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Settlers of Catan Cities & Knights Expansion

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Release Date 2007-11-08

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Wild barbarians, lured by Catan's wealth and power, maneuver to attack. Their massive warships loom against the orange horizon. You must be strong! Barbarians attack the weakest targets, and the victim of their onslaught will be the player who contributes the least to the defense of Catan. Don't get any chances! Field your knights!

In The Cities & Knights of Catan, you engage in the defense of Catan and compete to build the three excellent metropolises of Catan. Every of these magnificent centers are even extra valuable than cities and are safe from the barbarians. You must invest in city innovations, which you acquire utilizing commodities of trade: Coin, Paper, and Cloth. If you advance your culture, muster your knights, and enrich your cities, you will be the master of the excellent realm of Catan. This edition features all new artwork, and an insert tray to hold strategy components for up to 6 players.

Customer Reviews

Fun, but tough on newbies 2010-07-12

By Lincoln V. Webbeking (Seattle, WA)

I love Catan, and enjoy playing the expansion with other fans. However, the expansion gets a bit confusing with new players, so I often still play the regular Catan instead. This is a good game if you're playing with other experienced players.

much longr 2010-06-05

By Laura W. Gerlach

This game is a great addition to settlers but it takes quite a bit longer to play a game than the original settlers. Just like settlers, it takes about two times playing the game and reading the directions throughout the game before you get the hang of it. The progress cards are a really neat addition and it is great if you want to have a more complicated game to play - just be warned - it took us at least 1.5 hours to play a game of cities and knights vs the 30 to 45 minute of the original settlers version.

Great game, but expensive for what you get 2010-05-23

By Julia Tulloch (Maryland)

I love Settlers of Catan and was excited to learn the Cities and Knights Expansion. The expansion is just as exciting as Settlers, but I am not sure why it it so expensive with it being just an expansion. It costs the same as the original game pretty much and only has half the amount of pieces in the box!

Very enjoyable expansion! (partially compatible w/ 3rd edition: Ask for free dice!) 2010-05-08

By Gene Cloner (St Louis)

This expansion makes the basic game very very enjoyable, although it does extend the playing time quite a bit. In short, the expansion introduces two new aspects. One is building "knights" to protect from pirates that invade the island from time to time (decided based on a third "event" dice). The second aspect is a suite of 'new development cards' that give you much more options than the original set of development cards e.g. you can temporarily downgrade your opponents city, remove their roads, steal their knights etc. in addition to the monopoly, free road building etc. How do you get these development cards? Instead of buying them (like in the basic version), you get them also based on the event dice. However, to get them you need to 'flip' a book to get city extensions. In the basic version, all resources are doubled for a city - here three of the resources give you one resource and one commodity and these commodity cards are used to flip - so it is a cycle: you get commodity cards, you flip - flipping increases your chances of getting the development cards. This makes the game very very interesting with a lot more strategies involved.

One thing to know: The currently available version is 4th edition. The backs of the cards do not have any difference. So they are *compatible*. The artwork in the flip books are a little different, but still recognizable (I have posted pictures). However, the basic 3rd edition has two 'natural' dices. The expansion needs a 'colored' red dice to decide the development card acquisition using the event dice. *UPDATE*: I contacted Mayfair customer service and they said they will ship a red dice 'free' to customers on request!

A little too much 2010-04-29

By E. Aikin

The jump from the basic Catan mechanic to the sprawling monster that is the Cities and Knights expansion will be a bit too much for most players. There's almost too much to keep track of as you play with a third dice, three types of development cards, barbarians, etc. Hardcore players will be pleased with the added complexity, but most players (including myself) will prefer basic Catan. It's still an awesome game that deserves four stars, but all there is to keep track of keeps it from reaching five stars.

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