Catan: Seafarers Expansion

This expansion is not a standalone game. Requires the CATAN base gameto play.

Build ships, set sail, and conquer the magnificent island world ofCatan. Nine voyages of discovery are awaiting the settlers.

The expansion can also be combined with CATAN – Traders &Barbarians and CATAN – Cities & Knights. The scenario box CATAN –Legend of the Sea Robbers is offering 4 new, comprehensive scenarios for thisexpansion.

A campaign with many varied scenarios awaits you. First, you head for newshores. You leave Catan, land on neighboring islands, and receive specialvictory points whenever you are the first to settle an island. Then your shipsexplore entirely uncharted regions and discover either sea or land. Soon, youwill meet the mysterious forgotten tribe and court its favor. Meanwhile, thepirates are getting more intrusive. You defend yourself and conquer the piratenests. For the glory of Catan, you then vie with your opponents to build themost imposing wonders of the world.

The Seafarers expansion contains new frame pieces, which – together withthe frame pieces of the CATAN base game – can be used to assemble frames ofvariable size. Inside these frames, you lay out always varying combinations ofislands, using the hexes of the CATAN base game and additional hexes of theexpansion set – either as shown in the scenario diagrams or according to yourown imagination.

15 ships of each player color are included. Building a ship costs 1 lumberand 1 wool. When you build a new ship, place it adjacent to a coastalsettlement or a ship you have already built. As you can see, the rules forplacing ships are similar to the rules for placing roads on land.

There is, however, one important exception: you may change the position ofthe front ships of a shipping route! That way, you can react more flexibly toyour opponents' actions and perhaps be the first to reach an unsettled,productive island.

Other new features are the gold fields, which help the owners of adjacentsettlements or cities obtain any type of resource, and the pirate, who causesunrest on the peaceful seas.

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