[Board/Tactical Game]: The Fishermen of Catan, reviewed by ShannonA (3/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13257.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

A great mini-supplement for <i>The Settlers of Catan</i> which upgrades the value of waterfront property.

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[Valandil]

On his turn a player may give it to someone with the same number or more victory points than him.

When I've played with my family, we've kept victory point cards hidden.

Since this messes up the above rule, I assume this was improper behavior?

[Rev_Pee_Kitty]

Originally Posted by Valandil

When I've played with my family, we've kept victory point cards hidden.

Since this messes up the above rule, I assume this was improper behavior?

I'm sure it doesn't. The rules and FAQ for SoC are both very clear that your current victory points are the ones everyone can add up themselves, and you do NOT have to reveal your hidden cards until you feel like it. So even if you're pretty sure someone's holding 4 VP cards in their hand, you can only count the victory points showing (1x settlement + 2x city + Longest Army and/or Road + any VP cards they were foolish enough to play before the end of the game for some reason).

[Beri]

You don't get any VP for holding a VP card. However, you can play any number of those cards at any time. In other words, if you have 6 VP on the board and 2 VP cards, you don't have 8 VP, or 2 'hidden' VP, you just have, straight, 6 VP.

[ShannonA]

Yep. I don't know if that's explicit in the Fishermen rules or not, but it seemed pretty clear to me.

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Beri

You don't get any VP for holding a VP card. However, you can play any number of those cards at any time. In other words, if you have 6 VP on the board and 2 VP cards, you don't have 8 VP, or 2 'hidden' VP, you just have, straight, 6 VP.

Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up for me, Beri and everyone else.

My family loves our holiday 5-6 player Catan games.
So this looks like a definite purchase.