About this product

Happy expansion to Catan, in which players deploy knights to protect the island from invading barbarians and expand their cities into metropolises. To use this set, a copy of the basic game is required. It is also possible to combine Cities and Knights with The Mariners of Catan.

In Cities and Knights you start with a city instead of a village. The game contains trading goods, such as coins and paper, which you get when a number is thrown to your city. You need these goods to expand your cities in three areas to higher levels with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis, which is worth 4 points. Just like in the basic game, you roll the dice at the beginning 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.
When the barbarian ship arrives on the island, the players must defend themselves with knights. Knights cost 1 ore and 1 wool and must be activated with a grain. If you do not arm yourself well, you may lose a city to the barbarians. If you have the most activated knights, you will be declared the saviour of Catan and will be rewarded with one point. To win Cities & Knights, you need to gather 13 points

Cities & Knights is an exciting expansion to the base game, which requires more strategy and planning. It makes the game a little more complex, but gives you a lot of fun in return.

3 - 4 players
from 12 years
120 minutes