Central Ohio Wargaming Slackers

[JeffP]

After a nice holiday with brothers and nephews playing Catan and other games, I was thinking of upcoming Christmas ideas.

What is the better expansion? Seafarers or Knights/Castles.

the catalogue in the box is a little confusing as to what each expansion does. Do they both allow 5-6 players AND give you new things to do with the game or is there an expansion to regular rules AND a seperate one to add 5-6 players?

How does the Space game compare?
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[billr]

I have played seafarers its inline with the main game. I understand that the knights one is significantly different.
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It's about the game, not gamesmanship.

Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, such as golf or snooker. "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end." (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). As opposed to sportsmanship, it may be inferred that the term derives from playing for the game (to win at any cost) as opposed to playing for sport.

[JeffP]

Any idea if you can just use the 5-6 player expansion size map without the extra rules or do the extra rules enhance a larger game?
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[billr]

I don't really know. I have the impression that they're fixed at the smaller numbers, but not actually sure.
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It's about the game, not gamesmanship.

Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, such as golf or snooker. "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end." (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). As opposed to sportsmanship, it may be inferred that the term derives from playing for the game (to win at any cost) as opposed to playing for sport.

[drugar]

I think there's an expansion that simply ups the player size to 5-6, if you want to allow for more people without adding more rules. Aside from that, Seafarers and Knights and Cities are both fun if you're looking for Settlers with a twist. IMO, Seafarers is better for some random fun, Knights and Cities is better if you want a slightly more complex game.

[billr]

IIRC, I saw a player expansion for the add-ons.

e.g. you buy the knights expansion, and then you buy the expansion for knights that lest you do extra players.
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It's about the game, not gamesmanship.

Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, such as golf or snooker. "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end." (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). As opposed to sportsmanship, it may be inferred that the term derives from playing for the game (to win at any cost) as opposed to playing for sport.

[JeffP]

yep got it all figured out. big box expansion lets you play the new rules with the basic set. small box expansion lets you add on 2 players to the big box expansion. so every expansion requires main box, every little box requires the big box of same color.

Still fun if someone wants to play sometime. I only have the basic and 2player expansion. played the seafarers and its fun too.
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[billr]

Maybe we could bring that to the slacker game day. I've got a copy of the basic set.
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It's about the game, not gamesmanship.

Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game, such as golf or snooker. "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end." (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). As opposed to sportsmanship, it may be inferred that the term derives from playing for the game (to win at any cost) as opposed to playing for sport.