The Seafarers of Catan
1997 / Strategy board game expansion / 3-4 players
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Resold
Whether I've got too dependent on expansions in other games or this one was especially lacking in vanilla, this wet widescreen extension was looking to be a compulsory purchase if I planned to hold onto the game this time – but only when I saw a cheap listing and made a stingy offer to discount it further.
It's not the expanded size and little tweaks that make it, it's the book of scenarios guiding players through varied experiences and setting you up to create your own unlimited variations (within tile limits, anyway). Unfortunately, there's no one else around who's boring enough to play it, and three-handed solo trading is too tedious even for me, so I passed it on to make game funds and space.
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