Catan vs Brass Birmingham

I actually thought it was boring at first as I didn't have a clear grasp of the mechanics yet. After re-reading the rules and playing games a couple more times I slowly came to realize this game is deep in strategy, and even if you're dealt the same set of cards you can approach the game from different angles.

So you cannot want to get past that as fast as you can. You then have the sell action. Now you can sell craft goods, you can sell cotton and you can s...

Get the extension if you want five or six players. The game involves the strategic gathering of resources and trading with opponents. Instead of traveling across a board to reach the end or a certain destination, Settlers of Catan involves building roads and settlements which eventually lead you to victory.

I've tried to convince her that learning the game can be part of the fun/experience, and the first game doesn't have to be perfect, but she hates to feel like she doesn't understand something and really suffers from fear of inadequacy. I have a window of about 20-30 minutes and if I can't get the game to click with her, she'll start to become disinterested.

If you like strategy games, you will like this. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is there are often times where it is not going well for at least one person in the game and this can be VERY frustrating. If your family is overly competitive, you may want to consider a different game.

I know tiles with that cannot be built during the rail era. I know figuring how to expand your network at the beginning of the rail era, can be baguet...

All this, and then of course, young people. 8-16 year olds adore the Munchkin system. One of the best parts of playing board games for them is ruining someone else's plan, or stopping a friend or parent from winning. That is the fun part, and they aren't thinking even a little about the mechanics involved

**Age of Steam** (1x4p): first time playing this. We used the Germany map. I won! By a reasonable margin! I was playing my lucky color pink. Really enjoyed the gameplay of this one

Good, but half of the pieces had some black stuff on them that wouldn't come off. We didn't know what it was and even cleaned them in a bleach solution. Still stained. But other than that everything was perfect!

One I would like to mention is Brass: Birmingham, played it three times now and each was better than the last one and have a feeling that the fourth is looking promising.

don't say you weren't warned. ○ Short Synopsis : Way, way, way too much luck for such a long, laborious, & way overpriced game (for $68+ w expansion, you can get one or more games that are way, way, way more fun.) ○ Why This Review : Pre-pandemic, I ran the largest irl board gaming group in NJ

When you go to 3 players another section of the main board opens up as well as more cards added to the deck to draw from. And finally at 4 players the full board is open as well as all the cards to draw from. Personally I think you will get the same experience from the game no matter which player count you go with, with the only big difference being the game length. The more players, the longer the game

Ever version of Catan has gotten worse and worse in my opinion. And not just the board pieces. Renaming the soldier to knight after already having a different knight piece with a different mechanism of play in Cities & Knights expansion was such a poor decision.

I'm amazed by the depth of strategy from such simple ideas and actions. I also love that someone different has won every time we've played, which indicates intuitive design if new players can be winning.

We're not exactly dummies in my house but we couldn't figure out after two nights the rules of the game. My brother and his wife enjoy the game so much that we gave it a try. It's in the garage to go off with the next load to Goodwill. Hopefully to a family smarter than us will get it

You always want to do a lot of things, but only two actions, money is tight, loans can be punishing...

I love it! It looks true to the natural theme of Catan and doesn't go too far out. Quality looks fantastic as well!

Canvas: Chicago represent. Simple, but really easy to teach and makes for a great time-passer.

As for the game itself, Catan offers a great balance between strategy and competitive gameplay. While luck is almost always a factor in boardgames and Catan is not the exception (dice rolling involved), the game feels more guided and affected by your strategy and decisions rather than by luck, which is good, since this makes the game more compelling and adds weight to the decisions that you make throughout the game. There is also a trading component that allows you to interact with the other players, which is great for stirring some fun arguments and debates. While this game has a competitive approach, it doesn't pit the players against each others through direct confrontation (which is welcomed if you are not looking for an aggressive game where everyone ends up mad at each other), it plays more like a race in which you need to focus on your strategy while keeping watch of the opponents and overall it is extremely fun

It is an open sandbox and doesn't hold your hand by giving you any directions. It is completely up to you to figure out how to make the cards, board layout, and other players actions work for you. This is a heavy game in my opinion and not for the light-hearted. I love the art direction in this game but I can't figure out why they would make the score track and the income track the same track