CAR for the Catan Series

[Scott]

Seafarers:


Traders & Builders Barbarians:


Event Cards:

[Joff]

Am I missing something here? How does ImageShack work? I have yet been unable to view any of Scott's images uploaded to it. I click on the thumbs and ImageShack opens in a new window, but there is no picture.

[Whaleyland]

I'm not sure what problem you are having with ImageShack. The images loads fine for me. Thank you again, Scott. I picked up the three covers you (re)did. I am not sure yet if I will use the Event Card deck, since it is included in T&B, but if I do, then yours will probably be the best resolution version, compared to those in the rules book. I feel like scanning my copy of Atlantis to use that image as a desktop background or something...oooh, that sounds fun. Too bad the picture on the rules isn't big enough and my box is at home (and dented pretty badly). I will get the other two covers done today and hopefully start transferring the C&K rules over. Every time I want to get started, I get distracted with something else. ::sigh:: Well, as long as it is all in the name of progress (or beating up Diablo in Diablo II), I guess it is okay. Images up later today!

[Scott]

Atlantis:


I changed the hyperlink part to link directly to the full-size image instead of a web page, so maybe Joff will be able to see this time.

When you finish the CARA for the Catan board game, do you think you will do one for the card game too? I think somebody needs to.

Are you going to include scenarios in the CARA? Do I need to clean up those box covers too?

[Whaleyland]

Beautiful! You are a champion of scanning, Scott! I am holding off on the scenarios for now, mostly because half of them are rough remakes of earlier scenarios (see Atlantis remakes of Das Buch scenarios). Also, since there are so many of them (Das Buch, Atlantis, Historical Scenarios I & II, 999 Games scenarios, Hesse, Nordrhine-Westfalen, Luxembourg, Saggsen Gaden, Austria, Discworld, and probably a few more), I am not sure where the line should be drawn between should-be-in-Catan-CARA and shouldn't be. I would need translations of the 999 Games scenarios (which are unfortunately too expensive for me to afford right now [come on trip to the Netherlands!]) as well as the Discworld scenarios (which I haven't translated yet nor has anyone else on BGG). Everything else I already have digital translations of, but the question again is: should any/all of them be included? I think I will wait until I am done with the 4th edition expansions before I contemplate the others. I already am thinking of changing Catan CARA to Catan CARAS (Completely Annotated Rules, Almanacs, & Scenarios); adding a bunch more would not change that probably expansions of the title.

Concerning Catan Card Game, I kind of do want to do an annotated rules for that game. Unlike the Catan CARA, I would definitely include the Short Tournament Rules from Das Buch, but other than that, I haven't really seen much to add in footnotes. I am not sure what the merit of a Catan Card Game CAR would be except to have one. Anyone have ideas about this? This would, quite obviously, be done in a number of months, when I am done with the Catan CARA(S), but it is very possible if only there is interest and information that needs annotation.

[Whaleyland]

Okay, as promised, here are the covers (all 5 of them) for the individual expansions, as well as the final cover for the complete set.

Settlers of Catan
Cities & Knights
Seafarers
Traders & Barbarians
Catan CARAS

I copied the rules booklet color schemes from the official rules, so that is why the borders are blue in some and yellow in others. I chose to stick to the original Settlers color scheme, though, for the complete edition. Thanks again Scott for all the covers!

[Joff]

Atlantis:

I changed the hyperlink part to link directly to the full-size image instead of a web page, so maybe Joff will be able to see this time.

I had no problems viewing this image. Still have been unable to view the others though

[Scott]

I went back and changed all the previous images to link directly, so you'll be able to see them now.

The covers are looking great! I am glad to have been of assistance. They are not scanned by me, of course, since I don't have any Catan games.

I think the "C" standing for "Completely" would necessitate including ALL scenarios, or at least working towards including them all.

I am fairly resourceful, so let me know what you need a translation for and I'll do my best to find it.

[Novelty]

Thanks for the images Scott.  You know I now have to buy Catan after reading through this.  *sigh*  I should put up a sign saying "Will work for euro boardgames" somewhere...

[Scott]

It's definitely made me want to try playing Catan again. I've only ever actually played two or three times in the past. The time elapsed since then has given me opportunity to rethink my strategy. I'm afraid of getting hooked.

[Novelty]

I'm afraid of getting hooked.

I can deal with getting hooked.  I'm not sure if my wallet can deal with me getting hooked...

[Whaleyland]

Seriously, try BoulderGames if you are going to buy the 4th edition of Catan. So much cheaper than anywhere else. Strangely, my girlfriend really doesn't like playing Catan with any of my friends. Still, I really enjoy the concept of the game and the changeability of it. If you have played Settlers and didn't enjoy it a ton, try playing the Cities & Knights expansion or the Traders & Barbarians scenario (not the expansion, although the scenario is included the expansion). Both really add a new dimension to the game and make it feel very different, yet strangely familiar (perhaps it is the robber?).

Novelty, what summary did you want me to include in the Catan CARAS? The different scenarios and whatnot or the different games? I want to include at least a mention of both in the final rules but if you could point out which you were referring to in your PM, that would be much appreciated. Cheers.

[Novelty]

The different scenarios and whatnot or the different games?

Both!  Thanks!  I'll look forward to the final rules

[Joff]

I spoke about the Catan Viking pieces to Whaleyland in a PM. For those that have not seen the basic Viking pieces for Catan, here they are:

The front are the regular Catan pieces and their Viking replacements are at the back.

[Whaleyland]

Hello again, just thought I'd give you all an update. I've been busy with in-life work, but managed to finish transcribing the Cities & Knights rules. My early release draft is located here.

This draft is merely for proofreading and I would appreciate anyone who can to read through it quickly. This draft:
* is not formatted properly;
* has no images except the cover graphics; and
* has not been proofread at all.
I have most of my footnotes included (most variants for this one), but if anyone has any additional ones that should be included, please suggest them to me. If there is anything else, especially anything major, please mention it now as once the images are in, it becomes a lot harder to fix things.

Also, here is my Settlers rules, in their nearly finished draft. If there is anything else that needs correcting, please mention it. I have one more thing I may add, but it really depends if anything else needs to be changed. Otherwise, it is just too big of a pain to correct such a minor detail (it would really make no difference to include or not, it would just be a little helpful). So please, feel free to read through this too and offer any suggestions. I am sure there are still grammatical/punctuation/spelling errors I have overlooked.

Joff, I am not a huge fan of the Settlers or Seafarers Viking pieces, but I like the Cities & Knights ones. Do you know if (a) the City Wall ring fits around the original wood city and (b) the metropolis cap fits on the top of the original city? If you confirm both of those, I am ordering a set for sure. Oh, and do you like the little flags for the knights? Or do they become a pain? They kind of look strange, but I like the non-circular knight pieces and Merchant. I assume the set includes all six colours, this may not work. I play green...always.

Novelty, I will include details of all the accessories and German-only scenarios (and anything else I can think of) when I do the complete rules booklet, which won't be for a while. Seafarers may well kill me because I need to integrate the 3rd edition scenarios with the 4th edition ones. If Seafarers doesn't kill me, then surely Traders & Barbarians will. It has more scenarios and variants than anything else.