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

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 6 out of 10

   steelybobs

   GoT Catan adds some interesting mechanics but I don't think they're as tight and as well thought out as the original game. We played this with 6 players using the extension and my own feeling was that it was too cumbersome with this amount of players. There's extra convolution with turns adding in a "special building phase" which makes turns even longer. I can't help feel like the special building phase was shoe-horned in to balance things out but it just doesn't feel right. I would say, if you're really in to Game of Thrones and don't already own Catan, the 3-4 player game is worth it because you can play the classic base game when you want and add the Game of Thrones stuff in when you want to try something a bit different. The 5-6 player expansion just doesn't feel right to me. Others on the table enjoyed it enough but it's not something I'd recommend over other 5-6 player games.

2. 7 out of 10

   von_rugen

   Nothing revolutionary, an effective solution for expanding player count. High quality components, but the solution for limiting turn-wait-times with higher player counts is a but clunky and remedial.

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.