These can be spent to declare a commodity/resouce as a commodity of war, making it forbidden for a neutral party to trade in this. Pillaging allows the player to receive Resources, Conquering allows the player to replace the structure with their own.įor every knight killed, City Conquered or Destroyed, or road destroyed you gain a Political Point. If the attacker is victorious, then they can chose to pillage the structue, taking it down a level (eg. Dice are thrown to determine the winner of a fight or a siege. Using a knight, a ship, the pirate or robber to attack. Knights and ships are used to attack settlements, cities and metropolis'. Buildings such as Library or Temple are assigned to certain settlements/cities/metropolis'. If the bearer of either card looses their majority to another player, the card is returned to the side of the board until a player takes the majority.ĭevelopment cards are still used.
Likewise, only the player with the most soldiers retains the Largest Army Special Victory Point card. Only the player with the longest trade route retains the Longest Trade Route Special Victory Point card. The ending conditions of the game is rarely changed and there is usually only one or no new pieces required to play. Unlike the basic and advanced scenarios, these require few changes to the rules and often only the addition of one new rule. These variants for The Settlers of Catan and its expansions are created by fans for play by other fans.