LogFAQs > #934927445

Catan being so low hurts me deeply since it was my gateway game and I still enjoy it. I read your reasoning though and I guess I get it...

I've found that 3 players with the base game and 5 with the expansion are the absolute ideal ways to play. Anything else ends up being pretty strapped for resources and there are definitive winners and losers. The special building phase in 5/6 players helps create some excitement for me and balances it out pretty well.

I had kind of the opposite experience of you though where I grasped this style of game much quicker than my group. Catan to this day is a game I would rarely say no to playing, even if there are games I have enjoyed a lot more. I like to think of it as Monopoly, but with the chance of it not being an awful experience for everyone involved

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