Black Tower

[Novelty]

The balancing of the pieces sounds good.  The black meeples holding up tower pieces makes the pictures interesting.  And You must be a really old Teenager if you're drinking out of a "World's best Teenager" mug!  Oh wait, he's playing green, not yellow... so that must be Joff junior...

[Joff]

It is indeed Joff junior... although when I read your post out to him, he screwed his nose up at the name 'Joff junior'... so i'm gonna keep calling him that!    

[Novelty]

So, when do you think you'll finalise this and Dual Dragon?

[Joff]

I will finalise once I have a supplier for the pieces

[Novelty]

But the count on the side is a great tower piece   Would you consider posting the updated rules in the interim?

[Joff]

The count makes an ideal Dragon for Dual dragon... but not a Tower piece

I will post rules later on... but will update as soon as a supplier is found for the pieces

[Novelty]

Sorry, I meant dragon 

[Joff]

Although I have not yet sourced the Tower pieces, I have released Black Tower as it is more or less done. As soon as a supplier for the Tower pieces is found I will update and let you know. In the meantime folks it a 2nd copy of The Tower needed to make the Tower pieces required for Black Tower

Rules: Black Tower v1

[Joff]

I have updated the rules slightly. All links are unchanged.

This is due to a problem with the distribution of Tower pieces in the footnotes. Footnote 3 now reads:

"When playing with more tower foundation tiles other than the standard 18, increase the Tower piece distribution. For every 4 extra tower foundation tiles each player receives: 1 Black Tower piece and 2 normal Tower pieces.
If 8 or more extra tower foundation tiles are being used, each player in a 4, 5 or 6 player game receives: 1 White Tower piece. The quantity of White Tower pieces per player in any game must not exceed 2 pieces each."

I hope this clarifies the piece distribution better.

[Joff]

A second Tower expansion arrived this morning... now I can get to work on what i've been waiting to do.

Tower pieces with the top apex removed and ready for the undercoat:



The undercoat has been applied:



Once dry, I will sand down and apply the first top coat, followed by another to finish. More images once completed. Yes that is 'Smaug' with an undercoat for using with Dual Dragon... and don't think the Jester and Minstrel escaped while I had the paint out!

[Novelty]

I'm jealous that you actually have a workshop where you can produce these pieces... will you be making any sets for sale?

[Joff]

A workshop!!!     My kids just call it a mess!

Yes, i'll make and sell some... it will just cost the price of the expansion that contains the piece required, cost of paint, a little for my time and of course, shipping... so all in all, it will probably cost less to make them yourselves!

[Novelty]

so all in all, it will probably cost less to make them yourselves!

I was never good at working with wood   And I need to find a workshop (or a mess...) that will allow me access to their facilities.

Are you also making black tower pieces?  Or will you still be using black meeples with tower pieces balanced on their heads?

[Joff]

The Black Tower pieces have been painted today. Waiting for them to dry so I can apply the 2nd coat.

[Joff]

Here is the finished Black and White Tower pieces:



They will be properly dry in a couple of days. We will have a game with Black Tower soon. I will post some pics of the expansion being played with the new pieces.

For those interested, the 'Workshop' is just a bench in my garden shed and the small hut you can see in the mini-vice is a Trading Post for my new orange set of Carc pieces. Trading Posts is the variant/expansion that gets the most use when we play Carcassonne.