life of the beginners difficult and make for plenty of interpretations.

f.e. roundabout road - it would be much easier if you would show it - closed from each side and the corespondend amount of points. (f.e. 4 points if the roundbound is closed right away at each ending) I will have some playes in coimng days and hope to note all the questionable configurations that will arise.

RIVER II section - please add an official statement regarding the city bridge tile with river - it does divide the farms in four (that what I found from HiG), it makes sense, but is not logical when you look at the drawing of the bridge.

I don't see a clear instruction what to do with River I and River II when played together. Scrap 1 spring and 1 lake... but where do we start with 1 spring or with the Fork.

[Whaleyland]

I doubt this will speed things along any faster, but here are the German rules for Das Fest and Die Gefolge copied directly from the rules documents:

Die Erweiterung: Die Fest
Spielmaterial: •10 Landschaftskarten mit dem Festsymbol. Wenn ein Spieler eine Landschaftskarte mit dem Festsymbol aufdeckt, legt er sie zunächst wie gewohnt an. Nun muss er sich entscheiden, entweder
• er stellt 1 eigene Figur nach den üblichen Regeln auf diese Landschaftskarte oder
• er nimmt 1 eigene Figur von der gesamten Auslage zurück in seinen Vorrat.
Der Spieler kann auch auf beide Möglichkeiten verzichten. Gefangene Gefolgsleute (4. Erweiterung – Der Turm), darf der Spieler auf diese Weise nicht zurück in seinen Vorrat nehmen.

Das Gefolge
Das Gefolge besteht aus 6 transparente Phantomen in 6 Farben. Das violette Phantom
gehört zum grauen Spieler.
Zusätzliche Regel
Jeder Spieler bekommt das Phantom seiner Farbe. In seinem Zug darf ein Spieler dieses Phantom als 2. Gefolgsmann auf die gelegte Karte stellen.
Er darf also in diesem Zug 2 Figuren in verschiedene Gebiete einsetzen. Bekommt man das Phantom zurück, darf man es in einem späteren Zug wieder ebenso einsetzen. Das Phantom kann auch alleine eingesetzt werden und zählt immer wie ein normaler Gefolgsmann.
Ausführliche Regeln auf www.carcassonne.de

You may still want to skim through the Jubilee Edition rules, though, just in case anything has been cleaned up or clarified. Plus! You need to copy images of the tiles to the new rules document. Too bad they removed the purple meeple image from Die Gefolge rules. That could have been used in the rules...