Catan Studios CN3072 Extension Player Reviews Summary

Game Quality and Components

Pros:

• "The quality of the game components is top-notch, adding to the overall experience."
• "The rules are straightforward, yet the game offers immense depth and replayability due to its ever-changing board layout and resource management aspects."
• "All of the exact parts came in great packaging, making it a wonderful purchase."

Cons:

• "The extension pack was missing one of the cut-outs, so we were missing several terrain tiles and frame pieces."
• "Having punched many hundreds of modern board games, it has been a long time I've seen chits this thin and prone to tear out."
• "Some of the wooden houses look like someone took a bite out of them. Poor structure and not correct at all more than a couple of pieces."
• "Half of the pieces had some black stuff on them that wouldn't come off, even cleaned them in a bleach solution. Still stained."
• "The cardboard pieces were separated from and need to be glued."
• "The border pieces for our game do not fit together, making the game hard to setup."

Gameplay Experience

Pros:

• "It's a perfect mix of strategy and luck, and I love that the game changes a little every time based on the randomization of the board."
• "This game is a fantastic mix of strategy and luck. A blast! Lots to learn in the beginning but you learn quickly."
• "Easy to learn game that is great for the whole family. Games are relatively quick game play."
• "A lot of fun, and I enjoy the amount of skill that it requires. It's not purely luck-based, which is something I enjoy."

Cons:

• "Overly complicated with 6 resources, 6 event types, 2 token types, and complicated ruleset."
• "It took 40 minutes to read and understand the rules, another 15 for each person to go through a turn; we started the game at 11:45 and ended at 2:25."
• "Way, way, way too much luck for such a long, laborious, & way overpriced game."
• "The entire match is heavily dependent on the starting position which is determined by a dice role."

Customer Service and Replacement Parts

Pros:

• "This was a wonderful purchase, and it came with all of the exact parts and in great packaging!"
• "Asmondee was quick to respond and made it easy to get the items needed. However, it's still a shame that you even have to go through all this hassle just get make the proper pieces."

Cons:

• "Missing both building cost cards, has multiple doubles on the number pieces and is missing quite a few of the number pieces."
• "I am very glad I got the extension to Catan. It is one of my favorite games, and now I can play with an even larger group! It is also a great gift for someone you know already has Catan. This was a wonderful purchase, but it came with a scratch."
• "Bought this in October and just opened it to play for the first time. It’s missing the pack of 5 Orange settlements."
• "My family LOVES Catan. We play multiple times per week. We finally ordered the expansion pack and went to play but found the green set was missing all of the settlement pieces."