Gamegenic CATAN Review - with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel takes a look at accessories for Catan!

00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Overview
07:28 - Final Thoughts

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[cybergecko]

I also just wanted to say thank you for creating such great content. You introduced me to this great hobby and I have meet so many awesome people from it. Thank you guys.

[ktotheramer]

PLEASE do more "bling out" reviews for games!!!!

[DaFees]

Is nobody gonna talk about how those hexadocks become useless the second you pick up the seafarers expansion? I mean where am I suppose to put my ships?!?!

[CoffeePotato]

This gets rid of our usual meta game of using them to build towers and chucking dice to ruin each other's stuff.

[Starsword]

The magnetic card holder + dice tray is pretty useful and elegant. But the hex-looking component holders are a tad too superfluous

[Strandvideo]

"hotel" = evidence that Tom played lots of Monopoly in his life time.

[alcovitch]

no mention of the outrageous price tag on this stuff.

[cybergecko]

These look really cool actually. I might consider getting them.

[canaboost]

I would struggle to buy some of these. I would rather spend my money on new games.

[WardNightstone]

NOTE if you like the Hexadocks they also offer the other 2 colors from the 5-6 player expansion on their site too they are just sold separately

[xshadowscreamx]

This extravagance is about 10 years too late.

[unrenderable]

Tom refuses to recommend his own channel:

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[trekadam]

I've been wishing people would start doing "Bling videos" for a long time. I want to "pimp my games", but I don't know which one's to get. Keep doing these, please.

[wyattlavigne]

Got to pick up a set for teaching. Can’t lose components now.

[mrbastos]

I have to compare my box to the modern one. I have a really old copy so I'm curious if that resource tray will fit in mine. That and the piece holder are really neat

[WhatUpRob]

I stack my roads, settlements, and CITIES into abstract pieces of “art”. I make fun designs and the container messes with that. Plus at cleanup I slide my pieces into a bag, saving so much time compared to individually placing the pieces into those containers. No thanks.
Sleeves I normally don’t care, but after having one version of Catan for so many years the cards sometimes stick together because of germs I’m sure. So sleeping them will keep them nice. The tray holder for those is dope. The sliding mechanic is cool. Why did they make the top a dice tray if they have the other tower? As you did when sliding the box back together the top cards fell off and I can see that as an issue unless you brace your hand alongside the top to keep them in. Otherwise yeah being just a tad to tall is so annoying, how did they not test that!? I’d take it as a gift, but I’m not buying it.
The dice tower, please pass.

[keithhainzl]

Looks incredible! What if you put the card box sideways into the box? Maybe it'll fit then?

[WhatUpRob]

You know what Catan should do, each year for each quarter release a special limited number Long Road, Large Army, Robber, and port (?) figure. I got a special robber winning a qualifying tournament and it’s made from clay, orange with specs of purple and green in there. They can make each of these pieces different materials, sculpts, colors and what a collectors fomo frenzy!? Only making 1k and the next quarter another new piece. Maybe they do this in some way because how did I get my special robber, but without thinking of distribution, and how they handle giving them out to which parts of the world etc would be crazy. Maybe a $10 raffle ticket, limited to one per person and if you win you win. Too simple sounding I’m sure. But I’d be WAY MORE interested in collecting the special port pieces or robbers than having sleeves for my cards.

[chriszuke]

What if you take the lid off of the card organizer when you put it in the box? Will the box lid close all the way then?

[montyfarris]

I think the card holder work great for holding wingspan + expansion(s). Wingspan tray is nice but limited space