Depends on your group
- Our take
- Only buy this if you regularly have five or six players. Each expansion then needs its own matching 5-6 box too.
- What you need first
- Just the base game
CATAN · More players
CATAN – The Game 5-6 Player Expansion
- What it adds
- Two more player colors, extra hexes and cards, and a turn rule that keeps everyone involved so 5 or 6 can play.
Sources
- therulebook.com (opens in a new tab)
- catanshop.com (opens in a new tab)
- catan.com (opens in a new tab)
- catan.com (opens in a new tab)
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
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