![]() This isn’t a huge issue, though when placing the 3D robber piece it can sometimes fall over. In the tile designs each has a sort of dipped region to sit these disks, though they are a bit balanced for the clay tiles. Somewhat hiding the stunning tiles are the number disks, giving each hexagon it’s resource producing number. The sculpts for each also make the city and settlements easily distinguishable, with some subtle details on both. These add pops of colour to the board, standing out and making the board easily readable. Player pieces for 4 players are included in the same Red, Blue, Orange and White colours – though the white is slightly more of a light grey/beige than pure white. Unlike the base game these aren’t numbered, as the harbour locations come separately to be placed around the edge, being ships of sheep, wood and the generic goods. Around the edge the water tiles hold in the hexagon board. The best tile though has to be the fields, with cute sheep roaming around, though the half farmed wheat fields are also something special. ![]() Out of the tiles the mountains unsurprisingly give the most height, with a couple of trees on the side for added detail. Literally, popping up from the table, the tiles make playing even more of a pleasure.Įach individual tile is surprisingly light, with the Catan logo debossed on the base. Despite using slightly more muted colours, Catan 3D Edition simply is still the more eye-catching of the two. The original had table presence from the colours of the hexagonal tiles. Seen first through the clear plastic panel of the box, there is no comparison between the standard edition’s cardboard tiles and the 3D tiles in this set. Starting with why people would buy this $/£300 RRP special edition are the glorious three dimensional tiles. For more details on the gameplay, check out our review of Catan 25th Anniversary Edition. This gameplay is unaffected, with Catan 3D Edition playing in the same way as the original game. However, is this a stand out edition for fans, collectors or sheep traders? Let’s find out!įor those that aren’t aware of Catan, it’s a board game that sees players rolling dice to produce resources, before trading and spending those resources to slowly build up roads, settlements and cities. Playing like the base game, with 3 – 4 players, each terrain type has its own unique 3D designed tile, alongside custom dice, 3D player pieces and card trays. Bringing the Catan island to 3D life, this 2021 release is similar to the 10th anniversary edition from 2005. Catan 3D Edition is the brand new special edition of designer Klaus Teuber’s iconic hexagon based dice rolling, network building and trading board game.
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