The Settlers of Catan has been awarded with ‘Game of the Year’ honors in Germany, the United States, and a host of other countries worldwide. It's an international favorite. Learn to play in about 15 minutes. Then enjoy hundreds of hours of fast-paced fun!

In The Settlers of Catan, you control a group of settlers trying to tame the wilds on the remote but rich isle of Catan. Start by revealing Catan's many harbors and regions: plains, meadows, mountains, hills, forests & desert. The random mix creates a different board virtually every game.

Embark on a quest to settle the isle of Catan! Guide your settlers to victory by clever trading and cunning development. Use resource combinations - grain, wool, ore, brick, and lumber - to buy development cards and build roads, settlements, and cities. Acquire your resources through trades or lucky dice. But beware! Someone might cut off your road or buy a monopoly! And you never know when the wily robber might steal away with your precious gains! (from the back of the box)

Settlers of Catan includes 19 unique hexagonal region tiles, 6 sea frame pieces, 9 extra harbor pieces, 20 wooden settlement pieces, 16 wooden city pieces, 60 wooden road pieces, 95 resource cards, 25 development cards, 4 building cost cards, 2 special bonus cards, 18 die-cut number tokens, 2 six-sided dice, 1 wooden robber pawn, and full-color rules & almanac. Settlers of Catan is for 3 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. It plays in an average of 1 hour.