Natural Disasters

From World Of Catan

[edit] Natural Disaster

This replaces the Robber. When a seven is rolled, the player rolls again to see what hex the Natural Disaster is going to strike. The Natural Disaster token is placed on the hex which matches the second roll and which is closest to that player. If a seven is rolled for the second roll, reroll.

As with the Robber, a hex with a Natural Disaster on it does not produce anything as long as the Natural Disaster token is there.

[edit] Foriegn Aid

If, when a seven is rolled, any player has more than seven cards in their hand, they still lose half their cards. However, instead of them all going to the bank, most of them are used in Foriegn Aid.

The player with too many cards choses which cards he will lose. This then becomes a pool for Foriegn Aid. Foriegn Aid is distributed as follows:

  1. to the players upon whom the Natural Disaster struck
         * if there are three players, they get one card each
         * if there are two players, they get one card each
         * if there is one player, they get two cards
  2. to the player(s) with the least number of victory points
         * if there is one player, they get one card
         * if there are two players, and there are more than three people playing, they get one card each
         * if there are more than two players, then no cards are given in this category.

Therefore between two and five cards will be given in Foreign Aid, and since there will always be at least four cards in the Foreign Aid pool, this should be sufficient in most cases. If there is not sufficient Foriegn Aid to give it to all those who qualify, the victims of the Natural Disaster go first, and roll a dice to see which player gets the remaining Aid.

A player may qualify for Foreign Aid in both categories, and get cards accordingly. However, a player cannot give themselves Foriegn Aid, even if they qualify for it.

If more than one player has more than seven cards when a seven is rolled, all of them will give Foreign Aid. (Therefore it is possible for people to receive Foreign Aid from each other, even if they cannot give it to themselves).

[edit] Disaster Recovery Corps

This replaces the Soldier. When a Soldier card is played, instead of robbing someone, it simply removes the Natural Disaster from active play, putting it back into the desert.