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Game #957
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Settlers of Catan    View all Top Dogs in this genreCollection: Unofficial Boardgame Conversions
Strategy   Tabletop strategy

Rating: 7.41 (236 votes)

Settlers of Catan box cover

Settlers of Catan screenshot
Settlers of Catan is a great computer version of a popular board wargame. The players in the game are settlers in the undeveloped land of Catan. You build roads, towns, and cities along the edges of different kinds of lands, and reap the harvests produced by them. You can trade commodities with other players or through ports with the bank. The players compete to build the longest roads and the most towns and cities.

Since the board is made by arranging hexagonal tiles together in a sort of random way, it's different every time you play. I find myself scanning the layout, quickly trying to figure out the perfect strategy this time around. Should I try to monopolize the ore lands and the ore port so I can produce and trade copious amounts of ore, or should I try and settle near the forests and brick quarries so I can get the goods to build roads? Should I place my first two villages close enough so I can link them later in the very long road I plan to build, or should I place them as far apart from each other as possible to minimize the danger of finding all my roads blocked off by roads belonging to other players? There is a Robber piece too! This is a great game and one of the better computer versions floating around on the Internet.

Reviewed by: Duglis
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Developer: Freeware
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 1998
Software Copyright: Kosmos Verlag
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Multiplayer:  
System Requirements: DOS
Where to get it:
Related Links: Trav's Setters of Catan Page (archive), NetSet - Multiplayer SoC
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If you like this game, try: First Colonists, The, Advanced Civilization, History of The World

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