Catan, the Dice Game
Description and Rules
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Catan – The Dice Game is a dice game based on the well-known board game Catan. Players use dice to collect various resources, such as wood, brick, and grain. They use these resources to build roads, villages, cities, and knights on their score sheets. Players may roll the dice multiple times to get the right combination of resources. The game revolves around luck, strategy, and making smart choices about what to build.
🎯 Objective of the game
The goal is to collect as many points as possible by building roads, villages, cities, and knights on your score sheet.
👥 Target audience
The game is suitable for young people and adults who enjoy dice and strategy games. It is generally recommended for ages 7 and up.
👤 Number of players
Minimum: 1 player
Maximum: 4 players
Type of game
🍀 Luck: 🔴🔴🔴🔴⚪ You get your resources by rolling dice, so chance plays a big role.
💣 Risk: 🔴🔴🔴⚪⚪ Players must decide whether to roll again to get better resources or stop to keep their current result.
🧠 Tactics: 🔴🔴🔴⚪⚪ It is important to choose wisely what you build (roads, villages, cities, or knights) to score as many points as possible.
📖 Rules of the game (summary)
GAME MATERIALS
The 6 dice represent resources such as wood, brick, wool,
grain, ore, and gold.
PREPARATION
1. Each player receives a score sheet.
2. Take 6 dice.
3. Determine who goes first.
GAME PLAY
Each player plays 15 turns.
A turn consists of a maximum of 3 rolls.
1. First roll: Roll all 6 dice. Choose which dice you want to keep.
2. Second roll: Roll the remaining dice again. You can choose which ones to keep again.
3. Third roll: Roll the remaining dice one more time.
Then use the collected resources to build something.
BUILDING
You may perform one building action per turn.
Cost: Road: 1 wood + 1 brick
Village: 1 wood + 1 brick + 1 wool + 1 grain
City: 3 ore + 2 grain
BUILDING RULES
– Roads must be built first.
– Villages must be connected by a road. – Cities may only be built on a site where a village already exists. – A city replaces the village.
POINTS
Village = 1 point
City = 2 points
END OF THE GAME
After 15 turns, add up all the points.
The player with the most points wins the game.