I have been welcoming people from Australia and New Zealand wanting to visit my Catan collection for a few years now. It is always fun to share Catan's history and all the variations of Catan with fans of this great game.

The latest addition to my collection is an unusual custom set of Catan. While it was made by a fan, its production quality is to a commercial board game standard. The game was never released for sale and was, by all accounts, only ever given to family, friends and business associates as a gift. Yet this fan set also looks to be an authorised promotional set.

I have been trying to keep a list of all the English Catan products since 1996. I do not include things like nerchandise like t-shirts and socks, only those items relating to the game of Catan and its extensions, expansions, scenarios and spin-offs.

I am keen to collect the Catan base set boxes for each language.

I am a huge fan of the original Starship Catan. For this reason it was one of the very first sets of Catan I collected the game in every language it was released in. I even have the German computer version.

Spiel 2023 has been held in Essen, Germany from 5-8 October.  Spiel is Germany's largest board game convention and is attended by over 100,000 people.