We don’t collapse our expansion packs into the main box. With Catan, for example, there are two big reasons why we don’t:
1. It creates extra unnecessary work to sort out the expansion pieces from the regular pieces if you’re playing a normal, 4-player (or less) game.
2. We have too many expansion packs (5-6 Player, Cities & Knights, Seafarers, etc.) to fit in one box.
We love Settlers. It’s probably my favorite board game. Ultimately, the 3-4 player, regular version is our favorite. We don’t like the 5-6 player version (the turn building takes too long).
Not to turn this into a Settlers thread, but we have some house rules that we’ve developed after playing the game hundreds (if not thousands) of times that I’d share I’d anyone is interested in adding more variety to the game.
@calypso726 - I wonder if you and PlanePrincess will enjoy it! You’ll have to report back.