Warning: Choking Hazard. Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
At a meeting of our store managers, we discovered that all 7 of us had purchased a copy of Settlers of Catan for his personal collection. I'm not aware of any other game to hold this distinction. The games came to us a few years ago from Germany bearing the German Game of the Year award. It has since been recognized by Games Magazine.
Each player guides a group of settlers toward prosperity on the rich but undeveloped island of Catan. The game begins with laying out the 37 hexagonal pieces of the board. This produces a different game board each time the game is played. By cleverly building and trading resources, each tries to dominate the island. Building roads, settlements and cities (represented by little wood counters) depends upon the resources you collect. What resources you collect depends upon where you have chosen to build and upon the roll of the dice. This combination of strategy and luck is extremely addictive.
A very fun and surprisingly addictive game. Recently, a few of us were waiting for some other players to show up for the game we had planned that night and we said, "Lets play a game of Settlers while we wait!" That game turned into 2 games before they showed up. We were all very happy that they took so long. ;-) The game comes with four sets of wood counters and can be upgraded to 5 or 6 players with the expansion set. This set, of course, consists of 2 more sets of wood pieces, so the price is a little higher than most expansion sets. . . but oh, so worth it!
An expansion for Settlers of Catan. You must have Settlers of Catan in order to use the Seafarers expansion. Included are 60 wooden ships, harbors, a pirate ship, 14 edge pieces and 24 new hexagons: 12 water, 2 gold fields, 3 deserts, 1 farmland, 1 forest, 1 pasture, 2 mountains and 2 hills.
Seafarers provides a bunch more tiles and rules for creating boats. The gameboard setup can be secret and each player discovers new tiles as their shipping lanes expand. The next hex you uncover could be water or land. If its land, you can expand your settlements. This game is much more random than the original.
This expansion can be further expanded !
Cities and Knights features more in-depth development of your cities. There is a new flip-card that details the level of technology in your cities. The Development Card Deck has been eliminated. Instead, you get new more specialized Development Cards based on your Tech level. Since there are now Soldier cards, each player must buy Knights to protect their realm. Knights have a power rating of 1, 2, or 3. Each player starts with a city and a settlement in play and the winning victory point total is 13. There is a barbarian warship that comes to visit the island every few turns to pillage the player that has the fewest knights. This game is MUCH more complicated than original Settles. I recommend it if you want a more in-depth game.
In this version of the game, the players race for dominance of the island, but the game has much more complexity than Settlers. City Development is of prime importance as players not only deal in brick, ore, wheat, sheep and wheat but also in cloth, coin and paper. Knight tokens also appear on the board, keeping the peace but also determining the outcome of the island's progress. They can have a profound effect on the Robber Barron, marauding barbarians, and the placement of your opponent's settlements. There are other new game features like the merchant, progress cards, knight advancement, and developing a Metropolis!
The game is significantly longer and more complex than regular Settlers, but we have found the 3 player version to be very entertaining and playable in an hour or so.
Allows the addition of a 5th and 6th player to Settlers of Catan.
Only two rule changes are made in the expansion. One is no longer required to finish all trading on your turn before you begin building. And, all players get an opportunity to build on every player's turn, after that turn is complete. This rule engages players between their turns, and to gives them the opportunity to get rid of cards from a large hand (more likely with the extra players) before a '7' is rolled and they are discarded.
More Tiles, more resource cards, more development cards, and components (settlements, villages, roads), for two additional players. Game includes: 15 Hexagonal terrain tiles, 25 Resource cards, including, 9 Development Cards: 2 Building Cost Cards, Playing pieces in 2 colors: 28 Number markers (tokens), 1 Rule booklet.
Add a 5th and 6th player to your Settlers & Seafarers of Catan Game. Explore new scenarios.
Requires ownership of Settlers of Catan (MFG 3061) AND Seafarers of Catan (MFG 3063) AND Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion (MFG 3062) to Play.
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Expand your Settlers of Catan, Cities and Knights to accommodate 5 or 6 players. Ownership of Settlers of Catan (MFG 3061), Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion (MFG 3062), and Settlers of Catan: Cities and Knights (MFG 3065) are required for play.
