The Settlers of Catan (by Klaus Teuber) is now very well known and popular board game. In essential it comes to clever expansion of roads and settlements and of course trade. You start with a small settlement and a road. To build more roads to then open up more resources with other communities, you have to act with his fellow players to get to the necessary raw materials. Here, the game can develop in many different directions: It can come monopolies on certain raw materials into existence, you can do stretches of land for other unnereichbar and and and through skilful road ... Genial is the system with the hexagonal playing fields, in this each time you play a whole new world arises. Also, the raw material system is sophisticated: On each resource box a little cardboard tile is placed with a number on it when it is rolled, the field throws off income. To get the necessary victory points, you can of course do more to set up than settlements and expand to cities: It is also possible the longest roads to stomp out of the ground, or to create the largest army. The development cards bring additional elements to the game, we eg. short-term monopoly or victory points through special building (Market Square, Parliament, etc ...) CONCLUSION: An addicting game requires the intelligent trade, diplomacy and tactical skills.
