| The Settlers of Catan Board Game is a building | | | | is played the board tiles are put together in a |
| and trading strategy game set in the mythical | | | | different (random) way than before so that each |
| world of Catan. It is primarily a resource | | | | game play is completely unique. |
| management game and one of the bestselling | | | | Here are a few highlights of the game: |
| board games in America. It is also a relatively | | | | 1) The base game is for 3 to 4 players. |
| simple game to learn and even younger kids can | | | | 2) Every player gets to play every turn - |
| play it. Players roll dice to strategically trade | | | | cooperative game - non confrontational. |
| resources with other players to advance their | | | | 3) Adapt many different strategies to win. |
| needs to build settlements, cities, and roads then | | | | 4) The game board and pieces are constructed |
| harvest the resources produced. | | | | of high quality materials with excellent graphics |
| Each player starts by building settlements that will | | | | and artwork. |
| produce 5 resources – Brick, Ore, Wood, | | | | 5) Game board can be set up randomly making |
| Wheat, and Wool – which can then be used | | | | each new game unique - prevents repetition. |
| to build roads and more settlements to expand | | | | 6) Easy to learn rules, hard to master game. |
| their kingdom or grow their settlements into cities | | | | 7) Game can be expanded by using one of |
| to increase their resource production. The | | | | several expansions sets available but not included |
| wonderful aspect of the game lies in it's | | | | - more scenarios - allows up to 6 players. |
| randomness and complexity. Each time the game | | | | |