THE SETTLERS OF CATAN

Player Aid Sheet Goal: Be the first player to acquire 10 victory points. Setup: 1. Each player chooses a color. In a three player game, red is not used. . Each player ta!es a "#uilding cost$ card. %. &he #oard island can #e set up either in "varia#le$ or "#eginner$ format. 'or #eginner format, refer to the color fold out setup diagram (starting positions for settlements and roads are included). 'or the varia#le setup, see page 1* of the Settlers +lmanac. *. ,esource cards (cards -ith pictures of the various commodities) are sorted into stac!s and placed face up in five piles. .. Shuffle and place the special cards face do-n in one stac!. /. Set the longest road and largest army cards aside. 0. 1lace the "ro##er$ (-ooden #lac! to!en) on the desert he2 on the island. 3. &he setup phase has t-o rounds: ,ound 1: ,oll a die 4 highest roll goes first (variant 4 oldest player goes first). 1lace one settlement at an intersection of the player5s choice, follo-ed #y a road segment ad6acent to that settlement. 7ontinue cloc!-ise from the first player. ,ound : Starting -ith the last player from ,ound 1, place a settlement and road in the same manner and -or! around the ta#le to the player -ho started first in round one is no- last. +fter a player places a settlement, they immediately get the resources ad6acent to the intersection of their second settlement. &he last player to place a settlement in round t-o starts the game. &urn 8rder: 1. . %. ,oll for resource production (must) &rade resources -ith other players (may) Build roads, settlements, and cities and9or purchase development cards (may) 1lay one development card at any time during the turn (may)

Game 1lay: 1. ,esource 1roduction . types 4 :um#er (forest), 1asture (-ool), 'ields (grain), ;ills (#ric!s), <ountains (ore) ,oll dice. 7orresponding num#er tiles produce that resource for ad6acent settlements. + player gets one resource for each settlement he has that #oarders the he2 or he2es that are producing resources. 'or each resource produced, the player ta!es one of the corresponding resource cards, unless the player has a city ad6acent to the resource #eing produced, in -hich case the player ta!es t-o resource cards for each ad6acent city. &he desert he2 never produces any resources. If a "0$ is rolled the ro##er is activated 4 see rules #elo-. . =omestic &rading 4 the player -ho5s turn it is announces an offer of resources to the ta#le. &hese offers should #e in the follo-ing format 4 "I -ill trade 4num#er> of 4 resource(s)> for 4num#er> of 4resources>.$ 8ther players may accept or ma!e counter offers. %. <aritime &rading + player may al-ays trade in * of one resource for 1 of another resources. &urn in the * resource cards #ac! into the appropriate stac!. Settlements or cities on a har#or he2 can trade for the resource sho-n on the har#or he2 for a #etter rate of to 1, or % to 1 for any resource if a question mar! is sho-n. *. Building ,efer to the #uilding card for different #uilding costs of roads, settlements, cities, and special cards. ,oads 4 must al-ays #e #uilt on paths. <ust al-ays connect to one of the player5s roads or settlements9cities. &he :ongest ,oad 4 &he first player -ho ma!es a road . segments long gets the "longest road$ card. If another player #uilds a longer road, that player gets the card. Settlements 4 ?orth one victory point. <ust #e #uilt on vacant intersections and only if the other three ad6acent intersections are vacant. <ust #e connected to one of the player5s roads. +llo-s 1 resource card to #e collected from each of the three ad6acent he2es -ith the appropriate die roll. 7ities 4 ?orth t-o victory points. 8nly e2isting settlements can #e upgraded to cities. =ou#le the resource production of settlements. Special 7ards 4 Some special cards are -orth victory points. ?hen #ought ta!e the topmost special card from the stac!. 8nly one special card can #e played during a turn, #ut they can #e played at any time 4 #ut not on the same turn they -ere #ought (e2cept @ictory 1oint cards 4 see #elo-). Soldier 7ards 4 ?hen played, immediately move the ro##er to the num#ered terrain he2 of the players choice. &a!e one resource card (face do-n at random) from the player -ho has a settlement or city ad6acent to that he2. If there are t-o or more ad6acent players, it5s the soldier card player5s choice.

1rogress 7ards 4 'ollo- the instructions on each card. @ictor 1oint 7ards 4 7an #e played immediately after purchase, and as many victory points cards can #e played per turn. .. &he ,o##er &he ro##er is activated -hen a player rolls a 0. Ao player receives resources -hen a 0 is rolled. Each player -ho holds more than 0 resource cards must select half of them (round do-n) and discard them #ac! to the stac!s. &he ro##er must #e moved to any ne- terrain he2 (other than desert, ocean or har#or he2es) of the players choice. &he ro##er can not remain on his current he2. &he player -ho rolled a 0 may ta!e one resource card from any player -ho has a settlement or a city that is ad6acent to the he2 the ro##er is no- in (face do-n, random). &he he2 the ro##er is in no- does not produce resources until the ro##er has #een moved. ?inning the Game: &he first player to accumulate 10 victory points immediately -ins the game and is declared ":ord of 7atan$.