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Adds several new aspects to Settlers of Catan but the two major ones are creating knights to protect the land from invading barbarians and building city improvements that confer benefits upon that city's owner. Adds tactical complexity to the game and game length.

Belongs to the Catan Series.

The game changes the base game in three main ways:

First, there are 3 new commodities in the game, distinct from resources - paper, cloth, and coins, which can be acquired from Forest, Meadow, and Mountain spaces, respectively. Cities that would normally produce two of one of those resources instead produce 1 resource and 1 of the corresponding commodity. (To make commodities easier to obtain, each player starts the game with 1 city and 1 settlement on the board.) These commodities allow players to build city improvements that confer various advantages and eventually points.

Second, the deck of development cards is replaced by three different decks, each corresponding to one of the commodities. Building city improvements gives players a chance to draw these cards with every roll of the dice. Building more improvements will increase these chances, but cards cannot be bought directly in any way. These cards are similar to the development cards in the base game, but with a wider range of effects. (Some cards are balanced better as well - the new Resource Monopoly card, for example, can take no more than 2 of the named resource from any one player.)

Finally, players can also build knights on the island along their network of roads. These knights can be used to claim certain intersections and move the Robber (taking the place of Soldier cards), but are also used to defend the island from periodic barbarian attacks. If the island is successfully defended, the player(s) with the most knights are rewarded. If not, the player(s) with the fewest knights each have a city downgraded to a settlement.

Genres

Dice Rolling   Hand Management   Memory   Modular Board   Network and Route Building   Trading  

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Release Date	1998
Players	3-4
Playing time	150 minutes
Age	12+
Alternate names	Catan telepesei: Lovagok és Városok Catan: Borgir og riddarar Catan: Byer & Riddere Catan: Cidades e Cavaleiros CATAN: Cities & Knights Catan: Città e Cavalieri Catan: Ciudades y Caballeros Catan: Gradovi i Vitezovi Catan: Kaupungit ja Ritarit Catan: Lovagok és városok Catan: Mesta in Vitezi Catan: Miasta i Rycerze Catan: Miestai ir riteriai Catan: Städer och riddare Catan: Städte & Ritter Catan: Steden & Ridders CATAN: Villes & Chevaliers Catan: Πόλεις & Ιππότες Catan: Города и рыцари The Cities and Knights of Catan I Coloni di Catani: Città e Cavalieri Colonistii din Catan: Orase si Cavaleri Los Colonos de Catán: Ciudades y Caballeros Les Colons de Catane: Villes et Chevaliers Katanas ieceļotāji: Pilsētas un bruņiniek Katani asustajad: Linnad ja rüütlid Katano salos naujakuriai: Miestai ir riteriai De Kolonisten van Catan: Steden & Ridders Miasta i Rycerze z Catanu Naseljenci otoka Catan: Mesta in vitezi Osadníci z Katanu: rozšíření Města a rytíři Osadnicy z Catanu: Miasta i Rycerze Settlers fra Catan: Byer & Riddere The Settlers fra Catan: Byer og Riddere Settlers från Catan: Städer och Riddare Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights The Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights The Settlers of Catan: Cities and Knights Die Siedler von Catan: Städte & Ritter Οι Άποικοι του Κατάν: Πόλεις και Ιππότες Οι πόλεις του Κατάν Катан: Города и рыцари Колонизаторы: Города и рыцари המתיישבים של קטאן: ערים ואבירים カタンの開拓者たち 都市と騎士版 卡坦：城市與騎士 卡坦島騎士擴充 卡坦島騎士擴充 카탄 확장: 도시와 기사 카탄의 개척자: 도시와 기사
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Publishers	KOSMOS 999 Games Albi Asmodee Brädspel.se Brain Games Broadway Toys LTD Catan Studio danspil Devir Filosofia Éditions Galakta Giochi Uniti GP Games HaKubia Hobby World Igroljub Ísöld ehf. Kaissa Chess & Games Korea Boardgames Laser plus Lautapelit.fi Mayfair Games Piatnik Smart Ltd Spilbræt.dk SuperHeated Neurons Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. Tilsit TRY SOFT Vennerød Forlag AS