Catan is a strategy board game developed by Klaus Teuber, adapted for the Nintendo DS. Players compete to build settlements, roads, and armies on an island while negotiating resource trade. Up to four players can partake, or they can challenge AI characters with unique traits. The game includes the Seafarers expansion, allowing exploration and settlement of new territories and resources.
There is hardly a board game award that the `Settlers of Catan` game, created by Klaus Teuber, has not won. This classic has a global fan community and has been translated into 25 languages over its last 13 successful years. Catan, the legendary strategy game for Nintendo DS provides gaming fun any time, anywhere. True to the original game, you can compete with up to four players for the most settlements, the longest roads and the largest army. You can trade with each other and claim the precious land with all its resources. If there are no other players available, various Catanians, each with their own individual characteristics, will prove themselves worthy competitors: the pirate Jean, who knows no compromise, Vincent the merchant, who never allows himself to be cheated, Sean the knight, who takes what is rightfully his... Find out if you really are a secret colonialist, confront your rivals and become Lord of Catan! Includes: The Settlers of Catan Seafarers Game Expansion Embark on a quest to settle the island, build ships, and chart the nearby waters. Discover far-off mines and use gold and combinations of resources grain, wool, ore, brick and timber to develop your ever expanding empire.
