A classic in the old-new look

Board games are something wonderful: you can weld family ties together, provide serenity, joy, but also return the innermost part of a man to the outside: anger, resentment and anger. Quasi an emotional all-round package. Therefore, "man, do not fret!" for me one of the cruelest activities for a Sunday afternoon, you could do this to me.

"Catan - The Game" is a true classic games, which probably so crowded some family games collections this nation besides Monopoly and Risk. Three to four players can get as much be said for the uninitiated to gameplay, the possibility to enter 75 minutes a small world of its own and to turn out to be the ideal builders or developers of roads, settlements and cities. Who, the first to reach 10 victory points, for example, by the longest roads, wins the game.

This edition is the basic equipment of every Catan player. In an accompanying booklet, almanac, you will throw an overview of all construction and extension packages. Be it an extension to 5-6 players, the themed expansion "Traders & Barbarians" or as Catan Dice Game: be varied The Catan World is huge and can arbitrarily.

The quality of game accessories is as usual from the cosmos, very good. The platelets are stable and resistant to kinking, the cards are beautifully illustrated and the pieces of solid plastic. Via the optics is certainly argue: I personally find (for example) the streets of the old editions prettier. But this is bleating at a high level.

Facilities include with this playset much power for affordable money. "Catan" is a game that belongs in any games and makes the whole family fun. Certainly it is not a pastime for young children, but from the secondary school (or as the manufacturer says, aged 10 and older) you can with your kids certainly enjoy playing.

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