Catan cities and knights
When the players are not busy defending Catan, they are competing for the metropolises, which represent two additional victory points. Besides defending Catan, knights can also be used to chase away the robber or to displace another player’s knight.Ĭities & Knights – Metropolis with a City Wall This unfortunate event always affects the player who had the lowest total strength of active knights when the barbarians attacked. However, if the Catanian knights are too weak, a city will be raided and downgraded to a settlement. If the knights of all players combined have enough strength points to defeat the barbarian army, the danger is averted for the moment. Each ring on the token counts as one strength point.
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After paying the grain, you turn the knight token over so that its active side is face up. A knight can only fight after he is activated activation costs one grain. Each token has an “active” side depicting a black-and-white knight helmet and an “inactive” side depicting a knight helmet in color. Knights are not used in the form of cards instead, they are represented by wooden tokens that are placed on unoccupied intersections. In order to successfully defend Catan, the knights of all players combined must be at least as strong as the barbarian army.Ĭities & Knights – Regular and Strong Knights The strength of the hostile barbarian army always corresponds to the number of cities on Catan. There is still enough time to prepare for confronting the intruders, though. Wild barbarians, attracted by the wealth of Catan, sail toward the island’s shores. Each player has just finished building a settlement and a city, when dark clouds gather over the peaceful island of Catan. Use the hexes of the CATAN base game to assemble Catan inside the provided frame. The knights of Catan are needed! The expansion can also be combined with “CATAN® – Seafarers” and “CATAN® – Traders & Barbarians.” Requires the CATAN® base game to play. However, all this wealth also attracts barbarians.
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Flourishing trade brings prosperity to Catan.