Catan Universe - Strategic board game adaptation

Play your favorite game CATAN anytime and anywhere: the original board game, the card game, the expansions and ‘CATAN – Rise of the Inkas‘, all in one app!

After a long voyage of great deprivation, your ships have finally reached the coast of an uncharted island. However, other explorers have also landed on Catan: The race to settle the island has begun!

Build roads and cities, trade skillfully and become Lord or Lady of Catan!

Go on a journey to the Catan universe, and compete in exciting duels against players from all over the world. The board game classic and the Catan card game bring a real tabletop feeling to your screen!

Play with your Catan Universe account on the device of your choice: You can use your login on numerous desktop and mobile platforms! Become part of the huge worldwide Catan community, and compete against players from all over the world, and on all supported platforms.

The board game:

Play the basic board game in multiplayer mode! Join two of your friends for a maximum of three players and face all the challenges in “Arrival on Catan”.

Make things even more exciting by unlocking the full Basegame, the expansions “Cities & Knights” and “Seafarers”, each for up to six players. The special scenario pack containing the scenarios “Enchanted Land” and “The Great Canal” adds even more variety to your games.

The game edition ‘Rise of the Inkas’ is another exciting challenge for you, as your settlements are doomed in their heyday. The jungle swallows the signs of human civilization, and your opponents seize their chance to build their settlement at the location they crave for.

The card game:

Play the introductory game of the popular 2 player card game “Catan – The Duel” online free of charge or master the free “Arrival on Catan”, to permanently unlock the single-player mode against the AI.

Get the complete card game as an in-game purchase to play three different theme sets against friends, other fans, or different AI opponents and submerge yourself into the bustling life on Catan.

Features

- Trade – build – settle – Become Lord of Catan!

- Play on all your devices with one account.

- Faithful to the original version of the board game “Catan”, as well as the card game “Catan – The Duel” (aka “Rivals for Catan”)

- Design your avatar.

- Chat with other players and form guilds.

- Participate in seasons and win amazing prizes.

- Play to earn numerous achievements and unlock rewards.

- Get additional expansions and play modes as in-game purchases.

- Get started very easily with the comprehensive tutorial.

Free-to-play content:

- Basic game free matches against two other human players

- Introductory game free matches Catan – The Duel against a human player

- “Arrival on Catan”: Master the challenges in all areas of the game to get more red Catan suns.

- You can use Catan suns to play against the computer. Your yellow suns recharge on their own.

Minimum Android version: Android 4.4.

Catan Universe Beginners Guide and Tips

Gameplay Overview

 As soon as the player enters the game, he/she will play ‘Arrival on Catan‘, which is a series of small quests which introduces them to the basics of the game. To play a game, the player needs sun which recharges over time. The player can see the island on the board game on which they have to settle. The player has to build settlements and cities in the game.

To build settlements and cities, we will need resources. The types of resources depend on the type of map on the board. For example, on the island board shown in the tutorial ‘Arrival on Catan’, there are five resources lumber, brick, wool, grain, and ore. Initially, the order of playing the game is in a left-to-right direction. But after the first turn, it is reversed again, which gives the first player two consecutive turns.

Introduction to the Basics of Catan Universe

Resources and Victory Points

During the first turn, every player has two settlements and two roads. In the first turn, when the player builds their first settlement, they gain one victory point. In the second turn, when the player builds a settlement or a city, they receive resources from the adjacent blocks.

For example, if the player builds a settlement next to forest and hill blocks, they receive resources of lumber and brick. Along with the resources, the players also get a victory from the second turn. The player with the longest road gets two victory points. The player can either tap and place the settlements, cities, and roads or can drag and drop them too.

Dice Roll gameplay

On the game board, the player can see a few number tokens on the terrains. When the players roll a die during their turn, they gain resources from blocks with the number they got. Every settlement adjacent to the block gives you one resource and every city next to the block gives you two of the resources of the respective block.

Robber

On rolling the number ‘7’, the player or opponent who rolled it will be assigned as the robber. If the players opposite to the robber own seven or more resources, they have to discard half of them. The robber also steals a resource from a random player. Whatever the field the robber stands on, he stops and blocks resources from it. A robber can be removed by using a knight card on him. If any player owns the knight card, they can use it against him.

Trading and Buying

When the player does not have enough resources to build settlements, they can trade resources with another player. And if they accept or offer another trade, you will receive the required resources. If none of the players wants to trade with you, you can use the maritime trade to supply banks. The players can buy not just the resources but also development cards with the resources. After buying the development cards, the players have to wait one turn to be able to use them.

Gamemodes

On the home page, the player is given the option to choose between single-player, multi-player or tournament mode. The player has the option to play either single-player, multi-player, or tournament on the home page. The main categories of games in single, multi, and tournament matches are:

- The game

- Seafarers

- Cities and knights

- Special scenarios

- Rise of the Inka

- Rivals for Catan

The basic rules of the game are the same for all the categories. But the in-game features will differ from one category to another. All the game categories are card games. For example in the ‘Rival for Catan’, players have to draw cards to gain resources and build instead of rolling a die.

The players play with AI in the single-player mode. In multiplayer mode, players can play with random players or friends. In tournaments, the players play a series of matches with one final winner, either with random players or friends.

Player Statistics

Right above the game options, we can see a character with the player’s name and level. We can tap on this to see the player’s profile which includes level progress, appearance, friends, guild (friend group or team), messages, leaderboards, and the option to delete the gaming account.

The top part of the screen shows the players playing the game and their game statistics.  Upon tapping the player info, we can see information about each player like the number of victory points, their longest uninterrupted road, the number of development cards, and the number of resources and knight cards played.

Catan Universe Beginners Guide: Tips and Tricks

Here are some of our tips in our Catan Universe Beginners Guide to help you, newbies, to kickstart your journey.

- After playing a game, make sure to set your camera settings at your convenience.

- Make sure to place settlements near the blocks which have the resources you are lacking.

- Try to place settlements as near to each other as possible so that you can connect by roads and gain the longest road in the game.

- Try to place the roads in such a way that you can block other players’ roads.

- Trade the items you do not need anymore.

In a beat, it is a fun way to play alone or interact with friends and get the experience of the board game virtually. Therefore, don’t hesitate to give it a try, and never forget to refer to this Catan Universe beginners guide for advice if you run into problems.

Questions or suggestions for improvements:

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