My favorite part is with the base game when it is nearing the end you can pretty much see whose going to win. My boy's ages 14-24 are obsessed with this game. Husband and teenage kids enjoy it.

New layer of strategy and adventure for players. It helps balance the game and make it playable with larger groups. Etiquette is super important--knowing who is truly in the lead vs not; limiting your trades to the person in last place; etc.

This expansion is a blast. Best expansion to regular catan game. When i ask friends which expansion should i get, everyone highly recommends this one.

The cities & knights expansion is a fantastic addition to the catan board game. I enjoy how it feels how i have more control over the development over my cities, land, and army. Definitely like merging seafarer and cities and knights though.

Cities & knights expansion is an excellent extension if you have more than 4-players. This particular 5-6 player extension gives you the knights and city wall pieces for brown and green team. Oh and 2 more flip card charts for the city upgrades.

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There are two extra queens of each color to help you deal with pawns that have evolved. The magnets are strong enough to hold the pieces in place during play.

The board is actual wood - i think a thin laminate, but still better than plastic. Each piece has a place in the foam insert to keep them from rattling around.

The checkers pieces don't fit well inside and can cause a bump when using the board. Very cheaply made and glued together for the price.