It depends on the group. Sometimes you have people intentionally cutting you off, revenge robber placements, and politics.
Catan is nice because you spend 90% of the time building your stuff, and only 10% losing to one of the other players.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Downside is Catan is fucking boring. It’s one of those games where most of the time you’re stuck waiting for your next turn. 5-6 player add on just makes the game infinitely worse. Out of the expansions, Seafarers is nice since it gives you more to do, tho the standalone Starfarers is my go to pick if I gotta play Catan since it sorta has the best parts of all expansions plus random encounters and a more even start. I also like that in the 5-6 player mode 2 players take their turns simultaneously. Tho Catan still isn’t my go-to of board games.