Gameplay: Smooth and throughout interesting as tons of interaction is involved because of trading. Also, initial settlement placement matters a lot. Luck: High luck factor as 2 dice are involved. Strategy: Lot of strategies are involved but no single dominant strategy. Extension for 5-6 players is also available. Player to reach 10 victory points first, wins the game. A player with maximum number of knight card played, gets a “Largest Army” card worth 2 victory points. A player with longest connected road gets a “Longest Road” card worth 2 victory points. If they have built settlements of the ports present at the edges of the island, then based on the port type, they can trade resource in the ratio of 3:1 or 2:1 with the bank.Įach settlement awards 1 victory point, city awards 2 victory points and each Victory point card awards 1 victory point. Also, they can do off-island trading with the bank in the ratio of 4:1 (4 of one resource for 1 of one resource). Players can also trade resource cards with each other during the course of the game. Also, the player gets to steal a resource card from any player adjacent to the tile where the robber is now placed. After that, the player who activated the robber, gets a chance to place it on any hex thus blocking the resource production from that tile (players with settlements/cities adjacent to that hex will not get that resources when its number is rolled). However, players get to choose which card they are going to discard. At this point, players with more than 8 resource cards in hand need to discard half of the cards (by rounding down in case of odd number of cards). If a player rolls 7, the robber gets activated. Game involves a Robber who is initially placed on desert hex. Players with settlements/cities adjacent to that hex get resource card of that particular type. On each player’s turn, he/she rolls 2 six-sided dice which determines the hex that is going to produce resource in that particular turn.
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Each of these hexes is given a random number from 2 to 12. These tiles represent different land areas (hexes) which produces different types of resources likeĭesert is an unproductive hex and is home to a Robber. Game setup involves a Honeycomb shaped island surrounded by the sea and comprised of hexagon shaped tiles which are laid out at random at the beginning of the game. Players get victory points as their settlements grow and first one to reach a certain number of victory points wins the game. Each player’s goal is to build and expand his/her colony while acquiring and trading resources. In this game, players assume the role of settlers on an island of Catan. It is also very interesting to play as it involves tons of interaction among the players. All it takes is one round of complete gameplay to understand the mechanics behind it, which also makes it a very good gateway game to the players who are new to board games. This game has won many awards and is one of the most popular games due to its amazing ability to appeal to experienced gamers as well as those new to board gaming.
The Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer strategy game which was designed by Klaus Teuber and it was first published in 1995 in Germany. It’s an easy but really good strategy game. I am starting with this game because I love playing it.
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