During the game, a player can exchange resources for expansions that are placed on his mother ship. The mother ships have no expansions at the start of the game. Place the box in easy reach of all players. Sort the freight rings, boosters, and cannons and place them in the plastic compartments in the game box. Mother ships are not placed on the board. Each player places his mother ship in front of him. Each player receives a mother ship and a cap that matches the color of his playing pieces. Place this tray near the board so all players can reach it. Sort the resource cards by type and place the cards in the five compartments in the card tray. There are five types of resource cards, one for each planet type.
(see diagram at the left to see which type of resource is produced by each type of planet). The type of card produced is determined by the type of planet. Every colony adjacent to these planets will produce one resource card. Whenever the dice are rolled for production, every planet with a resource chip that matches the number on the dice will produce resources. The Reserve chips (marked with white dots) are placed next to the game board (white side up). A chip is turned face up when a player founds a colony on an adjacent colony intersection. The chips with the color dots on the reverse side are shuffled face down and the individual chips are placed on the planets with the matching colored dot. The chips with the Greek letters on one side are placed number side up on the Catanian colonies with the matching Greek letters, as shown in the set up diagram, above. Players receive resources based upon dice rolls and the resource chips on planets they have colonized.Ĭarefully remove the resource chips from the cardboard counter sheet. This "blocks" those starting positions.Įach player takes one of his transporters (his choice) from his reserves and places it on one of his colony modules as shown below.Įach player then places his colony ship on an intersection next to his spaceport (a spaceport intersection), as shown on the starting setup diagram.įrom this point onward, the players begin their quest to colonize other planets.īuilding spaceships costs resources. Important: When playing a three player game, set up the pieces for a "fourth player".
Was wondering if anybody here has played it and how it compares to Cities and Knights and if it's worth the buy.Each player places his two colonies and 1 spaceport on the circles (colony intersections) between the planets that are Catanian colonies as shown on the starting set up diagram to the right.Ī spaceport is created by placing a spaceport ring on a colony. I just recently found out there was another Catan game called Catan Starfarers. Also Quadropolis which I haven't played yet, and Flyin' Goblin for the kiddos. I've bought Keyflower, 7 Wonders Duel (probably my 2nd favorite game next to Catan), Pandemic and Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Ticket To Ride, Carcassonne, Castles of Burgundy, and Villainous. Eventually I decided to expand my boardgame horizon to find newer fresher games (mainly 2 player games that my wife and I could play for when her dad wasn't able to) and now I have what I think to be a "healthy" addiction to boardgames. It was exactly what I needed and I adore it. Thats when I found out about Cities and Knights. I got Seafarers and it was pretty fun for awhile but even then I needed more. After 100s and 100s of games and becoming what I believe to be a solid player it was time I needed to add more to the experience. I became obsessed so much so it took over video games. We would play every night multiple times. I was never really into boardgames before that introduction opting more for video games instead. So about 2 years ago my father in law introduced me to Catan and I absolutely loved it.
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