I picked up four new games this week, and when I cracked the shrinkwrap I found that three out of the four were missing pieces. Buyword was missing a Wild tile, Zendo was missing the entire bag of white stones, and Carcassonne: The City was missing two wall pieces. The latter problem is apparently widespread, as I've heard of at least three other copies that were missing the same pieces. I know that every now and then these things happen, but a more superstitious man would view this kind of shoddy convergence as a Sign of Ill Portent. Though it would probably get lost in the shadow of the whole Bush winning reelection thing.
Posted by Peter at December 12, 2004 4:47 PMFour (and probably five), unless you were already counting mine. I read the post on Spielfrieks mentioning the missing walls, and counted mine, and I too have 68. And I figure it's safe to say that the other (still shrinked) set is short as well, since they came from the same lot, I'm sure. So I've already emailed Jay asking for four.
Posted by: Chris Lemon on December 12, 2004 6:53 PMIf it makes you feel better, I know at least 1 person who got 72 wall pieces. Maybe you can beg Rich for the extra two...
Posted by: Jesse on December 13, 2004 2:25 AMHey Peter:
What was the fourth game?
Posted by: Russell on December 13, 2004 8:33 PM