BOARD GAME

Settlers of Catan – Seafarers

Expand from the island of Catan into the ocean with boat shipping lanes.

Players
3–4
Time
90 min
Complexity
Light
Official rules
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Drinking rules

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Base game

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Additional rules

5 rules
01

Longest Trade Route

Any references to Longest Road, should now be read as Longest Trade Route instead

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02

Settling on another island

Whenever you build your first settlement on an island other than the main island, any player who doesn’t already have a settlement on that island takes a shot

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03

The Pirate approaches

Whenever the Pirate is placed on an Ocean Tile on which you currently have at least one ship or on an Ocean Tile adjacent to another Ocean Tile on which you currently have at least one ship, take 3 sips.

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04

Gold Field resources

Whenever you gain resources from a Gold Field Tile, give away a number of sips equal to double the amount of resources you received from that tile.

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05

Moving a ship

Whenever you are about to move a ship, before moving it, count the number of ships in the trade route which that ship is part of. Then, take that many sips minus one.

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Why it works

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Being first to a new island pays off, while Gold Fields and the Pirate give the drinking rules more to work with.

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