Yes, the expansion mania produces strange things. Some of the Carcassonne expansions are very good, but there are two real duds in 'Princess and Dragon' (or whatever it must be called in English) and 'The Catapult'. Both of those include really bad rules and are worth buying only for the additional cards.
With Britannia, I thought that the board design looked remarkably similar to DotC, which (I think) came out shortly afterwards, 1987 perhaps? It's obviously much simpler, though.
Yes, the expansion mania produces strange things. Some of the Carcassonne expansions are very good, but there are two real duds in 'Princess and Dragon' (or whatever it must be called in English) and 'The Catapult'. Both of those include really bad rules and are worth buying only for the additional cards.
With Britannia, I thought that the board design looked remarkably similar to DotC, which (I think) came out shortly afterwards, 1987 perhaps? It's obviously much simpler, though.