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The game is very enjoyable. Basic Catan works fine. It's fair and fun and only $4. I also bought the expansion. It used to be a bit glitchy but after implementing settings suggested by the developer (see below) it rarely gives me problems. Occasionally, you'll need to reload the game and generally it will put you back at the same spot. (I use a 1st generation iPad mini.) I can tell from the aggregate dice rolls that the randomization is fair. Also, the AI players generally attack the points leader and whomever shares the hex. In my initial review, I complained about some of the glitches I was encountering. The developer reached out to me and suggested I change the animation speed to ultra and turn the auto zoom off. I appreciate their response and it was helpful.

And I will continue to play it. I only play solo against 3 cpu-players, as that gives me the flexibility to pause the games for hours or days. The feature I would like added: To be able zoom out, position the playing area, and the Lock the screen, so that I do not have to keep re-adjusting the zoom and position. Glitches: None of the cpu-players, play the Commercial Harbor card. The cpu-players do not seem able to displace the pirate when using a knight. Occasionally the treasure chest icon remains on the screen, blocking the view of a card being played by one of the other players. It would be nice if the right-side action menu did not have the cards icon (since the cards can be accessed via the bottom menu) and then shorten the side menu so it does not block the two right corner player's card-count of city speciality. When ever a sub-menu does not fully show, I 'toss' the app away, and restart the game, continuing the same game. So far I have not had a game totally crash beyond being able to keep playing.

First of all, where is the Pirates and Explorers Expansion???? Or Traders and Barbarians? The expert level is a game of 3 against 1. No question about it. The computer absolutely refuses any trades. I offered 19 items for any one item, and the computer refused every offer. I was losing the game already and wanted to see what would happen. The robber never left my hexes unless I moved it away myself. I never roll a 7 when the robber is on my hex. Never. The user interface needs to be updated too. I would like to be able to see my menu items before making a choice regarding resources given or taken. I need to know how many settlements I have left versus cities. That would help me decide between taking a wheat or a brick. And what's with the constant crashing? We never lose anything, but the game requires constant restarts. Sometimes, you can't see the menu, or something else quirky happens. Otherwise, it's a great game to hone my skills while waiting to raise a game with my friends. Please consider the updates, and this will become the best game on the iPad. Thanks! Edit: seems the latest version is very stable. Hasn’t crashed yet. Still waiting on expansions to be added.

First off, I love the Catan board game. It is a blast to play. This one, while it is still fun, does have some issues. First, there is a glitch with the campaign, and every time I start the first level, it closes out the app. Next, I do believe the game would be more fun if the odds weren’t stacked completely against you. Even them out a little, so that the robber doesn’t target YOU only. Let the other players steal resources from each other. Now, you aren’t always the AI's target, but once you take the lead, it’s a run for your money. You have to practically spend your cards just as fast as you get them because the AI will take them away on the next turn. Nonetheless, Catan is a fantastic game of strategy and economics, but if you REALLY want to play a good game, get the board game.

Let me start out by saying I play this constantly. I really enjoy this game, and even with the bugs, it works well enough to give me my Catan fix. Yeah, icons disappear. You just have to force-close the game and restart it, then choose to resume your game (I don't play multiplayer, so this works for me.) What IS really frustrating are the cards. Seeing the Deserter show up three or four times in one game, or Saboteur three or four times is unrealistic. I don't think there's an actual "stack" of cards in memory -- I'd guess they just have a randomized that picks a card from all the cards available. That gets frustrating after a bit.

I have experienced a long-standing glitch on this app for the last two years. When I click the button to purchase a development card, the development card screen shows me which resources it takes to purchase it, not how many cards are left on the stack as it once had done. The only clue I have as to how many development cards are left, is when I am rudely told "There are no more development cards", when I try to purchase one and after I have carefully traded to get the resources to buy a card. Several updates from the developer have failed to repair this situation. BTW, I am running the latest version of iOS 10, just a couple of weeks here before the big September 2017 iPhone announcement. Moreover, now that I have upgraded my iPad Pro 9.7 to an iPad Pro 10.5, all sound and music has disappeared from the app. The app is now totally silent no matter which settings I change. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, to no avail.

There are so many inconsiderate leavers when playing online. There absolutely needs to be a system implemented where you can see, next to the avatar on someone, their “sportsmanship rank” or something along those lines, which indicates how often they just leave matches after the initial settlement placements. Not the app’s problem, but it’s very frustrating and people need to be held accountable, suspended or banned if they do this over 50 percent of the time. Online is unplayable most of the time because of this, but this solution above would likely fix it. Also, when someone leaves a game and then rejoins, there is a frustrating glitch where you press the ready button and then it kind of “grays out” and you can’t press it again and confirm you are ready so there’s nothing you can do at that point because the button just stops working. This version if much more visually pleasing than the other one, and if you fixed these issues it would be the better app.

Update October 8, 2017, For about a month this game was working well. Development cards were working. With the upgrade of iOS 11 the development cards do not work. Very frustrating. Until it is fixed save your money. One of my favorite board games to play, however about every third game the board freezes and I cannot use the accept check or the cancel cross symbols nor lay a road in the lower part of the game board even though the road is highlighted that this is an option. The only way I can continue the game is to force the app close and start all over again. Annoying - Update March 2017, I am developing additional bugs since i purchased the additional cities and knights for 9.99. The Progress cards due not work and cause the game to freeze. Also i have played an entire game with only one progress card while the computer players recieve many. And of course the seven is rolled way to often. I love this game and sincerely wish the developer USM, would fix all the bugs. So as of today I have gone from a 3 to a 2 star rating.

I am an avid fan of the board game and have played online versions. Was really excited to get this app, but after playing dozens of games for two days, it's just not fun because the 7 comes up with nearly every round. It takes forever to build anything. I am still winning a fair amount of times, but it's ridiculous to have 7 come up this frequently. More than a few times I've had to wait 4-5 turns to buy a single item, even though I have plenty of good spots (6,8,9,10,5) because my resources are stolen two turns in a row because both AI opponents roll sevens, sometimes twice in a row. Programming a random dice roll should not be this hard! There are plenty of stand alone apps that do this. I am using the most current app too. ( my son told me the prior version had poor reviews, but I was hoping upgrading would fix the problem). It's too bad because it is otherwise a very nice game with good instructions. If dice randomization were fixed would easily be one of my favorites.

Gets hung up and crashes repeatedly. Sketchy directions for the noob player with many gaps in describing parts of the game. No explanation of legend in the corner of each the screen. No log of moves to check if you missed the action. Text is exceedingly small, for example, you can't distinguish between the x or check mark for each character when getting responses on bids. Colors are washed out so you can't tell the difference between blue, green and yellow game pieces. Horrible touch accuracy when trying to select settlements or roads. They have taken a great game and ruined the play by their lack of detailed execution. Kind of ironic for a plan-ahead strategy game. USM games and its staff should be embarrassed by this release. They could easily assess gaps and refine it, but they won't. Too much money to be made with this poor release with limited investment.

I don't see why this euro game is so popular. Its just that these euro games get branded as elitist. Give me Yahtzee any day. It's basically a craps game, playing the odds. I don't like gambling, too hard to win. You have to pick your initial settlement wisely with numbers that have a higher probability of being thrown like 5,6,8, 9 as a last option. I've been in one game where 3 was never thrown, grant it I had two settlements there and it was against the computer AI players. And anytime I had a good amount of resources built up, some monopoly card or robber would take everything. The robber would sit on my tile/ settlements forever, while the other players would never have the robber for more than one roll. Anytime I bought a development card I would only get the half useless knight card. The AI would players would get the victory or the cards giving two roads or two resources. I have the board game, but don't have anyone that will play it. I'll probably resell it since I hate this game with a passion from my experience with this app. Basically I never have a chance with this crummy gambling game.

Where to begin. The AI and “randomness” of the dice rolls are stacked waaaaay against you. The AI conveniently acquires nearly all the development cards at an impossible to match rate, giving them an early advantage which then leads to another problem - the robber. The AI specifically target you and only you with Knight cards/7 rolls of the dice. It doesn’t matter if other AIs lead the game, you instantly become the one and only target as soon as you have more than one development on any hex. Doesn’t even matter if the strongest AI has 3 cities on a 6/8 hex, you’re still the only target. That then leads to the next problem, the unfairness of the dice. They are definitely not random. Rarely will you get numbers for hexes you own and when you do there’s a robber on it conveniently placed by the AI. Most frustratingly is the dice will always roll the EXACT number you need immediately after the AI has placed the robber. This game screws you in every way possible. Waste of money.

This app has taken the fun out of Catan. It is so frustrating when playing the computer. Every single time I’m one point or more ahead, they roll the robber every 2 to 3 rolls, and after they place the robber on one of my #6 or #8 tiles, that exact number is rolled multiple times before I’m eventually lucky enough to either have a knight card or roll the robber myself. I also don’t believe the computer doesn’t know when I have a victory point card because when I should be showing fewer points than one of the other players, they still constantly put the robber on my tile and steal from me. I tried signing up to play online, and they said, “wait for a confirmation email” which I never received, and when I tried to create the account again it gave me an error saying the email address was already in use. I checked all junk folders and there was nothing there. I wish I could get my money back, I hate this app so bad.

Dice Randomization blows - stack 5 fixes some of it, but when you go around the table 3 times and the same 3 numbers come up all 9 - 12 times, there's a problem. Occasionally the app will lose all text, forcing you to crash the app (see final note on the problem with this). Occasionally the app will become unresponsive to taps - e.g. Play road building, select the ship (for example), but the green check mark won't actually let you click it. The WORST issue is the reconnecting to game issue. I can appreciate crashing the app to get things to work again. But when I do that, greater than 50% of the time, it doesn't reconnect me to the game. This is the by far the worst issue. I'd put up with the rest (even the bad dice), if it would ALWAYS reconnect me. Finally, feature-wise, it would be nice for an improved online game matching system (the current one is a joke) - I would love to exclude games outside of C&K for example. Blacklist doesn't work at all. And why do I have to leave the online area every time need to find a new game? So dumb. All that said, when I do actually get the play AND complete an entire game - win or lose, it's usually quite fun. Update: Lowering to 2 stars - gesture control for selecting roads, the robber, etc - fails every game. I'm lucky if I finish 1 out of 20 games at this point. Basically unplayable.