Settlers of Catan Book: The Specialists
Friday, April 15th, 2005Although I enjoyed Swiggers, the games I played were a bit ordinary, so it was good to go back to the classics with the Settlers of Catan Book. We played the Specialists scenario. The rules are so short there is no need for me to paraphrase.
It is good, but not without problems. Rick Heli, master of pith, sums it up:
“The Specialists” tends to lock players into a particular strategy and then leaves it to Fortuna to determine a winner. At least it can be a good training scenario for new players who may not be familiar with all the strategic paths available in the basic game. In the three-player scenario, it seems that the third player has too nice an advantage in placing two settlements on productive locations.
We played with three and it panned out exactly as Rick says. The third player to pick got two prime map positions and, despite some appalling moves, still won by a mile. Definitely only play with four.
Having said that, we had a great time and Settlers was as fun as ever.
