Best products from r/Catan
We found 28 comments on r/Catan discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 37 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. Creative Options 1373-87 Desk Drawer Organizer
- An ointment for the treatment of demodectic and follicular mange (demodex) in dogs
- Contains benzocaine, rotenone, and lanolin
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2. Catan The Board Game
- STRATEGY GAME: Trade, build and settle the Island of CATAN in this addictively fun strategy game previously called Settlers of CATAN. Players control their own civilization and look to spread across a modular hex board in a competition for victory points.
- FUN GAME WITH COUNTLESS REPLAY OPPORTUNITIES: The completely variable board provides great value through nearly limitless replayability. You will never have to play the same game twice. Looking for new adventures? Try CATAN expansions (Note: Expansions require CATAN base game to play).
- BUILD AND/OR JOIN A COMMUNITY: Whether you play as a family, a board game group, or via video conference as you stay at home, CATAN is a social game that provides plenty of opportunities for player interaction. You may even find yourself exploring the exciting world of CATAN tournaments
- MINUTES TO LEARN AND A LIFETIME TO EXPLORE: The basics of CATAN can be learned in just minutes, but it offers enough depth to remain compelling as you explore strategies and tactics for years to come
- NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This family and adult board game can be played with 3 or 4 players. We also offer CATAN extension packs for 5-6 players as separate items. The average playtime is 60 minutes.
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3. Mayfair Games Replacement Card Set Settlers of Catan
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4. Apostrophe Games 20 Large Blank Hexagon Board Game Chit Tiles (Settlers of Catan Size)
- Explore Your Creativity: Whether you’re a board game enthusiast who wants to take things to the next level and create their own creative play, or you simply want to expand and create your own tiles to improve the classics, the Apostrophe Games blank game tiles are the perfect choice!
- Endless Possibilities: These board game chits are incredibly versatile, to create expansion packs, replace old or broken tiles, as well as to create treasure maps, puzzles, or professional game designs!
- Ultra-Thich and Durable: Unlike similar products on the market, these board game hexagon tiles are made with premium grade, ultra-thick cardstock paper, and are compatible with all sorts of pens, markers, crayons and more!
- Optimally Sized: Each hexagon chit measures 3.11" x 3.66" (79mm x 93mm), compatible with Settlers of Catan game tiles.
- Pack of 20: Each pack contains 20 hexagon tiles, suitable for a wide variety of needs.
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5. Catan Scenario: Oil Springs
This is an expansion, you need Settlers of Catan in order to use the expansionAdds depth and complexity to the base gameEnvironmental theme
6. Hexboard Gaming Board for Hex Tile Games
Compatible with Catan GameGaming Board Only
7. Plano 4-Drawer Tackle Box
- Plano Tackle Storage | Protecting your passion since 1952
- Spacious bulk storage under lid perfect for storing large pieces of fishing gear
- Four removable bait racks provide added storage versatility
- Side tool storage offers easy access to pliers, hook removers, etc.
- Brass-bailed latch for secure transport | Made in USA
- Includes Plano four drawer system, Plano brochure, nameplate order form
- Four bait racks
- Large bulk storage
- Side tool storage
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
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8. Rivals for Catan
Updated version of the classic Settlers of Caftan card gameFor 2 playersTons of replay valueItem package dimension : 8.5" L x 6.25" W x 1.75" H
9. Survive Escape From Atlantis 30th Anniversary Edition
- THRILLING ADVENTURE GAME: It’s early 20th century The mysterious Atlantis island has been discovered in the middle of the ocean, and there are rumors of wealth! After reaching Atlantis, the explorers are ready to return home with treasures and artifacts. But Atlantis starts sinking! Who will manage reaching dry land?
- STRATEGY BOARD GAME: In this cutthroat survival game, players seek to evacuate their pieces from an island that is breaking up while remembering where their highest-valued pieces are located to maximize their score.
- CHALLENGING AND COMPETITIVE: Each player controls ten people that they try and move towards the safety of the surrounding islands before the main island finally blows up. Players can either swim or use boats to travel but must avoid sea serpents, whales and sharks on their way to safety.
- FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: Rules of the game are easy to learn, making this a great choice for both adults and kids . Modular tiles and variable set up mean that each game is a unique and immersive experience.
- NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This thrilling adventure game is made for 2 to 4 players and is suitable for ages 8 and older. Average playtime is approximately 45 minutes.
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10. Catan Extension - 5-6 Player
- THIS IS AN EXTENSION TO THE CATAN STRATEGY BOARD GAME BASE: You will need a CATAN Base Game in order to play with this extension. Add 1-2 more friends or family without sacrificing ease of play. Add green and brown player pieces and expand your island with 2 more harbors and 11 additional terrain tiles. Up to 6 players can now enjoy CATAN with this extension.
- NOW 3 to 6 PLAYERS CAN ENJOY THIS STRATEGY GAME: Trade, build and settle the Island of CATAN in this addictively fun strategy game previously called Settlers of CATAN. Players control their own civilization and look to spread across a modular hex board in a competition for victory points.
- FUN GAME WITH COUNTLESS REPLAY OPPORTUNITES: The completely variable board provides great value through nearly limitless replayability. You’ll never have to play the same game twice. Looking for new adventures? Try CATAN expansions (Note: Expansions require CATAN base game to play).
- BUILD AND/OR JOIN A COMMUNITY: Whether you play as a family, a board game group, or via video conference as you stay at home, CATAN is a social game that provides plenty of opportunities for player interaction. You may even find yourself exploring the exciting world of CATAN tournaments.
- MINUTES TO LEARN AND A LIFETIME TO EXPLORE: The basics of CATAN can be learned in just minutes, but it offers enough depth to remain compelling as you explore strategies and tactics for years to come. The average playtime with the extension is 90 minutes.
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11. Catan Expansion - Seafarers
- THIS IS AN EXPANSION TO THE CATAN STRATEGY BOARD GAME BASE: You will need a CATAN Base Game in order to play with this expansion. In CATAN SEAFARERS, you control a group of bold seafaring settlers exploring and taming the wild, uncharted Isles of CATAN. Embark on an epic quest to settle the home island, build ships, and chart nearby waters
- FUN GAME WITH COUNTLESS REPLAY OPPORTUNITIES: The completely variable board provides great value through nearly limitless replayability. You will never have to play the same game twice. Looking for new adventures? Try CATAN expansions (Note: Expansions require CATAN base game to play)
- BUILD AND/OR JOIN A COMMUNITY: Whether you play as a family, a board game group, or via video conference as you stay at home, CATAN is a social game that provides plenty of opportunities for player interaction. You may even find yourself exploring the exciting world of CATAN tournaments
- MINUTES TO LEARN AND A LIFETIME TO EXPLORE: The basics of CATAN can be learned in just minutes, but it offers enough depth to remain compelling as you explore strategies and tactics for years to come
- NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This family and adult board game can be played with 3 or 4 players. We also offer CATAN extension packs for 5-6 players as separate items. The average playtime is 60 minutes
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12. USA Gear Board Game Carrying Case Bag with Custom Storage Compartments and Padded Shoulder Strap - Store Your Favorite Games Like Settlers of Catan, Risk, Cards Against Humanity, Yahtzee and More
RUGGED WEATHER RESISTANT EXTERIOR: Made from tightly woven ripstop nylon and padded for impact resistance, USA Gear's board game bag is the perfect travel companionCUSTOMIZABLE INTERIOR STORAGE: 2 large compartments to store board games with removable dividers to create custom storage areas for card...
13. Hexagon Wood 1/4 x 3 PKG 15 Laser Cut Wooden Hexagon by Woodnshop
- Available in Sizes from 1/2" to 24"
- Baltic Brich Plywood
- Can be painted or stained
- Laser cut with a black edge
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14. SECURE Video Projector Travel Hard Carrying Case w/ Dense Foam for All Lumens / LCD / LED: WhaleStone Mini , Crenova XPE460 , iDGLAX iDG-787 , Ezapor Mini , iRulu Portable , iClever IC-P01
15. DCY-10 10 Cup Professional Deep Cup Organizer, Yellow
- 10 removable cups in 2 sizes keep your parts organized
- Patent pending lift design allows for easy removal of cups
- Tough ABS lid design keeps contents from shifting
- Secure latches lock the contents in place
- Great for Use in any area of your home or at work
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16. Compact Catan Carrying Case by Citadel Black - Fits Catan 5th Edition and 5-6 Player Extension, Hard Plastic Traveling Case with Shake-proof and Quick Setup Design, New Version With Bags Included
- 🌲NEW VERSION - The cutout for cards is now larger to accommodate for thicker cards found in some Catan 5th edition releases
- 🐑*DOES NOT INCLUDE CATAN BOARD GAME* This is only a case that protects your existing catan set. Cost cards and rule book will not fit in case.
- 🧱Unique design allows for one quick motion to remove all board pieces at once for quick game setup
- ⛰️Compact hard plastic carrying case with custom cut foam to hold all the pieces securely
- 🌾Fits Catan 5th edition alone OR Catan 5th edition with 5-6 player Extension. Includes 6 small bags for pieces.
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17. The Settlers of Catan
Players: 3-4, Time To Play: 90 MinutesDimensions: 9.25" H x 11.5" W x 3" D, Ship Weight: 2.098 poundsThe Settlers of Catan is fun, easy to learn, and keeps advanced players on their toes
18. Keter Cantilever-Style Organizer - 22in. Model Number 17185073
- Metal latches
- Built-in legs for stability in open position
- Durable resin construction
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I would go for the Catan scenarios. We have had a ton of fun with the Oil Springs scenario. They are really cheap too. They can be hard to find because they are really small, but at your local game store look for a package that looks like a piece of cardboard wrapped in plastic. I think it was something like $5-$10, so probably the best expansion for your money. For Oil Springs they only charge enough to cover production costs and any extra profit goes towards Worldwatch's Transforming Cultures Project.
Oil Springs introduces a new resource (oil) and new settlement level (metropolis, 3 of everything), and a whole new game mechanic. As you use oil global warming occurs and you can lose tiles and coastal settlements and downgrade cities. Playing with my friend once he had three cities around an 8. Then I used oil and triggered a global warming event that took the 8 off the board. Then on my next turn I caused sea level rise and two of his cities were destroyed. If you upgrade your cities to metropolis they are immune to sea level rise. If enough global warming events happen the game is over and the player which sequestered the most oil wins the game.
Here are the rules for the Oil Springs scenario if you are interested: http://www.catan.com/en/download/?Catan-OilSprings-Scenario.pdf
And the link to the game on amazon, it even has prime: https://www.amazon.com/Mayfair-Games-Catan-Scenarios-Springs/dp/B006GHRSLK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502733630&sr=8-1&keywords=catan+scenarios
Edit: you can also download it for free
Edit2: Video review of the Oil Springs. I watched a few reviews to find the best one, this one has a couple slip ups, but overall its the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xiz3jnm5dA
Bill Trammel designed this wicked cool board here's a link on amazon and did it as a Kickstarter. All these people who donated a certain amount were promised some boards with bonus features--namely, a Seafarer's extension insert.
He marked his Kickstarter as "complete" when he never delivered his promised package to everyone who donated $85 or more.
Because he had a horde of angry people wanting their promised goods, he created a SECOND kickstarter campaign and said he'd use the funding from the new kickstarter to "pay back" the people from the FIRST kickstarter. This, obviously, is an example of a really bad business model and basically, everyone who got cheated out of their product on the first go around flamed him....and so he had a hard time getting funding for the second kickstarter.
Which is sad, because I have been waiting for the products from the second kickstarter to be available commercially. I have even socked away the like, $300 for the whole thing, because I'm sure, like /u/SneakyLinux said, it's gonna be super expensive when it finally hits open market.
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Also, I'm sure Catan is disputing it because he labeled everything on it CATAN with the little sunset design, and that's got to be owned by Catan, or whoever owns Catan. I just can't believe after all these years and all the secondary design products available on Etsy or Kickstarter that Catan hasn't accepted their playing board game design is flawed. As excellent as it is to have a board game that changes with each use, the flimsy cardboard pieces are horrible. I want a decent interlocking board design, or the blue seafarers tray, and that surely isn't asking too much now, is it?? They should create a "Special Anniversary Edition" (like Scrabble did with the lazy-susan tray with the plastic grid to hold the letter tiles) and charge an arm and leg. Devoted fans will pay for some next-level improvement design, it would be an easy profit for Catan.
Edit: it just dawned on me that I can sew, and I'm sure creating a canvas bag or leather bag is something I could do, although it might take a few tries to get perfect. This might be an improvement on my rubbermaid-with-tupperware-inserts set up I have currently going on.....hm....Also, I have used Spielematerial extensively, and my husband owned a complete board game set, as did I, before we married, so even if I bought this beautiful bag from Bill Trammel, I couldn't fit all my Catan items into it. (I still want it, though).
A large tackle box works very well, along with baggies for the different pieces/markers of course. I don't remember what model, but this looks right: http://www.amazon.com/Plano-758-005-4-Drawer-Tackle-Box/dp/B000E39T28
Tiles go in the top right, borders (we also have long plastic borders) go in the flat space on top. Cards (separated into appropriate categories) go in the top drawer, pieces in the next two.
If you want to be sure, find your nearest outdoor store (we went to bass pro shops), take all your catan boxes in and sit on the floor putting stuff into different tackle boxes until you find the solution that fits you best.
While the really useful boxes are nice (since someone else mentioned them), I wouldn't recommend them for catan. I do use them for Mage Knight though, but that's a very different set of pieces.
I've gotta say that my fiance' and I recently got The Rivals For Catan, the two player card game built around Catan and we are having a lot of fun with it. It took two playthroughs to get the rules, but now we are expanding to the more advanced parts of the deck and really enjoying it. We were actually able to get a used copy on Amazon for like fifteen bucks so it's not too bad at all. Here's a link to the game on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Mayfair-Games-MFG3131-Rivals-Catan/dp/B00486TI3M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479571827&sr=8-1&keywords=rivals+for+catan
Thanks. I bought the tiles,cards, and [pieces](http://mayfairgames.com/goody.php?id=290 / http://mayfairgames.com/goody.php?id=291).
Everything else I bought at the crafts store. I printed the pictures at the local office supply store (Staples, Office Max, etc.) and used Mod Podge to fix them on. It is a craft glue/sealer that worked really well. I made the pictures a bit bigger than the actual hexes and then trimmed the edges. If I was doing it again, I would make them much bigger (keeping the same DPI), and that would make it easier to trim them off. Sometimes, I ended up with tiny edges to trim and the made it difficult. No problem, it was a relatively easy projects, but make sure to tone down the brightness of the board as it can get tiring staring at very colorful bright pictures for a long time.
If you're feeling creative, you can buy these blank tiles from Amazon for about $8: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTV99HB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YrwDDbVQ5MJG7
You could decorate them however you like, and either draw the numbers on or buy sperate blank tokens. As long as you have the pieces + cards, you could easily play a nice game with this.
Here’s some more photos of the internals on imgur.
I actually found the box on Amazon, I live in the UK so I don’t know if you can find it or one similar elsewhere but here’s a link to the item I bought.
It’s a pretty good box, and it comes with a handle to carry it places! There’s probably room for the 5-6 player extensions too, although I’ve yet to find a 5th person to play with!
The whale is a game piece from "Survive." It comes with 4 or 5 whale pieces, and 4 Sea Monster pieces (which is actually why I bought it myself), and a few other cute meeples. I don't regret the purchase, as I love the pieces and enjoy Survive frequently as well.
You'll need the Base Game which allows for 2-4 people to play the game. If you want to play with 5-6, you'll need this expansion.
Beyond that there are many, many expansions such as Seafarers or Cities & Knights. I don't recommend buying any of them until you've played at least 5-10 games of the base version. See if you like the game first.
As for edition, just get 5th, it'll make buying expansions easier in the future.
This was a win and still has room to spare after including everything from base Catan and seafarers for 5-6... USA Gear Board Game Carrying Case Bag with Custom Storage Compartments and Padded Shoulder Strap - Store Your Favorite Games Like Settlers of Catan, Risk, Cards Against Humanity and More https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GSUFIFC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LdOzDb1275GTG
Tho when I got it it smelled kinda like cigarette smoke. Febreezed the crap out of it and it has been great.
I bought a 65 hex tile set and additional tiles from this seller: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N43F30Y/ref=oh_aui_i_d_old_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Used them to make a custom board for up to 12 players. Best part of these wooden pieces is that unpainted ones already look like desert :)
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Bought it from amazon. The foam is super easy to work with!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004EHY9RA
I think this is the storage box I got a while ago. It fits everything from all expansions (except manuals, but I have those on pdfs on my phone anyway). You just need to remove a few of the bins so the frame pieces fit inside as well.
Compact Catan Carrying Case by... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GWHTGVH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
It easy to keep them mostly separated in this just by making one row the expansion and putting it aside when not in use I just play the expanded decked even with 4 players version
One of the 18 number markers?
As far as I am aware, the latest version of Catan doesn't have an 18 number marker.
Perhaps you have the 4th edition of the game, Settlers of Catan.
This is the 5th edition (the most recent).
This is the 4th edition
If you have the 4th edition (or earlier) you might be in luck since those sometimes sell for more than the 5th edition.
Edit: here's a link to pictures of some of the different editions: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/6428/bgc-settlers-catan-msia-2011-qualifier-2-otk-chera
You can find the official cards on Amazon. For other pieces (and also cards) I found this website from the UK, but I have not tried them.
BTW, maybe you're better off buying a brand new game, because costs might add up fast.
I use this for Catan and a few other games. I just wish the base were a little bigger so I could fit some game boards inside as well. (I have Agricola, Power Grid and all of Catan except Explorers and Pirates in here (with 5-6 player expansion.)
It's rebranded by Husky and sold at Home Depot.
Yeah, I don't see them in stores. You'll probably have to go online, maybe something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Ziplock-Type-Clear-Reclosable-Thick/dp/B0002ZOY5A
Although I covet the various plastic and wood Catan boards, I use $6 blue drawer liner which I lay underneath my Catan tiles. It holds the tiles in place, looks ocean-like, and is easy to fold/store.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQK0EO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yeah, just buy the standard wooden piece set.
I think it's $35
Edit: Here it is on amazon for $28.
Here's the price history on amazon for it.
https://smile.amazon.com/Apostrophe-Games-Large-Hexagon-Settlers/dp/B07MTV99HB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IRABQ14RAIE3&keywords=catan+hex+pieces&qid=1570757041&sprefix=catan+hex%2Caps%2C229&sr=8-1
It's overkill, but then you'll have the right size tiles if you want to make Volcano, Jungle, other custom tiles.
This is the link to the purchased box
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U26V4VQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1