Completely Annotated Rules - work in progress!

[koolkat]

Sorry, mj. Agree. Let's keep this forum nice and tidy. 

[Deatheux]

so do the resolution of the art work will be touched??

for the record i think that it is really worse to censor some words that write them lound & clear

we live in a ruthless & unforgiving world... i don't  want my kids to live in those kind of ivory towers... but i wish that they are polite bred and free willing!!... :-s

@No : there is no sexism in carc... there is a fairy and a princess, we can count the count as a women IF YOU WANT!!!

[mjharper]

Just so everybody knows, I've been working on the new draft. I've included the rules for The Catapult, notes for Cult, Siege and Creativity, and added all the tiles to the tile distribution lists. I've also updated whatever I can find which refers to RGG still using 1st edition rules

But at the moment I've only got something like a dial-up internet connection, and it's impossible for me to upload the new draft for you all to have a look at

However, at the end of the document at there's now a section called 'Player Developments'—we were talking about adding expansions and things. If people want me to still include that sort of thing, then I'd be grateful if you'd point me in the right direction, because frankly the discussion was so long ago that I've forgotten where and what was discussed : Useless, I know.

[Joff]

Well, if you're needing stuff for 'Player Developments' might I suggest the Variant Workshop right here on CC

Our very own expansions/variants created by our CC community would be an excellent addition to the CAR.

[mjharper]

I know, but which? There are such a lot of good variants there… To only pick some would be unfair, be w can't use all of them because it would be excessive. It's still the annotated rules, after all.

Should I just stick to the Favourite House rules section for now? 

[Novelty]

I think you should just point them towards the forum and let them pick themselves.

But here's my pick for the "anthology":

Joff's Invasion of Catharism - enables you to play with both Siege and Cathars.
Sonja's Lavendar Fields - with the nice image!
Joff's The Medieval Expansion - which is probably the most innovative expansion there.
Joff's Dual Dragon - with rules to make the dragon relevant in mega-Carc
and
Maulei's Treasure Hunt - which adds a lot of fun

[wicke]

Matthew, have you gone through my comments on version 5 yet.

When will the revised version be ready with Cult & Catapult included as well.

[mjharper]

Matthew, have you gone through my comments on version 5 yet.

Thanks for reminding me… Er… … Could you send me the comments again, by any chance? I recently had a problem with my email and lost everything before October. Really sorry

When will the revised version be ready with Cult & Catapult included as well.

As soon as I have an OK connection I'll post the latest draft for people to look through.

[koolkat]

Joff, it's just my opinion but I think the rules for "our" expansions should be gathered in its own compendium because they're unofficial.

[Joff]

Joff, it's just my opinion but I think the rules for "our" expansions should be gathered in its own compendium because they're unofficial.

That depends on how you look at the CAR. As it is Matt's work, he should have the final say, but a fan-made CC expansion would help drive traffic to this site. I would like to see something like my Invasion of Catharism included, as, although it's not official, you do not need any extra tiles or meeples, just official tiles to play it.

I personally use Matt's CAR as 'the bible for the Carcassonne player'. HiG should realise this, as it's simply a quality document and a trusted source for Carcassonne rules. It should be in every players possession. The CAR could help build CC up and so could CC fan made variants.

[Whaleyland]

I agree. I see CAR as the bible of Carcassonne much more than any rules sheets or official rulings from HiG or RGG. I think that the quality and effort put it makes it by far the most superior of rules documents. I am not sure that including Invasion of Carthism is necessary, but I do think that some notes about the website are very much merited. I prefer to keep my "official" CAR guide separate from my unofficial expansions, however awesome most of them have proven to be.

[koolkat]

Of course, The CAR author has the final decision. But what about a 2-CAR's train (compendium)? I mean a CAR with two parts. The official expansions part and the unofficial expansions part?

[Dagou]

A lot of good variants out there but how to decide which to include and which not to include.

It's probably tons of work just to keep the CAR up to date. Variants should be left out of the CAR.

 

[koolkat]

We could always vote for the most popular fan-made expansions...
I'll give you an example: On some other thread, most members agree that it would be great that the official 2009 expansion should include forests. How about include The Forest on CAR?

[wicke]

Wouldn't it be a nice idea to have the variants/expansions listed in order of peoples ranking and put up some sort of voting possibilities.
And of course they could be added to the CAR, at least the ones that have got the same layout as the CAR, but certainly in another section in the back of the CAR.