Completely Annotated Rules - work in progress!

[Novelty]

- expand section about CC to mention fan expansions

What exactly are you thinking of putting in there?  Let me know if I can help.

Edit: Reading through the CAR:

The Tile Distribution title is on page 66 instead of 67.
The big pig isn't included as a neutral figure on page 69.

[mjharper]

- expand section about CC to mention fan expansions

What exactly are you thinking of putting in there?  Let me know if I can help.

Scott, ages ago:

If you want to fill up the CarcCentral page a bit more, you could always mention how lots of spiffy fan-made expansions and accessories are available to download here. (larger scoring tracks, player aids, Complete Annotated Rules for AotC and H&G...  )

I was thinking along those lines. If someone with more knowledge of the fan-made stuff can write something, that'd be awesome...

Edit: Reading through the CAR:

The Tile Distribution title is on page 66 instead of 67.

Pain, that. This expansion had more tile structures than any before it. I've reduced the font of the title for now, but I'll have to look for a longer term solution...

The big pig isn't included as a neutral figure on page 69.

The whole Overview section is 'To Do'  

EDIT: Uploaded a demo of the 'increased font size' CAR. I only had a quick mess with the first half; everything after the Tile Reference hasn't been touched. - Opinions extremely welcome!
http://mjharper.macbay.de/CARnew-big.pdf

[Joff]

Here's one found through a quick scan:

Page 128: House Rules:

"...first player to ‘role’ a standing follower decides who plays first."

should be 'roll'.

[mjharper]

@Joff: Done.

Also, on the flimsy basis that no news is good news, I decided to adopt the +1 font size version of the CAR for the next beta. I think I prefer it, and since nobody said anything...

[Whaleyland]

@Joff: Done.

Also, on the flimsy basis that no news is good news, I decided to adopt the +1 font size version of the CAR for the next beta. I think I prefer it, and since nobody said anything...

Sounds good. Bigger text is more readable text. As soon as I get a chance, I was going to do a read-through of the rules and give edits too. I found a few in the Wheel of Fate section, but didn't note them first time through so I'll go back and note them next time. Also, you introduction needs to be fixed up a little. It is still dwelling on 2008. Does the farm scoring section need to be as big still, since RGG finally adopted the new rules?

[Novelty]

Does the farm scoring section need to be as big still, since RGG finally adopted the new rules?

Oh, I hope it's retained.  RGG has not "officially" adapted the rules, they have just sneaked it in via A&M and BB2.

[mjharper]

Does the farm scoring section need to be as big still, since RGG finally adopted the new rules?

Oh, I hope it's retained.  RGG has not "officially" adapted the rules, they have just sneaked it in via A&M and BB2.

There's that, and I was also thinking about newcomers to the CAR, and to online resources in general. Sure, to us the RGG adoption is 'old hat' but to someone who might have a box from a few years ago and just does a quick Google search for rules, they might find that useful. I appreciate that 2008 is last year, but it was a much more important year for Carcassonne than 2009 has been.

I'll have a look through it again and see if I can update it somehow, perhaps shifting the emphasis from the time to the changes. But I do feel the changes were the most important in a good while.

[Whaleyland]

There's that, and I was also thinking about newcomers to the CAR, and to online resources in general. Sure, to us the RGG adoption is 'old hat' but to someone who might have a box from a few years ago and just does a quick Google search for rules, they might find that useful. I appreciate that 2008 is last year, but it was a much more important year for Carcassonne than 2009 has been.

I'll have a look through it again and see if I can update it somehow, perhaps shifting the emphasis from the time to the changes. But I do feel the changes were the most important in a good while.

Granted. And indeed, little has come out this year for Carcassonne. I mean, the one thing that HAS come out (or will in the US) is technically a stand-alone on HiG's webpage, so that means nothing at all has come out. You should emphasize some of the additions to the rules in the introduction, though, since there are a number of them.

[CKorfmann]

Here are a few things I found when reading the updated rules.  I really only looked at the Wheel of Fate rules since I hadn’t had a chance to read them yet.  Incidentally, I like the bigger font.

Wheel of Fate – Preparation:
"The big pig should be placed on the ‘fortune’ section of the wheel, its nose point pointing or points to the right."

The scans of the separate sectors of the wheel in the Perform Events section are unreadable due to low resolution.  Not sure if this is a problem on my end, but can they be put on at a higher resolution, or not?

Fortune: "The player whose turn it is receives 3 points."

Taxes: The illustration text is a little unclear to me.  I had to read it several times to understand it.  Anyone else have a similar experience?

Did you include a scan of the Wheel?  I didn't notice one.

It looks like the Plague is the only negative event on the Wheel.  I would have thought that they’d balance the positive and negative a bit more.  I like the expansion/spinoff, whatever it is.  I've never heard the word plinth before, but I think I like it.  

[Whaleyland]

Matt, I must know. When are is the new CAR coming out with the Wheel and Tunnel rules? I see that you uploaded the "CARnew" to BGG in June without even telling us here! Sad times. I've been waiting to print out a copy of it, but new rules/expansions just keep coming out. Any chance that a version with the Tunnel and Wheel of Fortune (and perhaps my new cover) will be releasing soon? I've been waiting to print out the rules until the inclusion of those items. Thanks!

[mjharper]

Um, the latest version from July (newer than the BGG version ) does include the Wheel rules. I have a feeling I still had to update the scoring overview though.

I'll see if I can find some time at the weekend to add the tunnel to the rules 

[Novelty]

I'll see if I can find some time at the weekend to add the tunnel to the rules  

Hopefully you'll have finished the book by then.  Missing bus stops (or almost missing them) can't be good fun.  Although writing up the rules in the CAR probably isn't too fun either.

Edit: I've added a link to the CAR download thread on the Rules & General page of the Downloads.  Thanks goes to Whaleyland for the cover image.

[Deatheux]

the links for downloading the CAR does not work this morning, can you guys check it out?

thx!!

btw, as far as i know, i am really late in the CAR progress, but do the Wheel of Fortune & the 2009 mini expansion is added??

thx agn!

[Tobias]

I can download the .pdf just fine. It must have been just a short glitch.

[Deatheux]

works now, i just beat the heavy scrap out of my laptop, everything's FINE!!