These cards are similar to the development cards in the base game, but with a wider range of effects. Building more improvements will increase these chances, but cards cannot be bought directly in any way. Building city improvements gives players a chance to draw these cards with every roll of the dice. Second, the deck of development cards is replaced by three different decks, each corresponding to one of the commodities. (To make commodities easier to obtain, each player starts the game with 1 city and 1 settlement on the board.) These commodities allow players to build city improvements that confer various advantages and eventually points.

Cities that would normally produce two of one of those resources instead produce 1 resource and 1 of the corresponding commodity. The game changes the base game in three main ways:įirst, there are 3 new commodities in the game, distinct from resources – paper, cloth, and coins, which can be acquired from Forest, Meadow, and Mountain spaces, respectively. Adds tactical complexity to the game and game length.

Solo game mode: No | Co-op: Yes | Online Version: No What is Catan: Cities & Knights about?Īdds several new aspects to Settlers of Catan but the two major ones are creating knights to protect the land from invading barbarians and building city improvements that confer benefits upon that city’s owner. Players: 3 – 4 players | Game Duration 85 – 95 mins | Min.

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