Catan expansion guides: Seafarers, Cities & Knights, and the 5-6 player extension — setup, rules, and strategy.
The Catan Seafarers expansion adds ships, multiple islands, and gold-field hexes to the base game, turning Catan from a single-island land grab into an exploration game. You build shipping routes across sea hexes, discover new islands, and race for scenario-specific victory conditions. If the base game feels solved to your group, the Catan Seafarers expansion…
The Catan 5-6 player extension adds 11 more hexes, extra number tokens, and additional player pieces so up to six people can play on a bigger island. It also introduces a special build phase between turns that keeps everyone engaged during the longer downtime. With more players, expect a 2-hour game with wilder trading and…
The Catan Cities and Knights expansion is the deepest Catan expansion, adding commodities (paper, cloth, coin), city improvements across three tracks, active knights, and periodic barbarian attacks that punish unprepared players. It transforms Catan from a 60-minute family game into a 2-hour strategy experience. If your group has mastered the base game and wants real…
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