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The easy-to-play Introductory Game, “The First Catanians,” takes about 30 minutes and is exclusively played with the cards of the Basic Set.
#RIVALS FOR CATAN UPGRADE#
Each player has 6 regions where - should the dice roll result be favorable - he can harvest resources such as lumber, brick, and ore, just as in the “Catan” board game.Įach settlement is worth 1 victory point, and if you upgrade a settlement to a city, you receive another victory point. Each player starts with a small principality consisting of two settlement cards connected by a road card.Įach settlement is diagonally adjacent to a region card. In “Rivals for Catan” you are building your principality with cards. In addition to settlements, roads, and cities, you also construct the buildings where your subjects work, hire heroes that make your opponent's life as a gamer difficult, and build ships to boost your trade. These eras are known as "The Era of Gold," "The Era of Turmoil," and "The Era of Progress.Submerge yourself into the bustling life on Catan - be the prince or princess of Catan and decide on the fate of its settlers. The Introductory Game portrays the very early years of the world of Catan, while each Theme Game takes place in progressively later eras. The theme of The Rivals for Catan is no longer restricted only to the feudal era of the Middle Ages like the original Catan Card Game. When playing a Theme Game, playtime should be around 45 to 60 minutes.Īs with the original Catan Card Game, players can also play the Tournament Game, in which each player chooses specific cards to build their deck ahead of time from which they draw from during the game. These Theme Games may be played individually or combined to play a variant called "The Duel of the Princes." Each Theme Game adds 24 Expansion and Event Cards to the cards from the Introductory Game, which are placed in two stacks separately from the cards from the Introductory Game. Three Theme Games add more rules, expansions, and aggressive cards.
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This play style should take beginner players 25 to 30 minutes to play. This game is played to 7 victory points and includes 36 Expansion Cards in four stacks. The Introductory Game focuses on the basics of the card game, featuring gameplay that is more appropriate for newcomers.
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Therefore, all action cards will be able to be used from the beginning of the game unlike in the original card game. The Rivals for Catan features a reduced pool of cards, without the more aggressive style of action cards found in the original Catan Card Game. The players may also use action cards that directly affect either their own province or their opponent's province. Cards are drawn on each turn to replenish the players' hands. They build these additions by using resources that they accumulate each turn, which are determined by the roll of a die. Players may also build expansions in their settlements that aid them in various ways, or upgrade their settlements to cities to allow more expansions to be built. The basic mode of play is similar to the original Catan Card Game, where players expand their provinces by building settlements connected by roads. The designer of the game, Klaus Teuber, has stated that he completely reworked many of the original card game's mechanics to make it easier for newcomers to play the game.Įach player portrays a prince for Catan, developing their individual provinces and competing to build a more successful province than the other. An English edition was released in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Rivals for Catan was released in German in September of 2010, on the 15th anniversary of the original card game. The Rivals for Catan is a reimplementation of Catan Card Game.