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Base Game

1. How to win

The first player that gets to 10 Points is the winner. Get points by doing the following:

Golden Catan Settlement +1 point Build a settlement
Golden Catan City +1 point Upgrade a settlement to a city
Catan Victory Point Development Card +1 point Buy Development Cards for a chance to get a +1 Point Card
Catan Longest Road Icon +2 points Get the Longest Road. A minimum of 5 consecutive roads is required to get this achievement
Catan Largest Army Icon +2 points Get the Largest Army. Playing a minimum of 3 Knight Development Cards is required to get this achievement
Other players can steal Longest Road or Largest Army if they have more roads or played knights!

2. Initial placements

Placement: Players will take turns to place two settlements and two roads coming from each settlement.

Collecting resources: You will get a resource from each of the tiles surrounding your 2nd settlement

Placing settlments and roads at the start of the game
All settlements must be at least two roads apart

3. Dice rolls

After the initial placements, every player takes turns rolling the dice at the start of their turn. Each dice roll determines what resources are distributed: every time the dice rolls, the resources with that number in the board will be distributed amongst the players with settlements or cities around those tiles.

Adding dice together to get resource allocation

Each dice roll has a different probability of rolling, represented with dots below the numbers. 7 is the number most likely to roll, followed by 6 and 8.

Which combinations of dice rolls are most common

4. Collecting resources

Settlements produce 1 resource

Cities produce 2 resources

Catan Lumber Resource Card Catan Brick Resource Card Catan Wool Resource Card Catan grain resource card Catan Ore Resource Card
Lumber Brick Wool Grain Ore
Collecting resource cards example video
There are 19 of each resource card

5. Robber & discards

Catan Robber Piece Icon Whenever a 7 is rolled the following happens:
Discarding cards above the discard limit video

Discard to the bank

Players holding 8 or more cards must discard half of them to the bank (rounded down in case of an odd number)

Stealing resources from other players with the robber

Block and steal cards with the Robber

The player who rolled a 7 shall move the Robber to block a resource from future rolls. They also steal one resource from a player on that tile.

6. Building & buying costs

Golden Catan Road Road = Catan Lumber Resource CardCatan Brick Resource Card Lumber + Brick
Golden Catan Settlement Settlement = Catan Lumber Resource CardCatan Brick Resource CardCatan Wool Resource CardCatan grain resource card Lumber + Brick + Wool + Grain
Golden Catan City Upgrade to a city = Catan grain resource cardCatan grain resource cardCatan Ore Resource CardCatan Ore Resource CardCatan Ore Resource Card 2 Grain + 3 Ore
Catan Buy Development Card Development Card = Catan Wool Resource CardCatan grain resource cardCatan Ore Resource Card Wool + Grain + Ore
Each player can build a maximum of 15 roads, 5 settlements and 4 cities.

7. Development Cards

Development Cards have special abilities. There are 25 total in the deck and they can be played before the dice is rolled.

Catan Knight Development Card 14 Knight cards Move the Robber to another tile and steal one random resource from a player on that tile
Catan Road Building Development Card 2 Road Building cards Place 2 roads for free
Catan Year of Plenty development card 2 Year of Plenty cards Select 2 resources of your choice from the bank
Catan monopoly development card 2 Monopoly cards Steal all resources of one type from all other players
Catan Victory Point Development Card 5 +1 point cards Player secretly gets awarded 1 Point. +1 Point cards are revealed once you reach 10 points.
You can only play 1 Development Card per turn. You may not play a Development Card on the same turn that you bought it.

8. Trading

You can trade with other players, or with the bank.

Catan Colonist Resource Bank You can trade with the bank. Trade 4 resources of the same type in return for 1 resource of your choosing.
Catan Colonist Port Icon Build a settlement on a 3:1 port to trade any 3 resources of the same type for 1 resource of your choosing.
Catan Colonist Lumber PortCatan Colonist brick portCatan Colonist wool portCatan Colonist grain portCatan Colonist ore port Build a settlement on a 2:1 port to trade 2 resources of the port type for any 1 resource of your choosing.
Catan Colonist trading icon You can trade any number or combination of resources with other players for any combination or number of resources in return (but you can't trade the same type of resource).
Trade resources with the bank or other players

9. FAQ

● Do I keep Longest Road or Largest Army after someone builds the same amount of roads, or plays the same amount of knights?

Yes, you only lose Longest Road or Largest Army when someone has more roads or knights than you. So you keep the bonus if someone has the same amount.