Settlers Of Catan

[Randomex]

$36.54 https://boardlandia.com/collections/clearance/products/my-journey-to-catan-fs

"For the first time, Klaus Teuber tells the complete story of the origin of the worldwide gaming sensation, The Settlers of Catan. Starting as a young man, he describes his enthralling journey from amateur board game inventor and his first successes, to the idea with which he completely revolutionized the game world in 1995, by creating a new game that would change his life.

Published in English for the first time, this is an entertaining slice of both real and board game history. Full of insights and background knowledge, previously unknown and personal, this is the book for all dedicated CATAN fans. It also includes a selection of fascinating photographs from across the years, most seen for the first time."





(They also have Catan 3D Edition for $204 and Catan 3D Edition - Seafarers and Cities & Knights Expansion for $271.99.
Those might be Black Friday prices.)

[Randomex]

[Moshe Green]

If someone doesn't have Catan yet now the time to buy. The wheat is Yashan.

[Randomex]

Suggested to me by YouTube (I don't plan to watch it):

[Randomex]

The 3D edition is currently 25% off ($112.50) on both Wal-Mart and Amazon.

[Randomex]

Coming some time* this year:

It's the 21st Century, and Catan is at a crossroads. Long gone is the agrarian society of the island's Viking ancestors. Today's Catanians need energy to keep society moving and growing, but pollution is wreaking havoc on the island. You must decide: Invest in clean energy resources, or opt for cheaper fossil fuels, potentially causing disastrous effects for the island?
CATAN: New Energies is a new standalone game rooted in classic CATAN mechanisms of harvesting, trading, and building. New gameplay
elements including power plants, energy tokens, and environmental events that add new strategies and stories to a familiar foundation.

(Also, CATAN: Starfarers Duel, "extensively revised from 2001's Starship Catan,"
is out now or will soon be, but that's less Catan-y than most Catan things.
If you get it, be aware that the die is supposed to have two each of 1-3, not 1-6.)

*It seems this is grammatically correct with or without a space.

[YitzyS]

Didn't read this, and I'm not a Catan player, but I know many here are so I'm posting this piece which was on CNN's home screen.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/world/catan-new-engeries-game-universe-cec/index.html

[Randomex]

From a few months ago:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41026695/how-settlers-catan-brought-buffalo-bills-closer

[Randomex]

From BoardGameGeek News:

KOSMOS Revamps CATAN for Its Thirtieth Anniversary
W. Eric Martin

For the thirtieth anniversary of Klaus Teuber's CATAN, which debuted in March 1995, German publisher KOSMOS is refreshing the line
with new art, new graphic design, a refreshed rulebook, and other "quality of life" improvements, with no changes to the gameplay.

From the press release announcing these new editions:

While the new edition of CATAN retains the core game mechanisms, some elements of the game have been revised to improve the player experience. For example, the rulebook now contains more images and graphic examples. In addition, optimized game components with a cleaner design contribute to immersion and game flow, including new environmentally friendly box inlays and card holders.

The game has also been graphically redesigned — from the packaging to the game materials. The new premium box boasts modernized artwork that immerses
players in the adventure. These lively illustrations by Quentin Regnes and Eric Hibbeler continue in the game's hex fields and development cards.

"When designing the new edition of CATAN, our goal was to improve the gaming experience without redefining the game mechanisms — from the packaging and graphics to the functionality and the rulebook," says Benjamin Teuber, Managing Director and game designer at CATAN GmbH. "It was of utmost importance to us to preserve the ingenious and still contemporary game mechanisms that our father developed 30 years ago, while giving the game a fresh look and adapting it to today's standards. We hope to both delight our loyal community and welcome new players."

The press release notes that more than 45 million copies of CATAN have been sold worldwide in more than one hundred countries.

The new editions of the CATAN base game, CATAN: Seafarers, and CATAN: Cities & Knights will debut in Germany in March 2025, with new editions of CATAN:
Traders & Barbarians and CATAN: Explorers & Pirates to follow in August 2025 and an expansion for 5-6 players for each item to be released as well.

[AsherO]

https://x.com/kassyakiva/status/1887825002671567049

[HudZ]

Question: On a setup like this, where the red player puts his settlement in middle of the blue players road, can blue continue building his road, or reds settlement prevents him from building further?

[HudZ]

Here is the manual regarding roads.

@Randomex
@myi

[Dan]

Question: On a setup like this, where the red player puts his settlement in middle of the blue players road, can blue continue building his road, or reds settlement prevents him from building further?

He can keep building, though the settlement interrupts longest road.

[HudZ]

He can keep building, though the settlement interrupts longest road.

Aha, Thanks.

When my siblings and I got together for YT, we knew we had to play a game of Catan...

When this scenario presented itself, an argument pursued about what happens. 

We came out as you said, that blue can continue building, based on a diyuk in the manual, which says that: "Each of these paths connects to Liam's road or his settlement".

As long as it's connected to his road, it's fine.

[Randomex]

If you ask me, all of a game's rules ought to be included in the main body of the rules; examples should
not contain new information. (It should not be assumed that every reader will read the examples.)

[jj1000]

3D Catan is far more enjoyable to play than the regular game. Doesn't necessarily make sense, but it just is.

[Dan]

3D Catan is far more enjoyable to play than the regular game. Doesn't necessarily make sense, but it just is.

👆 גם אני מצטרף להנ״ל

[YitzyS]

3D Catan is far more enjoyable to play than the regular game. Doesn't necessarily make sense, but it just is.

👆 גם אני מצטרף להנ״ל

הנה מה טוב ומה נעים שבת אחים גם יחד

Should I ping mom1000 so she can shep nachas?

[Randomex]

What about if you throw around a thousand dollars at these guys so the robber can be made of gemstone and each player can
have a different set of metal pieces styled after ancient civilizations (among other excesses)...? We'll have to wait and see.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ultimatecatan/catan-masterpiece-series