De Ark van het Verbond
Introductie [1]
door Jonathan Warren
The Ark of the Covenant is a game that was developed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, the author of Carcassonne.
Het spel is uitgegeven in Template:Year nl, door Überplay Entertainment onder hun Inspiration Games opdruk die games op de markt bracht speciaal voor de religieuze markt. Een Duitse editie, genaamd Die Baumeister des Könings, volgde in Template:Year nl, uitgegeven door Diehl Medien.
The Ark of the Covenant is a stand-alone game based on the Carcassonne series, but is not compatible with Carcassonne or any of the other Carcassonne spin-off games.
As of April 2008, Überplay Entertainment has gone out of business. This has made getting hold of The Ark of the Covenant difficult.
The Ark of the Covenant is the more mature version of Carcassonne. It was released over two years after the original Carcassonne, and one year after Hunters and Gatherers was released, and as such it was able to benefit from play testing of both, the result being a more elegant gameplay. Some gamers prefer to play a game of The Ark of the Covenant rather than 'vanilla' [2] Carcassonne for this reason. It is an excellent game for those wanting to play a basic version of Carcassonne without all the expansions. Some fans have affectionately renamed it Arkcassonne or Carc of the Ark.
There have been two rule sets produced for The Ark of the Covenant (2003, 2005). The second edition sought to clarify some issues raised as a consequence of the first edition rule set. The clarifications of the second edition are provided in the annotations of this document. The differences between The Ark of the Covenant and the German release, Die Baumeister des Königs, are also shown in the annotations. The Question and Answer footnotes refer to official responses to the question posed. As The Ark of the Covenant was released first in English, it is the English version that the following sections follow.
WICA Notes
In 2008 The Ark of the Covenant CAR was written from the perspective of the First Edition, with corrections from the later edition included in footnotes. This version has been changed to include the information from the second edition in the main body of the text, with changes from the first edition referenced in the Notes.
Rules
Er zijn geen officiële uitbreidingen uitgebracht voor dit spel.
- Fan Expansions for The Ark of the Covenant - A small number of fan produced "print-and-play" expansions have been created which are available from the CarcassonneCentral and CarcassonneForum websites. These expansions may either be "completed" (available as a complete pack of tiles and rules (as applicable - some may only be a set of rules)) or "in development" (partially developed, perhaps some tiles and an outline of rules in a forum discussion thread).
- 50/100 Scoring Tiles are available to download from CarcassonneCentral
Verwijzingen
De Ark van het Verbond CAR Erkenningen
- Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, for taking the 2001 Game of the Year into the Promised Land
- Überplay Entertainment/Inspiration Games, for publishing it
- Matthew Harper, for the Carcassonne: Complete Annotated Rules concept
- Gantry Rogue, for Carcassonne Central
- Scott, for the Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers: Complete Annotated Rules
- Novelty, for all the advice and assistance
- Wicke, for proof reading
- Vladimir Sykora (O.M.S.), for his invaluable help, advice and excellent scans
- Brian Mola (ColtsFan76) and Bobby Warren (Bobby4th), who both supplied much information
- The regular posters at Carcassonne Central who gave me the necessary encouragement
- Oskar Lindqvist for providing the meeple graphics
De Ark van het Verbond CAR Versie Geschiedenis
- 1.2 – Updated Introduction. Added a "Contents" page. Added the "Carcassonne Central" section. Changed the background colour to prevent a problem with legibility when printing in black and white. Justified text. (21 Dec 2008)
- 1.1 – Corrected some spelling errors found from proof-reading. Annotations completed. Added the "Consolidated Tile Reference" section. First main release. (20 Dec 2008)
- 1.0 – First draft edition released, without annotations, to allow for comments and suggestions. (14 Dec 2008)
WICA Erkenningen
- Jonathan Warren, voor 'The Ark of the Covenant CAR'
Voetnoten
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Voetnoten
Ga voor licentie en uitleg over de pictogrammen naar de pictogrammen pagina.
- ↑ Deze introductie en andere content is overgenomen van The Ark of the Covenant Complete Annotated Rules (CAR) v1.2 12/2008 die zijn uitgebracht op de website van Carcassonne Central. Kleine aanpassingen zijn gemaakt tijdens het omzetten naar deze digitale wiki vorm.
- ↑ 'Vanilla' Carcassonne is a term used by players referring to a game of Carcassonne without any of its various expansions being included.