A Game of Thrones CATAN

A fun game for the novice and strategist alike. A Game of Thrones (GOT) Catan has taken all of the elements of the beloved Settelers of Catan and added an interesting twist that Game of Thrones fans will appreciate. Ease of Play: Whether you are new to Catan, or consider yourself a veteran gamer, you will be satisfied with this games ease of play. While GOT Catan maintains many similar elements to that of regular Catan, it introduces new concepts like the Wall of the North, and the Wildlings which add new elements of strategy to the game. While maintaining the customization that players loved with regular Catan this game still maintains an easy set up and assembly phase. With helpful pictures and diagrams in the rulebook, setup takes about 5 minutes. Very easy to follow rulebook with helpful hints and visual depictions. Expect your adventure to take approximately sixty minutes as your strategies play out, the Wildings advance, and you all work together to survive. Added Elements: GOT Catan ably adds a new dimension to the traditional Settlers of Catan games. Some of the new items include: - Character cards from the Game of Thrones series with unique abilities add additional options to play. - Wildlings which prove to be a devastating force that can end the game for all players if they do not work collectively to a certain degree to maintain defenses on the wall. - Wall piece that separates the board into the player half and Wilding half. - Unique three and four player setups. Construction: GOT Catan keeps the versatility of regular Catan without having dozens of tiles and board pieces. You can play a customized game every time without spending 20 minutes feeling like you are setting up a puzzle. GOT Catan pieces are also made of a durable plastic and come in a variety of colors to help players differentiate between teams and the wildlings. Artistically crafted cards depict your favorite Game of Thrones Characters. Conclusion: Although this game may lack some of the scenario versatility that regular Catan and its expansions have to offer, it does a great job of creating a different game experience every time you play. With so many ways to win or lose, you will have a lot of fun strategizing how to defend the north, hold back the Wildlings, and become the Defender of Catan.

We play Catan often. It's kind of our family thing. We have regular Catan, the expansion pack, and Seafarers. We even have a gorgeous handcrafted set made by Thinking Monk. Yes, we are serious players. It gets pretty fierce, bringing out the sibling rivalries and old family vendettas. So, adding the GoT version seemed natural since we are like the Starks and Targaryens anyway. GoT Catan is absolutely worth it and a great addition to our stack of Catan boxes. It is not a retread with new graphics. It is a whole new game. While you are collecting resource cards and development cards, wheeling & dealing to build your roads and settlements, and racking up those victory points, you now need to add guards to the wall and keep the wildlings out. This is a collective effort that you need to undertake to protect the Gift from wildlings. You have help from hero cards as well as development cards. If the wildlings make it over the Wall, they will block your resources. Too many wildlings over the Wall will end the game and your settlements will be worth nothing - the guards will save (and rule) the day. These additions add cooperation to the game and give you more ways to win. You still have hidden victory points on development cards and the longest road to add to your tally, but now guards are another way to rack up those VPs and claim your rightful title as Lord Commander of the Watch. If you enjoy Catan, you'll likely have fun with this more complicated version. If you are new to Catan, play the regular game first. A few of the hero cards seemed a bit difficult to understand so we referred to the instruction booklet often. We still have a question about one card and need to do a bit of online research about that and another rule. We watched a few YouTube videos on setup and game play before embarking on our journey to build and defend. Yes, it's an investment of time. But, next time we play, we'll be ready to go. Those wildings won't know what hit 'em. Now, who has some ore they can trade me for a sheep?

The new game play is a really fun twist on classic Catan. It has some similarities to Cities and Knights, but in my opinion Game of Thrones is a better, faster game. It requires zero knowledge of the books or the show to play, but fans of the franchise will have a little better understanding of the context behind the gameplay. There a few little tweaks I'd like to see in future iterations, but overall it's an awesome game. It's definitely replaced regular Catan in our house. Pros: The new board and pieces look amazing (you can use the board to play regular Catan too, which I love). Also, the full-size resource and development cards are a huge improvement over the smaller cards of regular Catan. The addition of character cards also adds a fun new angle, and there are many more strategies to win as a result. Things to tweak: There's a typo on the cards each player uses to organize pieces (it says "Keep" twice, in two places, where one should say "Guard"). Not a dealbreaker, I hope they issue replacements or something. I also hope they add more character cards or change the rules around a few of them. We've played more than a dozen games, and several characters are just too low-value to ever use / some are a little too powerful and get snatched up a little too quickly. Also, the blue and the black pieces are just a little too close; it would help if the blue was lighter or some other color altogether. Last, if the Wall were clear plastic instead of grey, it would help all players be able to see the Wildlings adding up on the other side. None of these are major issues, though--just things that I hope get improved over time. Final verdict: SO MUCH FUN! A must-have for any fan of Catan.

In most stores I’ve seen this is in the $80 range so this was the cheapest I found. Even $80 would be a reasonable price once you see all the figures it comes with (so cute! And so many). Great game if you are a fan of GOT and regular catan is getting too easy/repetitive. Has a nice twist that follows the show, taking place in The Gift (the northern region). You still compete against each other with a lot of the rules being the same as regular Catan, but you have the added element of fighting off wildlings almost like a team. How much teamwork you put in depends on the placement of your settlements, the hero’s others have in play, and your personality. My family quickly discovered who the Jon Snow’s and Cersei’s were, lol! Overall I would definitely recommend and can’t wait to play again! ❤️

This is a beautiful fun family edition of the classic and new game Catan. You don’t have to know the show GOT o play at all! You can play the original game Catan or you can play the game with the additions of the wall and adventure with the wildlings (ok that part only the GOT fans will get) the whole game is well crafted and my whole family loves to sit and play. We have a 7 yo and a 9 yo they LOVE the game both ways......... again the game designers did great keeping it G rated for the whole family! Get this game it’s amazing.

Basic Overview: All in all, I really liked this twist on Catan. With this version, you can either play the original Catan game, or you can play a Game of Thrones style of Catan that includes brand new features: not only do you have to fight against each other to make sure you're building enough settlements, but you also have to work somewhat together to defend against the white walkers who are trying to breach the wall. There's a lot more to worry about with new ways to win the game and the wall element, making this a fresh update to Catan that doesn't become overly complicated. The instructions give an awesome beginners' guide with suggestions on how to play the first time, what characters to use, where to put resources, etc. We had a first time Catan player try the game out and he picked it up immediately and ended up winning the game against two Catan veterans. Outside of some box damage, all of the pieces looked really detailed, and we didn't find any damage on any of the game pieces themselves. It looked like someone took a lot of time making sure the internal pieces would live up to both Game of Thrones and to the style of Catan. Shipping/Delivery: Delivery is the only reason that I'm not giving this 5 stars - it arrived on time just fine, and the plastic sleeve the box came in was undamaged. However, upon unwrapping we saw that the box itself had a few edges that were decently damaged. Not necessarily a huge deal, but my sister (whom I bought this for) was upset, since she cares a lot about keeping things in excellent condition. We had considered returning for this reason, but ultimately we decided to just go ahead and ignore the damage, since it was the holidays and we wanted to play the game as a family while we were all together. Box Contents: The detail in the game pieces was super nice - it looks like someone actually took the time to create the 3D models and they did not disappoint. There are a few new pieces in this version: The board of the game itself is double-sided: you can play either the Game of Thrones version of the game, or you can play the original Catan with GoT pieces. The box also comes with tons of extra plastic bags so you can organize the pieces that you punch out however you like, which was very helpful. Game Play: (assuming you already know basic Catan) We did not play the standard game for this set, and only played the GoT version two times. I imagine this becomes MUCH more intense when you get a group playing more frequently and you end up having more white walkers enter the game. In the GoT version of the game: Each player gets the same three standard pieces as normal Catan: A road, a settlement, and a keep. However, they also get a guard piece in addition. The guards sit on top of the wall and block white walkers from entering the map. Each player also gets a character card that they can use twice before taking a new character. Each character has a different ability, stealing resources, getting rid of walkers, etc. There are also now pieces to represent white walkers - three different characters represented by light gray. Each white walker has its' own "powers" for what they can do and how destructive they are. As you play the game, with every settlements or keep that you build, you'll generate one or two white walkers. With the white walkers, there are new ways to win the game: if a certain number of white walkers breach the wall, the game ends, and the person with the most guards on the wall wins. This ends up adding a nice twist to the game: You have to decide between building settlements and keeps for yourself, or you have to help the entire group try to stop the walkers.

I love catan but I honestly have to say this version is better than the base game. With more twists and turns/ways to win it keeps you on your toes and leaves open the possibility for anyone to win. You do not have to be a game of thrones fan at all, the only thing that makes it GOT is the names of the heroes and the wildlings but the wildlings are basically just invaders and heroes give you special abilities. Everyone in my group caught on quickly and we continue to frequent game nights with what feels like a different game every time. Highly recommend, especially for catan fans looking for a little more fun!

Huge catan fan and this was a fun take on the game. If you think it’s exactly like normal catan but just with a theme, you’re wrong. There are a whole new complex set of rules and strategy with this game of thrones catan. The rules were extremely confusing to understand. I recommend going on YouTube and watching tutorials of how to play this game. That’s what we had to do. Even a pro gamer who reviews games on YouTube for his career said the rule book was superfluous and way too complex to understand. He had to play a couple times to finally understand what the rules were trying to explain. It’s definitely a investment of your time to watch the youtube turtorials but worth it rather than trying to read through the rules multiple times and still not understand.

Para un juego de mesa tal vez el precio se exceda un poco. Pero todos los materiales y figurines tienen calidad excepcional. Hay dos modos de juego y es muy divertido y visualmente bonito. Tengan en cuenta que el tablero es bastante grande y se necesita mucho espacio para jugar.

Es un buen producto, cumple con lo prometido y me ha gustado mucho. Lo volvería a comprar sin duda. La calidad y presentación fueron excelentes.

We are huge game of thrones fans and catan fans, so why not!? It is so fun, but has to be the hardest one to figure out. Could be operator error, but we enjoy attempting to learn it every chance we get. It's high quality just like all of the other Catan games. And if you are a fan of both, grab it. You won't be disappointed.

Very good version of the game

Amazing amazing addition to normal Settlers of Catan. Was going to buy a copy of catan for my house when I saw this version and it was totally worth it. A good balance between trying to collect resources while also protecting the wall. If you've played Settlers a lot and are looking for a new twist then this is the one for you. Also the cards and figures and board are really well design and lovely to play with. 100% would recommend for any GoT and Settlers fan!