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Catan
''Catan'', previously known as ''The Settlers of Catan'' or simply ''Settlers'', is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as ''Die Siedler von Catan'' (). Players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players gain victory points as their settlements grow and the first to reach a set number of victory points, typically 10, wins. The game and its many expansions are also published by Catan Studio, Filosofia, GP, Inc., 999 Games, Κάισσα (Káissa), and Devir. Upon its release, ''The Settlers of Catan'' became one of the first Eurogames to achieve popularity outside Europe. , more than 32 million boxed sets in 40 languages had been sold. Gameplay The players in the game represent settlers establishing settlements on the fictional island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Settlers Of Catan (novel)
''The Settlers of Catan'' by Rebecca Gable is a historical fiction novel based on Klaus Teuber’s popular board game Catan. The novel was first released in Germany in 2003 and was translated to English in 2011. The novel takes place in 850 AD and follows the story of a seafaring Vikings, Norse community who set out from their village of Elasund to discover the mythical island of Catan. Background Klaus Teuber first released ''The Settlers of Catan'' board game in Germany in 1995, and three years later the concept of a Catan novel took seat in his mind. In 2000, he read a book by award-winning German historical novelist, Rebecca Gablé, Rebecca Gable, called ''The Smile of Fortune'' which takes place during the Hundred Years War in England. Partway through reading the novel, he was convinced that Rebecca Gable must be the one to write the saga behind ''The Settlers of Catan''. Teuber met Gable at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2000 and proposed his idea to her. Gable accepted, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Knights Of Catan
''Catan: Cities & Knights'' (), formerly ''The Cities and Knights of Catan'', is an expansion to the board game ''The Settlers of Catan'' for three to four players (five to six player play is also possible with the ''Settlers'' and ''Cities & Knights'' five to six player extensions; two-player play is possible with the ''Catan: Traders & Barbarians, Traders & Barbarians'' expansion). It contains features taken from ''The Settlers of Catan'', with emphasis on city development and the use of knights, which are used as a method of attacking other players as well as helping opponents defend Catan against a common foe. ''Cities & Knights'' can also be combined with the ''Catan: Seafarers'' expansion or with ''Catan: Traders & Barbarians'' scenarios (again, five to six player play only possible with the applicable five to six player extension(s)). Differences from ''The Settlers of Catan'' Because of the new rules introduced in ''Cities & Knights'', the game is played to 13 victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Teuber
Klaus Wilhelm Heinrich Teuber (25 June 1952 – 1 April 2023) was a German board game designer best known as the creator of ''Catan''. Originally working as a dental technician, he began designing games first as a hobby then as a full-time career. Four of his games won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award: ''Barbarossa (game), Barbarossa'' (1988), ''Adel Verpflichtet'' (1990), ''Drunter und Drüber'' (1991) and ''The Settlers of Catan'' (1995). The latter sold over 40 million copies, was translated into 40 languages and spawned a family of expansions and versions. Teuber founded the games company Catan GmbH in 2002, and his sons now direct the family business. Teuber was inducted into the Origins Awards, Origin Awards Hall of Fame by the Game Manufacturers Association, AAGAD (Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design) in 2004. In 2010, he received a special As d'Or in recognition of his lifetime achievement at the Festival International des Jeux in France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seafarers Of Catan
''Catan: Seafarers'', or ''Seafarers of Catan'' in older editions, () is an expansion of the board game '' Catan'' for three to four players (five-to-six-player play is also possible with both of the respective five-to-six-player extensions). The main feature of this expansion is the addition of ships, gold fields, and the pirate to the game, allowing play between multiple islands. The expansion also provides numerous scenarios, some of which have custom rules. The ''Seafarers'' rules and scenarios are also, for the most part, compatible with '' Catan: Cities & Knights'' and '' Catan: Traders & Barbarians''. The concepts introduced in ''Seafarers'' were part of designer Klaus Teuber's original design for ''Settlers''. Ships ''Seafarers'' introduces the concept of ships, which serve as roads over water or along the coast. Each ship costs one lumber and one wool to create (lumber for the hull and wool for the sails). A settlement must first be built before a player can switch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catan Card Game
The ''Catan Card Game'', originally named ''The Settlers of Catan: The Card Game'', is a card-game adaptation of ''The Settlers of Catan'' board game. It is a member of the ''Catan'' series of games developed by Klaus Teuber and published by Kosmos in German, and by Mayfair Games Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board game, board, card game, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed German-style board game, Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language pub ... in English. The ''Catan Card Game'' is a two-player game, although the rules can be accommodated as to allow players to share a set or for each player to have their own, as is intended for tournament play. Seven expansions of the ''Catan Card Game'' have also been released. In the ''Catan Card Game'', each player controls a principality of Catan, consisting of two settlements, a road between them, and six regions near the settlements, all of which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starfarers Of Catan
''Starfarers of Catan'' is a multiplayer board game loosely based on the ''Settlers of Catan'' series of games. It was created by Klaus Teuber as an official spin-off and is distributed by Kosmos in German and Mayfair Games in English. Setting ''Starfarers'' takes place in a futuristic setting where, in the distant future, the human race has perfected a method to travel faster than light. As a result, it settles on a distant star system known as ''Catan'', where it encounters five peaceful alien races: the Green Folk, the Scientists, the Merchants, the Diplomats, and the Travelers, as well as an intergalactic council that serves as the diplomatic body in the Catanian sector. The players serve as the role of Catanians operating a fleet that seek to colonize unknown planets in order to ensure the growth of humanity, while maintaining strong ties to these alien races. Although ''Starfarers'' uses much of the same game mechanic as ''Settlers'', there are many differences, the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayfair Games
Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board game, board, card game, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed German-style board game, Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language publishing rights to ''The Settlers of Catan'' series between 1996 and 2016. On February 9, 2018 they announced they sold their remaining IP right to Asmodee North America. History Mayfair Games was founded in 1981 by Darwin Bromley in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The company was created to publish Empire Builder (board game), ''Empire Builder'', a railroad game designed by Bromley and Bill Fawcett (writer), Bill Fawcett. In 1982, Mayfair Games expanded its focus to include ''Role Aids'', a line of role-playing game supplements. In 1993, Mayfair was sued by TSR, Inc., who argued that ''Role Aids'' violated their 1984 trademark agreement, being advertised as compatible with ''Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurogame
A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game (generally just referred to as board games in Europe), is a class of tabletop games that generally feature indirect player interaction, lack player elimination, and provide multiple ways to score points. Eurogames are sometimes contrasted with American-style board games, which generally involve more luck, conflict, and drama. They are usually less abstract than chess or Go, but more abstract than wargames. Likewise, they generally require more thought and planning than party games such as '' Pictionary'' or ''Trivial Pursuit''. History Due in part to postwar aversion to products which glorified conflict, the 3M series of strategy and economic games, including ''Acquire'', became popular in Germany. They offered a style of gameplay without direct conflict or warfare and led the way for designs that focused on resource management and competitive strategy through more peaceful means. Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Gablé
Rebecca Gablé (born 25 September 1964) is a German author of historical fiction. Gablé is best known for her medieval chivalry romances. She also works as a literary translator from English. After, leaving school, in 1984 she embarked on a one-year apprenticeship as a trainee bank clerk. The one-year apprenticeship became four years as a bank worker. During that time she was living close to a military base used by the British Royal Air Force: she came into contact with the personnel there. This led to an intense interest in English language and culture, reflected regularly in her subsequent literary output. The commercial breakthrough came in 1997 with her first historical novel "Das Lächeln der Fortuna" (The Smile of Fortuna), of which in the first year after publication about 200,000 copies were sold. From 1999 to 2000, she was a lecturer at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Old English literature. In 2000 she published "Das zweite Königreich" (The Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
A board game is a type of tabletop game that involves small objects () that are placed and moved in particular ways on a specially designed patterned game board, potentially including other components, e.g. dice. The earliest known uses of the term "board game" are between the 1840s and 1850s. While game boards are a necessary and sufficient condition of this genre, card games that do not use a standard deck of cards, as well as games that use neither cards nor a game board, are often colloquially included, with some referring to this genre generally as "table and board games" or simply "tabletop games". Eras Ancient era Board games have been played, traveled, and evolved in most cultures and societies throughout history Board games have been discovered in a number of archaeological sites. The oldest discovered gaming pieces were discovered in southwest Turkey, a set of elaborate sculptured stones in sets of four designed for a chess-like game, which were created during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmodee
Asmodee (formerly known as Asmodée Editions) is a French publisher of board games, card games and role-playing games (RPGs). Founded in 1995 to develop their own games and to publish and distribute for other smaller game developers, they have since acquired numerous other board game publishers. A division, Twin Sails Interactive (formerly Asmodee Digital), publishes video game adaptations of Asmodee games. History Asmodee was founded in 1995 by Marc Nunès, with the idea to not only develop their own board games but to reach out to other smaller publishers of board games and offer to publish and distribute for them, primarily in France. One of the company's early successes was '' Jungle Speed'', which they acquired in 1998 and promoted heavily to various toy stores and retail outlets in France, selling over 4 million copies. In 2003, the company obtained the rights to publish the French version of the '' Pokémon Trading Card Game'', which further helped in their sales outreach. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hex Map
A hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in simulation games of all scales, including wargames, role-playing games, and strategy games in both board games and video games. A hex map is subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size. Advantages and disadvantages The primary advantage of a hex map over a traditional square grid map is that the distance between the center of each and every pair of adjacent hex cells (or ''hexes'') is the same. By comparison, in a square grid map, the distance from the center of each square cell to the center of the four diagonal adjacent cells it shares a corner with is times that of the distance to the center of the four adjacent cells it shares an edge with. This equidistant property of all adjacent hexes is desirable for games in which the measurement of movement is a factor. The other advantage is the fact that neighbouring cells always share edges; there are no two cells with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
