![]() Explorers & Pirates is the only large expansion I'm missing, and it actually sounds the most fun of all of them. Struggle for Catan was not that fun so I sold it. ![]() I haven't grabbed any of the stand-alone games except Rivals for Catan and its expansions. I've kept up with the smaller expansions like Frenemies, Oil Wells, Helpers, and the geography maps (though I've missed a number of the Europe maps like Corsica and Majorca, both of which I really want!). I've got pretty much everything Catan that came out up to Traders & Barbarians, but then my gaming group turned on Catan and the game has been sitting unplayed ever since. Kosmos never had wood or plastic components in their smaller expansions, only cardboard. 999 Games used wood through the 3rd edition, I know, because I have a few expansions for it that were unique to 999. I believe they switched mid-way during its print run. Kosmos has used plastic since the 3rd edition, I think. This is a great gift idea for Christmas, Fathers Day, Weddings, Anniversaries, etc. The 5th edition will finally match it with the German version. Purchase this amazing handmade wooden Settlers of Catan board game set. ![]() I used a hand held sander with 300 grit for this step.Mayfair has done all wood from 1st edition to 4th edition. Sand all the edges and faces of your hexes. I cut 14 1.5X1 rectangles, for 12 ports, the longest road and largest army tokens. I also cut the ports and tokens at this step. Rotate by 180 degrees and make the final cut. Mark the edge of the block on your guide so that you only have to measure this once.įlip the block over and use the first mark on your guide to make this cut. Rotate the block by 180 degrees and line up the cut so it once again enters 3/4ths of the way across the top of the rectangle and exits halfway through the side. ![]() Mark the edge of the block on your guide so that you only have to measure this once Set your guide at 60 degrees and line up the block of wood so that the cut enters 3/4ths of the way across the top of the rectangle and exits halfway through the side. See pic 1.Įach rectangle needs for more cuts to become a perfect hex these cuts are illustrated in the next four images. The rounding error is small enough that it didn't matter after sanding. I wanted 30 hexes for the 5-6 player version of Settlers you only need 19. I'll go through the steps I used to cut the hexes on a a table. Having a nice monodisperse set of hexes is key to having a usable board minor variations can cause the hexes to leave annoying gaps in the board. The most important step is the first: cutting out the hexes. 2 sets of Settlers of Catan Replacement cards (need 2 sets to play with 5 or 6 people) Paintbrush (one for detail, one for large areas) Shellack (Amber 2lb cut if you're mixing from flakes) 84 1" wooden coins (pips, settlements, cities) 3 3 1/2" X 1/4" X ~4' basswood pieces (hexes, ports, longest road and largest army tokens) More comments later, but first here's what I used: shellecked white and yellow, and blue and green are hard to distinguish in low, yellow light. The colors I chose for the game pieces aren't the best in low light. If I were to do it again, I might opt to stain the tiles or use different hardwoods before shallcking or varnishing to provide some more contrast. There are many ways to improve on this design if you have a higher budget and more time. If you just make the tiles and purchase game pieces, you should be able to finish in 10-15 hrs. It took somewhere between 20 and 30 hrs of labor to complete and is incredibly durable, functional and snazzy. I ended up making board from basswood, burning in the artwork and finishing it with acrylic paint and shellac. I recently decided to make my own Settlers board with the following goals:
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