If you own the plastic board that holds the original 5-6 person version of Settlers, does the Seafarers expansion work with that?
1581289
The Seafarers Expansion, well, expands the board. In theory, it could "work" but it won't be what it should be, which is a big board. They do have Plastic Boards made for the Seafarers Expansion.
1581290
You will not be able to use the plastic board, but you will need the settlers of Catan game to have all pieces needed to play Seafarers. But I would not let that keep me from getting Seafarers extension because it is fun as all expansion of the game are. Course I was hooked after playing the first time.
592089
This only works if you have the newer version of the base game. If you have an older version it didn't come with borders and won't work well with this expansion.
1617017
**I haven't played C&K; yet** This board is made so all the pieces lay flat, with a gap inbetween for roads, the settlements and cities still lay ontop of the board. I assume C&K; does not change much to the lay out (unlike traders and seafairers) so I would say it would work. My only concern is will it be large enough? Does C&K; add any pieces?
1161945
So I recieved the expansion as a birthday present from my father-in-law. I haven't tried it yet, but it contains several "mini-expansions" some of which should work with 2-6 players, but most of them come with extra pieces and there are only enough for 4 players. By the way, it includes the great river, fishermen of catan, and the event deck - all of which were available from Game Informer magazine. These new releases do differ slightly, though, and there are several other scenarios that look very interesting. I guess it would be a personal judgement call whether you would want to give it a try or not. After I've played a few of them, I'll post again on this feed. So I recieved the expansion as a birthday present from my father-in-law. I haven't tried it yet, but it contains several "mini-expansions" some of which should work with 2-6 players, but most of them come with extra pieces and there are only enough for 4 players. By the way, it includes the great river, fishermen of catan, and the event deck - all of which were available from Game Informer magazine. These new releases do differ slightly, though, and there are several other scenarios that look very interesting. I guess it would be a personal judgement call whether you would want to... » Read More So I recieved the expansion as a birthday present from my father-in-law. I haven't tried it yet, but it contains several "mini-expansions" some of which should work with 2-6 players, but most of them come with extra pieces and there are only enough for 4 players. By the way, it includes the great river, fishermen of catan, and the event deck - all of which were available from Game Informer magazine. These new releases do differ slightly, though, and there are several other scenarios that look very interesting. I guess it would be a personal judgement call whether you would want to give it a try or not. After I've played a few of them, I'll post again on this feed. « Show Less
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I don't know about needing additional boards, but i believe the expansion allows another player to play.
942965
start with the basic settlers and get the 4-6 player expansion. the extra board space makes the game a lot more fun even with less players.
1490385
With Seafarers you just need to adapt the board setup in any way you desire. There is no set layout. With Cities and Knights some of the scenarios do not work well, but using the Fishermen and Rivers variants can add some new elements to the play. We often play with "Fishermen" in all variants of the game.
942964
Just get this edition, the settlers of Catan 4th edition bundle. It comes with an expansion so 6 people can play at the same time.
1073062
Probably. Per the kickstarter they finally got their shipment in of the base game. Mine is due to arrive any day now. You can always double-check with the seller, who is also the publisher, to be sure. The way to tell, once you have it, is if the game board is double-sided with rocket-shaped dice spots on one side, and regular 6-sided dice on the other.
161223
It can, but the added friends is only capable by playing as teams. Since this kinda defeats the purpose of a cooperative board game, when we play with more people, We simply play with all the epidemic cards. This will make it very challenging, but also very fun. The problem with more players comes from the deck size. Too many people and suddenly the deck is gone, because of the number of cards drawn per round.
305926
Seafarers expands the original Settlers of Catan, 3-4 player version. If you want to expand the 5-6 player addition, you need to buy that extension for Seafarers also. I hope that makes sense!
2221098
Yes, you will need the original in order to play Seafarers. Seafarers is an expansion. Just so you are aware, you can only play the Catan game up to four people. If you want to play with more you will need the 5-6 player extension. It's all well worth it if you enjoy board games. Another fun expansion when you become familiar with this game is Cities & Knights.
1787420
No. The Cities expansion will have a few more leaders to add to your leaders deck if you do have it, but the core of the Cities expansion (Black cards, debt tokens, diplomacy tokens and 8-player mode) functions completely fine without it. Also the two new wonders do not interact with leaders at all.
27587
Yes.. The big box as seen in the picture is the 3-4 player game and can be played by itself. The expansion (included in this set and depicted as the smaller box) are addition pieces that when combined with the regular game make it playable for 5-6 players.
1163571
Yes. It can be played with as many players as there are ships. For ease of play and speed it is probably best if the number of players do not exceed 4 but as I said the format allows for expansion. You could have ten players with each one running a ship of their own. Great game system. We play it at the store I manage all the time.
305927
We bought our base game at Christmas, then bought the seafarers a couple months later. It fits. I think the game boards made five years ago are the same as the ones made currently.
434863
Certain scenarios yes, not all. It is meant to fit all the hexes for the original version played with the 5/6 player expansion set.