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Settlers of Catan – Cities & Knights Expansion Pack.mp4

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Traders and Barbarians of Catan

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Introduction to Settlers of Catan Board Game Expansions – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a two-part video that gives you an overview of the contents of the different expansions for one of the most popular board games in the world, Settlers of Catan. This video focuses on the Traders & Barbarians expansion kit, as well as the 5-6 Player expansions. If you are interested in this video, make sure you check out our first video that covers the Catan: Seafarers and Catan: Cities & Knights expansions.

Mayfair the Settlers of Catan Board Game

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When I first read about Mayfair the settlers of Catan board game on the Penny Arcade blog, they appeared to like it very much, so I figured I’d try it out one day, and now I finally bought it (along with the Cities and Knights and Seafarer’s expansions) and played it with a friend of mine.

It appears a bit simple at first (a 20 or so grid board with wooden play pieces) and the rules seem perplexed but once you master it, the game becomes a lot of fun.

You’ve a grid of plots that each have different terrain. That terrain interprets to a resource (i.e. a Forest gives you Wood, a Field gives you Grain, etc.). You place numbered disks on each plot which represent to numbers on a 2d6 roll (2-12, except for 7).

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When that number comes up, any player with a settlement on the edge of the plot that has the number rolled gets a resource (in the form of cards in a deck). You can then take resources to build more settlements, cities and roads. You can also buy a card from the Development deck which is slanted towards one type of card unfortunately (the Knight) but some of the cards let you do stuff like buy something for less, steal resources from other players and the like.

There’s this robber concept where a robber sits on a desert plot and, when 7 is rolled, is moved by the player who rolled that 7. The robber cleans out anyone with more than 7 resource cards (you ditch half back to the deck) and then the player who rolled the 7 gets to take a card from a player adjacent to the plot where the robber is now located. Also, resources cannot be drawn from the plot the robber is on. It creates an interesting dynamic in the game and throws a nice curve into game play.

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The ultimate destination is to get 10 victory points which you get by accepting settlements (1 VP), cities (2 VP), and any bonuses from the Development deck or by having the largest army (most knight cards above 3) or the longest contiguous road on the map.

You are able to make the game a bit better (in my opinion) by getting the Catan: Cities & Knights Expansion – New 4th Edition! Expansion which evolves the game play a bit more.

Even though the wooden pieces are a little bit of retro, they’re still nicely made, the cards are so solid and not flimsy, and the game board is made of solid cardboard which is very good in terms of the contents of the box.

Mik’s Minis: Cities and Knights!

I had to put an exclamation in the title because Cities and Knights is such a good game! The … Read more…

Catan: Cities & Knights Completely Annotated Rules & Almanac …

These completely annotated rules and almanac are derived from the original Mayfair Games 4th editio… Read more…

[Video Review] Cities and Knights of Catan | Catan: Cities …

Count me among those that love Cities and Knights. I think it is the best expansion, but I … Read more…

Catan.de – “Catan – Cities and Knights” for the PC

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Settlers of Catan

Settlers of Catan is a board game. It is designed to be played by 3 or 4 players (in the standard game), or up to 5 or 6 players with various expansion modules. The game, which was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, is well suited to family play, since no player gets eliminated from the game, setting up the game is quite simple, yet game play is dynamic and can be exciting. To date, the game has been translated into 25 different languages, and has sold more than 11 million copies.

The object of the game is to setup a colony on a previously uninhabited island known as Catan. The island itself is presented using a number of hexagonal tiles which are laid out randomly at the start of the game so as to form a map.

The players turns involve resource management, and trading and interacting with other players. Each player’s turn involves a combination of luck and strategy, and the goal is accumulate victory points by building settlements and upgrading them to cities. There is no combat between the players, however players can harm each other’s progress by refusing to trade, blocking access to resources, or use of a robber character than is involved in the game.

As already mentioned, in addition to the main game, there are various expansion modules and scenarios available. These includes additions for adding more players, exploring an archipelago ("Seafarers of Catan"), and historical scenarios such as building the pyramids of Egypt, building the Great Wall of China, or expanding Alexander the Great’s empire.

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