![]() The play area expands outwards as you lay more and more cards out, to form your ‘Province’. The cards of your province will be laid on the table as the game progresses, and cards are rotated anti-clockwise to increase resources with favourable dice rolls, and clockwise to reduce resources when spending/trading. Option 3: Play The Separate 2 Player Catan Game: Rivals For CatanĪ whole different game in it’s own right, it retains a few (and I mean…not a lot) of the mechanisms from the original game, but essentially this is a different beast.Īllocating resources, dice rolling etc are all there in the normal way, but there is no board, and only cards instead. The official version can be found here and there’s a nice explanation of this version of the rules here if you prefer video format: The additional chips can be used in various functions and extends the trading capacity of the game. Neutral building means that each time you build out a road or settlement, one of the 2 dummy players receives that same building also. This version adds extra (not included) chips into the game to help retain the trading element – crucial to the base game’s variety.Ĭrucially, on each turn, a player uses 2 separate rolls of 2 dice, instead of one roll. Option 2: Official 2 Player Variant Settlers Of Catan Rules: Here’s Nick’s original pdf to refer to: (Opens in New Window) Whilst it can seem a bit finnicky to set up, this version actually works surprisingly well, – One of each tile type is removed from the game – Remaining lettered hexes are then laid out in a specific sequence and order – 6 harbour tiles are used as a maximum – Certain starting tiles are discarded and the robber does not enter play until a 7 is rolled – Specific resources and cards are removed from play before beginning – Play up to 10 victory points as normal Nick Borko came up with a 2 player variant rule set that many report success with: Option 1: House Rules for 2 player Settlers Of Catan Out of the box, Settlers of Catan is intended for 3-6 players.īut, there’s a few options available if you’re looking to play Catan with just 2 players.Īmong the several more obscure variations, my research pulled up these 3 as the most popular: If we do not have the necessary resources, we can acquire them by trading with our opponents.Įach settlement is worth 1 victory point and each city is worth 2 victory points.As a single Dad gamer with daughter, over the years it’s been important for us to track down the very best 2 player board game options. For example, a road costs 1 brick and 1 lumber. We use these resources to expand across Catan: we build roads and new settlements, or we upgrade our existing settlements to cities. ![]() Hills produce brick, forests produce lumber, mountains produce ore, fields produce grain, and pastures produce wool. Each player who owns a settlement adjacent to a terrain hex marked with the number rolled receives a resource produced by this hex. An “11”! Each terrain hex is marked with a die roll number. ![]() They are our starting settlements.Īnd so it begins. Catan is born - a beautiful island with mountains, pastures, hills, fields, and forests, surrounded by the sea.Įach of us places two small houses on spaces where three terrain hexes meet. To begin the game, we build the game board using hexagonal terrain tiles. Proceed strategically! If you found your settlements in the right places and skillfully trade your resources, then the odds will be in your favor. Ore for wool, brick for lumber - you trade according to what is needed for your current building projects. Some resources you have in abundance, other resources are scarce. Will you succeed in gaining supremacy on Catan? Barter trade dominates the scene. You build roads and new settlements that eventually become cities. Fortunately, the land is rich in natural resources. The women and men of your expedition build the first two settlements.
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