You also get knights, which protect your cities from the Barbarians. With these commodities you can get useful progress cards which give you powers (such as building free roads, stealing cards, trading capabilities, etc.). There are three other main expansions for Catan:There’s Cities and Knights, which makes the game more intense: In addition to the usual resources, commodities have been added. The scenarios are very fun, and add variety to the game.Q. There are eight scenarios, with different layouts and some slightly different rules. There are also two gold hexes, which give you a resource(s) of your choice when you build next to them. You start on the main island and get to the other islands by building ships, which work exactly like roads, except that they are built on water. Basically, instead of having one island like normal Catan, there are now multiple islands separated by sea hexes. So what’s the Seafarers expansion all about?A. Some of the printing was a little off-center on my copy, but it’s really only very noticeable on the number tokens (the 4th Edition didn’t have this problem). The hexes fit a little loose in the frame, but they’re not too bad. I counted everything and there were no missing pieces. There are 6 frame pieces, 19 sea hexes, 11 terrain hexes, 50 Catan chits, 10 number tokens, 10 harbor tokens, 61 wood ships (15 each of red, blue, orange, and white, and 1 black pirate ship), and the rules/scenarios booklet. What pieces are included? How well made are the pieces?A. If you haven’t bought Catan yet, though, I would recommend the 5th Edition (mainly because it’s newer) unless the 4th Edition is cheaper.Q. Obviously, you want to get whichever edition your base Catan game is, so that they match well. Should I get the 4th Edition or the 5th Edition?A. Also, the 5th Edition has slightly nicer artwork (at least in my opinion), but they look pretty similar.Q. This makes them a little less appealing, but it’s not bad. The number tokens are a little different as well in the 5th Edition, the higher-rolled numbers are printed larger than the lower-rolled numbers (so 12 and 2 are a small font size, while 6 and 8 are larger). In the 5th Edition, sea hexes are a slightly darker and bluer color (which makes them look slightly better, but only by a hair). What’s the difference between 4th Edition and 5th Edition?A. The duration depends on which scenario you chose to play, but the estimated length for Seafarers is 90 minutes while normal Catan is estimated 60 minutes.Q. Does this expansion make the game take longer?A. There’s a 5-6 player extension for Seafarers, but you need to get the 5-6 player extension for base Catan as well.Q. You will need the base Catan game (called Catan) in order to play Seafarers.Q. This review will be in question/answer form.Q.
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