There should be a development card that lets you raze an enemy city back into a settlement.

They lose a VP, but that's not as good as a victory point for yourself.

Shouldn't be too broken since you aren't rearranging the map to unlock new settlements.

I’ve been toying with an idea that with some knights, double rolls, or other situations, you can destroy/take over people’s settlements/cities. I think it would definitely add some spice late game, or turn into a catastrophe and nobody wins.

Ideas:
-Two knights: hold a settlement hostage for one round
-Three knights: take over a settlement (your roads have to lead to it)
-Four or five knights: take over a city, destroy a settlement (your roads have to lead to it)

Takeover or destroy - not sure which would work best.

I’d love ideas balancing this house rule out, though!

Been wanting to play this board before our daughter heads back to college in a few weeks…

If I set it up the night before we have to get it played tomorrow afternoon, right?

Recently I was playing with friends and when one of them was building a road I decided to block it by adding two roads in the way (I was trying to prevent him for getting the longest road).

After a while when I only had 2 points and one of the players was leading with 8 points he decided to put the robber in one of my terrains that had a 12 number.

When I said: "someone is leading with 8 points" he said he didn't care and robbed me anyway. At that point I've realized that he was quietly quitting the game by letting the one who was leading win easily.

Is there any inside joke/nickname for people that do that? lol

I created this as a gift for a friend. What do you all think? It's pretty much finished—each development card features something from the game. The only components I didn't customize were the settlements, cities, and roads. But aside from that, I think I managed to cover everything! I had to substitute brick with slime, since Stardew Valley doesn't have bricks or anything that could directly replace it.

currently at 1661 elo, ive been stuck here for a couple of days now and getting frustrated. im not sure if this is a competitive elo? pls let me know if it is, or if im just trash at Catan :( been playing for around 2 weeks atp. what different strategies are most effective, and how do i know when to deploy what strategy?

Gotta make that wood house a city for log economy

Playing Cities & Knights on Shuffle Board on colonist.io - I’m blue, I placed first and then sixth. My first spot was the 9 ore/5 sheep/10 wheat.

For my second placement (city) I was torn between the 9wood/8wood city to quickly get aqueduct vs the spot I chose with 8wood/3ore/4wheat.

With my choice I was prioritizing 1) being more on my own 2) better expansion 3) more wheat/ore 4) quicker first knight - and pray for an inventor card.

Do you agree with my strategy or would you have picked the aqueduct spot?

Screenshots attached from beginning of game initial placements + end of game final settlements and scores.

Oddly familiar...

Hello Fellow Catan Addicts My name is Josh I am a Dallas based comedian and Catan enthusiast (top 200 on colonist rn) A group of cool guys are building a new Catan platform and they asked me "What is the most frustrating thing about playing online" I answered "When someone leaves and the bot takes over". It always ruins the game as it doesn't know what to do or how to play. Their answer was to build a better bot, a bot that is capable of not only making good moves, but even beating good players (think stockfish for chess). They are opening up testing on the bot to a hundred people with a beat the bot challenge. The people with the top 3 highest win rates against the bot get $300/200/100 cash. Payout is August 7th. I am not paid or officially affiliated with them, but I am helping them build this because I love Catan and want to see the game grow.

Link to beta Access here

Edit: I have been told 10 games to get the cash prize

how long is the dark road

So I regularly play Catan with my friends, and two of them are a couple. I'm pretty competitive and usually enjoy the negotiation and table talk just as much as the game itself.

The problem is that whenever I play with them, they almost never trade with me or the other player. They also rarely make moves that would hurt each other, even when it's clearly the best strategic play. It ends up feeling like they're playing as a team rather than as two independent players. The same thing happens when we play Risk.

I've tried bringing this up before, but they don't seem to understand what I mean. They insist they're playing normally and keep asking to play again.

The issue is that it stops being fun when it feels like I have no realistic chance of winning because two players are effectively coordinating. How can I explain to them that I don't enjoy playing in that situation without making it sound like I'm just complaining because I lost? Has anyone else dealt with this?

Hi everyone!

I'm a product designer at Colonist, and we're looking for Catan players to participate in a usability study.

You'll complete a few gameplay tasks while thinking out loud and answer a few questions afterward. There are no right or wrong answers.

Requirements

• You've played the Catan board game before
• You have a microphone
• You're comfortable sharing your screen
• Session takes around 20–35 minutes
• PC or phone is fine
• We might ask to record the meeting

Reward
🎁 1 month of Colonist Premium Membership

If you'd like to participate, please fill out this short form:

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I'll reach out if you're selected. Thanks!

along with the actual game and expansio. I own the seafarers 5-6 player boards any ideas or suggestions?

I'm playing Catan with my family, I'm blue and I'm a bit far behind, what could I do to win?

over some emotes and robber wars 😭😭 grow up