Some time ago, we were discussing a Franklin Mint-style deluxe set for Settlers of Catan. Some of the ideas that we had: hexes that represent their resources (e.g., slate, some exotic wood, clay, woven fiber for wheat, wool for sheep), fancy gold dice, a built-in lazy-susan, storage drawers… the whole nine yards. And we figured you could charge $500 bucks for it and some gamer geek would say, "Ooh! Limited edition! I must have it."
Well, it looks like Mayfair beat us to it: the 10th Anniversary Settlers of Catan™ 3-D Special Edition Treasure Chest Set. (And they're only charging $380.00.)
Posted by rv at September 19, 2005 08:14 PM to gameSaw this in a gamer mag. Originals for the pieces were sculpted by Teuber himself. They look pretty bad to me. Where you put the number chits was unclear, and I didn't see ports at all.
Basically, looked crappy. :-(
Posted by: poz at September 23, 2005 07:30 PMThat was the same thing that I mentioned to Chris— if the mountains are 3-dimensional, where do the numbers go? They had some sort of disclaimer claiming that the photos are "artist's conception" and the actual pieces may differ. I think they'll need to re-work the mountains.
Meanwhile, Mike and I can go back to designing our set, which will be much cooler.
Posted by: rv at September 24, 2005 08:47 AM