Underplayed Gems

Starship Catan (2003)

Starship Catan cover
Platforms
Xbox, Web browser, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Genres
Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Card & Board Game
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A measured, turn-based tabletop experience of trading and cautious skirmishes as you steadily build toward a steady, calculated victory.

strategicmethodicalcalmturn-based pacinglight tensionresource managementmodest scalecerebral

About

Computer version of the 2-player board game, with extra scenarios and hot-seat or computer opponents. Players trade, battle pirates, and upgrade their ships in an attempt to win the cooperation of the local species in finding a way back to the players' home system.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.