I have been welcoming people from Australia and New Zealand wanting to visit my Catan collection for a few years now. It is always fun to share Catan's history and all the variations of Catan with fans of this great game.
I have been welcoming people from Australia and New Zealand wanting to visit my Catan collection for a few years now. It is always fun to share Catan's history and all the variations of Catan with fans of this great game.
I have been trying to keep a list of all the English Catan products since 1996. I do not include things like nerchandise like t-shirts and socks, only those items relating to the game of Catan and its extensions, expansions, scenarios and spin-offs.
I am a huge fan of the original Starship Catan. For this reason it was one of the very first sets of Catan I collected the game in every language it was released in. I even have the German computer version.
The latest addition to my collection is an unusual custom set of Catan. While it was made by a fan, its production quality is to a commercial board game standard. The game was never released for sale and was, by all accounts, only ever given to family, friends and business associates as a gift. Yet this fan set also looks to be an authorised promotional set.
I am keen to collect the Catan base set boxes for each language.
Spiel 2023 has been held in Essen, Germany from 5-8 October. Spiel is Germany's largest board game convention and is attended by over 100,000 people.
I finally have my English travel sets together on one shelf. They have been in storage until the other week as I slowly sort out my new display space. Almost a year on and still going. It is inconvenient how work keeps getting in the way.