Forests

[Novelty]

I decided to disallow the builder in the forest because it doesn't make sense - nothing is being built.

That makes sense   Perhaps we could have a "lavendar" tile to extend the builder mechanic to forests...

[Scott]

On a somewhat related note, I was doing some reading about Robin Hood in connection with the third forest expansion which is currently under the working title "Merry Men" (we'll probably keep that name). The English Robin Hood originated from the French Robin des Bois (which translates to Robin of the Wood, or in Middle English "Robin Whode"). Read more here: http://www.textbookleague.org/94robin.htm

[Novelty]

That's one of the possible origins   I think there were a group of such people all over Europe during those times...

[Novelty]

Scott, if there are no further comments to the forest tiles and rules, can you create a 1.0 version of the rules and a zip file containing all the files and make that available please?  Then we can stick a fork in this and call it done!

[Scott]

Will do.

[Scott]

Done:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjmz2hdmgm3

[Novelty]

Scott, the 1.0 rules state that forests are worth 1 point for every segment.  Shouldn't that be 1 point for every tile instead?  If it is, could you update the rules and post the updated version please?  Thanks.

[Scott]

I was staying consistent with the existing landscape features, and according to the CAR cities and roads are scored per segment. I notice there is a picture in the rules clarifying that segments on the same tile are counted as one. Do I still need to change the wording?

[Novelty]

I was staying consistent with the existing landscape features, and according to the CAR cities and roads are scored per segment. I notice there is a picture in the rules clarifying that segments on the same tile are counted as one. Do I still need to change the wording?

Well, perhaps you may want to add a footnote that 2 or more segments on a tile still counts as 1?

[Scott]

Don't you think people are already familiar enough with the concept?

[Novelty]

I think they are, but the rules seem to state otherwise.  i.e. 1 point per segment.  I think at the very least a footnote is required so that it is clear and not ambiguous.

[Scott]

Meh, something is seriously wrong with my computer. MS Word refuses to recognize the Barbedor fonts anymore.

[Novelty]

Ouch!  Welcome to my world!  The way I fixed it was to highlight the text and then reselect the Barbedor fonts again.  I have no idea if that will work for you.

[Scott]

The fonts aren't even showing up as an option. When I try to reinstall them, Windows claims that the fonts are corrupted, even the originals. I have a sneaky suspicion is has something to do with an update to Acrobat that might have some problems with it. (Every time I restart the computer, it claims that I need to restart again.)

[Novelty]

Anyways, I updated the rules a while back to include comments by koolkat and wicke (Thanks guys!).  The zip file with the public downloads has been updated, but because that is such a big file, the rules only document can be downloaded from here (2.27MB).