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Fan spends 40 hours turning the Catan board game into an incredible Halloween costume
A fan turned *Catan* into a handmade Halloween costume, bringing the board game’s recognisable pieces into an elaborate outfit. The popular design is another sign of the game’s lasting influence, decades after its release.
Creator atallel said the costume took more than 40 hours to make over 16 days and received 16,000 upvotes on Reddit. It features hand-painted hexagonal tiles around the dress, a sea-themed hem, a fan and crown made from resource cards, probability tokens, dice earrings and a robber meeple necklace.
In short
- A *Catan*-inspired costume took more than 40 hours to make.
- Its creator spent 16 days crafting the outfit.
- The Reddit post received 16,000 upvotes.
Explained simply
Catan is a board game in which players build settlements, roads and cities on an island made of hexagonal tiles. They collect and trade resources such as wood, brick, wheat, sheep and ore, with dice rolls determining which parts of the island produce resources each turn.
First published in 1995, the game became a global hit and helped make modern strategy board games more widely known. Its colourful tiles and familiar pieces have since become recognisable beyond the game itself, which helps explain why fans use them as inspiration for creative projects.