The Rivers of Catan: Two rivers run through Catan. A variant of this set was previously released, without the lake, and I've written a longer review of it. These produce fish when their numbers are rolled, and the fish can be turned in for a number of advantages. The Fishermen of Catan: In this scenario, fishing spots can be found along the harborless edges of the board and in an inland lake. The following five scenarios involve much more extensive changes than the variants, often involving specific maps and new tiles. It does so by introducing two neutral players that the real players can build for, as well as trade tokens which are a new resource which players can manage and which they can use to get cards from the neutral players. The first player with 3 harbor points gets the Harbormaster card, and it then changes hands when other players exceed that count.Ĭatan for Two: This introduces a method for playing The Settlers of Catan with just two players. Any settlement built at a harbor earns 1 "harbor point" and any city earns 2 "harbor points". Harbormaster: This introduces a new VP Card, the harbormaster which is worth 2 VPs (and thus should increase the VP target of your game by 1). The cards were previously released separately, and thus I've written a separate review of them already. Instead, you draw a card, and whenever 31 of the 36 cards have been drawn (as marked by a special New Year card) you reshuffle. The Friendly Robber: This is essentially a house rule that keeps players with less than 3 VPs from being attacked by the robber.Ĭatan Event Cards: This is a deck of cards that replaces dice rolls. I'm going to provide a quick overview of each of the variants and expansions in turn.
The scenarios are said to be arranged into a campaign, which just means that there's a story that theoretically connects them. Nonetheless, it earns a solid "4" out of "5" for Style: well above average.Ĭatan: Traders & Barbarians contains 4 "variants", which are small-scale expansions which can be used with any game and 5 "scenarios" which are larger-scale expansions which probably can't be played together. My only complaint is the box's tray, which is terrible for organizing this set of variants and expansions. Overall, Catan: Traders & Barbarians includes a generous count of components, all of good quality. You won't be able to use the new sea frames included with this set, but they're just a new way to lay out the harbors: no biggie (though vastly superior, in my opinion). THe tiles and other components all looked fine together. Pretty simply: I had no problems using it. Long-term players will probably want to know how well this new supplement integrates with older editions. Last year Mayfair released a new edition of the base Settlers of Catan game, and Traders & Barbarians matches its new look and feel. There are also plenty of examples and full-color illustrations. It's been very carefully organized, to highlight each variant and scenario and also show how some of the "variants" interact together. Rulebook: An attractive 24-page full-color rulebook. These include a variety of new terrain tiles, new victory point cards, and various chits for the various scenarios.
They're all full-color, with attractive artwork on some of them, though the cards are slightly on the flimsy side.Ĭardboard Bits: Finally, the set includes a variety of cardboard bits, which are all printed on medium weight-glossy card board. These include a set of "Catan Event Cards", new decks of development cards for two of the scenarios, some wagon technology cards for "Traders and Barbarians" and some reference cards for "The Fishermen of Catan". Each of these figures is a fairly complex design that goes a ways beyond what you typically find among wood bits in Eurogames.Ĭards: A double-deck of 120 cards. These include 22 camels, 36 barbarians, and a set of knights, bridges, and wagons for each of the (four-player) player colors.
Wooden Bits: Almost 100(!) new wooden bits for use in Catan. Catan: Traders & Barbarians is a new expansion for The Settlers of Catan.Ĭatan: Traders & Barbarians comes with a varied set of components.
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