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CATAN 6th Edition board game box, blue with the island illustration

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Sheep, Brick, and a Friendly Robbery

CATAN 6th Edition, the English base game from Catan Studio: a strategy board game for 3 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, usually under $50.

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Why we love it

Some gifts need a size. This one needs a table and a person who will trade you a sheep and then feel clever about it. You settle an island of hexes. You collect brick, wood, wheat, ore, and sheep. You build roads, settlements, and cities, and you try to reach ten points before someone parks the robber on your best number.

We love the 6th Edition because it is the current base game, not a memory of the 1995 box and not an expansion that requires a box you do not own. Three to four players. Ages 10 and up. About an hour, longer if the table likes to negotiate. The board is different every time, which is how a game survives being the only game the household owns. When we looked, Amazon had it at $39.99 against a $49.99 list, sold by Amazon.com. That is a gift under $50 that does not care about a shoe size or a skin type.

It will not fit in a coat the way a card game does. It will take the evening, which is what you wanted when you said you would just play one. Ticket to Ride can keep the trains. This one wants the sheep.

The longer story

This is CATAN Board Game, 6th Edition, the English base game from Catan Studio / Asmodee, model CN3081, UPC 029877030811. It is a complete game. You do not need an older edition. Three to four players, ages 10 and up, about 60 to 90 minutes. In the box, per the listing: 19 terrain hexes, 6 sea frame pieces, 18 number discs, 4 player aids, 2 bonus victory point tiles, 96 wooden player pieces in 4 colors, 2 card trays, 2 dice, 120 cards, and the rules. The 5–6 player extension is a separate box.

Good for

  • A kitchen table, a rainy weekend, and a gift you can wrap without asking for a sleeve length
  • Mixed ages who can add to ten and would like to block a friend politely
  • Anyone whose game shelf is one real board game away from being a personality

Skip it if

  • You wanted the 5th Edition, an expansion, or the 5–6 player add-on. This link is the 6th Edition base game for 3 to 4
  • You needed a ten-minute card game that fits in a coat. This one wants a table
  • The household is mostly toddlers. Small wooden pieces, and the listing is ages 10 and up

When we looked, it was $39.99 against a $49.99 list, in stock, sold by Amazon.com. The price moves. The deal link is the Amazon page (/dp/B0DYK1ZH2D) with our Amazon Associates tag threepaths-20. Confirm the box says 6th Edition before you check out.

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