The Ocean

[Novelty]

I had to do something to the water because after cutting out the islands, it was in such bad shape   Anyways, do let me know if there is anyway I can help.

[skipboris]

Here is tile sheet 3.  This time in Jpeg.  It seems the quality of these sheets is improving, so I probably will go back and redo the first ones.

http://www.mediafire.com/?qmn2xmyznwm

Let me know what you think.  Is jpeg better?

[Scott]

JPEG is a lossy compression format. I personally prefer loss-less formats like PNG or TIF (though TIF would be way too big).

[Novelty]

That looks great though.  I'll try printing it out over the weekend to see what sort of quality I get.

[Deatheux]

Carcassonne will just became a spin off of the setlers of catan if this ocean thing came up...

lets' try to be original.

[Skull One]

Carcassonne will just became a spin off of the setlers of catan if this ocean thing came up...

lets' try to be original.

Ok, I am game.  Explain how these two games, with entirely different mechanics, are going to collide and end up with Carcassonne being a knock off of the other. 

I am betting you can't come up with an original and defendable answer.

[skipboris]

Carcassonne will just became a spin off of the setlers of catan if this ocean thing came up...

lets' try to be original.

I've never played settlers so I don't know what you mean.  I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea.

PS heres a .tif of Ocean 3.  I'm still planning on going back and re-doing 1 and 2.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmdegyww1vk

[Novelty]

Your original files doesn't make it worth it to save as a tif.  The quality is the same whether you use the tif or jpg, but the jpg file is less than half the size.  I would suggest using the jpg.

[skipboris]

Ok, I'll go with Jpeg then.  Here is #4.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zejunwnn5mw

Once I finish it all maybe there will be someone that can put it in .pdf form as the final finish.

starter tile here

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmnn3njq15n

[Novelty]

You can convert them to PDF using the free PDF Redirect.  I've been using that since Gantry recommended it.

Carcassonne will just became a spin off of the setlers of catan if this ocean thing came up...

lets' try to be original.

What makes carcassonne, Carcassonne?  What differences are there between Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan?  I don't really know SoC well enough (perhaps Whaleyland can correct me if I make any mistakes here) but this is what I think...

Tile placement -
Carcassonne: Strategically used as part of the player's turn
Settlers of Catan: Only carried out as part of the game to create the board
Oceans: Strategically used as part of the player's turn
Conclusion: Oceans = Carcassonne

Meeple placement -
Carcassonne: As part of the turn
Settlers of Catan: Resources needed to place meeples
Oceans: As part of the turn
Conclusion: Oceans = Carcassonne

Ocean tiles -
Carcassonne: None, but game has landscape features which can be scored
Settlers of Catan: Forms the border in the base game, Harbours (expansion) allows trading of goods, Fishing Grounds (expansion) gives additional resources
Ocean: Allow movement, has landscape features which can be scored
Conclusion: Oceans = Carcassonne

Resources -
Carcassonne: None, but trade goods (expansion) used to score points at the end of the game
Settlers of Catan: Does not give any points, but required to place meeples
Ocean: None
Conclusion: Oceans = Carcassonne

Dice -
Carcassonne: None
Settlers of Catan: Determines which tile produces resources
Ocean: None
Conclusion: Oceans = Carcassonne

I could go on.  I tried looking for features where Ocean were more similar to Settlers than Carcassonne but fail to find any.  I don't see how it could be a Settler's spin-off eventhough it retains the three basic Carcassonne concepts of (1) tile placement, (2) meeple placement, and (3) scoring completed features on tiles with meeples (even more so than say, the Catapult or Princess and Dragon!).  I do agree that the 2 game have the same features (e.g. Rivers), but neither is a spin-off of each other just because they have features in common.

And this idea is original!  It adds a landscape feature not previously available in Carcassonne or any of its expansions.

[skipboris]

You can convert them to PDF using the free PDF Redirect.  I've been using that since Gantry recommended it.

Ok cool I'll try that one.  I tried "cutePDF" which seriously messed up my whole computer.  Why does Adobe cost so much? 

[Novelty]

In the starter tiles, the rocks on the beach(sand) and grass are a bit weird.  It might be worth it to run the blur tool around the edges of the rocks so that they blend in better.  Make sure not to encroach too much on the rocks (or the sand/grass) though as that will make them blurry.

[skipboris]

Hows this for the starter?

http://www.mediafire.com/?yytmmdrewdn

old here

[Novelty]

I get an error when trying to download that new file.

[Gantry]

me too, 404 file not found