The Settlers of Zarahemla is a licensed adaptation of the German board game Catan, designed by Catan's original creator Klaus Teuber and published in 2003 by Uberplay under its Inspiration Games imprint. Its setting and theme are drawn from the Book of Mormon, renaming Catan's resources, settlements and roads to fit the world described in that text. Gameplay in Zarahemla otherwise closely follows the original Catan rules: two to four players collect and trade resources to build settlements, cities and roads across a modular hex map. One notable change from the original is that Zarahemla's official rules include a dedicated variant for two player games, a mode Catan itself only added informally later. The game let its intended audience enjoy the popular Catan system through material drawn from their own scripture.
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Playing Time Skill or Luck Age Suitability Game Category Game Category Game Category 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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1. The Settlers of Zarahemla (Wikipedia)
Lead sentence (game-type-category capture)
a 2003 licensed adaptation of the German board game Catan
Infobox, Players (player-count capture)
2-4
Lead sentence (origin-year capture)
a 2003 licensed adaptation of the German board game Catan
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12+
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Low to medium
View the Source2. The Settlers of Zarahemla (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 90
- Designer: Klaus Teuber
- Publisher: Inspiration Games
- Game Category: Ancient
- Game Category: Civilization
- Game Category: Religious
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Modular Board
- Game Mechanic: Set Collection
- Game Mechanic: Trading
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 4
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