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Year Published
1995
# of Players:
3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4 players
(390 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(69 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(103 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
The Settlers of Catan
Alternate Names
Catan
Catan - Landnemarnir
Catan Telepesei
Catanin Uudisasukkaat
I Coloni di Catan
Los Colonos de Catán
Les Colons de Catane
Les Colons de Katane
Os Descobridores de Catan
Los Descubridores de Catán
Die Siedler von Catan
Katan no Kaitakusya
Katanas ieceïotâji
Katanas Ieceļotāji
Katani Asustajad
Katano Salos Naujakuriai
Kolonisten van Catan
Naseljenci otoka Catan
Osadníci z Katanu
Osadnicy z Catanu
The Settlers fra Catan
The Settlers från Catan
Οι Άποικοι του Κατάν
Заселниците на Катан
Колонизаторы
המתיישבים של קטאן
カタンの開拓者たち
카탄
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Description Edit | History

In 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 collect these resources to build up their civilizations to get to 10 victory points and win the game. Multi-award-winning and one of the most popular games in recent history due to its amazing ability to appeal to non-gamers and gamers alike.

Die Siedler von Catan was originally published by Kosmos and has gone through multiple editions. It was licensed by Mayfair and has undergone at least 4 editions as Settlers of Catan. It has also been re-published in a travel edition by Kosmos and in yet another edition for Japan/Asia, Settlers of Catan : Rockman Edition.

Settlers of Catan is the original game in the Catan Series.

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Components:

Mayfair 4th Edition

  • 19 Terrain Hexes (Tiles)
  • 6 Sea Frame Pieces
  • 9 Harbor Pieces
  • 18 Circular Number Tokens (Chits)
  • 95 Resource Cards (19 of Each Resource: Ore, Grain, Lumber, Wool, Brick)
  • 25 Development Cards (14 Knight/Soldier Cards, 6 Progress Cards, 5 Victory Point Cards)
  • 4 "Building Costs" Cards
  • 2 Special Cards: "Longest Road" & "Largest Army"
  • 16 Cities (4 of Each Color Shaped like Churches)
  • 20 Settlements (5 of Each Color Shaped like Houses)
  • 60 Roads (15 of Each Color Shaped like Bars)
  • 2 Dice (1 Yellow, 1 Red)
  • 1 Robber
  • 1 Games Rules & Almanac Booklet

Mayfair 3rd Edition
These are mostly the same as the 4th edition, except that no Sea Frame Pieces or Harbor Pieces are included. Instead, 18 hexagonal sea tiles are included, 9 of which have harbor tokens printed directly on tile.

Box Size (Devir version): 29.7 x 29.7 x 7.2 cms.

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1 New building-cost card (after Traders & Barbarians came out)
New building-cost card with all the 'official' things to build and buy. In German
2009-06-27
1 Victory Points.
If these are printed on glossy photo paper they don't look too bad, just cut to size along the dark line and just above the top of shield and at right angles to the dark lines on the bottom. Makes everything the same size.
2009-06-21
3 Unofficial Catan Scenario- Barbarian Islands
v2.0 A new scenario, barbararians have inhabited valuable islands near Catan- can you drive them off and settle the valuable islands? (Requires Seafarers and 12 Barbarians)
2009-06-18
0 aide de jeu Française
aide de jeu francaise avec reférence allemande, idéale si vous avez le jeu en allemand french help files, with german reference, nice if you have the german game.
2009-06-15
2 Unofficial Catan Expansion- Amalgam
v1.0 Includes special tiles that produce different resources depending upon which corner of the tile the settlement/ city is on...
2009-06-05
1 Preklad pravidel Dave Bauma pro hru 2 hracu
strucne jednoduche funkci tweaknuti hry tak, aby fungoval pro 2 hrace
2009-06-02
0 Catan VP scoreboard
A simple xls document that shows each player's score as a running total.Print one off ( maybe on card) and keep it in the Catan box
2009-05-11
4 Unofficial Catan Expansion- Plantations
v2.0 Includes updated rules and tips for seafarers and T&B scenarios.
2009-05-08
1 Event Cards PL
Polish translation of Event Cards - ready for print.
2009-05-06
0 Income sheet for Catan
a simple, printable pro-forma to make easier calculation of each player's "income" as each die roll is made. To use, simply fill the players' nameas across the top row, and note each "income" unit below in the appropriate row. For example, if Bill has one wood on a "six", pencil in "wood 1" under his column on the "six" row. If Mary also has "bricks" on a six, write "bricks" on the same row under her name.You will need to remember to update as new cities are built etc.
2009-05-06
Statistics
User Rank: 39
Num Ratings: 18890
Average Rating: 7.66
Standard Deviation: 1.41
Num Views: 1364059
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Fans: 212
Personal Comments: 5793
Users Owning: 20022
Users Wanting: 218
Users Trading: 297
Has Parts For Trade: 31
Want Parts In Trade: 38
Price History: View
Total Plays: 55063
Plays This Month: 242
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The Cities and Knights of Catan - 5-6 Player Expansion
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Year Pub. 2000
Rincewind and the Tourist
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Average Rating 6.75
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Year Pub. 2008
Die Gilden von Ankh-Morpork
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Average Rating 5.67
Average Weight 2.40
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Year Pub. 2008
Der Hafenmeister
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Average Rating 8.00
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Owned 4
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Year Pub. 2005
Settlers of Catan - Event Cards
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Num Ratings 570
Average Rating 6.57
Average Weight 1.81
Owned 1369
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Comments 298
Year Pub. 2005
Settlers of Catan - The Fishermen of Catan
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Average Rating 7.14
Average Weight 1.89
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Comments 239
Year Pub. 2005
Settlers of Catan - The Great River
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Average Rating 6.08
Average Weight 1.93
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Comments 203
Year Pub. 2005
Settlers of New Catan (and extra modules)
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Num Ratings 23
Average Rating 7.11
Average Weight 2.00
Owned 60
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Year Pub. 2004
Catan Austria / Wien meets Catan
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Num Ratings 5
Average Rating 6.20
Average Weight 1.00
Owned 41
Prev. Owned 1
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 7
Wishlist 14
Comments 4
Year Pub. 2004
Catan: Cities & Knights
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 4700
Average Rating 7.58
Average Weight 2.92
Owned 5923
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For Trade 84
Wanted in Trade 123
Wishlist 338
Comments 1719
Year Pub. 1998
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