About the game The women and men of your expedition build the first two settlements. Fortunately, the yet uninhabited land is rich in natural resources. You build roads and new settlements that eventually become cities. Will you succeed in gaining supremacy on Catan? Barter trade dominates the scene. Some resources you have in abundance, other resources are scarce. Ore for wool, brick for lumber - you trade according to what is needed for your current building projects. Proceed strategically! If you found your settlements in the right places and skillfully trade your resources, then the odds will be in your favor. But your opponents are smart too. First published in Germany in 1995 as "Die Siedler von Catan", then in English as "The Settlers of Catan" in 1996, CATAN celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020. To begin the game, we build the game board using hexagonal terrain tiles. Catan is born - a beautiful island with mountains, pastures, hills, fields, and forests, surrounded by the sea. Each of us places two small houses on spaces where three terrain hexes meet. They are our starting settlements.And so it begins. I roll two dice. An “11”! Each terrain hex is marked with a die roll number. Each player who owns a settlement adjacent to a terrain hex marked with the number rolled receives a resource produced by this hex. Hills produce brick, forests produce lumber, mountains produce ore, fields produce grain, and pastures produce wool.We use these resources to expand across Catan: we build roads and new settlements, or we upgrade our existing settlements to cities. For example, a road costs 1 brick and 1 lumber. If we do not have the necessary resources, we can acquire them by trading with our opponents.Each settlement is worth 1 victory point and each city is worth 2 victory points. If you expand cleverly, you may be the first player to reach 10 victory points and thus win the game! Key Selling Points This best-selling strategy board game gets a bright, friendly, and inclusive facelift! Learn the basics in 15 minutes, explore new strategies and stories for a lifetime. Perfect forbeginning players to experienced gamers and everyone in between. Never play the same game twice! Variable board and setup offers endless opportunities to explore Completely redesigned packaging driven by consumer research, overhauled rulebook, and brand-newcomponent art featuring inclusive characters—all designed with digital parents and young adults inmind! New edition adds consumer-requested card trays! Spiel des Jahres 1995 (1995 Game of the Year) [Germany] Deutscher Spiele Preis 1995 (1995 Award for Best Adult and Family Games) - 1st place [Germany] Essener Feder 1995 - Beste Spielregel (1995 Award for Best Rulebook) [Germany] To play with 5–6 players, the 5–6 player extension is required.
