Drought and Pestilence

[CKorfmann]

They look pretty good.  What if the "X" was black instead of red?

[Novelty]

They look pretty good.  What if the "X" was black instead of red?

Then it would look like the movie X-men logo   (as opposed to looking like the comic book logo )  It would also be less colourful, which would mean it'd lose its cartoony image and thus be less Carcassonne-ish (as meepleater would say).  Red, after all is a sign/colour/whatever for danger.

Edit: Here is the draft rules for the game.  Does it need examples?

1. For the placement of the barn
2. For scoring a plagued city
3. For the final scoring of the barn/farmer

Also, if someone could make images for the examples, I'd greatly appreciate them.

[CKorfmann]

Also, if someone could make images for the examples, I'd greatly appreciate them.

I think we should hire someone to do this full time!   

[Novelty]

Well, it won't be a collaborative expansion if someone is doing this full time   I guess there is just no interest to do it collaboratively?  I wonder has anyone even proofread it yet ...

Anyways, here's the rules with the first 2 examples done.  I won't be adding anymore examples unless someone else creates the image to include in it.

[CKorfmann]

I read it but hadn't done so critically.  Here are some observations.

The font under Preperation changes part way through.  It might just be the size.

The preperation paragraph is excellent.  I appreciate the suggestion in regard to pig herds.  The rat tile suggestion is very good as well.

#2 might need to be modified a bit.  The way it reads, it sounds like it's only effected when the barn is placed.  It should effect the farm whether or not the barn is played.  That's my understanding.  Is that correct?  It might be sufficiently covered under final scoring. 

"(i.e. one of the tiles that makes up the city is has the rat-infestation icon)"

Rat infestation example: "In the example to the left, both Blue and Red have a knight in a completed city. Both Blue and Red score 10 points for the city as usual, but do not return the follower to his or her supply."

I just noticed the watermark.  I missed that before.

[Novelty]

Thanks Chris.  I've made the changes here.

I just noticed the watermark.  I missed that before.

Shows you how much detail there is in a tile

[CKorfmann]

Hence nerfs like these tiles...

I meant to ask before... What's a nerf?

[Novelty]

Hence nerfs like these tiles...

I meant to ask before... What's a nerf?

It's an American slang term.  I guess it's not Southern...  According to urban dictionary (because I googled the term) :

To weaken or make less dangerous. Taken from the "Nerf" brand name, which makes sports equipment toys out of a soft foam (e.g., the Nerf football is soft foam rather than the hard leather of a real football).

[CKorfmann]

Interesting.  Of course I'm familiar with Nerf as a brand, but I've never heard it used this way.  I'm not really a southerner, I just live there.  I'm northerner. 

[metoth]

Well, it won't be a collaborative expansion if someone is doing this full time   I guess there is just no interest to do it collaboratively?  I wonder has anyone even proofread it yet ...

Anyways, here's the rules with the first 2 examples done.  I won't be adding anymore examples unless someone else creates the image to include in it.

The opening line should probably read: "There are times when the hand of God is withheld from the people and pests and drought plague the land, causing hardship in the cities and farms."  I also dropped the comma after people and the "in the" before farms because it is redundant.

Under "rat infestation" the comma needs to be dropped, and a period added to the end of the sentence.

Under "Deploy a follower" the first sentence might read better as: "Followers are deployed to the rat-infested city as a knight per the usual rules."  This would avoid using "as" twice so closely together.  It just sounded awkward.   In the sentence following that one, the comma before "but" should be dropped since it is not connecting two complete sentences.

Under "Score a completed city" there is an extraneous "is" within the parentheses.  "Has" should be the only verb there.

In the blue colored text for the example below "Score a completed city," the verb in the first sentence should be "have" not "has." In the next sentence, the verb should be "score" not "scores."  There should be no comma again before "but" in that sentence.  In the final sentence of the example, the verb should be "stay" not stays.

I'll read through it again once I'm awake to see if I see anything else.

Hope this helps, Novelty.

Marie

[Novelty]

Marie, thanks for your comments.  I presume your name is Marie Toth and I've used that name in the credits.  Please let me know if you want it to be corrected or removed.  The updated rules is here.  Merit point given out to yourself and to Chris for the comments so far.  Keep the comments coming!

[metoth]

Yep.  That would be my name.  I am fine with you using it. 

Marie

[CKorfmann]

I presume your name is Marie Toth...

Wow, way to nail that one!     Thanks for the merit point.

I only have one comment to add.  The rules state that knights are quarantined in the city when it is finished.  I would assume that this is also true of the mayor, builder, cart, or any other follower.  If so, perhaps it should read that "followers" remain in the city rather than "knights" just for sake of clarity.

Also, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the Dragon would avoid infested cities because it can smell the disease.  I guess that was something different.

I think I will include the Missionary document that the players disk should remain in a quarantined city, but the Missionary is removed to the side of the board similar to the Gallows.

[Novelty]

Followers will still exclude builders.  I will update the rules to change out all knights to followers AND the builder.

[CKorfmann]

That's what I meant...