Game works okay, other stuff doesn’t.

I’ve been playing Catan for a long time, both the board game and the computer game. This version plays pretty well, although I’d like to see it expanded to have up to 6 players like the board game. One problem that I see is that the Editor doesn’t work. Click the button and nothing happens. Click it a bunch of times and still nothing happens. Another problem is that you can go to the Catan web site from the game and view maps that were created by other people and apparently you’re supposed to be able to actually play them…except when you click on a map to play it, nothing happens. Again, just like with the editor, you can click a map a bunch of times to no avail. It would be nice to get these capabilities enabled in the game to make it even more intersting. Lastly, while a computerized random number generator isn’t truly random, it’s quite a coincidence that once I start winning with a gap of 4 or more points, the dice just seem to roll the 7 extremely often…except when it’s my turn. So I basically get stuck for awhile while the other players try to catch up. I’d like to see the players make better decisions when it’s their turn rather than fixing the dice to stall my progress. I still like the game, but this one needs more work to raise the bar and enjoyment level.

Artist-not-in-the-least! about Catan