<p>The 5-6 player extentions contains tiles, number fiches and additional playing pieces so there is enough to play with more players.</p>

<p>It contains scenario's for 5 and 6 players. </p>

<p>You can play with 3 or 4 players on a 5 or 6 player board, but then the game becomes too easy. The board is just to big (contains too much resources) to have a challenging game. And yes, you can increase the number of VP needed, but keep in mind the game pieces max out at 13 VP, there are a few cards with extra VP and there is 4 points to collect with the longest road and the largest army. But keep in mind that if you need all these, the game is tied if two players buy a +1 VP card.</p>

<p>Of course, you can use pieces of the extention in the 3-4 games. But then you leave some other pieces out. </p>

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2016-03-05T09:13:07.810Z
Thx a lot for your answer so it means the i have to keep the notice of the extension to know which pieces i should put aside ... Or buy another set for 3-4 players :p ;) ;)
Philippos
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<p>I bought the game with the 5-6 player extensions :
If I want to play at 3 or 4 players, do I have to remove additional elements of the game ? or is it common to play at 3 or 4 players for a game designed for 5-6 players ? </p>

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Catan : how to play with extension 5-6 players when we are less than 5?
Philippos
# Catan : how to play with extension 5-6 players when we are less than 5?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-03)

I bought the game with the 5-6 player extensions :
If I want to play at 3 or 4 players, do I have to remove additional elements of the game ? or is it common to play at 3 or 4 players for a game designed for 5-6 players ?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-03. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

The 5-6 player extentions contains tiles, number fiches and additional playing pieces so there is enough to play with more players.

It contains scenario's for 5 and 6 players.

You can play with 3 or 4 players on a 5 or 6 player board, but then the game becomes too easy. The board is just to big (contains too much resources) to have a challenging game. And yes, you can increase the number of VP needed, but keep in mind the game pieces max out at 13 VP, there are a few cards with extra VP and there is 4 points to collect with the longest road and the largest army. But keep in mind that if you need all these, the game is tied if two players buy a +1 VP card.

Of course, you can use pieces of the extention in the 3-4 games. But then you leave some other pieces out.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thx a lot for your answer so it means the i have to keep the notice of the extension to know which pieces i should put aside ... Or buy another set for 3-4 players :p ;) ;)  

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