Card Game · City Building

Struggle for Catan

In 2010, designer Klaus Teuber overhauled the two-player Catan card game with the release of The Rivals for Catan – released in Germany as Die Fürsten von Catan – and in 2011 Teuber, Kosmos and Mayfair Games present a new multi-player card game set in the Catan universe: The Struggle for Catan, aka, Die Siedler von Catan: Das schnelle Kartenspiel.

2–4 players30 minages 10light difficulty

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What is Struggle for Catan

As in the original The Settlers of Catan board game, players need to manage their resources in order to build settlements, roads, cities, city improvements and knights, all of which grant victory points (VPs) or special abilities. Control of roads and knights can change hands during the game, so don't assume that what's yours will stay yours. City improvements are expensive, but they bring you additional VPs and other bonuses, so strive to spiff up your cities! The first player to have ten VPs wins the game.

The game is dice-less and resource gain and exchanging is based on each player's developments making this version less luck dependent than the original. A twist in the game is that certain developments are limited and can be stolen from other players once there are no new ones left. The first player to gain 10 victory points, wins the game.

(Note that Kosmos lists this game with a 30-minute playing time, while Mayfair Games sets the playing time at 45-60 minutes.)

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Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +10
Duration: 30 min
Difficulty: Light
Type: Board game
Year: 2011
Mechanics: Hand Management · Trading
Categories: Card Game · City Building
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Publisher: Devir · 999 Games · Albi · Catan Studio

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davidarribas5/10

Puntuación provisional de 6 tras la primera partida: Puede que baje a 5 si se cumplen los peores pronósticos o puede que suba a un 7 si se cumplen los mejores. Un juego sencillo pero que creo que tiene mas profundidad de lo que parece para lo ligero que es. Tiene algo de curva de aprendizaje. También algo de caos y azar muy asumible para su duración. Mucha interacción entre los jugadores, queda por ver si la mecánica del juego hace rico al mas rico. Jugado con jugadores ocasionales.

trotamor6/10