When you have an itch to play Catan, and don’t have opponents, it can be frustrating. It can be even more so if you only have one opponent — so close! But, if you have an opponent, a copy of the base Catan, a few coins, and the guidelines below, you can get Catan to the table in no time! To get started: Place 20 trade tokens next to the board. You can use Catan chits from Seafarers and other Catan product. Otherwise use coins. Take five trade tokens.
Unless stated otherwise the normal rules for Catan apply. ~ Rolling for Production ~ On your turn, roll the dice for normal resource production. Based upon the result of that dice roll, you and your opponent each produce resources or resolve a “7” result. Then roll the dice a second time. If the result is the same as the first result, reroll. Continue rerolling until the result is not the same as the first result. Then, based upon this last result, you and your opponent each produce resources or resolve a “7” result. Important: The two results must be different. ~ Building for the Neutral Player ~ When you build a road or settlement, you must also build (for free) ones for either of the neutral players. If there’s no legal settlement location for the neutral players, you must build a road instead. Nothing special happens when you build a city or buy a development card. The neutral players don’t receive resources. A neutral player can obtain the “Longest Road.” ~ Using Trade Tokens to Take Actions ~ On your turn, you may take one of these actions and pay the indicated cost:
If your victory point total is less than or equal to your opponent’s total, you must pay one trade token to take an action. Otherwise, an action costs you two trade tokens. Return spent trade tokens to the supply. ~ Replenishing Trade Tokens ~ You start with five trade tokens and can get more during set up and play:
If you have ‘Largest Army’, then you do this:
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