The Catacombs

[skipboris]

Since I have my hands full with another expansion, I'm going to throw this idea out there for anyone to grab.  Maybe its no good, I don't know.  What if there were clear plastic tiles that depict an underground element?  The plastic tiles would be played over the top of any other tiles.  You would draw a plastic tile every time you draw a tile with a Catacomb icon, or maybe just have the choice to choose one tile type each turn: paper or plastic  .  This way, you could literally create a connected cave network beneath Carcassonne.  There could be mining, underground cities, railroads, & waterways, grave robbing, secret treasures, cave monsters, new ways to connect cities, etc.  There are many directions you could take the idea.  Crafting tiles would be interesting, probably using overhead projector sheets.

[Gantry]

Not a bad idea, taking the game 3D

[Novelty]

Sounds like a spin-off idea.  It's a good idea though, but please don't ask me to change what I've already done for this expansion.   

[skipboris]

Sounds like a spin-off idea.  It's a good idea though, but please don't ask me to change what I've already done for this expansion.   

Oh no not at all.  I was mostly just thinking out loud.  By nature it would have to be an expansion as you would need the regular tiles to make it work.  You're playing the clear plastic tiles on top of the normal tiles so that you can see what is above and below ground.

[Novelty]

Sounds like a separate different idea then.  I think it warrants its own thread

[Novelty]

Anyways, back to the original idea of this thread (sheesh, what's it with people trying to hijack this thread?  ), here's the new version of the rules with minor corrections done and the scoring examples added.

[Novelty]

I'm going to stick a fork in this (pun not intended) and call it done.  Look for it in the Public Downloads page.