UPDATE: 8 March 2021 I have had a really nice email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. He has kindly given permission for this article to remain. He also advised these hexes were copyright protected when released in 2006. They cannot be reproduced without permission. Thank you Kevin, for getting in touch and I am happy to post any updates you have.

For a long time I have wondered what I could have in my play-sets that would make them stand out as different.

With the purchase of the Netherlands collection I have managed to increase the number of foreign sets I own.

In a recent Reddit forum I had a discussion about whether the 3D set is the rarest Catan game.

As part of my oversized 3D set I am printing I am including the Great River. It will just be part of my larger board.

Below are various photos from the newly released Star Trek reprint. Each photo is displayed at a smaller size, but right click and go view image and you can see the full 1200px wide image.