Every Tuesday, UNT Media Library highlights a title from their growing collection of tabletop games.
This week, read about:
| Number of Players: |
3-4 |
| For Ages: |
10+ |
| Duration of Play: |
45-90 minutes |
In The Settlers of Catan (also “Settlers” or “Catan”), the first player to 10 victory points wins. It’s a game of strategy, network building, trading, and managing your cards. You build settlements (each worth 1 victory point) and cities (each worth 2 victory points), but there are some rules. You must have at least two roads in between each of your settlements and/or cities. There must also be at least two spaces between your settlements/cities and any other players’, so mind your neighboring players who might get in your way!
From the publisher:
In The Settlers of Catan you control a group of settlers trying to tame the wilds on the remote but rich island of Catan. Start by revealing the island’s many port sites and regions: plains, meadows, mountains, hills, forests, and desert. The random mix creates a different board for virtually every game.
Then embark on a quest to settle the island. Guide your settlers to victory by clever trading and cunning development. Instead of money, you use combinations of resources – grain, wool, ore, brick, and timber – to purchase development cards or build roads, settlements, and cities. Acquire your resources through trades or the luck of the dice. But beware! Someone might cut off your road or buy a monopoly! And you never know when the robber will appear and steal away with your precious gains!
— Mayfair Games
Many thanks to UNT Gamers for gifting this title to the UNT Media Library!
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