Unpolished but Fully Functional

I was nervous about buying Catan, with all the negative reviews, but Im glad that I did. Here are my impressions:

Catan is an implementation of the classic board game. It supports games with 3-4 players, who can be humans (hotseat only; there is no online play) or computer-controlled AIs (there are 10 different options, allegedly with different playstyles). 20-odd "scenarios", with different layouts and rulesets, are available. There is also an Editor, with the ability to construct new layouts (apparently limited to the basic rules of Settlers, SF, and/or C&K only--no access to the special rules from the built-in scenarios) or download others layouts from online.

Criticisms: The graphics are not as clear as they could be; the experience is slightly evocative of playing the board game on an overly-large table while nearsighted. Playing in System 10.10.1, I also experienced occasional minor bugs and glitches, mostly cosmetic; only once (in over twenty games) did a glitch mess up gameplay. There is also one consistent bug: the Editor fails to launch when needed for downloading/creating new layouts (as a workaround, I was able to launch it manually after opening the Catan package contents in Finder).

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