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Catan

Catan 1995

Design Klaus Teuber Art Volkan Baga , Tanja Donner , Pete Fenlon +13 more Publisher KOSMOS
7.1 /10
BGG rating
#625
BGG rank
2.3
Weight
3–4
Players
4
Best at
60–120
Minutes
10
Age
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Expansions & Promos

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18CTN 2025 Catan: Ein Herz für den Räuber! 2025 promo Catan: Mowlin, the Benevolent Ram 2025 Pax Romana 2025 Rise of Civilizations 2025 Catan: The Helpers – Leader of the Flock 2024 promo Catan: Soccer Fever Scenario 2023 Settlers of Crypto: The Siege 2023 Catan Scenario: Malta 2022 Catan: The Helpers 2022 Catan Cenários: Portugal 2020 Catan Scenarios: Global Warming 2020 Catan Scenarios: #WeStayHome 2020 promo Catan Scenario #westayathome 2020 Catan: Cities & Knights – Legend of the Conquerors 2019 Catan Rhein-Main-Neckar 2019 Catan: High Priests of the Inkas 2018 Catan Scenario: Crop Trust 2018 Catan: Szenario Der Kölner Dom 2018 Catan: Hawai'i Scenario 2017 Catan: Seafarers Scenario – Legend of the Sea Robbers 2017 Catan: Seefahrer – 20 Jahre Jubiläums-Edition 2017 Catan Geographies: Kennessee 2016 Catan: Playmat Atoll 2016 Catan: Playmat Desert 2016 Catan: Playmat Gold 2016 Catan: Playmat Island 2016 Catan Scenario: Durango 2016 Catan scenariusze: Mapy – Polska 2016 Brettspiel Adventskalender 2015 2015 promo Catan: Catan Day 2015 Exclusive Expansion 2015 Catan Geographies: Georgia 2015 Catan Geographies: Rickshaw Run 2015 Catan Scenarios: Big Game Big Honor 2015 Catan Scenarios: Easter Bunny 2015 promo 20 Jahre Darmstadt Spielt 2014 promo Catan Geographies: The Carolinas 2014 Die Siedler von Catan: Hispania Edition 2014 Die Siedler von Catan: Hochzeitsturm 2014 promo Mayfair Games' Limited Edition Promo Expansion Set #17 2014 promo Catan: Explorers & Pirates 2013 Catan: Explorers & Pirates – 5-6 Player Extension 2013 Catan Geographies: Corsica 2013 Catan: New England 2013 Catan Geographies: Mallorca 2012 Catan: New York 2012 Catan Scenarios: Frenemies 2012 Mayfair Game Variants & Mini-Expansions Set #1 2012 promo Catan: Die Stoffräuber 2011 Catan: Penn-Jersey 2011 Catan Scenarios: Oil Springs 2011 Die Siedler von Catan: Thüringen Edition 2011 Catan: Delmarva 2010 Catan Geographies: Austria 2010 Catan Scenarios: Catanimals 2010 Catan Scenarios: Helpers of Catan 2010 Die Siedler von Catan: Der Schokoladenmarkt 2010 Catan Geographies: Bayern Edition 2009 Catan: Indiana & Ohio 2009 Catan: Treasures, Dragons & Adventurers 2009 De Kolonisten van Catan: De drie Handelsteden van Noord-Nederland 2009 Catan Geographies: North Rhine – Westphalia 2008 Catan: Traders & Barbarians – 5-6 Player Expansion 2008 Die Siedler von Catan: Rincewind und der Tourist / Die Gilden von Ankh-Morpork 2008 Die Siedler von Luxemburg 2008 Katani pankur 2008 Catan Geographies: Settlers of Hesse 2007 Catan: Traders & Barbarians 2007 Die Siedler von Catan: Renaissance in der Steiermark & Burgbau auf Chaffenberch 2007 Die Siedler von Catan: Die große Karawane 2006 Catan: Catakatoa 2005 Catan: Event Cards 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: De Diamanten 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: De Koloniën 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: De Specialisten 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: De Wereldwonderen 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: De Woestijnruiters 2005 De Kolonisten van Catan: Het Grote Kanaal 2005 Der Hafenmeister 2005 Die Siedler von Catan: Atlantis – Szenarien & Varianten 2005 Saggsen-Gadan: De säggs'schn Siedler / Catan-OFFENSIVE in Chemnitz 2005 The Settlers of Catan: The Fishermen of Catan 2005 The Settlers of Catan: The Great River 2005 Catan Austria / Wien meets Catan 2004 Settlers of New Catan (and extra modules) 2004 The Dragon & Wizards of Catan 2002 Die Siedler von Catan: Historische Szenarien II 2001 The Explorers of Catan 2001 Catan: Cities & Knights – 5-6 Player Extension 2000 Combat & Politics 2000 Die Siedler von Catan: Das Buch zum Spielen 2000 Random Events & Treachery 2000 Catan: Seafarers – 5-6 Player Extension 1999 Catan: Cities & Knights 1998 Die Siedler von Catan: Historische Szenarien 1998 Catan: Seafarers 1997 Catan: 5-6 Player Expansion 1996 Die Siedler von Catan: Cheops Settlers of Catan Scenario: The Jungle Settlers of Catan Scenario: The Volcano

About the Game

In CATAN (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities and roads. On each turn dice are rolled to determine which resources the island produces. Players build structures by 'spending' resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick and ore) which are represented by the relevant resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep.

Set-up includes randomly placing large hexagonal tiles (each depicting one of the five resource-producing terrain types--or the desert) in a honeycomb shape and surrounding them with water tiles, some of which contain ports of exchange. A number disk, the value of which will correspond to the roll of two 6-sided dice, are placed on each terrain tile. Each player is given two settlements (think: houses) and roads (sticks) which are placed on intersections and borders of the terrain tiles. Players collect a hand of resource cards based on which terrain tiles their last-placed settlement is adjacent to. A robber pawn is placed on the desert tile.

A turn consists of rolling the dice, collecting resource cards based on this dice roll and the position of settlements (or upgraded cities—think: hotels), turning in resource cards (if possible and desired) for improvements, trading cards at a port, possibly playing a development card, or trading resource cards with other players. If the dice roll is a 7, the active player moves the robber to a new terrain tile and steals a resource card from another player who has a settlement adjacent to that tile.

Points are accumulated by building settlements and cities, having the longest road or the largest army (from some of the development cards), and gathering certain development cards that simply award victory points. When a player has gathered 10 points (some of which may be held in secret), s/he announces this and claims the win.

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Categories
Economic Negotiation
Mechanics
Chaining Dice Rolling Hand Management Hexagon Grid Hidden Victory Points Income Market Modular Board Negotiation Network and Route Building Race Random Production Take That Trading Variable Set-up
Family
Catan
Also known as
Catan (Колонизаторы) · Catan telepesei · Catan: Das Spiel · Catan: Die Bordspel · Catan: El Juego · Catan: Gra planszowa · Catan: Il Gioco · Catan: Landnemarnir · Catan: O Jogo · Catan: Osnovna igra · Catan: Základní hra · Catane …
BGG ratings
144,221 · geek rating 6.90
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