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The Settlers of Catan

RatingCustomer rating is 4 of 5
BrandMayFair Games
TypeToy
Release Date2007-11-08
List Price$49.99
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Features
  • All new 4th Edition!!
  • New Graphics!!
  • New Card Art!!
  • New Packaging & Tiles!!
  • Full Color Rules Book
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Description
One of the much successful games of all time, Settlers of Catan is a trading and building strategy set in the mythical world of Catan. Players roll dice to determine which resources are generated every round and then must strategically trade those resources together with other players to get what they want to build their settlements, cities, and roads. Together with multiple ways to gain victory points and a board this changes in each have fun, Settlers of Catan is a strategy this can be played hundreds of different ways. The base of a hugely successful franchise, together with multiple engaging expansions, Settlers is the core strategy of many collections, and is a wonderful way to use time together with family and friends. For 3 to 4 players.
The Settlers of Catan from Mayfair Games is an prize-winning strategy strategy where players collect resources and use them to build roads, settlements and cities on their way to victory. The board itself is variable, making every strategy a little different from the next. Every round of The Settlers of Catan is designed to keep three or four players ages 10 and above engaged for up to 90 minutes.



The strategy map changes each time for an endless diversity of have fun. View big.


Settlers of Catan engages together kids and adults, garnering excellent-seller status in together Germany and the US. View big.
What We Believe

Fun Factor:

Durability:

(what this means)

The Good: Engaging strategy strategy this's different every time you have fun

The Bad: Requires three or four players

In a Nutshell: The Settlers of Catan is fun, simple to study, and keeps complex players on their toes
At a Glimpse

Ages: 10 and up
Requires: Three or four players
On the Road to Settlement
The strategy rules and almanac booklet sets out four pages of guidelines for getting initiated. Don't worry, the rules are straightforward and the four pages contain plenty of illustrations. There's a starting map this shows a well-balanced set-up for beginners to follow and directions this agree to extra complex players to lay out the map of the island at random. You'll have to pop the die-cut components of the strategy out of their cardboard holders before you have fun your first strategy.

The almanac portion of the booklet is laid out alphabetically, so while playing you can locate answers to specific questions shortly. Useful entries remind you exactly what role pieces like the robber have fun, how actions like maritime trade work, and how to set up the board or finish the strategy.

Exploring and Developing Catan
The board consists of 19 terrain hexes surrounded by the ocean. Every type of terrain produces a different type of resource: brick, wool, ore, grain or lumber. There's in addition a desert hex this produces no resources. As the strategy progresses, players use resources to build roads along the edges of these hexes and settlements or cities on the intersections where three hexes meet. Every player begins the strategy together with two settlements and two roads.

Every player's roll of the dice causes certain hexes to produce resources, which you collect if you have a settlement on one of them. On your turn, you'll use various combinations of the resources you've acquired to build new roads and settlements, upgrade settlements to cities, or buy development cards. The capability to trade resources together with other players adds a new altitude of strategy and ensures this the strategy consists of lots of interworking between players. You can in addition trade not including worrying concerning other players utilizing an unfavorable maritime trade rate. Elements counting a robber piece this lets you steal from other players and a diversity of development cards add intrigue to the strategy.

The objective of The Settlers of Catan is to be the first one who collects 10 victory points. Every settlement is worth one victory point and every city is worth two victory points. You can in addition earn victory points by holding the "Longest Road" card, the "Largest Army" card, or exclusive victory point development cards.

Excellent-Selling Strategy of the Year
It's simple to see why The Settlers of Catan has been recognized as a excellent-selling Strategy of the Year in together Germany and the U. S. We found this strategy to be fun and engaging for together kids and adults, and the variable nature of the playing field really made us would like to have fun again and again. When we initiated pausing to contemplate our opponents' strategy and factoring the probability of different dice rolls into our moves, the strategy sometimes took longer than expected, but we were so engrossed we didn't even notice until it was all over.

Due to the extensive popularity of the original strategy, several extension sets (sold separately) are available this agree to you to explore new aspects of the strategy or add extra players. The only downside to this strategy is this you want to have either three or four players to have fun, so it's excellent this extension sets are available this will agree to you to add players.

What's in the Box
Six sea frame pieces, 19 terrain hexes, nine harbor pieces, 18 circular number tokens, 126 strategy cards, 16 cities, 20 settlements, 60 roads, two dice, a robber and a rules and almanac booklet.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Great toy   2010-09-01
By crzftx
This is a good game. I assume everyone knows a little about the game, so I'll just say this version is well-constructed with nice visuals.

I would not recommend Seafarers, but Cities and Knights is a good expansion. The 5-6 Player extensions are worthwhile.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  part missing   2010-08-28
By Maya
I have bought this game as a present to my husband. It came in, brand new, no problems from the outside.

When his birthday came, we opened it. Three of the crucial parts of the board was missing. Amazon has refused to take the faulty item back, because more than 30 days has passed since the day of the purchase.

BOTTOM LINE: the game itself is excellent and I love it. CAUTION: to avoid disappointment, open it and check it even if you are planning to give it as a present
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Great Game   2010-08-19
By Michael D. Fetting (Olathe, KS United States)
It is a fun game, but I don't think it will last as long as other games I have purchased. For the price it should be better built. I would never pay the retail price for this item.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  4th Edition NOT an improvement   2010-08-13
I love Settlers and I would also recommend the expansion pack as it is a must for any game with 4 players or more (the game is faster and more enjoyable as spots with good resources are less scarce).

As for this edition, I have to say I am a little disappointed. The resource tiles feel flimsy compared to the older editions. The border of the board sets up like a puzzle and then the resource tiles should fit in snugly inside. In theory it should work, but unless you're playing on large flat table and are incredibly patient and careful the set up is frustrating. In Africa we had an edition that had the sea border made up of individual tiles and all the tiles could be thrown in a Zip Lock bag and could be set up on the floor of a tent if needed. Not possible with this edition!

But really, once the game is set up it's amazing. Try to find a better older edition, but if you can't buy this one and get past the painful set up, because Settlers is one of the best board games ever!
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Perhaps the best board game ever   2010-08-12
By Daniel E. Shuman (Hilliard, OH United States)
Settlers of Catan is by far the king of the Spiel des Jahres winners. Every game can be different, as the "board" is made up of individual hexagonal pieces that you can place randomly. There are several strategies to win, and often your strategy can change one or more times during a single game based on how you are doing and how your opponents are doing. It really makes you think on your toes. Resource constraints, trading with your opponents, and deciding on the various avenues of growth all come into play to make this an engaging game.

The beauty of the game is how the person in the lead can change frequently during the game. You have to be careful not to concentrate too much on one opponent while another sneaks up and wins. And this isn't Monopoly -- in most games, most if not all players have a chance at winning during the endgame.

The game components are all of top-notch quality, with sturdy cardboard and wooden pieces.

I would also highly recommend the expansions.



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