![]() The play area expands outwards as you lay more and more cards out, to form your ‘Province’. The cards of your province will be laid on the table as the game progresses, and cards are rotated anti-clockwise to increase resources with favourable dice rolls, and clockwise to reduce resources when spending/trading. Option 3: Play The Separate 2 Player Catan Game: Rivals For CatanĪ whole different game in it’s own right, it retains a few (and I mean…not a lot) of the mechanisms from the original game, but essentially this is a different beast.Īllocating resources, dice rolling etc are all there in the normal way, but there is no board, and only cards instead. The official version can be found here and there’s a nice explanation of this version of the rules here if you prefer video format: The additional chips can be used in various functions and extends the trading capacity of the game. Neutral building means that each time you build out a road or settlement, one of the 2 dummy players receives that same building also. ![]() This version adds extra (not included) chips into the game to help retain the trading element – crucial to the base game’s variety.Ĭrucially, on each turn, a player uses 2 separate rolls of 2 dice, instead of one roll. Option 2: Official 2 Player Variant Settlers Of Catan Rules: ![]() Here’s Nick’s original pdf to refer to: (Opens in New Window) Whilst it can seem a bit finnicky to set up, this version actually works surprisingly well, – One of each tile type is removed from the game – Remaining lettered hexes are then laid out in a specific sequence and order – 6 harbour tiles are used as a maximum – Certain starting tiles are discarded and the robber does not enter play until a 7 is rolled – Specific resources and cards are removed from play before beginning – Play up to 10 victory points as normal Nick Borko came up with a 2 player variant rule set that many report success with: Option 1: House Rules for 2 player Settlers Of Catan Out of the box, Settlers of Catan is intended for 3-6 players.īut, there’s a few options available if you’re looking to play Catan with just 2 players.Īmong the several more obscure variations, my research pulled up these 3 as the most popular: As a single Dad gamer with daughter, over the years it’s been important for us to track down the very best 2 player board game options.
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