I was ultra impressed with a beautiful Catan set created in a coffee table and was keen to show images of it here. Sadly the owner has said this can only be done if I link to a porn site. That is not going to happen so instead I have posted this post instead.
There are some truly odd people in the world nowadays!
The Settlers of New Catan was a fan epansion inspired by the Starfarers of Catan.
A few weeks ago there was a post in Reddit about the new Catan 25th Anniversary sets and a question about the differences between the English version and the other languages. Also in Board Game Geek, they have the English set in a seperate listing to the other languages (Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish).
In the early 2000's DDC Games released 4 expansions for The Settlers of Catan.
My favourite spin-off set in the Catan family is Catan: Ancient Egypt.
It is not just the artwork and theme that I like but also how the game contains three distinct playable versions smoothly within the one boxed set.
I am based in New Zealand but have been using my good friend Erwin, a Catan dealer in Germany, as my postal address to save on shipping. He has also sold me some of the rare games I have (well most of my rare games actually).
In 2006 I bought my first 3D 10th Anniversary Catan set. I still think this is one of the best designed and presented sets ever made for any game. The set comes with hand painted resin 3D hexes, cities, settlements, roads and knights and is set up for 4 players.