Carcassonne - Winter and Gingerbread Man

For anyone wondering, this is a standalone expansion. It is not curently compatable with the other expansions that have been released. It is basicly the core game, reskinned. There is a mini expansion you can togle on or off when you play the winter version though, the gingerbread man. It adds one new wooden gingerbread man token that gets moved around to incomplete cities when you draw a tile with a gingerbread man printed on it. (if you have the gingerbread man expansion toggled off, the tiles will not have the gingerbread man printed on them). I am still figuring out the scoring mechanics of said gingerbread man, but basicly savvy players can gain a few extra points with this new token when played correctly and get a leg up on their opponents. I wouldnt consider this as important of an expansion as the others released so far, due to lack of compatability, but if you allready have those, this is a fun addition that could be thematic fun for the cold holiday season.

Charming, just like the physical version. In addition to the winter art it adds a snowfall effect and the animals are 3D (though sadly not animated). The advantage of the physical version (besides the charm) is that it's a good standalone alternative to regular Carcassonne. It has more tiles (84 vs. 72) which means you get a slightly longer game without adding new rules, and the new tiles are a selection of very useful ones from the other expansions that let you complete features that would be impossible in the base game. It's not compatible with base game expansions, but with the extra tiles it feels like a more complete alternative version of the base game. The digital version has those extra tiles of course, but since you have to own both it and the base game it can't be a true standalone alternative. It's still a decent change of pace, though, and since this version of the app doesn't have the 2x tiles option that the old one did it's the only way to play a longer game with vanilla rules. The Gingerbread Man is one of the small, simple expansions, like the Abbot. It gives you a way to get some extra points out of your cities. It's by no means a game-changer, but if you're playing the Winter edition the fact that it's not too disruptive could be seen as a plus, and it adds a further six tiles, all of them useful. (Note that they're six different tiles, unlike the physical version which had one of them duplicated). If you're okay with it not working with your other DLC then I think it's a perfectly fine alternative to the regular game. Plus it's got a wolpertinger, so what more could you want?

Fun expansion but cannot be combined with other DLC's which is a shame as i'd like to use the dragon to eat the gingerbread men! As a stand alone DLC it's good fun.

Don't bother with this expansion. Doesn't add much to the game except a cosmetic skin, and can't be used with any of the other expansions. Much better expansions to get instead rather than this one.

Simply terrible. Not sure what was ASS-modee's idea with this crap. For starters, you cannot use other DLCs with this one, so after you got used to playing 3-4 DLCs at the same time this feels utterly boring and slow. The textures somehow look really bad, not that this game is about graphics tho but still. Overall it is a Carcassonne feature that the rules are not explained very well, it goes for the Winter and Gingerbread Man too. Pretty much you have to do your own "homework". The icing on the cake is that it constantly crashes under Windows 10. Overall as much as I like the other DLC this is just a giant dogturd. An absolute waste of money. Do NOT buy it!