Catan

Settle Catan

From BGG:
In CATAN (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On each turn dice are rolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players build by spending resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick and ore) that are depicted by these resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep. Setup includes randomly placing large hexagonal tiles (each showing a resource or the desert) in a honeycomb shape and surrounding them with water tiles, some of which contain ports of exchange. Number disks, which will correspond to die rolls (two 6-sided dice are used), are placed on each resource tile. Each player is given two settlements (think: houses) and roads (sticks) which are, in turn, placed on intersections and borders of the resource tiles. Players collect a hand of resource cards based on which hex tiles their last-placed house is adjacent to. A robber pawn is placed on the desert tile. A turn consists of possibly playing a development card, rolling the dice, everyone (perhaps) collecting resource cards based on the roll and position of houses (or upgraded cities—think: hotels) unless a 7 is rolled, turning in resource cards (if possible and desired) for improvements, trading cards at a port, and trading resource cards with other players. If a 7 is rolled, the active player moves the robber to a new hex tile and steals resource cards from other players who have built structures adjacent to that tile. Points are accumulated by building settlements and cities, having the longest road and the largest army (from some of the development cards), and gathering certain development cards that simply award victory points. When a player has gathered 10 points (some of which may be held in secret), he announces his total and claims the win. CATAN has won multiple awards and is one of the most popular games in recent history due to its amazing ability to appeal to experienced gamers as well as those new to the hobby. Die Siedler von Catan was originally published by KOSMOS and has gone through multiple editions. It was licensed by Mayfair and has undergone four editions as The Settlers of Catan. In 2015, it was formally renamed CATAN to better represent itself as the core and base game of the CATAN series. It has been re-published in two travel editions, portable edition and compact edition, as a special gallery edition (replaced in 2009 with a family edition), as an anniversary wooden edition, as a deluxe 3D collector's edition, in the basic Simply Catan, as a beginner version, and with an entirely new theme in Japan and Asia as Settlers of Catan: Rockman Edition. Numerous spin-offs and expansions have also been made for the game.

Setup

- Variable map setup:
  1. Randomly place the terrain tiles face up inside the frame.
  2. Randomly place the harbor tiles on top of each harbor on the frame.
  3. Sort the number tokens by letter.
  4. Starting at an island corner, place the number tokens in alphabetic order counter-clockwise around the outer edge and proceeding inward. You can also do a fully random setup by randomly placing the number tokens.
- Each player takes 5 settlements, 4 cities, and 15 roads in their color.
- Sort the resource cards into 5 stacks and place them face up by the board.
- Shuffle the development cards and place them face down by the board.
- Place the 2 special cards (Longest Road and Largest Army) and dice near the board.
- Place the robber in the desert.
- Each player will place 2 settlements and 2 roads:
  1. Each player rolls both dice and the highest roll starts and will also be 1st player.
  2. The starting player places a settlement on an unoccupied intersection with a road adjacent to it.
  3. Continue clockwise with each player doing this, following the distance rule (you cannot build a settlement 1 intersection from another settlement).
  4. Now, starting with the last player, repeat steps 1-3 until all players have placed a 2nd settlement and road in counter-clockwise order this time (again, following the distance rule).
  5. After placing the 2nd settlement, each player will take 1 resource for each hex connected to the intersection where the 2nd settlement was placed.

Gameplay

Each turn is broken down into 3 high-level steps.
1. Resource Production
- - Roll both dice and the sum of the dice determines which hexes will produce.
    - Each player with a settlement on an intersection that that has a hex marked with a matching number tile takes 1 resource card of the hex type.
    - If the robber is on a hex, that hex does not produce resources.
    - If you have more than 1 settlement bordering that hex, take 1 resource for each settlement.
    - Take 2 resource cards for each of your cities bordering a matching hex.
    - If there is not enough of a given resource in the supply to fulfill everyone's production, no one receives any of that resource that round unless only 1 player is affected.
  - If a "7" is rolled: This will activate the robber instead of producing resources (there is no "7" number token).
    - Every player with more than 7 resource cards must discard half (rounded down) of their resources.
    - The player who rolled the "7":
      
      Moves the robber onto the number token of any other hex or the desert.
      
      Steal 1 random resource card from an opponent of your choice with a settlement/city on a corner of the hex where the robber was placed.
2. Trade
- After production is complete, you may freely trade in 1 of 2 fashions.
  1. Domestic Trade: You can trade resource cards with any of the other players. Other players are allowed to make proposals and counteroffers, but trading can only be done with the player whose turn it is.
  2. Maritime Trade: You have the following options for trades with the "bank":
    - You can always trade 4:1 with the bank. 4 identical resources in exchange for 1 other resource.
    - If you have a settlement on a harbor, those will allow for 3:1 trades, or 2:1 trades of the particular resource shown.
3. Build
- - Roads (brick and lumber):
    - A new road must always connect to 1 of your existing roads.
    - Only 1 road can be built on a given path.
    - The 1st player to build a continuous road of at least 5 segments takes the Longest Road (worth 2 points) card.
    - If another player creates a longer road, they take the Longest Road from the player that currently has it.
  - Settlement (brick, lumber, wool, & grain):
    - Distance rule: You may only build a settlement at least 2 intersections away from an existing settlement.
    - The settlement must connect to 1 of your roads.
    - Each settlement is worth 1 point.
  - City (3 ore & 2 grain):
    - Cities are only created by upgrading an existing settlement.
    - When upgrading a settlement, replace the settlement with a city and put the settlement back in your supply.
    - Each city is worth 2 points.
  - Buying a Development Card (ore, wool, & grain):
    - When buying a dev. card, draw the top card of the deck.
    - Development cards can be played at any time during the active player's turn. However, you cannot play a card that you purchased this turn.
    - Knights (purple frame):
      
      When played, you must immediately move the robber. Seeing the "7 is rolled" part of the resource production phase.
      
      Keep your knight face up in front of you after playing it.
      
      The 1st player to have 3 knights in front of them takes the Largest Army card (worth 2 points).
      
      If another player later has more Knights than the player currently holding the Largest Army card, they take the Largest Army card.
    - Progress cards (green frame):
      
      Follow the instructions on the card when it is played.
      
      These are removed from the game after being played.
    - Point cards (orange frame):
      
      Keep these cards hidden.
      
      They may only reveal these cards on your turn and when you have 10 victory points.
      
      These may be played on the turn they are acquired if it would put you at 10 points or more.

Game End

The game ends if you have 10 or more points during your turn. It you reach 10 points and it is not your turn, play continues until someone has 10 points on their turn.

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