A Game of Thrones: Catan – 5-6 Player Extension

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1. 4 out of 10

   Sir_Alex

   This is pretty much identical to the 5-6 player expansion for the original Settlers of Catan. Here it's even worse as the base game is already more complicated and this just adds more. The mammoths literally do nothing, but change the directional rule for breaches. The extra building phase, as in the original, makes the play time longer than it needs to be. The extra heroes are nice, but overall, I would steer clear of this unless you absolutely love this game and always have 5 or 6 people. Even then I would recommend another game.

2. 6 out of 10

   pablosanchez027

   I would've rated this higher if not for the weird crash grab thing of putting the main protagonist of the Night's Watch on a separate expansion. I really can not believe Jon Snow wasn't in the base game. And it is also really expensive. The content isn't much, just more of the same stuff to have the possibility of playing this with 5-6 players as the usual Catan extension. What comes as an expansion are the mammoths. Which also really don't add much. It is just a small mechanics change but it is fun to have (not for the price tag though, I only bought this cuz it was on sale along with the base game, and it didn't even need a box that big. A half one would be perfect and cheaper) I would not recommend it. Not because is bad (it isn't), but because it is useless and a crash grab (unless you really do need to play with 5 or 6 players, in that case it may be useful, but still a crash grab)

3. 9 out of 10

   pabloss1124

   Fun game, I don't like regular Catan because it's too luck based, but I find this version to be much better. Still suffers same issues as normal Catan (edges are useless, game too die dependent). However, the wildlings addition is great. The hero card addition would be great if it were randomized and if the heroes were actually balanced. Not much thought went into the hero cards.