The set is complete!

[Skull One]

Which tile is that, Skull One?

My cell phone takes *bleepy* pictures.  Good camera is at home.  But here is my description based on how I have read you describe tiles.

CRCR - Road goes thru middle and also connects to both castles.

In the original I&C, it is as described.

BB2 has a bush at the junction point.  Which means you can score, 1 point for a road leading into either castle. Also the road is now a terminator instead of a pass thru.

Hopefully I'll remember to bring the camera and the original tile into tomorrow.  That way you can see the BB2 version of the artwork.

[Skull One]

I'm missing 'Cult Seige and Creativity' and 'The Catapult', I'm not counting the Big Boxes as they add nothing new, same as the tiles with Hans Im Gluck almanac cos they are in 'Cult...' etc. I DO have the Cathars!  Yes, I agree they are the Holy Grail of the game!!

But, to be a completist you have to also have:

Hunters &Gathers
The Castle
The Discovery
The City
The New World
Ark of the Covenant
The PC game (Collection Version of course!)

... Yes, I do have all of those. 

The day after I got hooked on Carcassonne, when Microsoft gave it away for free on the 360, I placed an order for everything that was currently in print from RGG. 

Ark of the Covenant wasn't in print and the company I ordered from didn't have any copies.  Still haven't decided if I am going after that one.  I think the only things I have ordered since then is New World, GQ11, Cult Siege & Creativity and Big Box 2.

I tried tracking down the PC game and have been unable to find a source for it.  That is probably my only "must have" that still ticks me off.

[CKorfmann]

CRCR - Road goes thru middle and also connects to both castles.
In the original I&C, it is as described.
BB2 has a bush at the junction point.  Which means you can score, 1 point for a road leading into either castle. Also the road is now a terminator instead of a pass thru.

Now that you describe it, I remember seeing it before.

[Tobias]

But, yeah, you will need The Cathars (since it has different rules and graphics from The Siege).

I didn't know they had different rules.  What are the differences?

The difference is that in Siege your meeple can escape from a besieged city if there is a cloister bordering any tile of the city, whereas in Cathars the cloister needs to border to the cathar tile.

[Wishmaster]

I tried tracking down the PC game and have been unable to find a source for it.  That is probably my only "must have" that still ticks me off.

If you know where to look, you can find it......   

[Skull One]

I tried tracking down the PC game and have been unable to find a source for it.  That is probably my only "must have" that still ticks me off.

If you know where to look, you can find it......   

I am a professional software developer.  I would prefer to aquire it legally.

[Novelty]

BB2 has a bush at the junction point.  Which means you can score, 1 point for a road leading into either castle. Also the road is now a terminator instead of a pass thru.

Isn't there rules to say that you cannot score the 1 point for the road leading into either castles?  I'm not familiar with the BB2 rules.  I know it's there for I&C.

[Skull One]

BB2 has a bush at the junction point.  Which means you can score, 1 point for a road leading into either castle. Also the road is now a terminator instead of a pass thru.

Isn't there rules to say that you cannot score the 1 point for the road leading into either castles?  I'm not familiar with the BB2 rules.  I know it's there for I&C.

I believe you are correct for the original tile.  But look at the BB2 tile and you will see why I now believe you can score the one point.



And I quit reading/referencing the BB2 rules.  I think they are joke compared to CAR.

[Skull One]

I tried tracking down the PC game and have been unable to find a source for it.  That is probably my only "must have" that still ticks me off.

If you know where to look, you can find it......   

I am a professional software developer.  I would prefer to aquire it legally.

Actually, I may have to rethink my stance on this.  Since the PC game is still lacking a great many of the rules and expansions, maybe I should simply write my own version using CAR as the rule set and include every expansion save Catapult.  I wonder just how many lawyers I would tick off?

[CKorfmann]

Go for it!

[Novelty]

I believe you are correct for the original tile.  But look at the BB2 tile and you will see why I now believe you can score the one point.

Well, your belief might be mistaken.  Check out footnote 36 in the latest CAR.

[Wishmaster]

I tried tracking down the PC game and have been unable to find a source for it.  That is probably my only "must have" that still ticks me off.

If you know where to look, you can find it......   

I am a professional software developer.  I would prefer to aquire it legally.

Actually, I may have to rethink my stance on this.  Since the PC game is still lacking a great many of the rules and expansions, maybe I should simply write my own version using CAR as the rule set and include every expansion save Catapult.  I wonder just how many lawyers I would tick off?

Ha Ha Ha!! Like it!!  As I commented there are versions 'out there'. There is also eBay, although the Collection Box does not crop up very often and is quite pricey for it's age. The Basic version appears more often, I have that as well.

Regards writing your own version, that would be fantastic. Go for it!!  As to copywrite, how did ASO-Brain get round it witheir online version? They renamed it Toulose but was that it? There's obviously countless 'unofficial' expansions (most are here!) and there's a few 'based on' games available for free download on the net (Pirates and Plunder for example). Indeed there is also my own 'Solstice Wars' should I ever complete it. I guess it's a matter of how it's approached.....

[Whaleyland]

Go for it!

I'd play. To avoid infringement, just call the game "Provence" or "Catalonia" or something. Make cool names for all the copyrighted expansions too. I think you should try to program Catapult into it as well. Have the program have you select a location you are aiming for, then it should have one of those little meters that goes up and down and you try to click right when it is in a certain place (like one of the ends of it). That would set the accuracy of your throw. It could be more accurate than the real thing!

Inns & Cathedrals – Cottages & Abbeys
Traders & Builders – Merchants & Architects
The Tower – The Big Stone Building
And so on...

[Skull One]

I believe you are correct for the original tile.  But look at the BB2 tile and you will see why I now believe you can score the one point.

Well, your belief might be mistaken.  Check out footnote 36 in the latest CAR.

When I read that section last year, I didn't pay any attention to that foot note because I didn't own BB1.  Of course now after re-reading the ruling I see I have been playing the original tile wrong all along.  Thanks for pointing that out.  Now it all makes sense.

GI Joe was right, knowing is half the battle.  Reading the rules completely, even if they say BB1, is the other half!

[Whaleyland]

Inns & Cathedrals – Cottages & Abbeys
Traders & Builders – Merchants & Architects
The Tower – The Big Stone Building
And so on...

I've decided that the name Roussillion, a reconquista state that now includes Carcassonne but was once separate, would work. Hence:
The Inns & Cathedrals – The Cottages & Abbeys
The Traders & Builders – The Merchants & Architects
The Cathars – The Albigensians
The River I & II – The Aude
The King – The Prince
The Tower – The Fortress
The Count of Carcassonne – The Count of Roussillion
The Princess & the Dragon – The Damsel & the Monster
The Abbey & Mayor – The Monastery & the Local Lord
The Catapult – The Trebuchet
The Cult – The Sect

Just some ideas, but I think it could fly as a good remake of Carcassonne for freeware PC usage. Of course the art would have to be different, probably, but it could be definitely awesome.