Catan is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the release of its first new edition in almost a decade.
“How do you keep an old game relevant even after 30 years, right?
Especially when gaming has developed,” managing director and game designer Benjamin Teuber told me.
“The hobby continues to develop and grow, and there are so many great games.
But there is apparently still something to Catan because we still have very good sales numbers.
For Teuber, it doesn’t matter that Catan is 30 years old.
during the game (Klaus is Benjamin’s father and the creator of Catan).
“The son is 10, so for him, Catan is a new experience,” Teuber said.
[This game] is still relevant.
As each player’s settlement grows, they gain points.
Whichever player reaches 10 points first wins.
The visuals of the game are changing, too.
It’s not so sexy for me,'” Teuber said.
There is no one and [no culture].
And it’s possible for you to build up whatever you want to build up.'
And that’s nice.
So we took out even more [of] the European millage.
I quite like that.
I have to say my wife’s always a good source of inspiration."
“The updated art helps to bring more people into the game,” Hovdestad said.
“We’ve done a really good job of evolving past the original design.
Now, there’s a variety of different people, poses, [and] garbs.
“you’re free to condense them and they all collapse together.
All of the boxes are the same size and shape.
Catan Sixth Edition is set to launch in Spring 2025, withpreordersalready live.
“The production teams on the game have worked some real magic,” Hovdestad concluded.
Those kinds of opportunities are hard not to take because we all live in the real world.
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