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DIE SIEDLER VON CATAN - DAS KARTENSPIEL

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Author: Klaus Teuber

Publisher: Kosmos 1996

Awards:
G@mebox Star
Star

EVALUATION

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This 2-Player Cardgame was published in 1996 and it´s basically similar to the Settlers of Catan - Boargame. At the beginning of the game, each player owns two villages, a road between them and and six resource-landscapes (new: Gold) around them. These landscapes are given numbers from 1 to 6 for each player. At the beginning of each player´s turn, the player rolls one die for resources and one random event die. The number on the resources die gives the number of the landscape producing a resource this turn.

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In this game, no resource cards are needed since up to 3 resources might be stored on the landscapes themselves by simply turning the landscapes so that a side of them indicating the right amount of resources is directly facing the owning player. With these resources, players can build towns, cities and roads, but they also can build Libraries, Habours, Fleets, Knights, Sawmills etc. to strengthen their commerce and to gain Victory Points. The random event die depicts an event which must be followed by the player: Getting a resource at will, having to turn a random event card, hving a Tournament between the Knights or allowing the player with the largest commerce to take a resource from the other player.


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The game brings much more direct ´fighting´ between the players, since now they might steal resources, burn down buildings or steal cards. As a matter of fact, the game was released at a fantastic price of about DM 25,- , which makes it a nice little gem in the world of cardgames. To my mind, this game is an absolute MUST for every Settlers-Player who wants to play a two-player variant of Settlers of Catan.


Expansions and Extensions

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