"Play It Smart" is nice gimmick, nothing more

Apparently there are people who never played "Settlers of Catan", let alone have heard of it. For only very briefly a description of the "Game of the Year 1995" and winner of the "German Games Award": Three to four players go on a hunt for five different raw materials with the aim to obtain the most victory points. Therefore one must settlements and build cities, points are awarded even if one possesses the largest army or has the longest trade route. Moreover, there are certain points on event cards.
Especially if you play "The Settlers of Catan" with four players, it will quickly close on the honeycomb board. In the chase for the best raw materials to built quickly once a player the way. But even in hopeless situations will help the right tactics continue, a game you should never give up too early. The competitors should also not be too damaging, because their help is often decisive. Through clever exchanging commodities among themselves many a shortage of raw materials is again balanced.
Of course, game inventor Klaus Teuber moves with the times. For an enhanced gaming experience, he relies on an app. "Play It Smart" is the option. The app "The Robbers of Catan" is started before starting the game on the tablet, and controlled with the renewed robber figure. In fact, the game offers a few interesting innovations per app. The cubes accepts optional the app, each cube result is stored in a statistic, so you can be upset as a loser of the game afterwards wonderful about that is "Five" never rolled and you could not win because therefore aktuen Erzmangels.
The app is activated each time the robbers are used and if a settlement or city is built. Result is usually that certain players get more resources or to which release. In addition, resources are introduced, the player with the most treasure receives one victory point.
Overall, the "Play It Smart" option a nice gimmick. Of course it's fun that a few more coincidences between victory and defeat. Me personally the app has also drawn a little out of the game. It draws a little from the actual events on the board and slowing down the game.