#526 The Settlers Of Catan Alongside Seafarers In Addition To 5-6 Players Expansions (1995 In Addition To 1997)

I pick out neglected a piffling combat the board games inwards this blog. There is i primary argue for this, together with is that my weblog rattling very rarely talks nearly toys made after 1995, together with board games made before 1995 are non specially good... The best "Euro" board games are the newest ones; each time, board game designers are making ameliorate together with ameliorate games or updating quondam ones. If y'all pick out a big game collection at home, y'all commonly exclusively play the newest ones, piece the oldest ones are simply catching dust inwards around shelves or pick out been moved to the attic.

The Settlers of Catan is i of those exceptions, that has been forthwith played for over xx years, together with it is existence released together with sold twelvemonth after year. There is many chances that, if y'all similar board games, y'all pick out played this one.

The game simulates the management of villages on an island. Each hamlet produces unlike goods: clay, stone, sheep, wheat or wood. With this goods, y'all tin upgrade the villages to cities, laid novel villages or roads, or purchase special cards that brings y'all special advantages. Personally, I don´t similar the game much. Due to the game mechanism, it is slow to predict who volition win after simply a few rounds, sometimes simply after the initial placement of villages. If y'all teach out apart this modest detail, most people pick out a lot of fun amongst this game, since the goods tin live traded anytime together with there´s a lot of interaction.

I pick out i of the earliest german editions of the game, the get-go i didn't pick out the "Spiel des Jahres" logo on the cover, but boy afterwards, the box was changed to improve sales. It is a game that tin live rattling easily constitute on flea markets together with I pick out bought it a few times, although before versions are to a greater extent than scarce, together with to a greater extent than hard to find. The get-go box is the reason game, together with is yet unused. The get-go editions had pieces made of wood, together with the box inlay is made of carboard. Later editions included plastic pieces together with the interior was improved to host all components to a greater extent than efficiently.

The game is for iii or four players, which is a combat of a limitation for this game (and for whatsoever game inwards general), together with therefore the writer Klaus Teuber expanded the game amongst a few to a greater extent than tiles together with pieces for a 5th together with 6th player. I likewise ain this expansion together with it is likewise unused.

There are dozens of expansions to a greater extent than for this game. The get-go i of these was released 2 years later on together with is called "Seafarers". The expansion consist of novel tiles (many of them H2O tiles) together with therefore y'all tin shape around form of body of body of water amongst smaller islands together with ships, that are truly similar roads but built over water.

The expansion does non add together much to the game, but makes everything a piffling to a greater extent than challenging: if y'all are block yesteryear ground, y'all tin e'er crusade to sheet to a close isle to settle together with create to a greater extent than goods.
The box I ain is i time again a rattling quondam version, in all likelihood the get-go one, together with the game has been played, but is consummate together with inwards rattling prissy shape. Again, the ships are made of wood, which inwards my sentiment is much nicer to impact together with has a nicer feeling during the game than plastic.

The Seafarers expansion likewise had a (supra-)expansion for v or 6 players, which I likewise own, but never needed it. It is yet unopen together with it volition stay similar that for a while.

This is a to a greater extent than modern versión, which is the i I use. Most pieces are made of plastic (villages, cities, roads, thieves)

FACTS AND FIGURES:

Name: THE SETTLERS OF CATAN, SEAFARERS, EXPANSIONS FOR 5-6 PLAYERS
Alternate Names: DIE SIEDLER VON CATAN (German), SEEFAHRER (German), LOS COLONOS DE CATÁN (Spanish), NAVEGANTES (Spanish)
Year:1995 together with 1997
Company: Kosmos (Germany)
Size: approx. thirty x thirty cm (game box)