Catan: New England Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Overview
• Victory Point Chits
• Player Counts

Components

This scenario is not a standalone game. You also need the cards and pieces of the CATAN base game. The scenario uses the New England map board.

Players: 3-6. Age: 10+. Playing time: 45-75 minutes (as printed on the product page).

Components needed from the base game: the cards and pieces of CATAN.

Also needed: victory point chits from the CATAN – Seafarers expansion or, as a stand-in, coins.

Overview

Instead of building the familiar island, lay out the New England map. Only a few exceptions apply to the base game rules:

• Settlements may only be founded on the round location fields.
• If a player builds a road to a location field, the next road behind that location field may only be built once that player has founded a settlement on the location field.
• To gain a harbour bonus, it is enough to build a road on a red road-building field.

Victory Point Chits

At the start of the game, place either victory point chits from the CATAN – Seafarers expansion or, as a stand-in, coins on each intersection that shows a victory point symbol.

The first player to reach such an intersection with a road receives the chit and thereby gains one additional victory point.

Player Counts

• 3 or 4 players: Play as described above.
• 2 players: Play with the CATAN for Two variant.
• 5 or 6 players: Play as described above, except that the victory point fields marked with chits or coins count as normal location fields. Settlements may be built on them and upgraded to cities.