Catan: Event Cards

won't even consider playing without this!

included in Catan-Package

Nice way of getting the luck out of the game and diversity into the different Catan-Variants.

This expansion is interesting. Worthwhile if you are looking to change things up a bit, or don't like the dice element to Settlers. Be warned though, some people think the events are even more random than the dice. I don't agree, but it is worth considering. And also worth a try by anyone who enjoys the game.

2010-04-14 (rating 9):

(I use Traders & Barbarians version.)

For me a "must have". After many games the luck factor introduced by dices is annoying for me. Now I play only with event cards (unless strongly asked to play with dices) as they are more predicable and fair.

Also I play without "New Year" card to have even stronger predictability.

Non-essential...except for Cities & Knights, which should have come standardd with a dice deck.

The events throw a bit more randomness into the game, but you can ignore them & just use the dice deck.

Improved catan by making it slightly luck based, but the game has the same problem