In addition to city improvements, players can buy City Walls which cost two bricks and increase maximum hand capacity by two resource cards. Another critical addition to the game is city improvements, where players can spend commodities on adding a variety of special abilities to their cities. Furthermore, three commodities: paper, coin, and cloth, are added to the game and are produced by cities placed on lumber, ore, and wool tiles, respectively.
#SETTLERS OF CATAN EXPANSION UPGRADE#
The City Upgrade Calendar replaces Building Cost Cards, and Largest Army is removed. In this expansion, Development Cards are replaced by three types of Progress Cards (green, blue, and yellow). The 5-6 player extension for Seafarers is released.Ĭities & Knights, an expansion to base Catan, is released. Each historical scenario expansion alters the rules and objectives of Catan to fit a different historical narrative. 1998Īlexander & Cheops, the first set in the Catan Historical Scenario expansion series, is released. The third edition of Settlers of Catan is released. The Tournament Set will eventually be split into two expansions titled "Science & Progress" and "Knights & Merchants." The Tournament Set, the first expansion to the Catan Card Game, is released. The game mechanics are not changed, but resources and other items are renamed to fit the theme of Scotch whiskey production. The Water of Life, a base Catan adaptation, is released in partnership with the Glen Grant Distillery Company. Finally, Seafarers includes a variety of "scenarios," custom board set-ups that come with slight rule changes to give players unique game experiences each time they play. Gold Field tiles produce a resource of players' choice, and the resource type and number of Fog tiles are hidden until a player builds a road or ship to them. Seafarers also introduces "Gold" and "Fog" tiles to the game. Along with the introduction of ships comes the introduction of pirates, which operate like robbers on the sea and prevent players from building ships near them. In addition, longest road is renamed "Longest Trade Route." It is now awarded to the longest continuous chain of roads and ships. Seafarers introduces ships to Catan, which can be built for one wool and one lumber. Seafarers, the first-ever expansion to base Catan, is released. It includes alternate colors and instructions on gameplay with up to 8 players. The second edition of Settlers of Catan is released. The 5-6 player extension for base Catan is released. It will eventually become "The Rivals for Catan." The Settlers of Catan Box 1996Ĭatan Card Game, a card-based version of Catan, is released. Settlers of Catan is first released in Germany with the title "Die Siedler von Catan." The original game featured brick, lumber, wool, ore, grain, longest road, and largest army, all resources and items that remain in base Catan to this day. We hope you enjoy our trip into the archives! 1995 This post looks at the history of Settlers of Catan, exploring the plethora of expansions, variants, and spin-offs released in the game's 27 years of existence.
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