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Re: Variable setup with random numbers and friendly robber in arena is back
Posted: 15 October 2025, 03:15
by RICK7425
This new arena set up is not very enjoyable to play. Good luck to those who choose to play it. I think it is rather frustrating to play at best. See you next season when it is fun to play again. Hope the Boardgame people are paying attention.
Re: Variable setup with random numbers and friendly robber in arena is back
Posted: 06 November 2025, 10:28
by Jontia
DVC wrote: ↑08 October 2025, 05:52
Slartibartfst wrote: ↑08 October 2025, 05:07
its interesting, I use to be a pretty competitive Catan player, but was never interested in playing set numbers. Don't think I have don't it since my first game
“Variable” is the traditional spiral setup, not set numbers. “Random” is a chaotic version where it’s allowed to have the same numbers adjacent to each other (except 6 and 8). Last season was Variable (good) and now we are back to Random (not good).
Yes, sorry. I've messed this up before. The naming convention doesn't fit the way I think about this, which is the traditional spiral as variable terrain, because the numbers only move around the desert.