Catan: Traders & Barbarians 5-6 Player Extension (2015 Refresh)

The Catan: Traders & Barbarians 5-6 Player Extension lives up to it’s promise. It delivers what it says on the tin! This is an extension to a previous expansion for Catan, Traders & Barbarians. When it was first released, Traders & Barbarians was for 2-4 players only. But not any more! Thanks to this extension, you can now invite a fifth or sixth player into Catan island life.

First came the roaring success that was Catan – the 1995 winner of the Spiel des Jahres. It’s a modern classic, and so popular that it’s spawned numerous add-ons and spin-offs. One of these was the Traders & Barbarians expansion. The core of the game is the same. You’re still rolling dice and gaining resources according to your settlements. You’re still trading with your rivals.

Traders & Barbarians introduced extra features into the mixer. Five different Scenarios, to be precise, as well as four smaller mini-module variants! The best thing is you can mix and match these to suit your tastes. You can even mix them into other Catan expansions, such as Seafarers, if you like!

This 5-6 Player Extension provides all the items needed to allow a fifth and sixth player to join in. It comes with green and brown player pieces. (These match the player colours for the other Catan expansions, too.) There’s Knight, Wagon, and Bridge components for the fifth and sixth player. There’s more neutral-coloured camels and barbarians too, for scaling purposes. There’s also extra terrain hex tiles, fishing grounds, fish tokens, coins, more cards. More game pieces, more fun, more Catan!

Please note that Catan: Traders & Barbarians 5-6 Player Extension is an add-on pack. It expands the gameplay for Catan. It is not a standalone product. To play this extension (as you might have guessed) you’ll need to combine it with other Catan games. This cannot play without the base game of Catan itself. You’ll also need the Catan: 5-6 Player Extension, and Catan: Traders & Barbarians.

Player Count: 2-6 Players
Time: 90 minutes
Age: 12+