Well, with the distribution results displayed at the end of the game, hopefully that’s no longer a question with the dice rolling in Catan Universe. With digital dice, people often wonder how fair the dice rolls are. The one I’m always most interested in seeing is the dice results. When playing against AI characters, the game lets you pick the difficulty level of your opponents – which I like in a game.Īnd I found that the advanced characters definitely increase the difficulty.Īnother aspect I really like about Catan Universe are all the stats you can see at the conclusion of a game. The expanded view shows the number of cards they have in hand, number of victory points, number of Knights, and number of continuous Road segments so you can use that info to adjust your plans. You can also easily see your opponents’ status at the top of the screen. And you can tilt the vantage point to whatever angle you like best – even directly above. The 3D viewpoint makes you feel like you’ve got the game set up on a table. The tutorial teaches you both how to play and how to navigate on the screen. Perhaps it’s because I’m playing on my little phone instead of a PC/Mac or tablet. However, I have run into issues when trying to move things around a bit. If you haven’t played Catan before, learning to play through the digital game is slick as can be.įor the most part, the touch-screen controls are intuitive. The good news is that the tutorial covers both aspects nicely. I was more interested to be taught the touch-screen controls for my phone. For that, just head over to our original game review.) I always enjoy customizing my avatar in a game.Īs an experienced Catan player, I didn’t need the tutorial to introduce me to the game play. (Since the game play of Catan Universe is exactly the same as the board game, we won’t cover “how to play” the game. Sure it doesn’t have any affect on the game play itself, but it’s a nice touch that adds to getting pulled into the Catan world (or should I say, Universe). I also thought it was cool that you can rotate your avatar while customizing it so you can better see the cool things slung over its back and such. Unfortunately, until I unlock more stuff I was limited to only a few options.īut seeing all those locks also motivated me to dive into the games to find ways to unlock things to add to my avatar. But this time, the first thing I did when diving into Catan Universe was customize my avatar! You’d think the first thing I’d do when diving into a new digital game would be going through the tutorial. Playing Catan Universe looks like we’re all gathered around a table. We’ve taken our spin at Catan Universe and it’s time to share our thoughts. Players can also activate the complete Catan base game as well as the add-ons “Cities & Knights” and “Seafarers” as in-app purchases. Players can play the basic board game in multiplayer mode, as well as the introductory game for “Catan – The Duel,” for free. Players can unlock the Single-Player and Custom-Match modes for the basic “Arrival on Catan” scenario permanently to play against the AI or friends. And now it’s been updated with a new look and feel with multiple modes of play across all digital platforms (browser, Steam, iOS, GooglePlay, and Amazon Appstore) as Catan Universe! Players then convert their collected resources to build settlements, cities, and roads for points.īecause it’s such a great game for families, Catan made our original 10 Must-Have Family Board Games list back in 2010.įast-forward to 2018 and you’ll find tons of Catan expansions that still keep the game thriving in the onslaught of thousands of newly published games every year.Ī number of years ago, Catan also made it’s way to digital devices where it continued to find its way into new players’ hands. Rather than rolling dice to move around a track on a board, the dice are rolled to generate resources which are randomly distributed on a hex map. It brought to light a whole new way to play games. In this case it was Jaden and I.Ĭatan is also credited with helping usher in the modern resurgence of board games. Looking back at our game reviews, you’ll find our video review of it under Settlers of Catan back in 2010. It’s one of only a few of our video reviews where we had 2 people on camera. Well, it used to be called Settlers of Catan – but within the last few years, Mayfair officially shortened the name to just Catan. One of the most popular board games published in the last few decades is Catan. Catan goes digital (again) in Catan Universe.
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