The Settlers of Catan

From World Of Catan

The Settlers of Catan (German: Die Siedler von Catan) is a game originally published by the German game company, Kosmos, by Klaus Teuber in 1995. It is licensed by Mayfair for sales in the United States and Canada and is currently on the third edition. Settlers, as it is usually called, is the basic game from which all expansions derive. The main expansions are The Seafarers of Catan and The Cities & Knights of Catan. However, there are many smaller variants and expansion that have been produced in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.

[edit] From the Box

In The Settlers of Catan you control a group of settlers trying to tame the wilds on the remote but rich island of Catan. Start by revealing the island's many port sites and regions: plains, meadows, mountains, hills, forests, and desert. The random mix creates a different board for virtually every game.

Then embark on a quest to settle the island. Guide your settlers to victory by clever trading and cunning development. Instead of money, you use combinations of resources - grain, wool, ore, brick, and timber - to purchase development cards or build roads, settlements, and cities. Acquire your resources through trades or the luck of the dice. But beware! Someone might cut off your road or buy a monopoly! And you never know when the robber will appear and steal away with your precious grains!

[edit] Materials in Box

• 37 hexagonal region tiles
• 20 settlement pieces (5 x 4 different colors)
• 16 city pieces (4 x 4 different colors)
• 60 road pieces (15 x 4 different colors)
• 95 resource cards
• 25 development cards
• 4 building cost cards
• 2 special bonus cards
• 18 die cut counters
• 2 six-sided dice
• 1 wooden pawn