Full-Contact Catan
| Full-Contact Catan | |
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| Designer: | David Fono (with recess.to) |
| Year: | unknown |
| Players: | 9-16 |
| Stuff required: | Coloured balls, hoola hoops, arm/headbands, coloured paper |
| Crew required: | One. |
| Preparation: | Ten minutes. |
| Time required: | Unknown |
| Place required: | A field |
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Settlers of Catan, re-envisioned as a field sport.
Setup
Place hoops and balls according to the attached map.
Each team chooses one of the hoops at the bottom of the map to hold their starting city.
Basic Gameplay
The object of the game is to be the first team to score 5 victory points.
The game is played in rounds. Each round lasts 30 seconds, and all teams act simultaneously. The ref blows a whistle to signal the start and end of a round. Players start each round with one foot inside an occupied hoop. All players must stop on the ending whistle. In between rounds, players have a minute to strategize, make purchases, and discuss trades.
Resources
Resources are coloured balls placed on the field.
During a round, a player may collect one resource by picking it up, and returning it to a hoop occupied by their team's city. The resource is considered collected once the player places a single foot in the hoop.
Knights
During a round, a knight may two-handed tag another player to disable them. Once tagged, a player may not move or act in any way. Knights can tag other knights. Knights wear their armbands on their heads, to signify their knighthood.
2/3 player teams start with 1 knight, and 4/5 player teams start with 2 knights. Additional knights may be purchased.
Settlements
Settlements are placed in hoops. Players start each round with one foot inside an occupied hoop.
Settlements are purchased. Once purchased, the settlement is given to a team member. The settlement must then be physically placed during a subsequent round.
Cities
Cities are upgrades of settlements. Players must return resources to a hoop with a city in order to collect them.
Cities are purchased. Once purchased, the team chooses an existing settlement to instantly upgrade.
Development Cards
Development cards are purchased. Once purchased, they take instant effect. About half the cards simply give the team one victory point, and the other half apply some beneficial effect.
Scoring
A team scores 1 VP every time they purchase a settlement, city, or a knight. They may also get extra VPs from development cards.
Purchasing
Settlements, cities, knights and development cards may be purchased between rounds, by trading resources to the bank. The costs for each are:
- Settlement: 2 wood, 2 brick
- City: 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 ore, 1 sheep
- Knight: 2 brick, 1 sheep
- Development Card: 2 wood, 1 ore
When purchasing, any team wishing to purchase development cards do so first, so that development card effects are applied before any other purchases.
