Catan, originally published as The Settlers of Catan, is a multiplayer board game in which players build settlements, roads and cities across a modular hexagonal island, gathering and trading resources produced by dice rolls to fund further construction and to be first to reach a target number of victory points. It was designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in Germany in 1995. The game is widely credited with introducing a broad international audience to the German-style board game tradition, which favors resource management and trading over direct player elimination, and it has since appeared in numerous expansions and licensed editions.
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Origin YearWikipedia infobox (Catan): date='First edition: {{start date and age|1995}}' (corrected from truncated regex match) Originating Region Game TypeBoard game, resource trading and settlement building (Eurogame) 1 Governing BodyNo governing body; the U.S. National Championship and other tournaments are organized by the game's community and publisher rather than a federation. 1 Playing Time Skill or Luck Age Suitability PublisherEnigma (Bergsala Enigma) 2 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game MechanicNetwork and Route Building 2 Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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Source Catan Card Game (Wikipedia)
Source Catan Geographies: Germany (Board Game Matcher)
Source Starfarers of Catan (Wikipedia)
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It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos).
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1. Wikipedia, Catan
WikipediaLead section, first sentence
Catan (), previously known as The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber.
Lead section, second sentence
It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos).
Tournaments section, U.S. National Championship
Every year, thousands of Americans compete at local qualifying Catan tournaments in the United States.
Infobox: random_chance
low-moderate
Infobox: ages
10+
Infobox: players
3-4 (standard), 5-6 (with extensions)
View the Source 2. Catan (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Klaus Teuber
- Publisher: 64 Ounce Games
- Publisher: 999 Games
- Publisher: Albi
- Publisher: Astrel Games
- Publisher: BGA Plus
- Publisher: Brädspel.se
- Publisher: Brain Games
- Publisher: Broadway Toys LTD
- Publisher: Capcom Co., Ltd.
- Publisher: Catan Studio
- Publisher: Competo / Marektoy
- Publisher: danspil
- Publisher: Descartes Editeur
- Publisher: Devir
- Publisher: Dexy Co
- Publisher: Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
- Publisher: Eurogames
- Publisher: Filosofia Éditions
- Publisher: Galakta
- Publisher: KOSMOS
- Game Category: Economic
- Game Category: Negotiation
- Game Mechanic: Chaining
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Hand Management
- Game Mechanic: Hexagon Grid
- Game Mechanic: Hidden Victory Points
- Game Mechanic: Income
- Game Mechanic: Market
- Game Mechanic: Modular Board
- Game Mechanic: Negotiation
- Game Mechanic: Network and Route Building
- Game Mechanic: Race
- Game Mechanic: Random Production
- Game Mechanic: Take That
- Game Mechanic: Trading
- Game Mechanic: Variable Set-up
- Minimum Players: 3
- Maximum Players: 4
View the SourceWikidata: Catan
Catan Card Game (Wikipedia)
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card-game adaptation of The Settlers of Catan board game
Starfarers of Catan (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Starfarers of Catan, Lead [derived-from]Quote, Ancestor Of: Starfarers of Catan, Lead [derived-from]
loosely based on the Catan series of games
Catan Geographies: Germany (Board Game Matcher)
Ancestor Of: Catan Geographies: Germany, About [derived-from]Quote, Ancestor Of: Catan Geographies: Germany, About [derived-from]
Combines Catan mechanics with German geography and historical sites
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