voltagejim 28 Posted January 26, 2017 Heard that FFG has gotten the rights to the Catan board game and will be putting out totally different versions. Does anyone know when they are coming out and what will be different? My friends and I have enjoyed playing Catan with the 5-6 player extension this summer and my friend just recently bought Seafarers which we played last night and it was pretty fun. I just ordered regular Catan and the 5-6 player extension off amazon last week, and then someone told me about this news. So did I just waste my money on that game and should've waited till FFG releases theirs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hey_yu 272 Posted January 26, 2017 I believe NA Asmodee acquired Catan, http://www.techtimes.com/articles/122649/20160107/popular-game-settlers-of-catan-changes-owners.htm. Not sure if Asmodee is going to let FFG do updates for it after the acquisition, if you have info in regards to this can you point me to it. I have Catan with the 5-6 player Anniversary Edition. Personally, I'm content to just owning this one. It's a great game. I probably won't buy into any other releases of Catan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hey_yu 272 Posted January 26, 2017 Just did a Google search on some news in regards to this. It looks like Asmodee acquired Catan Studios from Mayfair. So, I'm assuming the development staff is the same for Catan. Links to the news and Catan Studioshttps://www.mayfairgames.com/news/asmodee-acquires-catan-mayfair-games http://www.catanstudio.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iceeagle85 495 Posted January 26, 2017 Read the title and thought i didn't know that but this is only about the american Catan not about the german so for me nothing changes, still interesting what Asmodee is buying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vineheart01 6,403 Posted January 26, 2017 what else can you do with catan? its such a simple game where most of the complexity added in ruins the game (personally i cant stand castles or seafarers...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iceeagle85 495 Posted January 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, Vineheart01 said: what else can you do with catan? its such a simple game where most of the complexity added in ruins the game (personally i cant stand castles or seafarers...) Well you can add a new theme, there is a Star Trek Catan so why no Star Wars Catan and you can always make expansions if they are good for the game is a different matter. 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Vineheart01 said: what else can you do with catan? its such a simple game where most of the complexity added in ruins the game (personally i cant stand castles or seafarers...) They had several historical scenarios in wich you had to (help gather resources to) build the great pyramid or the great wall of china, and stuff like that. 1 WarriorPoet reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Iceeagle85 said: Well you can add a new theme, there is a Star Trek Catan so why no Star Wars Catan and you can always make expansions if they are good for the game is a different matter. I have Bacta tanks for Khyber Crystals! 1 DeathstarII reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathstarII 1,164 Posted January 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, Robin Graves said: I have Bacta tanks for Khyber Crystals! I'll spend three Khyber crystals and two worker droids to build a Death Star for my hyperspace route 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tekwych 270 Posted January 27, 2017 The Settlers of Brooklyn 1 hey_yu reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, DeathstarII said: I'll spend three Khyber crystals and two worker droids to build a Death Star for my hyperspace route I'm playing my Rebel army card to move the Rogue (robber) to your Death Star. It can now no longer be used while the Rogue is at that location! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted January 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Tekwych said: The Settlers of Brooklyn They need to do a very "adult" South Park version of Catan. Stuff where "I got wood for sheep" is the least offensive trade you can make. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iceeagle85 495 Posted January 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, Robin Graves said: They had several historical scenarios in wich you had to (help gather resources to) build the great pyramid or the great wall of china, and stuff like that. I totally forgot this i have the Alexander & Cheops, didn't know of the Settler of America, was never translated into german but you can buy it on the german Catan store, I'm downloading the rules to see if there is something intersting and new. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, Iceeagle85 said: I totally forgot this i have the Alexander & Cheops, didn't know of the Settler of America, was never translated into german but you can buy it on the german Catan store, I'm downloading the rules to see if there is something intersting and new. The settlers of america was new to me to, stumbled across it while looking for pics of the other ones. Any idea if they released Troy & the great wall and Alexander & Cheops in America? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathstarII 1,164 Posted January 27, 2017 32 minutes ago, Robin Graves said: I'm playing my Rebel army card to move the Rogue (robber) to your Death Star. It can now no longer be used while the Rogue is at that location! I'll play my super laser blast to move the Rogue back to Scarif 1 Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sithborg 11,644 Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Vineheart01 said: what else can you do with catan? its such a simple game where most of the complexity added in ruins the game (personally i cant stand castles or seafarers...) Make a cheaper, mass market version. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iceeagle85 495 Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Robin Graves said: The settlers of america was new to me to, stumbled across it while looking for pics of the other ones. Any idea if they released Troy & the great wall and Alexander & Cheops in America? After a little web search i have to say it doesn't seem that those history expansiosn were released in America, there seems to be quite a difference in whcih game which country got, i didn't find the Agypt Catan (didn't even know that was a thing) in the american store but they had a map for Star Trek Catan which shows the universe of Star Trek and the Settlers of America was never translated. @Sithborg How much cheaper? The german versions sells at the Catan Shop for 26,95€ which i would say is a good price for what you get, i don't really see how you could make it cheaper without losing something. Edited January 27, 2017 by Iceeagle85 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khyros 4,236 Posted January 27, 2017 Cities & Knights is almost a requirement in my mind. It balances the resource cards better than the original, and creates another way to win. 1 WarriorPoet reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iceeagle85 495 Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Khyros said: Cities & Knights is almost a requirement in my mind. It balances the resource cards better than the original, and creates another way to win. Might get it then, thanks to doing research for this thread I found out that there is a upgrade kit so you can play the old version of Catan with the new version of Cities & Knights and i know now that i need these socks and these plushies (they even have rules). Edited January 28, 2017 by Iceeagle85 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WarriorPoet 352 Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 6:47 PM, Robin Graves said: The settlers of america was new to me to, stumbled across it while looking for pics of the other ones. Any idea if they released Troy & the great wall and Alexander & Cheops in America? Those sound delightful, but I've sadly never seen them in a store here in the U.S. I have seen the Egypt/Great Pyramid, Merchants of Europe, and Trails to Rails editions. We've played all of the expansions, and own most of them. From memory, these are the versions of Catan of which I'm aware: • Seafarers (not a favourite) • Cities & Knights (enjoyable, but didn't really get into it) • Traders & Barbarians (really enjoy this variant!) • Explorers & Pirates (my all-time favourite Catan...especially with the 5-6 player extension that makes the table even larger than its already ridiculous size) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
