CAR for The Ark of the Covenant

[Joff]

I managed to get hold of a copy of The Ark of the Covenant early this morning. I am having it shipped in from Germany as there is no stock I can find in the UK. This is due to the publishers of the game ceasing trading in April.

Following on from Matt's lead (and then from Scott, who produced a CAR for Hunters and Gatherers), I have set to work on a CAR for this game and although it will not be as complex as Matt's work (and indeed Scott's) because of the publisher issue, I felt it a good idea to collect together what we do know about it. We will then have a CAR for 3 of the major 'Carcassonne style' spin-offs.

Work is yet to begin on the actual annotations, but I have uploaded the first draft. I hope it is well recieved.

If you have any comments or anything that might be of use for this reference, please let me know by posting in this thread.

The Ark of The Covenant - Complete Annotated Rules (V1 draft)

[Gantry]

Nicely formatted!  Not having the game, I'm not familiar with the layout of the rules.  On page 8, there are the two sections, Game End and Final Scoring.  Then on page 9 there is a section called Scoring Fields, is this part of the rules or an annotation? If scoring fields indeed is part of the rules and sheep and fields are scored, then the Final Scoring section isn't really final scoring, left me wondering where the "real" end was.

[Joff]

They are the actual layout of the rules! The Scoring Fields subheading does come after the Final Scoring heading. I have put no annotations in that version as yet (except for the introduction).

[wicke]

I don't have this game either, but I noticed on page 2, section 4, that is says "gamplay", should be "gameplay"

Page 7, What Happens When a Completed City or Road Has More Than One Follower?
section 1, first sentence, shouldn't it say "... on a road or in a city"

.../Patrik

[Joff]

I don't have this game either, but I noticed on page 2, section 4, that is says "gamplay", should be "gameplay"

Thanks for that, my error.

Page 7, What Happens When a Completed City or Road Has More Than One Follower?
section 1, first sentence, shouldn't it say "... on a road or in a city"

It is exactly the same as how the rules have the sentence written. The only thing I have changed at the moment within the text of the rules is the spelling of colour (from 'color' to 'colour').

[kjamma4]

The only thing I have changed at the moment within the text of the rules is the spelling of colour (from 'color' to 'colour').

So you intentionally misspelled it? 

[Joff]

The only thing I have changed at the moment within the text of the rules is the spelling of colour (from 'color' to 'colour').

So you intentionally misspelled it? 

Well, I intentionally spelled it correctly

[Gantry]

Well, I intentionally spelled it correctly

 

[kjamma4]

The only thing I have changed at the moment within the text of the rules is the spelling of colour (from 'color' to 'colour').

So you intentionally misspelled it? 

Well, I intentionally spelled it correctly

Sure - next thing you'll be telling us is that the wagon has tyres instead of tires ! 

[koolkat]

Well, I'm TIREd of this spelling discussion...
Boys, BEHAVE!

[Joff]

Just a quick update to let you know how this is progressing.

Started the annotations yesterday... there's not many at the moment though. I have e-mailed one member of the English rules development team in the hope that I can have a list of questions 'officially' answered to tie up a few loose ends (not sure how this will go, seeing as the publisher has ceased trading, but it's worth a try). I am awaiting the tile scans, so I can get the tile distribution finished. I am also hoping to have translated the German rules to this game to see if it differs from the English rules (I understand that the English version was first, and so they are the rules the AotC CAR will follow, but I believe there were a few differences with the German edition). My German copy of the game has been despatched and hopefully when it arrives it should contain the German rules... would anyone be willing to translate them for me when they arrive?

[Joff]

Thanks to O.M.S. who sent me a scan of the second edition rules, a couple of the questions I sent for clarification have been answered within the rules. All changes between 1st and 2nd edition rules will be annotated.

[Novelty]

I didn't realise that there are 2nd edition rules to AotC as well.  I'm looking forward to the document Joff

[Joff]

I didn't realise that there are 2nd edition rules to AotC as well.  I'm looking forward to the document Joff

There was two rules releases. The 2nd edition contained only a few changes mainly clarifying some issues... and contained a wooden Ark, instead of a cardboard one. To be honest, I thought the rules to both editions were identical and the only change was a wooden Ark.

I would still like to find someone who can translate German... my German edition arrived this morning I'll post some pics later.

[Joff]

The German Edition Box



What's inside



The tiles. I absolutely love the artwork. It fits the theme well (below is a close up).