Catan: Portable Edition

Catan, shrunk for the backpack. Catan: Portable Edition is the Travel Edition of the classic island-building game: same rules, but the desert always sits in the middle, the production numbers and port sites have fixed places, and roads, villages and cities snap into the board so nothing slides off in a train compartment. There are no expansions and it is a game for three or four. You still roll dice to produce resources, trade with everyone around the table and build toward the longest road and the biggest settlements. First released in 2002, it plays in about 90 minutes. A good copy for people who already know the real thing and want it on holiday.