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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a question about Catan in Tabletop Games

Apr 13, 2019  
Question
A friend told me I would love this game since I love playing Civilization, Banished, and all other city-building games. Can someone tell me more about it? Any tips or strategy to share with a newbie?
   
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Rhubarbio (27 KP) May 25, 2019

This is a game that I would consider a modern board gaming classic. A map is made up of various resource tiles, ranging from sheep, ore, wood, clay and wheat. Up to 4 players pit themselves against one another to achieve 10 victory points, either from building additional settlements (you start with 2, each one being worth 1 point), upgrading settlements to a city (1 extra point per city), owning the longest road, having the largest army (determined by the number of knight cards drawn from a deck), or achieving victory points directly through acquisition from said deck. This is a game where it is important to ensure you have a good mix of resources, as they are all required at some stage, as well as negotiating with the other players for appropriate resources. They will of course scupper your efforts along the way, so it is a fine line between getting what you want Vs satisfying your need for revenge when someone manages to steal some of your resources or builds a settlement on a spot you needed. In terms of strategy, one should always remember that this game is based on die rolls and is therefore strategy based on chance. To make the best of the game, it is often prudent to seek to have settlements on locations which may provide for the full spread of resources as well as having a port position to allow for trading with the bank, where other players will not oblige. Additionally, 2 roads are require dbetween each settlement, therefore working towards a triangual position of three settlements is optimal, where possible, based on where other players are on the board.
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a question about Catan in Apps

Apr 13, 2019  
Question
A friend told me I would love this game since I love playing Civilization, Banished, and all other city-building games. Can someone tell me more about it? Any tips or strategy to share with a newbie?
   
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a question about Catan Card Game in Tabletop Games

Apr 13, 2019  
Question
A friend told me I would love this game since I love playing Civilization, Banished, and all other city-building games. Can someone tell me more about it? Any tips or strategy to share with a newbie?
   
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) rated Trajan in Tabletop Games

Mar 7, 2018  
Trajan
Trajan
2011 | Ancient, Political
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Trajan
I love Eurogames, and Trajan has many of the components of a strong Eurogame. I find the mancala mechanic very interesting and refreshing. I like how each player has his own board and can work on different strategies to win. It seems like usually players win by focusing on one or two sections of the main game board. I’ve seen people win by using all different combinations of sections, they seem like they can all be used as part of a winning strategy. I appreciate the variety and how the sections seem fairly. I generally dislike games that are so formulaic that a player can find a perfect strategy and use that strategy every time with success. I appreciate the fluidity of Trajan in that way.

Reviewer: Guest Contributor
Read the full review here: http://www.thegamernerd.com/reviews/trajan/
  
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Red Otter (340 KP) rated Tokaido in Tabletop Games

May 31, 2019  
Tokaido
Tokaido
2012 | Travel
7
7.6 (7 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
A very relaxing walk across Japan with every move scoring points and with a surprising amount of strategy in blocking your opponents. It isn't very deep, but the art is gorgeous and is great for casual relaxing play.