CATAN® – Console Edition: Cities & Knights

Your success on Catan has brought prosperity and wealth – along with unwanted attention. A merciless barbarian horde can smell the riches and are gathering like flies on Catan’s shores. Can you still come out on top as the winning Catanian with this threat looming over the island? Will your knights be strong enough to tough it out alone, or will you put aside your differences with other cities to join forces in defence of Catan? Every decision counts, and the clock is ticking. - Develop a Civilisation Cities & Knights provides players with the opportunity to develop their cities into thriving metropolises by introducing new commodities to the game: paper, coin, and cloth. These commodities are essential for advancing the development of your city in three areas: trade, politics, and science. Upgrade requirements increase as you level up your city. - Push ahead Cities & Knights introduces the progress card mechanic. Gather and play progress cards to put your cities at an advantage over the rest. Play a ‘Master Merchant’ progress card to look at another player’s resource and commodity cards (one with more victory points than you) and select two to add to your own stockpile. - Shore up your defences Build and promote your knights to defend against the barbarian horde, and work to stifle other players as they try to improve their own cities. Continue developing, and you could eventually transform your city into a metropolis, making it immune to barbarian attack! - Repel the barbarians When the barbarians attack, the size of their horde depends on the total number of cities on the board. Combine your knights’ strength with those of other players, but be warned, should your gallant knights fail in the defence of Catan, the weakest player will see their city sacked and reduced to a settlement.