Carcassonne - Die Katharer
For a few months, Naturelich was not very active on ebay. Today, upon returning from Basel, I received my latest ebay-acquisition by mail. The October/November edition of Spielbox. My reasons for buying this issue are simple: it contains the Carcassonne extension Die Katharer which is (so far?!) only available in this issue of the gaming magazine. The extension consists of four new cards which contain part of a city which is under siege.
Some historical background: The Cathars were believers of a new religion (shall we say Gnostics?) in the 11th and 12th century. The Pope was not too happy about this and started a crusade which led his troops to Carcassonne. After plenty of years of fighting and the Inquisition getting their own share of fun, the Cathars died out.
But they are now revitalized in a board game. The Cathars tile can be connected to an existing Carcassonne city lowering the number of points scored for the knights inside the city (by one point per tile). They also increase the value of farmers! This new game mechanism allows you to steal points from others, while giving it to the your poor farmers... Robin Hood is back!
I am looking forward to my first gaming session...