Catan Cities and Knights

Spicy expansion on Catan, in which players deploy knights to protect the island against invading barbarians and develop their cities into metropolises. A copy of the base game is required to use this set. It is also possible to combine Cities and Knights with The Mariners of Catan. This expansion set can only be combined with the latest edition of the base game (the 2012 edition with the plastic parts). Cities and Knights contains commodities such as coins and paper, which you get when a number is rolled to your city. You need these commodities to expand your cities in three areas to higher levels, with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis worth no less than 4 points. Just like in the basic game, you roll the dice at the start of your turn, but now a symbol die is added. This determines whether you earn a development card or whether the barbarian ship comes closer. Anyone who does not properly arm themselves with knights against invading barbarians can easily lose a city to the barbarians. Cities & Knights is an exciting expansion to the base game that requires more strategy and planning. It makes the game a little more complex, but you get a lot of fun in return.

Number of players: 3-4
Best with: 4
Time: 90 minutes
Age: 12+
Language: Dutch
Complexity: Above average
Dicetower Judgment: Approval
Legacy: No
Co-op: No