[barbu1977]

The Settlers have been rarely played by my gaming group in the last 10 years. Although the game is very good, it does tend to lag close to the end. The game is also very long when you are left behind.

I did try 5-6 players extensions and personally, did not like it. The game is way too long and since you can buy every time, a lot of the fun how to not "bust" is taken out of the game.

The other extensions I have tried gave new options to play, but I have not fund it to be more "fun".

(With few exceptions, rarely I have liked extensions to any game.)

If you liked Settlers of Catane, I would strongly recommend the following games:
Ticket to Ride (Les aventuriers du Rail) - (either original, or Europe version)
Dominion (Dominion: Intrigue is probably the best edition)
Puerto Rico (Maybe a bit more complex, but way richer)
Pandemic - Pandémie (This one is really different - it is a fully coop game. You all play against the board. You either all win as a team, or all loose as a team.)