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The Settlers of Catan® (4th Edition) Boargame Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade sheep, lumber, bricks and grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials. Trade with other players, or at local seaports to get resources you might lack. The first player to achieve 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins. Note on combining 3rd edition pieces with the 4th edition sets
It should be noted that while the tiles are the same size between the two editions, there are some things to consider. Anything designed to work with 3rd edition tiles should continue to work with 4th edition sets based on tile size. However, because the new set comes with a frame for the new board (replacing the water tiles), you will be unable to play Catan: Seafarers using 4th Edition base and 3rd Edition Seafarers and vice versa (4th edition Seafarers includes only the water tiles necessary to add with the frame pieces included, and the 3rd Edition frame has different hex requirements than 4th Edition). The resource cards have the same backs as 3rd Edition, but the development cards have changed backs. This means that you cannot mix the cards from 3rd Edition 5-6 Player Extensions and 4th Edition base sets (and vice versa). Please keep these issues in mind when selecting your Catan game products if you already have older versions of the game - otherwise, make your selections using a consistent version between different sets and have fun! You can also click the link below for a more detailed overview of the game and how to play.
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