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The Settlers of Catan (New Edition) | 
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| Brand: Mayfair
Category: Toy
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £24.35
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 60
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 3 x 11.6
MPN: 4102480
Model: 4102480
UPC: 029877030613
EAN: 0029877030613
ASIN: B000W7JWUA
Release Date: November 19, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Settlers of Catan (4th Edition) MFG3061 Players: 3-4 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 60-90 minutes Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade sheep, lumber, bricks and grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials. Trade with other players, or at local seaports to get resources you might lack. The first player to achieve 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.
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Best game EVER, just buy it December 27, 2008
Thompson Essien (London)
Ok so you like games like... Monopoly, and Risk and all that. But the problem is, for the last hour or half hour when you play those games, it's pretty clear who is winning and who will eventually win. With Catan, it's not over until it's over! 50 times more fun than any game I have ever played without the predictability. Everyone is still in it to win it and can mess up each other's play right 'til the end. Best game I have ever played. Can't wait to play again. It's simple really, just buy it and spread the fun!
A fun strategy/trading game. June 24, 2008
J. K. WARREN (England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Settlers of Catan is just a fun game! The ever changing board gives a different strategy style every game. It is quite simple to pick up (although some of the photographs showing games in action can lead you believe that it's difficult). There is an aspect of planning, trading, building and a little luck (but just a little) which shows why this is a best seller. Forget Monopoly and other outdated, tedious games, this is great!
The actual game takes about an hour and a half to two hours for first time plays, but as you gain experience this is reduced. In a world that is obsessed with computer gaming, this game brings the board game back where it belongs... in the family.
Simple, smart and very entertaining April 16, 2008
Mr. P. E. A. Mcarthur (Grimsby, UK)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you're wondering whether you'd enjoy this game: It's like a cross between Monopoly and Risk, with about the same level of complexity, and with all the benefits of both and none of the drawbacks.
It has enough random elements to make it exciting (dice, cards and board-setup), but without making it arbitrary - which seems to be a failing of Monopoly. This means you can have a good or a bad few turns, but a good strategy will make all the difference over time.
The bartering of resources with other players is a key component of the game, and again it's possible for a good mercantile thinker to turn this to their advantage. It's fascinating - and amusing - to see the market swing in two turns from "All I've got is 4 Wood" to "I'll give anyone any 3 resources for a bit of WOOD!!!"
The combination of short-term goals and long-term strategies give it that Risk-like feeling of rewarding achievements, but without the aggressive style of play. There is no attacking or defending per-se - you just have to out-grow the other settlers. You can only really win by being a more successful cooperator than the other players!
As others have said, you never feel that the game's over until the last turn. Unlike Risk, Monopoly or most of the other conquest games, everybody's in with a fighting chance until the very end...
All in all, this is a beautifully well-rounded game. It's simple enough for anyone except very young children to pick it up and have a go, but balanced and dynamic enough for the more demanding gamer to get stuck-in. I've seen game-fanatics and "toys are for little people" snobs get just as caught up in the same game, and there have been many genuinely funny moments.
It's quite simply the perfect "get a couple of friends over for a bottle of wine" game. Heartily recommended.
I'll give you a Grain and a Sheep for an Ore... March 1, 2008
A. Giannotta (Sunbury, Middx, UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I felt I just had to mention the whole bartering part of the game; it's great fun.
Like the previous reviewer, I love the new board and it's a lovely, snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug fit. I've introduced the game to a few friends, some of whom are not normally into games, and they all love it. If learning the game seems a bit too much effort they have their own dedicated website to teach you how to play!
If you're not sure about whether this game is for you, check it out and you'll see what it's all about.
New set, same game February 9, 2008
Mr. J. R. Scholes (UK)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
We were introduced to Settlers of Catan by a friend, and have played on his board on many occasions. Having bought the new edition, I can now say that the new design is very nice. It took a couple of games to get used to what was what but my wife and I now play happily.
The pieces are still good quality wooden affairs, the tiles themselves are just as wellmade as before (now backed with sea rather than plain). Regarding the frame, ours is a anug fit, but I put that down to it being new. We haven't needed to make any alterations as the above commenter has, so his may be an unfortunate batch.
The overall look is very nice, the gameplay is as before, and I thoroughly recommend it.
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