Review of "The Vagabond" for The Settlers of Catan

This is a review of "The Vagabond," a customized playing surface and carrying case for The Settlers of Catan, Cities & Knights, and Seafarers board games.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• vagabond
• playing
• surface
• carrying
• case
• settlers
• catan
• cities
• knights
• seafarers
• traders
• barbarians

[schnelman]

CRicKee, you are correct. Always meant to go back and correct that but never did.

[609jaycee]

I actually signed up for an account so I could post a comment. As a huge fan of Catan, I really appreciated your wonderfully thorough and thoughtful review of this product. The video editing was clean as well. You also have a very nice voice -- you should post more product reviews! I am considering buying The Vagabond now (they should pay you!), and will be following your advice in spray painting the surface. Thank you so much!

[typicaladam]

Considering buying this board, my friends and I are all really getting into Catan. This is a very useful review. We typically move the board around and after about... 50 games or so the frame is getting harder and harder to get together, and not to mention without a completely flat surface it's a huge pain in the butt.

[cRicKee]

It seems to me that you don't need that extra piece for a regular Catan board. Couldn't you just make the board off-center by one hex, and fit it all onto the folded Vagabond without an extra section?

[gruvdone]

Your assertion that the cardboard frame from the 4th addition does not work is false. It is a little tricky when the board is new, but by the time you've played 10 or so games, it breaks in and works nicely.

also, the construction of this case looks really flimsy in this video, and the overall look is rather unappealing.